#civilengineering — Public Fediverse posts

Michel Bierlaire, a world-renowned expert who always makes time for his students, isn’t just “Mr. Transport” – he’s also the winner of the 2025 best teacher award for the civil engineering Section.

➡️ https://actu.epfl.ch/news/the-best-way-to-learn-something-is-to-teach-it/

#EPFL #CivilEngineering #BestTeacher

https://bsky.app/profile/lut.fi/post/3mlakdbfoyc2f #LUTyliopisto #yliopisto The Erkki Paasikivi Foundation has made a 400,000-euro donation to our civil engineering programme. 🚀

A sincere thank you for this generous contribution! 💚

➔ Read how the funding will be utilised: https://www.lut.fi/en/news/significant-donation-civil-engineering-research-and-education

#unilut #Lahti #civilengineering #research #education @lahti.fi

https://bsky.app/profile/lut.fi/post/3mlakdbfoyc2f #LUTyliopisto #yliopisto The Erkki Paasikivi Foundation has made a 400,000-euro donation to our civil engineering programme. 🚀

A sincere thank you for this generous contribution! 💚

➔ Read how the funding will be utilised: https://www.lut.fi/en/news/significant-donation-civil-engineering-research-and-education

#unilut #Lahti #civilengineering #research #education @lahti.fi

https://bsky.app/profile/lut.fi/post/3mlakdbfoyc2f #LUTyliopisto #yliopisto The Erkki Paasikivi Foundation has made a 400,000-euro donation to our civil engineering programme. 🚀

A sincere thank you for this generous contribution! 💚

➔ Read how the funding will be utilised: https://www.lut.fi/en/news/significant-donation-civil-engineering-research-and-education

#unilut #Lahti #civilengineering #research #education @lahti.fi

🔬 Present your research
🌍 Collaborate with global experts
📄 Publish and share your insights

📍 Berlin
📅 September 14–15, 2026

🔗 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/
🎟 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/registration

#ISECEE2026 #EngineeringConference #AcademicConference
#SmartCities #UrbanInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation
#SustainableCities #UrbanPlanning #CivilEngineering
#Research #Academia #Researchers #PhDLife
#Berlin #GermanyResearch #BerlinAcademia
#TUberlin #HumboldtUniversity
#CallForPapers #SubmitAbstract

🔬 Present your research
🌍 Collaborate with global experts
📄 Publish and share your insights

📍 Berlin
📅 September 14–15, 2026

🔗 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/
🎟 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/registration

#ISECEE2026 #EngineeringConference #AcademicConference
#SmartCities #UrbanInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation
#SustainableCities #UrbanPlanning #CivilEngineering
#Research #Academia #Researchers #PhDLife
#Berlin #GermanyResearch #BerlinAcademia
#TUberlin #HumboldtUniversity
#CallForPapers #SubmitAbstract

🔬 Present your research
🌍 Collaborate with global experts
📄 Publish and share your insights

📍 Berlin
📅 September 14–15, 2026

🔗 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/
🎟 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/registration

#ISECEE2026 #EngineeringConference #AcademicConference
#SmartCities #UrbanInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation
#SustainableCities #UrbanPlanning #CivilEngineering
#Research #Academia #Researchers #PhDLife
#Berlin #GermanyResearch #BerlinAcademia
#TUberlin #HumboldtUniversity
#CallForPapers #SubmitAbstract

🔬 Present your research
🌍 Collaborate with global experts
📄 Publish and share your insights

📍 Berlin
📅 September 14–15, 2026

🔗 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/
🎟 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/registration

#ISECEE2026 #EngineeringConference #AcademicConference
#SmartCities #UrbanInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation
#SustainableCities #UrbanPlanning #CivilEngineering
#Research #Academia #Researchers #PhDLife
#Berlin #GermanyResearch #BerlinAcademia
#TUberlin #HumboldtUniversity
#CallForPapers #SubmitAbstract

https://www.cyclingeu.com/871051/route-41-hs2-starts-work-on-new-fosse-way-cycle-bridge-shorts/ Route 41: HS2 starts work on new Fosse Way cycle bridge #shorts #Bicycling #BicyclingUK #BicyclingUnitedKingdom #Biking #BikingUK #BikingUnitedKingdom #bridge #CivilEngineering #construction #cycle #CycleBridge #Cycling #CyclingGloucesterUnitedKingdom #CyclingUk #CyclingUnitedKingdom #engineering #HighSpeedRail #HighSpeedRailway #HS2 #infrastructure #Project #rail #railways #train #tunnelling #UK #UnitedKingdom

🌍 Building Resilient Cities for Tomorrow

At ISECEE2026 – 4th International Summit on Earth Science, Civil & Environmental Engineering, global experts, researchers, and industry leaders will come together to discuss.

📍 Berlin, Germany
📅 September 14–15, 2026

🔗 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/

📝 https://civil.spectrumconferences.com/registration

#CivilEngineering #Sustainability #ClimateAction #EarthScience #EnvironmentalEngineering #SmartCities #ISECEE2026

Non-producing oil and gas wells emit microbial methane—a potent greenhouse gas—at rates approximately 1,000 times higher than previously estimated, acting as a continued source of atmospheric emissions long after a well has ceased production.
#Environmental #Geochemistry #EarthSciences #CivilEngineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/env04092603.html

Free Webinar on FOSSEE Osdag (Organised by INSDAG)

Join us for an introductory session on Osdag – Open Steel Design Software 🏗️

📅 April 7, 2026
⏰ 4:00 – 5:00 PM

🔍 What you’ll learn:
• Osdag basics & features (v2026)
• Live demonstration
• Installation & getting started

👉 Register here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScE9NAvFeEiIfzxEIrzXL82uecWj5YPE70WLqA0nKL2I-yqMw/viewform

Boost & share within your networks!

#FOSSEE #Osdag #OpenSource #EngineeringEducation #CivilEngineering #StructuralEngineering #IITBombay #STEM #FOSS

https://www.europesays.com/ch/38608/ Ranking: ETH Zurich still the world’s best university in Earth Sciences #architecture #Chemistry #CivilEngineering #ComputerAndInformationTechnology #DARCH #DBAUG #DCHAB #DEAPS #DINFK #DITET #DMATH #DMATL #DMAVT #DPHYS #DUSYS #EarthSciences #ElectricalEngineering #EnvironmentalSciences #GeologicalInstitute #geology #InstituteOfGeophysics #MaterialsScience #Mathematics #MechanicalEngineering #news #Physics #statistics #Zürich

Connecting Canals

Before the rise of railroads, canals provided critical commercial shipping infrastructure for many locations worldwide. But connecting canals at different elevations required locks–sometimes a whole series of them–as in the case of Scotland’s Union Canal and the Forth and Clyde Canal. In the canals’ heyday, navigating the 11 locks between them took the better part of a day–one of many reasons that canals fell out of use over time.

When Scotland decided to reconnect the canals in the 1990s, they picked a very different solution for this elevation challenge: the Falkirk Wheel. Grady walks us through the clever engineering of this impressive piece of infrastructure in this Practical Engineering video. (Video and image credit: Practical Engineering)

🏗️ *Civil Engineering Job Market in India 2025 (Part-1) — Reality, Scope & Future Opportunities*

🎥 Watch the full video here:
https://www.engineersheaven.org/video/view/56

If you don't want to watch the video and want to Read the article

🌐Click here := https://www.engineersheaven.org/blogs/618

Let’s discuss the future together!
https://www.engineersheaven.org/forum/4?faculty=Civil-Engineering

#CivilEngineering #EngineeringCareers #JobMarket2025 #EngineersHeaven #EngineeringStudents #CareerGrowth #Infrastructure #FutureEngineers #EngineeringInsights

🏗️ *Civil Engineering Job Market in India 2025 — Growing or Challenging?*

🎥 Watch the full video here
https://www.engineersheaven.org/video/view/55

Read the article
Click here :=https://www.engineersheaven.org/blogs/617

🌐If you are interested to read the full Detailed article :-
click here https://www.engineersheaven.org/forum/topic/174

https://www.engineersheaven.org/forum/4?faculty=Civil-Engineering

#CivilEngineering #EngineeringCareers #JobMarket2025 #EngineersHeaven #EngineeringStudents #CareerGrowth #Infrastructure #FutureEngineers #EngineeringInsights

How the Edenville Dam Failed

Back in May 2020, the Edenville Dam in Michigan failed dramatically, releasing flood waters that destroyed a downstream dam and caused millions of dollars of damage. In this Practical Engineering video, Grady deconstructs the accident, based on an interim report from the forensic team charged with investigating the failure. Along the way, he explains common causes of dam failures, what made the Edenville failure unusual, and how engineers build modern earthen dams to avoid this older design’s flaws. (Image and video credit: Practical Engineering)

Airports could stop wasting land by building underground passenger terminals, by encouraging the use of VTOL aircraft, and by implementing assisted take-off technologies for reducing runway length.
#airports #aviation #landuse #urbanplanning #runways #vtol #assistedtakeoff #catobar #architecture #civilengineering #civilaviation #aircraft

White roofs should be mandatory in all new buildings to combat global warming.
#whiteroofs #whitecolor #buildings #passivecooling #albedo #solarradiation #sunlightreflection #sunlight #globalwarming #climatechange #greenhouseeffect #civilengineering

Damping a Skyscraper

Wind forces on a skyscraper can set it swaying, so engineers design dampers to stop the motion and keep users comfortable. Some buildings use suspended solid mass dampers to counter a building’s motion, but others take a liquid approach. Whether by shifting water through specially shaped chambers or by sloshing it back and forth in a tank, a tuned liquid damper system can quickly bring a building back to rest. In this Practical Engineering video, Grady discusses the challenges of designing these systems and demonstrates how they work with a cool tabletop version. As a reminder, sloshing also helps in water-bottle flipping and stopping a bouncing ball. (Video and image credit: Practical Engineering)

#civilEngineering #damping #fluidDynamics #physics #science #sloshDynamics #sloshing

Logan Ober has updated his ElevatorDatabase.com. From the LinkedIn announcement: “Version 2.5.0 is live and it’s the biggest visual refresh yet. Everything finally looks and feels like one system with the same clean dark and light theme across the homepage, California search, and Release Notes.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/logan-ober-updates-elevator-database/

Hacking When It Counts: DIY Prosthetics and the Prison Camp Lathe https://hackaday.com/2025/07/14/hacking-when-it-counts-diy-prosthetics-and-the-prison-camp-lathe/ #hackingwhenitcounts #socialengineering #civilengineering #machinetools #Engineering #prosthetic #Featured #Interest #History #prison #lathe #limb #wwii #POW

Hacking When It Counts: DIY Prosthetics and the Prison Camp Lathe - There are a lot of benefits to writing for Hackaday, but hands down one of the bes... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/14/hacking-when-it-counts-diy-prosthetics-and-the-prison-camp-lathe/ #hackingwhenitcounts #socialengineering #civilengineering #machinetools #engineering #prosthetic #featured #interest #history #prison #lathe #limb #wwii #pow

#WSDOT follow up on clearing the #ChuckanutDrive rockslide

https://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/sr-11-chuckanut-drive.html

#pnw #Geology #CivilEngineering

🌍 What is Seismic Engineering?
Did you know buildings can be designed to dance with earthquakes instead of collapsing?
Seismic Engineering is the science that helps protect structures and save lives during seismic events.

👉 Discover the full story here: https://www.engineersheaven.org/forum/topic/58

#SeismicEngineering #EarthquakeEngineering #DisasterPrevention #CivilEngineering #StructuralDesign #EngineeringInnovation #EngineersHeaven #STEMeducation #FutureOfEngineering

Dams Fill Reservoirs With Sediment

Dams are critical pieces of infrastructure, but, as Grady shows in this Practical Engineering video, they are destined to be temporary. The reason is that they naturally fill with sediment over time. Rivers carry a combination of water and sediment; the latter is critical to healthy shorelines and stable ecology. But while sediment gets carried along by a fast-flowing river, slower flow rates allow sediment to fall out of suspension, as demonstrated in Grady’s tabletop flume. As his river transitions to a deeper, slower-flowing reservoir, sand falls out of the flow, building up colorful strata. The sand and water even create dynamic feedback loops, as seen with the dunes that form in his timelapse and march toward the dam.

Any long-term plan for a dam has to deal with this inevitable build-up of sediment, and, unfortunately, it’s not a simple or cheap problem to address, as discussed in the video. (Video and image credit: Practical Engineering)

#civilEngineering #dams #engineering #fluidDynamics #physics #science #sedimentTransport #sedimentation

BBC News: New road bridge over River Clyde opens to traffic

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d5gxgz3geo

#Glasgow #CivilEngineering #RiverClyde

On the Mechanics of Wet Sand

Sand is a critical component of many built environments. As most of us learn (via sand castle), adding just the right amount of water allows sand to be quite strong. But with too little water — or too much — sand is prone to collapse. For those of us outside the construction industry, we’re most likely to run into this problem on the beach while digging holes in the sand. In this Practical Engineering video, Grady explains the forces that stabilize and destabilize piled sand and where the dangers of excavation lie. (Video and image credit: Practical Engineering)

#civilEngineering #fluidDynamics #geophysics #granularMaterial #granularMaterial_ #infrastructure #physics #science #shear

AdamSomething has taken a break from #civilengineering and decided to *checks notes* talk about #statecraft and #socioeconomics in the #US? Ah ghee whiz.

That a #European shows his autistic super power by just lining up one #political problem after another and mowing them down in the same breath gives me hope for the future.

But is #Europe really the #economic centre of the world in the future? I'm a bit more uncertain of that.

Why #Trump's #Tariffs Are Doomed To Fail
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zognn5hwQdk

Interpretable Physics-Informed Graph Neural Networks For Flood Forecasting
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https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.13484 <-- shared paper
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https://github.com/MehdiTaghizadehUVa/modulus/tree/main/examples/weather/flood_modeling/hydrographnet <-- shared GitHub repository
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #FloodForecasting #GraphNeuralNetworks #PhysicsInformedAI #Hydrology #ClimateResilience #ScientificMachineLearning #CivilEngineering #HydroGraphNet #PhyiscsNeMo #hydrology #water #flood #flooding #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #climatechange #model #modeling #machinelearning #AI #extremeweather #prediction #forecasting #planning #humanimpacts #loss #lossoflife #publicsafety #cost #economics #infrastructure #risk #hazard #disaster #mitigation #preparedness #naturaldisaster #HydroGraphNet #floodforecasting #dynamics #remotesensing #earthobservation

"Quantum-based gravity sensors promise a sensitive and robust way to locate buried objects, and they’ve recently taken their first steps out of the laboratory"

https://physicsworld.com/a/how-civil-engineering-is-bringing-quantum-physics-down-to-earth/

#Engineering #Surveys #Ground #CivilEngineering #Quantum #Interferometry

"Quantum-based gravity sensors promise a sensitive and robust way to locate buried objects, and they’ve recently taken their first steps out of the laboratory"

https://physicsworld.com/a/how-civil-engineering-is-bringing-quantum-physics-down-to-earth/

#Engineering #Surveys #Ground #CivilEngineering #Quantum #Interferometry

"Quantum-based gravity sensors promise a sensitive and robust way to locate buried objects, and they’ve recently taken their first steps out of the laboratory"

https://physicsworld.com/a/how-civil-engineering-is-bringing-quantum-physics-down-to-earth/

#Engineering #Surveys #Ground #CivilEngineering #Quantum #Interferometry

"Quantum-based gravity sensors promise a sensitive and robust way to locate buried objects, and they’ve recently taken their first steps out of the laboratory"

https://physicsworld.com/a/how-civil-engineering-is-bringing-quantum-physics-down-to-earth/

#Engineering #Surveys #Ground #CivilEngineering #Quantum #Interferometry

My friend @Dicksondavid in #PortHarcourt #Nigeria is #LookingForWork - he has worked before in #foodservice and has skills as a #barber and interest in #CivilEngineering / #construction

If anyone from the area knows of opportunities (including assistance for interview travel expenses) and/or can advise how a young man in this can get genuine work (he has had previous issues with unpaid wages and paying for travel only to find there are 0 vacancies) it will be much appreciated..

The Best of FYFD 2024

Welcome to another year and another look back at FYFD’s most popular posts. (You can find previous editions, too, for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014. Whew, that’s a lot!) Here are some of 2024’s most popular topics:

• The Taum Sauk Dam Failure and Its Legacy
• Stretching Ant Rafts
• Gigapixel Supernova
• Feynman’s Sprinkler Solved
• Calming the Waves
• “Dew Point” Deposits Droplets
• Drying Unaffected by Humidity
• Trapped in a Taylor Column
• Exciting a Flame in a Trough
• Remembering Rivers Past
• A Comet’s Tail
• Light Pillars
• Liquid Metal Printing
• The Miscible Faraday Instability
• A Triangular Prominence

This year’s topics are a good mix: fundamental research, civil engineering applications, geophysics, astrophysics, art, and one good old-fashioned brain teaser. Interested in what 2025 will hold? There are lots of ways to follow along so that you don’t miss a post.

And if you enjoy FYFD, please remember that it’s a reader-supported website. I don’t run ads, and it’s been years since my last sponsored post. You can help support the site by becoming a patron, buying some merch, or simply by sharing on social media. And if you find yourself struggling to remember to check the website, remember you can get FYFD in your inbox every two weeks with our newsletter. Happy New Year!

(Image credits: dam – Practical Engineering, ants – C. Chen et al., supernova – NOIRLab, sprinkler – K. Wang et al., wave tank – L-P. Euvé et al., “Dew Point” – L. Clark, paint – M. Huisman et al., iceberg – D. Fox, flame trough – S. Mould, sign – B. Willen, comet – S. Li, light pillars – N. Liao, chair – MIT News, Faraday instability – G. Louis et al., prominence – A. Vanoni)

#admin #ants #astrophysics #civilEngineering #comet #damFailure #drying #flowVisualization #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #FYFD #instability #physics #plasma #rivers #rotatingFlow #science #selfExcitedOscillation #TaylorColumn #waveInterference

This is why #Engineers use #TransitionCurves in the form of #CornuSpirals or #Clothoids to connect from the straight segment onto a circular arc. It has the property that it starts with zero #curvature at the beginning and then the curvature increases linearly with distance travelled along the curve. At the appropriate curvature, it is connected to a circular arc with the same curvature.

#MyWork #WxMaxima #CivilEngineering #HighwayEngineering #CCBYSA

https://www.evolo.us/registration-2024-skyscraper-competition/

"Established in 2006, the annual #Skyscraper #Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise #architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, #materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations; along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution."

#civilengineering #Architecture #ConstructionEngineering #Design

https://www.evolo.us/registration-2024-skyscraper-competition/

"Established in 2006, the annual #Skyscraper #Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise #architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, #materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations; along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution."

#civilengineering #Architecture #ConstructionEngineering #Design

https://www.evolo.us/registration-2024-skyscraper-competition/

"Established in 2006, the annual #Skyscraper #Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise #architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, #materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations; along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution."

#civilengineering #Architecture #ConstructionEngineering #Design

Hi, I'm Steven! new #introduction

I am a research scientist and lecturer at the #UniversityOfWashington #Seattle in #Hydrology #CivilEngineering #EnvironmentalEngineering .

My research involves #RemoteSensing of #snow, and I am interested in #AppliedScience for #ClimateAdaptations , #NaturalHazards , #WaterResources , #teaching and #OpenSourceSoftware .

Geomorphometry - A Brief Guide
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-2481(08)00001-9 <-- shared paper
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https://geomorphometry.org/ <-- International Society for Geomorphometry home page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #elevation #remotesensing #data #digital #civilengineering #science #visualization #geometry #military #algorithms #society #visualisation #model #modeling #geomorphology #landcover #geomorphometry #quantitative #landsurface #analysis #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #terrainanalysis #physicalgeography #geography #geology #topography #landforms #watersheds #surfacemodel #algorithms #interpretation #gischat #tutorial #guide #overview #learning

RT @CopernicusLand: 📣 Don’t miss our 5th & final #EGMS webinar, on urban areas and infrastructure!

Learn how EGMS can facilitate #UrbanPlanning & #CivilEngineering applications and risk management

📅Wednesday 7 June 2023
⏰11:00 - 12:00 CEST
💻Online

Register now👇
https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/events/european-ground-motion-service-webinar-series-2023

#CLMS https://t.co/I0eqszLv9N

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1661013085535240192

RT @CopernicusLand: 📣 Don’t miss our 5th & final #EGMS webinar, on urban areas and infrastructure!

Learn how EGMS can facilitate #UrbanPlanning & #CivilEngineering applications and risk management

📅Wednesday 7 June 2023
⏰11:00 - 12:00 CEST
💻Online

Register now👇
https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/events/european-ground-motion-service-webinar-series-2023

#CLMS https://t.co/I0eqszLv9N

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1661013085535240192

RT @CopernicusLand: 📣 Don’t miss our 5th & final #EGMS webinar, on urban areas and infrastructure!

Learn how EGMS can facilitate #UrbanPlanning & #CivilEngineering applications and risk management

📅Wednesday 7 June 2023
⏰11:00 - 12:00 CEST
💻Online

Register now👇
https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/events/european-ground-motion-service-webinar-series-2023

#CLMS https://t.co/I0eqszLv9N

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1661013085535240192

Just uploaded a small book as open source: “Doing Engineering Calculations”. https://osf.io/qv6bn. Comments welcome. #CivilEngineering #EnvironmentalEngineering #EngineeringCalculations

@dougholton @edutooters @fediversenews @psychology @academicchatter

Oh, I was hoping for finding more people from #civilengineering #constructionengineering #buildinginformationmodeling #bim etc. via guppe. Maybe some want to move to this baudigital.social now? It's a bit empty here.

@dougholton @edutooters @fediversenews @psychology @academicchatter

Oh, I was hoping for finding more people from #civilengineering #constructionengineering #buildinginformationmodeling #bim etc. via guppe. Maybe some want to move to this baudigital.social now? It's a bit empty here.

@dougholton @edutooters @fediversenews @psychology @academicchatter

Oh, I was hoping for finding more people from #civilengineering #constructionengineering #buildinginformationmodeling #bim etc. via guppe. Maybe some want to move to this baudigital.social now? It's a bit empty here.

@dougholton @edutooters @fediversenews @psychology @academicchatter

Oh, I was hoping for finding more people from #civilengineering #constructionengineering #buildinginformationmodeling #bim etc. via guppe. Maybe some want to move to this baudigital.social now? It's a bit empty here.