Most of the time, I really believe that politicians who don't actively fight climate change know better, but are controlled by lobbying interests or some other shit. It turns out that I have massively overestimated the intelligence of our current CDU candidate for Baden-Württemberg: https://bsky.app/profile/parentsforfuture.de/post/3mgalbbwh222l
It's a German video, but it's so hard and embarrassing to watch that I actually envy everyone who does not speak German.
"Zwischen der Erde und der Sonne ist die Atmosphäre. Und wenn die immer dünner wird, dann wird die Sonne immer heißer. Und der Grund dafür sind Abgase, CO₂ und und und" - Manuel Hagel, CDU Spitzenkandidat für die Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg zu Schülern, ARD Mittagsmagazin vom 2. März 2026 [contains quote post or other embedded content]
In the last couple of weeks, a power war has been brewing between the U.S. Department of Defense and Anthropic, the company that makes the Claude chatbot. The gist of the situation is this: In July 2025, Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI and Google were awarded contracts of up to $200
Spickzettel für JournalistInnen, die noch einen Hauch berufliche Integrität haben (ich rechne da nicht mit vielen):
RE: https://mastodon.social/@btconf/116119900184730164
Had a lovely chat with @marcthiele (one of my oldest and dearest web friends) this morning for the @btconf podcast. Talked lots about the motivation behind Fine Specimens. The episode will be out very soon, apparently (and the book in just over two weeks)!
New track out tomorrow everywhere (but today it's on Bandcamp early!)
3 track album
Mario Sixtus 🇭🇰馬六
M_oonmood
Bastian Allgeier
Der Postillon 📯
David Imel
koehntopp ~ :
Christian Stöcker
beyond tellerrand
Elliot Jay Stocks
Trent Walton