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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«Martin Andree: "Die Digitalkonzerne zerstören unsere Demokratie"
#Facebook, #Youtube und Co zerstören die demokratische Öffentlichkeit, sagt der Medienwissenschaftler Martin Andree. „Wenn wir sie nicht stoppen, dann werden unsere Kinder nicht mehr in einer #Demokratie leben.“ Er fordert: #BigTech muss weg!»
Leider reden sich zu viele #Medien sich dem raus ohne bewusst zu sein, wie sie über #Socialmedia beeinflusst werden anhand der #Reichweite falsch zu bewerten.
TRAVIC visualizes transit data from all over the world, published by transit agencies and operators. While mostly based on static data, there is also real-time tracking available (if made accessible by operators).
#RailwaySunday #TRAVIC #data #DataIsBeautiful #PublicTransport #train #ship #metro #bus
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Inspired by Google's move to remove @organicmaps from the Playstore without warning, I finally decided to move my > 3,000 Google Maps saved places to Organic Maps. To facilitate doing this for others' benefit, I made a quick webpage to convert your Google Maps GeoJSON data to a KMZ that renders well in Organic Maps.
https://rudokemper.github.io/google-maps-places-to-organic-maps/
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A German is never late. Nor are they early. They arrive precisely when Deutsche Bahn allows them to.
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TIL that in the US, belief in evolution is just 40%, just behind Bulgaria, Latvia, and Greece at 45%, 50%, and 52% respectively. Among 32 European countries and Japan, the US was only ahead of Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_support_for_evolution#/media/File:Views_on_Evolution.svg
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fi8e3h/til_that_in_the_us_belief_in_evolution_is_just_40/
Railbus near Coleraine.
Photo credit: Albert Bridge/CC BY-SA 2.0
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TIL In 458 BC, Father of the Greek tragedy, Aeschylus was returning to his home in Sicily when, just outside the city, he was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise onto his head which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fh59pf/til_in_458_bc_father_of_the_greek_tragedy/
The Blue Train travelling between Cape Town and Pretoria is one of the most luxurious train journeys in the world. It is marketed as a rolling 5-star hotel by its operator. The ride takes about 27 hours and offers butler service en route.
http://www.bluetrain.co.za
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Train_(South_Africa)
#RailwaySunday #Trains #Railway #Africa #SouthAfrica #BlueTrain
Image credit: Luxury Train Club/CC BY-SA 2.0, https://flickr.com/photos/14589121@N00/4472928293/
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TIL I learned that some countries don't criminalise prison break because wanting to be free is part of being human. If no other offenses were committed, no additional jail time is added.
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Websites don’t have to be built as web applications. It’s perfectly ok to use html and css.
Today I did a bit of trainspotting and what comes with it: checking the scedule of a specific connection, following realtime traffic visualisation and trying to be ready when the train is approaching. I'm happy with my shot 😁
#RailwaySunday #TrainSpotting #RailFanning #Switzerland #Biel #Bienne
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" in no language is peace synonymous with surrender. In no language is sovereignty synonymous with occupation. So those who argue to stop support for #Ukraine do not argue for peace. They argue for appeasement and the subjugation of Ukraine."
In the #TubeChallenge you must visit all stations of the #LondonUnderground network as quickly as possible. You are allowed to change stations by foot or other means of public transport. The current record is held by a group of eight teenage friends who visited the 272 stations in 18h 8m 13s.
https://art.tfl.gov.uk/labyrinth/tube-challenge/
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/7/teenagers-smash-london-tube-challenge-record-with-nearly-two-hours-to-spare
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So Bill Clinton's 50 million to 1 million jobs added claim? It is correct. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/22/clinton-dnc-jobs-created-since-cold-war/
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In the Montparnasse derailment (22 October 1895), a train approached the station too fast and overran the buffer stop at the Gare Montparnasse terminus. It crashed through the wall and partly fell onto the Place de Rennes.
While all passengers survived, a woman in the street was killed in the incident.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montparnasse_derailment
#RailwaySunday #railway #trains #France #Paris #Montparnasse #derailment #accident
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TIL that a neutron star can have a mass similar to our Sun but be only about 30 km across. One such neutron star spins at an incredible 43,000 rpm, rotating 716 times each second. This makes it one of the fastest-spinning objects in the universe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_J1748%E2%88%922446ad
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ersm8o/til_that_a_neutron_star_can_have_a_mass_similar/
The Trans-Mongolian Railway connects Ulan-Ude on the Trans-Siberian Railway in Buryatia, Russia, with Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia, China, via Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. [...] The 1,110 kilometres of the railway in Mongolia (as of 2017) are managed by UBTZ (the Ulaanbaatar Railway Company), a 50/50 Russian–Mongolian joint-stock company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Mongolian_Railway
Image credit: Olaf Just/CC BY-SA 3.0
Here should be a list of nouns and adjectives that describes my personality and what I stand for.
Joined Aug 2019
