Safety Car driver Bernd Maylander is Tom Clarkson’s guest on this week’s Beyond The Grid podcast.
The McLaren star has already shown potential for Grand Prix wins despite only starting one race this season.
Reigning F1 ACADEMY champion Doriane Pin tells F1.com about how she is finding her new role as a Mercedes Development Driver and what the year ahead holds as she continues to work towards her dream of reaching Formula 1.
Allbirds made a surprise announcement this morning: it's pivoting from sustainable shoes to AI compute infrastructure, rebranding as NewBird AI after selling its brand assets and closing its U.S. full-price stores. The move sent shares soaring more than 700%. CNBC reports: The move boosted shares of the miniscule market cap company -- it was valued at about $21 million at Tuesday's close -- by more than 700%. The shares, which were under $3 a day ago, jumped to above $17. [...] The new company, which expects to be called NewBird AI, announced a deal to raise up to $50 million in funding, expected to close in the second quarter of 2026. Allbirds announced a deal with American Exchange Group to sell its intellectual property and other assets for $39 million last month. "The Company will initially seek to acquire high-performance, low-latency AI compute hardware and provide access under long-term lease arrangements, meeting customer demand that spot markets and hyperscalers are unable to reliably service," the company said in the announcement.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Rivian is joining with Redwood Materials to reuse EV batteries for energy storage -- the largest repurposed-battery energy storage system for an automotive manufacturer in the U.S., executives told The Wall Street Journal. Redwood Materials is a battery-recycling firm started by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel. Once completed later this year, Rivian's plant in Normal, Ill., will draw electricity from more than 100 Rivian EV batteries in an area the size of a small parking lot. It will reduce Rivian's dependence on the power grid during peak demand hours. "It saves Rivian money on what it takes to run the plant. It reduces the demand on the grid, which is great," Rivian Chief Executive Officer RJ Scaringe said in an interview.
In the Rivian project, the batteries will come from either its test vehicles or from vehicles that have viable batteries but can no longer drive. Those batteries get sent off to Redwood, which integrates them into power storage units. Both companies declined to specify the cost of this project. The setup is expected to initially provide 10 megawatt-hours of energy, equivalent to about 1,000 home-energy battery storage units linked together, Redwood's Straubel said. "These batteries are already built," he said. "We need to integrate them and connect them together, but that can happen quite fast. They don't have to get imported from some other place." [...] Scaringe said that while branching into battery energy storage systems is "not a focus for us as a business right now," Rivian hopes to do more at its sites with Redwood. "There's hopefully a lot more, and there's going to be a lot of batteries we'll have access to," he said.
In the Rivian project, the batteries will come from either its test vehicles or from vehicles that have viable batteries but can no longer drive. Those batteries get sent off to Redwood, which integrates them into power storage units. Both companies declined to specify the cost of this project. The setup is expected to initially provide 10 megawatt-hours of energy, equivalent to about 1,000 home-energy battery storage units linked together, Redwood's Straubel said. "These batteries are already built," he said. "We need to integrate them and connect them together, but that can happen quite fast. They don't have to get imported from some other place." [...] Scaringe said that while branching into battery energy storage systems is "not a focus for us as a business right now," Rivian hopes to do more at its sites with Redwood. "There's hopefully a lot more, and there's going to be a lot of batteries we'll have access to," he said.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
A 63-year-old man in Norway appears to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, who turned out to have a rare mutation that makes immune cells resistant to HIV. "Four years after the transplant, and two years after the man stopped antiretroviral therapy, he still appears to be free of the infection," reports Gizmodo. From the report: According to the report, the man was first diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of cancer that weakens blood cell production from bone marrow, in 2018. Though he seemed to initially respond to treatment, the cancer returned after two years, and doctors decided to perform a stem cell transplant. Because the man also had HIV (diagnosed in 2006), the doctors were hoping to treat both conditions at once, though they knew their chances were low. Most of these cases have involved the use of stem cells taken from people with two copies of a particular mutation in their CCR5 gene, which regulates the CC5R receptor on white blood cells. This mutation, named CCR5-delta 32, makes immune cells naturally resistant to infection from strains of HIV-1 (the most common type of the virus). However, only about 1% of the population carries two copies of the mutation.
After initial screening failed to find someone who both possessed the mutation and had compatible bone marrow, the doctors decided to move ahead with the man's brother, who was already known to have compatible bone marrow. But to everyone's surprise, testing on the day of the transplant showed that the brother also had the mutation. Though the man did experience some complications from the procedure, his body successfully started to produce new blood cells with the mutation. The doctors decided to take him off antiretroviral medication two years after the transplant. And in the two years since then, regular follow-up tests have failed to show any signs of the virus in his system. [...] According to AFP, there have only been roughly 10 cases worldwide involving an HIV cure through stem cell transplantation. This is the first to involve a family donor.
After initial screening failed to find someone who both possessed the mutation and had compatible bone marrow, the doctors decided to move ahead with the man's brother, who was already known to have compatible bone marrow. But to everyone's surprise, testing on the day of the transplant showed that the brother also had the mutation. Though the man did experience some complications from the procedure, his body successfully started to produce new blood cells with the mutation. The doctors decided to take him off antiretroviral medication two years after the transplant. And in the two years since then, regular follow-up tests have failed to show any signs of the virus in his system. [...] According to AFP, there have only been roughly 10 cases worldwide involving an HIV cure through stem cell transplantation. This is the first to involve a family donor.
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⚽ Champions League news; 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 1-0)
⚽ Bayern v Real Madrid – updates | Live scores | Mail Simon
Hello world! This is Arsenal’s 12th Champions League game of the season, and they’ve won 10 and drawn one of the previous 11. Europe is their happy place, and this the only competition in which they’ve played and not lost over the last month, in which time they’ve been dumped out of the FA Cup by Southampton, lost a League Cup final to Manchester City, been turned over at home by Bournemouth and generally allowed the wheels to come very much and emphatically off. Tonight, nursing a 1-0 lead from the first leg, they can and indeed need to give themselves a much-needed morale boost ahead of Sunday’s Premier League enormoclash at the Etihad.
A few happy omens for Arsenal:
The record of English clubs in two-legged Champions League ties against Portuguese opponents is jolly good – 10 wins on the spin since Benfica upset Liverpool in 2005-06.
The record of English clubs in Champions League or European Cup quarter-finals against Portuguese opponents is even better: played nine, won nine.
Sporting haven’t won a competitive match in England in 10 attempts since they beat Middlesbrough 3-2 in the 2004-05 Uefa Cup.
Thinking about football these days.
There was a dramatic pause when Mikel Arteta was asked what he wants from the Arsenal supporters against Sporting on Wednesday evening in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
After his attempts to rouse them before the early kick-off against Bournemouth at the weekend by telling them to “bring your lunch” backfired spectacularly with a costly home defeat that ended with some fans booing the Premier League leaders off the pitch, this time the message was more considered.
Continue reading...⚽ Champions League news; 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 2-1)
⚽ Arsenal v Sporting – updates | Live scores | Mail Michael
It doesn’t get a lot bigger or better than this. The outright favourites this season (Bayern) against the most successful European side of all time (Real). A mouthwatering quarter-final between two gigantic behemoths to see who will face the reigning champions (PSG) in the semi-final. Double woof.
The quarter-finals might just be the best part of the Champions League – close enough to the final to get excited of glory but far enough from the tournament climax to still have any number of unknowns and permutations, the games come thick and fast (you can also follow Arsenal v Sporting tonight right here) and there is just a solitary goal separating Bayern and Real Madrid in this tie, with the Germans earning a 2-1 first-leg victory last week at the Bernabéu. Yes, it was a stunning result for Vincent Kompany’s side but Bayern might be frustrated their advantage is not bigger. One thing is for sure, you never, ever count out Real Madrid in this competition.
It seems like they’re going to win the Bundesliga, which obviously hurts me considering my brother is at Dortmund, and I was a player there,” Bellingham replied. “Again, it depends on what he does with England, and hopefully, we can try and stop them from winning the Champions League tomorrow, which will obviously have a big effect.
He’s a sensational player. It’s a pleasure to play with him with the national team. I think he’s amazing. He’s showing everyone the last two or three years he’s reached a level where he’s almost perfected his craft in terms of what he can do as a striker.”
Continue reading...‘Palestine’s Mandela’ suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer says
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is at immediate risk in Israeli jails, where he has been attacked three times in as many weeks, including in one assault last month where prison guards set a dog on the 66-year-old, his lawyer has said.
Barghouti is often called Palestine’s Nelson Mandela. He is respected across otherwise feuding Palestinian factions, has broad popular support across occupied Palestine, repeatedly engaged with Israeli officials before his detention and long backed a two-state solution.
Continue reading...UK chancellor tells US audience she is ‘not convinced that this conflict has made the world a safer place’
Rachel Reeves has stepped up her criticism of Donald Trump’s war on Iran, describing it as a “mistake” that has destabilised the global economy and damaged living standards around the world.
In a marked fraying of the transatlantic relationship, the UK chancellor said Trump breaking off from diplomatic talks with Iran and launching airstrikes had not made the world a safer place.
Continue reading...De opmars van AI zorgt bij veel werknemers voor groeiende onzekerheid, vooral in functies die relatief eenvoudig te automatiseren zijn. Wat jarenlang werd gezien als een toekomstscenario, wordt nu zichtbaar in de praktijk: technologie verandert in rap tempo de werkvloer.
Vooral bij banken, verzekeraars en in de reclamewereld is die impact merkbaar. Bedrijven werken efficiënter met minder mensen, waardoor functies verdwijnen. Vakbonden luiden de noodklok en wijzen op het tempo waarin deze veranderingen plaatsvinden.
Bij reclamebureau Ambassadors is die ontwikkeling al duidelijk zichtbaar. "Een paar jaar terug hadden we zo’n 120 mensen in dienst, dat zijn er nu nog 65″, zegt Diederik Veelo, Chief Innovation Officer. Volgens hem komt dat deels door veranderingen in de markt, maar speelt AI ook een belangrijke rol.
Die trend beperkt zich niet tot de creatieve sector. Ook in de financiële dienstverlening verdwijnen banen. Vakbondsbestuurder Erik Maas ziet hoe banken en verzekeraars grootschalig reorganiseren. Instellingen als ABN AMRO, ING en Achmea schrappen duizenden functies.
Uit een enquête onder werknemers blijkt dat de zorgen groot zijn: meer dan 60 procent vreest voor de toekomst van hun baan. "Een kwart verwacht over drie jaar helemaal niet meer te werken in de financiële dienstverlening in Nederland. Dat zijn best heftige cijfers.”
Met name beroepen waarin taal centraal staat, lopen een verhoogd risico. Denk aan vertalers, klantenservicemedewerkers, schrijvers en telefonisten. AI-systemen kunnen steeds beter communiceren, analyseren en produceren, waardoor deze functies onder druk staan.
Investeren in AI-geletterdheid
Toch ligt volgens Maas de oplossing niet in het tegenhouden van technologie, maar in voorbereiding. "Daarom roep ik werkgevers op om te investeren in AI-geletterdheid bij werknemers. Ga met ons als vakbond in overleg en kijk samen met ons en de werknemers naar wat er nodig is aan opleidingen.” Hij benadrukt dat bedrijven tijdig moeten handelen: "Ga niet pas met ons in gesprek over een sociaal plan bij een ontslagronde als het bijna te laat is.”
AI-ondernemer Jim Stolze deelt die zorg. Hij ziet hoe snel ontwikkelingen gaan en verwijst naar internationale onderzoeken. "Daar wordt gewaarschuwd voor 11 procent werkloosheid. Die mensen zullen niet mee kunnen in de vernieuwing.”
Toch blijft hij optimistisch over de lange termijn. "Ik denk dat AI een productiviteitsboost en daarmee ook een welvaartsboost tot gevolg gaat hebben. Werk zal niet verdwijnen, maar je rol gaat veranderen.” Zo verwacht hij dat een accountant minder tijd kwijt is aan invoerwerk en zich juist meer kan richten op advies.
Bron: Metro
Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 15-04-2026 19:15 CEST
In één oogopslag:
• 15.6°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 9.9°C / Max 20.2°C | Kans op neerslag 6%
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 9.9°C, Max 20.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1018.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 192°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 20:00: 15.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 24%, 🧭 1017.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 230°
• 21:00: 14.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1018.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 198°
• 22:00: 14.3°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 17%, 🧭 1018.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 171°
• 23:00: 14.2°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 14%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 175°
• 00:00: 14.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 17%, 🧭 1018.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 211°
• 01:00: 13.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 23%, 🧭 1018.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 225°
• 02:00: 13.1°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 25%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 241°
• 03:00: 12.5°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 18%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 239°
• 04:00: 11.7°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1018.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 231°
• 05:00: 11.2°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, 🧭 1019.0 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 235°
• 06:00: 10.9°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, 🧭 1019.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 238°
• 07:00: 10.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 236°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• donderdag 16 april: Min 10.6°C, Max 17.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1020.3 hPa ↗️ +2.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 246°
• vrijdag 17 april: Min 13.4°C, Max 19.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1021.4 hPa ↗️ +1.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 191°
• zaterdag 18 april: Min 8.8°C, Max 16.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 13%, 🧭 1021.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.6 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: → 271°
• zondag 19 april: Min 7.2°C, Max 13.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 13%, 🧭 1024.0 hPa ↗️ +2.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.0 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↓ 338°
• maandag 20 april: Min 6.1°C, Max 11.3°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1025.3 hPa ↗️ +1.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.8 km/u (5.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 351°
• dinsdag 21 april: Min 6.1°C, Max 11.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1023.7 hPa ↘️ -1.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.1 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↓ 16°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 15.6°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 12.8°C (-2.8°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: → 251°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 34.6 km/h (9.6 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 73%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1017.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 18.3 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.1
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:45 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 20:39
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 63 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 8.5 μg/m³
• PM10: 12.3 μg/m³
Gegevens geleverd door Open-Meteo
#Rotterdam #Meteo #MeteoBot #MeteoNetherlands #OpenMeteo #FediMeteo
In één oogopslag:
• 15.6°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 9.9°C / Max 20.2°C | Kans op neerslag 6%
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 9.9°C, Max 20.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1018.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 192°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 20:00: 15.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 24%, 🧭 1017.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 230°
• 21:00: 14.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1018.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 198°
• 22:00: 14.3°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 17%, 🧭 1018.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 171°
• 23:00: 14.2°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 14%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 175°
• 00:00: 14.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 17%, 🧭 1018.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 211°
• 01:00: 13.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 23%, 🧭 1018.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 225°
• 02:00: 13.1°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 25%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 241°
• 03:00: 12.5°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 18%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 239°
• 04:00: 11.7°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1018.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 231°
• 05:00: 11.2°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, 🧭 1019.0 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 235°
• 06:00: 10.9°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, 🧭 1019.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 238°
• 07:00: 10.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 236°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• donderdag 16 april: Min 10.6°C, Max 17.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1020.3 hPa ↗️ +2.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 246°
• vrijdag 17 april: Min 13.4°C, Max 19.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1021.4 hPa ↗️ +1.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 191°
• zaterdag 18 april: Min 8.8°C, Max 16.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 13%, 🧭 1021.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.6 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: → 271°
• zondag 19 april: Min 7.2°C, Max 13.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 13%, 🧭 1024.0 hPa ↗️ +2.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.0 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↓ 338°
• maandag 20 april: Min 6.1°C, Max 11.3°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1025.3 hPa ↗️ +1.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.8 km/u (5.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 351°
• dinsdag 21 april: Min 6.1°C, Max 11.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1023.7 hPa ↘️ -1.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.1 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↓ 16°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 15.6°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 12.8°C (-2.8°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: → 251°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 34.6 km/h (9.6 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 73%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1017.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 18.3 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.1
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:45 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 20:39
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 63 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 8.5 μg/m³
• PM10: 12.3 μg/m³
Gegevens geleverd door Open-Meteo
#Rotterdam #Meteo #MeteoBot #MeteoNetherlands #OpenMeteo #FediMeteo
Het Openbaar Ministerie (OM) wil Amin Abou R. voor jaren achter de tralies voor het financieren van Hamas. Onzin, zeggen zijn advocaten in een lang pleidooi. Deze hele strafzaak is politiek gekleurd: pro-Israël, pro-VS en anti-islam.
Kamila Szewczyk prefers old software, as back then people understood something could actually be finished
No one can tell software developer Kamila Szewczyk that newer is better: She just fixed a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16, the old-school Linux window manager she favors partly because, she tells us, it is actually finished software.…
Artists Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni, who work as NEVERCREW, have a knack for bringing the immensity of nature to developed urban spaces. Their colorful, large-scale murals take a playful tack when it comes to portraying animals, often merging them with other objects such as instant photos or, most recently, a plastic punch-out toy. “Souvenir,” completed this year in Vienna, combines motifs of a large bear with other Arctic components, such as icebergs, a seabird, and a steamship.
“The natural environment appears transformed, filtered, made artificial: it is no longer a space experienced through relationship, but a distant construction,” the artists say in a statement. The work is “almost a simulation reflecting a perception of nature progressively emptied of empathy…Nature becomes something to observe, arrange, organize, as if it were a separate object rather than a system of which we are an integral part.”
Over the past few years, NEVERCREW has completed numerous architectonic paintings that depict the fragile balance between humanity and nature—specifically wildlife. Whales, bears, and elephants are depicted inside of terrariums or bundled into fabrics.
The animals’ very presence on the side of buildings, where they are contained within the bounds of the architecture, is a reminder of the tensions between—one might even say the incongruousness of—daily human activities and city infrastructure. For Rebbechi and Togni, bringing nature into these spaces highlights the importance of sustaining the relationship between humankind and nature.
See more on the artists’ Instagram.
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Hoe het zit met de problemen van het COA? Die stapelen zich, zoals ze dat zo mooi zeggen, op. In Ter Apel rinkelt de gemeentekassa dagelijks en in de stad (ja, echt) Hardenberg is de dwangsom inmiddels opgelopen tot meer dan 1 miljoen euro. In navolging daarvan besloot Epe vandaag om 63.000 euro boete op te leggen als het COA het Fletcher Hotel aldaar over een week niet heeft verlaten. Het bedrag kan oplopen tot een maximum van 11,4 miljoen euro. Hoppa. Alsof dat allemaal nog niet genoeg is gaat ook Almelo meedoen. Daar staat een prachtig hotel, gesitueerd in het oude Huis van Bewaring, waarin twee gezinnen van liefst 14 asielzoekers al enkele maanden illegaal gehuisvest worden. De mensen zijn door het COA in het hotel geplempt zonder overleg met de gemeente (ideetje van toenmalig minister Mona Keijzer) en daarover is de gemeente pissig. Dus: Handhavingstraject, oftewel een mogelijke DWANGSOM. Gelukkig voor het COA hebben de gemeentes als het aan minister Bart van den Brink ligt dadelijk helemaal niks meer over asielhuishouding binnen hun grenzen te zeggen. Hou vol COA!
