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Bitter. Auch der #DLF übernimmt die Darstellung von Warken, das #Geheimdienste 'nur' „in bestimmten Fällen eingreifen, in denen die Polizei oder andere Behörden nicht tätig werden könnten“
Welche sind das? Warum nicht? Die Frage wird nicht gestellt.
Dabei gibt es doch gerade la…

Sehr krasse Geschichte.
Eine Rentnerin und ihr erwachsener Sohn mit Behinderung werden in einem Dorf in #SachsenAnhalt von rechten Nachbarn terrorisiert. Auto zerstört, freilaufende Rottweiler, gezielte Luftgewehrschüsse.
Sie will nicht aufgeben und auch ihr Zuhause nicht aufgeben. Sie will wieder Gäste und besonders ihre 3 Enkelkinder sorglos bei sich haben, ohne das diese im …

Just finished reading "The Beast Player" by Nahoko Uehashi. I had already watched the anime, but it had been so king I didn't remember all the details. While the anime was great, the book is even better, and it's going to be high on my list of things to recommend to my children when they're old enough to read for fun.
The neurodivergent representation is cool, as is the deep central question of interspecies bonds and the political possibilities and dangers they entail. Uehashi handles the exploration of that question well in my judgment, including appropriate ambiguity without muddying moral clarity. Elin is a truly fantastic protagonist, not without flaws but nevertheless a excellent role model and a very sympathetic figure without being pitiful.
One thing I really love about Uehashi's writing is that she's not shy about using interior narration to tell the reader directly what a variety of characters are feeling, but when she does this she focuses on human contradictions, quirks, and weaknesses that make those characters feel much richer, and that remind the reader of all the ways our weird and sometimes contradictory or inexplicable quirks guide our actions just as much as both logical thought and predictable/expected feelings. None of the characters is an unerring source of wisdom, with every grand principle presented shown to have its weaknesses and biases, and even the wisest characters making mistakes and learning from them.
Overall, a wonderful book, and having also seen the "Seirei no Moribito" anime but not read the books, I'm excited to dig into more of Uehashi's extensive catalog.
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Trump Administration to Award $2 Billion to Battery, Materials Companies (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-to-award-2-billion-to-battery-materials-companies-58b023a7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260807/p91#a260807p91

„Eine ernsthafte Debatte beträfe nicht das Jugendstrafrecht, sondern seine Ausstattung: Fallzahlen in der Bewährungshilfe, Personal der Jugendgerichtshilfe, Finanzierung von Distanzierungsprogrammen, Meldewege bei Weisungsverstößen.“
Wichtiges Statement.
Liebe Journalist*innen: 👀
„Haltung ist hot“ – Stellungnahme zum Anschlag auf den CSD am 25.07.2026 – Vereinigung Berliner Strafverteidiger*innen e.V.

Je öfter ich die vielen betrübten Nachrichten sehe, die geschrieben werden, wenn alte, bekannte und unbekannte Menschen sterben, destor mehr denke ich, wie wichtig es ist, älteren Menschen diese Anerkennung zu zeigen, wenn sie noch leben.

Solar supplied a record 10% of global electricity generation in H1 2026.
Batteries have unlocked the era of anytime solar | Ember
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/batteries-have-unlocked-the-era-of-anytime-solar/

Just finished reading "There is no Antimemetics Division" by qntm. Not nearly the kind of aid-to-the-societal-imagination stuff I'm craving these days, but it does pleasantly stretch one's conceptual boundaries (assuming the horror aspects don't bother you). The core idea is truly clever and well-explored, even if I think it could have been even stronger by discarding classic horror tropes entirely (then again, I'm very much not the target audience in this regard).
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Recently finished "Noor" by Nnedi Okorafor. I'd enjoyed her book "Binti" but to me this was even better (it also has a different target audience). "Noor" has a lot of great things, like an interesting exploration of some of the conflicting ideas of physical transhumanism, a rich historical perspective on the interplay between a few different Nigerian cultures, and a brief glimpse at an alternative society of outcasts. It doesn't have the deep exploration of the outcast society I would have loved, but that would have been a very different story, and I don't begrudge Okorafor writing this one instead. I do think that the "corporate evils are finally exposed" ending elements ring hollow and have for some years now, but I can also understand how monumental an effort it is to write a truly compelling happy ending in our current age. Overall, a really good book, and yet more confirmation to me that the marginalized voices so long kept out of literature in general and science fiction in particular have a deep wealth of perspective to offer when they graciously choose to do so.
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Just finished "Cry When Baby Cries" by Becky Bairncoat, an excellent autobiographical graphic novel about pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting through toddlerhood, including IVF and a miscarriage. It's wonderfully frank and unvarnished in its depictions of some of the horrors, while also talking about the joy and love. I don't think any book can really prepare anyone for parenthood (and everyone experiences it differently; I'm sure some won't see their experiences reflected here), but this one is better than a lot of stuff, or at least rings truer to me (relevant fact: my one-year-old is still not sleeping through the night).
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