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Rain is a great thing: Finally, the plants can at least breathe a little. I sincerely hope that fewer trees dry out next year. 2026 was simply a tragedy. Even in August, some avenues were full of leaves. The drought is unfortunately very real in Berlin and Brandenburg. 😢 (translated)

A regulation by the red-green state government in Burgenland is causing controversy among forest owners and forestry experts, as it significantly restricts reforestation with foreign tree species that cope better with the effects of climate change. #Klimawandel #Forstwirtschaft #Naturschutz (translated)

🔴 𝗘𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝘇𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗸 Großer Ast trifft fahrenden LKW auf L161 Zu einem Verkehrsunfall auf der Landesstraße 161 zwischen Visselhövede und Kettenburg wurde die Ortsfeuerwehr Visselhövede am Donnerstagabend um 20:15 Uhr alarmiert. Unter dem Einsatzstichwort „TH1 – Baum auf Fahrzeug (Lkw)“ rückten die Einsatzkräfte … weiterlesen → https://schau.jetzt/iwpxe Foto: Freiw. Feuerwehren Visselhövede Reaktionen gelten der Freiwillige Feuerwehren Visselhövede Kreisfeuerwehr Rotenburg - Wümme #FeuerwehrenORG #feuerwehr #baum #lkw

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that this week a total of 2,270 job cuts have been newly announced in Germany. The state administration of Baden-Württemberg plans to cut 550 jobs by 2031. The automotive supplier WKW in Wuppertal is to cut and close 500 jobs, while the German stainless steel works plan to close their plant in Hagen with 300 jobs. According to Boeminghaus, the Inveho plants in Elrich and Brandenburg an der Havel were also to close with 280 jobs. At the mechanical engineering company Kiefel in Freilassing, 170 jobs are affected, and at Barmag in Remscheid, 160. Ubisoft plans to cut 100 jobs at its locations in Düsseldorf, Mainz, and Berlin. For the Warnow Clinic in Bützow, he mentioned around 100 jobs by the end of 2026. Boeminghaus further stated that the British malt manufacturer Crisp Malt would close its plant in Hamburg-Eidelstedt at the end of March 2027, affecting 43 jobs. The city administration of Frankfurt (Oder) plans to cut 40 jobs by 2031. The hardware store in Wolfenbüttel is to close with 23 jobs, while the Segmüller branch in downtown Stuttgart will close at the end of 2027, affecting five jobs. #Stellenabbau #Deutschland #Wirtschaft (translated)

The French Mileistes reported having long seen comments accusing David Lisnard of being particularly repressive during the Covid crisis. Living on the Côte d'Azur and working in Cannes, the author stated that he went to the city every day outside of confinement periods and was then worried about what he perceived as an authoritarian drift justified by health reasons. The author explained that Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, had not convinced him at first. However, he remembered a piece by the mayor published in Le Figaro during the crisis, where he, according to his account, criticized bureaucracy, cited Tocqueville, and denounced the constraints related to movement certificates. This stance gave him moral support while he read authors from the Austrian School of economics and worried about freedoms. The French Mileistes also reported that a bookstore in Cannes, located near their office, had remained open despite the bans and had garnered attention in the national press. According to the author, Lisnard had publicly supported it, went there to buy a book, and asked Roselyne Bachelot to stop its forced closure by the National Police, without success. The author described him as one of the few elected officials to openly defend this type of local resistance and indicated that he had also accused Emmanuel Macron of using the vaccination pass for political purposes. The author acknowledged that Lisnard had also had beaches sprayed with hydrogen peroxide and actively supported vaccination. He believed that the mayor had favored targeted, anticipated, and local measures rather than general restrictions, and presented the Covid period as proof of his courage and sincerity. He concluded that he would not forget that Lisnard had, in his opinion, defended freedoms while almost all other elected officials turned away from them. #Liberté #Politique #CôteDAzur (translated)

The federal-owned housing construction company is set to be established in 2027 to counteract the housing shortage in Germany, while the plans were concretized by SPD's Minister of Construction Verena Hubertz and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil despite critical voices from economists. #Wohnungsmangel #Baugesellschaft #Berlin (translated)

Faces of War reported that all three sons of the Baumgartner family from Blachendorf in the Bavarian Forest had died on the Eastern Front within a year. Franz-Xaver fell on October 16, 1943, six weeks after his brother Josef; Rupert died the following year. Josef and Rupert were 23 years old, and Franz-Xaver Baumgartner was 20. #NieWiederKrieg #WirVergessenNicht #OTD #NieWiederKrieg #WirVergessenNicht #Geschichte (translated)

We did not have the season start that we wanted, that we had envisioned. We have too few points for the actual performance," said TSG captain Oliver Baumann: "And still, one has to say: The performance at the end was not enough for many more points. That frustrates me a lot, that frustrates all of us." #TSGHoffenheim #BesiktasJK #EuropaLeague (translated)

Oliver Baumann, who played as the starting goalkeeper during the World Cup qualifiers, does not announce any intention to retire from the national team after not being nominated by Jürgen Klopp and is still hoping for a return. #OliverBaumann #Nationalmannschaft #Fußball (translated)

A court in Washington, D.C. has temporarily halted the tree felling for Donald Trump's controversial golf course after hundreds of trees have already been cut down, and ordered that further changes must be announced three working days in advance. #Trump #Golfplatz #Umweltschutz (translated)

German Shepherd wrote that Bernd Baumann provided the press with a reality check on the term "radical." Baumann stated that 40 percent could no longer read and write in schools, and asked if there could be a more radical failure. At the same time, he said that they are not radical but want "Germany - but normal." https://t.co/K7sDCtM7K7 #Bildung #Deutschland #Gesellschaft (translated)