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Wow, tonight's #Aurora was also pretty visible in the Alps...
(All picture credits: https://www.foto-webcam.eu/)
Eibsee (Zugspitze):

The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor.
A livestreamed video posted on the Facebook page of Black Lives Matter Minnesota -- one of the protest’s organizers -- shows a group of people interrupting services at the Cities Church in St. Paul by chanting
“ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good.”

DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor. A livestreamed video posted on the Facebook page of Black Lives Matter Minnesota shows a group of people interrupting services at the Cities Church in St. Paul by chanting “ICE out.” The protesters allege that one of the church’s pastors also leads the local ICE fiel…

Allow me to doubt the federal government's claim that "the planned reductions" at the Canadian Museum of History are really "intended to improve efficiency and provide greater long-term flexibility in fulfilling its mandate."
Response from Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages to Colin Coates, President of the Canadian Historical Association.

CHA Letter to Minister Marc Miller | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc Miller. The letter can be read here. Update: On March 18, 2026, Colin Coates received the following reply from Minister…

As if Minnesota doesn't have a lot on its hands already....
Minnesota Department of Human Services data breach impacts 300K
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-department-of-human-services-data-breach-impacts-300k/601566960

Essential reading for those inside and outside of #Minnesota looking to stop #ICE terrorizing immigrants and anybody else they choose.

Operation Metro Surge hasn’t ended. It’s expanded to the suburbs.
Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs.

❗️Zelenskyy and Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro honored fallen servicemen in Kyiv #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/zelenskyy-and-portuguese-prime-minister.ht…

heise | Logic Pro & MainStage: Das können die neuen Versionen
Seit Jahrzehnten gehört Logic zu den besten und umfangreichsten Musikproduktions-Apps. Im Rahmen des Apple Creator Studio wurden sie aufgemotzt. Ein Test.

Minnesota receives federal approval on their final BEAD
(Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) proposal
-- Christopher Terry
https://blandinonbroadband.org/2025/12/20/minnesota-…

Minnesota receives federal approval on their final BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) proposal
Broadband Breakfast reports… Five more states have received federal approval on their final spending plans under the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Idaho, Ma…

This was an interesting problem to work on (back in 2017): A visualization of a path planner for 3D printing (FDM) a single layer/mesh structure of a multi-layer textile. Two setups of the same path strategy which optimized for longest continuous sub-paths and minimum rapids (distance without filament extrusion) between sub-paths. The planner supported six strategies in total, incl. optimizing for straight sub-paths and minimum amounts of "recent" crossings (to allow filament to co…

Labor unions, community leaders and faith groups are calling for an #economic #blackout in Minnesota-on Friday
to protest the surge of federal immigration agents in the state
and mourn Renee Good.
Organizers are urging Minnesotans not to work, shop or go to school.
The Trump administration has d…