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"Germany breaks heat record again"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange

Another heat record broken in Germany
The heatwave weekend in Germany has produced yet another temperature record, the highest since measurements began in the 19th century, registered in Brandenburg.

"#Germany blames #Russia for attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport"
By — Geir Moulson, Associated Press (AP)

Germany blames Russia for attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport
Moscow has been widely accused by Western officials of running a campaign of sabotage and disruption across Europe with the aim of undermining support for Ukraine and destabilizing European nations.

"In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Power"
#Germany #Energy #Renewables

In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels

Hey, in case you missed it🚀 : #Germany just moved closer to #space.
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket reached orbit from Norway🇳🇴.
First private German orbital #rocket, pretty huge🔥…

"Germany’s cleantech rollout behind schedule for 2030 goals"
#Germany #Technology
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Germany’s cleantech rollout behind schedule for 2030 goals
New research has highlighted that rollouts of renewables, heat pumps and electric vehicles (EVs) are progressing in Germany, but are still below the required rates to reach 2030 climate goals.

#Germany to buy direct stakes in #military tech startups. Offering ever more support for companies, the most questionable ones, while pressuring workers and holding back infrastructure investments.
This policy #reform

I'm officially on my way to SIGGRAPH!!

I'm doing Lufthansa Express Rail and so far it's going incredibly smooth. Germany, you can be such a well oiled machine when you want to. Looking forward to the bag check experience in Frankfurt. 🙏🏻
#SIGGRAPH #Germany

"Germany 'insufficiently prepared’ for extreme heat as transport and roads closed by 41C temperatures"
#Germany #Heatwave #Climate

ahh a fresh breeze of air while it is raining. room temp went down from 31 degree to 26. but as soon as i am closing the windows it will raise again :( #heat #germany

"Germany cuts climate fund by €30bn through 2030"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange

Germany cuts climate fund by €30bn through 2030
The German Finance Ministry has confirmed that it has plans to scale back subsidy programmes financed through its Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) over the coming years.

Hat der #Nagelsmann sich eigentlich mit Charlie Sheen getroffen?
Ihr seht es doch auch oder?
#germany #gercuw

"Germans could save over €12,000 by ditching gas boiler for solar, battery and heat pump – analysis"
#Germany #SolarPower #Energy

Gas boiler vs solar, battery and heat pump: Which is cheaper?
Despite hefty installation costs, electrifying your home could help you save thousands of euros, new analysis shows.

Doh. This is the end of Germany. 🍩
(package seen today at a German supermarket)
#food #donuts #Simpsons #health #Germany

....It's also crazy to realize that AfD is supported by both Russia and the US... all to destabilze Germany and the EU as a whole.
#AfD #Russia #USA #Germany

The German state election yesterday is a perfect demonstration of why Proportional Representation (PR) is far superior for democracy than First Past the Post (FPTP).
TLDR: Thanks to Proportionality, the AfD only won a minority, not majority parliament because the state parliament always reflects the popular vote.
The picture shows the state of Saxony-Anhalt divided into its electoral districts. It is almost all blue because the AfD won the most votes in all but three districts but with 42% of the popular vote overall.
Had this been a province in Canada, it would have produced a legislature with just 3 opposition members, and all the rest government members. Delivering absolute majority power with no meaningful voice for any other party (likely also losing official party status and key funding for political activities) despite a significant share of the popular vote. This has happened in Canada many times, including in BC in 2001 when the NDP won just 2 seats with all 77 others going to the B.C. Liberals… it led to a referendum on PR that won over 60% of the vote but was never implemented.
Had this German state used FPTP they would have a gigantic majority of exclusively far right members and just 3 opposition.
Thanks to PR, their legislature will actually reflect the vote of the people.
42% AfD (39 seats)
17% CDU (15)
9% SPD (8)
8% GRN (8)
8% LNK (8)
5% BSW (5)
83 seats: 42 needed for majority.
AfD: 39
Other parties: 44
In B.C., one of the tropes the status quo campaigners constantly bring up is that PR somehow enables extreme parties more than FPTP and is thus dangerous. This has been proven false over and over including right now,
Here we are, with another example as this German state breathes a sigh of relief that PR saved them from a whollly undemocratic and extreme outcome.
Meanwhile, back in B.C., our own now far right BC Conservatives have successfully splintered the “big tent” remnants of the old slightly more centrist B.C. Liberals leading to a mish mash of independents and new parties in the B.C. Legislature that have not been elected by the people and are unable to really function as a proper opposition to the majority government. FPTP doing a great job! *sarc
Why doesn’t Canada have *any* proportional elections?
Inertia, greed, and power.
Germany 2026 state election: #democracy #fptp #pr #germany #canada #bcpoli

"Germany installs 7.4 GW of PV in H1"
#Germany #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Germany installs 7.4 GW of PV in H1 - pv magazine Global
Germany added approximately 1.28 GW of new PV capacity in June, bringing cumulative installed solar power to around 125.2 GW at the end of the month.

German honey waits to be of use in #Udupi India. 🐝🍯
(Illmünster, Germany to be specific)
#honey #Germany #India #stillLife #jar

Germany say Russia is responsible for Leipzig airport attack.
#germany #russia #ukraine #leipzig

And, if you can't beat them, join them. 🍩
(also seen today at a German supermarket)
#food #donuts #Milka #health #Germany

And just to underline the point of betrayal of democratic promises. Here is the seminal tweet from September 21, 2015 just before that year's Canadian Federal Election where the eventual winner, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada, promises to abolish FPTP.
He did not.
(i love that X pulled up the current Liberal Party preview card, appropriately associating both the former and current Liberal party leaders with this betrayal. Democracy denied.)
#canpoli #cdnpoli
#democracy #fptp #pr #germany #canada #bcpoli

We can assume that Russia is fully engaged in supporting the AfD where it can, indirectly, via intermediaries. Maybe using their old contacts and intelligence networks in the "east". Also it will probably support muslim extremism and extreme left, also with cut-outs, all to destabilze Germany.
If you read about coldwar history, they have a lot of experience in playing various sides to destabilize countries.
#Russia #AfD #Germany #EU #destabilization #geopolitics

Fruits on flowers. 🍒💐
(this morning on the kitchen table)
#photography #amateur #fruits #cherries #stillLife #Germany

Thrift shops are treasures of art. You just have to look carefully.
#photography #amateur #storage #thriftShop #art #Germany

So much opulence they sell gold coins by the bags. In supermarkets. 😲
Like how historians say the markets of Hampi did at the peak of the Vijayanagara empire. 🪙
#trinkets #cheap #coins #humor #Germany #India #photography #amateur

A "two wheeler" in Germany (and probably elsewhere). Grown ups use these as "training wheels" to teach teenagers what a "loophole" is. 🏍️ 🚗
#Germany #Deutschland #driving #trainingWheels #loophole #car #humor

The moon right now. Almost half way through the waxing phase. 🌓
#photography #amateur #moon #night #Germany

Wheat ears hung upside down at the local bakery. The second picture is looking at the installation from under it. Looks to me like a large scrub one might use on a rough floor, but with lights. 🌾 🥖
May 21, 2026 #Bavaria #Germany
#photography #amateur #PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #wheat #bakery #decor