Monatsarchive: Oktober 2020

Die Formel »Wir wollen mehr Demokratie wagen« stammte von Grass. Er hatte sie als Redenschreiber Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt zugeliefert, der sie in seiner Regierungs­erklärung am 28. Oktober 1969 aufgriff. —Kai Schlüter (Hg.), Günter Grass auf Tour für Willy Brandt, (Berlin: … Weiterlesen →

Nur Grass tritt bundesweit für die SWI auf. Es ist der Initiative nicht gelungen, in nennenswertem Umfang andere Prominente als Redner zu gewinnen. Die Sozialdemokratischen Wählerinitiativen werden weitgehend mit Grass identifiziert. —Kai Schlüter (Hg.), Günter Grass auf Tour für Willy … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: California: over 50,000 without power amid extreme wildfire risk Thousands of people in northern California were without power on Thursday amid an autumn heatwave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger. The utility company Pacific Gas & Electric … Weiterlesen →

BBC: In a blog post on Thursday, YouTube said it had „removed tens of thousands of QAnon videos and terminated hundreds of channels“ under its existing content rules. But citing challenges in managing „shifting and evolving“ content, YouTube said it … Weiterlesen →

Los Angeles Times: When the hard-foam police projectile struck 22-year-old William Gonzalez in the right eye as he celebrated the Lakers’ NBA title in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday night, it shattered his eye socket, ripped apart his tear duct and “exploded” … Weiterlesen →

BBC: On Wednesday, Twitter prevented people from posting links to a New York Post story, warning those trying to click it that the link was „potentially unsafe“. … Facebook also took action, limiting the report’s distribution in its news feed. … Weiterlesen →

  It amused me to find a notice the troop path at this point wasn’t navigable going south because I discovered the sign coming out of the woods on my way north.

  This is where I initially entered the Mauerweg when I first intentionally hiked along it a year and a half ago.

Los Angeles Times: The COVID-19 pandemic could worsen in the winter and continue to be a looming threat through much of 2021. That is the forecast of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top infectious diseases expert, in a wide-ranging … Weiterlesen →