Song of the Day 👨🏿‍🦽🩻: https://open.spotify.com/track/7p5liwMdBtJz70KGyAmyz3

TIL that in 2022, a British newspaper livestreamed an iceberg lettuce next to a picture of the newly appointed Prime Minister asking if if could outlast them. The Lettuce won. [source, comments]

Das NBD dilettiert sich weiterhin von Skandal zu Skandal. Die Schweiz ist - nicht überraschend - nur auf dem Papier neutral und de facto seit dem Kalten Krieg fester Bestandteil der westlichen Sicherheitsarchitektur. Das gesamte VBS - egal ob Armee oder Nachrichtendienst -  produziert unter jedem Departementsvorsteher (zumeist war es jemand von der SVP) Probleme. Die Verantwortlichen scheinen überfordert. https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/russland-affaere-im-ndb-liess-sich-der-schweizer-geheimdienst-von-russland-beeinflussen

ETH bestätigt: Klimawandel spielte «wahrscheinlich» eine Rolle bei Blattner Bergsturz https://www.watson.ch/!625823621

Good Idea: Be grateful to teachers

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1416621.pdf

Teaching with empathy involves recognizing the emotional challenges students face, such as trauma, stress, or personal crises, and responding with compassion while maintaining personal well-being to avoid compassion fatigue. By actively listening, validating students' feelings, reframing their challenges, and referring them to appropriate resources, educators can foster meaningful connections that support student success. Setting clear boundaries, practicing self-care through adequate sleep, nutrition, and exercise, and processing emotions with colleagues or therapists are crucial for sustaining mental health. These strategies help teachers cultivate compassion satisfaction, creating a supportive learning environment while preserving their own emotional resilience.

Einige linke Autoren argumentieren, die Konzentration von Macht in den Händen von Tech-Baronen markiere einen Übergang zum »Neofeudalismus«. Doch was wir erleben, ist in Wahrheit eher eine Verschiebung innerhalb des Kapitalismus als über ihn hinaus.

https://jacobin.de/artikel/neofeudalismus-musk-bezos-zuckerberg-kapitalismus

Lake Natron in Tanzania Is So Alkaline It Can Turn Animals into Stone-Like Figures
https://redd.it/1l2fovi
@r_interestingasfuck

Song of the Day 🦁🔫: https://open.spotify.com/track/6gkWtvu7F3kVixxK1sTsYv

For the first time the world is generating more electricity from fusion than fission 😅

TIL a year after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., his younger brother Alfred Daniel King drowned in his swimming pool. Five years after that, their mother Alberta Williams King was also assassinated. [source, comments]