Lalon Sander
@lalonsander.bsky.social
Coding Journalist | Data+Automation beim NDR, Climate+Data bei der @taz.de | Mastodon: https://chaos.social/@lalonsander | Projekt: @linksfilter.bsky.social
Unlike other minority candidates Zohran Mamdani didn't diminish or apologize for his identities as an immigrant or a Muslim despite islamophobic attacks on his campaign. In the face of Trump's racist crackdown on immigrants, his boldness resonates www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How Mamdani is defying immigrant expectations by embracing his identity: ‘His boldness resonates’
New York City mayor-elect refused to ‘be in the shadows’ in the face of Islamophobic attacks during his campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Unlike other minority candidates Zohran Mamdani didn't diminish or apologize for his identities as an immigrant or a Muslim despite islamophobic attacks on his campaign. In the face of Trump's racist crackdown on immigrants, his boldness resonates www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Das US-Militär in Deutschland empfiehlt Soldat*innen ganz offiziell im Shutdown die Tafeln aufzusuchen 😱 home.army.mil/bavaria/abou...
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Das US-Militär in Deutschland empfiehlt Soldat*innen ganz offiziell im Shutdown die Tafeln aufzusuchen 😱 home.army.mil/bavaria/abou...
☀️ ☀️ ☀️ There is so much solar power in Australia that from next year electricity will be free for the hours at midday
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
☀️ ☀️ ☀️ There is so much solar power in Australia that from next year electricity will be free for the hours at midday
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Studien belegen, dass der Einsatz von KI keine Effizienzgewinne in Unternehmen bringt https://taz.de/Studien-belegen-dass-der-Einsatz-von-KI-keine-Effizienzgewinne-in-Unternehmen-bringt/!6125562/
Studien belegen, dass der Einsatz von KI keine Effizienzgewinne in Unternehmen bringt
taz.de
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Studien belegen, dass der Einsatz von KI keine Effizienzgewinne in Unternehmen bringt https://taz.de/Studien-belegen-dass-der-Einsatz-von-KI-keine-Effizienzgewinne-in-Unternehmen-bringt/!6125562/
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"Strohmann-Spende" an AfD für Justiz weder relevant noch strafbar https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000294203/strohmann-spende-an-afd-fuer-justiz-weder-relevant-noch-strafbar
"Strohmann-Spende" an AfD für Justiz weder relevant noch strafbar
www.derstandard.at
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"Strohmann-Spende" an AfD für Justiz weder relevant noch strafbar https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000294203/strohmann-spende-an-afd-fuer-justiz-weder-relevant-noch-strafbar
In some rural Indian villages previously centred on farming, cyber-fraud has become the dominant income source. For many digital scams are now accepted as a profession, while entrenched inequalities make it impossible for them to turn back. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages
The long read: How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit?
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
In some rural Indian villages previously centred on farming, cyber-fraud has become the dominant income source. For many digital scams are now accepted as a profession, while entrenched inequalities make it impossible for them to turn back. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AfD: Brandmauer - CDU stimmt im Kreistag erstmals Antrag der AfD zu https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/afd-brandmauer-cdu-stimmt-im-kreistag-erstmals-antrag-der-afd-zu-a-1f3349ee-9c32-49e2-babc-9d227a794a8d
AfD: Brandmauer - CDU stimmt im Kreistag erstmals Antrag der AfD zu
www.spiegel.de
October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
AfD: Brandmauer - CDU stimmt im Kreistag erstmals Antrag der AfD zu https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/afd-brandmauer-cdu-stimmt-im-kreistag-erstmals-antrag-der-afd-zu-a-1f3349ee-9c32-49e2-babc-9d227a794a8d
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Auswertung von AfD-Reden im Landtag: Auf 390 Seiten gegen die Verfassung https://taz.de/Auswertung-von-AfD-Reden-im-Landtag/!6124817/
Auswertung von AfD-Reden im Landtag: Auf 390 Seiten gegen die Verfassung
taz.de
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Auswertung von AfD-Reden im Landtag: Auf 390 Seiten gegen die Verfassung https://taz.de/Auswertung-von-AfD-Reden-im-Landtag/!6124817/
Am vergangenen Wochenende haben Wind und Sonne den bundesweiten Stromverbrauch abgedeckt
Deutschland komplett mit Wind und Sonne versorgen? Das geht, hat das Wochenende bewiesen.
Immer wieder wird hinterfragt, ob die Erneuerbaren Energien Deutschland mit Strom versorgen können. Beim jüngsten Sturm haben Wind und Sonne gezeigt, dass sie den bundesweiten Stromverbrauch decken…
www.ndr.de
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Am vergangenen Wochenende haben Wind und Sonne den bundesweiten Stromverbrauch abgedeckt
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Verdacht der Volksverhetzung: Berliner Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt gegen Julian Reichelt https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2025-10/volksverhetzung-julian-reichelt-nius-rassismus
Verdacht der Volksverhetzung: Berliner Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt gegen Julian Reichelt
www.zeit.de
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Verdacht der Volksverhetzung: Berliner Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt gegen Julian Reichelt https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2025-10/volksverhetzung-julian-reichelt-nius-rassismus
For years, low libido in women was brushed aside. Now, many say testosterone turned on the spark again and report more energy, ambition and a renewed desire for sex. Large trials show promising results, though not as dramatic as the social media hype. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/m...
Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive but Risks Side Effects
There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won’t cover it. Many doctors won’t prescribe it. It’s become a cultural phenomenon.
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
For years, low libido in women was brushed aside. Now, many say testosterone turned on the spark again and report more energy, ambition and a renewed desire for sex. Large trials show promising results, though not as dramatic as the social media hype. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/m...
An additional tax on millionaires in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state. The money is being used to fund bridge repairs, literacy programs and public transport.
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Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without…
www.bloomberg.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
An additional tax on millionaires in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state. The money is being used to fund bridge repairs, literacy programs and public transport.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.": www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.": www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
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Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12
In vielen ländlichen Gegenden Norddeutschlands kann die Fahrt mit Fahrrad oder Nahverkehr zum Supermarkt, zur Apotheke oder in ein Restaurant mehr als eine halbe Stunde dauern. Viele Menschen nutzen deshalb ein Auto, das die Fahrtwege deutlich verkürzt. www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In vielen ländlichen Gegenden Norddeutschlands kann die Fahrt mit Fahrrad oder Nahverkehr zum Supermarkt, zur Apotheke oder in ein Restaurant mehr als eine halbe Stunde dauern. Viele Menschen nutzen deshalb ein Auto, das die Fahrtwege deutlich verkürzt. www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...
Bill McKibben, once a climate doomsayer has become an optimist: "Solar is cheap, available in bulk and on the shelf ready to go. 95% of new electric generation around the world last year came from clean energy, and the fossil fuel industry freaked out." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a climate doomsayer became an unexpected optimist
On this week’s “More To The Story,” environmentalist Bill McKibben examines how the remarkable rise of solar power could (finally) begin to slow climate change.
www.motherjones.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Bill McKibben, once a climate doomsayer has become an optimist: "Solar is cheap, available in bulk and on the shelf ready to go. 95% of new electric generation around the world last year came from clean energy, and the fossil fuel industry freaked out." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Thousands of leaked chat messages detail leaders of the youth organizations of the US Republican party talking about supporting Hitler, sending opponents to gas chambers, supporting slavery and rape, and using casual racism, homophobia and antisemitism. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Thousands of leaked chat messages detail leaders of the youth organizations of the US Republican party talking about supporting Hitler, sending opponents to gas chambers, supporting slavery and rape, and using casual racism, homophobia and antisemitism. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Großer Sieg für die Klimabewegung beim Hamburger Zukunftsentscheid: Große Zustimmung findet das „Gesetz für besseren Klimaschutz“ vor allem in zentrumsnahen Gegenden und Stadtteilen mit einer jüngeren Bevölkerung. Deutlich niedriger ist die Zustimmung in Gegenden mit höherem Eigentümeranteil. (1/2)
October 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Großer Sieg für die Klimabewegung beim Hamburger Zukunftsentscheid: Große Zustimmung findet das „Gesetz für besseren Klimaschutz“ vor allem in zentrumsnahen Gegenden und Stadtteilen mit einer jüngeren Bevölkerung. Deutlich niedriger ist die Zustimmung in Gegenden mit höherem Eigentümeranteil. (1/2)
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🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
US aid cuts have left Myanmar’s refugees and internally displaced populations with catastrophic shortages of food, medicine, and care. In Rakhine’s camps, children are dying. Meanwhile US officials falsely claim no deaths have resulted from the cuts:
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
US aid cuts have left Myanmar’s refugees and internally displaced populations with catastrophic shortages of food, medicine, and care. In Rakhine’s camps, children are dying. Meanwhile US officials falsely claim no deaths have resulted from the cuts:
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Vorbildliche Darstellung des NDR. Klimawandelfolgen auf Regionen heruntergebrochen, die dort beschriebenen Entwicklungen in größeren Kontext gesetzt und vermeintliche Widersprüche aufgelöst.
Liebe Norddeutsche, hier habt ihr was zum Teilen
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Liebe Norddeutsche, hier habt ihr was zum Teilen
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Aktuelle Daten: Norddeutschland erlebte einen deutlich zu warmen und zu trockenen September
Nach einem durchwachsenen Sommer wurde der September im Norden noch einmal richtig warm, meldet der Deutsche Wetterdienst. Wie waren die Temperaturen in Ihrer Region?
www.ndr.de
September 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Vorbildliche Darstellung des NDR. Klimawandelfolgen auf Regionen heruntergebrochen, die dort beschriebenen Entwicklungen in größeren Kontext gesetzt und vermeintliche Widersprüche aufgelöst.
Liebe Norddeutsche, hier habt ihr was zum Teilen
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Liebe Norddeutsche, hier habt ihr was zum Teilen
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A volcanic eruption in 2022 severed Tonga’s undersea internet cable, cutting off the country’s connection to the world for weeks. Parts of the country stayed offline for 18 months, thrown back into a time before telegraph and scheduled flights www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A volcanic eruption in 2022 severed Tonga’s undersea internet cable, cutting off the country’s connection to the world for weeks. Parts of the country stayed offline for 18 months, thrown back into a time before telegraph and scheduled flights www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Sometimes a climate catastrophe seems inevitable, but history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster
‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster
Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Sometimes a climate catastrophe seems inevitable, but history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster
While the Trump administration blocks offshore wind, Block Island shows what it can deliver. The community has seen electricity costs drop, pollution vanish and internet speeds soar since the communally owned turbines replaced costly diesel generators. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...
A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View. And Their Lives, for the Better.
Offshore turbines let Block Island shut down soot-spewing, earsplitting diesel generators. There were other benefits, too.
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
While the Trump administration blocks offshore wind, Block Island shows what it can deliver. The community has seen electricity costs drop, pollution vanish and internet speeds soar since the communally owned turbines replaced costly diesel generators. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...
After some restraint Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayor’s race. The election is now becoming a litmus test for the Democratic Socialists: "His success would be our success, and his failure would be our failure." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/n...
The Wary, Warming, Wildly Consequential Alliance of Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani
She was the ‘big sister’ he hoped to impress. He seemed inexperienced to her. Now, they’re the faces of a political movement — and New York is its test case.
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
After some restraint Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayor’s race. The election is now becoming a litmus test for the Democratic Socialists: "His success would be our success, and his failure would be our failure." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/n...