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The biannual Bunny show at the train station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U67Pd9OKvrk

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Also, another great dog walk in paradise.

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Textempfehlung: "Es sind diese sozialen Erschütterungen im Kontext der Wende und der Restrukturierung in Ostdeutschland, die bisweilen ein starkes, veränderungsavers zu nennendes Festhalten an Besitzständen hervorgerufen haben. Das Festhalten, Bewahren und Verteidigen ist ein wichtiges […]

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Gibt es eigentlich ernstzunehmende Theorien dazu, warum der Osten Deutschlands so, sagen wir mal beschönigend, eigenwillig wählt, 35 Jahre nach dem Fall der Mauer? Was muss ich dazu lesen? Ich will lange Texte, keine Schnellschüsse.

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In Görlitz in east Saxonia, Germany is currently building the German Centre for Astrophysics - "in the middle of Europe". The area is voting 46-47% for a far-right party that is fundamentally opposed to migration and Europe.

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To relax a bit: Here is the backyard of my childhood.

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Just one comment: I always took it for granted that the results of an election are pretty much known right after the polls close. But after living abroad for so long, I'm immensely grateful we can now just move on for the rest of the night and check back tomorrow instead of having to watch the […]

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I know, Medium is not great anymore, I know. But I had to write this up somewhere so that others can in theory find it. Especially prospective PhD students. https://medium.com/astronomy-without-stars/starting-a-phd-the-decision-27685f06cca4

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(circa 2005 in einer weit entfernten Galaxie) [14:09] <Alks> der grosse wagen wird meistbietend an autohersteller verkauft. [14:09] <Alks> wer das wenigste bietet kriegt den kleinen wagen [14:09] <Alks> einmalige visibility! [14:10] <Alks> (je nach wetter)

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Well, that's fun. America, get your shit together, man. - "The team overseeing NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been directed to prepare for up to 20% in budget cuts that would touch on every aspect of the flagship observatory's operations."

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Evenings in early 2025: Bunny wants to sleep as close as possible to me, usually with body contact, until he decides that it's time now, and then he wants to sleep as far away from me as possible.

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It's bigger than you and you are not me.

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First clear night in a while.

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Reading youtube comments under the songs from 'Chinese Democracy', just to find out if one of them isn't an underrated masterpiece.

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I think my washing machine has decided to join a union. Well done.

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Amazing interview with the one and only @planet4589, the man who knows where everything is in near-earth space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKXrFaE0wKY

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Vielleicht nochmal rekapitulieren, was Merz so im Jahr 2000 alles gesagt hat, als er noch jung und aufsässig gelten wollte. Hier, Merz mit 13 oder 14: "Ich hatte schulterlange Haare, bin mit dem Motorrad durch die Stadt gerast, mein Stammplatz mit zwei Freunden war die Pommesbude auf dem […]

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In any case, I'm done with Yellowstone. Four seasons is enough. It's an inconsistent, mediocre show, with good stretches of solid storytelling, but then also hectic parts where everything is falling apart. Characters cast aside (WTF, Kayce), stories that go nowhere, stories that are only […]

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I'm sorry, none of that story makes sense anymore.

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I'm cutting down on chocolate this year, successfully so far, but now someone, I don't know who it is, has left a bag with chocolate in my mailbox. I'm sure this is just some kind of test. I just want to know who is testing me.

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The character of Monica in Yellowstone is Kate in LOST all over again. A woman with an interesting biography and amazing skills who is more and more sidelined while the men around her get bigger roles. In season 2 she is a professor at the university. In season 4 she is a housewife with only […]

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Okay we are back to the slow, deliberate pace I like. But it remains to be said, that ending of season 3 is one of the worst storylines I've ever seen in my life.

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You really phased out Tate because he is now scared, after 3 seasons of PTSD inducing events? What a weird decision.

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Editor experience: To find a referee, I now have to ask on average 10 people, all active in the field. Out of these ten, typically half never even click the 'decline' button in the invitation. I can only conclude that a large portion of astronomers treat requests for peer-review as spam.

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That escalated fast. (Also, absolutely the fastest way to empty the battery of the laptop.)

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Just when I was ready to fully embrace the slow, methodical Yellowstone, where people are allowed to finish sentences and the lynch justice was limited to twice per season. It turns into freaking Zombieland. Just without the zombies of course.

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Not sure I want to follow the advice of someone who does generative music, and then uses THIS font for lectures.

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"You are the trailer park. I am the tornado."

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My first morning with modular synthesis. What is happening. More importantly: Am I ever going to find my way back?

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"Right now it feels like we're being hacked from the inside,” one federal tech worker told me. “Like the ‘HR’ emails we get that have to be manually marked as not spam by IT. And they insist on immediate action, which is also a warning sign of a phishing email. " […]

The biannual Bunny show at the train station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U67Pd9OKvrk

Also, another great dog walk in paradise.

Textempfehlung: "Es sind diese sozialen Erschütterungen im Kontext der Wende und der Restrukturierung in Ostdeutschland, die bisweilen ein starkes, veränderungsavers zu nennendes Festhalten an Besitzständen hervorgerufen haben. Das Festhalten, Bewahren und Verteidigen ist ein wichtiges […]

Gibt es eigentlich ernstzunehmende Theorien dazu, warum der Osten Deutschlands so, sagen wir mal beschönigend, eigenwillig wählt, 35 Jahre nach dem Fall der Mauer? Was muss ich dazu lesen? Ich will lange Texte, keine Schnellschüsse.

In Görlitz in east Saxonia, Germany is currently building the German Centre for Astrophysics - "in the middle of Europe". The area is voting 46-47% for a far-right party that is fundamentally opposed to migration and Europe.

To relax a bit: Here is the backyard of my childhood.

Just one comment: I always took it for granted that the results of an election are pretty much known right after the polls close. But after living abroad for so long, I'm immensely grateful we can now just move on for the rest of the night and check back tomorrow instead of having to watch the […]

I know, Medium is not great anymore, I know. But I had to write this up somewhere so that others can in theory find it. Especially prospective PhD students. https://medium.com/astronomy-without-stars/starting-a-phd-the-decision-27685f06cca4

(circa 2005 in einer weit entfernten Galaxie) [14:09] <Alks> der grosse wagen wird meistbietend an autohersteller verkauft. [14:09] <Alks> wer das wenigste bietet kriegt den kleinen wagen [14:09] <Alks> einmalige visibility! [14:10] <Alks> (je nach wetter)

Well, that's fun. America, get your shit together, man. - "The team overseeing NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been directed to prepare for up to 20% in budget cuts that would touch on every aspect of the flagship observatory's operations."

Evenings in early 2025: Bunny wants to sleep as close as possible to me, usually with body contact, until he decides that it's time now, and then he wants to sleep as far away from me as possible.

It's bigger than you and you are not me.

First clear night in a while.

Reading youtube comments under the songs from 'Chinese Democracy', just to find out if one of them isn't an underrated masterpiece.

I think my washing machine has decided to join a union. Well done.

Amazing interview with the one and only @planet4589, the man who knows where everything is in near-earth space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKXrFaE0wKY

Vielleicht nochmal rekapitulieren, was Merz so im Jahr 2000 alles gesagt hat, als er noch jung und aufsässig gelten wollte. Hier, Merz mit 13 oder 14: "Ich hatte schulterlange Haare, bin mit dem Motorrad durch die Stadt gerast, mein Stammplatz mit zwei Freunden war die Pommesbude auf dem […]

In any case, I'm done with Yellowstone. Four seasons is enough. It's an inconsistent, mediocre show, with good stretches of solid storytelling, but then also hectic parts where everything is falling apart. Characters cast aside (WTF, Kayce), stories that go nowhere, stories that are only […]

I'm sorry, none of that story makes sense anymore.

I'm cutting down on chocolate this year, successfully so far, but now someone, I don't know who it is, has left a bag with chocolate in my mailbox. I'm sure this is just some kind of test. I just want to know who is testing me.

The character of Monica in Yellowstone is Kate in LOST all over again. A woman with an interesting biography and amazing skills who is more and more sidelined while the men around her get bigger roles. In season 2 she is a professor at the university. In season 4 she is a housewife with only […]

Okay we are back to the slow, deliberate pace I like. But it remains to be said, that ending of season 3 is one of the worst storylines I've ever seen in my life.

You really phased out Tate because he is now scared, after 3 seasons of PTSD inducing events? What a weird decision.

Editor experience: To find a referee, I now have to ask on average 10 people, all active in the field. Out of these ten, typically half never even click the 'decline' button in the invitation. I can only conclude that a large portion of astronomers treat requests for peer-review as spam.

That escalated fast. (Also, absolutely the fastest way to empty the battery of the laptop.)

Just when I was ready to fully embrace the slow, methodical Yellowstone, where people are allowed to finish sentences and the lynch justice was limited to twice per season. It turns into freaking Zombieland. Just without the zombies of course.

Not sure I want to follow the advice of someone who does generative music, and then uses THIS font for lectures.

"You are the trailer park. I am the tornado."

My first morning with modular synthesis. What is happening. More importantly: Am I ever going to find my way back?

"Right now it feels like we're being hacked from the inside,” one federal tech worker told me. “Like the ‘HR’ emails we get that have to be manually marked as not spam by IT. And they insist on immediate action, which is also a warning sign of a phishing email. " […]

I think about this argument a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJm6OI-90Rw

"I don't want to die on a fucking toilet."

'If you build something worth having, someone is going to try to take it."