Trend 2026

“It’s like the exhilaration of the first summer days spent in amazing places. The energy of the hot sun gives me a boost and drives me forward.” May 24, 2026 

 Tracklist:

Flava D, Anaïs, Dread MC — Entertainer

1991 — Kabuki

Harriet Jaxxon, Jolie P — Everything But U

Makoto, Rasmus Faber — Swing Drops

Technimatic — Days That I Once Knew

Indivision — Sweet Surrender

Viridity, Acris — Golden Skies

Bcee, Charlotte Haining (Emba Remix) — Give Me a Break

Beat Merchants, Dan-I (Command Strange Remix) — Hurricane

Alexvnder — What I do I Love

Gabriella Bongo, lina lexa — Chemistry

Another Real Statistics

 A recent survey found that Prague residents have lower levels of trust in other people than inhabitants of many other European capitals. In this respect, Prague is said to resemble cities in Turkey and the Balkans more closely.

The survey focuses on interpersonal trust – that is, the extent to which people trust those who live around them, share public spaces with them, and form the society of which they are a part.

The study also addresses people’s sense of safety. It examines the condition of public spaces, residents’ experiences, the presence of socially excluded areas, and concerns related to moving around the city at night. According to the findings, most of Prague residents do not generally feel safe in their environment.

Prague is often portrayed as a prosperous metropolis with low unemployment and a rich cultural scene. However, interpersonal trust tends to weaken in environments where people face long-term economic insecurity or intense competition and social selection. Under such circumstances, overall trust is usually lower.

In a way, I recently pointed this out in connection with another survey: low unemployment does not necessarily mean a high quality of life. It merely indicates that unemployment levels are low. Wages, living costs, and, in some cases, opportunistic behaviour provide a clearer picture of people’s actual living standards. If we look at how people genuinely experience their quality of life, some countries certainly do not feel like they belong among the world’s top twenty richest nations. 

Critical reflection of a myself

 I reflected on myself when I felt that this gesture was the right one. I admired Sofia Krainska’s raised clenched fist. At the same time, I recognize that people can hold complex and sometimes seemingly contradictory views.

For example, I am a fan of the New York Islanders. Isles goaltender, Ilya Sorokin, has often been the player who keeps the team in the game. I also prefer Sorokin on the Isles over the Czech goaltender David Rittich. Rittich cannot even be the number one goalie for the Isles, and I would rather see Semyon Varlamov return to the Islanders from Bridgeport, as Varlamov was also better than Rittich. 

In electronic music, there are also artists and figures whom I admire, even if others might see this as conflicting with the opinions I expressed after seeing Krainska’s gesture. 

What I value most, however, is the willingness to stand by one’s principles. This is something I saw in both Sofia Krainska and Varvara Chubarova, whose refusal to compromise their convictions earned my respect. 

These days

“When I turn, in the moment, feel the same.” 

 

    The afterparty after the Sunday by the Sea lasted until 3 a.m. I had to convince myself to finally end the unexpected Sunday event. I was planning to go to Luxembourg city and France for a while on Monday. 

For two hours, I danced on the bed. Like a silent disco, the same trance song kept looping over and over — Hot As Hades (John O’Callaghan Remix). Sometimes I imagined my own lyrics in place of the original words. These days, and the first truly summer-like days of the year. It was a huge euphoria, the feeling that I also could have been somewhere else. Looking back now, I’m almost surprised by the level of euphoria I was in — from Sunday into Monday, dancing half-naked on the bed while looking out the windows. 

I had already drunk two Dutch beers before 8 p.m. on Sunday. I laughed about the fact that I was drinking an ordinary Dutch blackcurrant lemonade — it tasted unbelievably good to me. It’s actually pretty strong. Looking back today, I can’t even remember exactly why I laughed so much about that lemonade, pretty strong. I only have a photo of myself half-naked with the drink, when I forced myself to take a picture of that amazing ordinary lemonade from Zeeland.

Dry as Consciousness

 I have published posts several times about land management of different types Europe. In Central Europe, people usually complain about droughts and unbearable heat during warm days. 

I myself am shocked by the dryness in Central Europe when I know the reality of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, or Western Germany. 

This shock of dryness has led me once again to reflect on cultural principles in Central Europe and Western Europe. 

Some might say it is due to climate change. In reality, however, it is not only about climate itself, but about the way the landscape has been modified and managed over decades. 

I do not want to go into the reasons again; I am simply sharing my shock at how unbearable it feels…

ChatGPT also knows only statistics, and therefore knows about the climate and landscape only from a virtual environments, but this piece is something I see in different landscapes of Europe. 

  “One of the biggest problems of the Central European landscape is its low water retention capacity. During the last century, large-scale interventions in nature took place across Central Europe:

* rivers were straightened,

* wetlands were drained,

* drainage systems were built,

* fields were merged into enormous agricultural plots.

These changes were intended to increase agricultural efficiency. Water was supposed to drain from the fields as quickly as possible so that machinery could operate without limitations. In the long term, however, this approach caused the landscape to stop retaining water.

Today, when heavy rain comes, the water often:

* quickly runs off the surface,

* flows into rivers,

* does not soak deeply into the soil.

The result is that the landscape dries out rapidly during hot periods.”