@cyclocracy@norden.social2025-09-25 07:15:11
Die Autowaffe als Drohne jetzt auch bald auf unseren Straßen.
Und als Bonus: Autos, die quasi fahrend parken während sie auf den nächsten Kunden warten.
#auto
@hanno@mastodon.social2025-12-23 14:20:53
The article that highlighted a powerful greenhouse gas in Nike shoes in 1992 🌍👟
I recently wrote about high SF6 emissions from a factory in Germany. SF6 is the most powerful known greenhouse gas, and I also dug a bit into its history.
Until 2006, Nike used SF6 in its shoes. I found sources mentioning that this was brought to Nike's attention by a German environmental magazine in 1992. I initially couldn't find out which magazine it was, so I asked my newsletter readers.
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.de2025-10-23 20:11:09
Den Atomkrieg üben https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10170
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.social2025-11-23 09:54:04
Grünen-Co-Chefin warnt vor "Trump-Putin-Pakt"
Die Grünen-Co-Vorsitzende Franziska Brantner hat Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) aufgefordert, als Reaktion auf den umstrittenen US-Plan mit aller Kraft europäische Unterstützung für die Ukraine zu organisieren. Wenn Merz nicht zudem dafür sorge, dass Europa mit am Tisch sitze, "wird Europa und nicht nur die Ukraine auf der Speisekarte stehen", warnte sie. Und: "Der Trump-Putin-…
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@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-22 17:27:21
In the black of the winter of nineteen-nine
When we froze & bled on the picket line,
We showed the world that women could fight
& we rose & won with women's might.
https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor/115594417199677371
@sascha_wolfer@fediscience.org2025-11-18 16:06:22
I recently researched the etymology of two interesting German words:
- "nonchalant" (informal, relaxed, casual, carefree, easy-going): I found that interesting because it's obviously a negation and I never read the non-negated form "chalant". Turns out that the non-negated form goes back to latin "calēre" (warm, to be hot, to be alarmed, to be fired up)
- "verschollen" (lost, missing, nothing has been known about the whereabouts of sth. or sb. for a long time). I found it weird because I couldn't make any sense of "schollen". This might be related to "verschallen" (stop making noise) and might go back to old high German "skellan" (which is also related to German "Schelle", a small bell). So, "verschollen" can be seen as a euphemistic expression because stop making noise is used to refer to being lost (and maybe dead).
#etymology #linguistics #German
@nfdi4culture@nfdi.social2025-12-19 12:14:15
❄️Liebe NFDI4Culture Community, zum Jahresausklang möchten wir allen herzlich danken, die zum Gelingen und zum kontinuierlichen Wachstum unserer Community und unserer Angebote beitragen – sei es als Daten- und Diensteanbieter im Konsortium, als Mitwirkende in unseren Gremien oder als engagierte Nutzer:innen.
🕯️🎇 Wir wünschen allen ein friedvolles Weihnachtsfest sowie ein glückliches und gesundes neues Jahr 2026!
Hier geht's zur Culture Knowledge Christmas Card:
@tschfflr@fediscience.org2025-11-21 08:54:40
CONGRATULATIONS 💪 also to the other funded clusters, in particular Konstanz with the 8th (!!!) #linguistics related CRC in Germany. I love love love to be part of such an active research community 🥰 @…
@hikingdude@mastodon.social2025-12-21 14:51:43
Now this was a gorgeous cycling loop. Temperature was around freezing but luckily just few wind. As you see, the weather was ace. Clouds and fog stayed in the north 🌞
Also tried Knee warmers, which was just right! A very good buy!
I just need a solution against freezing toes. @… ,I bought neoprene toe warmer! The shoes are just a bit tight then, …
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.de2025-10-21 21:26:06
Folgen der Hochrüstung https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10165