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How Chess Became the Champion of the Gaming World | Barnebys Magazine
February 9, 2024 at 3:25:07 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -Chess may not be the oldest game in the world, but it is certainly one of the most famous. Since its invention in the Indo-Persian region, it has fascinated players with an infinite number of possible moves. Here's a history of how the game came to be.
- https://www.barnebys.com/blog/how-chess-became-the-champion-of-the-gaming-world
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How did the world get like this? Eight books to help explain the way we live now | Global development | The Guardian
January 9, 2024 at 9:36:00 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -How did the world get like this? Eight books to help explain the way we live now
- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/27/how-did-the-world-get-like-this-eight-books-to-help-explain-the-way-we-live-now
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World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds | Fossil fuels | The Guardian
September 13, 2023 at 2:36:01 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -estimate about $3.7bn in trade finance was supplied to oil and gas projects despite bank’s green pledges
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/world-bank-spent-billions-of-dollars-backing-fossil-fuels-in-2022-study-finds
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Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time - BBC News
May 18, 2023 at 4:58:50 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -According to the World Meteorological Organization, the global temperature will temporarily pass the threshold of 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels, with a likelihood of 66%, by the year 2027, due to a combination of climate change and El Niño
- https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65602293
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French ceremony to award rap and other genres shunned by mainstream | France | The Guardian
May 7, 2023 at 12:19:19 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -France, the second biggest market for rap music in the world after the US, will host its first awards ceremony for rap, R&B and afro music on Thursday
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/07/france-to-host-first-awards-ceremony-for-rap-rb-and-afro-music
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World Cup 2022: Awarding Qatar the tournament was a mistake, says former Fifa president Sepp Blatter - BBC Sport
November 9, 2022 at 7:40:37 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a "mistake"
- https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63554507
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The world since 9/11: The last 20 years in pictures | Euronews
September 10, 2021 at 11:34:05 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -"...look in pictures at the 20 years since 9/11, charting the subsequent "war on terror" and its wider impact on world events"
- https://www.euronews.com/2021/09/10/the-world-since-9-11-twenty-years-in-twenty-pictures
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WORLD OF HORROR
March 23, 2020 at 10:02:56 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -Woah: mit "World of Horror" erscheint ein Ito-inspiriertes Retro-RPG!
- https://www.wohgame.com/
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World Mental Health Day: Women suffer more from depression than men in EU countries | Euronews
October 10, 2018 at 10:07:32 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -7% der Bevölkerung in der EU leiden an chronischer Depression
- https://www.euronews.com/2018/10/10/world-mental-health-day-women-suffer-more-from-depression-than-men-in-eu-countries
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Anthropocene, wars and greed. This must be the World Press Photo contest
October 17, 2016 at 8:26:34 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Subjektive Auswahl zu den "World Press Photo Awards 2016". Heavy. Der Link zur kompletten Liste findet sich dort auch. Aktiv diggen, bitte, wichtige Themen unserer Zeit!
- http://we-make-money-not-art.com/anthropocene-wars-and-greed-this-must-be-the-world-press-photo-contest/
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LIX - The Smallest 3D Printing Pen in the World
October 22, 2014 at 1:18:43 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -The Smallest 3D Printing Pen in the World
- http://lixpen.com/
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Paintings That Will Make You Question Everything Wrong in This World | artFido's Blog
October 13, 2014 at 8:11:59 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Paintings That Will Make You Question Everything Wrong in This World
- http://www.artfido.com/blog/paintings-that-will-make-you-question-everything-wrong-in-this-world/
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The Future Of The Comic Book In A Digital World
September 26, 2014 at 9:20:43 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Zukunft der Comics: sieht gar nicht schlecht aus
- http://tpt.to/a4MGW1p
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The peephole parasol and the anti-garotting cravat gadgets that never caught on
September 23, 2014 at 4:46:18 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Inventions that didn't change the world _ neues Buch
- http://tpt.to/a4Mmshx
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A short history of world metro systems in pictures
September 10, 2014 at 3:15:25 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -history of world metro systems in pictures
- http://tpt.to/a4KXd8d
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Hear the fandoms sing
August 26, 2014 at 10:03:54 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -lecker. und ziemlich, ziemlich cool
- http://sanziene.tumblr.com/post/92609170331
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What Happened to the Facebook Killer? It's Complicated | Motherboard
August 21, 2014 at 12:40:11 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -“The human race has susceptibility to harm, but Mr. Zuckerberg has attained an unenviable record: he has done more harm to the human race than anybody else his age." – Eben Moglen
- http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/what-happened-to-the-facebook-killer-it-s-complicated
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Top 10 Ways the US is the Most Corrupt Country in the World | Informed Comment
July 22, 2014 at 5:00:02 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -"...in many key ways America’s political and financial practices make it in absolute terms far more corrupt than the usual global South suspects. After all, the US economy is worth over $16 trillion a year, so in our corruption a lot more money changes hands"
- http://www.juancole.com/2013/12/corrupt-country-world.html
