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Manuel Erhardt

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Icelanders have rejected plans to resume negotiations to join the European Union more than a decade after previous talks stalled, the national broadcaster reported Sunday. In a vote held Saturday [Aug, 29th], 52.8 percent of Icelanders rejected the resumption of EU entry talks suspended 13 […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

The Community of #Madrid has officially begun testing the new driverless #Metro trains that will begin operation on Line 6 starting in 2027. The new trains are set to be introduced as part of a comprehensive refurbishment of the Circular Line, which aims to improve the passenger experience by […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Today #Ukraine has been independent for 35 years. On August 24, 1991, the declaration of #independence was issued, and confirmed with an overwhelming majority of 92% of voters on 1 December 1991. Слава Україні! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_… […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Trenes Argentinos Cargas train on La Picasa causeway. Photo credit: Argentina.gob.ar/CC BY 4.0. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tre… #RailwaySunday #Argentina #SouthAmerica #trains #railway #freight #photo

A blue locomotive pulls freight carriages on a single track line. Left and right of it is only water, the slightly embarked rail cutting right through it.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Forgot to add the photo credit. Wikimedia Commons/Takeshi Aida/CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Han…

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Train Street or Railway Street (Vietnamese: Phố Đường Tàu Hà Nội) is a narrow train bypass in Hanoi which several times daily sees a train pass close to buildings on either side of the tracks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanoi_Train_S… […] [Original post on social.librem.one]

A red locomotive pulling multiple coaches rolls through the Hanoi Train Street. The train takes up almost the entire width of the street, leaving only a small space to the shops.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

In the Swiss Federal Railway's network, approximately 1 stop out of 170 000 is forgotten to be stopped at. Statistically speaking, Kemptthal is the station, which is forgotten most frequently. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sbb-kemptthal-… […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Today I hiked the "Vine Path" (Rebenweg), which provided a beautiful view over Lake Biel. In front is the church of Ligerz surrounded by vineyards. #hiking #Rebenweg #Ligerz #Seeland #Switzerland #photography #NoFilter #nature #wine #vine #vineyards

A view over Lake Biel. In front is the beautiful church of Ligerz surrounded by vineyards. The alps can be seen in the background.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Shosholoza Meyl, between Touws River and Matjiesfontein (cropped from original) Photo credit: Tim Abbott/flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, www.flickr.com/photos/theabbott/220… #RailwaySunday #Africa #SouthAfrica #TouwsRiver #Matjiesfontein […] [Original post on social.librem.one]

A photo of a Shosholoza Meyl train: two locomotives pulling carriages in front of a rock formation.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

On my hike this morning I passed a wheat field that looked quite familiar 🇺🇦 #Ukraine #UA #Україна #SlavaUkraini #photography #NoFilter #wheat #nature #hiking #agriculture

A yellow wheat field under the blue sky, looking similiar to the Ukranian flag.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

A new feature was added to the Open Film Database: Since yesterday you can add #awards your favorite #actors and #filmmakers won: blog.ofdb.cc/2026/awards-implemented The #OFDb is a film database released under an open license, maintained by the community. #film #movie #TV #TVShow […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

New data from the Office of Rail and Road has revealed that Great Britain’s rail network recorded 1.83 billion journeys between April 2025 and March 2026 – the highest number since 1920. railway-news.com/great-britains-rai… #RailwaySunday #rail […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan's party has won a crucial #election billed as being key in deciding whether the country continues to move closer to the #West. Pashinyan's centrist Civil Contract Party secured 49.8% of the vote, with the Strong Armenia Alliance coming in second with 23 […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

#Kosovo's left-wing ruling party #Vetëvendosje (Self-Determination Movement) won the country's snap parliamentary #election on Sunday, although its vote share fell compared with the previous election in December 2025, according to preliminary results. With 97.2% of polling stations counted […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

With 79m below ground, Washington Park station is the deepest tansit station in North America. It opened in September 1998 as part of the Westside MAX extension to Beaverton and Hillsboro. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Pa… #RailwaySunday #TriMet #railway #trains […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026

I just finished ”Stories Untold”, a free Stalker 2 DLC that adds a new quest line with a couple of hours gameplay to the game. I especially enjoyed to witness the establishing of a small, new base, and to help out the involved characters. #Stalker2 #StoriesUntold #DLC #Zone #GSC #gaming

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026

Hiking definitely rewards you with breathtaking views. View over the Bernese Jura and the Seeland. #Jura #Seeland #Bern #Switzerland #hiking #FairPhone #photography #nature #landscape

A landscape photo showing a meadow with yellow flowers in front, to the left a bit further back several trees, and in the very back the alps covered in snow.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026

A new 20 million GBP project to upgrade overhead power lines on #Scotland’s first #electrified railway has officially begun. Work is set to focus on sections of the North Clyde lines, which run from #Helensburgh, #Balloch and #Milngavie through #Glasgow’s west end and low‑level stations […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

President Kassym-Jomart #Tokayev of #Kazakhstan opened the first #metro line in the capital #Astana on May 16. The 22.4km elevated light metro runs from Nurly Zhol, Astana’s main station, south via the national museum, Astana Arena and the university to the city’s international airport. The […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026

I just cleaned up some 300 GB on my root partition by running "eclean distfiles" 🤯 At least now I know where all my disk space went... wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eclean #Linux #Gentoo #DiskSpace #IT

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

Two #Bombardier TRAXX F140 MS (Re 484 018 and Re 484 017) from #SBB Cargo with an intermodal freight train heading south near #Wynigen. Photo credit: Nelso Silva/CC BY-SA 2.0, flickr.com/photos/nelsosilva/513676… #RailwaySunday #Switzerland […] [Original post on social.librem.one]

Two Bombardier TRAXX F140 MSlocomotives from SBB Cargo pull an intermodal freight train through a green landscape.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

Syndicated financing worth over $US 2.33bn has been arranged by Standard Chartered to fund construction of the remaining three sections of the 1219km Dar es Salaam - Mwanza Phase 1 of Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway programme […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

Construction of the 120km high-speed line from #Hanoi to #Halong in the northern Vietnamese province of #QuangNinh has officially started, marked by a groundbreaking ceremony on April 12 that was attended by the prime minister of #Vietnam, Le Minh Hung. Due for completion by the end of 2028 […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

Today Bulgarians began heading to the polls in the eighth #election in five years [...] with ex-president Rumen #Radev's grouping expected to win on a pledge to fight #corruption. The #EuropeanUnion's poorest member has been mired in a political crisis since 2021 when large anti-corruption […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

With most of the votes counted, #Tisza is set to receive 138 seats in #Hungary's 199-seat parliament, or five seats more than the two-thirds needed to push through substantial #reforms, including ones requiring constitutional amendments […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

#Orbán, the longest-serving leader in the #EuropeanUnion and a longtime ally of President #Trump, conceded defeat Sunday night after what he called a "painful" election result, ending 16 years in power. "I congratulated the victorious party,″ Orbán told supporters in Budapest. "We are going to […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

We don't know yet the results in #Hungary's elections (it will take some more hours), but with 77.8% it was the highest ever recorded voter turnout in the country's history […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

A tram in #Milan, #Italy. Definitely not designed with #accessability in mind, but the carriage has charme. Not a heritage ride, but still in active use. #RailwaySunday #LightRail #PublicTransport #train #railway #urban

A red tram in Milan's streets. The weather is rainy, and a group of people with umrellas is on the sidewalk.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

Tomorrow, on April 12th, #Hungary elects its national assembly, which then will elect the country's prime minister. There is a real chance Victor #Orbàn won't get another turn of being PM, but Péter #Magyar will be voted in. Politico calls it "this year's most consequential election in the #EU […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026

The deputy prime minister of #Vietnam, Ho Duc Phoc, has approved the restructuring of #VietnamRailways over the period from 2026 to 2030, including the adoption of an operating model based on a group structure of parent company and subsidiaries. The parent company, Vietnam National Railways […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

I watched Mr. Nobody Against Putin tonight. What a beautiful movie. To use another movie title, I think "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" is a very accurate description of what the protagonist is going through. My brain is still processing. Watch it, if you get the chance. #movie […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026

Puhung station of the #Pyongyang Metro. The pictured Type D rolling stock was bought second-hand from #Germany in the late 1990ies. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Mario Micklisch/CC BY 2.0 […] [Original post on social.librem.one]

A photo of the Puhung station in Pyongyang (North Korea). View is from the stairs, showing two trains on each platform with a group of students entering one of the carriages.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

2/2 The SGR will then continue west for a further 107km to the border with Uganda at #Malaba where it will join the under-construction Ugandan SGR to Kampala. www.railjournal.com/regions/africa/… #RailwaySunday #Africa #Uganda #Kampala […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

1/2 [Kenyan] President, William Samoei #Ruto, attended the launch of the next phase of #construction of #Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on March 19. Involving 264km of new construction, the line will be extended from #Naivasha, northwest of #Nairobi, westwards to #Kisumu, where an 8.7km […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

I finally managed to play @grumpygamer's Return to Monkey Island. Great #game, I must say. Specifically the dialogues and their wit were a blast. I also enjoyed the graphic style alot, which draw some criticism by fans when the first screenshots were released. To me, it does feel like […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

Siemens Mobility has conducted the Nordic’s first-ever automated train operation on an ETCS-equipped mainline. A demonstration was recently held on the 19-kilometre-long route between #Juurikorpi and #Hamina in #Finland, showcasing the integration of Automatic Train Operation with the European […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026

An image from today's hike: a railway bridge crossing a gorge and a highway bridge crossing the railway bridge. Pretty wild. #RailwaySunday #Switzerland #infrastructure #nature #hiking #photo #photography #train #railways

A railway bridge crosses a gorge, and is itself crossed by a highway bridge in a 90 degree angle. The view is from inside the gorge, which shows the bridges high above.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

On Wednesday I was able to ride a tram from the 1930 while eating Treberwurst, a local specialty. The vehicle was used in Bern from 1935 until 1973, and was eventually turned into a mobile restaurant. Definitely a great experience! […] [Original post on social.librem.one]

A tram from the 1930 turned into a Restaurant. It is nighttime and in the background is a hotel.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

Started the weekend with The Last Jedi. 11/12 films watched. I enjoyed it more than The Force Awakens, I must say. Sometimes a bit childish humour, but I guess that is something to address the younger audience. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher both look great—they definitely aged very well […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

"Russian warship, go fuck yourself" — Roman Hrybov, 24 February 2022 Btw.: It was the missile cruiser Moskva, border guard Hrybov was talking to on the first day of Russia's full-scale incasion. The ship was f*cked eventually, when Ukranian forces attacked and sunk the ship on April 14th, 2022 […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,000 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train (No 50, Matara Express) was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026

The Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia has approved an agreement to establish a high-speed electric rail service linking the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the State of Qatar. [...] The railway will cover a distance of 785 kilometres, connecting the capitals Riyadh and Doha […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

Center-left Socialist candidate António José #Seguro recorded a thumping victory over hard-right populist André #Ventura in #Portugal’s runoff presidential election Sunday, according to official results with 99% of votes counted. Seguro won a five-year term in Lisbon’s riverside “pink palace” […]

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kravietz 🦇 @kravietz.agora.echelon.pl.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

A very good deconstruction of the #NATO expansion fable, with lots of details and actual document sources. Much recommended. waronomics.substack.com/p/the-nato-…

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Chilean State Railways #EFE has signed a $US 700m long-term financing agreement with the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean and Spain's government lending agency Instituto de Crédito Oficial to support the modernisation and expansion of the national rail network […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

I was able to take a photo of a SBB RABDe 500 passing right next to me while I was hiking today. Turned out pretty OK I think 😊 #RailwaySunday #SBB #ICN #train #railway #Switzerland #Seeland #photography

A RABDe 500 of the Swiss Federal Railways in front of vineyards and a hill.

Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

Two tenders have been launched to progress the Rail Baltica project to construct a new 250km/h standard-gauge line to connect the three Baltic states with Poland. Bids are invited for the design of the 54km Lithuanian section and a new depot in Estonia […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

The Surface Transportation Board [...] announced [last Friday] it reached a unanimous decision finding that the merger application submitted by Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway is incomplete because it doesn’t contain certain information required by the board’s regulations […]

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

TIL I learned that the father of famous actor Woody Harrelson was a convicted hitman and spent decades in prison. 🤯 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Harrels… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harre… #TIL #Woody #Harrelson #actor #film #TV #hitman

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Manuel Erhardt @erhardt.social.librem.one.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026

The government of #Bolivia is relaunching efforts to reactivate its national #rail network. The plans support the development of the Bi-oceanic Central Corridor connecting #Brazil’s Atlantic ports with Pacific ports in #Chile and #Peru […]

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