Nostr notes by Petra van Cronenburg

to make life more inclusive, we need tough regulations for big ...

2026-10-30T12:34:46Z

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to make life more inclusive, we need tough regulations for big corporations, we need closed secured systems without data collection. With less destruction of climate and drinking water. Because the next drought will hit *everybody* who is not rich enough to travel to the next bunker. It doesn't ask if you are neurodiverse or neuro-whatelse.
The problem are not such critics. The problem is that the suprematist AI corporations one day could kill everybody, who is not in their scheme.

"Witchhunt" .. Factchecking is part of my profession, so ...

2026-10-30T12:32:31Z

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"Witchhunt" ..
Factchecking is part of my profession, so I learnt that you should never look at a text/image only but search for the author.

I do like if autistic or blind or other people can use it for more inclusivity and communication.
But please don't forget: the AI companies don't develop that for those people. They don't develop it ethically (look at the eugenic ideas of their CEOs!). They collect their most intimate thoughts, they scrape everything. If we want instruments

Great story with a scientific happy end. Fortunately, he planted ...

2026-10-30T09:34:07Z

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Great story with a scientific happy end. Fortunately, he planted the seeds!
In my region, an eco-miller also experiments together with a farmer about ancient grain species.
It's a pity that we need to relearn all, having lost diversity to industrial agriculture. The same for our vegetables and fruits. Imagine the richness of different old tomato breeds we never see in supermarkets. Often need less water.

#biodiversity #farming #grain #wheat #gardening #climateAdaption #climateDiary

This landscape is a dream!

2026-10-29T12:07:13Z

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This landscape is a dream!

RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_world_news/117506637264280043 It ...

2026-10-26T10:40:25Z

RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_world_news/117506637264280043

It sounds sad to name a brick a baby but we have to consider the situation of young people in China. On the other hand, this trend to #moss, tiny worlds, and "eternal" gardens shows how much humans long for #reconnectionWithNature. Humans need a world they can touch.

BTW, for #mossGardens pls don't select rare mosses from forests, you can find species not at risk in gardens and even on stones of parking places.
More #mossy stuff: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moss-the-emerald-treasure/id1630784381?i=1000707856049
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#mosstodon

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‘Zero-energy companionship’: bizarre hobby takes seed among China’s stressed young adults https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/zero-energy-companionship-bizarre-hobby-takes-seed-among-chinas-stressed-young-adults #China #WorldNews #AsiaPacific #Population #YoungPeople

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rapporteur/117473441008696622 The ...

2026-10-20T14:32:45Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rapporteur/117473441008696622

The protests helped! "The European Parliament has decisively backed the suspension of a requirement for small businesses to appoint an agent in every EU country they ship to, to ensure compliance with waste-reduction laws." https://www.rapporteur.com/news/meps-back-small-business-exemption-from-costly-waste-reduction-compliance/

#GoodNews #PPWR #artists #crafters #microentreprise #smallBusiness #microenterprise #EU

I’ve just bought some FFP2 masks. The young pharmacist checked ...

2026-10-20T13:57:37Z

I’ve just bought some FFP2 masks. The young pharmacist checked twice to make sure they weren’t black (that colour doesn't suit me).

She: 'We’d been sent too many black ones.'
Me: ‘They’re ideal for demonstrations!’

The look on her face was priceless! 🤣

#LaDouceFrance

I also had joined the protests in Germany. But these stckers ...

2026-10-18T17:11:13Z

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I also had joined the protests in Germany. But these stckers existed in different languages.

Stoneface Vimes (npub1wxh…uxea) Ciara (npub1nj9…jsvm) snittegodskontoret (npub1whw…9hc2)

I didn't know that the anti-nuclear stickers were a Danish ...

2026-10-18T15:27:56Z

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I didn't know that the anti-nuclear stickers were a Danish design. It was unforgettable! I once had a yellow rain-jacket (against police water canons) with a huge sticker on my back for protests.

snittegodskontoret (npub1whw…9hc2)

A hike through lichen jungles ... #lichensubscribe #lichens ...

2026-10-18T14:47:49Z

A hike through lichen jungles ...

#lichensubscribe #lichens #LichenAndMoss #macroPhotography #grey

Grey days with less light have their own beauty. #bloomscrolling ...

2026-10-18T14:32:24Z

Grey days with less light have their own beauty.

#bloomscrolling #silhouettes #silhouettephotography #silhouettesunday #silhouettesflowers

I was asked by several followers to write a How To that helps ...

2026-10-12T10:46:27Z

I was asked by several followers to write a How To that helps with media consumption in our difficult times. People want to know what they can do for their mental wellness - and against the blast of propaganda on major social media platforms. https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/6686318f-bcc4-488d-820b-2cf041a7096d

My Ko-fi - journalists live on :blobcatcoffee: https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts

#media #mediaLiteracy #journalism #news #Medienkompetenz #Medien #mentalWellness #socialMedia #goodNews

In former times, people used them to dye hair and fabrics or wool ...

2026-10-06T12:07:39Z

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In former times, people used them to dye hair and fabrics or wool (still works). You can make walnut ink.
And our regional speciality, a liquor made with the green walnuts from summer solstice, is deep dark brown. Many tannins ...

We shouldn't use that techbros' narrative. No, it's ...

2026-10-04T10:54:27Z

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We shouldn't use that techbros' narrative.
No, it's not AI which would kill us. *People* will perhaps kill us. Let's name the responsables, like the AI CEOs, like the idiots using it, or not regulating AI and their use. The potential killers have names. They are real humans. Fight them and their technofascism.

Mustread: Interview with Timnit Gebru (she/her). (npub1z40…s3fq) https://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/1/timnit_gebru_ai

Here, too: https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC/117376724094121716 ...

2026-10-03T14:51:16Z

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Here, too: https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC/117376724094121716

Seams to be a new scam wave.

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I'm so tired of those follow requests with AI profile pics (if you don't want to show your face, show a tree, a plushie, or an ant).

Just got one of an allegedly "real woman" from a war region, who was wearing a ton of make-up and looked as though she’d stepped straight out of a certain establishment. Except that the AI generator had mistaken the half of her wildly filled lips for a sixth finger. 😂
It really annoys me how stupid these scammers think you are.
(I report it before blocking).

I'm so tired of those follow requests with AI profile pics ...

2026-10-03T11:24:33Z

I'm so tired of those follow requests with AI profile pics (if you don't want to show your face, show a tree, a plushie, or an ant).

Just got one of an allegedly "real woman" from a war region, who was wearing a ton of make-up and looked as though she’d stepped straight out of a certain establishment. Except that the AI generator had mistaken the half of her wildly filled lips for a sixth finger. 😂
It really annoys me how stupid these scammers think you are.
(I report it before blocking).

Now as you say it: in former times people always reused ...

2026-09-26T12:51:03Z

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Now as you say it: in former times people always reused materials. Many of our fortress castles were not so much damaged by an attack: people from nearby villages used them as a quarry for building material.

I wrote a thread about it because I was surprised how silent US ...

2026-09-25T16:37:58Z

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I wrote a thread about it because I was surprised how silent US media were about the event. Or silenced?
And Google is hiding even the links of WCCO Radio and MSN! https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC/117332603418945893

Again thanks for the link!

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1/3 I discovered today the Stolen Neighbour #Quilt from #Minnesota. #CraftivistSolidarity at it's best but heartbreaking. A community art project of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee.
It gives you a feeling of dry statistics. Each square stands for one person detained by the ICE since January (only!): 11,000 squares! 11,000 stolen persons.

video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kFmbaxZ_GOE

WCCO/Msn article https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/minnesota-immigrant-rights-action-committee-unveil-massive-11000-patch-quilt-made-in-protest-against-ice/ar-AA2cPdMs

#activism #protest #solidarity #community #craftivism #quilting

1/3 I discovered today the Stolen Neighbour #Quilt from ...

2026-09-25T16:24:05Z

1/3 I discovered today the Stolen Neighbour #Quilt from #Minnesota. #CraftivistSolidarity at it's best but heartbreaking. A community art project of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee.
It gives you a feeling of dry statistics. Each square stands for one person detained by the ICE since January (only!): 11,000 squares! 11,000 stolen persons.

video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kFmbaxZ_GOE

WCCO/Msn article https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/minnesota-immigrant-rights-action-committee-unveil-massive-11000-patch-quilt-made-in-protest-against-ice/ar-AA2cPdMs

#activism #protest #solidarity #community #craftivism #quilting

There can never be too much pink! 💗

2026-09-25T15:11:01Z

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There can never be too much pink! 💗

Looks yummy! And I like the potholder!

2026-09-24T13:47:12Z

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Looks yummy! And I like the potholder!

I love it! :BlobhajHeart:

2026-09-23T16:14:26Z

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I love it! :BlobhajHeart:

I would include the original post, too, because it's a very ...

2026-09-19T15:10:58Z

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I would include the original post, too, because it's a very interesting youth project!

Have,a happy day and thank you for this fascinating thread!

2026-09-14T10:24:11Z

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Have,a happy day and thank you for this fascinating thread!

RE: https://mastodon.cthos.dev/@cthos/117267314598054657 "Gen ...

2026-09-14T08:35:59Z

RE: https://mastodon.cthos.dev/@cthos/117267314598054657

"Gen AI not only scrapes the work of those who sacrifice energy, income, even their relationships to make their work sharp enough to go public, but also disables users’ discernment and robs them of the capacity to hone their skills."
An editor writes about their experiences with "authors" using #GenAI. Mustread for

#writers #writersCoffeeclub #writersCommunity #bookstodon #noAI #editors #books

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Saw this posted on Bsky, bringing it over here.

"She made it increasingly clear, however, that she undervalued this discipline and was accustomed to getting what she wanted for free. Her reasoning was that she worked full time and didn’t have the money to spend on the study of suspense thrillers, even though she wanted to write and sell one for profit."

https://ruadanbooks.com/an-editor-on-generative-ai/

Unfortunately, not the French. It's signed by Leeno Daash, a ...

2026-09-12T15:11:15Z

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Unfortunately, not the French.
It's signed by Leeno Daash, a guy making AI videos on instagram/FB promoting #AI using ironic topics about Africa etc. He seems to sit in Italy.

You see how important it is nowadays to always name the source! If you take a video from somewhere else name the original link, please. You say you were a journalist: then you should know that!

#sourcechecking #factcheck

It's so strange to see the photos of today's ...

2026-09-10T11:51:01Z

It's so strange to see the photos of today's 'Fotovorschlag' "trees in autumn' while our trees have sun-scorched heatwave leaves and we will have another 28°C week-end and no rain in sight ... in September.
More and more tourists coming here take the brown leaves in the #forest as normal autumn. But it's the trees' survival modus in #heatwaves and #droughts. (Real autumn colours here come at the end of October).

#climateDiary #baselineShift #trees #autumn

Some,are also fine for stone-age inspired jewellery.

2026-09-08T17:12:35Z

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Some,are also fine for stone-age inspired jewellery.

I always thought that wool is dyed before spinning the yarn? 😄

2026-09-07T17:16:27Z

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I always thought that wool is dyed before spinning the yarn? 😄

hard times ...

2026-09-05T17:37:26Z

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hard times ...

Did you have to work on that during a lockdown?

2026-09-05T17:34:42Z

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Did you have to work on that during a lockdown?

I remember the news about the fire in Strasbourg but it was ...

2026-09-05T17:27:07Z

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I remember the news about the fire in Strasbourg but it was forgotten quite quickly by people outside because of the pandemic ...

🧵 Recently I get follower requests from people having 4-5 ...

2026-09-05T11:27:34Z

🧵 Recently I get follower requests from people having 4-5 accounts under the same name without explication.

I know that some install a second Fediverse place because some instances have problems. But they mostly post about it, and I recognise them. And I don't talk about different topic accounts.

Having more than 2 accounts *without* any introduction post or telling us about the clones ... sorry, that's a pattern that trolls use. I don't accept such accounts, I want to interact with a person.

What a rush hour today! One tractor and land machine after the ...

2026-09-05T10:12:30Z

What a rush hour today! One tractor and land machine after the other passes the house. Windows closed, the Diesel smokes are horrible. But even with closed windows, I smell the sweet-fruity maize.
The harvest ist early as never before, during another heatwave. Most of it will be only good for the bio gas plant. Nearly no grains, the plants didn't grow high, then were scorched by the sun.
Another temperature maximum today, another nearly failed harvest. Maize is not adapted to heat and dry soil.

When you use a shop’s internal search function, you never find ...

2026-09-04T12:20:01Z

When you use a shop’s internal search function, you never find the most suitable product but rather the one the retailer has paid the most for. Etsy, for example, has been doing this for years.
#Amazon, however, took bribery to a whole new level. Learn how they get obscenely rich with bribery, by Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/04/cheating-at-fraud/#absentee-rentier
"We are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money."

I collect famous quotes, important for nowaday's life, in a ...

2026-09-04T09:49:52Z

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I collect famous quotes, important for nowaday's life, in a notebook. This one will join the treasures: " we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money."
Great. 💩💪🏽💩

#enshittification #CoryDoctorow

#Cheese in #France is nearly a sacred #culturalHeritage. ...

2026-09-01T14:08:42Z

#Cheese in #France is nearly a sacred #culturalHeritage. Connoisseurs can tell from the taste what the animals had been eating. Farmers who still produce it by hand can predict how it will taste based on the flora of a meadow.
Very few consumers realise just how devastating #heatwaves and #droughts are. So bad, in fact, that now provisions allow to purchase food from outside of the region for three famous varieties. https://www.franceinfo.fr/environnement/evenements-meteorologiques-extremes/secheresse/les-regles-de-production-assouplies-pour-les-fromages-reblochon-cantal-et-fourme-d-ambert-en-raison-de-la-secheresse_8171783.html

#food #foodSafety #ClimateDiary

Never seen that. I can imagine that it would be even illegal in ...

2026-09-01T13:06:58Z

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Never seen that. I can imagine that it would be even illegal in the EU.

and what about . net domains? @npub170a…rgyu @npub1xwe…mrd8

2026-08-28T13:31:58Z

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and what about . net domains?

Marcus Rohrmoser 🌻 (npub170a…rgyu) Christian Peach (npub1xwe…mrd8)

It's a pure propaganda account. No excuse for their mood. We ...

2026-08-27T15:12:06Z

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It's a pure propaganda account. No excuse for their mood. We have waves of such propaganda accounts, either financed by US fascists or by Russia.
Therefore, the moderarors react quite quickly.

[@tokyo_0](https://mas.to/@tokyo_0 )

It's important that we report climate change deniers for ...

2026-08-27T15:00:50Z

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It's important that we report climate change deniers for their fakenews. The mods will do their work. Before blocking them ...

#Trump can try to rename as many places as he wants, the rest of ...

2026-08-27T14:28:04Z

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#Trump can try to rename as many places as he wants, the rest of the world (TROTW) will keep the original maps. And TROTW is much bigger than the USA. Much much bigger!

#LakeOntario #Trumpistan

A very bad year for #blackberries - and now the #elderberries ...

2026-08-26T14:13:46Z

A very bad year for #blackberries - and now the #elderberries come too in dried form ...
Depending of the region, also the fruit harvest is very bad. Or fruits come too early, too small, and can't be kept long.

#drought #heatwaves #berries #gardening #harvest_problems #fruits #Alsace #climateDiary #FoodSafety

It's a very interesting question because I think that these ...

2026-08-24T15:00:59Z

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It's a very interesting question because I think that these chat machines trigger something very ancient in humans: animism. We read human words ... hey, we see creatures in clouds (pareidolia), too.

For me, it is especially odd that most people won't accept animism in nature (e.g. personhood of rivers or mountains) but suddenly fall in love with a chat-bot, or think that they "communicate" with a spitting program.

I just got this beside your post in my timeline: ...

2026-08-23T17:20:18Z

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I just got this beside your post in my timeline: https://mastodon.social/@HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2/117145711859917081 🤣

If you download a #zine, especially a #miniZine to print it ...

2026-08-22T12:53:46Z

If you download a #zine, especially a #miniZine to print it yourself, do you need lines that show you how to fold it and where to cut? Or do you make that yourself without any lines?
I uploaded my last one with helping lines, but you can see them after folding.

#askfedi #zinester

If we only could be placed in compostable bags instead of wooden ...

2026-08-21T11:56:31Z

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If we only could be placed in compostable bags instead of wooden boxes!

Great! 🤭 They don't know how important the knowledge about ...

2026-08-21T11:45:36Z

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Great! 🤭 They don't know how important the knowledge about decomposing is for our life!

It's a fascinating mixture of Hochdeutsch (official written / ...

2026-08-19T11:47:27Z

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It's a fascinating mixture of Hochdeutsch (official written / spoken German), regional-only forms and modern trend words in different levels of emotions! 😁

MMN ist Habeck einer der letzten Integren gewesen, der immer auch ...

2026-08-19T10:49:07Z

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MMN ist Habeck einer der letzten Integren gewesen, der immer auch transparent kommunizierte, wenn er sich geirrt hatte oder eine Lösung nicht perfekt war. Leider haben die Deutschen sowas nicht gewollt.

Ich betrachte ja De aus dem Ausland, kriege eher nur Hauptlinien mit. Und ich bin geplättet: in meiner ganzen Lebenszeit (ziemlich lang) hab ich nicht eine so unfähige, selbstgerechte, zerstörerische Regierung erlebt. (Dobrindt zertrümmert grad den Rest mit Fr). Was

[@Nike_Leonhard](https://literatur.social/@Nike_Leonhard )

handhaben das fast geheimdienstmässig. Merz scheint einer von ...

2026-08-19T10:27:44Z

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handhaben das fast geheimdienstmässig. Merz scheint einer von dieser Sorte zu sein, übrigens nicht erst jetzt!
Dann muss ich als Wählerin entscheiden, wie ich das finde. Und ob ich lieber einen wie Macron hätte, der sich beim Waldbrand einfliegen lässt, nichtssagend salbadert, und dann auf einem Titelblatt erscheint, wie er auf dem Meer im Superluxus fossile Brennstoffe rausbläst. Von dem gibt's Urlaubs-Homestories mitsamt Frau, öffentlichkeitsgeil. Aber die Menschen lässt er im

Und dann lohnt es sich zu fragen: cui bono, wem nützt es? Und ...

2026-08-19T10:23:24Z

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Und dann lohnt es sich zu fragen: cui bono, wem nützt es? Und die freuen sich natürlich, wenn das auch links verfängt und gefragt wird ...

Ich find's super, dass du stattdessen Belege suchst. Nur ist das so eine Sache ...
Der SZ-Link oben ist ein Beispiel, wie Politiker Sommerpausen und Urlaub handhaben. Ich kenne das aus meiner Zeit bei der Zeitung: es gibt welche, die verhängen eine komplette Nachrichtensperre. Sind weiträumig durch Sperren gegen Journalist*innen geschützt und

Ich muss etwas ausholen, weil meine Kurzposts missverständlich ...

2026-08-19T10:18:20Z

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Ich muss etwas ausholen, weil meine Kurzposts missverständlich sind. Zuerst nochmal klärend: ich bin da ganz bei dir u. wir sind bei weitem nicht die Einzigen, die das Verhalten nervt.
Ich will dir auch nicht einmal ein Molekül von Nähe zu diesen Übelstportalen unterstellen! Warum ich es erwähnte, war, dass es eine regelrechte Hetzkampagne in Social Media gibt, die das Narrativ von Klinik bis Tod ausschlachtet. Die wird aber ausgerechnet von sehr rechten Medien wie Nius befördert.

So entstehen leider Verschwörungserzählungen. Du schreibst hier ...

2026-08-18T18:07:33Z

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So entstehen leider Verschwörungserzählungen. Du schreibst hier leider, was rechtsradikale Portale wie Nius gerade sabbern. Und das wilst du ja sicher nicht.

Erinnere dich, wie oft Trump totgesagt wurde.
Wenn du den gleichen Kerl meinst wie ich, wartet der vielleicht nur auf ne bessere Botoxspritze. Jedenfalls hat er in der Schönheitsklink noch Twitter https://www.zeit.de/news/2026-08/14/merz-dankt-einsatzkraeften-im-kampf-gegen-waldbraende
Und schon habe ich auch Fakenews konstruiert - über Botox und ihn.
Er ist einfach egozentrisch = Urlaub.

Ärmsten leiden. Ich bin wahrlich kein Freund der industriellen ...

2026-08-14T10:27:11Z

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Ärmsten leiden.
Ich bin wahrlich kein Freund der industriellen Landwirtschaft. Wer hier gerade vor die Hunde geht, das sind die Kleinen. Das sind auch die Biobauern, deren Wiesen versengt oder gleich verbrannt sind, die zukaufen müssen.
Es ist komplexer als einfaches Polarisieren wie "Jammern, Pfründe". Diesmal stehen unsere Grundnahrungsmittel auf dem Spiel. Die können wir nicht selbst basteln.
Ich erlebe hier auf dem Land Kampf mit Armut/Depression bei den tollsten Bauern ...

Wer sitzt da notierend am Schreibtisch, wenn Deutschland sich ...

2026-08-14T10:22:08Z

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Wer sitzt da notierend am Schreibtisch, wenn Deutschland sich Notizen macht? 😉

Euren Post hier in Frankreich zu lesen, hinterlässt einen seltsamen Beigeschmack. Hier sind Bauern kurz davor, sich umzubringen, weil sie das Sterben nicht mehr aushalten, hunderte Tiere müssen wegen Trinkwassermangels notgeschlachtet werden. Ganze Regionen haben Erntetotalausfälle, bei Früchten, Getreide, Ölsaat. Ohne Hilfen muss das preislich an die Verbraucher*innen weitergegeben werden, worunter die

I think that you found #magicInTheMundane! 😍

2026-08-14T10:14:25Z

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I think that you found #magicInTheMundane! 😍

There are also so many dreams you can't remember. We mostly ...

2026-08-14T09:44:10Z

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There are also so many dreams you can't remember. We mostly only remember dreams from the moment when we wake up ... perhaps, deep inside you, the exam monster giggles! 😄 Alistair K (npub14tm…h0qx)

I can tell you both: beware of corridor dreams after having ...

2026-08-13T15:45:08Z

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I can tell you both: beware of corridor dreams after having worked in a hotel! I had that ...

Yes. I know similar cases in Europe. Or people living in flats ...

2026-08-10T14:12:58Z

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Yes. I know similar cases in Europe. Or people living in flats under a roof without window sills. Poor people who can afford only one-room-flats ... what do you do with one or two sills only?
In my neighbour town they started a project for community gardening with raised beds in a public park for poor people. It's great for educating the children and growing food. We also have #edibleCities with public food, where everybody can help gardening and collect. https://ediblecitiesnetwork.com

Unfortunately, not everbody can do it. There are a lot of people ...

2026-08-10T08:59:08Z

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Unfortunately, not everbody can do it. There are a lot of people who have to live without a garden, without place for garden pots, without community #gardening etc. In many parts of the world, gardening is a certain luxury. Therefore, #communityGardening in towns are so important.

What I love of Mastodon's purely linear feed: I can see ...

2026-08-09T13:20:26Z

What I love of Mastodon's purely linear feed: I can see people around the globe waking up or going to bed during my day time. I see snow near the pole and heat in Africa, summer in the northern hemisphere, and winter in the southern. All this wonderful diversity of planet earth.
I'm at 3:20 p.m in extremely hot summer France, a lazy afternoon because it was too hot for the museum. Greeting you whereever you are!

I don't count the #heatwaves in France anymore. I only look ...

2026-08-07T10:58:07Z

I don't count the #heatwaves in France anymore. I only look for the "coldest" nights to sleep (under 22°C) and how to survive appointments in the outer oven. At 30°-33°C, I make a happy dance because it feels cooler than up to 40°C.

I have overwhelming memories when and how I planted the trees I lost to the #drought. I'm sad to have lost an outdoor season and my natural feeling of time.

If you want to count: officially we are at No 5 and no end visible.

#climateCrisis #ClimateDiary #ecoGrief

Why waiting to do the good only because not everything is ...

2026-08-06T13:07:49Z

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Why waiting to do the good only because not everything is certain?

One of our teachers once said: 'Only two things in human life are certain, and it's even not science. 1. You have to go to the loo. 2. One day, you have to die. So if you want to act, don't wait until you have to go to the loo.' 😁

Yes, it wouldn't stop climate change but it could prevent ...

2026-08-06T11:38:02Z

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Yes, it wouldn't stop climate change but it could prevent further more horrible extremes and delay the extinction of so much biodiversity and homo sapiens. Therefore, we need it.

Glad to see your rainy photo from France where the blackberries burn in 1-2 hrs of sun into dry blue-brown knots.

And they are yummy! In my region, the young leaves are ...

2026-08-04T16:55:10Z

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And they are yummy! In my region, the young leaves are traditionally used for salads or as a spinach--like vegetable.

#Insects are often forgotten during a #heatwave #drought. Not all ...

2026-08-01T14:34:08Z

#Insects are often forgotten during a #heatwave #drought. Not all can walk on deep water in #birdbaths. I use flowerpot coasters filled with some stones and fallen mossy branches. When a lot of moss fell down from an old tree, I filled one mainly with the dried moss. Surprise: it slowly gets green again and much smaller insects can land and drink, even butterflies come! And bigger animals.

#drinktips #mosstodon #gardening #biodiversity #paperwasps #water #biodiversity #NatureMatchCuts

I can imagine that @npub1rn9…uvnk knows what this fuzzy ...

2026-08-01T10:25:49Z

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I can imagine that eclectech (npub1rn9…uvnk) knows what this fuzzy creature is doing but I'm not sure, if it's what you want to know. 😁

We sometimes have such slimemoulds (?) after sudden heavy rainfalls in warm weather, growing around fresh animal poo.

dillyd (npub1tpt…kvpg) Sabine (npub1qhr…mx3d)

🧵 I can’t cry as easily as I used to in former times. ...

2026-07-28T12:41:38Z

🧵 I can’t cry as easily as I used to in former times. Watching our news footage of the fires in the south-west, the tears just streamed down my face.

The persistence of the #firefighters and #rescue workers, often followed by trauma that will last a lifetime. How they are left in the lurch by a government that has cut back on everything for years and failed to act.

Just like during the pandemic. We haven’t learnt anything from the fact that, at some point, the rescuers themselves need to be

My neighbour's sheep do it with fruit trees. 😁

2026-07-27T18:41:28Z

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My neighbour's sheep do it with fruit trees. 😁

Unfortunately, AI ingests exactly these books, too, because ...

2026-07-25T15:19:02Z

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Unfortunately, AI ingests exactly these books, too, because there's always more than one copy only.

It's a death cult. Unfortunately, they kill so many people - ...

2026-07-23T17:35:38Z

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It's a death cult. Unfortunately, they kill so many people - not only at home - who are no fascists.

This is exactly the image Europeans have in their head when you ...

2026-07-16T14:41:11Z

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This is exactly the image Europeans have in their head when you say Canada.
It' such a horror.

Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 (npub17wp…5j24)

Sorry, if I ask (getting your post for breakfast): is this ...

2026-07-16T10:19:22Z

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Sorry, if I ask (getting your post for breakfast): is this fermented mouse pee? 😎 😈

Super. Solche Beispiele brauchen wir. Und die sollten eigentlich ...

2026-07-14T18:53:11Z

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Super. Solche Beispiele brauchen wir. Und die sollten eigentlich mehr Social-Media-Posts kriegen als die Fieslinge!
Kanuka (npub1mfq…enkf) [@dirk_wagner_](https://norden.social/@dirk_wagner_ ) doro.e (npub1hus…fhtz)

Die Tatsache, dass ein Land andere Gesetze hat als ein anderes, ...

2026-07-14T16:28:59Z

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Die Tatsache, dass ein Land andere Gesetze hat als ein anderes, hat nichts mit Pennen zu tun, sondern mit nationalen Prioritäten.
Supermärkte sind ausserdem Privatunternehmen, die müssen nicht auf Gesetze warten, um sowas zu bauen.
Das Gesetz bei uns ist schlicht dazu da, das zu beschleunigen und staatliche Subventionen zu ermöglichen/vereinfachen.

doro.e (npub1hus…fhtz)

In Frankreich haben wir das als Gesetzesvorschrift und die ...

2026-07-14T16:18:07Z

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In Frankreich haben wir das als Gesetzesvorschrift und die Antwort ist einfach, warum bei uns noch so viele fehlen:
- Wartezeiten wegen der hohen Nachfrage bei Spezialfirmen (das sind speziell entwickelte Konstruktionen mit entsprechenden Sicherheitsfeatures).
- Handwerker kommen nicht nach.
- Auch beim Bestellen grosser Mengen Solarpanels dauert's öfter mal wegen global gestiegener Nachfrage.
Budget ist nicht alles.

De muss sich also ranhalten. 😉

[@dirk_wagner_](https://norden.social/@dirk_wagner_ )

thanks for the inspiration!

2026-07-08T17:07:09Z

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thanks for the inspiration!

tagging ⬆️ #Scotland #datacenters #ClimateDiary #energy ...

2026-07-06T16:55:14Z

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tagging ⬆️ #Scotland #datacenters #ClimateDiary #energy #biodiversity #climateAction #petition

Zu den Instanzen, das war der (von mir gefundene) letzte Check ...

2026-07-03T14:25:09Z

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Zu den Instanzen, das war der (von mir gefundene) letzte Check vom Mai mit 180 betroffenen Instanzen IFTAS (npub1y2r…kvzk) https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas/116657897201160159

⬆️ #nokings

2026-07-03T08:26:04Z

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⬆️ #nokings

You also got a nice article in the Merriam-Webster: ...

2026-07-02T14:27:35Z

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You also got a nice article in the Merriam-Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/enshittification

No nagging today. We had no flooding hell this night, only some ...

2026-06-29T11:09:50Z

No nagging today. We had *no* flooding hell this night, only some wind which felt like a hot hairdryer and some rain. Not enough for plants but enough that the enormous cooling from 40° to 28° C feels tropically humid. But hey, we have lost 12 degrees! Yabbadabbadoo! A week with 30°C can feel so cool!
But I need another day of restoring my body before working with the brushcutter. 💪🏽

#heatwave #climateDiary

It's the first time since I volunteer (10 yrs minimum) that ...

2026-06-27T11:40:05Z

It's the first time since I volunteer (10 yrs minimum) that our #museum has to close because of the #heat after some morning hours. The whole WE. I just got the news: no animations.
The heat is too much risk for visitors and working colleagues.
Heat is similar to a pandemic: it isolates people. Heat closes you up in your room. And for us, it means financial loss: the WE is our main visitor time.

#ClimateDiary #heatwave #France

Wenn das die journalistische KI-Debatte in De widerspiegelt, bin ...

2026-06-25T13:11:06Z

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Wenn das die journalistische KI-Debatte in De widerspiegelt, bin ich zutiefst befremdet, das eins der wichtigsten Argumente so gar nicht vorkommt: der irrsinnige Wasser- und Energieverbrauch durch die Datenzentren angesichts der Klimakrise. Manche führen jetzt schon zu Wüstenbildung. Gegner werden gern als gestrig definiert, aber wir haben keine Zeit mehr, da wegzuschauen! Dss sind keine Verlustängste, das ist knallharte Wissenschaft.

What helps me also a lot: #volunteering. So I found people with ...

2026-06-25T10:06:38Z

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What helps me also a lot: #volunteering. So I found people with similar interests, we are not alone, and can make the local world a little better for others. And we have lots of fun.
There are possibilities for volunteering for so many interests. I e.g. do it in a museum and cultural heritage museum.
It gives us a feeling of agency and we see that most humans are kind and helping.

In eastern France, we have quite good waste/recycling regulations ...

2026-06-20T16:41:26Z

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In eastern France, we have quite good waste/recycling regulations and new laws for a change of buildings, with subsidies for insulation/renewables. I live in a nature park with a vast, protected forest. The problem are old-school farmers with monocultures of maize (not a plant for our climate) pushing their plants with pesticides/herbizdes like Glyphosat. They destroyed soil life with the effect there's nearly no more humus resisting floods/droughts.
Which problems do you have most?

That's a great graphic, thanks! Do you still know the source ...

2026-06-15T16:45:44Z

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That's a great graphic, thanks! Do you still know the source who made it?

This is what brings me #hope. We already have solutions, now we ...

2026-06-15T13:38:02Z

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This is what brings me #hope. We already have solutions, now we can try to live them locally and demand them on political level.
At the moment, the backlash to fascist death cults may seem to be overwhelming, but the number of people who want a positive change grows from day to day. I see politicians thinking about #taxTheRich who would never had this idea before. But we must become louder for the good!

#solarpunkSunday #change #activism #DemocracyMatters #climate #environment

At the moment we have a wave of #loveScam #AI fake accounts: Tom, ...

2026-06-13T10:45:41Z

At the moment we have a wave of #loveScam #AI fake accounts: Tom, pardon, tom, can't write his name correctly and is a German speaking woman loving god ... or a Russian bot or whatever lovescam bots may love.
#Report such accounts before blocking: they get rather quickly suspended by our #moderators and so you help to keep Mastodon free of crap.

#FakeProfile #aibotspam

As a child, at a display like this, I tried to imagine the ...

2026-06-12T11:36:29Z

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As a child, at a display like this, I tried to imagine the 'time travel' of findings: Imagine that you cut a stone like this today. And 50,000+ years later, weird looking humans will show it to other humans in weird futuristic caves.
I still can't imagine such long time distances. It always gives me an awe to know: someone has touched it, worked on it. They cut stuff. And there are not so many weird differences between us. Pure #museum magic!

#archaeology #magicInTheMundane

What the hell is this!??

2026-06-09T16:38:19Z

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What the hell is this!??

I once starred with open mouth at the nail/screw/metallic pieces ...

2026-06-09T11:18:12Z

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I once starred with open mouth at the nail/screw/metallic pieces collection in the archives of our museum (farmlife of the beginning 20th c.). Drawers from the floor to the ceiling with thousands of pieces. We need them for conservation and repair of historic pieces - it's impossible to get the correct pieces nowadays. Everytime, a very old barn is emptied, our specialist comes to search for useful pieces.

@stevewfolds (npub1emq…xekg)

If they are able to rust, you can throw them into my ...

2026-06-09T11:06:03Z

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If they are able to rust, you can throw them into my rust-dye-tin! 😉

In apple trees, the common European species hunts for the apple ...

2026-06-09T08:52:02Z

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In apple trees, the common European species hunts for the apple worm of Cydia pomonella. And they decimate lice and aphids very well. I always place them on my roses.
Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar (npub1hz2…xhm6)

I just wanted to describe that feeling, thanks! @npub1tj7…83x8

2026-06-06T10:46:36Z

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I just wanted to describe that feeling, thanks! Antoinne Sterk (npub1tj7…83x8)

have a look for #firstFridayArtWalk ⬆️

2026-06-05T13:56:32Z

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have a look for #firstFridayArtWalk ⬆️

Growing up in Germany, eggs had so many colours but rarely white. ...

2026-06-04T19:23:11Z

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Growing up in Germany, eggs had so many colours but rarely white. Farmers even changed the food to get more coloured eggs e.g. by feeding cockchafers. On Easter, people searched for white ones for easier colouring.
Questions of health depended on industrial farming = bad or free roaming 'happy' hen of small farms = good. You couldn't see that difference in the colour, but often in the shell quality.

For me as a professional writer, the em-dash has always been a ...

2026-06-03T16:32:48Z

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For me as a professional writer, the em-dash has always been a sign of my individual style and I would *never* change it after so many hard years to develop *my* writing sound!
LLMs only use it because they are trained on our stolen books!
Never change your once developed style only because s'o evil uses words/em-dashes. Reclaim your words!

#ReclaimTheEmDash

Since this also concerns plastic: to what extent are existing, ...

2026-06-02T12:02:32Z

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Since this also concerns plastic: to what extent are existing, proven processes being incorporated, such as the world’s first ‘biological/enzymatic’ PET recycling process using enzymes, which is being carried out in France?
https://www.inrae.fr/en/news/development-new-enzyme-recycling-pet-plastic-waste-new-bottles

We'll get the first industrial-scaled recycling center with support of EU's LIFE in Longlaville/Lorraine. They should work from 2028.