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Fantastic day yesterday at the Space Park in Leicester for an Institute for Digital Culture Advisory Board meeting https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/digital-culture and a roundtable on the Future of Digital Culture Research.
And we got to hold rocks from space! One is old…

📰 Militärische Mobilität in der Arktis
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Durch das Basteln an der PV-Anlage auf die Idee gekommen, dass die empfindliche IT im Haus auch mal soliden Überspannungsschutz gebrauchen könnte. ⚡️🔌
Mittags für 7 € das Markenteil bestellt – um 19:00 Uhr stand der Bote vor der Tür. Und das mitten auf dem Land in Schleswig-Holstein. Logistisch ist das schon echt beeindruckend. 📦💨
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So, as a social scientist, I am absolutely fascinated with the longstanding issue about AirBNB guests being requested to do the cleaning of a home that they then have to play a cleaning fee in anyway.
I want to know: has there been any sociologist or economist who's taken a look at this moment where we can, for the first time, put an actual price tag and some data on the economic cost of the maintenance of a home? The ongoing work of homemaking is one of continuous tasks throughout a day, including exactly the list that guests often get, like stripping beds to start loads of laundry with very explicit directions on the washing machine settings...that would normally be stored in the emotional and logistical load of the primary homemaker/caregiver. This is often seen as "too much work" or "not important" or "why are they so picky about the washing machine settings" and the answer, of course, is that for the first time, people who don't have to manage a home have to understand the sheer effort it takes to manage a clean and welcoming home. And now, there has been a specific price tag on it.
I hope someone goes and does this work now, because the data is likely there.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/22/airbnb-guests-freed-from-chores-involving-significant-effort-under-new-global-rules

📰 Die deutsche Militärküste
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Successfully booked a grocery delivery slot for Christmas week. I'm not sure what else I'll achieve today but this was logistically crucial!