But… but… what about infinite growth??

I’m using Firefox as my only browser. If everything works in Firefox that’s fine for me.

That’s the best advantage of only making websites / web applications for fun (for friend groups, video games, family etc)

Cardio

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Ah ty

Can we start calling it Bluesky?

What’s up with his daughter? Did she decide to switch name because he gave her a stupid one?

Churchill. Without him it’s not unlikely that the UK would’ve accepted Nazi Germany’s peace offer.

Uxor, Uxoris, f. (Latin) = wife

Euouae

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euouae

Euouae (/juː.ˈuː.iː/; sometimes spelled Evovae)[1] is an abbreviation used as a musical mnemonic in Latin psalters and other liturgical books of the Roman Rite. It stands for the syllables of the Latin words saeculorum Amen, taken from the Gloria Patri, a Christian doxology that concludes with the phrase in saecula saeculorum. Amen. The mnemonic is used to notate the variable melodic endings (differentiae) of psalm tones in Gregorian chant.

In some cases, the letters of Euouae may be further abbreviated to E—E.[2] A few books of English chant (notably Burgess and Palmer’s The Plainchant Gradual) make use of oioueae for the equivalent English phrase, “world without end. Amen”.

According to Guinness World Records, Euouae is the longest word in the English language consisting only of vowels, and also the English word with the most consecutive vowels.[3] As a mnemonic originating from Latin, it is unclear that it should count as an English word; however, it is found in the unabridged Collins English Dictionary.[4]

Meta probably is the hardest one given that in many influencal countries WhatsApp is the app everyone uses for communication

Karl Habsburg currently would be the emperor. But obviously he simply has the same rights as any other citizen (doesn’t even have a “von” anymore), as it should be, so he isn’t politically relevant

Then minister of inner affairs Herbert Kickl (who is now likely to become chancellor)

Is he? Every single party has said they will not be forming a coalition with Kickl.

My bet is that either the FPÖ drops Kickl (which is possible but unlikely since he brought them their best result in all of their history, 29%), forming a coalition with the ÖVP (People’s Party), or they refuse to drop him (more likely) and the ÖVP forms a coalition with the SPÖ (social democrats) and NEOS (economically right (less regulation), else left).

Update: They won, but every single party has said they will not work together with Herbert Kickl. Maybe with the FPÖ without him though (they didn’t specifically rule that out), but I doubt the FPÖ will be willing to drop him after getting their best result in history so far (nearly 29%).

The only possible coalitions without it would be ÖVP (people’s party) + SPÖ (social democratic party) + NEOS (center (economic right (less regulation) else left)) or ÖVP + SPÖ + Green Party.

Technically ÖVP + SPÖ would also work by a very slim margin (out of 92 needed mandates to form a coalition (183 mandates in total) they’re getting 92 or 93) but wouldn’t hold much power (failing to get a majority if one single mandate doesn’t agree to something) which is why it’s more likely that they also include NEOS or the green party.

Also important

The song was adopted and glorified by the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS) as a “song of loyalty.” The Nazi resistance sang the song too.

1. The SS only used an adopted version.

2. It was sang by the resistance.

If we were to condemn all songs that were sang by Nazis we’d have to condemn pretty much all old German songs.

Which phone OS are you using?

Oh right in the USA there are mostly automatic cars

Huh?

I’m not saying I agree with Germany’s reasoning, just wanted to explain it.

Alle Muslime und Araber werden zur Befreiung von Palästina und zur Unterstützung der Hamas im Kampf gegen eine postulierte „zionistische Invasion“ aufgerufen. Dabei wird auf ein traditionelles Hadith hingewiesen, das zum Töten aller Juden aufruft

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas-Charta

Paraphrasing: All Muslims and Arabs are called for the liberation of Palestine and the support of Hamas in the fight against the “Zionist Invasion”. A traditional Hadith is being referred to that calls for killing all Jews.

It’s not a “could be shot” it’s a “will be shot” at the front or “will be put in a KZ” when being against the regime at home. Only very few people dared to unite in underground organisations to do something against the regime, without success. That’s how fascism works: Rule through fear.

Fleeing needs money and a friendly country (for example people, especially Jews, who fled to Switzerland were sent right back, typically directly to a KZ or to the front).

Hurting yourself has a high probability of getting you killed 1. because you aren’t worth much anymore to the fascist regime and 2. to prevent others from doing the same.

Defecting when the own side is winning is suicide (after losing the battle with the other site your previous allies won’t be happy to see you). Defecting when the own side is losing has a high chance of getting you killed by the other side for revenge.

Yes, the people who did it all voluntarily are fascists.

If someone was brought to Vietnam against his own will and only is fighting there to survive himself I really wouldn’t call him a criminal. More like a victim of the system, but there’s not much else he could do in that situation. And by that logic every soldier in every war unless they’re defending their own country is a criminal, including the Allies when they invaded Germany at the end of WW2 which obviously isn’t the case.

Name me one country that spends more effort than Germany on critically reviewing its history. Austria doesn’t count since it’s basically the same in that context.

I won’t get into an Israel discussion now, not enough time. I’ll just say both sides are doing horrible things (I’m not defending Israel but I’m absolutely not supporting the Hamas either - the IDF declared their goal as wiping out the Hamas while the Hamas declared their goal as wiping out all Jews on earth - do you see why Germany has a hard time not condemning that? By no longer supporting Israel they’d basically be saying “sure, go ahead, wipe out the Jews”).

About the Wehrmacht: There were enough people who didn’t want to fight but knew they’d be shot if they refused. Who tried to stay ethical, to avoid civilians etc. There also were enough people who were so radicalised that they really thought killing civilians in foreign countries was fine. Usually massacres were done by the SS though, and even there you could be forcefully drafted near the end of the war (I think 1944?). And yet many people joined voluntarily because they somehow believed it was the right thing to do.

Now of course when you go to Germany many people’s grandfather or grandgrandfather will have fought in the second world war. The ones who knew or at least assume that theirs was in the group I mentioned first (forcefully drafted, choosing between fighting and dying) are vocal about it when this matter is being discussed, while the ones who knew or assume that theirs was in the latter group obviously aren’t as vocal about it. That’s how the clean Wehrmacht myth appeared, but of course all schools in Germany make sure to tell everyone that it absolutely wasn’t clean, so apart from some far far right groups you won’t meet anyone who says that the Wehrmacht did nothing wrong (but you will find people who - rightfully - say that not everyone in it was a war criminal and Nazi).