Part 3: Made in Germany, or Wurm drin?

Lungt Sverige, La Belle France, Made (drin) in Germany, and Gehst schaißen, Austria! Why it doesn't matter who votes for "right-wing" populists in the four countries that made me European. Part 3: Germany (with some references to the U.S.)

Part 2: La Belle France—don't fear the FN, but Jupiter

Lungt Sverige, La Belle France, Made (drin) in Germany, and Gehst schaißen, Austria! Why it doesn't matter who votes for "right-wing" populists in the four countries that made me European. Part 2: France

Lungt Sverige, La Belle France, Made (drin) in Germany, and Gehst schaißen, Austria!

Now that Austria has voted, too, and is sailing again towards a deep blue horizon, it’s time for a resumé. Some thoughts on the last elections in the four countries that made me a European. First part: Sweden, still close to paradise (if it would not be for the climate and latitude).

Bundesheimatministerium? Überflüssig wie die Landesheimatministerien

Heimat ist wieder in aller Munde. Nun gibt es auch Forderungen nach einem Bundesheimatministerium, dem Vorbild Bayerns und NRWs folgend, auch von der Heimatministerin der CDU in NRW. Ein Reflektion.

The most common errors regarding node dating

Many molecular dating studies rely on a few, sometimes poorly understood fossils as age priors to constrain nodes heights (ages) in an ultrametric tree. But do the authors (peers, editors, and – ultimately – readers) know what they do/has been done? Maybe, maybe not; in any case reading the papers can be confusing. In this post, I'll try to give a quick step-in.

Wir lagen vor Jamaika und hatten die Pest an Bord

Zwei Wochen offline, man kommt zurück und Schwarze, Gelbe und Grüne sondierten immer noch. Nun hat ein kleines gelbes Männchen die Reißleine gezogen. Warum das Sinn macht (insbesondere für seine Pünktchenpartei).