Carsten Franke

@carstenfranke
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German Chemist living in the USA. American since 2024. Former 3M engineer and inventor, working on plastic films and adhesives for LCD displays, now running my own temperature measurement business. Democrat, fighter for democracy. Too many hobbies.. gardening, house plants, high power rockets, 3D printing. (He/Him)
Profile picture is the skinny Alien from Wes Anderson's movie "Asteroid City". It holds said asteroid and stares with wide googly eyes into the camera.
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Born at326 ppm

Families can't afford healthcare, food, and housing, but the president is spending billions to send violent ICE agents into our communities. I'm marching on March 28 to say NO KINGS!

Join us in person or virtually online www.nokings.org #uspol #uspolitics #NoKings

Might be this
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Looking at flightradar24 I spotted something that had a balloon 🎈 symbol... And yes, it is a private high altitude balloon . Not sure what it is about...
More aviation chaos in the eastern US this evening with ground stops at multiple airports, including DCA, IAD and BWI, after the Potomac Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in Warrenton, Virginia, which manages a large portion of the region's airspace, had to be evacuated.
Metro transit will have more trains for the #nokings protest in Saint Paul tomorrow...

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't received any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since grants are typically for 3 years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

In my 25-year career, I’ve never NOT had funding. I typically have 4 to 8 grants, which you need if you’re running an observation science program and have a technician, students, and postdocs.

Tomorrow, millions of Americans will be joining No Kings rallies.

We will be saying NO to authoritarianism.

NO to oligarchy.

NO to endless wars.

NO to the continued attacks against the working class.

I look forward to seeing you in St. Paul, MN.

Are you ready for the biggest day of mass protest that America has ever seen?

Across all 50 states and dozens of countries, millions of people will gather tomorrow to reject Trump’s brutality at home and abroad.

Please join us for a massive, peaceful, joyful, and historic No Kings Day: https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible #NoKings

The German "Spiegel" has the right photo for this...
#patel #trump

These guys are a national security risk...

#patel #trump