Atomkraft-Fans verweisen gern auf Systemkosten. Die Uni Aalborg hat alles mitgerechnet:

Speicher, Netzausbau, Stabilisierung, Flexibilisierung. Alles drin.

Ergebnis:
Erneuerbare: 4 Cent/kWh
Atom: 10 Cent/kWh

Atommüll-Entsorgung ist dabei noch nicht enthalten.

www.golem.de/news/tatsaec...

You guys. A goose is nesting under the Spoon Bridge and Cherry. This is our Romulus and Remus moment. We already became ungovernable. Now we become myth. #Minneapolis.

Number go up Our charts tell the story of oligarchy in overdrive.

AI lobbying is skyrocketing. Meta spent more on lobbying in 2025 than America’s three largest oil and gas companies combined.

By 2030, data centers will consume as much energy as 41 million US homes.

Reformdebatte: Merz: Gesetzliche Rente wird nur noch Basisabsicherung sein Bundeskanzler Merz ist Anfang Mai ein Jahr im Amt - und übt Selbstkritik. Große Reformen sollen kommen, mit Folgen für viele Menschen.

Das ist die explizite Aufkündigung des Sozialstaatsprinzips:

#Merz: „Die gesetzliche Rentenversicherung allein wird allenfalls noch die Basisabsicherung sein für das Alter. Sie wird nicht mehr ausreichen, um den Lebensstandard zu sichern.“

[Finanzielle Situation, Berlin] Der Bestand der Onleihe im Voebb scheint derzeit wohl nicht mehr aktualisiert zu werden.

»Der Onleihe-Bestand des VÖBB wird im Moment nicht durch Neuerwerbungen erweitert.«

Buchcover: Lebenswelten der radikalen Rechten in der Bonner Republik.

Ein neuer Sammelband erkundet die historischen Lebenswelten der radikalen Rechten in der Bundesrepublik. Ab jetzt im Open Access als kostenloser Download verfügbar: www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383536043...

Can AI be a ‘child of God’? Inside Anthropic’s meeting with Christian leaders. Anthropic met with Christian leaders including from Catholic and Protestant churches to discuss its chatbot Claude’s moral development.

“Anthropic staff sought advice on how to steer Claude’s moral and spiritual development as the chatbot reacts to complex and unpredictable ethical queries, participants said.”

Washington Post: "Can AI be a 'child of God?"

what kind of question is that to even ask in a headline

Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store.

In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store. www.wired.com/story/amazon...

EFF is Leaving X After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Always exciting to see the Avignon Papacy in the news

Doomscrolling has made me unmotivated to do long-term work, so to force myself to be doing *something* besides doomscrolling:

n² likes = n obscure software engineering concepts/principles/memes I find super useful

The piss tank on the ISS is now 16% full.

Bibliotheksöffnungen an Sonntagen – wie steht es um das Wahlversprechen? Bibliotheken sollen künftig auch sonntags öffnen dürfen – doch in Berlin und Brandenburg fehlt es dafür an Personal und Geld. Während Politik und Leitung Reformen fordern, warnen Beschäftigte vor zusä...

Bibliotheken sollen künftig auch sonntags öffnen dürfen – doch in Berlin und Brandenburg fehlt es dafür an Personal und Geld. Während Politik und Leitung Reformen fordern, warnen Beschäftigte vor zusätzlicher Belastung.

Wo Straßenbahnen wirklich helfen könnten Auf der Sonnenallee oder zwischen Steglitz und Potsdamer Platz sind Busse oft voll und kommen zu spät. Trams könnten Entlastung bringen, trotzdem sind sie vorerst nicht in Sicht.

Auf der Sonnenallee oder zwischen Steglitz und Potsdamer Platz sind Busse oft voll und kommen zu spät. Trams könnten Entlastung bringen, trotzdem sind sie vorerst nicht in Sicht.

Metallica - "...And Justice For Jason" Full Album (AJFA with enhanced Bassline) YouTube video by josh10177

Putting back the bass
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kqT...

mastodon feels like what would happen if an HOA was also a microblogging website

238 CVEs since launch 6 months ago, averaging 1.8 CVEs per day

Painting of a woman walking a bicycle into a field.

🎨Veronika Pozdnyakova

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the unholy scourge that is "CEO said a thing!" journalism:

Bad news, dudes... 🚫🥚

#teletext #pixelart #easter #eastereggs #eggs #eastersaturday #retrogaming #gta #sanandreas #grandtheftauto #1bit

Managing AI has become its own job AI was supposed to save time. Instead, many workers are bogged down with prompting, checking, and fixing flawed output.

AI was supposed to save time. Instead, many workers are having to spend time and effort prompting, checking, and fixing flawed output. f-st.co/yFQbjk6

Ich arbeite gerade daran, dass es zu allen Todesopfern rechter Gewalt in Deutschland eine eigene Wikipedia-Seite gibt und würde mich sehr über Unterstützung freuen!

Hier ist die Liste: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todesop...
Hier einer der daraus entstandenen Artikel: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ze...

Gift of Edward R. Broida

Harvey Quaytman, The Millers Delight, 1992
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137076

maybe you need to hear this, doomscrolling and news refreshing won’t change what’s happening and you’ll definitely not miss out on any big news

do something you enjoy instead. pet a cat. listen to music. watch a favorite movie.

Apple II plus with a diskette drive and a Apple III monitor

Happy 50th, Apple!

(Here's my oldest!)

How American Camouflage Conquered the World The world-famous MultiCam pattern was designed for the military by two Brooklyn hipsters. Now everyone—from babies to ICE agents—is suited up for battle.

The world-famous MultiCam pattern was designed for the military by two Brooklyn hipsters. Now everyone—from babies to ICE agents—is suited up for battle.

The Coldest Cold Email: Oracle’s 30,000-Person Layoff Is a Preview of What’s to Come A 6 a.m. message signed “Oracle Leadership” just ended tens of thousands of careers. Here’s what it means — and what to do if you’re next.

I remember when it was a scandal that a company laid people off over Zoom. Now that seems warm and fuzzy compared to the norm today.

Oracle laid off 30K people with a 6AM email with a link to click and accept terms if they wanted severance.

4-panel comic. (1) [Black panel with white text boxes] TEXT BOX: And God said, "Let there be light," (2) [Sun radiating light.] TEXT BOX: And there was light. (3) [View of bright sun rising over Earth's horizo] (4) TEXT BOX: God saw that light was-- [Chat bubble from Earth] CHAT BUBBLE: Can you add support for dark mode? Open xkcd.com to view toggles for different modes.

CREATION

Happy April Fool's Day!

xkcd.com/3227/

The Longest-Running Vaporware Project in the History of Computing Gary Wolf's 1995 Wired profile of Ted Nelson is still one of the great pieces of tech journalism — and Nelson is still furious about it.

The Longest-Running Vaporware Project in the History of Computing
open.substack.com/pub/themagne...