Random thought - maybe re-prioritising the allocation of public space isn’t increasing “division” of society, but it’s just making pre-existing division between privileged vs. non-privileged groups more obvious - and the previously privileged don’t like it?
I just thought your framing was odd, that’s all.
The doomerism comment was in regards to comparisons of other places performing better than Germany when in many cases they aren’t. Again Heidelberg was highlighted as a positive example. I understand your anger and frustrations about air pollution, I share them!
I don’t have a negative Image of you,I just don’t agree with this one aspect of some of your posts.I do generally appreciate your work,but I also think it’s okay to point something out when you don’t agree with it on a public forum.I don’t mean to sound dismissive but my post really wasn’t that deep
I mean, bluesky activity is still activity no? It’s a forum for which you are sharing your content and ideas. It might also be the only place somebody interacts with or sees your work.
That weren’t representative of my personal experience.
I do listen to your podcast! Haven’t read the book yet but it’s on the list. I do think it’s “ fair” to comment on a subset of posts on a public facing social media network. I’m not casting any moral judgment, just pointing out some comments that I didn’t really agree with
I say this as someone who is far from a German patriot and whose head will explode if I hear „we can't do that here, we aren't the Netherlands.“ But I feel like sometimes your posts about Germany can veer into the realm of the misleading and aren't really representative of what's actually going on.
Don’t get me wrong I am a fan of a lot of your work, but sometimes I feel like you lean into a certain German doomerism when praising other places ( sometimes places where I’ve personally lived) that are objectively doing worse job on active transportation/ public transit
„The report, shared exclusively with the Guardian, looked at air quality in cities in the C40 and Breathe Cities networks – mostly large cities, but also some smaller ones such as Heidelberg in Germany – and found “substantial reductions” can be achieved within 15 years through deliberate action.“
San Francisco's modal split has around 60% of all trips made by car. Compare that to Frankfurt (a city not particularly lauded for being a car-free paradise) which sits around 20%; that is an absolutely massive difference. The article itself also mentioned Germany positively—
I don't really understand your singling out Germany here. While Germany's current transportation policies are making me tear my hair out, on a city level we do fairly well, especially when compared to cities like San Francisco.
For the people who try to say Canadians and Americans have the same culture
Maybe just maybe neglecting Ukraine wasn’t such a good idea
Bin mal gespannt wann unsere super-strategen checken dass mit einem steigenden Ölpreis
1) Putin wieder mehr verdient
2) Deutschlands industrie höhere Energiekosten hat
3) Gasspeicher leer-laufen lassen mit 1 und 2 zusammen katastrophal ist
When your energy prices go up this year thank your local CDU politicians!
Lovely to see how fast the energy plans from the CDU have shown themselves to be not only idiotic but completely irresponsible and a national security risk. What an embarrassment
I’m holding onto the slim hope that eventually the industry wakes up to the economic suicide and gets their lackeys in the CDU to change course
I mean, the gas turbines that they want for their plans aren’t even available for purchase in the amounts they need; the waitlist is over 5 years long and every manufacturer is booked up!
It’s been quite soul crushing, hasn’t it.
In a world where our gas suppliers have become extremely unreliable, and renewables + battery has become the clear front runner for plentiful and affordable energy, our government has doubled down on gas dependency.
Katharine Reiche enters the room
✨more gas actually✨
Das musste sein. Die #heuteshow ist online: https://kurz.zdf.de/hs2604b/
Hey asshole! I’m mad about all of it! we should all be fucking furious about all of it. They are fucking killing people. Where’s the goddamn distraction in that for Christ’s sake
It’s crazy how often people will pull out the it’s just a distraction when the neighboring war mongering country home to the most powerful military in the world is threatening your sovereignty as a distraction to whatever other scandal they just cooked up.
Why can’t people walk and chew bubblegum at the same time. What’s so hard about “ all of these actions by this awful government are individually terrible and I will consider them all when judging them”
So far all I’ve seen has been the big players beg for protectionism and stymie any sort of effort to make the necessary changes to modernize. The next couple decades are going to be very interesting
German industry has rested on its laurels for far too long, and now China has come and is taking our lunch money. I’m interested to see if the added pressure will spur some innovation and competition, breathing some life back into German industry
I feel like the was true, but not anymore. Not that Germany isn’t still an industrial powerhouse, but many of its core industries have failed to adapt and are now being left behind. Just look at the embarrassment that’s been the auto industry’s response to EVs.
Except classical musicians (Germany’s actually still one of the best places for that).Which, now that I think of it, is a pretty good metaphor for where the country is at.Just playing the same old songs over and over; no need for anything new, we already know what’s best. It’s what we’ve always done
