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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h

Visited our local Volkswagen dealer and asked what fraction of cars they sell are electric. Turns out it is 70% over the whole year … waiting times are more than 6 months. Looks like the traditional German car buyer is mentally further advanced in the energy transition than our industry or […]

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Thomas Kahle @tomkalei.mathe.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Leute, lasst uns einfach alle wieder unser Essen auf Social Media posten, statt die ganze Zeit Politik und KI. Hier ist zB mein Apfel den ich gerade gepflückt habe und jetzt essen werde.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@koen_hufkens I do accept that, but I want to do that in a smarter way …

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@GrahamDowns Genesis 1: We are made in the image of God as men and women, so God is both. It’s right there on the first page.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@RcrdSgrd that is one option, but I don’t really want to unfollow those accounts. They give me a good overview of what I want to know, I still would like to have a bit more control.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@coba As I indicated, some sorting option that amplifies the less frequent posters in my timeline. That would be one simple thing that comes to my mind. Or something that automatically updates my lists in a meaningful way.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@tsutrav Well, good filters and sorting tools are a good step. And it is great if you do not need not only that. I personally would want to be able to define my own filter tools (and I call that an algorithm too). I can’t manage all my social interactions well …

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@dnkrupinski ok. So, why is a single centrally defined and fixed algorithm better than a federation of algorithms from which the user can choose according to their needs and wishes?

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@RcrdSgrd i’m not afraid to miss out, but we are a small community and I think it would help if the smaller ones would get a bit more attention.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@dnkrupinski would you disagree with my statement that there actually is an algorithm but it’s fixed? I’m not quite sure what the no refers to.

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Florian Marquardt @fmarquardtgroup.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@hfalcke I am all for this proposal of having a variety of 'federated' algorithms on offer, that's a nice idea. And if one algorithm deteriorates (by design or accidentally), people easily switch to another algorithm. In the meanwhile, I am using lists to select a few accounts that I want to […]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Mastodon has no algorithm, right? Wrong! Mastodon does. The algorithm is chronological ordering. If you do not have the time to read everything this means statistically you mainly get to see those accounts that post a lot of stuff. The precious ones that post little but that you really want to […]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Would you reply to this email? And if so, how? (I will give you my answer in a little while).

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Das schönste Opernhaus der Welt - meine neueste Kolumne in Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Eine kleine Geschichte vom Jakobsweg. #caminodesantiago #Jakobsweg #Oper #Kolumne #column

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Josef Szylar @space.robozor.cz · 16/10/2026

📡 ESA and the IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky (IAU CPS) signed a Memorandum of Intent to develop technical solutions that reduce satellite impacts on astronomy. Spacecraft electronics can emit unintended radio signals that interfere with sensitive radio telescopes. Signed […]

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Arjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️ @arjen.idf.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

We see it today, through Russia's attacks on Ukraine, and can expect more cases soon, given the US's threats against the ICC. Europe cannot build on Big Tech. Sattelites, internet, core ICT services (mail, search, productivity suite, OS for PCs or telephones; you name it), we need alternatives […]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

We have this new drug that makes your kids less lonely as it makes them talk to an imaginary friend. It will also make them do their homework more efficiently. Unfortunately, we don’t know yet whether it has any side effects and it could be addictive. So, we give it away for free to millions of […]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

If you want to know how it looks and sounds if an astrophysics prof and a primary school director read from their children’s book in a planetarium then you can get a sense of it from this nice Reel that the #PlanetariumBochum made. With music from Niklas […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

@farbenstau @Robbe_Duesseldorf Natürlich kein Foto beim Fahren 😬 (vor allem, wenn einer kurz davor ist dich zu rammen )

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Gerade mit zitternden Knien und extrem hohen Blutdruck nach Hause gekommen, weil mich ein roter BMW (SUV-Verschnitt) auf einer zweispurigen Autobahn im Berufsverkehr bei Höchstgeschwindigkeit extrem aggressiv bedrängt hat und mich fast von der Straße rammen wollte. Wenn man bei einem SUV die […]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Die Schaltsekunde wird abgeschafft, weil wir Angst haben, unsere Computeruhren vorzustellen. Das ist ein Sinnbild dafür, dass wir uns immer mehr von unserem Planeten entkoppeln, weil er nicht mehr zu unserer Technik passt […]

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tsutrav ⁂ @tsutrav.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Dark sky is the best sky. These pics are beautiful. Thank you for sharing & labeling! #astronomy

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Ulrich Kelber @ulrichkelber.bonn.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Das Papier „Wehrhafte Demokratie. Unseren Rechtsstaat gegen autoritäre Angriffe wappnen“ wurde lange vorbereitet, enthält viele konkrete Vorhaben und wurde am Dienstag von der #SPD-Bundestagsfraktion beschlossen. Hatte ich mir für meinen Besuch einen guten Tag ausgesucht […]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Projects start small. Left is the first 3D print of the new Africa mm-wave Telescope (AMT) to observe black holes that will eventually have a 14 m width. Right is part of a drill core from the area where the telescope will be placed on Farm Göllschau near the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A radio dish model displayed on a wooden table, with a view of trees and a road in the background. It looks like a satellite ground station.

A close-up view of a round, grayish-black rock with layered textures, resting on a light-colored surface.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

@ulrichkelber Mich wundert, dass dieses Thema, dass BSW und AfD uns an Putin ausliefern wollen, so gar nicht diskutiert wird.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Here is a nice article by Govert Schilling about the Noble prize in physics with some quotes from me skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/…

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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 07/10/2026

Dass die meisten Menschen hierzulande diese Grafik weiterhin noch nie gesehen haben, ist ein Ausdruck kollektiven Medienversagens. Man kann es nicht anders ausdrücken. Die Verdrängung hat aberwitzige Ausmaße angenommen. #ElNino #Klimakrise #HeißesMeer

Record warm waters in the main El Niño region reached >30°C for the first time in the NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Sea Surface Temperature dataset.

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Ulrich Kelber @ulrichkelber.bonn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Heute wurde der Vertreter einer gesichert rechtsextremistischen Partei zum Landtagspräsidenten gewählt, mit Unterstützung des #BSW und eines Drittels der CDU-Landtagsfraktion Sachsen-Anhalt. Ein völkischer, dem Nationalsozialismus für mich erkennbar nahestehender Mann wird Vize-Landtagspräsident […]

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

As we join the great theoretical scientist, he is deep in thought. So still, quiet and focused that he might almost be asleep. But inside that brilliant mind, what new idea is forming? What certainty is being meticulously interrogated? What ingenious theory is ready to change our world forever? (the scientist snores lightly) Ah, it seems he actually is asleep. And that's fine. Science is hard and not every day can be a success. We will come back another time.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Wow. Francis Halzen wins the Nobel prize in phyiscs. A great colleague who has pushed the field to a new level, led the IceCube project on Antarctica, and helped to discover extragalactic Neutrinos. Originally Belgium he now works in the US, but I can still talk Dutch to him 😉

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@troed Yes. Tools will change, but we will need still people to use the tools

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@bert_hubert Thx for the audio and the good talk. It is just sooooo frustrating to hear …

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OpenTech(AUC) @opentech-auc.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

De #NRC, one of the main newspapers in the #Netherlands, set up its own Mastodon server! Journalist @MarloesdeKoning played a key role in this development. We believe ournalists and academics have a special responsibility to start building the alternative networks of the future. Step by step […]

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Marloes de Koning :check: @marloesdekoning.nrc.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Ik verken voor NRC het open sociale web. Deze mastodon-server is daar een belangrijke stap in. Hij vormt de uitvalsbasis voor NRC-redacteuren die actief zijn op Mastodon. Het is een werk in wording.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@inpc All I can say (teaching a 1st yr course) is that at the same university physics and astronomy is at least stable if not even bigger this year.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

RE: idf.social/@arjen/117364443241316215 So, number of first year computer science students has halved (!) at some universities within two years - likely due to being scared by AI. (We don’t see this in physics and astronomy).

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Es gibt übrigens viele Dinge, über die man sich aufregen darf (z.B. Gerecht Klimawandel, Demokratie-, Gerechtigkeit- und Werteverlust) aber ein #Strandkorb gehört nicht dazu - wo auch immer er steht und egal welchem Politiker er gehört. Die Diskussion zeigt vielmehr, wie stark soziale Medien die […]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Mittwoch ab 18:00 bin ich bei Hotel Matze eingecheckt…. (Leider noch nicht NeuHier, aber wer weiß)

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Today we had the most unusual PhD defense of my career. Leon Houben fell 15 m in the Alps, landing on his head and loosing his memory while working on his PhD thesis. When he met me again, he had to google me. He had to re-learn everything and wrote two more […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

@brunthal @brunthal For the others I can’t tell. Maybe it is a very subtle one 🤔

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@hfalcke/1173078322… I have scientific proof now, that roughly 40% of Mastodon users are either logically challenged or have a decent sense of humor. I have a strong inclination towards the latter interpretation, which makes me smile 😊. (Note, that some users […]

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