Hilmar Schmundt
@hilmarschmundt.bsky.social
Science reporter, author, based in Berlin (www.schmundt.de)
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Nicht mehr nur Naturkatastrophen im Blick: Neuer Vorsorge-Ratgeber für Krisen und Notfälle, geprägt auch von der sicherheitspolitischen Lage:
Wenn die Krise näherkommt: Neue Broschüre „Vorsorgen für Krisen und Katastrophen“ – Augen geradeaus!
augengeradeaus.net
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Nicht mehr nur Naturkatastrophen im Blick: Neuer Vorsorge-Ratgeber für Krisen und Notfälle, geprägt auch von der sicherheitspolitischen Lage:
Berliners, come swim with me on Sunday at 1:30 pm in the center of town opposite Humboldt Forum, I will be making portraits again in my liquid open air studio: Full immersion Reporting! Bring warm clothes and hot beverages for warming up afterwards! www.flussbad-berlin.de/terminuebers...
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Berliners, come swim with me on Sunday at 1:30 pm in the center of town opposite Humboldt Forum, I will be making portraits again in my liquid open air studio: Full immersion Reporting! Bring warm clothes and hot beverages for warming up afterwards! www.flussbad-berlin.de/terminuebers...
Berlin-Marathon: schneller, höher, weiter ist das eine. Aber man kann das Laufen auch anders angehen, hat dieser 83-Jährige erfahren: www.spiegel.de/sport/berlin...
(S+) Berliner Läufer Peter Bartel: »Dass ich beim Marathon Allerletzter war, wurde zu meinem größten Erfolg«
Beim Berlin-Marathon 2024 sorgte Peter Bartel für einen viralen Moment: Mit künstlichem Knie kam der Rentner auf Platz 54.168 ins Ziel, strauchelte, küsste die Linie. Auch dieses Jahr ist er dabei: al...
www.spiegel.de
September 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Berlin-Marathon: schneller, höher, weiter ist das eine. Aber man kann das Laufen auch anders angehen, hat dieser 83-Jährige erfahren: www.spiegel.de/sport/berlin...
Toller Artikel von Lars-Olav Beier über « The Sound of Music ». Dieses Detail wurde uns im Bus nicht erzählt: « …Angeblich habe Wise damit gedroht, Dokumentaraufnahmen zu benutzen, auf denen zu sehen ist, wie begeistert die Nazis 1938 in Salzburg begrüßt wurden. « www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/...
September 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Toller Artikel von Lars-Olav Beier über « The Sound of Music ». Dieses Detail wurde uns im Bus nicht erzählt: « …Angeblich habe Wise damit gedroht, Dokumentaraufnahmen zu benutzen, auf denen zu sehen ist, wie begeistert die Nazis 1938 in Salzburg begrüßt wurden. « www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/...
Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky: Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. "...about 40 percent have deleted their accounts entirely in favor of Bluesky." www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky
Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.
www.wired.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky: Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. "...about 40 percent have deleted their accounts entirely in favor of Bluesky." www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
Blut, Eis & Netflix: Die Everest-Show beginnt, get the popcorn. Sie ist längst fest im Festivalkalender etabliert, wie Coachella & Eurovision. Die höchste Bühne der Welt bietet Erhebendes & Abgründe, Spektakel & Einkehr, Leben & Tod. www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft... via @Tagesspiegel #everest
Blut, Eis und Netflix: Die Mount-Everest-Besteigung ist längst zur brutalen Gladiatorenshow geworden
Die Aufstiegssaison beginnt. Inzwischen ist sie ein Festival aus Abenteuer, Kommerz, Kulturkritik, Wahnsinn – und statistisch vier Toten pro Saison. Was soll das?
www.tagesspiegel.de
May 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Blut, Eis & Netflix: Die Everest-Show beginnt, get the popcorn. Sie ist längst fest im Festivalkalender etabliert, wie Coachella & Eurovision. Die höchste Bühne der Welt bietet Erhebendes & Abgründe, Spektakel & Einkehr, Leben & Tod. www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft... via @Tagesspiegel #everest
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Holland-Rat für eine inklusive Begrüssung https://www.instagram.com/p/DIlMDr8sYBg/?igsh=MTF5YXRvOXlobXp3eA==
April 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Holland-Rat für eine inklusive Begrüssung https://www.instagram.com/p/DIlMDr8sYBg/?igsh=MTF5YXRvOXlobXp3eA==
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Our local polling station in Berlin is in a former Jewish orphanage from which at least 49 children & staff were sent to their deaths in the Holocaust @hilmarschmundt.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Our local polling station in Berlin is in a former Jewish orphanage from which at least 49 children & staff were sent to their deaths in the Holocaust @hilmarschmundt.bsky.social
Demo für die Verteidigung der Ukraine, Berlin
February 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Demo für die Verteidigung der Ukraine, Berlin
Happy Martin Luther King Day, America!
In 1964 when he visited Berlin, he insisted on crossing beyond the Wall into communist East Berlin. Dr. King’s message of freedom and human rights not only had special significance then. It has special significance today. de.usembassy.gov/60-years-mlk...
In 1964 when he visited Berlin, he insisted on crossing beyond the Wall into communist East Berlin. Dr. King’s message of freedom and human rights not only had special significance then. It has special significance today. de.usembassy.gov/60-years-mlk...
January 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Happy Martin Luther King Day, America!
In 1964 when he visited Berlin, he insisted on crossing beyond the Wall into communist East Berlin. Dr. King’s message of freedom and human rights not only had special significance then. It has special significance today. de.usembassy.gov/60-years-mlk...
In 1964 when he visited Berlin, he insisted on crossing beyond the Wall into communist East Berlin. Dr. King’s message of freedom and human rights not only had special significance then. It has special significance today. de.usembassy.gov/60-years-mlk...
Warum joggen Sie eigentlich? Früher dachte man, beim Laufen gehe es „um die körperliche Bestform für den Konkurrenzkampf im Berufsalltag“. Dann machte der Psychologe Alexander Weber eine Umfrage und erlebte eine große Überraschung:
www.runnersworld.de/gesundheitst...
www.runnersworld.de/gesundheitst...
Lauftherapie: Entdecke dein seelisches Gleichgewicht
Laufen für das seelische Gleichgewicht? Entdecke, wie Laufen Wohlbefinden und Gemeinschaft fördert.
www.runnersworld.de
January 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Warum joggen Sie eigentlich? Früher dachte man, beim Laufen gehe es „um die körperliche Bestform für den Konkurrenzkampf im Berufsalltag“. Dann machte der Psychologe Alexander Weber eine Umfrage und erlebte eine große Überraschung:
www.runnersworld.de/gesundheitst...
www.runnersworld.de/gesundheitst...
Kickl klaut beim Führer: Hier ein kleines Update zur Lingua Tertii Imperii www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
January 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Kickl klaut beim Führer: Hier ein kleines Update zur Lingua Tertii Imperii www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
Poetry from around the world; from Iranians who now live in Berlin, from a Syrian student who now has a "red passport" (i.e. who has become German). Book launch at the Poetry Project, founded by the incredible Susanne Koelbl. thepoetryproject.de
November 29, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Poetry from around the world; from Iranians who now live in Berlin, from a Syrian student who now has a "red passport" (i.e. who has become German). Book launch at the Poetry Project, founded by the incredible Susanne Koelbl. thepoetryproject.de
Travel like it’s April 2020! The railroad strike in Germany scared away many passengers. Berlin Hauptbahnhof looks like during the first Corona shutdown. Some trains are running, not too full (to Hamburg for example).
January 11, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Travel like it’s April 2020! The railroad strike in Germany scared away many passengers. Berlin Hauptbahnhof looks like during the first Corona shutdown. Some trains are running, not too full (to Hamburg for example).
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The brilliant street photographer Elliott Erwitt has left us.
@hilmarschmundt.bsky.social schmundt spent a terrific day with him in Central Park a few years back trying out some new tech & he was funny, curious and game. The pic below hung in our living room for ages www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gad...
@hilmarschmundt.bsky.social schmundt spent a terrific day with him in Central Park a few years back trying out some new tech & he was funny, curious and game. The pic below hung in our living room for ages www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gad...
November 30, 2023 at 8:32 PM
The brilliant street photographer Elliott Erwitt has left us.
@hilmarschmundt.bsky.social schmundt spent a terrific day with him in Central Park a few years back trying out some new tech & he was funny, curious and game. The pic below hung in our living room for ages www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gad...
@hilmarschmundt.bsky.social schmundt spent a terrific day with him in Central Park a few years back trying out some new tech & he was funny, curious and game. The pic below hung in our living room for ages www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gad...
Neue Fabelrekorde im Marathon liegen auch an den teuren Superschuhen. Doch die können auch behindern, schreibt mein Kollege Jan Göbel im @spiegelmagazin.bsky.social : "Im schlechtesten Fall könnte sich die Laufökonomie sogar um bis zu elf Prozent verschlechtern .." www.spiegel.de/fitness/welt...
October 14, 2023 at 2:01 PM
Neue Fabelrekorde im Marathon liegen auch an den teuren Superschuhen. Doch die können auch behindern, schreibt mein Kollege Jan Göbel im @spiegelmagazin.bsky.social : "Im schlechtesten Fall könnte sich die Laufökonomie sogar um bis zu elf Prozent verschlechtern .." www.spiegel.de/fitness/welt...
Not bad: This is me according to Stable Diffusion, with my Wikipedia entry as a prompt:
October 8, 2023 at 8:48 PM
Not bad: This is me according to Stable Diffusion, with my Wikipedia entry as a prompt:
This is my portrait, as interpreted by Stable Diffusion, with my name as a prompt.
October 8, 2023 at 8:41 PM
This is my portrait, as interpreted by Stable Diffusion, with my name as a prompt.
Wonder if 23 year young but already legendary Kevin Kiptum will run under 2 hours in Berlin next September? I think I will be watching at Brandenburg gate, and not run that day, if he enters the race.
From The Athletic: Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya broke the marathon world record on Sunday in Chicago, becoming the first athlete to run under 2:01 in an eligible race. nyti.ms/48H8yU6
October 8, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Wonder if 23 year young but already legendary Kevin Kiptum will run under 2 hours in Berlin next September? I think I will be watching at Brandenburg gate, and not run that day, if he enters the race.
"Zuerst kommen die Urbewohner:innen und fühlen sich frei, können viel ausprobieren und eine Kultur etablieren. Irgendwann kommen die Arschlöcher und Idioten und damit alle bekannten Fragestellungen der Content-Moderation." Schreibt @netzpolitik.bsky.social.
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October 8, 2023 at 8:26 PM
"Zuerst kommen die Urbewohner:innen und fühlen sich frei, können viel ausprobieren und eine Kultur etablieren. Irgendwann kommen die Arschlöcher und Idioten und damit alle bekannten Fragestellungen der Content-Moderation." Schreibt @netzpolitik.bsky.social.
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/der-ex...
“Is Germany really so risk-averse, if you look at the history of our economy?” He sat upright as he painted a picture of entrepreneurship stretching back to the pioneers of the coal and steel industry to Germany’s leadership in wind and solar technologies in the early 00s.
"He let out another long sigh. 'The heat pump was only a part of the ship, maybe the mast, maybe the headsail'”. By Philip Oltermann
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The trials of Robert Habeck: is the world’s most powerful green politician doomed to fail?
The long read: A year ago, Germany’s vice-chancellor was one of the country’s best-liked public figures. Then came the tabloid-driven backlash. Now he has to win the argument all over again
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2023 at 7:29 AM
“Is Germany really so risk-averse, if you look at the history of our economy?” He sat upright as he painted a picture of entrepreneurship stretching back to the pioneers of the coal and steel industry to Germany’s leadership in wind and solar technologies in the early 00s.
Tag der deutschen Zweiheit, Tag der deutschen Vielheit, Tag der deutschen Freiheit.
October 3, 2023 at 10:42 AM
Tag der deutschen Zweiheit, Tag der deutschen Vielheit, Tag der deutschen Freiheit.
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Katalin Karikó won a Nobel for COVID mRNA vaccines. Yet just 10 yrs earlier, Penn kicked her out of academia.
"They told me that they’d had a meeting and concluded that I was not of faculty quality. When I told them I was leaving, they laughed at me and said, ‘BioNTech doesn’t even have a website."
"They told me that they’d had a meeting and concluded that I was not of faculty quality. When I told them I was leaving, they laughed at me and said, ‘BioNTech doesn’t even have a website."
How mRNA went from a scientific backwater to a pandemic crusher
For decades, Katalin Karikó's work into mRNA therapeutics was overlooked by her colleagues. Now it's at the heart of the two leading coronavirus vaccines
www.wired.co.uk
October 2, 2023 at 6:25 PM
Katalin Karikó won a Nobel for COVID mRNA vaccines. Yet just 10 yrs earlier, Penn kicked her out of academia.
"They told me that they’d had a meeting and concluded that I was not of faculty quality. When I told them I was leaving, they laughed at me and said, ‘BioNTech doesn’t even have a website."
"They told me that they’d had a meeting and concluded that I was not of faculty quality. When I told them I was leaving, they laughed at me and said, ‘BioNTech doesn’t even have a website."