Thomas Heimburg
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Thomas Heimburg
@theimbu.bsky.social
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Prof. for Biophysics, Neuroscience, and Thermodynamics The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. Interested in a sound-based brain, Ukraine, international politics, science history, the concept of time and pocket watches.
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Beautiful
#Kyiv officially joins the world’s music capitals 🎶

📹Lviv choir “Homin” /How could I not love you, Kyiv of mine! (Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii).Lyrical song written by Kyiv composer Ihor Shamo with lyrics by poet Dmytro Lutsenko, in 2014 the song became official anthem of Kyiv
nor is it a struggle for energy, which is unfortunately contained in every body in the form of heat that cannot be converted, but rather a struggle for entropy, which becomes available through the transfer of energy from the hot sun to the cold earth.
English translation: „The general struggle for existence among living beings is therefore not a struggle for basic materials—the basic materials of all organisms are available in abundance in the air, water, and soil—
auch nicht um Energie, welche in Form von Wärme leider unverwandelbar in jedem Körper reichlich enthalten ist, sondern ein Kampf um die Entropie, welche durch den Übergang der Energie von der heißen Sonne zur kalten Erde disponibel wird.“
German original: „Der allgemeine Daseinskampf der Lebenswesen ist daher nicht ein Kampf um die Grundstoffe — die Grundstoffe aller Organismen sind in Luft, Wasser und Erdboden im Überflusse vorhanden —
🧪 It is undoubtably Boltzmann who described this first. This is the relevant passage:
I am from Germany, and I am old enough to have had parents and grandparents who lived through Nazi Germany. Not every arrest is fascism. However, the organized manner in which this government enables these cruelties definitely has a 1933 vibe. You should not be sarcastic about the obvious parallels.
Yes, every arrest is fascism. Every court case is fascism. All things are fascism. Fascism is anything you believe it can be.
In all sincerity, sir, what say you @radiofreetom.bsky.social ? Would it be appropriate to call ICE, specifically, a fascist arm of the current regime?
Birds 🧪
A recent photo of a starling murmuration as if smoke from a chimney has been called a "fluke" by its Yorkshire based, UK photographer, Anna Tosney #WomensArt
I would give you points if you promise not to throw a slipper at me again 😱
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From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
He is openly planning a military coup.
Trump to generals: "Last month, I signed an executive order to provide training for a quick reaction force that can help quell civil disturbances. This is gonna be a big thing for the people in this room, because it's the enemy from within & we have to handle it before it gets out of control"
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THIS is what has ALWAYS made America great! Congrats!
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
Wow ! 🧪
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent NASA’s IMAP mission to space this (Wednesday) morning at 7:30am (ET), seen here transiting the newly risen Sun.

Don’t worry — despite the shockwaves and plume, the Sun is just fine…
There will not be another election.
Premise is there's numerous former Trump supporters (a) with a change of heart (b) who will change back if Dems don't flatter them. There are trivially few such people, if any.

In reality, Dems need to win back nonvoters. They won't do that by trying to placate Trumpers, they'll just look weak.
Saving America from Trump and preserving our democracy explicitly requires that people who voted for Trump change their mind. Which in turn requires that those who didn’t vote for Trump show grace and empathy to those whose change of heart came from being hurt by the guy they voted for…
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David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.
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“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”

That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
Nicht vor MAGA-Kult einknicken
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband ruft die Verantwortlichen der großen US-Medien dazu auf, ihren Journalistinnen und Journalisten den Rücken zu stärken, statt…
www.djv.de
Neither CBS nor ABC thought that they could afford to openly break with the US government right now. Can this be seen as making the best of a difficult situation? Is it impossible to say 'no'? Or is the key word 'openly break'?
Unpopular opinion:
1)What is happening in America is hugely concerning.
2) It is in both Britain‘s and Europe's interest to work closely together.
3) Neither Brits nor Europeans can afford to openly break with the US right now.
4) Making the most of that impossible situation is very hard.