Sixth day of the train journey around #Switzerland last year. From snow and glaciers on the day before, to the almost tropical climate of #Lugano. The lake is incredibly gorgeous, multiple settlements around its edge used to be accessible only by boat, until recently. Some of them still can't be reached by car, only on foot and by bike - we saw some deliveries done that way. And it really, really screams "old money".
In Lugano we cheaped out - scared off by the local coffee shop prices for breakfast, we settled for a McDonald on the lake's shore. Definitely the most expensive and the nicest McDonalds I've ever seen - including table service even.
#Interrail day 4/7: unfortunately I have to leave #Rimini, but thanks to #Nödbroms I could sleep longer as the #train station is only 7 minutes away by #bike
I took the slower #frecciarossa to #Milano (3h), as everyone takes the fast one leaving some minutes earlier. In #Chiasso the #ECE150 was 30 minutes delayed and pretty cramped, but I managed to get the perfect place for my #brompton though they didn’t show which place is reserved before departure.
First class then got cramped in #Lugano
very niche, but ... if any of you ever wanted to hear me speak in italian ... a little video message i just made for our highschool reunion (30 years since graduating, fuck...) tonight, since i won't be able to make it over there ( in #Lugano ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWhNjdLqML4
Via Cattedrale, Lugano, c.1940s - Mayr Foto Cartolina
https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/via-cattedrale-lugano-c-1940s-mayr-foto-cartolina-222403347.htm
A nice view down to Lago di Lugano, where I've been staying to visit my sister since Friday. A very lovely place, and also perfect for #TrailRunning, but that's another story
For anyone in the Fediverse who might be interested in #philosophy of #physics, I’m excited to share this #workshop I’ve been organising with some friends, on metaphysical and epistemological problems in #quantummechanics. Some very cool speakers will join us for interesting discussions, on the 28th of June at #usi in #lugano
Aviation weather for Lugano airport (Switzerland) is “LSZA 012320Z AUTO VRB01KT CAVOK 14/11 Q1021” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/lsza/en #lugano #switzerland #luganoairport #lsza #lug #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek vl
Aviation weather for Lugano airport (Switzerland) is “LSZA 010120Z AUTO 00000KT CAVOK 12/11 Q1021” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/lsza/en #lugano #switzerland #luganoairport #lsza #lug #metar #aviation #aviationweather vl
Wer mehr über #Lugano, #PlanB und #Tether wissen will: Letztes Jahr hat @toms in der @republik_magazin über die Eigenschaften der "Kryptowährung" #LVGA, die inzwischen dementierten Beziehungen von Lugano zu Bitcoin-Maximalisten (aber in Pressefotos dokumentiert) und die Verflechtungen nach El Salvador und Russland berichtet.
Lesenswert!
@woz
https://www.republik.ch/2024/01/16/luganos-obskure-bitcoin-connections
Lugano. Der Name erweckt Gedanken an sonnige, elegante Entspannung im Süden.
Doch Lugano hat auch eine Vergangenheit als Geldwäscheparadies. Früher™.
Heute ist Lugano seriös geworden. Und dochnlässt sie sich vom umstrittenen Stablecoin Tether aushalten und gibt ihm im Gegenzug Legitimität. Und gibt dem Tether-Chef auch eine Heimat. In dieser Heimat auch sein rein «privates» Büro …
Die @woz blickt hinter die Kulissen der Luganeser Piazza.
#Tether #Lugano #PlanB
https://www.woz.ch/2516/lugano-und-der-plan-b/geld-fuer-gelati-terror-und-drogen/!F60305KGQJ5M
#bitcoin is still a steaming pile of scammy bullshit, but have to admit that's a nice piece of artwork there in #lugano ... makes me want to revisit my high-school town https://piaille.fr/@2tout2rien/114278216538055433
À Lugano, une statue célèbre l'anonymat de Satoshi Nakamoto, le mystérieux créateur du #Bitcoin.
Conçue par Valentina Picozzi, elle semble disparaître lorsqu'on l'observe de face !
Inconnu