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Independence Day
Bulgaria celebrates its independence day today. There were no large crowds because Bulgarians tend to use the national holidays as a reason to go somewhere else.
22nd of September was recognized by the mayor of Sofia, the dude with the red tie. There was a small ceremony with guardsmen, orchestra, and folklore singers. The mayor spoke for a few minutes and said something, although not sure what.
And I captured some Bulgarian flags with landmark and not so landmark sites on the way to the event. The 2nd photo is the St Sofia church, which gave the modern name of our city.
Happy Independence Day to us!
Where’s the ham, human?
I took some nice photos today, however disproportionally many of them were cats and decided to share them separately from the rest.
So here’s the top 5 cat photos from my daily walk. Which one do you like the most?
Blink and you’ll miss it. Sofia
Sofia can give you moments of color and beauty that only exist for brief moments here and there, and only to the people who go out and look. Get behind the wheel and none of that exists. Here are a few moments from my morning walk.
- A rose in Sofia Tech Park. Behind – a trace from the real-estate bubble. Not far is the cosplay party G-fest where colorful young people are doing whatever they’re doing. I don’t understand it but their outfits are pretty.
2. A semi-abandoned building near Bulgarian Academy of Science. My usual path doesn’t go there but a door was closed and locked with a padlock. I needed it to be open. So I had to walk around and saw it. These little puffy things? There were a million of them.
3. The beekeeper
Someone is producing honey near BAS. Not sure how that works in an urban area with a very high population density, but as you see from the photo, it happened. These things are hives.
Sofia has the tendency to turn into a jungle and does it here and there. I guess, the bees thrive in those islands wilderness.
Did you like the photos? Drop a comment.
How Do I Handle the Daily News?
Most of my effort goes into making sure I know what I need for work, and what’s happening in school or with the kids. That’s the stuff that really matters. Honestly, if there’s an area where I feel I should probably know more, it’s school/kids.
I’ve discovered that most news articles, TV, and so on are farming by exploiting our productive emotions, primarily fear and anger. I stopped watching TV years ago, and no longer pay for a cable. My news consumption is likely under 2-3 minutes per day, mostly checking if we should hide in a bunker already or not. So far, the news meet the long established pattern:
- You should be afraid, very, very afraid because…
- Here are two, three, or five things that are unfair, corrupt, or awful…
- Somebody just died in a car crash…
- Here’s an extreme, factually questionable opinion…
My unfortunate conclusion on this cycle is:
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