Manuel Erhardt @erhardt@librem.one
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Joined Aug 2019
Center-left Socialist candidate António José #Seguro recorded a thumping victory over hard-right populist André #Ventura in #Portugal’s runoff presidential election Sunday, according to official results with 99% of votes counted.
Seguro won a five-year term in Lisbon’s riverside “pink palace” with 66.7% of votes, compared with 33.3% for Ventura.
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Demokratieaktivist Jimmy Lai zu 20 Jahren Haft verurteilt
Der Hongkonger Medienunternehmer und Demokratieaktivist Jimmy Lai muss für 20 Jahre ins Gefängnis. Ein Gericht hatte den 78-Jährigen wegen "Kollaboration mit ausländischen Kräften" und des "Aufruhrs" schuldig gesprochen.
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TIL Jessica Biel once had to shoot an arrow right at the camera for an action shot on Blade: Trilogy. To protect the camera and crew, they put up a thick piece of Plexiglass with a hole cut through for the lens to see out... and Biel nailed the lens, destroying the $300,000 camera.
https://petapixel.com/2025/05/15/jessica-biel-destroyed-a-300000-camera-on-blade-trinity-set-with-a-perfect-arrow-shot/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qzrfh6/til_jessica_biel_once_had_to_shoot_an_arrow_right/
The first time in years I watched the original Star Wars film. 7/12 of my Star Wars run.
You can definitely see the age (nearly 50 years old!), but I genuinely prefer the original films over the new ones. I specifically liked how the rebellion is depicted: a wild bunch of people resisting the Empire. Nothing fancy about it.
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A very good deconstruction of the #NATO expansion fable, with lots of details and actual document sources. Much recommended.
Chilean State Railways #EFE has signed a $US 700m long-term financing agreement with the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean and Spain's government lending agency Instituto de Crédito Oficial to support the modernisation and expansion of the national rail network.
https://www.railjournal.com/financial/chile-secures-us-700m-to-advance-rail-modernisation/
#RailwaySunday #Chile #LatinAmerica #CAF #ICO #infrastructure #economy #politics #railway #train
I was able to take a photo of a SBB RABDe 500 passing right next to me while I was hiking today. Turned out pretty OK I think 😊
#RailwaySunday #SBB #ICN #train #railway #Switzerland #Seeland #photography
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A Russian drone strike on a passenger train in northeastern Ukraine killed five people, prosecutors said, an attack denounced as terrorism by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Two tenders have been launched to progress the Rail Baltica project to construct a new 250km/h standard-gauge line to connect the three Baltic states with Poland.
Bids are invited for the design of the 54km Lithuanian section and a new depot in Estonia.
https://www.railjournal.com/financial/rail-baltica-launches-design-and-construction-tenders/
#RailwaySunday #RailBaltica #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Poland #Baltics
Started the weekend with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. 6/12 movies watched - halfway through.
I think this is my favourite movie of all new Star Wars films. That the story is building up to the original trilogy certainly helps, and seeing familiar spaceships was a blast.
The Surface Transportation Board [...] announced [last Friday] it reached a unanimous decision finding that the merger application submitted by Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway is incomplete because it doesn’t contain certain information required by the board’s regulations.
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Nächste Ehrung: Cristiano Ronaldo überreicht Trump Titel "Weltfußballer des Jahres 2017" https://www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/trump-weltfussballer.html
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Today in 2001, 25 years ago: Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched (Wikipedia Day).
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⚡️ A bill to annex Greenland and grant it statehood has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives
The document authorizes the president to annex or buy Greenland from Denmark to control the Arctic.
Once approved by both houses and signed by the president (if that happens), the bill will become law.
TIL I learned that the father of famous actor Woody Harrelson was a convicted hitman and spent decades in prison. 🤯
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Harrelson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson
The government of #Bolivia is relaunching efforts to reactivate its national #rail network. The plans support the development of the Bi-oceanic Central Corridor connecting #Brazil’s Atlantic ports with Pacific ports in #Chile and #Peru.
https://www.railjournal.com/regions/central-south-america/bolivia-aims-to-revive-national-network/
#RailwaySunday #transport #infrastructure #railway #train #LatinAmerica #SouthAmerica
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Dänemark benennt Grönland in Epstein Island um, damit Trump nie wieder darüber spricht https://www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/groenland-trump.html
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Today in 1547, 479 years ago: The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
The Bernina Express ready to depart from Tirano (IT).
#RailwaySunday #BerninaExpress #BeX #Tirano #Italy #train #railway #travel #alps
Here should be a list of nouns and adjectives that describes my personality and what I stand for.
Joined Aug 2019
