Unscene Berlin

The other day, I came across a report that the FBI released in 2002. It described a wave of deadly and random public attacks by 'lone wolf' shooters that had spread across the U.S. during the 1990s . The report had found that all these attacks had had several features in common:     •     They were rarely sudden, impulsive acts.     •     Most attackers did not threaten their targets directly prior to advancing the attack.     •     There was no accurate or useful profile of [people] who engaged in targeted violence.      •     Most attackers engaged in some behaviour prior to the incident that caused others concern or indicated a need for help.     •     Many attackers felt bullied, persecuted, or injured by others prior to the attack.     •     Most attackers had access to a...

"Berlin shows no clear CO2 reduction trend since 2008." from Soot Free Cities' clean air report, 2015. Bagger 288, the world's scariest biggest coal-extracting machine.  I talk a lot on this blog about Berlin's underground, but there is one thing that all the subcultural species who live in this city depend upon that is located firmly above ground: the air . Air is a priceless commodity, and it is one that is being sidelined in this city.  In 2011, Berlin was ranked the city with the best clean air policy in Europe in a Soot Free Cities report.  In the five years since then, however, the city has fallen to fifth place on the list.  To anyone who's noticed the constant grey-ish haze on the horizon in recent months (a mixture of humidity and increasing air pollution) this probably isn't news. Yet, expressing concern about the " Himmel Ueber Berlin " still seems to be an underground issue... even in the underground! The overstretche...