!!!!!!!! PUTIN/RUSSIA GO HOME !!!!!!!! Trump and Höcke as well !!!!

No time for idiots! Humankind has to deal with serious problems and should not have to waste its time with jerks...

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all bugs are alive and free!

 

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." (John Muir)

 

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

 

"No man ever steps in the same river twice!" (Heraklit) - capture the moment!

 

"Life is very short, and there's no time. For fussing and fighting, my friend." (Lennon/McCartney)

 

"Some of us will die very soon - others just a little later!" (ascribed to one of the Tibetian Lamas)

 

Biologist who loves taking pictures of animals and plants. Focus on spiders but other species are too beautiful to be ignored! Most of my photos were taken with a Canon EOS600D and often with a tripod. Since April 2019 I own an EOS80D which I use for image stacking. Since April 2021 I shoot a lot with the Canon MP-E65 on an EOS600D in combination with a Laowa Kuangren KX-800 Macro Twin Lite flash. December 2021 move to Canon EOS R6 (my first full-frame, mirrorless). February 2022 starting with bird photography. Unless otherwise stated all animal pictures were taken in their natural habitat without manipulations - in-situ wild-life (macro-)photography!

 

Please respect that all images are copyright protected!

 

"Zu den Chimären, in deren Bannkreis der Sammler gerät, gehört die Vollständigkeit. Vergebens eilt er mit Mühen und Opfern hinter ihr her; sie behält ihren Vorsprung vor ihm. Man möchte meinen, daß sich dem abhelfen ließe, indem man das Gebiet verkleinert, dem man sich zuwendet. Vergebens, denn diese Zuwendung verkleinert zwar das Jagdfeld, aber sie schleift auch neue und feinere Facetten an."

SUBTILE JAGDEN, Ernst Jünger

 

Jeder kann knipsen. Auch ein Automat. Aber nicht jeder kann beobachten. Photographieren ist nur insofern Kunst, als sich seiner die Kunst des Beobachtens bedient. Beobachten ist ein elementar dichterischer Vorgang. Auch die Wirklichkeit muss geformt werden, will man sie zum Sprechen bringen. -Friedrich Dürrenmatt

 

“To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.”

― Thomas Henry Huxley

 

'You Miss 100% Of The Shots You Don't Take.' - Wayne Gretzky

 

In the midst of the ugliness of senseless terror the healing power of nature's beauty becomes even more important! Nous sommes insects & spiders! Nov. 2015

In search of better life nous sommes locusts! We have formed plagues since prehistory! Integration is key and the best pest control! March 2016

 

January 20th 2017, inauguration day - let's hope it will not be remembered as "loose cannon" day once! the hopes of some people are tremendeously high but so are the fears of others!

 

May 2017 : "planet first!!!"

 

July 2017: business trip to ZA; world of contrast: abundance of plants & poverty of people - Cape Town has it all! While plant biotopes are threatened the ones of poverty thrive...

 

August 2017: first time to Israel (business trip) - very impressed with the friendliness of the people I met! Had to let go one or the other prejudice! - "traveling is deadly for prejudice!" (Mark Twain)

 

September 24th, 2017: I am within the 87% - "Wir sind das Volk!"

 

October 2017: bad news - not only for insects!!! journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone...

 

December 2017: terrific Thailand trip (Ayutthaya, Sukhothai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao, Mae Sa, Bangkok) with marvellous temples, insects/spiders and great weather!

 

July 2018: just returned from Greece! Wonderful Peleponnes-trip with ancient temples and plenty of insects and spiders! to be repeated...

 

November 6th 2018: hopefully pay-day for the moron!

 

January 2019: just returned from Southern Vietnam/Cambodia. Marvellous countries with friendly people. Will post some fotos in the coming weeks.

 

February 2019: just been to Malta for business - as small as this island might be there are treasures to discover...

 

April 2019: first real focus stacks with EOS80D and Helicon FB-tube - a complete new photographic perspective is opening up for myself...

 

August 2019: Amazonas wildfires - another strange president that is not able to spell the dangers of "climate change"

 

September 24, 2019: the future belongs to globalists - otherwise there will be no future of our planet! there is no planet B!

 

November 2019: poor people of Vietnam - just seen in "Agent Orange - Regen der Vernichtung" ---- homo homini lupus; globally speaking we are lacking justice for this country and its people. the moron should heal these old wounds instead of creating new ones with his erratic policy.

 

January 2020: visits to Singapore and Malaysia; so close and so different; Malaysia's diversity and peaceful side-by-side of multiple ethnicities and religions is impressive and probably fragile in these days of extremism. Nature was spectacular as always in Southeast-Asia.

 

February 5th 2020: best possible handing over of flowers to the one-day AFDP Ministerpräsident in Thüringen! this country should never forget its history!

 

February 29th 2020: Coronavirus frenzy has reached the country! don't want to imagine this would be Ebola...

 

March 12th 2020: wildest Corona allies in the world: the moron and the Mullahs! why do people elect extremists...

 

March 21st 2020: one day at a time...getting used to pandemic conditions...Corona will bring out the good and the bad of people.

 

April 23rd 2020: Science (Fauci) and the Liar (tweets tonight) don't go well together - and during a Pandemic it's better to side with Science! No surprise there: let's hope the next election shows people have understood for their better and the better of the world.

 

May 2020: bitter but good advice during Corona-days - stay local and do less travel! For a macrophotographer the world remains huge and allows new views to discover anyways. probably also good advice during Climate-change-days ... unfortunately the lack of travel leads to lack of understanding and knowledge! but hopefully at least the timescale is different between Cs.

 

June 2020: black lives matter! insect and spider lives as well and overall all lives matter...for sure!

 

June 2020: "uninformed erratic liar" - "obstruction of justice is a way of life" - "reelect me" - "personal favours to dictators he liked" - hopefully the moron's days are counted and Finland will never become a part of Russia...

 

August 30th 2020 Berlin: freedom of speech is unfortunatly also valid for morons!

 

September 16th 2020 Scientific American: We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now...

 

September 16th 2020: to the creator of "IDK,WTF cycles" and the advocate of "all blame, no shame": Science is not a CNN anchor!

 

October 16th 2020: nous sommes Samuel Paty! non à la barbarie! Vive la liberté!

 

November 3rd 2020: as a scientist let's hope "fire Fauci!!!" back-fires today!

 

November 7th 2020: lessons learnt: 1. don't elect liars for President! 2. less wall building and dividing will help the "United" States of America to become great again!

 

January 5th 2021: lock-down time!

 

January 6th 2021: nightmare in Washington...time for moderate Republicans to stand up...otherwise they will be engulfed by the Arsonist and his movement...

 

January 20th 2021: the liar has left! next chapter "landscape with rainbow"!

 

January 2021: ...a vaccine for the world...

 

February 2021: freedom for the brave people of Myanmar!!

 

May 2021: joined "Forum Europäischer Spinnentiere" (forum.arages.de/) to learn more about spiders and improve classification.

 

June 2021: after initial disappointment with Canon's MP-E65 due to inexperience it now turns out to be a real pleasure to work with this lense - gaining new insights with every shot!

 

August 2021: mourir pour Afghanistan? - unsere Sicherheit wird auch am Hindukusch verteidigt? - unfortunately this country doesn't seem to find human peace and happiness for years to come and there are no easy solutions for a population with such huge cultural discrepancies...the presence of Western democracies over the last 20 years hasn't changed any of that. not a highlight of democratic development for sure! China and other totalitarian powers will now deal with the Taliban-led country - for the sake of some and suffering of others...

 

August 2021: "Das ist keine Deutschlandemie, sondern eine Pandemie! Covid-19 lässt sich nur global bekämpfen." (Peter Kremsner, Infektiologe) This statements sounds like it's been taken from the script of "climate change". There is no alternative for the coming years for many aspects of human life: act local - think global!

 

September 26th 2021: let's see if we are up for something better and new or a continuing stand-still full of stability...The era of Merkel was a good one in the sense of stability but maybe this is not the most important value in a very dynamic world since it can lead to stagnation.

 

November 2021: climate change, Covid, migrant crisis...we are in for some tough rides in this world of conflicting interests and opinions...although most of us probably want to see these crisis being stopped sooner than later...

 

December 2nd, 2021: "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen mein Michael!" the era of the best female chancellor of Germany is ending! time will tell how good she really was...

 

December 6th, 2021: für Wissenschaftsfreiheit - gegen BILD!!

 

December 13th, 2021: just recovered from Covid - my personal "freedom day"!

 

February 24th, 2022: peace for Ukraine - stop Putin! barbaric acts of war of this autocrate will damage Russia!

 

February 25th, 2022: "Der Kampf ist hier; ich brauche Munition, keine Mitfahrgelegenheit" Wolodymyr Selenskyj to his US supporters...

 

March 14th, 2022: freedom for Ukraine! Kampf dem "Hobby-Historiker" und den "Kleptokratie-Dienstleistern"!

 

July 16th, 2022: wildfires in Southern Europe - drought in large parts of Germany - 40 degree C in the UK - another dry summer, another small piece in the puzzle of climate change!? where are we going from here? unfortunately as humans we all lack the 100+ year horizon and the global overview to easily sense dangerous directions. floodings or wildfires in other parts of the world are just news for many! on a short time-scale changes can be misread as mere fluctuations of a continously changing world - unless you have e.g. the brilliant intellect of an Alexander von Humboldt.

 

July 2022: die Zeit ist reif für Biogas statt Putin-Gas!

 

September 2022: what is all this destruction and chaos good for - destroying Ukraine (physically), damaging Russian and world economy, trying to change borders by an anachronistic non-justifiable war - somebody has to get rid of this madman, the sooner the better...

 

September 2022: rainy season in Thailand was a wonderful experience; abundance of insects and spiders was amazing - at the same time taking good pictures was sometimes a bit of a challenge...to be repeated...

 

November 2022 "F--k FIFA!"

 

Feb 2023 crazy Kadyrow wants to see reoccupation of Eastern Germany - what a madman! I wonder what the AfD in Eastern Germany is thinking about this: heim ins Reich ???

 

February 24th, 2023: Putin go home!

 

March 2023 city treasure Gent

 

April 2023 family reunion in historic Rome

 

Mai 2023 birth of revvity and a terrific visit to wonderful friends in Salt Lake City - Utah is a dreamland for rock- and bird-enthusiasts!

 

July 2023: German AfD moves to the far right in Europe, crazy people in Sweden burn the Koran; why do we tolerate extremism...we should protect our Western societies from getting harmed by these movements!

 

August 2023: 1.) "Gitarren und Equipment in Flammen: Die Taliban haben in der Provinz Herat beschlagnahmte Musikinstrumente verbrannt Foto: Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vic / EPA"; 2.) "Ötzi kam aus Anatolien"

 

October 2023: Dear Hamas, any act of terror is to be condemned. But how stupid can you be to target young, progressively minded festival attendees in your barbaric attacks of October 7th? who told you that this will improve the situation for you and your political goals??? you and your people will suffer for this and you should have known better...Und wie kann es sein, dass jemand wie Hubsi ein Direktmandat gewinnt. Was für Menschen leben da bloss in Landshut ???

Über Russlands Soldatenreichtum: "In einem Land, in dem pro Jahr 14 000 Frauen an häuslicher Gewalt sterben, kann es durchaus sein, dass verzweifelte Mütter, Ehefrauen und Freundinnen ihren Peinigern den Tod wünschen. Was für eine Befreiung, wenn der gewalttätige Sohn oder der versoffene Ehemann ihnen nicht mehr die Luft zum Atmen nimmt und stattdessen postum zum Helden erklärt wird." (NZZ, Sonja Margolina)

Buchmesse in Frankfurt oder "Aischa esse bitte keine Schmetterlinge":

- lang lebe das freie Wort, lang lebe Salman!

- Kampf den Idioten, die Bücher verbrennen - ganz egal welche!

 

November 2023:

Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel is non-excusable!

Once Hamas is gone moderate Palestinians have to take the lead and join forces with moderate Israelis to find a solution for this night-marish situation in that part of the world.

There is always some hope left, as small as it might be...

On a more humorous note: I just stumbled across the history of the old German World War I sentence "Gott strafe England!". As a Bayern Munich fan I want to strongly object and amend it 2023 by adding "- but certainly not Harry Kane!!!"

 

January 2024: "Selbst die Paläste Roms bedürfen Ihrer Kloaken. Der herrlichste Panther lebt nicht ohne die Grausamkeit seiner Pranken. Ein jeder Mensch kommt zur Welt zwischen Blut, Kot und Urin. Was also will man erwarten? Böse, niedrig oder gemein ist nur, was sich dem Leben verweigert und sich dem Kreislauf entzieht. Alles regeneriert sich in allem. Selbst die blühende Rose könnte nicht sein ohne die Fäulnis des Humus." (Eugen Drewermann, Giordano Bruno oder der Spiegel des Unendlichen)

Conrad Feininger's lecture of his grandfather's (Lyonel Feininger) diary was an eye-opener for the audience at the Schirn event in Frankfurt when he read about the victory of the NSDAP in Thüringen during the state elections of 1932 due to inflation and record unemployment numbers. Let's hope history is not being repeated and may the recent anti-AfD protests be a sign of hope...

 

February 2024: I would not count on the Supreme Court! You gotta go voting on November 5th!

Bergsteiger müssen ihre Exkremente künftig vom Mount Everest runtertragen!

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good people to do nothing" (Alexey Navalny)

 

March 2024: what a powerful "State of the Union" address by an old man who should not be underestimated!! admittedly he is benefitting from a good overall economic situation in the US right now. but paying attention to Snickers bars and bank junk fees hopefully pays off with the people. and among many bipartisan correct things, he said two very true sentences to his predecessor: "you can't only love your country when you win!!" and "we have a choice: we can fight over fixing the border or we can fix it!" go Joe!!!

 

April 2024: finally the Republicans did the right thing! Ukraine is not asking much: just supporting their self-defence against an evil aggressor!

 

May 2024: wonderful trip to Boston/Cape Cod (we made the right decision in 2001 - no regrets!) and Costa Rica (birds, arthropods and a four-wheel-drive!)

 

9. Juni: Man muss nicht mit allem zufrieden sein in der europäischen Politik, aber dem Teufel die Hand schütteln sollte man trotzdem nicht...

 

July 2024: Kamala should pick up the baton better sooner than later! A young Democrat woman against an old crazy white Republican - the choice is clear! ...and as far as Trump is concerned the saying goes: "elect a clown - expect a circus!!!"

 

August 2024: what a match America!! prosecutor meets offender! there is light at the end of the tunnel...

 

September 2024: AfD/BSW government in Thüringen? it is sad - but you get what you vote for...

 

October 2024: "Vorsichtig lässt sie anklingen, dass Israelis und Palästinenser vielleicht irgendwann weise genug sein würden, eine gemeinsame politische Lösung zu finden. "Der beste Weg, Sicherheit zu schaffen, ist es, die Anreize für Krieg und Gewalt zu beseitigen." Das sei immer noch möglich – auch, wenn die Israelis und Palästinenser noch weit davon entfernt seien." Ziv Stahl von Yesh Din

 

November 2024: before the election: Trump is 78 and recently acting strangely! at age 80 one out of six Americans is affected by dementia! think twice America - the sign is on the wall and you have a much better alternative...after Nov.5/6th: sorry America but "elect a clown - expect a circus!!!" or even "Nur die allerdümmsten Kälber wählen ihren Metzger selber!" but in the end it might be just as simple as "it is the economy, stupid!" Let's see if there is anything positive to be noted after his four years, some people are still optimistic. It will most likely be dependent on people around him that can prevent the worst...

Marco Buschmann über Ampel-Aus: »Diese Koalition hat die Öffentlichkeit zum Teil an den Rand des Wahnsinns getrieben«. - Man nennt das auch Demokratie mit suboptimaler Parteien-Kombination. Hoffen wir mal, dass der Souverän in Zukunft bessere Vorgaben macht...die "TikTokisierung" gerade der jüngeren Generation macht aber nicht viel Hoffnung...im Gegenteil...

 

December 2024: "Russia grants asylum to Assad's family for humanitarian reasons." - other crazy December news: Saudi AfD-sympathizer goes on a rampage in Magdeburg because he believes the German government should act tougher on muslims...

 

January 2025: "There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States." (Justin Trudeau)

As if Musk is not enough trouble already Zuckerberg is joining Trump philosophy of "fake news for everybody" - how have we deserved these idiots...

Let's see how much the democratic America will resist "the arsonist" and his millionaire gang. We/Europe should react calm, strong and with a positive vision for the world - admittedly in difficult times.

"Die Ausländerfeindlichkeit der AfD ist schlicht dumm!" (BDI Präsident Peter Leibinger)

"No ´´process of national reconciliation`` can begin when poor losers whose preferred candidate loses an election, are glorified for disrupting a constitutionally mandated proceeding in Congress..." (judge B.A. Howell)

»Die Naivität derjenigen, die bei der CDU uns erklären wollen, dass das alles ja nicht gewollt war, dass man die Stimmen der AfD gar nicht haben wollte, ist so unterkomplex, dass man da gar nicht mehr hinhören kann.« (Michel Friedmann nach seinem Austritt aus der CDU)

 

February 2025: Joshuatree NP visit and Las Vegas business meeting - two immensely contrasting worlds in a single trip. I am a lucky man thanks to my job. At the same time the world is going crazy right now, not the least because of the crazy guy in the White House: "President Donald Trump has blamed the war on Ukraine, and likened its wartime president to a “dictator.”

That stands in stark contrast to how the Biden administration, along with its allies in the G7, have described the war over the last three years." Nietzsche comes to mind "Umwertung aller Werte" and a tough ride lies before us.

"UNO statt Trump!!" shout it out loud against all the right-wingers.

" The EU wasn’t formed to screw anyone. Quite the opposite. It was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that.

— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) February 27, 2025"

 

March 2025: "US deliberately orchestrated Zelensky-Trump Oval Office clash", Friedrich Merz says

Freedom of speech? For sure! Gulf of Mexico!

as it stands right now the "Unwort des Jahres 2025" will be "deal-maker"... ;)

 

April 2025: “What CEO and what board of directors will be comfortable making large, long-term economic commitments in our country in the middle of an economic nuclear war?” he said, adding that “the president is losing the confidence of business leaders around the globe.” (B. Ackman)

"Wo zur Hölle ist der Kongress?" (Gavin Newsom)

 

Seien Sie freundlich, arbeiten Sie hart, suchen Sie nach der Wahrheit!

 

Donald Dumb: transgender and transgenic mix-up:

www.instagram.com/reel/DG3AZeZP5zR/?utm_source=ig_web_cop...

 

"Think of others!" sites.udmercy.edu/poetry/2014/11/24/nov-24-think-of-others/

 

June 2025: LA protests and Trumps handling of it help Newsoms profile while the Moron is moving towards Authoritarianism..."no kings, America!"

Mr. Moron: "We can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel and end this bloody conflict!" --- like the one between Russia and Ukraine????

"If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax!"

 

July 2025: if you cut funds to NOAA and NWS be prepared to see more Texas flooding disasters. The liar and science - a never ending story...

"It's unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behaviour like that from me...I say this not on a partisan basis! This has to with something more precious, which is who are we as a country and what values do we stand for!" Barack Obama on Trump's handling of dissenting media/law firms/universities...Shame on GOP!

 

August 2025: „Beauty is meaningless until it is shared!“ George Orwell in „Burmese Days“

workforce statistics are poor, fire the statistician! - the moron in action!

Putin and the moron in Anchorage: two criminals in action! where is the rest of the USA? Democrats and reasonable Republicans?

I don't want to give up on these yet..

18.8 in Washington: "die Normalisierung des Schleimens"...

Jon Stewart on Donald Trump: "you are not the keeper of our gold! you are a temporary leprechaun!"

 

September 2025: "Charles Darwin’s early years as a student of Christ’s College were not marked by great academic achievements. His first contribution to Cambridge life was the Glutton Club, which he formed with several friends. The sole purpose of this student society was to consume animal meat “before too unknown to the human palate”. The club did not last long, and ended abruptly after an unpleasant experience with a brown owl carcass."

"Kennedy openly proves that each and every single cabinet pick has one job: destroy the agency that he/she leads. It has never been more obvious. We may never know who exactly they're working for but it is clearly not the American people..."

 

Kirk assassination is a national tragedy in a polarized America - where are the moderates?

 

A 22 year old became a murderer due to an over-polarized country and got turned in by his own father - what a tragedy! Time to lower the temperature. The way you do this best is by example and from the top! ---- America wake up!!!

 

“We see where this is all going, correct? It’s managed media and it’s no good. It’s silly. It’s ridiculous,” Letterman said. “And you can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works.” “This is misery,” Letterman said.

 

October 2025: Die CDU ist immer wieder für Überraschungen gut: hätte nie gedacht dass mir jemand einen Zusammenhang zwischen "Rassismus" und "Stadtbild" herstellen könnte. Well done Friedrich! ("Der niederträchtigste aller Schurken ist der Heuchler, der dafür sorgt, dass er in dem Augenblick, wo er sich am fiesesten benimmt, am tugendhaftesten auftritt." Marcus Tullius Cicero)

 

November 2025: grösstes bekanntes Spinnennetz der Welt gefunden - an der Grenze zwischen Albanien und Griechenland in einer Höhle bewohnt von 2 Arten - Prinerigone vagans und Tegenaria domestica. es umfasst ca. 106 Quadratmeter.

Trump & Orban what a pair!

"Trump’s latest tariff TACO probably won’t make your life more affordable!"

BMW erhält Millionen-Förderung für Wasserstoff-Auto Entwicklung. Genauso wie e-fuels eine unnötige Sackgasse von der CSU unterstützt. Das BMW das Geld gerne mitnimmt kann man verstehen. Das CSU-Politiker dies aber fördern passt in die lange Reihe der unrühmlichen CSU-Aktivitäten im Sektor Verkehr. "Gegen Physik hilft es nicht, wenn man sich in beide Ohren Finger steckt und laut »Technologieoffenheit!« brüllt."

 

December 2025: Infantino's "Trump Show" makes me vomit! Who elected Infantino? Who elected Trump? www.youtube.com/shorts/ZeBIUTYmW_k

The most hilarious thing was the FIFA peace prize for Mr. "3 Zimmer Küche Donbass" who claims to have ended 8 wars in 8 months. He is as hilarious and fake as Putin praising Gandhi during his India visit! Gandhi does not deserve this...