Tobias Merkendorf
@tmkdf.bsky.social
Parenting and Pedaling
Rugby and IP laws
Washing and Warmachines
Cold war temperate climate kid
Giggling Cardbox
Master of pillow forts
Calculated mediocrity
Somewhere on the fringes of the lowlands and industrial wastes of the Ruhr.
Rugby and IP laws
Washing and Warmachines
Cold war temperate climate kid
Giggling Cardbox
Master of pillow forts
Calculated mediocrity
Somewhere on the fringes of the lowlands and industrial wastes of the Ruhr.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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I can only repeat that operating multiple systems for the same purpose wasn’t the lesson I expected European countries to want to learn from Ukraine, but hey, to Denmark !
The Danish MOD announced the interim solution for short/medium range air defence has been converted into permanent confirming acquisition of (Altinget):
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
🇩🇰Denmark surprises nearly everyone and selects three interim short range ground-based air defence systems at one time in order to have everything in operation by 2026:
NASAMS (Kongsberg)
IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
MICA (MBDA)
Here we go!
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
NASAMS (Kongsberg)
IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
MICA (MBDA)
Here we go!
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I can only repeat that operating multiple systems for the same purpose wasn’t the lesson I expected European countries to want to learn from Ukraine, but hey, to Denmark !
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That’s a lot.
67% of Germans say that “When in doubt, we can and should no longer rely on military assistance from the US.”
Study: www.moreincommon.de/wp-content/u...
67% of Germans say that “When in doubt, we can and should no longer rely on military assistance from the US.”
Study: www.moreincommon.de/wp-content/u...
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
That’s a lot.
67% of Germans say that “When in doubt, we can and should no longer rely on military assistance from the US.”
Study: www.moreincommon.de/wp-content/u...
67% of Germans say that “When in doubt, we can and should no longer rely on military assistance from the US.”
Study: www.moreincommon.de/wp-content/u...
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Eine exklusive Forsa-Umfrage für Table.Briefings zeigt: Auch unter CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wählern fordern viele mehr #Klimaschutz. Und selbst in der wirtschaftlich schwierigen Lage soll das deutsche Klimaziel nicht aufgeweicht werden, so die Befragten. 1/3
table.media/climate/them...
table.media/climate/them...
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Eine exklusive Forsa-Umfrage für Table.Briefings zeigt: Auch unter CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wählern fordern viele mehr #Klimaschutz. Und selbst in der wirtschaftlich schwierigen Lage soll das deutsche Klimaziel nicht aufgeweicht werden, so die Befragten. 1/3
table.media/climate/them...
table.media/climate/them...
If you liked 2008, you might love 2026…
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If you liked 2008, you might love 2026…
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we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
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The new family vehicles of Paris. I think that if a Parisian cycling activist came out of ten years of hibernation and went into the street, what would seem most unbelievable to them would be seeing all these bikes with childrens on the back ;)
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The new family vehicles of Paris. I think that if a Parisian cycling activist came out of ten years of hibernation and went into the street, what would seem most unbelievable to them would be seeing all these bikes with childrens on the back ;)
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Mastodon now has quote posts.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Mastodon now has quote posts.
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+++ Polarlichter möglich! +++
Zwei koronale Massenauswürfe der Sonne könnten heute Nacht für Polarlichter bei uns sorgen!
👉 Astrowetter: kachelmannwetter.com/de/info/astr...
👉 Polarlicht-Vorhersage: kachelmannwetter.com/de/aurora
/FA
(Bild: @noaa.gov SWPC)
#Aurora #Polarlichter
Zwei koronale Massenauswürfe der Sonne könnten heute Nacht für Polarlichter bei uns sorgen!
👉 Astrowetter: kachelmannwetter.com/de/info/astr...
👉 Polarlicht-Vorhersage: kachelmannwetter.com/de/aurora
/FA
(Bild: @noaa.gov SWPC)
#Aurora #Polarlichter
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
+++ Polarlichter möglich! +++
Zwei koronale Massenauswürfe der Sonne könnten heute Nacht für Polarlichter bei uns sorgen!
👉 Astrowetter: kachelmannwetter.com/de/info/astr...
👉 Polarlicht-Vorhersage: kachelmannwetter.com/de/aurora
/FA
(Bild: @noaa.gov SWPC)
#Aurora #Polarlichter
Zwei koronale Massenauswürfe der Sonne könnten heute Nacht für Polarlichter bei uns sorgen!
👉 Astrowetter: kachelmannwetter.com/de/info/astr...
👉 Polarlicht-Vorhersage: kachelmannwetter.com/de/aurora
/FA
(Bild: @noaa.gov SWPC)
#Aurora #Polarlichter
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bwahahahahahahaha
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
bwahahahahahahaha
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Was die Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland heute vorgelegt hat, dürfte zu heftigen Diskussionen vor allem, aber nicht nur im kirchlichen Umfeld führen. Mich hat das schon überrascht (und ich habe bislang nur einen Teil gelesen):
Schwieriger Lesestoff (auch für mich): Die neue Friedensethik der Evangelischen Kirche – Augen geradeaus!
augengeradeaus.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Was die Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland heute vorgelegt hat, dürfte zu heftigen Diskussionen vor allem, aber nicht nur im kirchlichen Umfeld führen. Mich hat das schon überrascht (und ich habe bislang nur einen Teil gelesen):
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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It's now up to 160 refusing to meet the government bsky.app/profile/mota...
Sweden's government wants to work with local governments to send away immigrants, but a rising number of municipalities have refused to participate in discussions on this policy - including the two biggest cities.
www.mitti.se
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's now up to 160 refusing to meet the government bsky.app/profile/mota...
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I think Britain should demand its money back for coming to Belgium's rescue in two world wars.
❗️🇺🇦 Belgium, Slovakia and Hungary are blocking the "reparations loan" to Ukraine, the basis of which is to be confiscated Russian assets, - journalist Tsaplienko
🇧🇪 Belgium is afraid of legal consequences. "If Ukraine wins the war, there are no problems, if not, we will have to deal with Russia."
🇧🇪 Belgium is afraid of legal consequences. "If Ukraine wins the war, there are no problems, if not, we will have to deal with Russia."
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I think Britain should demand its money back for coming to Belgium's rescue in two world wars.
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A useful model for "AI agents" is that they're the current excuse meme for AI. They're not a thing that works at all, now or in the fabulous future. But they're *such* good material for hypecrafting.
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A useful model for "AI agents" is that they're the current excuse meme for AI. They're not a thing that works at all, now or in the fabulous future. But they're *such* good material for hypecrafting.
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Nästa gång ni hör någonting om Malmö som ett ekonomiskt sänke, tänk på den här bilden – hur rika kommuner som Vellinge, Lomma och Staffanstorp är helt beroende av Malmö, som genererar inkomster som sedan hamnar någon annanstans.
Malmö är Skånes stora ekonomiska motor.
Malmö är Skånes stora ekonomiska motor.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nästa gång ni hör någonting om Malmö som ett ekonomiskt sänke, tänk på den här bilden – hur rika kommuner som Vellinge, Lomma och Staffanstorp är helt beroende av Malmö, som genererar inkomster som sedan hamnar någon annanstans.
Malmö är Skånes stora ekonomiska motor.
Malmö är Skånes stora ekonomiska motor.
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A CA fed judge on Friday sentenced the founder of a company that purported to sell artificial intelligence-based business automation software to one year behind bars for defrauding investors in what the federal government called a "fake-it-til-you-make-it" scheme that never made it. IPLaw 360
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A CA fed judge on Friday sentenced the founder of a company that purported to sell artificial intelligence-based business automation software to one year behind bars for defrauding investors in what the federal government called a "fake-it-til-you-make-it" scheme that never made it. IPLaw 360
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Leave it to a a handful of Senate Democrats to cave in a moment where they held actual political power, leverage, had momentum, when the base finally felt something akin of hope and excitement again. Truly stunning.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Leave it to a a handful of Senate Democrats to cave in a moment where they held actual political power, leverage, had momentum, when the base finally felt something akin of hope and excitement again. Truly stunning.
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Wood Mackenzie confirms new natural gas generation is expensive!
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wood Mackenzie confirms new natural gas generation is expensive!
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
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When you've lost *checks notes again* Ezra Klein
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
When you've lost *checks notes again* Ezra Klein
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Experten warnen: KI ist kein neutrales Werkzeug, sondern ein sozioökonomisches Machtinstrument mit tiefgreifenden Folgen für Demokratie. #Künstliche Intelligenz
Philosoph: KI ist kein Werkzeug, sondern ein Machtinstrument
Experten warnen: KI ist kein neutrales Werkzeug, sondern ein sozioökonomisches Machtinstrument mit tiefgreifenden Folgen für Demokratie.
www.heise.de
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Experten warnen: KI ist kein neutrales Werkzeug, sondern ein sozioökonomisches Machtinstrument mit tiefgreifenden Folgen für Demokratie. #Künstliche Intelligenz
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Seit der zweiten Amtszeit Donald Trumps migrieren weniger Deutsche in die USA. Dafür komme mehr US-Amerikaner nach Deutschland.
Migration: Deutlich weniger Deutsche ziehen in die USA – dafür mehr Zuzüge
Seit der zweiten Amtszeit Donald Trumps migrieren weniger Deutsche in die USA. Dafür komme mehr US-Amerikaner nach Deutschland.
www.wiwo.de
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Seit der zweiten Amtszeit Donald Trumps migrieren weniger Deutsche in die USA. Dafür komme mehr US-Amerikaner nach Deutschland.
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@wiegold.de Das ist der totale Gegensatz zur Bundeswehr, vor allem um 1990, als ich da war. Einen Kampf, der sinnlos erscheint, kämpft man nicht.
Der Comic am Anfang des Threads ist auch sehr schön.
Der Comic am Anfang des Threads ist auch sehr schön.
As one of my instructors once put it, after a guy much braver than I had questioned if they really expected us to win against an invasion from the east:
"We do not expect you to win."
"We, and history, expect you to fight."
"We do not expect you to win."
"We, and history, expect you to fight."
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
@wiegold.de Das ist der totale Gegensatz zur Bundeswehr, vor allem um 1990, als ich da war. Einen Kampf, der sinnlos erscheint, kämpft man nicht.
Der Comic am Anfang des Threads ist auch sehr schön.
Der Comic am Anfang des Threads ist auch sehr schön.