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kubobukata.bsky.social
Formerly the prime number few. Still a pretty good translator, trying to not be a translator anymore. Drive-by comments in English and German. Kobudo. Made out of meat. ♀️
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Yo. International press covering the German elections. Would be nice if you could not overlook that this election's theme was "popularity gain for extremism" rather than *just* "fascist resurgence". If you worry about Russia, Die Linke is a problem too. Thanks.

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Das. Ist. Ekelhaft.

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Aktueller Stand bei meinem (ausgefüllten) Wahlzettel: Weiterhin "Beginn der Zollabfertigung". Seit jetzt 1 Woche. Ich werde wohl auch nicht wählen können. In der bislang wichtigsten Wahl meines Lebens. Trotz Unterlagen. Schönen Dank, ihr habt mir ein Grundrecht genommen, @derzoll.bsky.social.

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Meine Briefwahlstimme hängt jetzt seit fünf Tagen im Zoll fest. Tja.

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Olaf Scholz mocked British railways over “broken tracks and bad trains”, claiming that "nothing works any more” in the UK. Turns out: Germany rail problems have become so bad that Deutsche Bahn long-distance service is less punctual than even the worst operator in Britain. www.ft.com/content/d3b6...

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Another reminder for those who still seem to have not understood: Chat programs do not “look up” information and then repeat it. They write plausible language in answer to a prompt based on their data set. References will use real people, journals & words from titles, but will not truly exist.

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

Thisety this this this.

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Tja. Mein Briefwahlumschlag hängt seit Samstag beim Zoll fest. Und sonst?

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A BBC study just found that generative AI can't even generate news story synopses with any consistent accuracy, and here we are happily pretending it's a symmetrical replacement for education and experience

submitted 7 days ago • 31 comments

Germany in a nutshell. - Germans install insane amounts of wood burners - Air quality (as well as the IQ of local children) drops drastically as a result, soot-tinged rain, the works - German yellow press: IT'S A POISONOUS CLOUD FROM POLAND

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Please read this thread. It's so much better in every way than my approach, which would be to scrawl DRAMA CUTTING TOSSERS on a postcard in crayon.

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Gestern haben mich hier in England meine Wahlunterlagen erreicht – mehrere Tage früher als erwartet. Ja, alles 💩, aber gleichzeitig: Ich bin dankbar für die bislang reibungslose Abwicklung meiner ersten Briefwahl seit über 20 Jahren und feiere das kleine Amt dafür. :) Und nun nur Portofrage …

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CDU und FDP wollen keine Entkriminalisierung von Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen. Merkt Euch das. Mir müssen das Patriarchat abschaffen, hilft ja nix.

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I mean, it's a cute little joke and all, but as it turns out Germany and the US are in the same time zone.

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Am I as gripped by fear and despair as everyone else? Yes. But did I fly a tiny pocket kite while walking the dog today? Also yes. And you know what, I recommend it. Both the dog and flying a kite.

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@tealin.bsky.social splorfs, I click. So should you.

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Ach Mensch, @der-postillon.com, das weiß ich doch. www.der-postillon.com/2025/02/post...

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The best Valentine's card/post/comic. Peerless perfection.

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Based.

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In perhaps a spot of brighter news, maybe your brain isn't full of microplastics after all

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

UK and US friends wanting to know WTF is going on between the US and Canada, I cannot recommend highly enough keeping an eye on the CBC. They've always had the best analysis of US news, and are excelling themselves in the current situation. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

If no one has turned this into a country song yet, I think I've identified a gap in the market for you.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

we all know where this is going

submitted 88 days ago • 68 comments