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Enjoying the nice weather in my #garden. Can you spot the flying #insect? #silentsunday #gardenphotography

Enjoying the nice weather in my #garden. Can you spot the flying #insect?

#silentsunday
#gardenphotography

Look what I found at my mini-pond in my garden. I believe it's a blue-tailed #damselfly, and I would be happy if any expert could...

Look what I found at my mini-pond in my garden. I believe it's a blue-tailed #damselfly, and I would be happy if any expert could confirm this.

Paper submitted that should have been submitted a few years ago, but always got delayed.

Paper submitted that should have been submitted a few years ago, but always got delayed.

There is something special about the first salad that is completely from your own #garden (except the salt, pepper, oil and vinegar).

There is something special about the first salad that is completely from your own #garden (except the salt, pepper, oil and vinegar).

@appsIt looks like that I can't see any polls when I'm using the Fedilab app. Is this a bug, or is there somewhere a hidden setting...

@apps
It looks like that I can't see any polls when I'm using the Fedilab app. Is this a bug, or is there somewhere a hidden setting where I deactivated polls without knowing it?

I have to say, learning to play the #clarinet has a steep learning curve, if you have no talent, not enough time to practice, and you're...

I have to say, learning to play the #clarinet has a steep learning curve, if you have no talent, not enough time to practice, and you're not very young anymore. Nevertheless, I still enjoy it quite a lot, even if progress is slow. Today I managed to play 'Ode an die Freude' (not the whole piece, but the important part) without major errors (but still very far from good). But it felt great anyway. I just wished I would have started 30 years ago.

Today is Earth Day! https://vimeo.com/702067580

Today is Earth Day!

https://vimeo.com/702067580

Oh great. Overleaf has AI as well? And it works just as expected. First it hallucinates a problem that doesn't exist. Then it suggest a...

Oh great. Overleaf has AI as well? And it works just as expected. First it hallucinates a problem that doesn't exist. Then it suggest a fix that doesn't work. And finally, it wants money for more 'helpful' suggestions.

Unfortunately, it was a bit cloudy today, but one can see clearly see the effect of the partial #eclipse on the yield of our solar modules....

Unfortunately, it was a bit cloudy today, but one can see clearly see the effect of the partial #eclipse on the yield of our solar modules. The Sun was covered about 20% at the maximum here near Cologne/Bonn.

Not a very good photo, but you can see the #eclipse.

Not a very good photo, but you can see the #eclipse.

Zwei Packungen Serranoschinken mit identischen Nährwerten. Eine Packung hat #Nutri-Score 'D', die andere 'E'. Beide...

Zwei Packungen Serranoschinken mit identischen Nährwerten. Eine Packung hat #Nutri-Score 'D', die andere 'E'. Beide Packungen sind vom gleichen Hersteller aus dem gleichen Geschäft. Aber es sind zwei unterschiedliche Produkte.

Warum ist der Nuri-Score anders, obwohl die #Nährwerte identisch sind?

Just learned that the district court (Amtsgericht) in Emmerich is on a street called Sigh-Alley (Seufzerallee). 😃

Just learned that the district court (Amtsgericht) in Emmerich is on a street called Sigh-Alley (Seufzerallee). 😃

❎ Voted!

❎ Voted!

#SilentSunday

#SilentSunday

German politics.Ich bin sprachlos. https://ard.social/@tagesschau/113912772318192056

German politics.

Ich bin sprachlos.

https://ard.social/@tagesschau/113912772318192056

I never played an instrument in my whole life. Nobody in my family ever played any instrument, and we never had an instrument at home when I...

I never played an instrument in my whole life. Nobody in my family ever played any instrument, and we never had an instrument at home when I was a kid. So it never occurred to me, that it would be something for me.

Now my youngest son has the chance to learn an instrument at school, and he chose the clarinet. Since we now had a clarinet at home, I thought 'Now, or never!', bought a second mouth piece three weeks ago and started to play myself.

And I have to say, I enjoy it immensely. Obviously, I'm still terrible, but this opened a while new word for me. I also have even more respect for people who play instruments, after realizing how difficult this really is.

Today, I found the score for one of my favorite classical pieces, the second movement of Dvoraks 9th symphony, and I managed to play the first few bars (before it gets to the higher register, which probablyI can't reach for a long time). It was probably still terrible for others, but it gave me goosebumps.

A positive side effect is, that I can't doom scroll while practicing, so it also helps to keep me sane during these times.

The #AAS has announced that the summer meeting 2026 will be held at a central location and the summer meeting in 2027 will be fully online...

The #AAS has announced that the summer meeting 2026 will be held at a central location and the summer meeting in 2027 will be fully online to reduce the carbon footprint of the meetings. This is a small step in the right direction, and I hope that other organizations follow this example.

If we replace every second meeting with an online meeting, we can still meet in person, but immediately reduce the footprint associated with meetings by 50%. It will be also much cheaper and more inclusive. A win-win-win.

https://aas.org/board-trustees-meeting-highlights#24dec

I saw this fence at a construction site and wondered why they printed this cool logo of an open telescope dome on it. It turned out to be...

I saw this fence at a construction site and wondered why they printed this cool logo of an open telescope dome on it.

It turned out to be just a chance alignment of a street lamp, a street sign, and an old gate from the old city wall.

I'm deeply saddened to learn today that our Director and colleague Prof. Karl Menten has suddenly passed away on December 30st. It's...

I'm deeply saddened to learn today that our Director and colleague Prof. Karl Menten has suddenly passed away on December 30st. It's a devastating loss for his family, our institute and the entire astronomical community. I will always be grateful for all his support and advice he had given me over the last 20 years.

Somehow the clouds knew exactly when my laundry was done and when I would plug in my car 🙂 #FunWithPV

Somehow the clouds knew exactly when my laundry was done and when I would plug in my car 🙂 #FunWithPV