von Thom | Mittwoch, Januar 6, 2021 | Get informed
Digital technology and the internet as a whole is not one of Germany’s strong suits. This starts in schools, where the current pandemic only highlights this predicament: when schools first had to close, all of a sudden everybody was forced to use computers to learn....
von Camila Otálora | Mittwoch, November 25, 2020 | Get informed
I stumbled upon Richard Siken’s poem Scheherazade by chance and it has quickly become one of my favorite poems. Despite the straightforward language being used, it is a challenging poem as it isn’t immediately clear what is being conveyed. The poem has a certain...
von Thom | Mittwoch, November 18, 2020 | Get informed
Invisibility is a super power many people have daydreamed about. IGN ranks it as the second best super power – just after the ability to fly – and it is easy to see why this ability is so sought after. It would allow you to find out what people really think about you,...
von Camila Otálora | Mittwoch, November 11, 2020 | Get informed
Since last week we talked about elephants in rooms being ignored, we decided that this week’s idiom should also be animal-related. This time, the subject is the expression dark horse. This concept is used in different contexts, particularly in politics, although the...
von Ioana Bianca Chiotoroiu | Montag, November 9, 2020 | Get informed
Summer 2020: global state of emergency, populist right-wing backlashes all over the world, peak of police brutality, overwhelming turnouts at Black Lives Matter protests, increasing belief in absurd coronavirus-conspiracies, and yes, we are also still in the middle of...
von Camila Otálora | Montag, November 2, 2020 | Get informed
Because I could not stop for Death—He kindly stopped for me—The Carriage held but just Ourselves—And Immortality. We slowly drove—He knew no haste,And I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility— We passed the School, where Children stroveAt recess—in...