Fatima C. Spisländer

Cold test passed — no gasp under the pool shower

The author tested the breathing mechanism described in the series After Buteyko, from No. 1, The invisible breath, to No. 7, Shock value, three years before he wrote it down. The test took place in 2023 at a small village swimming pool, under the cold shower that every bather pas...

The sound of a bubble bursting — Pa, the first word, and the race for superintelligence

This essay asks how a sound becomes a sign. Its starting point is the bilabial [pa], the sound of a bursting bubble that infants make at their own lips months before their first word: a minimal release of pressure that the child causes, feels and hears at once, and from which syl...

How the war came to Germany — Justice, alienation and an attitude that endured, 1945–2026

Since 1 January 2026, every man born in 2008 has been liable for military screening. For this cohort, the children’s law reform of 1998 has applied from the day they were born, with a right to both parents that no child can enforce on its own. In 2026 Germany is meeting an extern...

How the war came to Germany — Justice, alienation and an attitude that endured, 1945–2026

Since 1 January 2026, every man born in 2008 has been liable for military screening. For this cohort, the children’s law reform of 1998 has applied from the day they were born, with a right to both parents that no child can enforce on its own. In 2026 Germany is meeting an extern...