mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Generic IT geek with too many interests: languages, aikidō, trains, DIY, fixing stuff and bikes. Based in Zürich. Parle français. Kann deutsch sprechen.
People are way too obsessed by big things, when a wall is about to collapse, the small pebbles falling out and the cracks are important. I find it fascinating how this is not a big headline in the US…
The city of Zürich has a live camera of falcons nesting on a high chimney, the young ones just hatched.
#falcons #webcam #birdwatching #zurich
https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/umwelt-und-energie/natur/tiere-in-der-stadt/falkenkamera.html
It's interesting to see a US perspective on the Almería greenhouse city. I certainly did not expect someone from the US saying European farming is something worth emulating.
I did not realise they use insects instead of pesticides, don't know if that's a systematic thing.
«Un rare fossile de jeune dinosaure découvert par des scientifiques suisses»
Marrant, on y est passé ce week-end – au musée de la vallée de l'Aa – pas au Wyoming.
#dinosaure #wyoming #sauriermuseum #Aathal #zürich #Camasaurus
Sur Facebook, article de journal «le Temps» sur les accidents cyclistes à Genève, je regarde les commentaires (grave erreur), la boue habituelle, «les cyclistes ne font pas attention» et «les cyclistes ont un agenda irréaliste».
Clairement le prix de l'essence n'est pas encore assez élevé…
The year is 2026, and i18n is hard…
For me the most interesting part of the article is the fact that the Atlantic openly and clearly compares the US to other nations…
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/elite-accountability-powerful-impunity/686134/
“ The combined effect of foreign competition and the loss of their protective exchange rate would have decimated the Swiss watch industry even if it hadn't been for quartz movements. But quartz movements were the final blow. ”