Radio Free Asia shuts down as US funding dries up (Faith Wardwell/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/29/radio-free-asia-shuts-down-as-us-funding-dries-up-00629210
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p135#a251029p135
Erkläre einen deutschen Mann: https://www.zeit.de/news/2025-09/29/paar-irrt-mit-auto-durch-industriegebiet-und-waehlt-notruf
> Doch auch danach verpasste der Mann am späten Freitagabend das Hotel zunächst - «trotz Navi, telefonisc…
"Pendant la majeure partie de l'histoire de l'Europe, la majorité de ses habitants avaient la peau foncée. Ce n'est qu'il y a environ 3 000 ans que les teints plus clairs sont devenus dominants."
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-sc
Warum müssen wir Prüfungskultur verändern?
Nach dem Vorbild von Tom Mittelbach sammle ich 50 Gründe für die Veränderung von Prüfungskultur. Daraus wird dann ein Plakat und daraus wiederum ein SE-Hit. Drei gibt es schon: https://seagent.de/se-hits/
Just finished "Concrete Rose" by Angie Thomas (I haven't yet read "The Hate U Give" but that's now high on my list of things to find). It's excellent, and in particular, an excellent treatise on positive masculinity in fiction form. It's not a super easy book to read emotionally, but is excellently written and deeply immersive. I don't have the perspective to know how it might land among teens like those it portrays, but I have a feeling it's true enough to life, and it held a lot of great wisdom for me.
CW for the book include murder, hard drugs, and parental abandonment.
I caught myself in a racist/classist habit of thought while reading that others night appreciate hearing about: early on I was mentally comparing it to "All my Rage" by Sabaa Tahir and wondering if/when we'd see the human cost of the drug dealing to the junkies, thinking that it would weaken the book not to include that angle. Why is that racist/classist? Because I'm always expecting books with hard drug dealers in them to show the ugly side of their business since it's been drilled into me that they're evil for the harm they cause, yet I never expect the same of characters who are bankers, financial analysts, health insurance claims adjudicators, police officers, etc. (Okay, maybe I do now look for that in police narratives). The point is, our society includes many people who as part of their jobs directly immiserate others, so why and I only concerned about that misery being brought up when it's drug dealers?
#AmReading
NFL Week 13 bold predictions: Patriots duo reaches new heights; 49ers shut down Myles Garrett https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-13-bold-predictions-patriots-duo-reaches-new-heights-49ers-shut-down-myles-garrett
Swyrydenko fordert mehr Druck auf Russland
Die ukrainische Ministerpräsidentin Julia Swyrydenko hat in der Sitzung des Sicherheitsrats der Vereinten Nationen gefordert, dass der diplomatische, wirtschaftliche und militärische Druck auf Russland erhöht werden müsse. Die Ukraine brauche dringend zusätzliche Luftverteidigungssysteme und Waffensysteme mit großer Reichweite, um Militäreinrichtungen in Ru…
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FCC: Cyberkriminelle kapern Radiostreams uin den USA
Durch Cyberangriffe auf Rundfunkanstalten wurden gefälschte Warnmeldungen und Obszönitäten gesendet. Die zuständige Behörde nimmt die Sender in die Pflicht.
https://w…
2025 NFL fantasy football waiver wire, Week 5: Pick up Jaxson Dart, Woody Marks and Darius Slayton https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-fantasy-football-waiver-wire-week-5-pick-up-jaxson-dart-woody-marks-and-darius-slayton