Germany is not really debating Manuel Neuer. Germany is debating whether its old certainty is still safer than its unfinished future. Neuer may still offer the world-class ceiling needed to win a World Cup, but at forty he also brings fragility, hierarchy problems and the risk of one decisive mistake. Baumann offers competence, not greatness. The question is whether Germany is choosing its best goalkeeper, or merely returning to the last answer that once worked.
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FIFA did not fight the Black Market. It became the Dealer.
The 2026 World Cup should have been a football festival across three countries. Instead, FIFA’s own ticketing platform looks like an official resale casino with hospitality lounges attached. After comparing today’s obscene prices with my own tickets from Germany 2006 and Brazil 2014, the conclusion is simple: FIFA did not fight the black market. It became the dealer.
The FIA has found the cure for F1. The disease continues until 2030.
Formula 1 appears to have found the cure for its over-electrified mistake, but the treatment is scheduled for 2030 or 2031. Until then, fans are asked to endure several more seasons of clipping, energy management and artificial yo-yo racing. The planned V8 return is good news, but also an indictment: the sport already knows the current formula is wrong. It just refuses to stop running it.
I gave Formula 1 another Chance. That was my Mistake.
After weeks of frustration, I gave Formula 1 another honest chance with Miami qualifying. It should have been the purest form of the sport: one lap, maximum attack, no excuses. Instead, the cars looked slow, sounded lifeless, and somehow made world-class drivers appear strangely irrelevant. When even qualifying makes a lifelong fan start zapping, Formula 1 has a problem.
The Lords of War should not hold the Fire Extinguisher
The UN Security Council was built to keep the great powers inside the system. Today, its veto often shields them from the very rules they claim to defend. When permanent members can block accountability for aggression, law becomes theatre and peace becomes hereditary privilege. This article argues for a Council of Equals: not to replace the UN, but to rescue its Charter from the permanent exceptions that now hold it hostage.
The Quiet Shape of a Father
Three years after his death, I finally found the words to write about my father. Not as an engineer, though he was a brilliant and respected one, but as a quiet, dignified man whose love of nature, steadiness, and way of looking at the world shaped my own life far more deeply than I understood at the time. This is a remembrance, and in its own way, a thank-you.
The Annual Green Bay Super Bowl Prophecy
Every spring, the NFL performs its little theatre of hope, and I perform my part with great dignity and no measurable restraint. The Green Bay Packers draft someone promising, sign someone intriguing, or merely produce a training-camp clip of mild beauty, and I enter the WhatsApp group with the only reasonable conclusion: Super Bowl. It is not delusion. The trophy is named after Vince Lombardi. We are simply asking for the family silver to be returned.
When we said: “We’ll get Max!”
As children, we did not need comic-book superheroes. We had our own. In our corner of the Zürcher Oberland, the ultimate name was Max Wolfensberger, a figure of almost mythical strength, borrowed from the adult world and transformed into childhood legend. Only many years later did I discover the real man behind the name, and with that discovery came not disillusionment, but a deeper tenderness for both him and the beautiful innocence of those early years.
Tesla FSD Supervised and the Dinosaur thinking around it
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Supervised is still dismissed as “just driver assistance” by many critics. But that misses the point entirely. While others debate labels, Tesla is solving the far harder problem: real-world driving across complex environments, powered by a software-first approach that improves at relentless speed. This is not about Level 3 badges or sensor checklists. It is about who is building the smarter, scalable, and ultimately more relevant model for the future of mobility.
Fair Play: Tesla Delivered!
After all the noise, shifting expectations and familiar Tesla theatre, there is now something real on the table: approval. RDW has granted provisional validity for Tesla’s FSD in the Netherlands, and that deserves recognition. My original skepticism was reasonable at the time, but facts matter more than ego. So yes, fair play to Tesla. This time, the hype was followed by paperwork, and that makes all the difference.
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