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Word of the Week: Backpfeifengesicht
Do you ever look at someone and feel like punching them in the face?
Well, Germans have a unique word for that face: a Backpfeifengesicht
— a face that’s badly in need of a fist.
https://germanyinusa.com/2019/02/22/wo

Word of the Week: Backpfeifengesicht - GermanyinUSA
Do you ever look at someone and feel like punching them in the face? Well, Germans have a unique word for that face: a Backpfeifengesicht -- a face that's badly in need of a fist. This is one of those strange words that's uniquely German with no English equivalent. The word Backpfeife means

Guckbefehl. https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/groenemeyer-alles-bleibt-anders/groenemeyer-alles-bleibt-anders/wdr/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLXNvcGhvcmEtO…

Grönemeyer - Alles bleibt anders: Grönemeyer · Alles bleibt anders - hier anschauen
Herbert Grönemeyer ist Deutschlands erfolgreichster Popstar. Auch kurz vor seinem 70. Geburtstag füllt er mühelos Stadien. 'Grönemeyer – Alles bleibt anders' ist ein persönliches Portrait eines faszinierenden Künstlers. Mit unvergesslichen Hits wie 'Bochum', 'Flugzeuge im Bauch“ oder der WM-Hymne 'Zeit, dass sich was dreht' hat Grönemeyer den Soundtrack mehrerer Generationen geschrieben und die deutsche Popmusik nachhaltig geprägt. Das gilt bis heute, wie er mit seiner ausverkaufte…

As part of the Cohere-Aleph Alpha deal, Aleph Alpha backer Schwarz Group plans to invest $600M in Cohere's Series E, which a source says is set to close in 2026 (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/cohere-aleph-alpha-germany-ai-euro…

Cohere to acquire German AI company Aleph Alpha as it looks to expand in Europe
Schwarz Group — a key backer of Aleph Alpha — plans to invest $600 million in Cohere's upcoming Series E round as part of the deal.

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

🌱 Global greening: Study shows Earth's green wave is shifting northeast
#environment

Global greening: Study shows Earth's green wave is shifting northeast
A team of scientists led by the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), and Leipzig University has developed a new method to track Earth's greenness—a key indicator of vegetation health and activity—by calculating its center of mass.

"Germany off track to deliver 2045 climate goal"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange

Germany off track to deliver 2045 climate goal
Germany looks set to overshoot its legally mandated climate targets for 2040 and beyond, with land use plans to create carbon sinks still expected to act as a source of emissions through to 2050.

Google Maps in Germany now publishes how many reviews of restaurants etc were removed due to “defamation”, i.e. legal action from the owners of the criticized businesses. There’s now a Chrome extension that adds 0 ratings for every removed rating and then averages that with the provided rating.
https://github.com/Ennui92/…

GitHub - Ennui92/fair-rating-extension: Chrome extension: adjusts Google Maps ratings to account for reviews removed under German defamation law
Chrome extension: adjusts Google Maps ratings to account for reviews removed under German defamation law - Ennui92/fair-rating-extension

German President: Trump's "Disastrous War Is Illegal" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/03/german-president-trumps-disastrous-war-is-illegal/

"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…

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116458516999245541
“How Nazi Germany’s history has shaped the way it wages war. Why has Nazi Germany chosen such brutal military aggression?”
Are we even serious right now?