Manuel Erhardt @erhardt@librem.one
Here should be a list of nouns and adjectives that describes my personality and what I stand for.
Joined Aug 2019
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August 2 is European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma. The European Parliament declared this date the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma in 2015 in memory of 500,000 Sinti and Roma murdered in Nazi-occupied Europe. On the night of August 2 1944 the last 4,300 Sinti and Roma in the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau were murdered by the SS despite their fierce resistance.
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+++ Rumänien plant sechs Mini-Atomkraftwerke nördlich von Bukarest +++
Als erstes EU-Land will Rumänien vorgefertigte Mini-AKW installieren. Vor Ort weckt das Hoffnungen und Ängste.
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The new EU rules on the Right to Repair enter into force today!
They will support consumers in repairing their defective products instead of replacing them by:
🔸 obliging producers of certain products to offer timely repair service at a reasonable price
🔹 requiring these manufacturers to offer spare parts
🔸 extending the legal guarantee for the repaired product
🔹 creating a European repair platform to find suitable repairers.
Learn more 🔗 https://europa.eu/!NqPMj4
In the US, nearly 70% of all coal is transported by train. A study published on July 1st, 2024 analysing data in the San Francisco Bay Area, “found that residents living near railroad tracks likely have higher premature mortality rates due to air pollutants released during the passage of uncovered coal trains.”
#RailwaySunday #USA #study #research #health #coal #trains #economy
“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation.”
The quote seems to be attributed to Gustavo Petro and Enrique Peñalosa as well (both former mayors of Bogotá).
#RailwaySunday #Bogotá #Colombia #PublicTransport #wealth #poverty #society
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EU Court upholds Commission decision to designate TikTok parent as gatekeeper
The EU Court of Justice upheld on Wednesday (17 July) the European Commission’s decision to designate TikTok’s parent company ByteDance as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act, dismissing all arguments presented by the company.
After sitting in a SBB RABe 501 “Giruno” for seven hours on an international connection, I was not entirely impressed with the experience. I really liked the interiour design and was delighted to have a power plug to myself and free wifi in both countries. However, the seats were quite underwhelming. Too hard and the head restraint uncomfortable. I tried to get some sleep, but was simply unable to do so.
#SBB #SFR #train #RABe501 #Giruno #railway #Europe #Switzerland #Italy
“Labour will renationalise the railways ‘as soon as possible’, the new Transport Secretary has said after Sir Keir Starmer chaired his first Cabinet meeting.”
This will undo reforms in the 1990s, in which British Rail was privatised and handed over to private entities.
Before the general election, Labour pledged that renationalisation should be completed within five years.
#RailwaySunday #railways #trains #UK #labour #politics #nationalisation
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Ariane 6 rocket successfully launches, flight in progress
The launch marks a big success for Europe’s space program.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ariane-6-rocket-successfully-launches-flight-in-progress/
Ex-SAR 33-200 locomotive now owned by Sheltam and doing duty in DRC for SNCC. Picture taken near Kamina, DRC.
Image credit: Redhonda/CC0 1.0
#RailwaySunday #Train #Railway #DRC #Congo #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #Sheltam
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TIL that people in medieval times slept in two segments
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dxa2eu/til_that_people_in_medieval_times_slept_in_two/
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Trump’s tax law cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%.
What did corporations do with the money saved?
They didn’t invest it or raise wages.
They spent a record $1 trillion on stock buybacks the year after the law went into effect.
Nothing trickled down to workers.
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Europe’s next big rocket in a nutshell
Ariane 6 is the newest rocket in a series that has, for five decades, been launching Europe towards the stars. Building on all the knowledge, expertise and technology developed over the years, Ariane 6 will be versatile, modular, and European.
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There's a Department for Leveling Up in the UK. Are they in charge of video games?
The London Underground, London's famous metro, has its origins in the Metropolitian Railway, which opened on 10 January 1863. It was the world's first underground passenger railway. With its ~160 years of service, the London rapid transit system is the oldest of its kind on the planet.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground
#RailwaySunday #London #UK #UnitedKingom #TheTube #LondonUnderground #Trains #Railways #History
With over 960 km of track being more than 4,000 m above sea level, [the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, pictured,] is the highest railway line in the world. The Tanggula railway station at 5,068 m is the world's highest railway station.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai%E2%80%93Tibet_railway
Image credit: Windmemories/CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20140504_NJ2-0022_and_NJ2-0033_on_Qingzang_Railway_near_Lhasa_02.jpg
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The US has permitted Ukraine to use its weapons to strike targets within 100 kilometers of the Russian border. This could potentially affect cities like Bilhorod, Kursk, and the outskirts of Bryansk. Aircraft that threaten Ukraine, can also be targeted. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/21/ukraine-firing-range-us-weapons-russia/
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Most people think of streetcars as running in cities. But the interurbans were long-distance streetcar lines, some of them 60 miles long, reaching into farmers’ fields and forests with electric wires or third rails.
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Dear #EU citizens: *Do* get in touch with your politicians and media *today*. The vote may already be tomorrow. 😱
#ChatControl #NoChatControl #ChatKontrolle #ChatKontrolleStoppen
Ontario Northland's Polar Bear Express train south of Moosonee (Canada).
Image credit: 40rev/CC BY-SA 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polarbearexpressheadend_3076.jpg
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Here should be a list of nouns and adjectives that describes my personality and what I stand for.
Joined Aug 2019
