Small title correction: it’s 1902 and 2015, not 2025.

Thanks. Great stuff.

Thank you, and wow, that’s some good fucking news.

Very roughly speaking, how many comparable aircraft does Russia own, just so I can understand the extent of this attack? Sounds great either way.

Your list is pretty wild. If you’re serious about #2, please talk to a mental health professional if you haven’t done so yet. And if you seriously put #4 ahead of, like, cancer or infectious diseases, you should definitely consider leaving for another country.

As for me, I live a relatively normal life in a relatively peaceful environment. I’d put my money on cancer.

Germany has some 3700 km of land borders, more than the US’ border with Mexico. German politicians and media have not been honest about the funding and personnel that would be required to seriously control immigration.

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Technically, there’s a two-week period during which he or others can try to be elected by absolute majority (316 of 630 votes). After that, the requirements would be lowered to simple majority.

So Merz may still be elected in a second vote. If he fails again, we will likely see a snap election, with the extremist right AfD gaining even more.

A big danger about a second vote could be the AfD voting for Merz for troll reasons. They’ve done this kind of thing before in the state parliament of Thuringia. If Merz got, say, 461 votes in a second vote, it would be obvious that he got the majority not from SPD + Union but by the votes of the AfD. This would trigger massive debates about whether the coalition partners should go ahead with government formation or not.

Another possibility is that of a different coalition forming, either Union + SPD + Greens (so including the Greens in the current planned coalition), or Union + AfD. While I could see the former happening in some scenarios (though probably with a different candidate from the Union), I think the latter will not occur at this point in time, as too many Union members and voters are still strictly opposed to cooperating with the AfD. (But I think it is a realistic scenario in future elections.)

Actual beta male

Yes, but mostly PoC so far, from what I read.

My friends are going there in June. They had booked the trip before Trump was even elected They have little kids and look as Aryan as it gets so they should be fine. But honestly in their place I would still seriously consider cancelling.

My library offers art! Like, original art pieces (paintings and sculptures) by local artists which you can borrow for up to three months.

Sudan, definitely. (And I’ve visited well over 50 countries.)

I honestly, literally believe that Trump still doesn’t know what a tariff is.

Pardon my Fr*nch

Fun fact, that word is etymologically related to “placenta”.

It’s really fascinating the way the US has alienated most of its allies in such a short time frame. I can’t think of a single example of something like this happening in history.

I mean I guess there’s a non-negligible chance of her hitting a double fault…

Very nicely put. This describes my own faith almost to a T.

I remember this from back then. The cool thing is, it looks like the author has been keeping it updated!