I promised more content for supporters, so here it comes, a new test format with a selection of the good stuff that I found interesting, sometimes not related to Berlin/Germany. They are slightly more multi-media; I cannot do that in regular issues, because of length limitations.
I am thinking at least monthly would be doable. Remember, this newsletter is a hobby. Let me know what you think in the comments. 🙏
Imagine gifting handpicked for Berlin?? Well, you can:
Good news to leverage the bets. And yes, you guessed it, automotive industry is the spitzenreiter, nummer eins!
Former Tempelhof airport, a “green” oasis in the middle of the city, will be a big battleground on the topic of trying to build housing on its edges. Exberliner has a nice article about the history of it.
Trains are back in fashion. I hope you can sleep on things that move (somehow I can’t), because you will be able to take a train from Berlin to Rome in 2025.
Guess what? If you never lost faith in vinyl, you are now vindicated. via Chartr.
I was asked about how to get cast as an extra in productions around Berlin. One option is to become a filmgesicht here.
I had no idea that SELECT comes so late in the execution order of SQL scripts. From .
“Fred brings home 100 kg of potatoes, which (being purely mathematical potatoes) consist of 99% water (being purely mathematical water). He then leaves them outside overnight so that they consist of 98% water. What is their new weight?”The correct answer is 50kg. And I was surprised too; check out the potato paradox.
The ChatGPT list of lists is something to inspire you. There will be people using LLMs as assistants and ones who won’t.
Do you rent or own? Germans love to rent.
The fertile crescent (check the tweet for some factual correction, but still impressive!)Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600Geography trivia: Turkey borders seven different countries all of which use different alphabets. Source: buff.ly/3KY6rlm4:10 PM ∙ Mar 12, 20232,422Likes410Retweets
A long read, but so worth it: ‘One billionaire at a time’: inside the Swiss clinics where the super-rich go for rehab
Did you know that hurricanes cannot cross the equator? Weak!Chairman Birb Bernanke @Bonecondorjust found out that no hurricane has ever crossed the equator7:46 PM ∙ Mar 18, 202321,283Likes1,399Retweets
Then for the grand finale of the test issue, there is this 50y old brudi who “thought it is 50,” but still went 103 km/h:Polizei Berlin @polizeiberlinEin Autofahrer gestern Nachmittag in der Heidestr. in #Mitte zu unserem #Verkehrsdienst: "Ich dachte, hier wäre 50." Nein, da gilt #Tempo30. Gemessen wurde der 50-Jährige in seinem Auto mit 103 km/h. ❗mindestens 800 € Bußgeld ❗2 Punkte in Flensburg ❗3 Monate Fahrverbot ^tsm7:50 AM ∙ Mar 20, 20233,010Likes106Retweets
This was it. How did you like it? There are so many options, maybe I would limit myself to 15 links. Or 20? Let me know.
And of course thank you for your support. ❤️