You keep what you kill

Last call. We spent two nights in Rockingham, enjoying the enourmous pier (1.8km long), watched the parrots battle it out with the seagulls on the beach, fantastic sunsets at the pier as well as the lovely Cape Peron. Plus nice waffles at the Eye Scream Cafe . But we were mainly in town for hiking in Serpentine NP, which is just a short drive away, and well worth the visit. Probably much more beautiful even in springtime, but then again, we were nearly alone on our hike up to the bluff, over to Kitty gorge and back to the falls. Saw lots of birds too and some very interesting beetles. After that, we were off to Perth for our final 6 days. Kalamunda to be more precise, staying a few k out of town at the wonderful, lovely, fantastic Treetops Cottage. Perfect stay! Clean, comfortable, spacious, super friendly, quiet, convenient ... I could go on for hours. Plus a lovely garden with a family of quendas (bandicoots) that were very cute and extremely interested in out BBQ and lots of pa...

1) RIP Rafi Eitan. Thank you for hunting down Eichmann (and probably others we don't know about). We'd desperately need more of you in these times, there's plenty of successors in Germany alone. Thank you for cleaning up what Germany has failed to clean up since 1945. 2) Entirely unrelated: "Upload filters". No, the Internet is not under threat. The Internet is a threat. To the tens of thounsands protesting this: How stupid can you be? Don't you realize that you're just playing to the big Silicon Valley companies' tune? They are profitable only because (and as long) there is "free" content out there. And instead of creating it themselves or helping people to create, they simply enable stealing. To be quite clear: If you are running a platform, you are responsible what happens on it. If I own an exhibition hall and allow counterfeit good to be traded on my floor, I'm responsible. If I own a stage and allow nazis to perform on that stage,...

No, this is not about vacation. It's about the terrible terrorist act in Christchurch and its consequences. A couple of remarkable things: 1. Jacinda Ardern's reaction, the empathy she has showed. Great leadership, great inspiration. Almost all other world leaders should learn from this. But never will unfortunately. Just looking at our AKK here in Germany, I shudder to imagine how she would have handled this. So respect to Ardern for the great and small gestures. Sticking to a clean legal procedure, not giving the terrorist any more exposure, highlighting the victims instead. Showing solidarity with them and their culture, also by wearing a headscarf. And at the same time taking decisive action, legislation against gun ownership plus delegating the security and intelligence issues to the experts. That is true leadership. Hats off. 2. The people of New Zealand. Many of them, mostly farmers, have handed over their weapons to the police, even though these weapons are legal an...

Man darf sich getrost fragen, was schlimmer wird 2021: Eine Kanzler*innen/Vizekanzler*innen Duo AKK & Lindner oder AKK & Gauland/Weidel? Ich glaube nicht, dass es einen Unterschied gibt. Scheiße bleibt Scheiße bleibt Scheiße. Aber Hauptsache Autos und Deutscher Bank geht es gut. Ich bin ja dafür, dass Politiker bei strunzdummen öffentlichen Äußerungen grundsätzlich 20 Stockhiebe erhalten. AKK und Lindner wären dann mal fällig, ich zahle auch die Bambusstöcke. Nach einer Woche würde das Blut knöchelhoch in den Straßen stehen. Sterbt alle.

Parrots galore!