I actually used to, in Calbe Ost (on my way back from a teaching appointment in Bernburg). In autumn/winter, it was pretty unpleasant.

I recommend a visit to Calbe(Saale) Ost😉 But yeah, I also could think of more urgent problems...

This, but for when someone on this website reinvents the idea of large-scale subsistence agriculture (“grow your own”) every 6 weeks or so

At German universities, it's often the HR departments that force the secrecy upon you🤷

Ok, that's crazy even according to German norms (which aren't driven by impoliteness, but rather by a paranoid fear of being sued).

Totally.

Agree, though in Germany, afaik it's legally not possible to go back to people who didn't end up on the shortlist (at least for professorships).

I get that (well, not really, but to some extent) for the shortlisted candidates. But I mean here candidates who haven't even been invited for interview.

…aktuellem Stand laufender Verfahren; aber ich habe auch schon mal ein Jahr nichts gehört (und ein Kollege hat gerade eine Rückmeldung nach ca. 2,5 Jahren Stille bekommen).

Weiß nicht, habe ich nie ausprobiert (weil es ja implizit relativ schnell klar wird, dass man raus ist). Es wird auch zwischen Unis total unterschiedlich gehandhabt. Ich habe letztens eine klare Absage bekommen, dass ich nicht eingeladen werde; manche Unis haben immerhin „Berufungsmonitoren“ mit…

When you apply for a professorship at some German universities, you won't hear back from them until they fill the position – even if they don't even invite you for interviews. So it may take 1–2 years(!) of no official feedback. None.

(Other unis here tell you they won't invite you🤷)

Petition to stop naming schools, unis, streets etc after people. Too often it turns out they were assholes at some level, but it's so difficult to get rid of them again. I know what I'm talking about, my university is named after Martin Luther.

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Auerochsen-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Bin dabei😆

Tja, Pfadabhängigkeiten… Meine Petition ist aber forward-looking: erstmal davon absehen, neue Einrichtungen, Straßen etc. nach Dudes zu benennen; dann kann man Schritt für Schritt vorhandene Namen abbauen (bei Unis relativ einfach, bei Straßen etwas komplizierter).

Same for Universität Leipzig

Petition to stop naming schools, unis, streets etc after people. Too often it turns out they were assholes at some level, but it's so difficult to get rid of them again. I know what I'm talking about, my university is named after Martin Luther.

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Understanding Support for Inefficient Environmental Policy Instruments

Why do governments use costly enviro standards, not more efficient pollution taxes or cap & trade?

Voters misunderstand some economic principles

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Ach du Scheiße… Das ist schon hart in der Offenheit des Hasses. Solidarität!

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Trapped in Irrigation: Future Irrigation Expansion Amplifies Food–Water–Energy Policy Trade‐Offs in Germany Farmers' adaptation to six sectoral policies projected until 2098 for multiple climatic and socioeconomic scenarios using hybrid modeling Unregulated future irrigation expansion triggers increasi...

New paper by @ufz.de colleagues (led by @jasminheilemann.bsky.social) on the complexities of agricultural water demand (and its impacts) under climate change and different sectoral policy scenarios:

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Leipziger Gedenkstätte für Zwangsarbeit – stark nachgefragt, aber viel zu klein Die vom Verein „Erinnern an NS-Verbrechen in Leipzig“ getragene Gedenkstätte auf dem ehemaligen HASAG-Gelände braucht mehr Platz. Die Grünen holen das Raum-Problem in den Stadtrat.

Die LVZ zur Frage, wie man auf 50qm an die Schicksale zehntausender Menschen erinnern kann. Die Gedenkstätte für #Zwangsarbeit #Leipzig braucht dringend mehr Platz!

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Great rage bait

One of my favourite spots in Wrocław, the neon gallery (right in the centre, but easy to miss if you don't know where to look for it).

I really don't understand the reaction/interaction dynamics on this platform. They can be frustrating, when (self-perceived) more interesting posts go seemingly unnoticed, while more trivial ones or simple reposts get all the attention…

Spannend (Erklärungen im verlinkten Text)

I lead the junior research group AgriScape jointly with my colleague Andrea Kaim, as equals. Given this, I find it annoying that it still happens that people contact only me with general (admin or other) requests. Even putting her name first on the website, slides etc. doesn't seem to help.

@sebastianlakner.bsky.social @martinreich.bsky.social @ktsilimekis.bsky.social ?

Plant irgendjemand in meiner Bubble, zur Fachkonferenz Agrar & Ernährung vom Tagesspiegel am 7.7. zu gehen? Ich bin noch etwas unentschlossen…