“Rubber” - It’s a (french?) movie about a car wheel that suddenly becomes aware of its own existence. It then starts rolling around, and somehow it has the ability to KILL telepathically. It starts small with squirrles or rats exploding, but at some point even the military needs to intervene.
I like trash :)
“Trump’s security priorities lie elsewhere” - this is sane-washing, ffs. Just yesterday I argued with self-proclaimed MAGA people (or maybe undercover Russian trolls?) on YouTube. Both argued, that Russia is by far the better partner for the US, because (quotes):
“Europe is weak and has nothing to offer”,
“Europe is a parasite”,
“Europe is actively destroying the US”,
“Europe is friends with Biden!!”,
“EU is not a democracy, but an autocratic dictatoraship”,
“Russia is a real save heaven, a conservative and functioning democracy”,
and my favourite: “Europe will have no other choice than come begging on its knees for US oil. Then Europe will finally be where it eff’ing belongs.”
MAGA consists of nothing but hatred. And that hatred flows right where Fox and Friends point their finger at. Right now, that’s not Russia, nor China, but the democratic strongholds, like Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Europe, etc. - the US was lobbied so intensively by big tech and big oil, that it now has a serious problem with foreign countries being democratic or having checks and balances. And the MAGA folks are nothing but tools for those neofascists.
Stupid, borderline racist joke.
I’d have concerns about spyware mostly, but i would also argue, that other brands wouldn’t be much better.
I honestly cannot remember the last time the US acted respectfully.
I am curious - what kind of comment lead to that kind of response? The original was moderated away.
So… they want to pick up a fight with every single nation, except for China?
As a German, I am very much ashamed for my government. Our ‘reason of state’ (Staatsräson) should not be about protecting Israel, but about preventing fascism & genocides.
I do not think that generalisation quite holds. The Left was never part of a federal government, and the party consistently advocated higher wages, stronger workers’ rights, and broader social protections.
That said, to be fair, The Left was often part of state governments in eastern Germany. In that context, it did have at least limited opportunities to legislate in favour of ordinary people. Many of those people nevertheless grew frustrated and felt let down, because their economic situation did not improve under left-led governments. I would argue, however, that this is only secondary. Primarily, I’d say the rise of the AfD is due to factors rooted in federal politics, flawed decisions made after German reunification, globalisation, deficits regarding political education, and in more recent years: Russian influence.
Looks like the attack on Iran is also an indirect attack on energy transition technologies by reducing the availability of stuff like Sulphur, Aluminium, synthetic Graphite, …
If this was a calculated move to do some fossil fuel lobbyists a favor, then it once again shows this administrations incompetence. Governments already increased their efforts to transition away from fossil fuels as a reaction to the war. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/war-spurs-eu-plan-electricity-tax-cuts-faster-shift-fossil-fuels-draft-shows-2026-04-14/
That is a rather sweeping proposition. Do you want to elaborate?
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Thanks, I was also looking for something like that 👍🏻
Im a bit out of the loop on this one. Does anyone know why so many western governments are pushing for some kind of legislation towards age-id-verification? They say it’s to protect the youth, but I don’t buy our governments suddenly turning into altruistic patrons. So… what’s the real reason? What’s the hidden agenda? Data Acquisition? Survaillance? Chat Control?
That’s a nice step in the right direction. Maybe it helps Brits realise how stupid of an idea Brexit really was.
I’d love to welcome our brothers back. Especially in times like these.
Hungary’s entire system has been deeply Orbánized. De-Orbánizing it by dismissing Orbán’s former loyalists will almost certainly create its own problems, including power vacuums. I hope TISZA has enough trustworthy personnel to fill those gaps with competent people. Replacing one form of corruption with another would solve nothing. So the whole situation is still very precarious.
What @CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de already said. Politico is only semi-credible as a source. They have a tendency to mix journalism with insider gossip and narrative framing. I often find their articles to be… politically convenient interpretations that look more solid than the underlying evidence really warrants.
I think you forgot the /s
Back in the days an “Antisemite” was a person who doesn’t like jews. Today, an “Antisemite” is a person who jews don’t like.
Nazis doing nazi things. Would be funny, if it wasn’t such a effing tragedy.
Yes, it is.
RU is burning its demographic future for marginal territorial gains. It is spending lives and capital faster than it can regenerate them.
Its economy becomes more and more war-dependent, which means peace itself becomes destabilizing.
The brain drain Putins war causes is not a temporary inconvenience, but a strategic wound. They really traded long-term modernization for short-term militarization.
It has pushed Europe into rearmament and made the continent stronger, not weaker. And it is losing access to Western technology faster than it can replace it.
It is becoming China’s junior partner, not an independent great power.
Every year of war raises the cost of any political exit.
They may very well survive the war, but the path they chose consumed the foundations of their own power.