The total #SolarEclipse on 12 August will be a low affair both for totality watchers in Spain (let alone Mallorca) and for maximum partiality watchers in Central Europe, so making sure you'll have a free horizon for solar elevations below 10° in the right azimuth is essential. And now is the time to test the location you have in mind as on the evening of 12 August the declination of the Sun will be 14°47' while on April 29 and 30 it will be 14°38' and 14°56', respectively, i.e. 9 arc minutes or 1/3 solar diameter lower or higher. So if you see the low Sun both today and tomorrow (and don't expect any more vegetation or buildings to materialize in the next 3 1/2 months) you can be sure that you can also see the totally or maximally eclipsed Sun on 12 August. (This dress rehearsal idea has already been promoted - e.g. in https://www.rac1.cat/meteo/20260428/341109/dimecres-pots-anticipar-gran-eclipsi-agost-lloc-veura-dia.html - in Spain.)
Hier mein Versuch einer Rezension zu Ian McDonalds Buch Hopeland (2023) (climate fiction meets hopepunk meets near future SF meets magischen Realismus).
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/03/versuch-einer-rezension-zu-ian-mcdonald-hopeland-2…
This clip is extraordinary - and a perfect example of the gaslighting this Administration does.
McMahon is proposing to cut funding to enforce civil rights by 35%.
IT'S IN HER BUDGET IN BLACK AND WHITE.
And she came before Congress and denied it.
Up is down. Down is up.
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Letzten Monat erschien eine Pressemitteilung zur e-ID „Akzeptanz der E-ID mit zusätzlichen Massnahmen stärken“. Auf Nachfrage erläuterte das Bundesamt für Justiz (BJ):
1️⃣ Stärkere Identifikation von e-ID-Abfragerinnen
2️⃣ Registrierung der typischen Abfragefelder
3️⃣ Klare Warnung bei Abfragen darüber hinaus
4️⃣ Manuelle Genehmigung der Abfrage der AHV-Nummer durch das BJ
Wichtige Schritte für den Konsument:innen-/Datenschutz. Danke!
Nagelsmann kombiniert Dünnhäutigkeit mit hämischen Reaktionen auf Kritik — wer nachfragt, bekommt sofort Biss. Jürgen Kaube (FAZ, €) skizziert einen Besserwisser, der Maximen täglich neu erfindet, sie aber wie Gesetze verkündet. Nach Rückschlägen? Harakiri der Spieler — nie ein Systemfehler. #Nagelsmann #WM2026
The Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Prepare for maximum gerrymandering. (Ian Millhiser/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/politics/487363/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-gerrymandering-alito-voting-rights-act
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p92#a260429p92
Lookout Local, which launched in 2020 and now has two sites, expects its Santa Cruz, CA, site to be profitable by year-end and plans to have five sites by 2028 (Kari McMahon/A Media Operator)
https://www.amediaoperator.com/analysis/profitable-local-…
Happy outcome of the #SolarEclipse 2026 dress rehearsal at the #planetarium in #Bochum, Germany, today: the whole event from beginning 14° high through maximum eclipse in 6° elevation down to 3° can be folllowed without obstruction from a specific - and covenient - zone on the premises. This picture was taken at the very 'moment' of maximum eclipse with the Sun in my back: whereever it's shining here, it could be seen. Not ideal for telescopes or big tripods, but many people with eclipse glasses and handheld cameras could be served. Only the weather on 12 August has to be as gorgeous as today ...
Trump, pädagogisch: Wer amerikanischen Tech-Konzernen eine Steuer abverlangt, zahlt 100 Prozent Zölle – auf Autos, Maschinen, Käse. Auf einfach alles. Das nennt man in der Theorie Schutzgelderpressung, in Trumps Welt einfach „Handelspolitik”. Via @heise@social.heise.de #Digitalsteuer #Handelspolitik