Matthias Meier

1/ Nach zwei Boomjahren leider 2024 herber Rückschlag bei den Wärmepumpen Installationen in der Schweiz, wie seit Kurzem im FWS Q4-Reporting publiziert und heute in der Sonntagszeitung berichtet. Es wurden 30'811 Wärmepumpen zur Gebäudebeheizung installiert. Das sind 29% weniger…

Well, there goes that narrative

George R.R. Martin praises ‘Andor’ “‘Andor’ was this year’s highlight … Far and away the best of the Star Wars spinoffs. Looked gorgeous, Diego Luna was first rate, and there was a realism and tension to the story that was sadly lacking in most of the other spinoffs” “It’s…

Warum sind alle hier? Die Schweiz ist aufgrund ihres weltweit führenden Innovations-Ökosystems, das durch hohe F&E-Investitionen, ein erstklassiges Bildungswesen und eine enge Zusammenarbeit zwischen Wissenschaft und Industrie unterstützt wird, besonders stark. Sie verfügt…

"Nur" 15% statt 27,5% Zoll – die #Auto-Industrie wurde heute oft als einer der Profiteure des Deals zwischen EU und USA genannt. An der Börse ist die anfängliche Begeisterung allerdings längst verflogen, die #Aktien von Mercedes, BMW, VW und Stellantis nun signifikant im Minus.

The aftermath of a cyber attack on Russia's largest passenger airline Aeroflot. What's happening now: Aeroflot’s operations have been brought to a standstill following a large-scale cyberattack that hit during the night of July 28. The airline's internal IT infrastructure has…

BREAKING: Austria says it's ready to discuss joining NATO and abandoning neutrality due to Russia.

Viele wütende Kommentare. Diesel-Fahrer verstehen nicht, warum sie in 10 Jahren in Dänemark und Norwegen nicht mehr gut tanken können. Einfach mal anschauen, wie der Bestand an elektrischen Autos in 10 Jahren explodiert ist. Wird es jetzt klar? ourworldindata.org/electric-car-s…

In the 1960s, MIT's Jay Forrester created a simulation that changed how we think about supply chains: the Beer Game. It revealed that even stable demand can cause wild production swings—now known as the bullwhip effect. 🧵1/10

Wer e-Auto fährt weiß es: Sie sind in der Unterhaltung deutlich günstiger als Verbrenner & sehen die Werkstatt so gut wie nie. Von den günstigen Stromkosten an der Wallbox ganz abgesehen. Systemdienlich werden sie zukünftig mit Vehicle-to-Grid auch noch.👍 heise.de/ratgeber/VW-Ko…

The Restorer of the World Aurelian was an Emperor who only ruled 5 years but managed to put back together a fractured Roman world in that time. He faced entrenched rebels in East and West, but in the end paraded his enemies Zenobia and Tetricus through the streets of Rome 🧵🧵

There's a commonly used method for causal inference that just doesn't work It's called Nonlinear Mendelian Randomization—NLMR—, and the hundreds of papers that have used it need to be investigated🧵 To grok the issue, answer: does something look off about this vitamin D result?

"It's volcanoes" "It's the sun" "It's chemtrails" "It's data manipulation" "It's always changed" "Something about Al Gore" "It's mercury in retrograde" Climate denialists will believe anything aside from the blindingly obvious fact that the planet is warming.. because of us.

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN GREECE BSOLUTE INSANITY Dozens of stations with MINIMUMS >30C up to 35C for 4 nights in a row including Min 31.4 Athens Hellenikon,30.9 Kytira Also: MIN 32.1 Lefke,29.4 Lefkonico HOTTEST NIGHT IN CYPRUS HISTORY We are seeing something unbelievable. 2/many

When images of glacial retreat are posted online it's amazing how many people's gut reaction is "summer vs winter!" without any consideration for latitude + light levels or knowledge of actual glaciers. #ChristianAslund #Blomstrandbreen

‼️MOST EXTRAORDINARY DAY IN EUROPEAN HISTORY Thousands of records were brutalized allover Eastern,Southern,Northern Europe locally with margins >5C. Wait for a VERY long streak of posts one after another There had never been anything like today

Krugman: "the interaction between this Japan deal and Trump’s other tariffs probably tilts the playing field between U.S. and Japanese producers of cars, and perhaps other products, in Japan’s favor." (That's not how this is supposed to work.) paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-art-of-t…

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Construction is evolving! 24-storey tower in Switzerland - Mass timber structure - PV facade - Even rammed earth cladding on the lower floors By Boltshauser Architekten - a thread 🧵

The true nature of bird migration was finally understood in western science thanks to the discovery of this stork in Germany which was still alive despite having a central African hunter's spear through its neck

Every third car in Norway is now an electric car.