Volker h. Davids

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Data Analyst in a virtual Berlin, Brussels & London-based data-team

Data, Strategie, Reputation, Luhmann, Geschichte, Maps, Books, Geschichte, Archeology, FC Bayern, Photography, Karten, Books, u.v.m.

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Volker h. DavidsDec 1, 2024
"It is not known what the two men discussed over dinner at #Trump's home in Florida."
The sky is the limit, but when you look at Trump's efforts to assert his form of "freedom of speech," there are grounds for concern. Romania, Georgia, and Moldova are just a few countries that have felt the consequences of unbridled social media popaganda.
#Meta #Zuckerberg
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87x98q8y08o
Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Relations appear to have improved markedly from Trump's threat earlier this year to throw the Meta boss in jail.

Volker h. DavidsNov 30, 2024
According to reports, #Amazon Web Services (AWS) will have invested $17.697.858.870,00 ($17.7 bn) in #Singapore by 2028 and will secure an average of 12,300 full-time equivalents (FTE) annually in local companies in Singapore https://www.marketing-interactive.com/amazon-to-invest-over-sg2bn-into-singapore
Amazon to invest over SG$2bn into Singapore

Amazon has invested more than SG$2 billion in Singapore for 2023 across its retail and cloud operations.

Marketing-Interactive
Volker h. DavidsNov 30, 2024
When the "Fisherman Militia" Advances China's Illegal Territorial Policy: Midweek, 83 Chinese naval vessels entered Philippine territorial waters, just 2.5 to 5.5 miles off the island of Thitu/Pag-Asa/Zhongye. China continues to flex its muscles in "their" South China Sea, 636 kilometres south of their official maritime boundary.
https://buff.ly/413T4bm
Satellite photos capture Chinese ship swarm near US ally's territory

Philippines-held Thitu island is the only naturally occurring Spratly Islands feature to host a civilian population.

Newsweek
Volker h. DavidsNov 29, 2024
#China is planning a "joint venture" with the military junta of Myanmar to establish a "security company" in the country safeguarding the safety of Chinese nationals.
You could also simply call it "gunboat diplomacy".
Or maybe Karl Polanyi is just right: "The free market has never existed; whatever falls under that term has always been an artificial construction."
#China #Myanmar #safeguarding
https://buff.ly/3VeKP8J
Volker h. DavidsNov 29, 2024
Elon Musk's "Efficient Government" rhetoric sounds more like dogmatism than pragmatism: What Elon Musk and Donald Trump don't understand about government spending and why it's dangerous.
https://buff.ly/3ZrZpfs
Volker h. DavidsFeb 14, 2024

Das 1-Million-Dollar-Urteil: Forscher Michael Mann siegt vor Gericht gegen Klimaleugner (GEOplus)

https://flip.it/9U_Clw

Das 1-Million-Dollar-Urteil: Forscher Michael Mann siegt vor Gericht gegen Klimaleugner

Der US-amerikanische Klimaforscher Michael E. Mann wurde durch seine Studien zum menschengemachten Klimawandel weltberühmt – und durch den Hass, den er in...

geo.de
Volker h. DavidsJan 26, 2024

Data visualization represents data graphically, allowing teams to interpret data and make data-driven decisions.

What Is Data Visualization, & Why Is It Important? https://www.techrepublic.com/article/what-is-data-visualization/

What Is Data Visualization, & Why Is It Important?

What is data visualization and why is it so important? Read our article to discover the different types of data visualization and how it works.

TechRepublic
Volker h. DavidsSep 2, 2023
In der #faz hat sich ein alter weißer Mann malwieder so richtig was von der Weinleber geschrieben
#Gendern: Buch Studien zum genderneutralen Maskulinum von Eckhard Meineke https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/rezensionen/sachbuch/gendern-buch-studien-zum-genderneutralen-maskulinum-von-eckhard-meineke-19141489.html
Gendergerechte Sprache: Grammatik als Motor der Weltverbesserung?

Wie man die Wahrheit für eine geschlechtergerechte Sprache strapaziert: Eckhard Meineke zerlegt gängige Thesen und Argumente der Genderlinguistik.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Volker h. DavidsAug 21, 2023
Die letzten 10 Jahre des #bvb in einem Satz zusammengefasst:
"Wir haben uns auch ein bisschen blöd angestellt".
Guter Mann, der Brandt!
https://www.kicker.de/964444/artikel/brandt-wir-haben-uns-auch-ein-bisschen-bloed-angestellt
Brandt: "Wir haben uns auch ein bisschen blöd angestellt"

Nach dem glücklichen und unverdienten Sieg von Borussia Dortmund gegen den 1. FC Köln gab sich Julian Brandt selbstkritisch - unterstrich aber auch einen Lerneffekt des dramatischen Endes der vergangenen Saison.

kicker
Volker h. DavidsAug 20, 2023

Es geht doch nichts über echte old-school Verschwörungstheorie, nicht die moderne verquarzte Qanon/Querdenker Schwachsinn
The Truth About #Area51 Is Probably Not What You Think

#iwanttobelieve

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-truth-about-area-51-is-probably-not-what-you-think

The Truth About Area 51 Is Probably Not What You Think

One of the reasons people can never be entirely sure about what is going on at Area 51 is that it is a highly classified secret military facility.

ScienceAlert