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#41: AI vs. the German state

No work of fiction stands for the oppressive complexity and maddening intransparency of the state than Kafka’s The Trial.

In today’s world pretty much nothing is as kafkaesque as German tax law.

Recently, my most AI-critical friend told m...

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#40: Defense hacks in Brandenburg

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Dear reader,

Days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) announced a Zeitenwende (epochal shift) when it came to Germany’s role in European defense. A...

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#39: Is the CDU toast?

The CDU candidate in the upcoming Berlin election. Bland, kind of conservative, no vision?

Dear reader,

Fun fact: My grandfather was an early member of the CDU after World War II and worked as a state secretary under Chancellor Konrad Ad...

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#38: The AfD's war on culture

The director of the “German” Bach Festival in Köthen says he won't accept funding from an AfD state government.

Dear reader,

In last week’s post, I mentioned Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD stands to win an absolute majority in the state ele...

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#37: German road trip

Sudelfeld, near Bayerischzell

Hey friends,

Holidays with small kids are fun but exhausting. I’m back and feel… unrested. But I’ll do my best to update every weekend from now till Christmas.

In the last week of our holiday we took a road...

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