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Never forget #Navalny
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-by-the-uk-sweden-france-germany-and-the-ne…

Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death
Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death.

Germany seeks to buy Polish Piorun MANPADS for Ukraine, Tusk says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/14/germany-seeks-to-buy-polish.html

Good job everyone!
"Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/germany-misses-climate-targets-as-emissions-barely-fall-in-2025?C…

Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96 (Geir Moulson/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/juergen-habermas-dead-germany-2b541721af6cb19abfaa923359d091b5
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p55#a260314p55

JD.com launches online marketplace Joybuy in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as it expands globally to challenge Amazon (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/jdcom-launches-joyb…

Ukraine and Germany open their first joint plant to produce Ukrainian-designed AI drones, with 10,000 expected this: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/ukraine-and-germany-open-their.html

"Volkswagen launches first large-scale battery storage project in Germany"
#Germany #Volkswagen #Batteries #Energy

Volkswagen launches first large-scale battery storage project in Germany
Volkswagen has connected its first 20 MW/40 MWh stationary storage system in Salzgitter, Germany, marking the start of its plan to integrate battery production, storage, and energy trading within a single corporate structure.

TIL: There are drastic differences in the sugar content of internationally sold drinks like Fanta. Acc. to Spiegel UK 4.5g vs. Germany 7.6g. This map comments indicate that upper end (US, 12g) to lower end is factor of three (4.1g some eastern baltic states) https…

Zehn europäische Länder im Vergleich: Deutsche trinken am meisten Zucker
Gut acht Zuckerwürfel nehmen Menschen hierzulande als Brause, Limo oder Saft zu sich – jeden Tag. Das ist mehr als doppelt so viel wie in Italien. Auch weil in deutschen Getränken teils deutlich mehr Zucker steckt.

I'm not caught up on today's games (so shhh!), but I really enjoyed yesterday's Latvia-Germany match, especially the third period.
#hockey #MilanoCortina2026

1/2 Presketched this today in the over-vehiculed Space of my hometown near Stuttgart, South Germany.
One of the joys of #UrbanSketching is the deep, quiet and yet truely active contact with Time (you spend a lot there on spot) but even more with the People you meet there . A lot of bygoers do stop and do appreciate the drawing. Which gives Oneself in exchange the possibility to appr…

Germany plans $1.9 billion of fuel price relief "to tackle energy crisis".
The stupidest tool from the box.
Keeps demand and prices artificially high, costs billions, and largely ends up with households that don't need support. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦 https…

Uber says it plans to launch Uber Eats in Austria and six other European countries in 2026, as it gains market share in the UK, Germany, France, and Spain (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8280412c-df99-4eb2-b447-f29872d0439d

I always wonder why public charging tenders in Germany are so contested yet useless. While in other mature markets, such as the Netherlands and Belgium, public tenders help to create a dense network with significantly lower prices for users, in Germany the process merely distributes semi-monopolies without offering any benefits to users.

Ladeinfrastruktur-Ausbau: Stadt München kassiert Schlappe vor Gericht - electrive.net
In dem jahrelangen juristischen Tauziehen um den Aufbau von Ladeinfrastruktur in München kam es vor wenigen Tagen zu einer Verhandlung vor dem

Germany is set to introduce an investment commitment obliging streaming services and TV broadcasters to spend 8% of their German revenue on local content (Leo Barraclough/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/global/germany-investm…

Germany to Impose Investment Commitment on Streamers, Broadcasters
The German government is set to introduce an investment commitment on streaming platforms and TV broadcasters.

Germany warns of state-linked phishing campaign targeting journalists, government officials https://therecord.media/germany-warns-phishing-campaign-signal-gov-officials-journalists

"Help improve support for Diamond open access journals in Germany"
https://blog.doaj.org/2026/03/05/help-improve-support-for-diamond-open-access-journals-in-germany/

Greetings from week 9 to colleagues in Germany, who are only starting their semester today!
#AcademicChatter

Greetings from week 9 to colleagues in Germany, who are only starting their semester today!
#AcademicChatter

Habermas, the philosopher who shaped Germany's post-war conscience (Friederike Heine/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/juergen-habermas-philosopher-dies-age-96-publisher-says-2026-03-14/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p52#a260314p52

First day of classes, forgot that the tram would be packed 😅
Happy start of summer term to students and faculty in Germany! #academicChatter

Germany, Israel Hold First Joint Cyberattack Exercises
https://www.thetrumpet.com/33554-germany-israel-hold-first-joint-cyberattack-exercises

Germany, Israel Hold First Joint Cyberattack Exercises
See this and more on theTrumpet.com

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Sparks:
🎵 Girl From Germany
#Sparks
https://goodbyecharlemagne.bandcamp.com/track/girl-from-germany-sparks
https://open.spotify.com/track/02R9bZXporpbufvOKgf6At

Ich scheiterte oft zu verstehen woran es damals fehlte als man den Deutschen versuchte beizubringen, das Juden einfach Menschen sind. Seitdem Ich jedoch erlebe wie schwierig es heute ist den Deutschen beizubringen das Muslime einfach Menschen sind, kann Ich es zu einem Bruchteil nachvollziehen wie es damals war.
Die Entmenschlichung einer religiösen Minderheit ist bereits voll im Gange. Sie werden als Fremd und unvereinbar mit der deutschen Kultur, dem deutschen Staat und der bürgerlic…

I'm currently in Germany and suddenly the meal times here seem way too early.

Britain's Keir Starmer has agreed with Germany’s Friedrich Merz and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni to “work closely together” in navigating commercial shipping through the strait of Hormuz.
A spokesperson for Starmer said the prime minister spoke to the leaders of Germany and Italy on Monday night “about the situation in the Middle East, discussing the strait of Hormuz.”
He said:
They agreed on the vital importance of freedom of navigation for vessels through these waters. They ag…

Genocide denial and denial of war crimes is illegal in Germany*. Except if it’s Israel commiting them while enriching the German state through weapons sales**. Then it’s sacrosanct.
Isn’t it fascinating to learn about different cultures and what makes them so unique and exciting?
* https://www.

Ecclesia laborans: Reproductive Labor and the Hidden Work of Liturgical Performance, 1350–1600 (Berlin, 6-7 March 2026)
https://ift.tt/A9n76zs
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

He refused to fight for Putin. Germany says it’s safe for him to go back.
https://www.politico.eu/article/georgy-avaliani-russia-ukraine-war-germany-return-vladimir-putin…

Honoured to share that my research on the destructive side of “creative destruction” keeps on rockin! 🎉 #Germany is about to give China the heat pump market. The solar panel story? On repeat. #Wärmepumpe.

Trump is 'wrong': Europeans slam US decision to ease Russia oil sanctions (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-friedrich-merz-blasts-donald-trump-lift-russian-energy-sanctions/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p99#a260313p99

Tunau am Bodensee / Tunau at Lake Constanze, Germany
Place for #Naturism
#thicktrunkthursday

Fiber broadband tariffs work as cross-subsidies. Every higher plan helps fund the smaller, more affordable ones. So if you can, just click that upgrade. To my knowledge, not a single end customer provider is currently profitable with fiber. Definitely true for Germany, but probably for other countries as well.
#Internet

In diesem Paper erfolgt eine ganzheitliche und integrierte Lebenszyklus-Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung der Solidarischen Landwirtschaft.
💡 Ergebnis der Fallstudie: Nur 1/3 Nachhaltigkeitsrisiken gegenüber dem konventionellen Lebenmittelmarkt.
"Holistic and integrated life cycle sustainability assessment of community supported agriculture: A case study of school catering in Leipzig, Germany"
Autor:innen: Madeleine Pries, Walther Zeug, Daniela Thrän
OpenAccess
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Why does this peertube video just have so view calls? (and why do I not publish my videos in 4k as well 🤔)
Top of Germany - Climbing the "Zugspitze" in 4K
https://monitor.grossermensch.eu/w/aYRiqyyqALUR1T3iZ19WPw

This is an auspicious development - mandating ODF formats for all government generated documents: https://linuxiac.com/germany-mandates-odf-for-public-administration/ - the UK did this, too, quite a long time ago -

"German mayors call for night-time ban on robot lawnmowers to protect hedgehogs"
#Germany #Hedgehogs #Animals

It appears that I'm not the only European cross about the German car lobby...
Germany needs to get a grip, the curve has been bent, EVs are basically inevitable now.
https://newsletter-cdn.europeancorrespondent.com/go/85v3kj8tcubod0gp6fwyi8c8ogv3yn8ko02ogcwgc6ml/2866

Ecclesia laborans: Reproductive Labor and the Hidden Work of Liturgical Performance, 1350–1600 (Berlin, 6-7 March 2026)
https://ift.tt/L4hQVMw
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

(LinkedIn) Job opening for a vision rehabilitation specialist at Science Corp. in Germany https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4381400111/ "This role is critical to helping patients translate artificial vision into meaningful functional outcomes in daily life."

Lions to play in Germany in 2026, fulfilling Amon-Ra St. Brown's dream https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7067698/2026/02/24/nfl-germany-game-2026-detroit-lions/

This past weekend was no holiday for the cybersecurity world, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the crucial infosec developments you might have missed, including
--Germany names alleged ‘UNKN’ kingpin behind GandCrab and REvil ransomware empire,
--Meta pauses work with Mercor indefinitely following breach,
--N. Ireland education IT system contractor hit by breach,
--First convicted spyware maker dodges jail time,
--N. Korea carried out a six-month op t…

Germany names alleged ‘UNKN’ kingpin behind GandCrab and REvil ransomware empire
Meta pauses work with Mercor indefinitely following breach, N. Ireland education IT system contractor hit by breach, First convicted spyware maker dodges jail time, N. Korea carried out six-month op to steal $270m from Drift, Y Combinator dumps Delve over compliance fabrications, much more

A well-executed video by B1M channel about the state of traffic infrastructure in Germany, how it should get better and why this still may not work out. With some impressive (for Germans probably well-known) examples. #traffic #infrastructure

Start of the Munich Security Conference: Zelenskyy already in Germany #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/start-of-the-munich-security.html

Gute Reaktion: Die deutsche Delegation um Norbert Röttgen (CDU) sagte ein geplantes Treffen ab, nachdem das US-Außenministerium der Deutschen Botschaft in Washington mitteilte, es sei bereit nur Abgeordnete von Union und AfD zu treffen, nicht aber die von SPD und Grünen.
https://www.

Trump administration favored Germany’s far right in Washington visit
A planned meeting collapsed after State Department officials told the German embassy it refused to meet with center-left German lawmakers.

Yesterday, the very first @… zine on paper arrived in the northeastern corner of Germany 🤩

The U.S. under Donald Trump is seen as more of a threat than an ally,
according to a new POLITICO Pulse survey of six major EU countries.
Since returning to power in January 2025, Trump has questioned Washington’s commitment to NATO,
threatened to annex Greenland and Canada,
hit allies with tariffs
and launched a war with Iran that European countries refused to join.
Only 12 percent of those polled in March in Poland, Spain, Belgium, France, Germany and It…

Poll: More Europeans see US as threat than China
Washington outranks Beijing as a threat in Spain, Italy, Belgium and Germany, according to POLITICO Pulse survey.

Oha, @… ist in der BBC. Lesenswerter Artikel.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260225-the-nostalgic-winter-drink-div…

The nostalgic winter drink dividing Germany
The Lumumba cocktail is one of Northern Europe's most popular winter drinks, but its name – borrowed from a Congolese politician – is now sparking a cultural controversy.

Reading the Israeli press is like reading nazi Germany's press.

E.ON's #V2G tariff in Germany, which works with the newest BMW EV and DC bidirectional home charger, is now accepting applications. As this is Germany, legal and tax clarity was needed on revenues from feeding energy back into the grid: V2G is 'Liebhaberei'. [The simple translation from German is: 'It's a hobby.' However, we could also call it a love affair, which might be mo…

@… “It’s plausible that by 2030 we’ll bring an additional 200 gigawatts of compute online every year—akin to the peak energy use of the UK, France, Germany, and Italy put together.”
“Plausible” is doing a lot of work here, but apart from this: this is supposedly a good thing!? (Especially from Micro-For-Entertainment-Purposes-Only-slop).

Live code duo Epiploke (Lucy aka heavy lifting I) have a gig in Lyon France 2nd May, and looking for gigs to make a mini tour on the way there.. E.g. Netherlands, west side of Germany, maybe London.. lmk if you are putting something on around then !

Germany is constitutionally fine with committing genocide. (I guess some things never change.)
#germany #israel #Gaza #genocide

why can't the mbta have dedicated bike cars on the green line and the commuter rail like this? is there an actual reason like platform length or something? https://www.reddit.com/r/transit/comments/wgri5b/light_rail_bike_car_stuttgart_germany/…

Significant #fireball over Germany this evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQFVOHSBGDw. Many visual reports, too: https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2026/1467

Germany is doing a real service here. Put this in a museum.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/germany-parade-floats-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1771514189

This is as good a time as any for a thought experiment.
You're in Nazi Germany. You know about the camps, you know what they do, you see the ash fall, you smell it. People who resist alone are killed, some are sent to the camps too. You're afraid to even talk to people about it for fear that they'll turn you in.
You think back to when the camps were being built. You had all the warning signs, but you didn't know how to interpret them. You could believe it would happen. You thought you'd have a chance to vote him out. You thought there might be another way. You thought maybe things would turn out differently if you just sat tight, kept your head down, kept yourself safe.
You see a family being dragged from their home. You know they will be killed. You want to fight, not just for them but for yourself. You opposed Hitler, and at any point you know you could be on the list... Even if you do nothing.
You wish you could rise up, shoot the SS, open the gates, fight it all. You know you aren't alone, but you don't know how to connect with the people who want the same thing.
Using the knowledge we have now, what should you have done in the preceding months and years to connect, to build a community that would open up all paths of resistance?
There were people who resisted. We know it wasn't enough.
Gun laws in Nazi Germany were very similar to US laws in that Nazis were largely free to own guns and everyone else was not. Unlike the US, where "others" have historically controlled using the fear that they might be randomly executed, Germany did codify it. Red flag laws were one more step in the US towards that codification, and there will be more.
When Nazis were taking away those guns, the social networks didn't exist to make resistance possible for most folks. But some Jews were able to resist.
It wasn't the guns that made the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising possible, though they definitely helped. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was made possible by labor organizing in the precessing years.
If there were more uprisings like that, the Holocaust could have been stopped if not prevented. Social networks make resistance possible. Guns are only useful tools to resist authoritarianism *after* you build a community able to support that resistance, and they are only one of many tools made useful by that community.
Getting guns is easy, and not always necessary. Building community is hard. Guns won't keep you safe. Community will.
Single acts of resistance may slow the machine down, but to actually bring down a monster you need to be able to attack more than once. You need a society of resistance. If you are afraid now, build that. Talk to people while it's still safe to do so. Ask them where their red line is. Talk to neighbors. Figure out your network.
Take the steps you need now to keep your neighbors safe, to keep yourself safe.
#USPol

"Germany's coastal regions brace for change, fearing rising sea levels"
#Germany #Environment
https://

Germany's coastal regions brace for change, fearing rising sea levels
Standing on the coast and looking out to sea, you cannot detect the changes with the naked eye. But in northern Germany, sea levels are rising, as is the risk of flooding for the lower-lying coastal regions.

So German parliament spent their time on this.
You'd hope they'd be laser-focused on accelerating the transition to cycling, public transport, and electric vehicles.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-bundest

Germany news: Bundestag approves fuel station price brake
German petrol stations will be limited to increasing prices once per day if the new law clears the upper house. After slashing jobs at home, BASF has opened a sprawling new factory in China. Follow DW for the latest.

Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--The European Commission's mobile device platform was hacked, likely via Ivanti flaws,
--All four Singapore major telcos were hacked via China-nexus threat actor,
--Poland's most egregious database leaker has been busted,
--Romanian pipeline operator hit by a cyberattack,
--Germany warns of state-sponsored phishing attacks via mes…

The European Commission's mobile device platform was hacked
All four Singapore major telcos were hacked via China-nexus threat actor, Poland's most egregious database leaker has been busted, Romanian pipeline operator hit by a cyberattack, Germany warns of state-sponsored phishing attacks via messaging apps, much more

Wow, such democracy. Much freedom of movement.
#germany #eu

Lions will head to Munich for international game https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48021933/lions-return-international-play-2026-game-germany

Report: Canada's Cohere and Germany's Aleph Alpha are in talks to merge; the German government would be willing to become a key customer of a combined company (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactiona

Hungary against Germany and France – an uneven match #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/31/hungary-against-germany-and-france.html

@… “It’s plausible that by 2030 we’ll bring an additional 200 gigawatts of compute online every year—akin to the peak energy use of the UK, France, Germany, and Italy put together.”
“Plausible” is doing a lot of work here, but apart from this: this is supposedly a good thing!? (Especially from Micro-For-Entertainment-Purposes-Only-slop).

Spanish deputy leader slams Merz for his deference to Trump (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-friedrich-merz-deference-us-donald-trump-still-infuriates-spain-leaders/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260309/p135#a260309p135

"Germany’s heat pump public discourse is positive but volatile"
#Germany #HeatPumps #Energy

Germany’s heat pump public discourse is positive but volatile
Research from Germany analyzed sentiment in online news coverage to explore how heat pumps are portrayed in German public discourse. It found that while public perception is generally positive, it is neither uniform nor stable, and dipped significantly during debates around Germany’s heating law in 2023.

Everything you’re fine with Israel, the United States, Germany, and the UK doing to Gaza and Palestinians today is what they’re going to be doing to you tomorrow.
(In case that makes you care if nothing else does.)
#israel #usa

Google Earth now has a new cycling trip share layer, which allows making international comparisons. E.g. cycling requires Dutch (or Low Saxon) language skills, or Japanese: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto are on par with Dutch cities on cycling trip share
https://medium.com/@googleearth/now-av

Ecclesia laborans: Reproductive Labor and the Hidden Work of Liturgical Performance, 1350–1600 (Berlin, 6-7 March 2026)
https://ift.tt/x7nIvhz
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Worrying #airpollution in #Germany, our city of Magdeburg embraces the reds. Praise to our old tech (the wrong kind): from coal to diesel to wooden heating. A bit of winter staleness and it’s all revealed

Good news from another one of the #CubeSats sent along with #ArtemisII - Germany's #Tacheles has phoned home: https://www.tu.berlin/news/nachricht/artemis-mission-berliner-satellit-erfolgreich-im-all-ausgesetzt (in https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=68539 its highly elliptical orbit),

@… SNCF recommends to go on the 23 instead of the 22.
I guess I'll have to go via Germany.

Germany's Federal Cartel Office rules Amazon must stop enforcing price controls for retailers on its German marketplace and seizes €59M; Amazon can appeal (Karin Matussek/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

"In Germany, climate-related television content reaches engaged viewers but misses skeptical groups"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange

In Germany, climate-related television content reaches engaged viewers but misses skeptical groups
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the University of Hamburg, Freie Universität Berlin and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT show in a recent publication in the journal Nature Climate Change that television in Germany remains one of the most important media for engaging with the issue of climate change. Moreover, television can contribute to societal consensus-building. The study finds that climate-related television content primarily reaches ne…

What I think Germany is doing right for public HDV charging:
- Early grid applications w/ forward-looking capacity
- Not one electricity price, but many. How do you give users access to these?
- Tenders for the best offer for the user, not recouping costs later with high prices
https://www.

Ecclesia laborans: Reproductive Labor and the Hidden Work of Liturgical Performance, 1350–1600 (Berlin, 6-7 March 2026) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141272/ecclesia-laborans-reproductive-labor-and-hidden-wo…

How a surprise FaceTime led to 'dream' St. Brown homecoming in Germany https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48360805/lions-amon-ra-st-brown-excited-play-germany-grow-nfl-abroad

In Germany, genocide denial is a crime.
Unless it’s genocide against Palestinians.
How can that be? Easy. Because they don’t see Palestinians as human beings.
Why? Because they are racist fucks.
(And because they profit from the genocide as the world’s #2 arms dealer to Israel after the US.)
Makes me sick to my stomach. Gotta love those “European values” eh?
#germany

Germany to deliver 33 mobile combined heat-and-power plants to Ukraine, ambassador says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/29/germany-to-deliver-mobile-combined.html

NATO Is Having a Military Exercise.
The U.S., Its Largest Member, Won’t Be There.
The operation, Steadfast Dart, comes as Trump has been accused of undermining the alliance
It will be watched closely to see how well the allies manage without their most important partner

NATO to Hold Military Exercise Without U.S., Its Largest Member
The operation, Steadfast Dart, comes as President Trump has been accused of undermining the alliance and will be watched closely to see how well the allies manage without their most important partner.

How Black Forest Labs, a 70-person startup based in Germany, became a top competitor in AI image generation; sources: it recently declined to partner with xAI (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/black-forest-labs-ai-image-generation/

The 70-Person AI Image Startup Taking on Silicon Valley's Giants
Black Forest Labs has long punched above its weight in the AI image generation space. Its next move? Powering physical AI.

@… SNCF recommends to go on the 23 instead of the 22.
I guess I'll have to go via Germany.

Ecclesia laborans: Reproductive Labor and the Hidden Work of Liturgical Performance, 1350–1600 (Berlin, 6-7 March 2026) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141272/ecclesia-laborans-reproductive-labor-and-hidden-wo…

"Germany narrowly meets climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange

In a graph, the decline of the internal combustion engine in German automobile manufacturing, and the (slightly slower, and delayed) rise of electric drivetrains.
Will the average "Auto made in Germany" be one with a plug as of this year?

Wow, man, imagine being the kind of person that suspends anyone he sees from Gaza during a genocide.
The inhumanity of some Germans is really quite remarkable. Didn’t you get enough of genocide the first time around?
Add social.tchncs.de to the list of Zionist, pro-genocide Mastodon servers.
#germany #israel

Fabio Manganiello (@fabio@manganiello.eu)
@Mohmad30 @aral hi Mohammed, you can check the status of suspensions/limitations on your account here.As of now your account is suspended on the following medium-large instances:chaos.socialmastodo...

Germany outlines EU’s 20th sanctions package against Russia, targeting energy revenues and the shadow fleet: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/26/germany-outlines-eus-th-sanctions.html

A look at countries that moved to ban social media for kids in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain, Indonesia (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/06/social-media-ban-children-countries-list/

These are the countries moving to ban social media for children | TechCrunch
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

"Germany, France, Netherlands curtail 3.9 TWh of renewables in 2025"
#Germany #France #Netherlands #Energy

Germany, France, Netherlands curtail 3.9 TWh of renewables in 2025
Analysis by energy advisory service Montel finds Germany, France and the Netherlands all saw record levels of renewables curtailment last year, with the build out of solar in each market contributing to midday generation peaks and consequential price cannibalization.

“Throughout our trip to Germany, most of the conversations I had with other survivors and their families reliably returned to fears and intergenerational traumas in the context of the Trump presidency; the rise of nationalism, authoritarianism and uncertainty in the U.S. and around the world. But although this was at the height of devastating reports of famine and genocide emerging from Gaza, everyone in our group, especially the Jews, seemed to make a concerted effort to avoid mention of Pa…

Remembering ‘Never Again for Everyone’ at Bergen-Belsen
At the height of the war in Gaza, a Jewish activist for Palestine accompanied his mother, a Holocaust survivor, to Germany for a ceremony to mark 80 years since liberation

"The practical experience gained from this project shows that heat pumps can be reliably used for grid-friendly load shifting – without restricting the heat supply to households."
100 residential heat pumps in Germany delivered power system flexibility to TSOs TenneT and TransnetBW

ViFlex Pilot Project is a success | Viessmann Climate Solutions
The ViFlex pilot project demonstrates that heat pumps can be used as flexible consumers in redispatchs. Read more here.

"Shein pulls net-zero claims in Germany following greenwashing complaint"
#Germany #Shein #FastFashion #Textiles

Germany arrests dual German-Ukrainian national on suspicion of spying for Russia, two others detained for aiding Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/germany-arrests-dual-germanukrainian-national.html

Yet another hydrogen filling station in Germany is closing after ten years. This is likely to coincide exactly with the end of the grant period. Battery-electric cars run on green electricity, hydrogen cars on subsidies...
https://

Westfalen schließt Wasserstoff-Tankstelle in Münster-Amelsbüren
Die Westfalen-Gruppe stellt den Betrieb ihrer Wasserstoff-Tankstelle in Münster-Amelsbüren am 30. April 2026 ein.

"World’s First Vertical Floating Solar Technology Plant Begins Operation in Germany"
#Germany #SolarPower #Energy

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/116356810759725972
Does Israel have a right to exist?
Yes, about as much as Nazi Germany or any other state guilty of settler colonialism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Which is to say none wh…

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