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TIL about Widmanstätten-structures, a pattern of cross-hatching lines on the surface of iron-rich meteorites. The pattern was named after Alois Joseph Franz Xaver Beck Edler von Widmanstätten.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widmanstätten_pattern

Der Mendelssohnplatz in #Karlsruhe ist laut Stadtlexikon Karlsruhe nach Moses Mendelssohn benannt. Wenn ich mich aber recht erinnere, ist eine Widmungsplakette vor Ort angebracht, die es mehreren Personen Namens Mendelssohn widmet. Falls jemand mal in der Nähe vorbeikommt und Zeit hat, könnte mal jemand diese Plakette suche, finden und photographieren?

📉 Eating more but growing less: Stagnant Philippine farms linked to widening rice gap
#food

Eating more but growing less: Stagnant Philippine farms linked to widening rice gap
As of 2022 alone, Filipinos were eating 2.3 million metric tons more rice than the country produced—an 18% shortfall that has locked the Philippines into deeper dependence on imported rice despite years of government programs to boost local harvests.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Rio Reiser:
🎵 Junimond
#NowPlaying #RioReiser
https://aseaoftreesnickadams.bandcamp.com/track/bye-bye-heimleitung-original-track-title-junimond-by-rio-reiser-lyrics-by-ch-rrchen-mit-lik-rchen-mit-widmung-und-gro-em-dank-an-die-gesamte-olle-ohl-der-rr-inkl-gn-diger-diktatorin-lat-rnich
https://open.spotify.com/track/22CpeaLcxTA6tMe5grCUee

America is numb to this infrastructure problem
Maryland needs to replace the Chesapeake Bay Bridge,
as everyone who has driven on it knows.
Yet construction to replace the structure is only scheduled to begin in 💥2032.
The most shocking aspect of this story is that locals aren't more shocked.

Tens of thousands of drivers cross the Bay Bridge every day. -- It’s a vital link to the Eastern Shore.
The bridge has no shoulders.
No new lanes have b…

America is numb to this infrastructure problem
The timeline for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge replacement project is an indictment of a broken system.

"Macht vs. Gewalt" – Diskussion über die Rolle des Journalismus
Die Hannah Arendt Tage 2025 widmen sich Mechanismen des Machtmissbrauchs und Folgen einer aus der Balance geratenen Öffentlichkeit. Am 10. 10. lädt heise ein.

"Ein Kanzler, der seine Worte immer wieder nachjustieren muss, ist für manche offenbar ein größeres Ärgernis als eine dauerhetzende Alice #Weidel. [...] Wer über #Merz mit dem heiligen Ernst des letzten Demokratieretters auf die Straße läuft, ignoriert den Elefanten im Raum: die rechtsextreme…

US approving Nvidia H200 exports to China is based on the idea that Huawei is a viable competitor, but data shows the gap between Nvidia and Huawei is widening (Chris McGuire/Council on Foreign Relations)
https://www.cfr.org/article/chinas-ai-chip…

China’s AI Chip Deficit: Why Huawei Can’t Catch Nvidia and U.S. Export Controls Should Remain
Executive SummaryOn December 8, the Trump administration announced plans to loosen U.S. export controls on artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China by approving the sale of Nvidia H200 chips—the m…

Kansas GOP drop push to enter nation’s widening redistricting battle
https://www.kctv5.com/2025/11/05/kansas-republicans-drop-push-enter-nations-widening-redistricting-battle/

SEVEN YEARS of pretrial confinement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul

Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.