Speaking to reporters in front of the construction of his USD 1bn ballroom #Trump said: “On top of the roof, we’re going to have the greatest #drone #empire you’ve ever seen.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/05/19/donald-trump-white-house-ballroom-military-drone/

An early morning bike to West Baray, with a visit to the very early khmer temple Ak Yum.

Prasat Ak Yum, Khmer: អកយំ, is a very ancient temple in the larger Angkor Archeological area. It is situated on the south bank of West Baray. Parts of the temple area are covered by and probably got partly destroyed by the building of the giant water reservoir.

From the southwest dike of West Baray, visitors look down on this pre-khmer empire temple.

The temple is considered the oldest surviving temple mountain in Southeast Asia. Its base is 100 meter square, and the the three floors are appx 7 meter tall. A truly unique feature is a well from the top of the temple leading to an underground cellar 12.25 meter below the top. This cellar is 2,6 meter square and 2,7 meter tall. This type of temple cellar cave is not found in later temples built the next 550+ years of the Khmer Empire.

The first inscriptions found on the site points at a date corresponding with 674 CE, and the Ak Yum was probably completed before the Khmer Empire was declared at the holy Koulen Mountain in 802 CE. The temple was in active use into the 11th century. But it was partly buried in the late 11th century by the West Baray construction.

There are some speculations that Ak Yum was part of the last capital city before the Khmer Empire was established, the lost city of Banteau Choeu. This city was part of the transition from the Chenla Kingdom originally centered around Sambo Prey Kouk near Kampong Thom today.

https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2024/03/15/the-pre-khmer-unique-mountain-temple-ak-yum/

#Angkor #ancient #art #architecture #sculpture #archive #worldculturalheritage #hinduism #khmer #empire #buddhism #visitcambodia #visitsiemreap #greentourism #biking #takeonlyphotos #leaveonlyfootprints
🎶🎶 #bikingintheangkorwonderland 🎶🎶

God didn’t bless America.

In terms of the number of countries that have occupied this planet over thousands of years, America is just one more empire of the month; an empire that is coming to an end.

#MAGA #trump #republicans #america #iran #news #HamonWry #epstein #middleeast #empire #oil #religion #worldnews #history #politics

San Francisco’s Mayor and Empire’s Founder Found a Shared Cultural Playbook in Seoul

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/san-franciscos-mayor-and-empires-founder-came-to-seoul/

Die Keynote von Karen Hao war schon mal sehr gut. Die #Empire-Metapher für die großen #LLM-Unternehmen trägt m. E. ziemlich weit, das Verkehrsmittel-Bild für die Viekfalt von KI-Modellen ebenso. Menschen können Imperien stürzen! Schaut euch die Aufzeichnung an, wenn ihr nicht dabei sein konntet. #rp26 (Hashtag bitte muten bis Mi, wenn es nervt. 🙂)

The imperial war-escalation loop:

1) Empire keeps threatening a bunch of countries
2) The countries start arming up, since they’re constantly being threatened
3) Empire says: ”LOOK THEY ARE ARMING THEMSELVES, WE ARE THREATENED BY THIS!”
4) Repeat from 1 until war achieved
5) Repeat from 1 for next countries on the list

#empire #war #programming

TIE Fighter (TIE=Twin Ion Engines) sind in der #StarWars Saga die Standard Kampfraumschiffe des #Empire. Ihr markanter Sound wurde erzeugt, indem das Trompeten eines Elefanten mit einem auf nasser Fahrbahn fahrenden Auto kombiniert wurde.

#Space #Movies

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIE_fighter

Fuori dal tempo, decisamente nello spazio. Ora ho gli occhi pieni 🥹
#ravenna #mosaics #sanvitale #church #byzantine #roman #empire #architecture #history #unesco #minitrip