Großer Lesegenuss, große Empfehlung eines Marseille-Fans.

Dear Hive Mind, why does the panorama software (iPhone 13, iOS 17.4.1) create these funny diagonal "sawtooth" shapes when it encounters problems with the stitching together of different angles? Why the diagonals, why not just smooth overlaps? iphonephotographyschool.com/panorama-photo… #geekpride

Mallory’s final letter to his wife published after 100 years, writes The Guardian: “It is 50 to 1 against us but we’ll have a whack yet & do ourselves proud,” he wrote. “Great love to you. Ever your loving, George.” Few days later, he vanished on Everest. theguardian.com/education/2024…

‘Cliched’: Turkish-Germans react as president brings kebab on Istanbul trip - The Guardian debut by my new partner in crime, ⁦Deborah Cole⁩. Welcome on board. (Let’s go and celebrate with a Döner kebab!) theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Willkommen im Darkroom: Heute eröffnet mit "Dark Rooms Vertical" (thedarkrooms.de) wieder ein eigenwilliger Gegenentwurf zum "White Cube" des Gallery Weekend in Berlin. Monopol-Magazin dazu: monopol-magazin.de/medienschau160… Mein Tagesspiegel Berlin -Artikel hier: tagesspiegel.de/kultur/ausstel…

Yes they’ve gone for the saucy name but these exhibitions really are worth checking out, esp on Gallery Weekend. As Hilmar’s Tagesspiegel piece points out, there’s more than a whiff of Olde Berlin of 90s Yore about them

“Entpört euch!”, rät Dirk von Gehlen 🤷🏻‍♂️ Dirk von Gehlen vom SZ-Institut. Sonst profitieren die Polarisierungs-Unternehmer. dirkvongehlen.de/netz/digitale-…

With political commitment, things can change fast! In #Paris of Anne Hidalgo more people are now cycling than driving!

Phoenix is too hot to handle for drones! wired.com/story/amazon-d…

Thanks to Helen Pidd & a concert at Schokoladen I pulled up this one by Hilmar Schmundt a decade on abt post-Wall Berlin as 1 big 'Wunscherfüllungszone' (@sprichtdasknd) On what remains of the city as dreamscape and where the next one could be spiegel.de/geschichte/ber…

Spannendes Gespräch wieder einmal mit Detlef Pollack auf der re:publica, mit Pyrotechnik und fundierten Einsichten aus der Religionssoziologie (in nordischen Ländern hat das Vertrauen in die Kirchen sogar ZUGENOMMEN!) und bestens informierten Zuschauer:innen auf dem Rasen!

Where the AfD scored less than double digits (all in the west, big diverse cities, university towns)

'Just as the computer does for our mind, the bicycle amplifies our inherent abilities to spectacular magnitudes' —Steve Jobs (Scientificamerican measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. Humans on bikes blew all away!)

People who follow the news are more likely to agree with statements such as ‘Most people care only about themselves.’ They more often believe that we as individuals are helpless to better the world. They are more likely to be stressed and depressed. /1

Welcome to Dollywood, writes Deborah Cole: Two Indian brothers have scored a Euro 2024 hit in Germany with an ode to the diverse host team, featuring a Dollywood dance (Deutschland & Bollywood) with Punjabi beats in a rebuff of the far right. theguardian.com/football/artic… The Guardian

Markus Deggerich als Wurstverkäufer, großartige teilnehmende Beobachtung: spiegel.de/karriere/em-20… Und ein aufschlussreicher Essay zu sozialer Gerechtigkeit: jacobin.de/artikel/sozial…

Legalization in Germany: Activists say the rollout of laws permitting recreational use of cannabis has been hampered by "that most German of substances: red tape", writes Deborah Cole in The Guardian. Fun fact: Her story got published nearly exactly at 4:20 pm. theguardian.com/world/article/…

Wieder ein Toter am Montblanc. Pro Jahr sterben dort im Mittel vier Menschen. spiegel.de/panorama/bergs… Die gute Nachricht: Trotz mehr Andrang sinkt das Risiko. Aber es geht noch sicherer, sagt die Accidentology: Früh los! Eine Nacht früher hoch! Anseilen! spordilinn.ee/failid/Etude-A…

"The marathon was the brainchild of Fred Lebow, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, who had arrived in the United States in 1951 and worked in the city’s garment district", writes Simon of LikeTheWindMag about the TCS New York City Marathon: in 1970 the entry fee was $1. likethewindmag.substack.com/p/are-you-limi…

Sehr lesenswerte Besichtigung der Ostbesichtiger aus dem Westen damals vor 35 Jahren von Alexander Osang. Ich wäre noch neugierig gewesen auf ein paar Absätze über Peter Wensierski. spiegel.de/panorama/mauer…