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"Plötzlich Wissen!" ist ein guerilla #WissKomm Projekt von Dr. Julia Schnetzer, Inga Marie Ramcke und mir, gestartet in 2017 (Wissenschaftsjahr 2016*17 Meere und Ozeane), das sich zur Pandemie auf online verlegen musste, einiges hin & her hinter sich hat und immernoch läuft. Heute kam unser Paper darüber raus, im Journal of Science Communication, Sonderedition "

Three scientists walk into a bar... Approaching new audiences for informal science communication: the project “Plötzlich Wissen!” (Sudden Knowledge!)
Sudden Knowledge! (Plötzlich Wissen!), a science communication format established throughour own initiative as scientists, implemented science communication in a spontaneousconversational setting. It combined elements of guerilla science/street science, science buskingand pub science events. Between 2017 and 2020 the

The First Signs of Burnout Are Coming From the People Who Embrace AI the Most - Slashdot
https://slashdot.org/story/26/02/10/2028238/the-first-signs-of-burnout-are-coming-from-the-people-who-embrace-ai-the-most

And so the humongous flat antenna of the direct-to-cell comsat #BlueBird 6 has unfolded, "the Largest Commercial Communications Array Antenna Ever" as the AST press release https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260210108166/en/AST-SpaceMobile-Successfully-Completes-Unfolding-of-BlueBird-6-the-Largest-Commercial-Communications-Array-Antenna-Ever-Deployed-in-Low-Earth-Orbit crows: now it's now up to the astronomical community to observe it and determine its magnitude. Are the Block 2 BlueBirds worse than the already outrageously bright Block 1 satellites - or did the promised (!) countermeasures reduce their impact? In any case dozens more of these satellites are to be launched this year, followed by hundreds more ...

"Researchers expose fossil fuel companies' communications facade"
#FossilFuels #Environment #Energy

Researchers expose fossil fuel companies' communications facade
Fossil fuel companies say that they want to be on the front lines of renewable energy, with advertisements, social media, and even their own shareholder corporate reports espousing their commitment to green energy and combating climate change. However, research out of Northeastern University says otherwise.

Ukraine’s communications system is crumbling amid blackouts, MP Fediienko warns: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/09/ukraines-communications-system-is-crumbling.html

In a sensational turn of events in the fight against Chat Control,
a majority in the European Parliament voted today to end the untargeted mass scanning of private communications.
In doing so, the Parliament firmly rejected the error-prone and unconstitutional surveillance practices of recent years.
Pressure is now mounting on EU governments to respect the MEPs’ vote and bury untargeted mass surveillance in Europe once and for all.

Historic Chat Control Vote in the EU Parliament: MEPs Vote to End Untargeted Mass Scanning of Private Chats
In a sensational turn of events in the fight against Chat Control, a majority in the European Parliament voted today to end the untargeted mass scanning of private communications. In doing so, the Parliament firmly rejected the error-prone and unconstitutional surveillance practices of recent years.

Discord, the online communication platform beloved of gamers and chat groups around the world, is experiencing a severe backlash over its rollout of age assurance tech.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/security/discord-faces-backlash-over-age-…

Discord faces backlash over age verification
Discord, the online communication platform beloved of gamers and chat groups around the world, is experiencing a severe backlash over its rollout of age assurance ...

New Amtrak trains coming soon to Pacific Northwest, but not in time for World Cup
Summer capacity in the region will remain limited due to a railcar shortage. New trainsets are still expected later in the year.
first new Airo train in revenue service will happen on the Amtrak Cascades line in late summer or fall.
In total, eight new trainsets, two new locomotives, & a spare cab car are coming to the Pacific Northwest. Amtrak placed a large order for new trains in 2021…

"There is no self deception sillier than techno-scientific optimism, as expressed as follows: 'Up til now science has always found a solution, and it will in the future too'. By the same logic, someone for whom the doctors has known how to cure their illnesses, arrives at the conclusion that they are immortal. In the same way it's an invalid extrapolation."
Wolfgang Harich, a degrowth communist from the GDR, in 1978.
Recuperar a Wolfgang Harich

Recuperar a Wolfgang Harich
El texto ‘¿Comunismo sin crecimiento?’ fue clave en el ecologismo español, cuya reedición, hoy, permite incorporar a Harich en un fructífero diálogo con otros autores con los que comparte su radicalismo socialista y ecologista.