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Milliarden für neue Infrastruktur. Kaum gebaut, kommen die Erhaltungskosten. Aber die Budgets des Haushalts bleiben knapp – und Ministerien müssen Löcher stopfen statt Schienen legen. #Sondervermögen, durch Instandhaltung gedacht. tante.cc/2025/03/1…
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On luring people away from 2G: Vietnam’s plan was simple: Offer free 4G feature phones to help low-income 2G consumers adapt to the change. Updating #infrastructure, a struggle. It includes many tiny elements, e.g. sensors. restofworld.org/2025/shut…
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Only #Merz could go to #Schuldenbremse, und die #Grünen konnten diese Investitionen nur aus der Opposition heraus durchsetzen. Parlamentarismus, so kann es kommen
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#Haraway and #Barad, sure, they motivate #stshub2025. But I hear a lot of #LeGuin, the accessible carrier bag. It carries quite far, this vast sack, this belly of the universe, this womb of things to be and tomb of things that were. Not trumping “diffraction”—but it’s less freighting?
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#stshub2025 as a political space for new platforms. For us, and beyond. Darkness, yet… Engaging discussion after the first plenary To be continued at the #stsing event, to be continued here (#Mastodon, perhaps #Bluesky)
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Time for #stshub. From dust to dawn, air pollution to fog, Ho-Chi Minh City to #Berlin. #sts #streetphotography
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Live aus der Kanzlerstadt, #Arnsberg. Sauerland, ein Herz brennt für das #streetphotography
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#MMT has hammered down two money printing lessons. One, states with an independent central bank issue their own currency, with a click. Two, private banks give credits by typing a number into a spreadsheet. A third: Companies offering stocks. Click, money printed—when their marketing hype holds. #AI