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It has been a busy, busy year. And the best month of mothing has just started.
I have been haunting a local nature preserve called Kær Vestermark. I used to call it the grass desert, because it was close to a larger city, and the conservation efforts seemed to mostly be about conserving a nice area with cut lawns for dogwalkers and pedestrians. It has changed for the better in recent years, with cattle grazing and new ponds for amphibians.
The decline in moth numbers is concerning, though. I catch smaller numbers than I did four years ago, despite upgrading both gear and location. Last year I chalked it up to a wet spring, the year before that, a cold summer. This year....it's depressing.
I find species I haven't seen before, that is awesome, but some species, that used to be common as dirt, are showing up in smaller numbers or missing entirely.
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Juna myöhästyi ja VR korvasi sadan kilometrin taksimatkan
Matkustin äskettäin Helsingistä käymään Kustavissa sukulaisten mökillä. Lähdin aivan ex tempore enkä ollut varma ehtimisestäni junaan, jolta oli Turussa 21 minuutin vaihto Taivassalon auton bussiin. Viittä minuuttia ennen junan lähtöä olin asemalaiturilla ja ostin pikaisesti lipun.
Pasilasta lähdettäessä sitten konduktööri kuulutti, että juna saapuu Turkuun arviolta 15–30 minuuttia myöhässä jonkin ratainfraongelman takia. Annoin sitten lipuntarkastuksen yhteydessä palautetta, että VR saisi noudattaa eurooppalaisten junayhtiöitten käytäntöä ilmoittaa junan tiedossa oleva myöhästyminen jo lipun oston yhteydessä, ja valitin, että menetin juuri jatkoyhteyteni Kustaviin.
Juna saapui sitten yli 40 minuuttia myöhässä, mutta juuri ennen Turkua konduktööri palasi ja antoi minulle yksisuuntaiseen taksimatkaan oikeuttavan kortin. Kannattaa siis reklamoida, ainakin jos pysyy asiallisena ja kohteliaana. VR sai nyt ainakin minulta ison laskun myöhästymisestänsä.
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Itse olen kerran mennyt VR:n piikkiin taksilla välin Lempäälä–Toivakka, n. 205 km, kun juna Helsinki–Jyväskylä oli myöhässä lumen tukittua vaihteita milloin missäkin.
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What's been lost...
Entomologists from Krefeld, Germany, collected flying insects for two weeks in August 1994 (left) and—at the same site, with an identical trap— in August 2016 (right). Similar data from 63 German protected areas overall gave a shocking result: a 76 percent drop in insect biomass between 1989 and 2016.
It has worsened significantly in the past 9 years.
Photographed at Entomological Society of Krefeld
Entomologists from Krefeld, Germany, collected flying insects for two weeks in August 1994 (left) and—at the same site, with an identical trap— in August 2016 (right). Similar data from 63 German protected areas overall gave a shocking result: a 76 percent drop in insect biomass between 1989 and 2016.
It has worsened significantly in the past 9 years.
Photographed at Entomological Society of Krefeld
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YW..It happens... every once in a while... 😜
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unfortunately lacks context about changes from then until now.
@JCBlubaugh At least two of three likely factors increased in intensity in the last decades: radio noise, light smog, and chemicals.
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IDK anything about How radio noise interplays ~ will you please explain This, a little?
IDK anything about How radio noise interplays ~ will you please explain This, a little?
@TrueBlue4THREE @JCBlubaugh I know it is being studied, like here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/319491…
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Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Field Exposure of Western Honey Bees - PubMed
Radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) can be absorbed in all living organisms, including Western Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera).PubMed
We.Are.Fucked. This is stark evidence of our planet’s future. We, and many more species will be gone. The planet’ll be fine. Perhaps cockroaches will rule. We do not deserve this home.
I have been pessimistic about the future of our society for quite some time, but I am starting to believe that it's all going to go to shit even quicker than I thought... Perhaps within 10 years.
I noticed after a long drive windshields aren't covered in bugs like they were when I was a kid. I miss bugs
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why do all your methods of counting insects involve killing them 🥲
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Not all of my methods do, my other method is counting how many insects I can tenderly kiss on the forehead and offer a little snack to but it's much more time consuming
Not all of my methods do, my other method is counting how many insects I can tenderly kiss on the forehead and offer a little snack to but it's much more time consuming
I highly suspect that this is a direct consequence of pesticides being overused.
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The horrible thing is that similar declines are seen in protected areas with minimal interference from direct human activity like pollutants.
Pesticides definitely don't help, but this is driven by climate change. Many insects and other life are evolved to fit in a very specific environmental niche, when the timing of seasons and weather patterns gets messed up it throws the life cycle of these insects into chaos. Like when a tree blooms too early and gets killed by frost
“for two hours each evening, the site got power and a 25-watt bulb flickered on above the porch. Out of the forest darkness, a tornado of #insects would flock to its glow, spinning and dancing before the light. Lit up, the side of the house would be “absolutely plastered with moths – tens of thousands of them”, #DanielJanzen says. [The walls would be] absolutely plastered with moths – tens of thousands of them… Inspired, he decided to erect a sheet for a light trap with a camera – a common way to document flying insect numbers and diversity. In that first photograph, taken in 1978, the lit-up sheet is so thickly studded with moths that in places the fabric is barely visible, transformed into what looks like densely patterned, crawling wallpaper.
Scientists identified an astonishing 3,000 species from that light trap, and the trajectory of Janzen’s career was transformed, from the study of seeds to a lifetime specialising in the forest’s barely documented populations of caterpillars and moths.
Now 86, Janzen still works in the same research hut in the #Guanacaste (Costa Rica) conservation area, alongside his longtime collaborator, spouse and fellow ecologist, #WinnieHallwachs. But in the forest that surrounds them, something has changed. Trees that once crawled with insects lie uncannily still.”
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticidesTess McClure (The Guardian)
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How many ways can they prove climate change is real and yet, we allow corporations to keep doing business as usual??? Even supporting them???
About 40 years ago I would have to clean all the dead bugs off my windshield after a visit to my realitives over in the Valley. Nowadays, my windshield is always clean.
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Exactly this. When I was a kid and travelled with my parents the family car's front was covered in bugs. Now, 30 years later on my own car it's barely worth mentioning. Everyone can see it for themselves, if they want, but most don't.
Exactly this. When I was a kid and travelled with my parents the family car's front was covered in bugs. Now, 30 years later on my own car it's barely worth mentioning. Everyone can see it for themselves, if they want, but most don't.
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maybe the trap from 1989 caught all the insects
Seriously though, I can think of many causes for this but I'll share one that has not yet been mentioned here, artificial light. There's so much of it and flying insects b-line for it whenever they see it, that *has* to mess with their life cycle over time.
It's called "Krefelder Studie" - here is a mention from 2022 (in german)
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Insektensterben: Wie steht es fünf Jahre nach der Krefelder Studie um die Insekten?
Antworten auf die wichtigsten FragenJoachim Budde (RiffReporter)
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I bought a piece of land (2000 sq. m). I plan to build a small wooden cottage on it (50 sq. m.) the rest will be filled with trees and flowers for insects and birds.
I also encourage everybody to support rewilding groups. For example, Randal Plunkett and he is the 21st Baron of Dunsany, is a metal head, horor movie director and feminist engaged in rewilding. An original guy worth promoting.
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I found this article interesting -
Guerilla seed bombing -
wildseedproject.net/blog/nativ…
Native Seed Balls – Dispersing Seeds with Guerilla Action
There is something satisfying about the idea of tossing seeds of wild flowers or trees into an empty area with the hope that it will magically turn into a flowery meadow or forest. After all, seeds scatter in nature by chance…Heather McCargo (Wild Seed Project)
#Alt4You Two cylindrical 2 liter lab glasses, both containing a light brown fluid with a mass of insects at the bottom. The left glass gas more than 1500 mL of insects, the right glass around 250 mL.
Total ban of neonics with no exceptions in eu are in effect only sinde 2024. Let's hope, that this will reverse at least some of the damage. But even then, it will take years
@RomanVilgut I was surprised it took so far in the thread for someone to bring up pesticides. Just because they're not applied in a particular area doesn't mean it has no impact when applied somewhere else; many insects are migratory!!
@cwicseolfor of corse, that´s true. But EU is a big area...
@RomanVilgut I fully agree - that will do a lot to remove one of the worst pressures on insect populations for a wide area. My point is more after having seen people suggest that the insect decline ought to be patchy and localized if it's explained by [whatever thing they want to continue] - this isn't something concerned individuals can solve alone, it needs systemic address exactly like the EU policy.
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@cwicseolfor could not agree more...
besides... Maybe it's positive thinking, but I live in the middle of the EU and I feel like hearing more birds then 5 years before, and I defintivly have to wipe my windscreen more often.
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It's not patchy and localized. theguardian.com/environment/20…
It's world-wide.
Let me add a bit of technical jargon here: We are fucked.
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticidesTess McClure (The Guardian)
@glitzersachen @RomanVilgut My point was to clarify the mistaken position of others in contrast to mine and the data, it’s not my point of view. But I don’t think the fucked rhetoric helps much. Realizing there’s a huge problem with huge fallout is only useful to the extent it elucidates what to do next.
So my suggestion - check out and donate to Xerces Society. Leave your leaves and grass clippings. Plant natives.
that reflects my experience, espcialy what windshields used to be dirty then and now
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this is so shocking. Please please don‘t rake, leave deadwood on the soil, keep your garden „untidy“ as much as you can. Don‘t spray pesticides. We can fix this
Yes. It’s also very clear that our cars collide with far fewer #insects at night than they did during the 1970s. #insectageddon
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We won't even be able to eat insects instead of meat because they will be gone too?
would you provide the link to the study? I'm interested in reading it!
"If you trap insects year after year, don't be suprised if there are fewer and fewer of them !"
(joking, of course, that's very worrying indeed)
"So long and thanks for all the flowers."
Parts of humankind have NOT been kind toward 🌏🐞💔😢
2 things I immediately think of are: (1) ever worsening #AirQuality thru such factors as industry pollutants, vehicle emissions & common environment toxins like air fresheners, hairspray & spray perfumes; (2) widespread use of #Pesticides in modern day farming to feed the masses.
🌏 has been dying a slow death from these 2 things alone ~ Parts of 🌏 [may] recover very slowly over time, but Most of it's once upon a time Purity CANNOT.
2 things I immediately think of are: (1) ever worsening #AirQuality thru such factors as industry pollutants, vehicle emissions & common environment toxins like air fresheners, hairspray & spray perfumes; (2) widespread use of #Pesticides in modern day farming to feed the masses.
🌏 has been dying a slow death from these 2 things alone ~ Parts of 🌏 [may] recover very slowly over time, but Most of it's once upon a time Purity CANNOT.
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Wow, wouldn’t have thought that Krefeld entomologists collecting and killing some bugs in a killing jar would have such a devastating effect.
Traps are very insect friendly indeed.
there was a terrifying article in The Guardian a few days ago about the same phenomenon in Costa Rica:
“we’re talking about nearly half the tree of life disappearing in one human lifetime. That is absolutely catastrophic.”
theguardian.com/environment/20…
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticidesTess McClure (The Guardian)
@joost_rekveld 😱 yes if you dig a little and speak to actual specialists you will start to build a bunker.
Is there any scientific evidence about the reasons for the decrease of insects?
It seems to me that nobody really understands why this is happening. Al I read is vague speculation.
If it was extensive agriculture - remote areas should hardly be affected.
If it was climate change - we would expect a decrease in certain areas and an increase in other areas.
It seems to me that nobody really understands why this is happening. Al I read is vague speculation.
If it was extensive agriculture - remote areas should hardly be affected.
If it was climate change - we would expect a decrease in certain areas and an increase in other areas.
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I'm unclear why a 22 year recovery time is mentioned specifically for this, but I agree with the rest of your comments.
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I'm unclear why a 22 year recovery time is mentioned specifically for this, but I agree with the rest of your comments.
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how refreshing it would be if we could just believe, that insects had learned not to get trapped...
A very Interesting & Critical post to read, TY for sharing👍
@WellsiteGeo We can only hope that the principle of caution will be the guiding principle for new insecticides.
my technique is much less scientific: in the #Ozarks, way more bugs on the windshield compared to central #illinois where there are hardly any bugs on the windshield after a night drive. I blame the ecocide fueled by round up ready corn and soybeans in Illinois. It’s sad really when one understands the cascade effects on other species.😔
That’s a great picture, where did you find it? I found this research article but it just has boring graphs 😴🙃🫣
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More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas
Global declines in insects have sparked wide interest among scientists, politicians, and the general public. Loss of insect diversity and abundance is expected to provoke cascading effects on food webs and to jeopardize ecosystem services.journals.plos.org
Diesel Dieter's opinion: Finally, fewer insects on my car's windshield!🤡
And who has its headquarters in Krefeld?
We have disrupted so many delicate ecosystems with our overwrought civilization, with its excessive consumption and pollution, and acquisitiveness.
Studies thus far have barely begun to scratch the surface of our environmental impact, as Science and media are both beholden to capitalism, the very root of the problem.
I watched a documentary where they had compelling evidence that it's so harmful to humans that it caused everything from cancer(s) to autism (because of the generation of women -GenX- who all of a sudden started having insane numbers of autistic dx)...so it's nt 'just' the insects and animals... it's also us.
there are obvious correllations: population growth, urban expansion, vehicles on the road... it has been shown that insects will not mate as often in the presence of light &/ noise pollution.
Another easy analogous case is the protection of areas of sea by satellites followed by rapid reinstatement of populations & biodiversity in those areas.
LED street lights are causing an huge upsurge in the spread of light pollution.
Electric cars increase road-side tire pollutants
Same thing is happening here in New Zealand. I don't have measurements, but back in the '70s, when driving at night, it wasn't unusual to have to stop to clean your car windscreen because of the bug splatter. Now, a bug on the windscreen is almost worthy of comment.
It's not only sad, Vee. It's a sign of the ecological collapse we are causing and we really don't know what the eventual outcome will be for us. We are, after all, part of the natural world, although too few seem to realise this.
Maybe even ignorant people will get confronted with the consequences, if they like it or not.
Nature doesn't discuss, barter or negotiate.
Belittlement had never changed anything for better.
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@AppleWoi That is the tragedy of it. What is happening is so obvious, yet those causing the problem are deliberately not seeing it.
Those with the least responsibility for the coming disaster are the ones that will suffer most.
I almost wonder if that is the plan?
Those with the least responsibility for the coming disaster are the ones that will suffer most.
I almost wonder if that is the plan?
Driving in southeast Texas during love bug season would mean having to pull over to wash your windshield pretty often.
I don’t even remember the last time I hit a bug with my car.
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Bc nowadays there are more cars than bugs.
Bc nowadays there are more cars than bugs.
@WellsiteGeo @RomanVilgut Strasbourg (France) is a nice smaller-scale example of the impact of banning the council's pesticide use in its urban area. It started in 2008, so there's potentially 17 years of data to have a look at. I haven't found any stats or graphs about insect abundance or diversity after a quick search but will come back if I find something interesting.
Well, all those dead insects from the first collection never got to breed, so, yes, fewer insects later, and those would also be less attracted to the trap due to selection pressures.
However, there's definitely been a massive drop in insect populations across a lot of the world over the last 30 years.
However, there's definitely been a massive drop in insect populations across a lot of the world over the last 30 years.
And there's a reason for it.
It's because farmers and their providers of insectizides are still allowed to poison our crops, lands and nature.
In China workers are forced to pollinate their fruit trees with brushes because there were no insects left after years of poisoning going on. And tehy're not coming back.
We are literally about to make the same mistakes due to grief, profits and inhumanity.
@raimue that... or the flying insects got significantly more intelligent and learnt to avoid the trap. 🙀
@nils_ballmann @raimue nah... I don't think they got as smart as avoiding every windshield on th highway....
That is sad troubling news. Insects are the cornerstone of life.
I counted POLLINATION mentioned only twice in the whole thread, so here's a third time.
Pollination is a huge issue.
we've lost 75% in like 3 decades, it's crazy
but hey, no more bug splatter on my windshield
ich kenne noch die verklebten Windschutzscheiben, als wir 1985 zum Monsters of Rock fuhren. Alle 100 km einmal stehen bleiben, um die Windschutzscheiben zu reinigen ...
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I still remember the sticky windscreens when we drove to the Monsters of Rock in 1985. Stopping once every 100 km to clean the windscreen ...
I remember a cycling tour in the evening probably 30 years ago.
After that, a lot of flying insects have been found on my front.
Today I can't say, that there are much flying insects after a tour on my front.
And I think, I have more place available for collecting today.
@Fragarach yikes.. you really have no insects on the windshields? where is this, in Germany? I'm sure numbers are down here also (Alberta, Canada), but we certainly still have plenty to get all over the car...lol
I can see the decline of insects with my own eyes just walking around. 😔
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"Saumattomat kansainväliset junayhteydet" ja "Deutsche Bahn" samassa lauseessa voi kuulostaa vitsiltä, mutta kyse onkin lipunmyynnissä käyttöön otettavasta avoimesta standardista, jonka myötä DB yhtenäistää lipunmyyntinsä aluksi Itävallan ja Sveitsin valtionyhtiöiden ja sitten muidenkin rautatieyhtiöiden kanssa.
/ "Seamless international train travel" and "Deutsche Bahn" in the same sentence may sound like a joke, but this is about achieving integrated ticketing with other operators, albeit gradually.
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/ "Seamless international train travel" and "Deutsche Bahn" in the same sentence may sound like a joke, but this is about achieving integrated ticketing with other operators, albeit gradually.
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Europe wants seamless international train travel. Deutsche Bahn says it’s getting there
The EU is expected to propose legislation this year to make passenger rights to rebooking and reimbursement mandatory.Craig Saueurs (Euronews.com)
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Flixbus tilannut 65 suurnopeusjunaa
Flixbus/-train on tilannut 65 kpl 230 km/h nopeuteen kykeneviä junia. Ensimmäisessä vaiheessa niissä on varustus Ruotsin, Tanskan, Saksan, Alankomaiden ja Itävallan rataverkoille. Tuo tarkoittaa, että junalle tehdään kaikissa noissa maissa melko kalliit hyväksytyskoeajot, mitä ei siis tehdä turhan päiten. Odotettavissa siis Flixjuna Ruotsista Saksaan ja edelleen jonnekin – ehkä Alankomaihin? Jos ei suorana, niin hyvin todennäköisesti ainakin vaihdollisena yhteytenä.
65 junaa tarkoittaa kai noin 20-30 junalinjaa, riippuen siitä miten paljon nuo haluavat varakalustoa.
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Suora yhteys Tukholma-Wien olisi kiva (ja jatkossa toki Tallinna-Varsova-Berliini), vähän samaan malliin kuin Trenitalian valmistelema Napoli-Innsbruck-Berliini. Jos yhteys ei ole suora, vastaako Flixtrain vaihtojen toteutumisesta?
Jännästi nämä Talgo 230 -junat ovat samaa perhettä kuin DB:n 17-vaunuiset ICE L -junat, mutta Flixtrain ei sano vaunujen määrästä mitään - kauppahinnan perusteella voisi ehkä arvioida? Veturit hankitaan erikseen, ja voivat kuulemma olla samoja Siemens Vectroneita, joita Flixtrain muutenkin käyttää ja joilla myös ICE L:iä välillä vedetään - auttaa hyväksytyksissä? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE_L
Flixtrain toimii samalla tavalla kuin Flixbus. Olen tullut aika varmaksi siitä, että Flixbusin reittihaku sisältää minimivaihtoajan sekä 5 tai 6 tunnin maksimivaihtoajan. (En muista ulkoa, kumman. Ehkä 6?)
Haussa ei voi rajata, että haluaa matkan tapahtuvan pelkästään junalla, mutta toki alku- ja loppupisteen määrittäminen rautatieasemiksi ohjaa algoritmia pulauttamaan puhtaasti junia sisältävän reitin.
Kun pistän Flixbusin hakuun esim. Helsinki–Madrid, muodostuu muutaman vaihdon sisältävä reitti. Ja kyllä, jos Flixbus ei ennätä perua lippua ja antaa rahoja takaisin ennen kuin olen jo ehtinyt aloittaa matkan (tämähän tapahtuu useamman päivän ennen kulkupäivää), se on velvollinen järjestämään mut perille. Flixtrain ei varsinaisesti vastaa vaihtojen toteutumisesta, mutta se vastaa siitä, että pääset jonkinlaisella kulkupelillä määränpäähäsi suunnilleen luvatussa ajassa. Käytännössä se tarkoittaa, että junavaihdon on onnistuttava tai korvaukset maksettava, koska jos joutuu ensin odottamaan bussia ja sitten köröttelemään sen kyydissä, ei kyllä voi enää ehtiä ajoissa perille.
Joka tapauksessa sellaisesta omioilusta ei ole kyse, että Flixtrain väittäisi olevansa pelkä lippujen välittäjä eikä myyjä. Kun ostat yhden vaihdollisen Flixbus-reissun, siinä on hyvin yksiselitteisesti kyse yhdestä kuljetussopimuksesta, eikä Flixbus väitä mitään muuta. Sen suhteen asiat ovat siis hyvin.
Flixtrainilla on inha tapa perua junavuoroja päivän tai kaksi ennen junan lähtöä ja antaa rahat takaisin. Siinä sitten ihmettelet, että "mistähän hemmetistä nyt pieraisen järkihintaiset liput määränpäähäni?" Voit toki buukata vaikka seuraavaan Flixbus-/-train-yhteyteen, mutta toki sitten paljon korkeammalla hinnalla kuin mitä olit siitä etukäteen ostamastasi perutusta lipusta maksanut. Toivottavasti tuo vuorojen peruminen vähenee kun tulee nämä junat. Perumiseen vaikuttanee se, että Flixtrainilla on niin todella vähän kalustoa käytössään. Yksittäisiä vaunuja perutaan aika isostakin prosentista junia, jolloin esim. kuuden vaunun matkustajat saatetaan sulloa neljään vaunuun. Seisomapaikkaahan sellainen merkitsee sitten. Joskus olisi hauskaa kokea, mitä käy jos on ostanut lipun vaikkapa Lissabonista Leipzigiin niin, että viimeinen pätkä mennään junalla, ja juna sitten perutaan sen jälkeen kun on jo itse lähtenyt Lissabonista.
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Kiitos kokemusten jakamisesta! En ole matkustanut Flixtrainilla, ja kuulostaa ettei ehkä kannatakaan ennen kuin kuluttajansuoja paranee. Tai ainakin pitää varautua hankaluuksiin.
230 km/h ei ole oikeastaan vielä suurnopeusjuna. Siihen luokkaan luetaan 250 km/h ja yli nopeudet.
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In his series The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson highlights the tension between an unfolding environmental crisis and our obsession with 'curating' nature newscientist.com/article/mg266…
Captivating images expose a 'staged version' of nature
In his series The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson highlights the tension between an unfolding environmental crisis and our obsession with 'curating' natureAlison Flood (New Scientist)
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The joys of having a wild garden. I've lived here for more than 12 years, and in that time, the garden has gone from trimmed hedges, mowed down grass, and no flowers to an absolute abundance of life.
By my last count, I have observed over 800 species. I do not count most of the plants as they wouldn't be here if I hadn't planted or sown them.
The biggest breakthrough was when I put in a small pond.
Every year, I make small tweaks and improvements, such as adding rotting wood, piles of twigs and branches, stone dikes, clay cobs, and nesting boxes. This year, I think I'll try to clear a small area and mix in some sand to attract more ground-nesting bees and maybe put in another pond if I can find the space for it.
Is there an English equivalent to the Danish VildMedVilje (WildOnPurpose)?
#VildMedVilje #WildOnPurpose #Bloomscrolling #Biodiversity #Pollinators #PollinatorFriendly #Garden #NativePlants
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Thanks for sharing your garden photos. They are lovely! We call it #ReWilding.
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Ahh yeah, we have rewilding in Denmark as well, fortunately. The term is mostly used about larger areas where natural hydrology is restored, large herbivores are reintroduced, and human influence is kept to a minimum.
I can't quite claim that about my garden. It's more like a micromanaged pit stop, space is at a premium, so there is a lot of tampering going on 😁
I can't quite claim that about my garden. It's more like a micromanaged pit stop, space is at a premium, so there is a lot of tampering going on 😁
It's in there, I promise:D The first pond was 250 liters, but I quickly upgraded to 500 liters.
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Maria, I would like to learn more about your pond. How do you provide the H2O to keep it filled? I’m guessing that it started out as a hole dug into the soil around 12” (30cm) deep with a gravel base then a couple of rubberized material liners overlay the gravel and then held down with larger rocks and stones.
My reason for asking is I live in arid Wyoming, US and I am trying to make my property a sanctuary for birds. The pond idea would be great for my birds.
My reason for asking is I live in arid Wyoming, US and I am trying to make my property a sanctuary for birds. The pond idea would be great for my birds.
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Nothing quite so fancy I'm afraid. It's a second-hand moulded plastic basin. Max depth is 56 cm (22") with two plateaus. The birds only use the top plateau for bathing and drinking, depth is about 5 cm (2").
I mostly use rainwater from the gutter to fill it, if there is a rare drought, it gets the hose.
I haven't got any filtration, semi-aquatic and aquatic pond plants take care of most of the nutrients, I've planted tall plants for shade, and I'm fairly diligent in removing leaves and other debris to avoid eutrophication.
I mostly use rainwater from the gutter to fill it, if there is a rare drought, it gets the hose.
I haven't got any filtration, semi-aquatic and aquatic pond plants take care of most of the nutrients, I've planted tall plants for shade, and I'm fairly diligent in removing leaves and other debris to avoid eutrophication.
Thank you for this information. I now have an idea of how I can add a pond.
Youre welcome, I hope it works out well🙂
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lovely! We 've been observing #MaaiMeiNiet ("no mowing May") for several years now. Last three years we extended it to well into summer break. And I taught myself to scythe. Biodiversity is b(l)ooming here too.
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very cool. Do you see some of the species try to grow in your neighbour's gardens?
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The neighbours gardens, not so much. Their gardens are covered in lawn thatch, hardly anything can grow there, but the birds have been helpful, sowing Linaria and garlic mustard in every little spot of exposed dirt along the street and in the public parking lot. The butterflies and Bumblebees are loving it.
Gosh this is so lovely 🥰
I'm not sure it's exactly the same but rewilding would be similar, in english?
I'm not sure it's exactly the same but rewilding would be similar, in english?
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It someting along the lines of it, but with a small space like this, a hands off approach is not possible. And I haven't got room for large herbivores 😁
That's great. Have you kept a species list?
Not as such, but I sometimes draw a circle around my house on iNat when someone thinks my garden is a mess. Then I remember why my garden looks the way it does.
Ohhh, I sometimes wish I could start over, knowing what I know now. It would save me time and mistakes. On the other hand, I'd miss out on the pottering about and tinkering, and that really is, half the fun.
det ser dejligt ud.
Hvis jeg kigger væk fra min have et øjeblik, er det hele druknet i skalderkål, og det er der altså ikke meget biodiversitet i. Jeg bliver nødt til at tæmme den efter bedste beskub. Bare lidt i hvert fald.
Hvis jeg kigger væk fra min have et øjeblik, er det hele druknet i skalderkål, og det er der altså ikke meget biodiversitet i. Jeg bliver nødt til at tæmme den efter bedste beskub. Bare lidt i hvert fald.
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Skvalderkål har jeg også i bunkevis men jeg planter ret tæt og plukker skvalderkålen lidt ned når jeg ser dem. Haven er så lille så det er heldigvis overkommeligt at holde det nogenlunde nede. Men ja, på små arealer uden store græssere, der skal man lige hjælpe det lidt på vej.
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🚀 Voyager 1 isn’t done yet — not even close 🧠🔧📡
NASA just pulled off another miracle save:
🛰️ The spacecraft’s primary roll thrusters, offline since 2004, were believed permanently dead
🧯 With backup thrusters at risk of failure, JPL engineers gambled on a high-stakes heater reset
🔥 If wrong, it could’ve caused a small onboard explosion
📡 If right, it would restore control — 15.6 billion miles from Earth
They were right. The thrusters fired. Voyager 1 can still hold its course.
This wasn’t a reboot. It was old-school problem-solving, deep systems knowledge, and the audacity to trust an idea that might just work.
The most distant human object is still flying — because a team believed it could.
#Voyager1 #NASA #Space #Engineering #Resilience #DeepSpace
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: Failure could've triggered a small explosionBrandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
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this is how software should be build.
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In 2024 the techniques used to fix hardware failure: “a critical breakthrough in March offered a glimmer of hope. By transmitting a carefully crafted “poke” command, engineers were able to elicit a response from Voyager 1 in the form of a memory readout. This readout acts as a digital snapshot of the FDS’s internal state, potentially holding the key to diagnosing the problem. By meticulously comparing it to an earlier readout from before the malfunction, engineers hope to pinpoint the exact nature of the glitch.
Early signs suggest a corrupted memory unit might be the culprit. This would explain the garbled data transmissions received since November.
Joseph Westlake, director of NASA’s heliophysics division, believes a software workaround could be the answer. The plan involves a delicate maneuver – shifting a few hundred “words” (each word being two bytes) of software within the flight computer’s memory. This intricate operation, akin to brain surgery on a machine millions of miles away, would effectively bypass the corrupted memory section.”
NASA’s Promising Path to Overcoming Voyager 1 Computer Hurdles | NASA Space News
NASA is tackling Voyager 1's computer challenges with innovative solutions, leveraging AI and software updates to ensure its continued success in interstellar exploration. The silence from the far reaches of the solar system has been deafening.nasaspacenews (Jegtheme)
Awesome
Ancient, tho😁
I think there are those at the museums and under the earth and beyond it and voyager that may take umbrage at this
Ancient, tho😁
I think there are those at the museums and under the earth and beyond it and voyager that may take umbrage at this
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Should we call it legacy or historic ? x)
I am so inspired by everything about the voyager.
And what the team constantly pulls off is stuff worthy of movies, simply legendary.
And what the team constantly pulls off is stuff worthy of movies, simply legendary.
I'm sure DOGE could have done this for half the budget using AI /s
@Niall Indeed: if Musk had been around in the 1970’s, the Voyagers would be at Alpha Centauri by now!
Anyway, why would you need to send out probes when you can just ask Grok what’s out there?
The ingenuity that goes into keeping an aging, unfathomably distant, spacecraft running decades past its projected lifespan is awe-inspiring.
Meanwhile, here on planet Earth, people are advised to scrap millions of high-powered, perfectly serviceable PCs — all based on the whims of a software company that elevates profit above people and the environment.
Voyager 1 is proof that it doesn't have to be this way.
Of course it is not done. Everyone who watched the documentary "Star Trek" knows, that V'ger will live quite some time into the future.
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Nukuin vähän huonosti. Heräsin aikaisin enkä saanut unta, kun mietin eilistä työhaastattelua. Tänä aamuna viherhuoneessa tuoksuu kuitenkin appelsiininkukka ja edamamekin itää, vaikka olin jo vähän menettämässä toivoni niiden suhteen. 😀
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Oi, ihana ajatus että kotona tuoksuisi appelsiininkukka! Onko sun appelsiinipuu siemenestä kasvatettu vai ostettu?
Se on lahjaksi saatu valmiiksi puun muotoisena. Mutta tekee säännöllistä pieniä kirsikkatomaatin kokoisia kirpsakoita appelsiineja.
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Ohhh, you should see it's face then, hang on, I've got a picture somewhere. Nothing but woolly fluff
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oh my dog it’s like a little teddy bear!! 
I wonder how well it can see through there 👀
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This can't be real!!! Looks like someone did a DIY moth using felt and wire. Absolutely adorable creature. 😮😍
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a little sheep! 😍 So cute!
I found a dying female once and brought her home, where she laid some eggs. One of them survived past mini caterpillar stage and then it made a cocoon - I forgot about it in my office until one morning there was a horrible stench, and I was privileged to watch a moth emerge from the cocoon.
From an egg the size of a grain of salt to a weird spiky caterpillar that eats lots of leaves to a moth - nature is amazing!
Beautiful photo by the way.
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very beautiful!
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Some music for your Friday! The Finnish prog/indie/poprock group Pennies by the Pound just released a song from their upcoming album. Honoured to be a part of this marvellous tune as a background vocalist. Recorded and produced in Oxfordshire by Mark Gardener.
Sama suomeksi, musiikkia perjantaihin! Pennies by the Pound julkaisi ekan kipaleen tulevalta levyltään. Oli ilo olla mukana taustalaulajana, varsinkin kun se oli hyvä tilaisuus päästä äänitysreissulle Oxfordshireen! Tuotanto & äänitys Mark Gardener.
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#finnishmusic #musiikki #indie #poprock #progrock #suomiproge #penniesbythepound
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Onnittelut bändille! Biisi kuulostaa kiinnostavalta 👍
Mikä on kappaleen nimi? Kuuntelen mieluummin suoraan Spotifysta.
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#elokuvat #scifi #Viro #VirolaisetElokuvat
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"Työtä etsivän naisen eteen ilmaantuu otus, jonka suuvärkki kiemurtelee limaisena kuin se olisi peniksiä täynnä. Mörisevä kummajainen, Kri-in-Poulsen, on ratkaisukeskeinen.
Se tarjoaa virolaisnaiselle koe-eläimen työtä, joka on paljon rahakkaampaa kuin suomalaisten antamat urakat.
Naista leikataan osiin, mutta touhu on hänestä vain mukavaa.
Silti andromedalaiset käyttäytyvät jopa typerämmin kuin suomalaiset, nainen hymähtelee.
Virolainen tieteiselokuva The Black Hole on omalaatuinen yhdistelmä arkirealismia ja ihmeellistä, kuin E.T. duunareille.
Ohjaaja-käsikirjoittaja Moonika Siimets on muokannut virolaiskirjailijoiden Armin Kõomägin ja Andrus Kivirähkin novelleista episodielokuvan.
Hän ei yritä lajityypilliseen tapaan loksautella palapelimäisesti yhteen eri ihmisten kohtaloita. Ennemmin Siimets luo oman kuvallis-äänellisen maailmansa, jossa kaikki on rauhallisella tavalla outoa."
Riemastuttavan avaruusolennon tarjous: Viipaloin sinut, mutta maksan paremmin kuin suomalaiset
Ohjaaja Moonika Siimets onnistuu yhdistämään outouden ja tavallisuuden. Episodielokuvan tarinoissa haetaan lohtua yksinäisyyteen.Tero Kartastenpää (Helsingin Sanomat)
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ÖBB:ltä ostettu matka voi olla vajaa
ÖBB:llä on yleisesti outo tapa sekä näyttää hintoja, jotka eivät kata koko matkaa, että yhteyksiä, jotka eivät ole kokonaisuudessaan saatavissa. Mutta tällä kertaa oli vielä oudompaa: Kolmen junan yhteyden Wien-Krakow-Warszawa-Białystok lisätiedoissa (ks. kuva) näkyy, että myös junassa Krakow-Warszawa on pakollinen paikkavaraus, mutta ÖBB myi varaukset vain ensimmäiseen ja viimeiseen junaan.
Onneksi on puhelimessa myös tsekkiläinen Muj vlak, sieltä saa ostettua puolalaisiin juniin paikkavarauksia (13,80€ EIP-juniin).
Wien-Krakow-junan ensimmäinen luokka on muuten sveitsiläisessä vaunussa.
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Pakollinen paikkavaraus joka pitää ostaa erikseen on kyllä erikoinen konsepti. Toki varmaan teknististä syistä mutta pohjoismaissa on tottunut siihen ettei tartte miettiä paikkavarausta ollenkaan.
Joo, rajapintaintegraatioista on tässä kyse, ja ne ovat tahdosta ja tekniikan mahdollisuuksista riippuvaisia. Kännykkään ja nettipalveluihin ei kannata suhtautua ihan herran sanana 😁
Onpas korea junavaunu tosiaan.
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Harmi jos rajapinnat eivät toimi, kun nettipalvelut kuitenkin tänä päivänä ovat ensisijainen tapa järkätä kaukoliikenteen junamatkoja. Tässä Flix vetää pidemmän korren, rajanylityksistä ja operaattoreista huolimatta kaikki matkat etsitään, ostetaan ja maksetaan samalla johdonmukaisella ja luotettavalla tavalla. Kaikessa muussa sitten taitaakin olla sanomista.
Löysin jotain aiempia kokemuksia, joiden mukaan ainakin joskus DB:ltä on saanut EIP-juniin paikkavarauksen, joka on ollut vajaa eli ei ole sisältänyt EIP-junien vaatimaa 10€ lisämaksua. Ehkä DB ja ÖBB ovat sitten todenneet, että selkeämpi olla myymättä paikkavarausta lainkaan (ja olla varoittamatta asiakasta muuten kuin lisätiedoissa!).
ÖBB:n puolesta voin sanoa, että paikkavaraus on usein pakollinen jos jokin yhteys on usein niin täynnä ihmisiä, ettei junaan ihan oikeasti mahdu ja joutuvat heittämään porukkaa jopa pihalle.
Monella on itävallassa "Klima-ticket" jonka avulla voi matkustaa vuoden aikana vapaasti junilla, mutta paikka pitää ostaa erikseen jos haluaa, joten monet eivät osta paikkaa ja joko löytävät vapaan istumapaikan tai sitten seisovat. Pakollisella istumapaikalla valvotaan, että juna ei ole aivan liian täynnä.
Olen aikoinaan monesti varannut paikan, mutten päässyt istumaan kun juna oli aivan täynnä ihmisiä ja etuoven kohdalla oli jo jumi.
Ei ole onneksi tapahtunut pitkään aikaan. Pienemmillä reiteillä ei tarvitse varata paikkaa, mutta suosittelen jos on pitkä matka edessä ;)
Eilen muuten näkyi puolalaisella PKP Intercityllä äkkilähtötarjous, että 06:10 lähtevällä junalla olisi saanut saman matkan 1. luokassa hintaan 76€ - ei hinnalla pilattu. Ennenkin olen törmännyt näihin 2. luokkaa halvempiin 1. luokan matkoihin, ainakin Ruotsissa SJ:n yöjunassa sis. aamiaisbuffetin perillä Grand Hotel Lundissa.
jo vuonna 2009, kun ekan kerran 20 vuoteen matkustin junalla Ranskaan ja ostin yksittäiset liput, huomasin että joillakin Saksaan päättyvillä/sieltä alkavilla osuuksilla ykkösluokka oli edullisempi, koska kakkosluokan halvimmat liput oli jo ehditty myydä mut ykkösluokassa niitä vielä oli. Sama ilmiö varmaan edelleen aina siellä täällä.
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Voisi ehkä jopa sanoa, että dynaaminen hinnoittelu on pilannut 1. luokan: mitä luokkayhteiskuntaa siinä enää on, jos halvan äkkilähdön ostajat tulevat täyttämään vaunuosaston, jossa matkustamisesta varakkaat ovat maksaneet ekstraa juurikin ajatellen, ettei se tule täyteen rahvasta 😉
DB tekee kans sitä, että näyttää vain osan reitistä, mutta siinä lukee melko selkeästi "hinta koskee vain osaa matkasta" ja sitten matkan valitsemalla näkee heti ensimmäisellä avautuvalla sivulla, mille välille lippu oikeasti on. Ja yleensä se puuttuva osuus on tosi lyhyt ja halvalla hankittavissa.
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Etelänavan merijään anomalia
Törmäsin toisaalla juttuun etelämantereen merijään massan kasvusta.
Koska tuollainen juttu luonnollisesti nostettiin esiin yksipuolisesti ilmastoskeptikkolehdissä jotka saavat rahansa pöyristyviltä konservatiiveilta, hain
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Samalla kun merijään peittävyys antarktikalla on vähentynyt entisestään, 2021-2023 massa kasvoi. GRACE-data näyttää siltä että aika vähäisen, SMB näyttää että paljonkin. Jutussa arvioitiin että massan kasvu johtui kasvaneista lumisademääristä.
Tuleva data näyttää miten tämä kehitys jatkuu, mutta pessimisti minussa sovittaisi lyhyelle aikavälille laskevan suoran tuohon GRACE-dataan ja ennustaisin tulevan sen perusteella.
Minua viisaammat asiantuntijat osaavat kommentoida lisää, lopetan tähän lyhyen anti-huuhaa-tietoiskun.
Strong impact of the rare three-year La Niña event on Antarctic surface climate changes in 2021–2023 - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Strong impact of the rare three-year La Niña event on Antarctic surface climate changes in 2021–2023Nature
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@Kaisa Ranta Heips, hauska nähdä sut täällä!!
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Kiitos! Korviketoimintaa, kun pitäisi puuhata ihan muuta, mutta sainpa nyt edistettyä tätäkin asiaa 😁 Menee varmaan kyllä muutama päivä, että opettelen käyttämään tätä jotenkin järkevästi
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Kovin hiljaista täällä vielä on, ja niukasti tuttuja. Mutta sellainen ryhmä on jo perustettu kuin !Kääntäjät Suomi-Finland - sitäkään ei vielä ole mainostettu missään, eli siksi siellä ei ole toistaiseksi tapahtunut mitään.
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Après des décennies de protection, les tortues marines vont (un peu) mieux
Après des décennies de protection, les tortues marines vont (un peu) mieux
Si les tortues marines restent menacées, une nouvelle étude montre que les efforts de conservation portent leurs fruits dans de nombreuses régions et pour la majorité des espèces.France Culture
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@Maata pitkin matkustavat Stern-lehti on listannut Saksan huonoimmat rautatieasemat.
Im Westen nicht die Besten: Das sind die schlechtesten Bahnhöfe Deutschlands
https://www.stern.de/reise/deutschlands-bahnhoefe--das-sind-schlechtesten-11-im-land-35105198.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypubGepostet in Reise @reise-Stern_Digital
Im Westen nicht die Besten: Das sind die schlechtesten Bahnhöfe Deutschlands
Welcher Bahnhof ist gut, welcher nicht? Das Buchungsportal Omio hat die passagierfreundlichsten Bahnhöfe gekürt. Hier sehen Sie die zehn schlechtesten.Niels Kruse (STERN.de)
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@Camilla Wide Grattis på namndagen, hyvää nimipäivää! 💐
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Tanskalaiset saivat Teslasta tarpeekseen – Elon Musk aiheutti asiakkaiden joukkopaon
Verkkokaupan analyytikko: ”He eivät halua omistaa mitään mikä liittyy Elon Muskiin”.Juha Salonen (Tivi)
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Suojaosan palauttaminen työttömyyspäivärahaan ja asumistukeen -kansalaisaloite
Tämä on tärkeä kansalaisaloite, käykää kannattamassa jos voitte!
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Can anyone explain or have tips on how the fast trains work in #Europe ?
I'm thinking France, maybe north Italy Germany and Netherlands.
We tried circles around Paris milan zuric Munich then Amsterdam but the routing seems off.
Australia has crap trains so it's very confusing
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Mark Smith's website seat61.com has excellent in-depth advice for train travel in and between European countries.
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@titia Wow seat61.com has a *lot* of information about the European train system, thanks!
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Seen on Mastodon: an excellent list of mistaken beliefs that create problems for translators even beyond the software localisation industry. Falsehoods about languages
#translation #TranslationProblems
#translation #TranslationProblems
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Many things said.with regard to.english are aplicable tonother languages as well. And even the way sentences, questions and quotations are marked, differ by language. Almost every language has untranslatable words. With coulors and numbers, different languages have different shemes to name them.
Generally technology tend to be western European centric. It underestimates the complexity and variety within humanity.
There are languages,.where a word can be a full sentence. And so on.
It doesn't end with left running or right running also top down or vice versa and combinations.
Whilst one language by country works most of the time, but there are countries with multiple languages, who are equal to each other.
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Yes to all this, except that monolingual countries are the exception, I believe, and the majority of the world's population actually lives in multilingual environments.
Even here in Finland, with just 5 million people, we have three national languages, and several smaller linguistic communities in addition.
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