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Raumfahrer. Filmgucker. Schönwetterradfahrer. Vater und Ehemann. Gutmensch.

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Jahresrückblick 2026: Lieblingsbilder
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Nikolai Kardashev was a Soviet radio astronomer and astrophysicist who wanted to know how one could even detect extraterrestrial civilizations at all, the “SETI problem”.

He concluded: by energy consumption. The Kardashev scale is therefore not an ISO standard (ISO = Interstellar Standards […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
February 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Seit wann ist Spanien eigentlich so stabil?

Halbe Million Ausländer*Innen die Staatsbürgerschaft geschenkt.
Führendes europäisches Land beim Klimaschutz.
Klare Kante gegen Tech-Broligarchen und zumindest halbwegs ernstzunehmende Souvernänitätsanstrengungen...

Und irgendwie auch interessant […]
Original post on linke.social
linke.social
February 5, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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"This news has moved me from "maybe computer use should be regulated" to "Butlerian Jihad Now" on the radicalisation scale."

(Original title: The Steam Machine Has Been Delayed Because Stupid Little Babies Can't Stop Using AI To Write Their Emails) […]
Original post on tldr.nettime.org
tldr.nettime.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Dazu muss man wissen, dass es in der Antike keine schwarzen Menschen gab, da die ja erst im ~17. Jh in Afrika entdeckt wurden.

Keine Pointe. @derStandard https://mastodon.derstandard.at/@derStandard/116017279944129911
DER STANDARD (@derStandard@derstandard.at)
Heftige Debatte um Lupita Nyong'o als Helena in "Odyssee"-Verfilmung https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000307303/heftige-debatte-um-lupita-nyongo-als-helena-in-odyssee-verfilmung?ref=mastodon
mastodon.derstandard.at
February 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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The prime minister of Spain explains Spain’s welcome to immigrants.

“We, as Western nations, must choose between becoming closed and impoverished societies, or open and prosperous ones.” […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 5, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub […]
Original post on fedi.simonwillison.net
fedi.simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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Cory Doctorow: "America is not great. It has been gutted by the Epstein class, who robbed us blind, raped our kids, and are now selling us shitcoins and chatbots and the spectacle of protesters being shot in the streets."

https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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I want my skills sharp, kept sharp by looking things up and thinking for myself, the same way walking everywhere keeps me healthy.

I'm enriched by the random things I learn and random skills I pick up while doing so.

Most of all, I don't want my entire life, mind, and experience reduced to the […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
February 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Personal favorite: „THE EFFECT OF CLIPBOARDS ON PERCEIVED AUTHORITY IN TEST ENVIRONMENTS“.
But there are some excellent chasers. @NanoRaptor https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/116006383821986649
Nanoraptor (@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social)
Attached: 1 image Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip (with thanks to @JuliaRez@chaos.social for the original pic)
bitbang.social
February 4, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Gasspeicher - Energiewirtschaft für Notfallreserve - Bundesnetzagentur erwartet steigende Gaspreise

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/energiewirtschaft-fuer-notfallreserve-bundesnetzagentur-erwartet-steigende-gaspreise-100.html

> Der Chef der Bundesnetzagentur, Müller, sieht trotz niedriger […]
Original post on social.tchncs.de
social.tchncs.de
February 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Dieser Überreichtum bewirkt, dass jedes Gefühl für die Wertigkeit menschlichen Lebens abhanden kommt. Neben all der Machtkonzentration etc. ist das für mich ein Hauptgrund Reichtum zu begrenzen.
Er fördert ein faschistisches Menschenbild.
February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
med-mastodon.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:12 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@somlu1968/115984671517269113

Das hat der Kinderbuchautor besser hinbekommen als die „Expertin“ aus der Gaslobby. Wer hätte das gedacht.
mastodon.social
January 30, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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"The penalty with LLMs is that you eventually run out of people's work to steal"
January 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Ich finde es spannend, wie man gegen Linksextremismus "mit aller Härte des Gesetzes" vorgehen muss, aber den Rechtsextremismus, den muss man mit "guter Politik wegregieren".
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 AM
mastodon.social
January 30, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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Um den Faschismus zu bekämpfen, haben die US-Demokraten jetzt einen Shutdown abgewendet. Ernsthaft! Sie finanzieren den Haushalt munter weiter mit. Sie wollen aber jetzt verhandeln, dass keine US-Bürger mehr erschossen werden. – Das Versagen der US-Demokraten ist episch! #SPD1933
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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heute #onthisday vor 93 Jahren (30.01.1933) übergaben völkische Konservative die Regierungsmacht an Adolf Hitler und Hermann Göring. Letzterer verstärkte die Polizei durch die "Hilfspolizei" - sprich gab der SA polizeiliche Befugnisse. Künftig agierte die SA […]

[Original post on hameln.social]
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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Hier gibt sich jemand Mühe l, was schönes zu machen. Dafür sind 134 Abonnenten schon ein wenig wenig...
Ich fand's nett zu hören/sehen #solarpunk

https://peertube.stream/w/3dyPxFMyA6vLwsth5VXNWa
Solarpunk Degrowth. A future with more because of less waste.
Welcome to #Solarpunk USA, a guide to creating a solarpunk future. Solarpunk is much more than #art , its a lifestyle we can have now or very soon if we learn how to organize our communities with d...
peertube.stream
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115979194716746015

„We help Google comply with the law“: you just gotta love European diplomatic language. Let’s see if this is really a case of „talk softly but carry a big stick“.
ec.social-network.europa.eu
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Bruce Springsteen hat jetzt einen Song für Minnesota geschrieben & es kommt der Generalstreik
- mir ist echt zum heulen, weil das genau jenes Amerika ist, das mich in vielem geprägt habt und ich hoffe, sie finden endlich die Kraft, diesem Albtraum Grenzen zu setzen
January 29, 2026 at 9:48 AM
RE: https://fnordon.de/@mspro/115977675706718111

Mir fällt da kein zentristisches Gegenargument ein. Isso.
fnordon.de
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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I have a lot to do today, but I think someone should say this. So I’ll take some time to do that ⏵

For a while there, Donald Trump and a contemptibly complicit conservative media of charlatans and grifters led 33% of our country (mostly MAGA) into thinking it was “cool” to …
January 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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#massie said the oil was "stolen" & that #trump cannot "legally create a second #treasury overseas for his own piggy bank."

"Selling stolen #oil & putting billions of dollars in a bank in #qatar to be spent without Congressional approval is not Constitutional," Massie wrote on X. "Only […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM