Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
zettel.org
Er hielt einen Augenblick inne und dachte daran, dass seine Mutter das Essen für neun Kinder auf dem Holzherd gekocht hatte. Dass er mit dem Geruch von Schürholz aufgewachsen war und dass sie nach dem Krieg das Wasser noch anderthalb Jahre aus dem Dorfbrunnen in Obbach geholt hatten, wohin sie vor den Bombenangriffen aus Schweinfurt geflohen waren.
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„Hinter dem Ruf nach Frieden verschanzen sich die Mörder.“
Paul Spiegel
Paul Spiegel. Translation: "Behind the call for peace, the murderers take cover."
Tragically, four children are reported to have been killed. However, compared to almost any other military operation, this act of mass sabotage appears to have produced very few unintended deaths. It is an example of exactly the sort of calibrated violence that Israel’s critics claim to support. And it has delivered a profound psychological blow to
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Carl Sagan on the budget the US has spent on the entire Cold War without being 100% certain of its necessity. He then explains the absurdity of avoiding to spend money to mitigate climate change due to the projections not being 100% certain.
As early as 1990 he also stated that even without global warming every measure taken against climate change would be a net positive for the world.
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As for what I take notes about, maybe because I’m a fiction writer at heart, a lot of the things I notice have to do with language.
For example, if I run across an amazing name of a person or a company or a street, I’ll record that for sure. Likewise, if I’m reading a book or something online, and I find a sentence that's evocative or strange – or
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