Of all the inexplicable things in the world... this is one. I am awed.

Uh, ok, never mind my questions about trade policy. I think we are very much at irreconcilable differences here.

Really good, rather depressing, overview of the first year after Trump won the election.

Die haben jede schwarze Frau und jeden Trans-Mitarbeiter bei Teen Vogue gefeuert. Ich bin dankbar, dass wir die ÖRR haben, hoffe aber, dass sie aus dieser und anderen Lektionen lernen können, wie die amerikanischen Medien in diesem historischen Moment versagen.

Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name. The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.

Went to the coast and looked at some tide pools with little sea creatures today. Blue skies!

Caturday.

As someone with aphantasia and SDAM, I didn't love how much the article focused on the likely "trauma" of having these conditions. I did learn to take a photo of events I want to remember. Also I love fiction/fantasy books and had long distance relationships where I extremely did not forget them!

We should not be having a debate about Nazi symbolism tattooed on the potentially top ticket Democrat in Maine. The fact we are even willing to entertain it shows desperation within the Party, not dedication, and how far we have fallen from rational thought.

Ich kann mir keine bessere Geschichte ausdenken, um die derzeitige Situation in der deutschen Autoindustrie zu illustrieren. Oder: deutsche Autoindustrie, Symbolbild ⬇️

Look at what the US and Canada are missing out on...

Industrial strength battery storage systems in sufficient quantities plus smart management software can also do a lot to stabilize the grid. I find the article really alarmist and not constructive.

My timeline right now is 100% insane sportsball comments and I do not follow any of them for sportsball content. I suspect I find the commentary more interesting without knowing anything about the game.

No, it doesn't change the general point at all. 🤣

CDU tried to ban the use of gender inclusive noun endings ("Gendern") in Hessen, stating that single gender nouns are intended to be inclusive. So the fire department chose to use only the female version, and CDU is suddenly finding it not inclusive after all.

Kolumne: In der Europäischen Union gibt es offenbar massive Bestrebungen bestimmter Staaten und Industrieverbände, die gigantischen Subventionen für das schädlichste Geschäftsmodell der Menschheitsgeschichte - CO2 - fortzuschreiben.Das wäre auch ökonomisch extrem schädlich. 1/2

Random math fact: the golden ratio (1.618) is very close to the conversion ratio from miles to kilometers (1.609), meaning you can use the Fibonacci sequence to convert between miles and km: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, etc.

Über 1 Jahr alt und alles, was Habeck hier gegenüber Merz auf den Tisch gelegt hat, ist so eingetreten: ❌ Trump erpresst Europa mit fossilen Energien & digitalen Infrastrukturen ❌ China erpresst Europa mit der Cleantech-Industrie, Halbleitern sowie seltenen Erden ❌ Russland weiterhin mit Energie

Random cool thing on the Internet that looks like a real labor of love. From a German university, based on the URL.

Timeline cleanse. Swaddle and tape that kitten!

Very predictable but still somehow a gut punch. Yes I know, gut punches are just how things are in America these days.

I LOL'd. I do actually like Austrian wine! Not going to get into national comparisons, tho.

Aus Gründen! #WirSindDasStadtbild

@bokane.org my 师妹 who works at the Palace Museum (Beijing) occasionally reports on visits from the palace cats and apparently there is one named 饺子 who takes turns sleeping on everybody’s desks 😁 sadly not an orange cat but a pure white one, so maybe not Gyoza’s brother from another mother

Cato Institute defending freedom of speech and academic freedom on university campuses more unequivocally than the NYT.

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

She thinks the murdering is good though. www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-...

Berlin zoo has its own baby pygmy hippo! Two weeks old and adorable. www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/so-ni...

Not loving the Nobel Peace Prize going to someone who supports Trump illegally killing random fishermen and praises Trump's policies against Venezuela. Seems not very peaceful to me. www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-...

This is remarkable. The world added more solar and wind capacity in 2024 than we added demand. 100% of demand growth PLUS 9% to retire dirtier sources. Cheap energy keeps winning. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

I feel like the CDU in Germany needs to see this graph rather urgently.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Where else but Suzhou, indeed.

Wow. Gendarmenmarkt! With rubble and trees and a tram line!

Opsec is clearly doing great.

Pleased to see that the art of story telling isn't completely dead. thread.

OK so we are in the particular level of hell where I whole heartedly agree with someone from the Cato Institute. I don't know what is happening to this timeline.

Boom. There it is. Europe is on the cusp of making €140 billion available to fund Ukraine’s defence for years to come, lending against Russias assets. Chancellor Merz is stepping up to the plate — singing a very hymn from his overly cautious predecessor. 1/2

Es ist irgendwie bemerkenswert, dass Frau Reiche bei der Klimaformulierung weicher ist als die Energiekonzerne. "Umweltverträglich" statt "Klimaneutral".

To blame the shift to renewables or the combustion engine ban for Germany’s economic malaise confuses cause and effect. It is the costly and unnecessary over-reliance on fossil fuels and the insistence on combustion engines which no longer sell in China that deserve a closer look. #technologieoffen

So much for checks and balances. US attorneys who don't prosecute Trump's enemies by "finding" evidence of crimes get pushed out of office. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Amazing photo from Chicago by @staceywescott.bsky.social

This is an absolutely inspiring and exciting bit of technology, one of the best nerdy and useful bits of code I’ve seen in a long time, made as a labor of love by a truly great hacker, not as a commercial project but just to make it easier for everyone to work with files. youtu.be/15_-hgsX2V0

This is just not true? We had $386 billion invested in renewable energy just the first half of 2025, according to BloombergNEF. Renewable energy becoming cheaper than fossil fuel make investors want to invest MORE in them. That's why investments are increasing every year.

Ein Datenleck und Millionen von Konten werden doxxed? Nein, danke. (gedoxxed?)

Clean-technology projects “worth nearly $42 billion have been delayed, shrunk or canceled since Trump’s inauguration.” @bloomberg.com @liamdenning.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

German journalist association calls on US media to not fold in the face of threats to freedom of speech and press, but instead to protect their journalists and media figures in doing their jobs. The partisan attack on the press is global.

This is a whole journey. Literally, even.

I can't tell if this is smart or self defeating. On one hand, China doesn't want to be beholden to a US company that can and has been used as leverage. On the other hand, I think Chinese chips really aren't competitive yet. www.ft.com/content/12ad...