Only a partial eclipse here but check out the weird shadows we cast.

Wir versuchen alle herauszufinden, wer das getan hat.

Pre-dawn.

Here is a cat.

and as a % of their GDP, note the ranking of Germany:

Found this interesting but possibly misleading because it's only reporting on private VC funding. Did a little own research, and graphed as absolute values and as % of GDP: absolute values, log scale because US and China are so far ahead:

They make a perfectly nice current model Calatrava, too. With bling, even. I really like the blue dial.

Disagree on the lack of any meaningful trade policy. Biden was the one that put 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs and also got Canada to do the same, effectively banning them from North America. Also this is from 2024:

Went to the coast and looked at some tide pools with little sea creatures today. Blue skies!

Caturday.

Damals war das normal, auch unter Demokraten.

This is just not true. Gini index which measures wealth unequality in nations has it significantly higher for US than China, with US rising and China falling. Source: data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI...

It says "over and above" so I think that means additional.

She thinks the murdering is good though. www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-...

Berlin zoo has its own baby pygmy hippo! Two weeks old and adorable. www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/so-ni...

This is just not true? We had $386 billion invested in renewable energy just the first half of 2025, according to BloombergNEF. Renewable energy becoming cheaper than fossil fuel make investors want to invest MORE in them. That's why investments are increasing every year.

In view of the regional food discourse I would like to share my philosophical food item of the day. The expiration date is just chef's kiss.

Skill issue! Here's a Chinese EV charging situation I photographed back in 2018:

Who the heck is Durutti Column? and Roger Eno? Also: not completely wrong but feels really off and doesn't relate to anything after the '80s?

I was wondering if it was connected to your Chinese reading. Googling for inter generational and retributory got me this book review, which also sounds like a barrel of laughs: (gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/01/b...)

And I was just complaining that you can't buy proper sourdough in the supermarket (in California) because they make the crusts so soft. A proper sourdough should have a crispy crust! But nooo, it'll hurt the poor baby's mouth that's never had anything but the softest fluffiest white bread.

Well, Germany is going to be at this interesting political position again soon, probably the next nationwide election? Replace "Social Democrats" with Greens and "Communists" with the Linke.

Shockingly: there are people wrong on the Internet. Nay, even on Bluesky! (Yes solar is cheaper and easier than underground cities. Sheesh.) I think that's a sign to turn off the phone for the night. Good night from a round sleeping cat.

Looks just like mine!

A long article, which can be explained very quickly with this one sentence. Hydrogen fuel cells are far less efficient than battery technology. And there's almost no green hydrogen.

Double!

I'm exhausted reading all the contrary opinions. Please have a cat in a box. She swears she fits.

Good article in German, where the reporter visits a modern Chinese factory in Dongguan and talks Trump tariffs. I haven't seen anything quite like this in US media. German (paywalled) original: www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

What do you mean? There's a live ticker on Süddeutsche Zeitung, the most serious German newspaper, under the "most important news" rubric.

did you mention pink beans