1. Within the past 3 days....summer 'heat' has finally returned to central Germany. We are in my valley in a 'wave' of 29 C (84 F)....probably will last for 8 days. Forecast already go back down to 24 C (72 F) by upcoming Thursday, with more storms anticipated by next weekend. For July and August....most mild summer in the Rhine Valley region that I can remember.
Just note....I don't consider 29 C (84 F) really that hot. If I were managing the weather map....it'd be tinted still light-blue...not light-red.
2. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology did a study, and they say that 'ultra-fine-dust' in the atmosphere....is triggering a lot of the weather crisis going on presently. Particles from drought areas and fires?
3. Some chatter from Last Generation activists.....wanting to make Munich a top 'target' in the coming weeks.....prior to the Bavarian state election. One odd factor here....the court system in Bavaria is more aggressive about the law, and there's likely to be some very disappointed activists.
4. WDR (the public TV network) is running a number of comedy shows (from 1980s/1990s) of Otto Waalkes. Oddly enough....they are having to put trigger warnings at the beginning on. When originally done....a lot of Ottto's comedy poked at right-wing types. These warnings? Made to soften impact with younger-generation left-wing types.
Wouldn't shock me if a lot of those 1980s West German sex-comedies had to add trigger-warnings.
5. There's a warning going out over Christmas cookies/cakes (manufacture would start in September)....that cost is going to escalate. Adding up energy, raw materials, personnel, logistics.....you might want to prepare yourself. Wouldn't shock me if we were talking about a 25-percent upswing.
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