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Jack of all trades, master of none. And remember: If the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off. Posts mostly in English, sometimes German
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Kindergarten!

Seriously, I don’t want to lectured by a fascist government about democracy and “shared values”. We don’t share any values anymore.

„The long-held assumption… at home and abroad had been that Germany's dark past immunised it against any… flirtations with the extreme right.“ We SHOULD be immunized. Instead we’re normalizing a party, that’s even to extreme for other European far right parties. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

„Olaf Scholz“ and an “explosive temper” – I never would have thought those two things would ever be mentioned together in one sentence, spoken or written. 😅 www.politico.eu/article/germ...

“It is a week that has upended traditional alliances, left Europe and Ukraine scrambling to respond, raised fears for European security and put Russia where it wants to be: at the top table of global politics, without having made any concessions to get there.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peace negotiations without the involvement of the country under attack… I am rarely speechless, but now I am.

Found this on Reddit. 😅

A Nazi problem, an election interference problem and a lot more.

„He… he hopes ad tech companies conclude "that it isn't the appropriate way to use consumer data," but expects them to look at fingerprinting as an option in order to better target adverts.“ No, they won’t look at it as an option. They will adopt it. Time to act! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How does that make any sense? Europe is supposed to take responsibility for the region but is being excluded from peace negotiations? This level of stupidity is simply unmatched. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

Did the #MangoMoron actually say something that is in line with the existing rules? Did he really??? We shouldn't get used to this! He will continue to work on eroding the judiciary in a populist manner. "TRUMP: The answer is I always abide by the courts, always abide by them, and we'll appeal."

Don’t trust DeepSeek with any sensitive data! futurism.com/the-byte/dee...

It’s (still) science fiction but an interesting thought experiment to follow. www.lesswrong.com/posts/KFJ2LF...

Oh my God, if this adorable thing ever hits the market, I’ll probably have to dig deep into my pockets. 😍 (the expressive one of course) machinelearning.apple.com/research/ele...

It took a while, but by now this scandal is finally receiving at least some of the media attention it deserves. #musk #doge youtu.be/kh1p4GDDXbI?...

„Nevertheless, this development is shocking in its speed, in its monstrosity - we are experiencing the gutting of a democracy, live before our eyes.“ “Ignore the media headlines that say these moves ‘raise questions’ or ‘push boundaries.’ This is an unconstitutional rampage. Will it matter?”

„Trump is acting like a King because he is too weak to govern like a President.” DON’T BELIEVE HIM! www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

"If we had the legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat“ He knows very well that there are legal barriers that make this impossible. But if the U.S. ever reaches a point where something like this becomes reality, the rule of law will be completely fucked. www.bbc.com/news/article...

NEW: The Jewish leaders who led the early X ad boycott under Musk released a new letter. We call on: 1. Companies to pull ads from X 2. Google/Apple to drop X from stores 3. People with 100k+ followers to leave X 4. Jewish orgs to speak up 5. Major shareholders to pressure Musk

That’s an explanation even the #MangoMoron and hisnfans could understand. And „most likely the US consumer will pay more for the jeans“. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

A very good and differentiated article about the real ambitions of the Greenlanders. „One poll of Greenlanders suggested only 6% of Greenlanders want their country to become part of the US, with 9% undecided and 85% against.“ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

„For an average household in the U.S., this would mean higher living costs of $800 per year. The tariffs on oil and gas could make gasoline in the U.S. up to 20 cents per liter more expensive.“ tsde.li/trumpzoll

30 yrs. ago, when we didn’t have any real problems, we had to create our own enemies somehow. If you were into Hip-Hop, Metal fans were the idiots. If you loved Macs, #BillGates was the bad guy. But by now, I think he might be the only one among all the tech bros who actually has some decency.

And what about all the other countries where the far right has gained so much strength? Is that Merkel’s fault too? www.politico.eu/article/aust...

„Thousands of people took to the streets of Germany on Thursday night in opposition to the CDU's cooperation with the far-right.“ www.bbc.com/news/article...

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others” -Winston Churchill I think we are going towards one of those others….

„Tesla is struggling with sales issues worldwide. The difficulties have intensified since CEO Elon Musk became politically active, supporting figures like former U.S. President Donald Trump and the German AfD party.“ May this downfall continue!

This collaboration between Apple and Musk triggers the spontaneous impulse to swap my iPhone for a dumb phone and my Mac for a Linux computer. shorturl.at/LgOmz

In the news on the radio I’ve just heard about that plane crash in Washington. Rescue workers are searching for survivors in an ice-cold river. And the refrain of the song after that goes like this: “Like mermaids we stay away from shallow waters” 🤦

"Between the flurry of anti-worker executive orders and policies, it is clear that the Trump administration’s goal is to turn the federal government into a toxic environment where workers cannot stay even if they want to…" www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

How can anyone in their right mind ignore this letter from Caroline Kennedy about her cousin, RFK Jr.?

As chilling a meme as I have seen. But I agree.

Even with all the necessary caution about where it comes from, if it’s true that #DeepSeek is this superior, its success fills me with a sneaky sense of joy.

"It's as if the very notion of emotional impact is inconceivable, as if its perfect user is this cup-like thing, this human receptacle, who will simply have this cultural slop sprayed all over them. There is no internal life to its idealised viewer. Just a corroded external shell."

And the ones who voted for lower prices will pay the bill.

In Trump’s kindergarten logic, it might go something like this: They’re all the same down there anyway, so why shouldn’t they just live somewhere else. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Reading this sh*t turns my stomach. “It’s good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything“ www.politico.com/news/2025/01...