Good idea: reduce light pollution

https://www.ecowatch.com/wales-dark-sky-community-light-pollution.html

Presteigne and Norton, a town and neighboring village in the Welsh county of Powys, have been announced as Wales’ first “dark sky community” by DarkSky International.

Lights will be dimmed or turned off earlier in order to lower light pollution in the area, allowing residents to get a clearer view of the night sky, reported BBC News.

Ich höre selten Podcasts, aber der hier ist empfehlenswert. In dieser Folge behandeln die beiden u.a. die Anti-AfD-Proteste und die Situation in Polen
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QToCDz0eBNXUPo594gAeJ

TIL the Czech Republic remains the leader in per capita beer drinking for the 29th year. In 2021, the average Czech drank more than 184 liters of beer. In fact, nine of the top 10 consumers of beer per capita are European nations. [source, comments]

Swiss song of the day 🇨🇭🌌: Lo & Leduc are one of the most succesful contemporary Swiss musicians atm. And probably the only ones from this mainstream artists I actively listen to. The reasons: intelligent songwriting - check; good beats and catchy melodies - check; they both are good freestylers - check; some interesting visuals - check. Only downside: Swissgerman dialect 😅
https://youtu.be/bKHwjfnxQY8

It's a beautiful day to scream into the void.

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Btw Uber: I might be a decade too late as always but this is actually an excellent little game to procrastinate into the new week:
https://ig.ft.com/uber-game/

TIL that Tex-Mex has surpassed Italian as the most popular food genre in the United States [source, comments]

An interesting insight into the rationale of so-called decision-makers.


Companies are the number one reason why climate change is politicised nowadays. Idiots:
"There’s another reason for the so-called “greenhushing” by companies. “Company leaders may hesitate to put themselves out there because the issue of sustainability has been so politicised,” Patrick Odier, former senior partner at Swiss private bank Lombard Odier and current Chairman of Building Bridges and Swiss Sustainable Finance told SWI on the sidelines of WEF."

"Meta’s AI research director Yann LeCun also tried to moderate some of the hype around AI telling an audience at the AI House that “we are nowhere near human intelligence” and that he’ll be happy to see “something as intelligent as a cat” by the end of his career."

"Even in the context of AI, there was little talk about the use of drones or autonomous weapons and how this will change how wars are fought. One of the most terrifying warnings came from, Stuart Russell, an expert on autonomous weapon. He told an audience at the AI House, that with the help of AI a lethal weapon could be produced for under $20, “making it possible for anyone to have access to a weapon of mass destruction”.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-numbers-that-shaped-debate-at-wef-2024/49141492

Dass die rechten Remigrationsfantasien durchaus ernst zu nehmen sind, meint wie viele andere auch Bernd Schimmler. Der ehemalige Berliner Abgeordnete und Bezirksstadtrat war in den achtziger Jahren als Staatsanwalt zuständig für die Verfolgung von Verbrechen des Nationalsozialismus und hat sich auch wissenschaftlich mit dem NS-Regime befasst. In einer Mail an uns, in der er u.a. das Buch des völkischen AfD-Europa-Spitzenkandidaten Maximilian Krah analysiert, schreibt er:

„Wie das gehen könnte, zeigt die Geschichte. Nachdem Hitler und der Nationalsozialismus mit rechtskonservativer Unterstützung an die Macht kamen, wurden mit dem Gesetz über den Widerruf von Einbürgerungen und die Aberkennung der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit vom 14. Juli 1933 Einbürgerungen seit 1919 zurückgenommen. Alles wurde gesetzlich abgesichert. Wer die deutsche Geschichte kennt, kann sich vorstellen, dass mancher rechtsgerichtete Politiker, wenn sich einmal solche Mehrheiten bilden sollten, auch den Arm zur Zustimmung hebt.“ Seine Mail schließt Schimmler mit einem Zitat von Emanuel Geibel: „Die Zeit zum Handeln zu verpassen, nennt ihr die Dinge sich entwickeln lassen.“

Song of the day ✊🏽👊🏼: https://open.spotify.com/track/7ao9MKmhkjeFxw0alndkdM

TIL that winning important international football games reduces civil conflict in Africa. When national teams win high-stakes matches, people are less likely to identify with their ethnic group over the nation. Teams qualifying for AFCON experience significantly less conflict in the following months [source, comments]