American/German living in Oslo. Enthusiastic cook and singer. Presently @DNV_Group, formerly @ArcticCouncil, @ArcticInstitute, @BertelsmannSt, @BertelsmannFdn
Oslo, Norway
Joined February 2011
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Oh thank god
On a personal level, people who swear often lie less frequently and are linked with having higher IQs. f-st.co/hN5BuYS
Most interesting bit in this (for me) is the description of the “red phone” system between Moscow and Washington.
Tweets from US president Donald Trump and Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif Tuesday offered a fascinating glimpse at how world leaders can communicate more quickly and directly than ever in times of crisis. wired.trib.al/1YUG5vJ
From @NewYorker, a translation crisis at the southern U.S. border.
“Mayan Guatemalans have a persistent problem: explaining to people that they still exist.” buff.ly/2teTePn
#Guatemala #immigration
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Why Your Next Summer Getaway Should Be Above the Arctic Circle vogue.com/article/vesteralen… – at Tromsø, Norway
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50 years ago today, NASA astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan L. Bean blasted into space aboard a massive Saturn V rocket to become the second mission to land humans on the moon (via @TheAtlPhoto): on.theatln.tc/gM3KbB9
I remember watching the Berlin Wall come down on TV (MTV News I think?), and still get emotional about it. Great piece from @TheAtlantic on what lessons from #Germany's experience could have relevance for an eventual reunification of the Korean peninsula.
theatlantic.com/internationa…
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Do you know the faces behind the 🇮🇸 Chairmanship team?
Take a look at who supports @saochair Einar Gunnarsson, and learn who is who @IcelandArctic
👉 ow.ly/DOTP50x1r6D
All of us are getting older. This is a fine, idea-packed essay about that. Also: full of enthusiastic recommendations of books on the subject.
newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…?
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R&D #collaboration: Singapore's Maritime Port Authority and DNV GL have launched a new initiative designed to help #shipping innovate towards #decarbonization and #digitalization @Seatrade: seatrade-maritime.com/news/a… @MPA_Singapore
"it’s more respectful to a dish to cook it and keep it alive than it is to insist on making it the exact same way it happened to be made a hundred years ago."nitter.gq/WSJ/status/11901691160…
Do you have to put guanciale in your Amatriciana and snails in your paella? Insistence on authenticity gets in the way of inventive cooking, writes columnist Bee Wilson. on.wsj.com/2q9rtWV
Viking #wine. I saw these vineyards from a boat with my dad earlier this year. Our conversation:
"Are those... are those grape vines on shore?"
"They can't be."
"Sure look like it!"
"They can't possibly be making wine in #Norway, can they?"
wsj.com/articles/chateau-vik…
#Norge
I didn't know about any of these Digital Wellbeing Experiments, but now I'm curious. Paper Phone, the Unlock Clock, Post Box, Desert Island...
Google Released a Phone Made of Paper for Your Sanity >> fastcompany.com/90421756/goo…
Congress is poised to toughen jetliner certification as lawmakers begin two days of hearings on what went wrong with Boeing’s 737 MAX jet on.wsj.com/31YKUia
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European Space Imaging is proud to provide critical data to @CopernicusEU and @EMSA_LISBON monitoring Europe's coastal and #maritime activities. Our imagery is featured in the wonderful article about detecting illegal ship recycling
copernicus.eu/en/news/news/o…
Outstanding and clear-eyed piece on #Greenland, #Canada, and the potential for mutual benefit via greater economic collaboration.
From @michael_byers in @globeandmail
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
#Arctic #tourism
Oooo! A new Le Carré novel! nitter.gq/TheAtlantic/status/118…
The intrigue of John Le Carré's latest novel is secondary to its function as an indictment of England selling itself out. @sophieGG reviews "Agent Running In the Field": on.theatln.tc/lMKbQSv
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The ocean, which is 95% unexplored, still has many more secrets to share. f-st.co/Nseg6Qh
Such beautiful writing in this piece from @EliotACohen! "Good diplomats [...] may be too nuanced at times, too keen to find the formula that is just ambiguous enough to satisfy (or lull) all parties. But, by and large, they are allergic to lying..." nitter.gq/EliotACohen/status/118…
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@hco96 looks at why dogs still make better bomb-sniffers than any electronic gizmo. technologyreview.com/s/61457…
Working these days on getting a Norwegian driver's license. Apparently the secret to driving success is Froot Loops.
newscientist.com/article/222…