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Germany's Federal Cartel Office opens an investigation into whether Temu is influencing the pricing of third-party merchants, potentially stifling competition (Mark Hallam/DW News)
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-investigating-temu-on-price-fixing-sus…

Germany investigating Temu on price-fixing suspicions
Germany's competition watchdog has announced an investigation of Chinese discount online retail site temu.com, suspecting it of influencing retailers' prices. The site is the fastest-growing of its kind in the world.

TIL
Messerschmitt baut AR-15
https://messerschmitt-germany.de/pcc-10-5-12-5/

Diplomatic means in Russia-Ukraine war 'exhausted,' Germany's Merz warns: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/09/diplomatic-means-in-russiaukraine-war.html

Uber and Shanghai-based robotaxi company Momenta plan to test Level 4 fully driverless cars in Munich from 2026, as a precursor to launching a robotaxi service (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/772639/uber-momenta-l4-driverless-t…

Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless cars in Germany
Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless, level 4 vehicles in Munich, Germany, in 2026. The companies also plan on launching a robotaxi service.

Because this has shown up trending every couple of days for the last week or so, these are not clowns from #Portland. These are clowns from Germany in 2007. #PDX has it's own creative resistence. Let's celebrate the real things they're doing right now.
If you see this picture with the wrong info, please help correct it and don't boost it. It's a great picture. I understand wanting it to be what's happening right now.
I'm just pulling all this info from the other folks who've been debunking it. Thanks to everyone who works hard to keep us all honest.
Receipts:
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/police-injured-in-germany-as-radicals-disrupt-2557545.php

A kinetic model to simulate charge flow through an electrochemical half cell
Diego Veloza-Diaz (Institut f\"ur Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universit\"at Mainz, Germany), Friederike Schmid (Institut f\"ur Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universit\"at Mainz, Germany), Robinson Cortes-Huerto (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany), Pietro Ballone (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany), Nancy C. Forero-Martinez (Institut f\"ur Phy…

A kinetic model to simulate charge flow through an electrochemical half cell
A kinetic model of the electron transfer at the electrode / electrolyte solution interface is developed, implemented in a Monte Carlo framework, and applied to simulate this process in idealised systems consisting of the primitive model of electrolyte solutions limited by an impenetrable conducting surface. In the present implementation, a charged, spherical interface surrounding an equally spherical sample of electrolyte solution is introduced to model a single-electrode system, providing the …

Ooh, didn't realise you can also listen to the European Correspondent as well as read it. This morning: Norway's election, the ending of foreign post to the US, and the lives of Syrians in Germany a decade after "Wir schaffen das"...
https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/s/listen

A satellite firm and an engineering firm that supply critical technology to Germany's military forces have been reportedly hacked by Russian hackers, although allegedly of the "hacktivist" kind.
https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr…

Cyberattacken - Angriffe auf Bundeswehrzulieferer
Die Bundeswehr wird immer wieder zum Ziel von Cyberangriffen. Nach Informationen von WDR, NDR und SZ traf es zuletzt zwei Zulieferer. Erste Spuren weisen offenbar nach Russland, die Ermittlungen laufen.

Just like in Nazi Germany...educators get reported and thrown out
https://www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/am-dean-professor-removed-following-student-complaints-over-curriculum/

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

It’s still a bit buggy and some things aren’t working properly, I suppose. And I also can’t wait to improve it and add more stuff to it now…
But hey: it’s alive!
🥳👀
https://matthiasott.com

· Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.

There is a critical difference between acknowledging the nation’s history and celebrating its worst moments.
In Germany, they don’t erase their shameful Nazi past, but that doesn’t mean they’re erecting hagiographic statues commemorating Nazi war criminals.
While on the subject of war criminals, the National Park Service announced on Monday that the statue of Albert Pike, a northerner who fought for the Confederacy as a brigadier general, would return to its position of honor j…

Trump's Confederacy rises again
The Lost Cause doesn't seem all that lost anymore.

Germany suspends issuance of permits for military supplies to Israel
https://news.am/eng/news/898350.html

AI Governance in Higher Education: A course design exploring regulatory, ethical and practical considerations
Zsolt Alm\'asi (P\'azm\'any P\'eter Catholic University, Hungary), Hannah Bleher (University of Bonn, Germany), Johannes Bleher (University of Hohenheim, Germany), Rozanne Tuesday Flores (Bukidnon State University, Philippines), Guo Xuanyang (Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China), Pawe{\l} Pujszo (College of Europe, Natolin, Poland), Rapha\&q…

AI Governance in Higher Education: A course design exploring regulatory, ethical and practical considerations
As artificial intelligence (AI) systems permeate critical sectors, the need for professionals who can address ethical, legal and governance challenges has become urgent. Current AI ethics education remains fragmented, often siloed by discipline and disconnected from practice. This paper synthesizes literature and regulatory developments to propose a modular, interdisciplinary curriculum that integrates technical foundations with ethics, law and policy. We highlight recurring operational failure…

Whoa, at first I feared that an obnoxious cloud bank in the wrong azimuth over #Bochum, Germany, would spoil the Total #LunarEclipse but with minutes to spare it all worked out: here are three quick samples around the end of #totality, with more in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid02jj4HkLbc8jvxo1gLaeBiZrr5KtQpC9QmXt5crLCFLup6GYfRjRMAjan9pKxU8mLal - longer series to follow.

Signal calls on Germany to vote against ‘Chat Control,’ saying it would leave EU market https://therecord.media/signal-calls-on-germany-to-vote-no-chat-control

This is a picture I took on this exact day 14 years ago. It shows compact electric vehicles for shared mobility in Berlin, Germany. The future was here — where did it go?
#OTD #EV

A couple of years ago BBC Four produced a 1h documentary about the development of Krautrock in West Germany after WWII until ca. 1980. Bands like CAN, Amon Düül 2, Neu! or Cluster came out of this. The entire documentary is available on Youtube, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnMhkkgWpG4

"The UK’s actual record in the 1930s is far from good, but no doubt if Nigel Farage had been in power he would have eagerly sent every Jewish refugee fleeing from the Nazis back to Germany."
mainly macro: Key myths on asylum, immigration and how to take on the far right
https://

yeah the oxford comma really solves all the problems nicely

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/05/trump-taskforce-los-angeles-olympics
"For two weeks in August 1936, Adolf Hitler's Nazi dictatorship camouflaged its racist, militaristic character while hosting the Summer Olympics. Softpedaling its antisemitic agenda and plans for territorial expansion, the regime exploited the Games to bedazzle many foreign spectators and journalists with an image of a peaceful, tolerant Germany.
Having rejected a proposed boycott of the 1936 Olympics, the sponsoring athletic and Olympic organizations of the United States and other western democracies missed the opportunity to take a stand that—some observers at the time claimed—might have given Hitler pause and bolstered international resistance to Nazi tyranny.
With the conclusion of the Games, Germany's expansionist policies and the persecution of Jews and other "enemies of the state" accelerated, culminating in World War II and the Holocaust.” - https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nazi-olympics-berlin-1936

Daily Profile of COVID-19 Infections in Germany, throughout the Pandemic
Derek Marsh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05721 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.05721

Daily Profile of COVID-19 Infections in Germany, throughout the Pandemic
Progress of the COVID-19 pandemic was quantified, in the first instance, using the daily number of positive cases recorded by the national public health authorities. Averaged over a seven-day window, the daily incidence of COVID-19 in Germany reveals clear sections of exponential growth or decay in propagation of infection. Comparing with incidence profiles according to onset-of-symptoms shows that reporting of cases involves variable delays. Observed changes in exponential rates come from grow…

Ex-aide to far-right lawmaker on trial in Germany for China spying (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/ex-aide-far-right-lawmaker-trial-germany-china-spying-2025-08-05/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250805/p13#a250805p13

Far beyond the Sun: III. The magnetic cycle of $\boldsymbol\iota$ Horologii
Juli\'an D. Alvarado-G\'omez (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany), Gaitee A. J. Hussain (European Space Agency, The Netherlands), Eliana M. Amazo-G\'omez (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany), Yu Xu (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany, Peking University, China), Katja Poppenh\"ager (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany, Potsdam Un…

Far beyond the Sun: III. The magnetic cycle of $\boldsymbolι$ Horologii
We present a comprehensive investigation of the magnetic cycle of the young, active solar analogue $ι$ Horologii ($ι$ Hor) based on intensive spectropolarimetric monitoring using HARPSpol. Over a nearly three-year campaign, the technique of Zeeman-Doppler Imaging (ZDI) was used to reconstruct 18 maps of the large-scale surface magnetic field of the star. These maps trace the evolution of the magnetic field morphology over approximately 139 stellar rotations. Our analysis uncovers pronounced t…

Poland seeks to block the extradition to Germany of suspect in the Nord Stream blasts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/08/poland-seeks-to-block-the.html

Regardless his opinion, at least in Germany they have a Minister that is on the subject.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/german-digital-minister-attacks-ai-act-defends-gigafactories/…

Hybrid quantum tensor networks for aeroelastic applications
M. Lautaro Hickmann (Institute for AI Safety and Security, German Aerospace Center), Pedro Alves (Institute for AI Safety and Security, German Aerospace Center), David Quero (Institute of Aeroelasticity, German Aerospace Center), Friedhelm Schwenker (Institute of Neural Information Processing, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany), Hans-Martin Rieser (Institute for AI Safety and Security, German Aerospace Center)

Hybrid quantum tensor networks for aeroelastic applications
We investigate the application of hybrid quantum tensor networks to aeroelastic problems, harnessing the power of Quantum Machine Learning (QML). By combining tensor networks with variational quantum circuits, we demonstrate the potential of QML to tackle complex time series classification and regression tasks. Our results showcase the ability of hybrid quantum tensor networks to achieve high accuracy in binary classification. Furthermore, we observe promising performance in regressing discrete…

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/09/pakistan-mass-surveillance-and-censorship-machine-is-fueled-by-chinese-european-emirati-and-north-american-companies/

Pakistan: Mass surveillance and censorship machine is fueled by Chinese, European, Emirati and North American companies
Pakistan’s unlawful mass surveillance and censorship expansion is powered by a nexus of companies based in Germany, France, United Arab Emirates (UAE), China, Canada, and the United States, Amnesty International said today in a new report “Shadows of Control”. The year-long investigation was carried out in collaboration with Paper Trail Media, DER STANDARD, Follow the […]

Israel security cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza City amid reports of disagreements with military
The announcement comes after Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intended to take full control of Gaza and hand over the territory’s governance to friendly Arab forces

Currently testing Starlink, as Vodafone Germany is seemingly not able to provide a stable internet connection to my house. I have installed Starlink yesterday as a secondary bonded Internet connection via my Cloud Gateway Max. First thoughts:
Installation is super easy as long as you have a spot with unobstructed view to the sky where you put the dish. It takes a fair bit to get calibrated, like 2-3 hours. The expected speeds in my area were: DL 122-282Mbps, UL: 16-30Mbps.

One of my posts smuggling news from France to Germany went viral. My mobile phone shows 300 notifications, the web interface shows 10 in the home screen. If I then open the notifications screen in web, it shows over 300 reactions. Even though it was good news, something in the web interface seems to be wrong 😎

Now with a map indicating the availability and pricing of BMW's #V2G bidirectional wallbox. Do the price differences reflect national support schemes?
https://www.

Microsoft delays Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hikes for existing subscribers in Germany, Ireland, South Korea, India, and others, after announcing a 50% hike (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/794032/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-u…

Microsoft delays Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hikes for some subscribers
Microsoft is reversing its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike for some subscribers. It comes less than a week after the 50 percent price increase.

I love the internet https://mastodon.social/@Theblueone/115158044889047743

Knudsen number and universal behavior of collective flows in conformal and non-conformal systems
Vincenzo Nugara (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Catania, INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy), Nicolas Borghini (Fakult\"at f\"ur Physik, Universit\"at Bielefeld, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany), Vincenzo Greco (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Catania, INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy), Salvat…

Knudsen number and universal behavior of collective flows in conformal and non-conformal systems
We investigate the role of the Knudsen number (Kn) as a scaling parameter governing the emergence of collective behavior in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Using the Relativistic Boltzmann Transport approach, we explore different initial conditions for both conformal (massless) and non-conformal (massive) systems with a constant specific shear viscosity $η/s$. Observables such as the time evolution of anisotropic flow coefficients collapse onto universal curves for fixed classes of Knudsen …

Medienwirksame Blase macht "plop":
Eine #Firmeninitiative kündigt Investitionen von 631 Milliarden Euro in Deutschland an, doch auf Nachfrage bleibt von der Summe wenig Greifbares.
Viele der Beträge stammen aus längst geplanten Projekten, echte #Neuinvestitionen

"Made for Germany": 631 Milliarden Euro und ein großes Rätsel
Eine Firmeninitiative will 631 Milliarden Euro in Deutschland investieren. Doch das Versprechen wird immer kleiner, je genauer man danach fragt.

Look-Up Table-Correction for Beam Hardening-Induced Signal of Clinical Dark-Field Chest Radiographs
Maximilian E. Lochschmidt (Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany), Theresa Urban (Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany), Lennard Kaster (Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, TUM Scho…

Look-Up Table-Correction for Beam Hardening-Induced Signal of Clinical Dark-Field Chest Radiographs
Background: Material structures at the micrometer scale cause ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering, e.g., seen in lung tissue or plastic foams. In grating-based X-ray imaging, this causes a reduction of the fringe visibility, forming a dark-field signal. Polychromatic beam hardening also changes visibility, adding a false dark-field signal due to attenuation, even in homogeneous, non-scattering materials. Purpose: The objective of this study is to develop a fast, simple, and robust method to corr…

#WWE are coming back to Europe for another tour in the new year ahead of the #RoyalRumble
including:
* Monday Night RAW TV Taping on Monday 19th January from the SSE Arena in #Belfast

CO Depletion in Infrared Dark Clouds
G. Cosentino (Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique, France, European Southern Observatory, Germany), J. C. Tan (Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, USA), C. Gainey (Department of Astronomy, Yale University, USA), C. Y. Law (INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Arcetri, Italy, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technolo…

CO Depletion in Infrared Dark Clouds
Infrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs) are cold, dense structures representative of the initial conditions of star formation. Many studies of IRDCs employ CO to investigate cloud dynamics. However, CO can be highly depleted from the gas phase in IRDCs, impacting its fidelity as tracer. CO depletion is also of great interest in astrochemistry, since CO ice in dust grain mantles provides the raw material for forming complex organic molecules. We study CO depletion toward four IRDCs to investigate how it co…

Ruth Weiss, a journalist who fled Nazi Germany in 1936 and chronicled apartheid for outlets including The Guardian, Reuters, and Deutsche Welle, has died at 101 (Alexandra Hudson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/obitu

Spin dynamics in natural multiferroic pyroxene NaFeSi$_2$O$_6$
Oleksandr Prokhnenko (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin f\H{u}r Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany), Stanislav E. Nikitin (PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland), Koji Kaneko (Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan), Chihiro Tabata (Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan A…

Spin dynamics in natural multiferroic pyroxene NaFeSi$_2$O$_6$
Spin dynamics in the natural mineral aegirine, NaFeSi$_2$O$_6$, a member of the pyroxene family, was studied by elastic and inelastic neutron scattering. Magnetization and specific heat measurements as well as single-crystal neutron diffraction maps, taken in the temperature range 2 - 20 K, confirm two successive magnetic transitions at 8.8 and 5.8 K, consistent with previous studies. The observed spin-wave excitations emerge from the incommensurate magnetic Bragg peaks corresponding to the pro…

Es ist so ekelhaft, wie einen diese schleimigen Nazifressen von den Wahlplakaten anlächeln mit ihren offensichtlichen billigen Lügen daneben. Wir haben nichts gelernt, trotz Die Welle, Geschichtsunterricht und 10.000 WK2 Filmen.
Shame on you, Germany.

Fun fact:
If you only change two letters in the word Germany, you suddenly get Gaymany. 😲
Fun fact two:
Mixing the gold and red in the flag of Germany gets you orange, the warm and comfy color of the season. 🧡🌬️🍂
With that, happy German UwUnity Day!
🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

10th Enemy Encounters Webinar “Rumours and 19th-20th Century Religious Resistance, State Repression and Maoist Campaigns in China”
https://ift.tt/OTK7l2S
CFP: The (After) Lives of Things: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Material Culture, Association of…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Isn’t genocide denial a crime in Germany? Does that only apply to one genocide? (The Holocaust?) Or does it also apply to, say, the Armenian genocide too? And, if so, does that it mean that the only genocide it doesn’t apply to is Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people?
#israel #genocide

Few observations from traveling through Switzerland and Italy.
Swiss most important job is the road engineer. It's insane how complex those roads, tunnels and bridges are.
German speaking Switzerland is like better and cleaner Germany. Italian speaking like better and cleaner Italy.
Italian TV is full of food, love and pretty people.
People are dressed much much better here than Poland. Not to even mention Germany. I only reached Milan so far tho.

Germany now officially in direct conflict with Russia.
In the Netherlands, we have a double-failed government, clinging on with 21% support in parliament, and elections still two months away. Some time in 2026, we may hear more
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/115117300…

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@noelreports@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that Russia is attempting to destabilize Germany, including targeting its infrastructure, and therefore Berlin is in direct conflict with Moscow.

🚨Job Alert!🚨 Full Professor of Applied #Mineralogy at GeoZentrum Nordbayern, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Bavaria, #Germany) #geology ⚒️🧪

Professorships
Check which professorships are currently vacant at FAU. Deadlines and contact details are listed in each call for applications. The online application process is straightforward through the…

I saw a note about how under the new Federal Sales Tax (tariff) regime that it may be better for VW to shut down its US manufacturing and instead import cars from Germany.
That seemed weird until I thought about what VW's US expenses are and how they would be afflicted by the tariff/sales tax.
Much of the cost of a vehicle comes from research and the manufacturing tools (such as robots). The research is already in Germany. And the robots are probably made in Germany or other…

"Germany adds almost 4.59 GWh of battery storage already this year"
#Germany #Batteries #Energy

Germany adds almost 4.59 GWh of battery storage already this year
Analysis by pv magazine shows almost 2.1 million battery storage systems (BESS) are now in operation in Germany. The latest figures for this year are 362,537 systems with a power output of around 2.6 GW and a cumulative storage capacity of 4.59 GWh.

Dieser Kommentar auf @… von Tim Elsner - "Hingewurschtelt in Germany" - trifft viele Nägel auf den Kopf: https://www.golem.de/news/ki-aus-…

KI aus Deutschland: Hingewurschtelt in Germany - Golem.de
EU-Milliarden fließen in KI-Projekte, doch es kommt wenig dabei heraus - gerade in Deutschland. Das liegt vor allem am falschen Fokus.

It is slowly getting published:
Proofs for my special issue on Camp Memories (all texts are already published online first)
A first view on the TOC !!
https://journals.sagepub.com/home/mss
@…

"If there is one magic ingredient for Switzerland’s enduring economic success, I found, it is that its businesses often combine blue-collar know-how with white-collar innovation. Switzerland, like Germany, built its 20th-century industrial economy on training and valuing all types of workers—those that work with their hands and those that work at a desk."

How high-cost Switzerland stayed a manufacturing powerhouse in the offshore era
What is the lesson of Swiss Fortune 500 companies—such as DSM-Firmenich—for the rest of Europe, and the world?

Der „Hunde-Netto“ feiert mit 0,35 € pro kWh : https://incharge.vattenfall.de/germany/netto/35-jahre-netto/
„Zum 35. Geburtstag von Netto laden Sie Ihr E-Auto vom 01.09. bis 14.09.2025 an Vattenfall InCharge Ladestationen bei ausgewählten Netto Märkten für nur 0,35 €/kWh.“…

"Titan Quest 2" angespielt: "Diablo"-Konkurrent, Made in Germany
Das Münchener Entwicklungsstudio Grimlore feiert mit dem Action-Rollenspiel "Titan Quest 2" einen gelungenen Einstieg in die Early-Access-Phase.

The #Juno spacecraft is still alive in #Jupiter orbit! Here is its radio carrier as observed today with the 20-meter dish in Bochum, Germany: #SwRI, hoping to learn more about its fate. If Juno gets a mission extension it would look like this: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-5184.html

If you like some nice animated student films and trailers in your feed, follow @…, a new account of the university of applied sciences in Potsdam, Germany!
#animation #StudentFilm

Germany reportedly probes Russian 'shadow fleet' vessel over mysterious drone flights: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/germany-reportedly-probes-russian-shadow.html

I see the fascists are going crazy because seven AfD candidates died in run up to local elections in Germany. They are too stupid to notice that eight candidates from other parties also died. AfD candidates were mostly old and male. Nothing to see here.
https://www.tagesschau.de/faktenfinder/…

Kommunalwahlen NRW: Keine Unregelmäßigkeiten bei toten AfD-Kandidaten
Im Internet wird über den Hintergrund mehrerer Todesfälle von AfD-Politikern vor den Kommunalwahlen in Nordrhein-Westfalen spekuliert. Es gibt jedoch keinerlei Hinweise auf Fremdeinwirkung.

In 1934, Dorothy Thompson, wife of Sinclair Lewis, became first journalist expelled from #Hitler's Germany, after interviewing him and finding him "the very prototype of the little man "
By 1941, she'd written an influential WWII era essay that has stood the test of time, on who amongst us makes a likely #Nazi

I just submitted my fourth and last #PhD paper, this time to @… and @… 🥳
Update:

Edit: Even More Synths! 🥳
https://matthiasott.com/notes/best-free-synthesizer-vst-plugins-in-2025

Best Free Synthesizer Plugins in 2025 · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and developer from Stuttgart, Germany. Besides design practice he teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel.

New Arabic records from Cairo on supernovae 1181 and 1006
J. G. Fischer (U M\"unster, Germany), H. Halm (U T\"ubingen, Germany), R. Neuh\"auser (U Jena, Germany), D. L. Neuh\"auser (indep. scholar)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04127

New Arabic records from Cairo on supernovae 1181 and 1006
The remnant of the historical supernova SN 1181 is under discussion: While the previously suggested G130.7+3.1 (3C58) appears too old (3000-5000 yr), the unusual star IRAS 00500+6713 with a surrounding nebula (Pa-30) has an expansion age not inconsistent with a SN Iax explosion in AD 1181 under the assumption that neither acceleration nor deceleration occurred. Previously, only reports from China and Japan were known, pointing to an event near the northern circumpolar region. Any further report…

10th Enemy Encounters Webinar “Rumours and 19th-20th Century Religious Resistance, State Repression and Maoist Campaigns in China” https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20071682/10th-enemy-encounters-webinar-rum…

Russia accuses Germany of seeking revenge and preparing for war #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/russia-accuses-germany-of-seeking.html

Vaccines save lives – not just our own (#LongCovid), but also those of the people around us. It's our solidary civic duty to protect high-risk patients from being infected by us. #CovidIsNotOver
So, if you're currently in Germany, please take part in the upcoming Long Night …

Iran has recalled its ambassadors to France, Britain and Germany,
collectively known as the E3,
following their launch of a mechanism to reinstate international sanctions on Tehran,
the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
In a statement, the ministry condemned E3's decision
to trigger the "snapback" mechanism as "irresponsible,"
adding that the ambassadors were summoned to Tehran for consultations

Iran recalls Ambassadors to France, Britain, Germany
Tehran: Iran has recalled its ambassadors to France, Britain and Germany, collectively known as the E3, following their launch of a mechanism to reinstate international sanctions on Tehran, the...

Germany's seems close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private communications in the EU. Please do not let this happen...
#chatcontrol #EU

Comparing Netanyahu to Hitler, Israel to Nazi Germany, and the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people to The Holocaust is wrong.
Hitler, Nazi Germany, and The Holocaust are a dead villain, a defunct fascist state, and a historic genocide.
Netanyahu, Israel, and the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people are a living villain, an existing fascist state, and an ongoing genocide.
#israel

UK, Germany to host next Ramstein-format meeting on Oct. 15 at NATO headquarters: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/02/uk-germany-to-host-next.html

Et tu, Germania?
Please have mercy with ‘Diesel Dieter’ (the German equivalent petrolhead) as even in Germany the end of the era of diesel cars is arriving.
And take a deep breath and enjoy the increasingly clean air.
https://presse.adac.de/meldungen/adac-

Germany charges man over cyberattack on Rosneft subsidiary https://therecord.media/germany-charges-cyberattack-rosneft

Italian broadcaster MFE acquires a 76% stake in Germany's ProSieben, valuing ProSieben at €1.9B and creating Europe's biggest free-to-air broadcaster (Laura Pitel/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a66f44fe-8c71-41b5-8661-0a492e2769b8

"Toxic ammunition is rotting away in the Baltic Sea. Germany wants to recover it before it's too late"
#Germany #Environment #Oceans

Divers remove toxic ammunition from Baltic in €100M clean up effort
Approximately 1.6 million tonnes of WWII munitions lie on the seafloor, leaking toxic compounds that are contaminating marine life and threatening the Baltic ecosystem.

In case you missed my post from day 3 of #blogtober: It’s about a legendary piece of gear that shaped the sound of Abbey Road studios – and what it all has to do with building for the #Web. 🤓

Tweaking the Circuits · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.

Warnings From Weimar. Why Bargaining With Authoritarians Fails.
#weimar

Warnings From Weimar
Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.

Germany to deliver two more Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine in 2025: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/30/germany-to-deliver-two-more.html

Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza alone.
Israel, the US, Germany, the UK, and every other silent and complicit country is committing genocide in Gaza.
We have learned nothing from the past except how to recreate its worst horrors in modern ways.

Merz: Germany is already in conflict with Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/30/merz-germany-is-already-in.html

Lyft partners with Baidu to launch autonomous vehicles in Germany and the UK in 2026, pending regulatory approval; Lyft will deploy Baidu's sixth-gen robotaxis (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Germany reaffirms support for Ukraine, pledges $10.5 billion through 2026: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/26/germany-reaffirms-support-for-ukraine.html

✍️ New post: CSS :is() :where() the Magic Happens
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CSS :is() :where() the Magic Happens · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.

Germany, Poland, Czech Republic named first countries included in Ukraine's multiple citizenship law: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/26/germany-poland-czech-republic-named.html

Germany shuts down Munich Airport due to drone sightings: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/germany-shuts-down-munich-airport.html

✍️ New post: Age Quod Agis
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Age Quod Agis · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.

Germany to deliver 2 Patriot systems to Ukraine by 2026, Pistorius says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/29/germany-to-deliver-patriot-systems.html

Russia likely behind drone sightings over Germany, chancellor says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/06/russia-likely-behind-drone-sightings.html

Germany sending Ukraine 8th IRIS-T air defense system — here's what they can do: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/germany-sending-ukraine-th-irist.html

Germany to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles 'very soon,' Merz says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/germany-to-supply-ukraine-with.html

US, Germany agree to deliver 5 Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/us-germany-agree-to-deliver.html

UK and Germany to sign historic mutual defense pact amid Russian aggression, Bloomberg reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/uk-and-germany-to-sign.html

Germany to decide on more Patriots for Ukraine 'within days or weeks': https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/15/germany-to-decide-on-more.html

Germany faces constraints in supplying more patriot air-defense systems to Ukraine, says Defense Minister: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/germany-faces-constraints-in-supplying.html

Germany denies knowledge of Patriot missiles en route Ukraine, contradicting Trump's claim: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/germany-denies-knowledge-of-patriot.html

Germany to provide $47 million grant to support small, medium-sized Ukrainian businesses: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/12/germany-to-provide-million-grant.html

Norway earmarks $695.7 million for Ukraine’s air defenses, co-funds two Patriot systems with Germany: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/24/norway-earmarks-million-for-ukraines.html

Germany says EU discussing 'more than 3' Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/germany-says-eu-discussing-more.html

Germany won't supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles, urges weapons makers to step up, defense minister says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/germany-wont-supply-ukraine-with.html

Russia reportedly flying drones over US arms routes in Germany: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/28/russia-reportedly-flying-drones-over.html

France says Russia pressuring Germany's Nord Stream investigation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/27/france-says-russia-pressuring-germanys.html