Oliver Plaschka
@rainlights.net
Writer, translator & classically trained hodad
(= F&SF&everything. PhD in English lit from Heidelberg. 70s proghead, middle-aged father, decent tour guide, very bad surfer.) GER/ENG
☄️ www.rainlights.net
(= F&SF&everything. PhD in English lit from Heidelberg. 70s proghead, middle-aged father, decent tour guide, very bad surfer.) GER/ENG
☄️ www.rainlights.net
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Oliver Plaschka
@rainlights.net
· Oct 11
Scheiße ich muss ein Buch schreiben
Reposted by Oliver Plaschka
STARGATE · Suite · Prague Film Orchestra
YouTube video by Prague Film Orchestra
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reposted by Oliver Plaschka
One of my favorite albums of the Cardiacs-verse. I could listen to "Dergo" all day #NowListening
Mr And Mrs Smith And Mr Drake, by Mr And Mrs Smith And Mr Drake
12 track album
alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of my favorite albums of the Cardiacs-verse. I could listen to "Dergo" all day #NowListening
I think that's the answer I'll always give from now on when somebody wants me to use AI
Cheers Leo
Cheers Leo
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I think that's the answer I'll always give from now on when somebody wants me to use AI
Cheers Leo
Cheers Leo
Video auf Facebook gefunden. Musste ich retten. So wie man #Henriette aus dem #Gully retten musste
Iltis bleibt in Gullydeckel stecken #shorts #hessenschau
YouTube video by hessenschau
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Video auf Facebook gefunden. Musste ich retten. So wie man #Henriette aus dem #Gully retten musste
The Divine Abstract, by Charlie Cawood
12 track album
charliecawood.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Bring back the dinosaurs
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Bring back the dinosaurs
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
(I know. I know.)
(I know. I know.)
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
(I know. I know.)
(I know. I know.)
Verdi und Rossmann stabil
(und Vorwerk! Schätze, Staubsaugermenschen kennen sich aus mit Schmutz)
(und Vorwerk! Schätze, Staubsaugermenschen kennen sich aus mit Schmutz)
Gewerkschaften - Verdi und DGB warnen vor AfD-Kurs der Familienunternehmer
Nachdem sich der Verband der Familienunternehmer Gesprächen mit der AfD geöffnet hat, fordert die Gewerkschaft Verdi eine klare Positionierung anderer Wirtschaftsverbände.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Verdi und Rossmann stabil
(und Vorwerk! Schätze, Staubsaugermenschen kennen sich aus mit Schmutz)
(und Vorwerk! Schätze, Staubsaugermenschen kennen sich aus mit Schmutz)
This is the right headline
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is the right headline
Ich trinke diesen Glühwein für @falko.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ich trinke diesen Glühwein für @falko.bsky.social
I had forgotten how relaxing some good old dumb linear TV can be (as long as it's not German TV)
In other news, my TV died and the new TV tempted me to finally use our old satellite dish again. After all, we like to watch some British TV now and then.
Let's just say it took me three days, but it's working now
Let's just say it took me three days, but it's working now
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I had forgotten how relaxing some good old dumb linear TV can be (as long as it's not German TV)
Reposted by Oliver Plaschka
This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Reposted by Oliver Plaschka
Da ist es. Das Unwort der Dekade
Tja, @stefanthumann.bsky.social, ich glaube du kannst einpacken. Friedensangst.
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Da ist es. Das Unwort der Dekade
Seems like the robots have won?
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks
Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Seems like the robots have won?
galley proofs have arrived
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
galley proofs have arrived
Very nice light at work today
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Very nice light at work today
Meanwhile in Germany, people are still desperate to blame the government for doing "too much"
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Meanwhile in Germany, people are still desperate to blame the government for doing "too much"
Reposted by Oliver Plaschka
Die neofaschistische Tolkien-Rezeption in Italien ist davon geprägt, dass The Lord of the Rings dort zuerst in einem traditionalistischen* Verlag erschien, mit einem Vorwort, dass dazu anregte, Tolkien durch die entsprechende Brille zu lesen.
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„[Fantasy] sublimates a dread of being determined by society’s impersonal structures and a wish for our own choices and values to shape the world around us. It reflects a desire for control, power, and a transparent mechanism from individual choice to social effect.“
Why is the right so fascinated with fantasy literature?
Society inevitably structures our choices but the resulting frustration feeds a yearning for magical rings
on.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Die neofaschistische Tolkien-Rezeption in Italien ist davon geprägt, dass The Lord of the Rings dort zuerst in einem traditionalistischen* Verlag erschien, mit einem Vorwort, dass dazu anregte, Tolkien durch die entsprechende Brille zu lesen.
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Since my Win10 just killed itself in the stupidest possible way ...
... and of all the remaining OS in the household Linux Mint is the only one able to handle the rather important Teams Meeting next week ...
... today is the day I'm finally doing THE SWITCH
... and of all the remaining OS in the household Linux Mint is the only one able to handle the rather important Teams Meeting next week ...
... today is the day I'm finally doing THE SWITCH
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Since my Win10 just killed itself in the stupidest possible way ...
... and of all the remaining OS in the household Linux Mint is the only one able to handle the rather important Teams Meeting next week ...
... today is the day I'm finally doing THE SWITCH
... and of all the remaining OS in the household Linux Mint is the only one able to handle the rather important Teams Meeting next week ...
... today is the day I'm finally doing THE SWITCH
Reposted by Oliver Plaschka
Hype chevron firmly engaged. #Stargate is coming back -- as itself. For the old fans and open to the new. Continuation, and, yes, humor mentioned.
I can't wait for the first proper results from the MALP we're sending through the gate.
I can't wait for the first proper results from the MALP we're sending through the gate.
Following the text article I shared about the upcoming #Stargate series, here’s the official exclusive announcement video, exclusive to @gateworld.net . Contrary to my earlier confusion, it’s confirmed it’s NOT a reboot and will continue the world already established. youtu.be/OhYOOmkehIo?...
Amazon's Stargate Announcement | Coming to Prime Video
YouTube video by GateWorld
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Hype chevron firmly engaged. #Stargate is coming back -- as itself. For the old fans and open to the new. Continuation, and, yes, humor mentioned.
I can't wait for the first proper results from the MALP we're sending through the gate.
I can't wait for the first proper results from the MALP we're sending through the gate.
In many countries, for quite some time, it hasn't mattered much which party governs. Things in general stay the same as long as the same people want to get even richer
What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
In many countries, for quite some time, it hasn't mattered much which party governs. Things in general stay the same as long as the same people want to get even richer
There's a strong tendency amongst cannabis users to blame all alcohol-related problems on the substance, which is pure evil, and all cannabis-related problems on the individual user, who apparently just can't handle an innocent plant
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
There's a strong tendency amongst cannabis users to blame all alcohol-related problems on the substance, which is pure evil, and all cannabis-related problems on the individual user, who apparently just can't handle an innocent plant
Demütigung einfach Teil der "geplanten Verwendung im Dienst"
Musterung: Die Bundeswehr will »Eierkontrollgriff« weiterführen: Keine Untersuchung bereitet jungen Männern bei der Musterung so viel Unbehagen wie das Abtasten der Hoden. Mehr denn je stellt sich die Frage, ob dieser Test noch zeitgemäß ist – trotzdem soll er bleiben.
Musterung: Die Bundeswehr will »Eierkontrollgriff« weiterführen
Keine Untersuchung bereitet jungen Männern bei der Musterung so viel Unbehagen wie das Abtasten der Hoden. Mehr denn je stellt sich die Frage, ob dieser Test noch zeitgemäß ist – trotzdem soll er bleiben.
www.spiegel.de
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Demütigung einfach Teil der "geplanten Verwendung im Dienst"
Reposted by Oliver Plaschka
The heat is on.
“Senator Fetterman has sold us out, and that’s why the Pennsylvania Working Families Party is committed to recruiting and supporting a primary challenge to him in 2028.” — Shoshanna Israel, Mid-Atlantic political director for the Working Families Party
🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/wor...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/wor...
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The heat is on.