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Bundestagswahl 2025: Wer wählte die AfD - und warum? | tagesschau.de. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Deutschland 2025: Was ist noch Mitte, was ist schon rechts? | Die Anstalt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5K1Pq0C77Q

Bundestagswahl 2025: Wer wählte die AfD - und warum? | tagesschau.de. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Das ist eher das große Versagen von SPD und Linke. Wenn die es nicht schaffen Arbeiter und Arbeitslose zu überzeugen, ist nicht die Zielgruppe schuld.

Ja, absolut. Wobei ich auch hier anfügen möchte, dass ein Ausschluss gewisser Elemente notwendig ist. Der Marktplatz der Ideen oder Argumente funktioniert nicht so schön wie gedacht, wenn dort manche gar nicht durch bessere Argumente, aber dennoch gewinnen wollen. Funktioniert nicht in der postfaktischen Zeit. Das entbindet Linke (aller Parteien) nicht von ihrer Verantwortung, bessere Argumente zu haben und verständlich zu machen. Aber ganz ohne eine separierende Dominanz verlieren diese auch schnell an Wert, und sind nur noch eine ideologische, gefühlte Wahrheit unter vielen.

klassistisch auf den dummen Pöbel zu schimpfen

Die Klammer war der Versuch genau das hier zu verhindern, aber stimmt schon, war schlecht formuliert. Ein stichwortartiger neuer Versuch:

  • AfD wählen ist dumm, insbesondere für Arbeiter und Arbeitslose
  • Es gibt ziemlich viele dumme Menschen
  • Dass Arbeiter oder -slose allgemein dumme Menschen wären, oder auch nur einen höheren Dummheitsanteil hätten, war nicht gemeint

Besonders mißlungen war glaube ich der Satzbaustein "[nicht] zu nahe treten wollen". Ich meine, dieser besagt, dass Kritikwürdiges vorhanden ist (wie hier z.B. Dummheit), was aber aus Gründen der Höflichkeit nicht angesprochen wird. Und damit waren es einfach die falschen Worte, die eine andere als die gemeinte Idee ausgedrückt haben.

Trump envoy can’t name a single concession Russia will make in peace deal in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago

And further proof he's the much better diplomat/politician than those who exclude him.

DOGE staffer known as 'Big Balls' reportedly the grandkid of a KGB spy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

why bother reporting?

Here are some of the many ways this could be answered:

  • To exercise this core freedom, to not lose it. What comes out of it is a much less important question. The day news outlets remain silent about wrongdoings because they believe nobody cares anyways is going to be one of the darkest days towards the death of democracy.
  • Separation of powers means the Press is not the Legislative, which is not the Judicative. The question seems to assume they were all one, or since the Press lacks the means of the other two, it's mission would be kind of futile. But since these powers are separated, it is irrelevant to the Press wether and what legal actions follow (aside from being stories worth covering in themselves). It's simply not the job of reporting to carry out arrests, and the lack of arrests, even when necessary, does not devalue the reporting. Maybe even on the contrary: It's probably of much more value to society to report about things which aren't already dealt with.
  • It is totally relatable to feel powerless, maybe even getting accustomed to things going south. But I think we should be extra careful how these sentiments are communicated. A necessary prelude to that darkest day from above, is when outlets still report, but are met with nothing but indifferent "water is wet", "can't do anything so why care at all?" comments.
Bundestagswahl 2025: Wer wählte die AfD - und warum? | tagesschau.de. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Woah. Fassungslos, wie sehr Arbeiter und Arbeitslose gegen ihre eigenen Interessen gewählt haben. Ohne diesen beiden Gruppen zu nahe treten zu wollen (denn so ist es nicht gemeint), die AfD ist halt schon die Partei der Dummen. Und wenn man bedenkt, dass die Hälfte der Bevölkerung dümmer ist als der Durchschnitt, steckt darin leider eine Menge ~~Wahlvieh~~ politisches Potential.

Ich glaube, um eine wehrhafte Demokratie im digitalen Zeitalter sein zu können, dürfen wir nicht so zimperlich beim Toleranz-Paradoxon sein. Faschisten müssen diskriminiert und eingeschüchtert werden, sonst schwirrt schnell im ganzen Diskurs nur noch deren braunes Zeug herum. Kein Bock auf Nazi-Bar.

Trump’s attempts to denigrate Zelenskyy have led to a surge in Ukrainian unity in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Wtf. How I hate muzzle velocity politics. Put those guys in camps, they are a threat to public safety.

Ich🐮🎶🥲iel in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ja, ich dachte das wäre ein Instrument, "ähnlich" wie Xylophon. Mit der Verwendung in dem Satz da weiß ich auch nicht, was gemeint ist.

Fellow Eurobros, I know it's unlikely, but if it came to this which front would you rather fight at? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (9 children)

It seems most people get it, but I don't - Care to explain?

Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Not sure how 0.00006 helmets per capita is the better figure, but there you go.

Yes, I mean, for Germany, being the 3rd largest economy in the world (only surpassed by the USA and China), it would be a real shame if they were not among the topmost supporters in total. Here, it makes much more sense to use per capita numbers, relate to GDP or whatever. Compared to it's economic potential, Germany is merely #15 in supporting Ukraine with Denmark, Finland, and the Baltics doing at least twice as much.

If you deem the bit about the 0..6 helmets per capita to be false, what's the correct take?

Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Remember how it took like two days to overturn 70 years of precedence of “no weapons delivery into crisis regions”?

Oh, thanks. Yeah, now I remember making that jump, too, although it took me more than two days. Wild times.

Hofreiter (Greens) put it quite well ... something like ... not our ideals have changed, but the world has changed, brutally so.

I think you did well in dialing back my comment and adding more context, although I still think there was truth in it.

Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Truly a shame, but does not lead to your conclusion. If you cannot get the irony about you publicly complaining that you cannot publicly complain much like in Russia, then I'm afraid I cannot help you further.

Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

We either stop them and oppose their military spending

You notice that's a luxury exclusive to one side in that conflict? This freedom of speech, even forming a vocal political opposition. There have been people trying to do exactly that in Russia, but they all have died, vanished or gone silent.

If the dictatorship takes over (for example, due to a lack of resistance), you lose these privileges and are then sent to the grinder anyways.

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Direct Air Capture vs Thermodynamics (Cool Worlds) [25:12] (piped.video)
 

Video Description:

Direct Air Capture (DAC) has been getting more and more attention over the last few years. Could we avert climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere? Could we not just stop, but actually reverse the damage done? Unfortunately, most don't fully appreciate just quite how much CO2 we've emitted and the outrageous scale of the problem facing us. Today, we apply the fundamental principles of thermodynamics to question whether this is even feasible.

Written & presented by Prof. David Kipping. Edited by Jorge Casas. Fact checking by Alexandra Masegian.

Channel Description:

Space, astronomy, exoplanets, astroengineering and the search for extraterrestrial life & intelligence.

The Cool Worlds Lab, based at the Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, is a team of astronomers seeking to discover and understand alien worlds, particularly those where temperatures are cool enough for life, led by Professor David Kipping.

CHAPTERS (and key bits)

  • 0:00 Climate Change: Some CC is needed just to maintain a level.
  • 2:44 Removal Requirements: We released 37 Gt of CO~2~ in 2022.
  • 3:38 Possible Solutions: Trees are good for 4 years, then no space.
  • 5:03 Introducing DAC: IPCC estimates 20 Gt/yr @ 2050 required.
  • 5:43 Climate Anxiety: This video is sponsored by betterhelp.
  • 7:12 DAC Principles: Currently 19 DAC plants remove 10'000 tCO~2~/yr, or 0.000003% of global emissions.
  • 8:14 Scalability: Why this video focuses on physics, not economics
  • 9:29 Thermodynamics: Why DAC is a fight against entropy, introducing Gibbs. Lower limit: 120 kWh/tCO~2~
  • 12:08 Progressive DAC: Starting in 2025, remove how much and how fast?
  • 13:32 RCPs: Why 2.6 is discarded, why 4.5 is chosen (with an outlook on 8.5)
  • 15:09 Simulations: For 450 ppm, we need to scrub 20 GtCO~2~ in 2050. For 350, almost 80 Gt.
  • 17:03 Energy Requirements: 450 ppm requires 5% of global electricity. 350: 15%.
  • 19:34 Efficiency: Above numbers assumed 100% efficiency. Current estimate 5%, measured 8%.
  • 21:21 Conclusions: It's tough to do, but just possible. Easiest way: Stop emitting.
  • 24:35 Outro and credits
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Confusing disk with /dev/null for years [2:23] (piped.video)
 

Original title: "Misunderstanding Your Job Description - Delivery" by Viva La Dirt League

Delivery man Byron learns some really important information about his job... that he probably should have learnt 6 years ago...

For those who don't know the show: It's important to understand that Byron is a very, very dedicated employee, who accepts any challenge, and takes great pride in his work. His colleagues sometimes don't remember him after working with him for years.

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A Day in the Life of a Cat (Simon's Cat) [11:43] (piped.video)
 

Eat, Sleep Meow, Repeat. It's tough out there for a cat. Follow Simon's Cat on his daily shenanigans, in our special colour compilation: A Day In The Life Of A Cat!

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A Day in the Life of a Cat (Simon's Cat) [11:43] (piped.video)
 

Eat, Sleep Meow, Repeat. It's tough out there for a cat. Follow Simon's Cat on his daily shenanigans, in our special colour compilation: A Day In The Life Of A Cat!

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Close-up Ignition of a Rocket Engine in Slow Mo (The Slow Mo Guys) [4:33] (piped.video)
 

WARNING - LOUD!

Gav plops down the high speed camera next to a rocket engine with 45,000lbs of thrust and the results are epic. Big thanks to Firefly for allowing us to film at their facility and BBC Click for letting us use their behind the scenes footage from the day.

Filmed at 2000fps

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Close-up Ignition of a Rocket Engine in Slow Mo (The Slow Mo Guys) [4:33] (piped.video)
 

WARNING - LOUD!

Gav plops down the high speed camera next to a rocket engine with 45,000lbs of thrust and the results are epic. Big thanks to Firefly for allowing us to film at their facility and BBC Click for letting us use their behind the scenes footage from the day.

Filmed at 2000fps

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Close-up Ignition of a Rocket Engine in Slow Mo (The Slow Mo Guys) [4:33] (piped.video)
 

WARNING - LOUD!

Gav plops down the high speed camera next to a rocket engine with 45,000lbs of thrust and the results are epic. Big thanks to Firefly for allowing us to film at their facility and BBC Click for letting us use their behind the scenes footage from the day.

Filmed at 2000fps

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Close-up Ignition of a Rocket Engine in Slow Mo (The Slow Mo Guys) [4:33] (piped.video)
 

WARNING - LOUD!

Gav plops down the high speed camera next to a rocket engine with 45,000lbs of thrust and the results are epic. Big thanks to Firefly for allowing us to film at their facility and BBC Click for letting us use their behind the scenes footage from the day.

Filmed at 2000fps

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Close-up Ignition of a Rocket Engine in Slow Mo (The Slow Mo Guys) (piped.video)
 

WARNING - LOUD!

Gav plops down the high speed camera next to a rocket engine with 45,000lbs of thrust and the results are epic. Big thanks to Firefly for allowing us to film at their facility and BBC Click for letting us use their behind the scenes footage from the day.

Filmed at 2000fps

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An Explanation of Boltzmann Brains (Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell) [10:15] (piped.video)
 

Absolutely everything you think about yourself and the universe could be an illusion. As far as you know, you are real and exist in a universe that was born 14 billion years ago and that gave rise to galaxies, stars, the Earth, and finally you. Except, maybe not.

Other explanations for Boltzmann Brains did not require an 'inside-out black hole', for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain, so this inclusion came as a surprise to me. Not sure if it's necessary.

What baffles me about the theory: If it's true, and reality is (mostly, statistically speaking) imagined ... the physical reality could be anything. It could be very different from the reality we live in. But we created our models of the universe in this one reality we know, and the theory of Boltzmann Brains emerged from that.

So based on these physical models we arrive at the idea of BBs. But if this idea is true, the physical reality could be completely different.

Or what do you think?

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An Explanation of Boltzmann Brains (Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell) [10:15] (piped.video)
 

Absolutely everything you think about yourself and the universe could be an illusion. As far as you know, you are real and exist in a universe that was born 14 billion years ago and that gave rise to galaxies, stars, the Earth, and finally you. Except, maybe not.

Other explanations for Boltzmann Brains did not require an 'inside-out black hole', for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain, so this inclusion came as a surprise to me. Not sure if it's necessary.

What baffles me about the theory: If it's true, and reality is (mostly, statistically speaking) imagined ... the physical reality could be anything. It could be very different from the reality we live in. But we created our models of the universe in this one reality we know, and the theory of Boltzmann Brains emerged from that.

So based on these physical models we arrive at the idea of BBs. But if this idea is true, the physical reality could be completely different.

Or what do you think?

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An Explanation of Boltzmann Brains (Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell) [10:15] (piped.video)
 

Absolutely everything you think about yourself and the universe could be an illusion. As far as you know, you are real and exist in a universe that was born 14 billion years ago and that gave rise to galaxies, stars, the Earth, and finally you. Except, maybe not.

Other explanations for Boltzmann Brains did not require an 'inside-out black hole', for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain, so this inclusion came as a surprise to me. Not sure if it's necessary.

What baffles me about the theory: If it's true, and reality is (mostly, statistically speaking) imagined ... the physical reality could be anything. It could be very different from the reality we live in. But we created our models of the universe in this one reality we know, and the theory of Boltzmann Brains emerged from that.

So based on these physical models we arrive at the idea of BBs. But if this idea is true, the physical reality could be completely different.

Or what do you think?

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