In 2007, the standards of living in the United States and Western Europe were similar, and most people don’t realize how much things have diverged since the US boomed after the global financial crisis and Europe didn’t. They don’t fully understand how we’re living and we don’t fully understand how they’re living; even when we visit Europe as tourists, we don’t see their tiny, sad flats and their depressing grocery stores. That is why Europeans visiting for the World Cup are going to, like, a Waffle House or a Taco Bell and losing their minds. Stuff we don’t even like or care about is wildly superior to everything everywhere else. We have no idea how rich we are.

World Cup tourists fall in love with middle America — raving about Waffle House at 1 a.m., Buc-ee's gas stations, and strangers driving them to stadiums in the rain. Oxford Economics expects 1.24 million international visitors for the tournament, and their viral posts are showcasing a side of the country most foreign media never covers.

香港の建築事務所がデザインした、どこまでも「ネコ目線」で人とネコが共存するデスクが癒される

El 90% de los cocineros caseros arruinan su comida incluso antes de servirla. No porque no sepan cocinar, sino porque nadie les enseña estas reglas básicas de la cocina. Aquí hay 7 errores que la mayoría de la gente comete: 🧵

Dat gehuil van dat kind ook. 💔 hopelijk snel een aanhouding, en deze stumpert voor een lange tijd uit het openbaar vervoer verbannen.

Together with RDW, we have officially completed the final vehicle testing phase for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and have submitted all documentation required for the UN R-171 approval Article 39 exemptions. The RDW team is now reviewing the documentation and test results package internally. They have communicated the expected approval for Netherlands date of 4/10, shifting from 3/20 previously and we look forward to successful completion of this cooperation.  Following the Netherlands’ approval, European countries will be able to recognize this approval nationally. We are anticipating a possible EU-wide approval during the summer. Over the past 18 months, this approval has involved a series of intense documentation, development, testing, research & audits. Including but certainly not limited to: – 1,600,000 km of FSD (Supervised) testing on EU roads – 13,000 customer sales ride-alongs – 4,500 track test scenario executions – Thousands of pages of written documentation for 400 compliance requirements – Dozens of research studies into safety performance/results We're extremely proud of the work conducted with the RDW team up until this point. We very much look forward to the approval in April, and sharing FSD (Supervised) with our patient EU customers!

In ongekend felle bewoordingen heeft Zweden een streep in het zand gezet. Het conflict gaat over de integratie van het Europese elektriciteitsnet. Over geld, maar vooral over autonomie. Over meer of minder EU. Zie m'n LinkedIn-post voor achtergrond: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…

Once again, if these countries don't present their message seriously, their words won't be taken seriously. Two second fix (with attendant errors of haste):