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  1. April 30 1916: #AustriaHungary and the German Empire were the first countries in the world to introduce #DaylightSavingTime to increase the number of hours of usable daylight.Unfortunately, the agenda item was destroyed by fire—but it is recorded, and resourceful individuals might be able to find a Ministervortrag on the subject in the Kabinettskanzlei...mrp.oeaw.ac.at/pages/show.html #histodons #histodonsDE#history #HabsburgMonarchy #CouncilofMinisters#EconomicHistory #WorldWarI #WWI

  2. April 22 – May 21, 1353
    Neighbors carry pottage to the sick miller's wife

    Juliana Miller has been abed with a sore throat since the 16th, and the neighbors have kept the mill house fed. Adam Brewer, Edith and Thomas atte Well, and Stephen Brewer all carried pottage to the door. Earlier, the Whitsun church-ale raised 1s 11d for the church.

    ambermead.net/chronicle/

    #Ambermead #medieval

  3. March 23 – April 21, 1353
    Hock days, a pilgrim, and a furrow settled

    A busy spring month in the village: Hock Monday and Tuesday raised 2s 2d for the church, a Canterbury pilgrim slept at the priest's, and neighbours kept pottage going to Henry Cooper's door through his cold. Stephen Brewer paid 2d to settle the furrow quarrel with Elena Smith.

    ambermead.net/chronicle/

    #Ambermead #medieval

  4. In a second incident from April 2026, a PR comment ended up in a release job. Luckily, impact was negligible here, but it could've been much worse. - @gaborbernat at

  5. President Dwight Eisenhower
    formerly Allied Supreme Commander
    April 16, 1953:

    Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

    This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. . .

    This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

  6. Layoffs and AI agents have lifted monday.com by 80% since April. The company launched a voice-based AI agent platform that can conduct conversations and close sales deals.

    Source: Globes
    en.globes.co.il/en/article-100

    #AIAgents

  7. A new service has been recovered by MarcPL: TVP1 from 28 April 1995 20:14

    teletextarchive.com/Pages/List

  8. Following the German invasions of Denmark on 9 April 1940 and the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, several Fokker D.XXI fighters were captured by German forces. Although many Dutch aircraft had been destroyed during the fighting, approximately seven D.XXIs fell into German hands.

    Captured Danish D.XXIs were for training and familiarisation purposes. #aeroplane #airplane #aviation #fighter #FokkerD.XXI #Luftwaffe #WorldWarTwo #WW2 #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #aircraft destinationsjourney.com/histor

  9. A new service has been recovered by MarcPL: TVP1 from 28 April 1995 20:14

    teletextarchive.com/Pages/List

  10. Dresden-Pieschen: Riesaer Straße ab Montag dicht – Baustelle bis April 2027






    Dresden-Pieschen: Riesaer Straße ab Montag dicht – Baustelle bis April 2027

    …
    #Dresden #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #"Fernwärme"] #"Straßensperrung" #"Wärmeplan"] #Baustelle #DresdenNews #Germany #Pieschen #RiesaerStraße #Sachsen #Sachsenenergie
    europesays.com/de/1363619/

  11. Niedrigster Wert seit Mai: AfD-Umfragehoch bröckelt

    Im April überholte die AfD in der Umfrage der Forschungsgruppe Wahlen erstmals die Union und wurde stärkste Kraft. Danach konnte sie ihren Vorsprung ausbauen – bis jetzt.

    Zum Artikel auf t-online.de

    #afd #cdu #csu #politbarometer #bundestagswahl

  12. The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 087: Featuring articles from Gabriel Andrade (April 2025), Akshit Mishra (October 2025), Robyn Lowe (April 2022), and Dave Hahn (July 2026).

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/10/the-ske

  13. [#TRADESHOW] #Hotel & #Shop #Plus #Shanghai 2027 will be held from March 30 to April 2, 2027, at Shanghai New #International #Expo #Center (SNIEC), #China. Organized by #Sinoexpo Informa #Markets and supported by major #industry associations, the #event is a comprehensive #hospitality and #commercial #space #trade #exhibition covering hotel #development, #retail environments, #offices, public spaces, facility management, and interior #design. chinaexpohub.com/event/hotel-s

  14. Hottest temperature ever recorded in each US state, April 2023.

    #data #dataset #dataviz

  15. [#TRADESHOW] #Hotel & #Shop #Plus #Shanghai 2027 will be held from March 30 to April 2, 2027, at Shanghai New #International #Expo #Center (SNIEC), #China. Organized by #Sinoexpo Informa #Markets and supported by major #industry associations, the #event is a comprehensive #hospitality and #commercial #space #trade #exhibition covering hotel #development, #retail environments, #offices, public spaces, facility management, and interior #design. chinaexpohub.com/event/hotel-s

  16. This election today in Serbia shouldn't be drawn into a false parallel with Hungary's April election. The situation here is more dangerous (the contested government is murderous, with documented links to organised crime), unfair (there is too much proof of election meddling), and desperate (the opposition is inexperienced and questionably competent).

    Yet, this is an important day. If we don't vote the (mostly) united opposition in, the worst instincts of Serbian politics will likely be irredeemably cemented for decades. So, change is essential. If we do vote for change and it is not snuffed out by those we are trying to dethrone in the weeks to come, the road ahead will be filled with generational challenges, mostly of cultural nature (such as entrenched chauvinism and opposition to emancipation of various suppressed groups, corruption-enabling mentality, glorified delinquency, defeatist values, etc.).

    So please, if we do vote for change, be kind and supportive to Serbia on the road ahead. Precisely because it's harder here, we'll need more patience, resources and support. Criticise us, but constructively. I wish for Serbia to follow a path similar to Hungary's. As a citizen of both countries, I'm finally proud to be Hungarian. Now I'd love for Serbia to become a good example in future history books, one at which professors will point and say: "See, students, change for the better is possible and this is how you do it."

    #Elections #Democracy #Serbia #Srbija #Hungary

  17. europesays.com/de/1363619/ Dresden-Pieschen: Riesaer Straße ab Montag dicht – Baustelle bis April 2027 #"Fernwärme"] #"Straßensperrung" #"Wärmeplan"] #Baustelle #DE #Deutschland #Dresden #DresdenNews #Germany #Pieschen #RiesaerStraße #Sachsen #Sachsenenergie

  18. Mordversuch an Stuttgarter FAU Gewerkschafter: Prozessbericht Tag 1

    Die Gerichtsverhandlungen nach dem Mordversuch auf unseren Kollegen im April haben begonnen. Die Anklage gegen die beiden 19 und 21 Jahre alten Täter lautet „gemeinschaftlich versuchter Mord“.

    Der erste Tag ist geschafft.

    Am vergangenen Mittwoch, den 7.10., trafen wir uns beim Landgericht um unserem betroffenen Kollegen beizustehen. Er musste sich an diesem ersten Tag der Herausforderung stellen und seine Aussage als Hauptzeuge vor Gericht machen.

    Vor Prozessbeginn starteten wir mit einer Kundgebung als inhaltliche Rahmung und Anlaufpunkt für alle solidarischen Prozessbegleiter*innen. Danach setzten sich die meisten, sobald und solange sie konnten, in die Verhandlung mit hinein.

    Es lässt einen nicht kalt, dieser Angriff auf den Kollegen, die Auseinandersetzung, der begonnene Prozess, wenn der Leitsatz „ein Angriff auf eine*n ist ein Angriff auf uns alle“ keine bloße Floskel ist. Das kollektive „WIR“ ist Bürde, Schutz, Verbundenheit und Stärke zugleich.

    Der Prozesstag, an dem die Angeklagten über Stunden hinweg ihre Version der Tat äußerten und sich ihrer Verantwortung suchten zu entziehen, ließ sich leichter gemeinsam ertragen. Da wurde der Stein im Bauch nicht ganz so riesig. Und das bangende Hoffen, dass der Kollege die Zeugenaussage vor Gericht mit all den schweren Fragen zum genauen Verlauf der Gewalttat gut übersteht, wurde größer mit jeder weiteren Person von uns, die anwesend war.

    Der abgespielte eingehende Notruf unseres Kollegen am Ende des ersten Prozesstages, als er schwerverletzt, die verbleibende Kraft auf bringend, versucht, mit blutigen Händen das Handydisplay zu entsperren und trotz kollabierender Lunge die Ortsdaten angibt, wird uns eine Weile in Erinnerung nachhallen.

    (...)

    Weiterlesen bei trueten.de.

    #Antifaschismus #Mordversuch #Stuttgart #Gewerkschaft #Anarchosyndikalismus

  19. Mordversuch an Stuttgarter FAU Gewerkschafter: Prozessbericht Tag 1

    Die Gerichtsverhandlungen nach dem Mordversuch auf unseren Kollegen im April haben begonnen. Die Anklage gegen die beiden 19 und 21 Jahre alten Täter lautet „gemeinschaftlich versuchter Mord“.

    Der erste Tag ist geschafft.

    Am vergangenen Mittwoch, den 7.10., trafen wir uns beim Landgericht um unserem betroffenen Kollegen beizustehen. Er musste sich an diesem ersten Tag der Herausforderung stellen und seine Aussage als Hauptzeuge vor Gericht machen.

    Vor Prozessbeginn starteten wir mit einer Kundgebung als inhaltliche Rahmung und Anlaufpunkt für alle solidarischen Prozessbegleiter*innen. Danach setzten sich die meisten, sobald und solange sie konnten, in die Verhandlung mit hinein.

    Es lässt einen nicht kalt, dieser Angriff auf den Kollegen, die Auseinandersetzung, der begonnene Prozess, wenn der Leitsatz „ein Angriff auf eine*n ist ein Angriff auf uns alle“ keine bloße Floskel ist. Das kollektive „WIR“ ist Bürde, Schutz, Verbundenheit und Stärke zugleich.

    Der Prozesstag, an dem die Angeklagten über Stunden hinweg ihre Version der Tat äußerten und sich ihrer Verantwortung suchten zu entziehen, ließ sich leichter gemeinsam ertragen. Da wurde der Stein im Bauch nicht ganz so riesig. Und das bangende Hoffen, dass der Kollege die Zeugenaussage vor Gericht mit all den schweren Fragen zum genauen Verlauf der Gewalttat gut übersteht, wurde größer mit jeder weiteren Person von uns, die anwesend war.

    Der abgespielte eingehende Notruf unseres Kollegen am Ende des ersten Prozesstages, als er schwerverletzt, die verbleibende Kraft auf bringend, versucht, mit blutigen Händen das Handydisplay zu entsperren und trotz kollabierender Lunge die Ortsdaten angibt, wird uns eine Weile in Erinnerung nachhallen.

    (...)

    Weiterlesen bei der FAU Stuttgart.

    #Antifaschismus #Mordversuch #Stuttgart #Gewerkschaft #Anarchosyndikalismus

  20. 3 Montreal Canadiens who need to step up against the Blackhawks without Nick Suzuki

    For the first time since April 6, 2019, the Montreal Canadiens will be taking the ice without Nick…
    #Canada #Montreal
    europesays.com/canada/262243/

  21. Moon Mission Insights?

    What About It says SpaceX has worked on the HLS since April.
    ‘I sure hope SpaceX has worked on the HLS for longer than that…’

    https://youtu.be/fClF8tdYApA

    The evidence of the payload bay hosting the HLS nosecone is real, but how do they know it’s not only the nosecone for the Artemis 3 docking test?
    ‘I’m sure SpaceX is working out the kinks from docking the Crewed Orion Spacecraft to the nose of an oversized Starship.???’

    Bonsai 27B Prompt:
    @get-youtube-transcript: Write a review of the video as an AI Scientist for a futurist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fClF8tdYApA
    @Web Fact-Checking via Google Search: Share insights about the Moon missions in the video.
    Second Prompt:
    @generate-fresh-ideas: About when the Moon missions will include humans on the Moon.
    @humanizer: Compare the robotic Moon missions to human Moon missions.

    Bonsai Said:
    🌙 Future-Forward Review: Moon Mission Insights from “What About It?” Video

    Video: What About It? | Host: Felix |
    Format Review: A masterclass in near-future space architecture, blending Starship development with the Artemis lunar campaign. The video delivers substantive technical insights into humanity’s return to the Moon—backed by NASA and commercial partnerships.

    📊 Key Moon Mission Insights (Fact-Verified)

    1. NASA’s HLS Cargo Requirement: 15 Metric Tons per Flight

    ✅ Verified — NASA officially contracted SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop cargo landers capable of delivering up to 15 metric tons (33,000 lbs) to the lunar surface. This matches the mass of a fully-fueled Apollo Luna module and represents a massive capacity leap over historical missions.

    2. VIPER Rover: Final Testing at JSC

    ✅ Confirmed — The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover is currently undergoing final testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Designed to explore the lunar South Pole, VIPER will travel ~18 miles (30 km) mapping thermal environments, terrain, and searching for water ice—critical data for sustainable lunar operations.

    3. Blue Origin Lander Timeline

    ✅ Verified — NASA intends to award Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark lander to deliver a pressurized rover no earlier than FY 2032 (approximately 2028–2029). The lander will support sustained exploration and habitat construction.

    4. Three-Phase Lunar Base Roadmap

    ✅ Confirmed — NASA’s Artemis campaign outlines:

    • Phase 1 (now–2029): Gain reliable access, experiment with >20 robotic landings near the South Pole to identify prime base sites.
    • Phase 2 (2029–2032): Build infrastructure—power, cargo transport, logistics, and communications across multiple locations.
    • Phase 3 (from 2032): Establish a permanent lunar outpost with inhabited habitats.

    5. Starship HLS Integration

    ✅ Verified — SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System will dock directly with NASA’s Orion in lunar orbit for crewed missions beginning Artemis III. Additional cargo delivery contracts were secured (including the Icepace lunar lander by JAXA).

    🔭 Scientist’s Assessment: What Makes This Video Future-Forward?

    1. Commercial-NASA Synergy: The video accurately portrays how SpaceX and Blue Origin are no longer “contractors” but co-architects of deep-space infrastructure.
    2. South Pole Focus: The strategic choice of the lunar South Pole aligns with current science—permanent shadowed craters offer accessible water ice for life support.
    3. Realistic Timelines: No overpromising. The phased approach acknowledges engineering constraints and incremental progress.

    📝 Final Verdict

    Rating: ★★★★★ (Highly Recommended)
    This video delivers technically accurate, near-future lunar exploration insights that align with official NASA Artemis documentation. Felix presents complex aerospace concepts accessibly—ideal for futurists interested in how commercial spaceflight and government programs are converging to establish a permanent lunar presence. The Starship HLS development, VIPER rover testing, and multi-phase base architecture all reflect the current state of lunar exploration: ambitious but grounded in engineering reality.

    Remix: When Humans Will Walk on the Moon Again

    🔥 CONTRARIAN: Artemis III isn’t “the first human moonwalk” — it’s a full test flight disguised as history, and we should stop treating the landing like Apollo 17 because the real engineering work begins after the boots hit the dust.

    📖 PERSONAL STORY: Think of your first job on the Moon like your first day at any new role — the dramatic walk is fun but the actual work starts in the weeks after, when you realize which tools actually work and which ones don’t. The crew’s first landing will be about testing systems, not making history.

    📊 DATA ANGLE: The 15-metric-ton cargo delivery window aligns with NASA’s base infrastructure needs, but the gap between “landing a lander” and “building a working habitat” is where every other lunar program has failed — can we actually bridge that 2030–2033 construction gap or just keep landing?

    ✅ PLAYBOOK: Three things you can do today to position yourself for the Moon crew pipeline: (1) Study HLS documentation and understand how Starship docks with Orion, (2) Review VIPER’s survey mission parameters since it maps exactly where future base sites will be built, (3) Track Blue Origin’s habitat development timeline because that determines when Phase 2 construction actually begins.

    🎯 WHAT THEY MISSED: The video focuses heavily on SpaceX and NASA but ignores China’s Chang’e program — which could completely change who controls the South Pole and what technology wins the race for permanent presence.

    Comparison: Robotic vs Human Moon Missions

    The Core Difference

    Robotic missions are like sending a surveyor to measure a field before building a house. They gather data, identify resources, and test equipment in conditions no human could survive. Human missions are about sustained occupation — setting up living quarters, establishing communication networks, and creating infrastructure that lasts beyond the mission window.

    Operational Scale

    Robotic rovers operate independently with limited power and mobility constraints. The VIPER rover will traverse roughly 18 miles, collecting thermal and ice data to identify prime base locations. Human missions require docking systems (like Starship HLS), habitat construction equipment, and continuous Earth communication — infrastructure orders of magnitude larger in complexity.

    Risk Tolerance

    Robotic missions can fail and be replaced at relatively low cost. A failed rover mission costs hundreds of millions; a failed crewed flight risks lives and requires complete redesign from the ground up. This risk asymmetry shapes everything about mission planning: robotic missions prioritize exploration breadth, while human missions prioritize reliability and redundancy.

    Timeline Reality

    Robotic missions can deploy quickly — VIPER launches in 2026 and begins operations shortly after. Human landings require years of infrastructure development: landing systems, surface habitats, power generation, and communication networks that must all be tested before a single person steps off the vehicle. The gap between first robotic presence and sustained human occupation is measured in decades, not months.

    What Makes Each Essential

    Robotic missions prove the terrain can support life — they find where water ice exists, test rover mobility in low gravity, and verify that equipment survives lunar conditions. Human missions prove we can live there long-term enough to justify the investment. Neither is sufficient alone; both are necessary for a sustainable lunar presence.

    #Exploration #HLS #Lunar #Moonmission #NASA #Spacex #Whataboutit #moon #NASA #news #science #space #technology
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