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There are days on which the news is a relief.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/03/netherlands-government-collapse-geert-wilders?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Trump dreigt met een kernoorlog. Hij is er krankzinnig genoeg voor.
https://youtu.be/irGboRoFvEQ?si=fLwdHZ0n_iOyef8W

Binding and spontaneous condensation of excitons in narrow-gap carbon nanotubes
Giacomo Sesti, Daniele Varsano, Elisa Molinari, Massimo Rontani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00560

Binding and spontaneous condensation of excitons in narrow-gap carbon nanotubes
Ultraclean, undoped carbon nanotubes are always insulating, even when the gap predicted by band theory is zero. The residual, observed gap is thought to have a many-body origin. Here we theoretically show that the correlated insulator is excitonic, extending our previous claim, limited to gapless (armchair) tubes [D. Varsano, S. Sorella, D. Sangalli, M. Barborini, S. Corni, E. Molinari, M. Rontani, Nature Communications $\mathbf{8}$, 1461 (2017)], to $all$ narrow-gap tubes, irrespective of thei…

A while ago the media reported that most of the long-distance "suburban" trains between #Wrocław and #Poznań will be discontinued, and instead one will have to change trains midway. Irrespective of whether it's actually going to happen, let's consider it.
As you can probably tell by now, I'm not a stranger to changing trains. In fact, there are some direct connections that I do criticize. For example:
• Poznań — Szczecin — Świnoujście, where arriving at Szczecin Główny and turning back to leave the city is a waste of time. It's better to change trains at Szczecin Dąbie.
• Poznań — Krzyż — Kostrzyn, where instead of using a single railbus, you can use a larger EMU for the Poznań — Krzyż segment, and a smaller DMU for Krzyż — Kostrzyn (in fact, only recently the "direct" Poznań — Kostrzyn train involved just that, but it was supposed to be temporary).
However, good matches are the key. Say:
1. Max 10 minutes (when there are no delays) from one train to the other.
2. "Door-to-door" transfer — without having to carry all your luggage across platforms.
3. Reliable connection — if one train is delayed, the other train waits for it (or there are so many alternatives that it doesn't have to).
Can such a thing happen on Poznań — Wrocław route? I have my doubts.
I've been using these trains for years, and I can say this: there is no effort to match train from/to Poznań with other trains in Wrocław. Sometimes the trains depart 10 minutes before the first train from Poznań arrives, sometimes I need to transfer in 10 minutes, and sometimes I have to wait over an hour. And the same in the other direction.
Perhaps things would actually improve if the route is split. Perhaps people would actually care. Maybe even the trains would be fitted better to the timetable in Wrocław. But I find it hard to believe.
EDIT: One final thought — since there is no real reason to split these connections (except for profiteering), why make travellers' lives harder?
#rail

"In old times, and also in our time among the Indian tribes, psychedelic substances were considered sacred and they were used with the right attitude and in a ritual and spiritual context. And what a difference if we compare it with the careless and irresponsible use of LSD in the streets and in the discotheques of New York City and everywhere in the West. It is a tragic misunderstanding of the nature and the meaning of these kinds of substances."
— Albert Hofmann

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Pulp:
🎵 Babies (Glastonbury 2025)
#Pulp
https://robsnarski.bandcamp.com/track/babies-pulp
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Terrific podcast, in my view. Check it out.
#Trump’s Not in Charge. This is who Really is.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LIx2lxMccXs&si=l2ai-d-Irr0e18sp

Malheureusement je n'ai pas accès mais cet article semble important ! Je croyais que c'était sur les États-Unis mais non il s'agit de la France...
”« Le gouvernement affaiblit méthodiquement les agences environnementales et sanitaires » : la tribune d’un collectif de 95 personnalités”

« Le gouvernement affaiblit méthodiquement les agences environnementales et sanitaires » : la tribune d’un collectif de 95 personnalités
Elles dénoncent, dans une tribune au « Monde », les réductions de moyens drastiques qui touchent les institutions chargées de défendre l’environnement et la santé publique, d’une « irresponsabilité sans précédent », selon les sections syndicales.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
Pulp:
🎵 Babies (6 Music Session)
#Pulp
https://robsnarski.bandcamp.com/track/babies-pulp
https://open.spotify.com/track/4j3obTRIyR7QzvdeQz9vaO

Terrific podcast, in my view. Check it out.
#Trump’s Not in Charge. This is who Really is.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LIx2lxMccXs&si=l2ai-d-Irr0e18sp