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Nobel Prize winner Karl Deisseroth explains how his revolutionary techniques, optogenetics and Clarity, make brain research possible by stimulating nerve cells with light and making mouse brains transparent, allowing for a better understanding of the complex workings of the brain. #Optogenetica #Hersenen #Nobelprijs (translated)

Employers, trade unions, and the cabinet are finally coming together to find solutions for the high number of people receiving benefits in the Netherlands, but due to the complex issues, no quick results are expected. #SociaalAkkoord #Arbeidsongeschiktheid #Arbeidsmarkt (translated)

Belgian Francis Halzen receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking work on IceCube, an underground telescope in Antarctica that is capable of detecting elusive particles, neutrinos, by capturing flashes of light in a cubic kilometer of polar ice. #IceCube (translated)

LVSV Gent wrote that experts believed that Flanders could finance its social security and pensions itself. Due to the low employment rate in Wallonia and Brussels, the organization claimed that the Flemish would have to bear the costs for that. LVSV Gent advocated for keeping Flemish money in Flemish hands. https://t.co/FSXOgSL4VH #Vlaanderen #SocialeZekerheid #Pensioenen #BE (translated)

Wagensveld wrote that he felt very uncomfortable about what he described as an increase in people like Furkan in the police who would pass on addresses and other information. This caused him additional concern, he said, because he, like others, had to pay extra attention to his safety. https://t.co/rS7yVQScMi https://t.co/Z6VvGGsREX #veiligheid #politie #onveiligheid (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the Theo Müller corporate group plans to close two plants in eastern Germany, affecting around 320 jobs. The Homann plant in Rogätz is set to close by the end of September 2027; around 160 employees are affected because the location has not achieved a sustainably competitive cost structure despite extensive measures. The cut cheese factory of Sachsenmilch in Leppersdorf is also set to close on December 31. Another approximately 160 jobs are affected there, while sour cheese and mozzarella are still to be produced. Boeminghaus wrote that costs, investment needs, and changing demand are now also putting pressure on established production sites. He cited Handelsblatt as the source. https://t.co/NZxouM1bl6 #Arbeitsplätze #Industrie #Deutschland (translated)

"Translated from the Future" - Capsule event with Xia Jia, Milena Adam, and Wolfgang Tress moderated by Felix Meyer zu Venne October 14, 2026 | 8:00–9:00 PM | Otherland (Bergmannstraße 25, 10961 Berlin) Let us imagine we could bridge decades in cryosleep until incurable diseases are defeated. But what does it feel like to awaken in a world where our friends and relatives are no longer there? And what does a world look like where a pandemic has resulted in only children living there? On the third evening of "Translated from the Future," the question arises of how to translate feelings that one does not (yet) know. Time: 8 PM Location: Otherland Bookstore, Bergmannstraße 25 10961 Berlin Admission: Free - please register by emailing [email protected] Language: English Xia Jia writes science fiction, engages academically with the genre, and translates. She teaches Chinese literature at Jiaotong University in Xi’an as a professor. Her style is described as "Porridge Science Fiction" because her stories are sprinkled with numerous elements atypical of the genre, such as references to myths. Her short stories "In the Clouds," "Night Walk of the Dragon Horse," and "Tongtong’s Summer" have been published in capsule publications. Milena Adam is a translator and interpreter from French and English. For Matthes & Seitz Berlin, she has translated works by Sandra Newman, Eileen Myles, Ken Kesey, Alain Damasio, and Cal Flyn, among others. She lives in Berlin. Lucie Rico and Milena Adam were shortlisted for the PRIX Premiere #5 (2024/25). Felix Meyer zu Venne is a sinologist, translator, and Chinese teacher. Since 2018, he has been part of the editorial team of the science fiction magazine "Kapsel"; since 2021, he has been a co-editor of the magazine. He has translated works by Jia Pingwa, Xia Jia, Jiang Bo, Baoshu, Regina Kanyu Wang, and Chi Hui into German. Wolfgang Tress is a co-owner of the Otherland Bookstore in Berlin, which has specialized in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and role-playing games in German and English for over 25 years. His favorite quote is from Ursula K. Le Guin's essay "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction": "The stories we tell ourselves create the reality in which we live." (translated)

Dorien Rookmaker wondered if the veto could be used to stop this. She also asked if the Prime Minister would receive Ursula's position in exchange for conceding and stated that such arrangements worked that way in Brussels and The Hague. https://t.co/TiYmHV8DkO #politiek #EU #bestuur (translated)

Pieter Casneuf asked soskar98 on what basis he derived his self-confidence to lecture workers. According to Casneuf, the addressee did not contribute to society, had never worked, taken risks, or started a business, yet acted as if he had knowledge of the working world. He called it plain populism and suggested that the chairman of Vooruit was manipulating society in a Trumpian manner. Casneuf asked when that would stop and what Vooruit thought of the budget. https://t.co/TVgYXu2nip #populisme #economie #maatschappij (translated)

Harm Beertema shared statements in which it was stated that there was a feeling in Israel of a fierce attack from the Dutch political system. The current treatment of Israel was compared to the expulsion of Jews during the Holocaust. Beertema wrote that the statements made him feel ashamed and said that he would never forgive Rob Jetten from D66, Ruben Brekelmans from the VVD, and Henri Bontenbal from the CDA. https://t.co/5YwlFaB3fP #Israëlië #politiek #holocaust (translated)