1/ I think many Germans don't realize how the energy crisis directly threatens Germany's future as a prosperous country. Germany has a huge bureaucracy and social-welfare apparatus, and provides comparatively generous subsidies for the arts.

Here are all of the rivers and waterways in Europe, coloured according to the major hydrological basins they are part of and scaled by their size. #Matplotlib #Python #DataScience #Data #DataVisualization #EU #Europe.

Dutch TV host Arjen Lubach uncovers why Russia belongs to The Netherlands 👑. That's why a referendum is announced - Russians are invited to vote

If your policies chase travel time savings, it makes sense to make mobility faster, easier and cheaper. Empirical data shows that decades of such policies did not save TRAVEL TIME, but instead dramatically increased TRAVEL DISTANCE. (French data by Aurélien Bigo)

Endlich die lang ersehnte Unterstützung: Scholz sendet das feinste an deutschem Material in die Ukraine, was wir zu bieten haben !

Attention Street Design Nerds! One of the most innovative cities in recent years at reconsidering streets for people instead of just for cars, Oslo Norway, has translated their Street Design Manual into English & put it on-line. Worth digging into. #Oslo oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/13…

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MUST read - so you cannot pretend to not have known. Scary and enlightning at the same time!

Strangest mix-up of „scary“ and „ridiculous“ you can think of. My hashtag for this: #Iamasatanist

I’m still recovering from the weekend I spent at the gas commission, trying to develop a comprehensive €200bn policy package within 48 hours (which reduced the time allocated to sleep to about 4 hrs in total). What did the commission recommend, and why? Here is my take 👇

Kinder, die in Armut aufwachsen, haben später im Schnitt messbar weniger Lebenserfolg als Kinder aus wohlhabenden Familien. So viel ist völlig unstreitig. Unklar ist, inwiefern Armut dafür direkt ursächlich ist. Ein großes neues Forschungsprojekt liefert erste Antworten. 🧵 |1

Gorgeous map shows the watersheds of Germany. Source: buff.ly/2MbLMvO

Gas consumption by income and household size in Germany. Yes, high-income households tend to consume more gas. But more striking is the huge variation within deciles. There are plenty of low-income households that consume 30+MWh per year.

Using a smart market design, we have successfully decoupled electricity prices from gas prices! It happened yesterday around noon. Here is how this innovative price-setting mechanism works:

As a map lover, I could not miss joining the new trend on twitter! 🙌🏻 You can make yours here: bit.ly/3fcnt1A

This map shows how far you can travel from each station in Europe in less than 5 hours! 👉🏼 chronotrains-eu.vercel.app

Mastodon has just passed over 2 million active monthly users, a new record! People are voting with their feet. The future of social media doesn't have to belong to a billionaire, it can be in the hands of its users.

Wir suchen für unser Forschungsprojekt einen Comiczeichner - oder zeichnerin, der oder die die Forschungsergebnisse visualisiert: Es geht um KI-Systeme im Gerichtssaal. Gerne RT, z.B. durch Nadine Roßa Melanie Gywer unter dem blauen Himmel  #kleineKunstklasse

Bin irritiert: wieso blendet mir Excel jetzt plötzlich Benachrichtigungen auf Smartphone und Tablet ein ?

LOL, man achte auf den Text: „Um Ämter zu entlasten“. Nein, nicht etwa um Bürgern ein für 2023 angemessenen Servicelevel bieten zu können. I wo - der Bürger ist „den Ämtern“ immer noch sch#%$-egal. Nur die viele Arbeit macht die Damen & Herren vom Amt völlig fertig.