𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖
@bienenschwarm.bsky.social
🇩🇪 in 🇬🇧 || dual national || principal scientist || all things "geo" || dad || served in HFlaTr when it existed || leukaemia veteran || living with GvHD
Fantastic juxtaposition of what really matters
December 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Fantastic juxtaposition of what really matters
Hadn't occured to me until just then that the actual King is sharing his official birthday with the wannabe King. Many happy returns to one, but not the other.
June 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hadn't occured to me until just then that the actual King is sharing his official birthday with the wannabe King. Many happy returns to one, but not the other.
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Christoph Sieber gibt Geschichtsnachhilfe 👇
May 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Christoph Sieber gibt Geschichtsnachhilfe 👇
What utter piffle. Who in their right mind pays for this bollocks? How are British newspaper columnists so weird yet so dull?
www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...
How is Germany so weird yet so dull?
German eccentricity lives on – through meat dishes, model trains, and topless miniatures – in a country that is simultaneously dull.
www.spectator.co.uk
May 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What utter piffle. Who in their right mind pays for this bollocks? How are British newspaper columnists so weird yet so dull?
www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...
I can't quite believe that this isn't causing a major uproar.
The Trump administration is trying to reverse decades of American science greatness. I've written this piece showing why such cuts will only hurt our country.
Please amplify and help keep American science great.
🧪💙📚
#scicomm
#climate
#science
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
Please amplify and help keep American science great.
🧪💙📚
#scicomm
#climate
#science
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life
The Trump administrations has canceled more than 1,400 federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and much more.
theconversation.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I can't quite believe that this isn't causing a major uproar.
The unthinkable has happened.
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The unthinkable has happened.
This is a direct assault on scientific freedom, with global science leadership of the U.S. as collateral. (Still) unthinkable over here in Europe... but who knows what's next.
As far as science agencies, the National Science Foundation stands out - it exists **to fund research**
DOGE arrived, and it hit reverse on its main mission. @joelachenbach.bsky.social wapo.st/3GBQ5Pa
DOGE arrived, and it hit reverse on its main mission. @joelachenbach.bsky.social wapo.st/3GBQ5Pa
Amid DOGE-induced turmoil, National Science Foundation in crisis
The $9 billion agency, which exists solely to fund researchers, projects and facilities outside its Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters, is hitting reverse on its mission.
wapo.st
May 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is a direct assault on scientific freedom, with global science leadership of the U.S. as collateral. (Still) unthinkable over here in Europe... but who knows what's next.
Genau so. Trotz aller Schwächen der katholischen Amtskirche - man wird Franziskus noch gewaltig vermissen.
Eine Person in einer der mächtigsten Positionen zu haben, der soziale Gerechtigkeit wichtig ist, die Umweltschutz vorantreibt und die sich für geflüchtete Menschen einsetzt ist unglaublich wertvoll gewesen. Das wird so schnell nicht mehr kommen.
April 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Genau so. Trotz aller Schwächen der katholischen Amtskirche - man wird Franziskus noch gewaltig vermissen.
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"Have you said 'thank you' once?"
March 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Have you said 'thank you' once?"
This ⬇️. A "geo" qualification including spatial statistics ought to be mandatory for anyone publishing election maps.
February 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This ⬇️. A "geo" qualification including spatial statistics ought to be mandatory for anyone publishing election maps.
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The preliminary final result of the 2025 Bundestag election. Turnout was 82.5%.
February 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The preliminary final result of the 2025 Bundestag election. Turnout was 82.5%.
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Das ganze Jahr über verachten sie den öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk. Aber sobald sie am Wahlabend schnelle, korrekte Informationen brauchen, schalten sie einfach LIVE zu ARD, ZDF und Phoenix. 😊
Abgebildet: NIUS, Carsten Jahn, AfD TV, Deutschland Kurier.
Abgebildet: NIUS, Carsten Jahn, AfD TV, Deutschland Kurier.
February 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Das ganze Jahr über verachten sie den öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk. Aber sobald sie am Wahlabend schnelle, korrekte Informationen brauchen, schalten sie einfach LIVE zu ARD, ZDF und Phoenix. 😊
Abgebildet: NIUS, Carsten Jahn, AfD TV, Deutschland Kurier.
Abgebildet: NIUS, Carsten Jahn, AfD TV, Deutschland Kurier.
Gute und wichtige Analyse zum Angriff auf die Wissenschaft, der gegenwärtig in den USA in vollem Gange ist. Tragisch für US-Kollegen, aber auch eine Chance für Europa:
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Meinung: Donald Trump und die Wissenschaft: Drehen wir den Brain Drain doch um!
Die größte Schwäche der Regierung Trump II ist ihre Irrationalität. Das rücksichtslose Vorgehen gegen die Wissenschaft ist das beste Beispiel dafür. Europa sollte jetzt das Richtige tun und um die bes...
www.spiegel.de
February 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Gute und wichtige Analyse zum Angriff auf die Wissenschaft, der gegenwärtig in den USA in vollem Gange ist. Tragisch für US-Kollegen, aber auch eine Chance für Europa:
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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#OnThisDay, 22 Feb 1943, Sophie Scholl is sentenced to death and immediately executed, alongside her brother and a friend, for distributing anti-Nazi literature at her university in Munich, Germany.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory 🗃️
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February 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#OnThisDay, 22 Feb 1943, Sophie Scholl is sentenced to death and immediately executed, alongside her brother and a friend, for distributing anti-Nazi literature at her university in Munich, Germany.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory 🗃️
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This. ⬇️ The historical precedent is there - it just needs calling out.
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui...
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui...
February 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This. ⬇️ The historical precedent is there - it just needs calling out.
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui...
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui...
"...the Bundestag election is not just a watershed moment for Germany, it’s one for global politics as well."
Mandatory reading before tomorrow - particularly any Germans voting.
Mandatory reading before tomorrow - particularly any Germans voting.
So much is at stake when Germany goes to the polls tomorrow. My take on Friedrich Merz and a huge mistake he made during the campaign.
While Germany can't be seen as that borderline-boring bastion of stability anymore, the centre might get its act together after all, ironically thanks to JD Vance. 👇
While Germany can't be seen as that borderline-boring bastion of stability anymore, the centre might get its act together after all, ironically thanks to JD Vance. 👇
The far right rising
Ahead of a historic German election, the AfD is courting the global right – and threatening to upend European politics.
www.newstatesman.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"...the Bundestag election is not just a watershed moment for Germany, it’s one for global politics as well."
Mandatory reading before tomorrow - particularly any Germans voting.
Mandatory reading before tomorrow - particularly any Germans voting.
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Put it in your diaries! Next March we're asking you to join us in showing Britain the joys of learning German.
Epic school trip to Berlin? First time ordering a beer in Munich? Met a friend for life? Reading a German book?
Use #ShoutOutForGerman and tag us from 17-21 March 2025!
Epic school trip to Berlin? First time ordering a beer in Munich? Met a friend for life? Reading a German book?
Use #ShoutOutForGerman and tag us from 17-21 March 2025!
December 14, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Put it in your diaries! Next March we're asking you to join us in showing Britain the joys of learning German.
Epic school trip to Berlin? First time ordering a beer in Munich? Met a friend for life? Reading a German book?
Use #ShoutOutForGerman and tag us from 17-21 March 2025!
Epic school trip to Berlin? First time ordering a beer in Munich? Met a friend for life? Reading a German book?
Use #ShoutOutForGerman and tag us from 17-21 March 2025!
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Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.
1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
January 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.
1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
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This is really important. There is a new #EU website dedicated to EU citizens living in the #UK : Free support & information for EU citizens in the UK
Find the information you need about your rights as an EU Citizen living in the UK.
Find the information you need about your rights as an EU Citizen living in the UK.
New website with practical information about the rights of EU citizens living in the UK launched by the EU delegation and law firm Seraphus.
EU Citizens UK
Free support and information for EU citizens in the UK
buff.ly
December 28, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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It’s time for THE charger.
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
December 28, 2024 at 7:09 AM
It’s time for THE charger.
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
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#WhyLearnGerman? To discover 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 🎄🎅 Here are a few examples that might prove useful at this time of the year!
December 23, 2024 at 5:41 PM
#WhyLearnGerman? To discover 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 🎄🎅 Here are a few examples that might prove useful at this time of the year!