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Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 9h

The star was missing.

Is it still leftist folklore to tear off Mercedes Benz stars or is it a leftover scare back from the 90s?

Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 2d

Christopher Willits'✔️, SF✔️ finest, new album✔️ released by ghostly✔️ - take that bloody autumn!

christopherwillits.bandcamp.com/album/new-moon

Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 4d

Primordial essential economic cell.

Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 4d

Hidden gems of Bauhaus aftermath in Düsseldorf. Early morning stroll, Oktober 2025.

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Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 4d

Untitled
from "Heroes" series, 2003
by Zbigniew Rogalski

www.artnet.de/k%C3%BCnstle...

Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 6d

A bird? A phone? No square's order management & payment terminal for (mostly) restaurants weazeled its way into time's best inventions 2025.

time.com/collections/...

squareup.com/us/en/hardwa...

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CONTACT LIGHT @contactlight.de · 7d

October 11, 1968
NASA launched #Apollo7, the first manned flight of the Apollo Program and the first live network television broadcast from space. It was also the
first test of the command and service module in Earth orbit!
forallmankind.de
contactlight.de

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Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 6d

I love the new Apple iPhone Pro Max.

Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 7d

Tangerine flare 🍊

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-porsche-911t-coupe-20/

Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 7d

In 2025 a slab of prime Wagyu has become for the international wealthy what a sourdough pizza was for the British middle classes in 2010. It’s just dinner.

There are now 56 branches of Nobu worldwide. There are 25 Zumas, about two dozen Ciprianis, 13 LPMs & 12 Hakkasans.

www.ft.com/content/94d9...

How high-end restaurants went global

As a new generation sets out in the footsteps of Nobu and Zuma, Jay Rayner examines the rise of ‘luxe’ food chains — and whether it has come at a cost

www.ft.com

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 7d

Polish poster for THE LEGACY (1978)

#Caturday

Poster features a painting of a screeching cat wearing a nun's habit.

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Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 9d

Always cringe to watch people miss the the difference between another "iteration" of a technology and a fork/seismic shift thereof if their pay cheques & pensions depend on the first one.

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Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 9d

Very strange that car makers did not have a close look on Blackberry's & Nokia fate and the rise of brands like Xiaomi, Huawei, Vivo, OnePlus or recently nothing "over night".

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Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 9d

There's always that one diva in the neighborhood.

Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 9d

Four to the floor...

Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 10d

Seems Lukas Jakobi wants to conquer Düsseldorf's fine dining scene quarter by quarter. Heavy fighting in Pempelfort. After taking over one-stared Dr.Kosch's location & turning it into Ross & Reiter, his next shot (soon) is Heso directly at Kolpingplatz neighboring master Nagaya's third outfit Roku.

Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 11d

Hard Citroën Type H vibes.

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Jon Bilous @jon.framer.art · 11d

Sally’s Diner, Erie

Prints: https://jon.framer.art/s/image/91047?source=bluesky

Sally’s Diner vintage sign in Erie, Pennsylvania

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Soy camarero @soycamarero.bsky.social · 11d

¿Qué os parece esta presentación? 🤣

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Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 11d

The inmates are running the asylum and fear to have to return to their cells.

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

MAGA Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous

The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.

newrepublic.com

Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 11d

"No compromise with the electorate" was the conference’s standing order.

“Conventional wisdom says to meet people where they are. But, on most issues, where they are is unacceptable.”

Which party kicks out its fringe for good will have victorious decades ahead.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Democrats Still Have No Idea What Went Wrong

The party’s progressives seem to think the problem is not with their platform but with voters.

www.theatlantic.com

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Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 13d

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Jon Bilous @jon.framer.art · 14d

Joe's Pizza, West Village

Prints: https://jon.framer.art/s/image/59947?source=bluesky

Joe's Pizza sign, in the West Village, New York City

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Matthias Prohl @laokoon.bsky.social · 15d