"Den offentlige samtale er således ifølge Habermas en forudsætning for social frihed. For i samtalen er det ideelt ikke dem med mest magt og flest penge, som bestemmer, hvad der er rigtigt og forkert. Det er tværtimod det bedre arguments »tvangfri tvang«, som Habermas kalder det. Det handler om at erstatte »magtens tale«, når de stærke vil diktere, hvordan resten skal forstå verden, med »talens magt«."

Rune Lykkebergs nekrolog over Habermas. Anbefalet læsning. #dkpol
https://www.information.dk/kultur/2026/03/habermas-viste-lyset-oplysningen-frigoerelsen-fornuften-faellesskabet-sproget?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE3NzM2MzY1NzUsInN1YiI6IjI0NzY1OjgzODEwMiJ9.7caFaErbA-h1NLhK55Np-g

A reminder. Our politicians kept insisting we were winning the Vietnam War right up until we lost it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-iran-we-won-dont-want-leave-early-2026-03-11/

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping is released!

The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out.

What's new? On the surface, existing users should expect to engage with a QGIS experience familiar to what they have come to know and love from previous releases. Under the hood, however, 4.0 introduces significant changes to maintainability and usability.

http://blog.qgis.org/2026/03/09/qgis-4-0-norrkoping-is-released/

#osgeo #GISChat #OpenSource

Kloge ord fra min ven, Helene Hagel:

“De reelle modstandere af omstillingen læner sig tilbage og nyder at se os slås om, at Danmarks Naturfredningsforening er nogle hatte for at lave grøn trepart, at Concito er alt for pragmatiske, at Greenpeace er alt for radikale, at SF har solgt ud, eller at Alternativet (stadig) er helt på månen.”

https://www.information.dk/debat/2026/03/reelle-modstandere-groen-omstilling-laener-tilbage-nyder-se-andre-slaas?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE3NzMwODM5ODksInN1YiI6IjUzMjM1OTo4Mzc4NTEifQ.XOE4ApL1d2vyY9mCTTGluw#dkgreen #dkpol

It appears that I'm not the only European cross about the German car lobby...
Germany needs to get a grip, the curve has been bent, EVs are basically inevitable now.

https://newsletter-cdn.europeancorrespondent.com/go/85v3kj8tcubod0gp6fwyi8c8ogv3yn8ko02ogcwgc6ml/2866

RE: https://expressional.social/@DRViden/116193227386147608

Så er den gal igen, endnu en idiot-professor - denne gang Mikkel Flyverbom fra CBS: Vi har "overset" sårbarheden ved US Big Tech.

Gu' har "Vi" røv, professor!

"Vi" er blevet advaret, højlydt & insisterende, i årevis, "Vi" har bare valgt at ignorere det & skælde folk ud for at være alarmister, modstandere af innovation & erhvervsliv m.m.

Måske vi skal til at spørge nogle andre end professorer, presse? De fatter jo tydeligvis ikke en pind...

#tech #DanmarkSkifter

The El Nino cometh.

This would push up our estimate for 2026 global temperatures (though its still unlikely to surpass 2024 as the warmest year), and make 2027 very likely to be the warmest year on record given the historical lag b/w ENSO and surface temp.

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.

All the details in our article: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-2-4-in-2025-as-coal-hits-400-year-low/