Exactly 100 members of Congress have become lobbyists for foreign governments since the year 2000, according to @quincyinst.bsky.social.
The top countries they've gone to work for include Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Libya, Qatar, Russia, and China.
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Castle and valley - and a cat.
#albania
The Victoria and Albert Museum accepted demands by a Chinese firm that publishes its catalogues to delete maps and images from at least two recent exhibition catalogues, according to documents released to the Guardian after freedom of information requests
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
I saw two young women (influencers?) making a heart gesture 🫰 with two fingers and a smooching kiss 😘 with her head next to the photo of a director of internal affairs (for 2 decades during the communist regime in Albania) in a room of these directors’ photos in #BunkArt2.
Youth is obnoxious.
This delights me so much.
Shows how deadly JD Vance is 🤪 he’s like a plague.
哇🎊
🇭🇺 By 17:00, just over 74% of voters in Hungary had already voted, a record high and a significant increase from the last election four years ago, Euronews reports.
Poll results continue to vary widely, with the general trend over time favoring the opposition Tisza party.
Given the huge early turnout in Hungary odds seem very high that Magyar wil defeat Orbán very decisively; the question in that case would be whether Orbán goes with the Ukrainian electoral interference lie he has been preparing and whether foreign actors support him.
要是獨裁者下台的話 我即刻安排一個匈牙利行程 今年務必去玩一圈（想去很久了）
I often hope that once the human species goes extinct and future archeology (may well be aliens) is looking for clues of who we once were, they can find these people and think they are the specimens to best represent our time on Planet Earth.
“…a representative of Explosive Media, one of the key accounts generating these clips. He wanted us to refer to him as Mr Explosive.
… Upon further questioning Mr Explosive admits the (Iranian) regime is a "customer" - something he's never before confirmed publicly.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
很多歐洲富國的人都到土耳其阿爾巴尼亞治牙，dental tourism 。
還有一個大生意是植髮。
This is an AI fake video. Octopuses don’t throw rocks with their tentacles. Some species have been known to use their siphon to spray sand and silt
沒有下面⬇️這種覺悟的都是假基督徒
bsky.app/profile/mich...
☺️菜寶寶遇到知音了
這就是阿國版的居委會（aka 朝陽大媽）和五毛啊 不知道fuks在阿語怎麼發音，咱只會英語，念得竊笑🫢
醜蔬菜很可憐 沒人願意正價買 所以能減價賣掉都好過沒人買被浪費掉
Tirana所見一景。是個貧富懸殊的地方。
哈哈哈 給他們benefit of doubt先 我才剛到
😂😂😂 笑死
這算是statistical learning 畢竟是反覆從一手及靠譜的二手經驗中總結出來的，而且還有統計調研數據
在阿爾巴尼亞參觀了個紀念館，這個展室左邊是定罪了的convicted政治犯，右邊是處決了的政治犯。都是煽動顛覆之類。1978年中國改開，阿共就瞧不上中共，嫌共得不徹底，關係黃了。阿共於是宣稱自己是地球上唯一一個沒變味兒的共產國家，還挺自豪的呢。
陈丽华并不是很多人传言靠房地产发家的，而是靠“文物创汇”政策。
1949年之后，政府将通过对官僚、地主、资本家抄家所得的文物，以及从民间没收的各种文物集中起来出口，用来赚取外汇。本质就是官方合法倒卖文物，当时政策名义上宣称是“适当出口”。
陈丽华就是其中最大的白手套，负责对外联系客户及具体出口业务。（现在到处装文化学者的马未都就是当时的文物贩子）
文物倒卖潮在七八十年代达到顶峰，多是明清时期的瓷器字画家具，还有部分仿品。
那个年代的老干部们不太懂，白手套们赚的比领导多，象征性的交上去一点，把老首长哄开心就行。现在的白手套跟那时的比，就是做苦力背黑锅的。
这才是陈丽华的第一桶金。
Agreed. Never. Especially about reading, readership, books, and libraries.
Facts spoken by an ex-trumper...
Heathers are so humble and beautiful
前几天华盛顿州通过对高收入者超过1百万美元部分征收9.9%的所得税的法律.
著名的旅游电视人Rick Steves说，他欢迎对他对这样的高收入者征税.
能把欧洲旅游节目做得那么深，那么广，那么富有历史性又有思想性，他大概是唯一的一位.
我看R. Steves的旅游节目己经很多很多年了. 他是为数不多的改变/改善我对世界看法的人之一.
Yes it is great. It is also long overdue. Note: Artemis is one of the moon goddesses but in the 60’s they named the missions after her brother…one of the sun gods. Seems like there might have been some gender bias there….
