One difference between #Germany and the #UnitedStates is Germany knows exactly how to handle modern #racist#nazis.
Public humiliation.
"Satirical journalist and late-night television host Jan Böhmermann shared the video on social media, prompting a widespread response. A couple of hours later, the club announced that it had received the names of the individuals involved and vowed to "press charges against this disgusting behavior with all legal means". https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1903163/germany-for-germans-video-sylt-island
Yesterday's Russian attack on the #Kharkiv region, which killed and injured people, destroyed a printing press and burned 50,000 books, shows that Russia is at war with humanity and all aspects of normal life.
Russian terrorists kill adults and children, destroy cities and villages, leaving scorched spots where normal life once was. Another day of Putin's genocide... 8 killed and dozens wounded in this atrack. Please, speak up for Ukrainians. They need our help. 🙏
Yesterday's Russian attack on the #Kharkiv region, which killed and injured people, destroyed a printing press and burned 50,000 books, shows that Russia is at war with humanity and all aspects of normal life. Russian terrorists kill adults and children, destroy cities and villages, leaving scorched spots where normal life once was. Another day 8 killed and dozens wounded in this atrack. Please, speak up for Ukrainians. They need our help. 🙏
UK man arrested on suspicion of helping #Russian intelligence
Uptick reported in Russia-linked espionage cases across Europe in recent months, with suspected spies or saboteurs being arrested in the UK, #Poland, #Germany, #Greece, #Austria, #Latvia, #Italy, #Estonia, & other countries
UK authorities did not clarify the specifics of Phillips’ alleged #espionage activities but said that there was unlikely to be a threat to the public
Seht mich, wie ich bei Viva con agua kommentiere, dass ich es HOCH problematisch finde, dass > 20 % ihrer Flaschen aus Einwegplastik sind und deren Antwort ist:
Trink aus dem Wasserhahn.
Ich weiß, dass ich die Doofe bin, die "immer zu kritisch ist".
Aber ich werde es mir NICHT MEHR nehmen lassen.
Deutschland:
-stündlich 1,9 Millionen Einweg-Plastikflaschen
-Pro Tag 45 Millionen
-Pro Jahr 16,4 Mrd
-pro Person 200 pro Jahr
Ich trinke ausschliesslich Leitungswasser, es wird in Deutschland strenger kontrolliert als Flaschenwasser. Viele wissen das leider nicht und kaufen deshalb schlechteres Flaschenwasser.
Heftige Diskussionen um Pro-Palästina-Camp in Frankfurt (Tagesschau, 2024-05-23)
Pro-Palestine encampment in Goethe-University (#Frankfurt) continues, for the time-being, as the Administrative Court ruled it not to be banned.
The report tells that all the residents in the student-dormitories (one Catholic and one Evangelical/Protestant) received a postal instruction from the landlord forbidding any visitors out of the encampment in their dorm. And that on Sunday, namely a day before the protest camp was to start.
A small comfort is, at least one student resident was upset by such an attempt to violate personal rights.
‘I went to a protected bird-spotting place and we were hiding in a hut to photograph birds further away. However, this baby wagtail wasn’t too impressed by our large lenses.’
»According to #Amnesty Intl. #Germany, a guilty verdict for even one of the defendants [of] @AufstandLastGen could […] criminalise any activity that promotes it or its purposes, whether financially, logistically, politically, legally or in the media.
“§129 of the German criminal code is to combat organised crime. Its application to non-violent protest criminalises civic engagement and thus restricts democratic freedoms."«
The Bavarian capital of Munich has attracted surfers for decades, in spite of the fact that it's hundreds of miles from the coast. How? The Eisbach wave, which sits on the edge of the Eisbach river. TheWorld.org's Rebecca Rosman dove into how the wave was created, and what it's like to surf it.
Host 2 mandatory meetings in #Germany and #Norway. Require attendance of Prime Minister or President only. Make a rule if you miss both meetings and you’re out. 🪬🙏
I honestly do not know how to explain to someone why they should care about keeping their data secure. It's so glaringly obvious to me that this needs to be done, it's like asking why having access to clean water is necessary.
I find it very scary, in the #Netherlands, I grew up with stories about how when the Nazis conquered NL, our great census data made it super easy for the Nazis to find the Jews. That was enough reason for us to not save as much data about our population anymore.
Here in #Germany, after the war, they had the Stasi, using seemingly trivial personal data to make targets feel like they were losing their mind.
NL seems to have forgotten the lesson by now, DE not as much yet.
Austerity, Brexit, Covid Lockdown Parties, PPE Scandal, Raw Sewage in UK Waterways & Coastal Areas, Economic Crash, Record Inflation, Record Interest Rates, Cost of Living Crisis, Pensions Decimated, Mortgage Rises, NHS in Crisis, Schools Crumbling, Housing Crisis...
Go for it! The #UK's major cities mostly voted remain, but it was the shires & small towns who voted #Brexit mostly based on #Racism & #Immigration.
It will forever be a stain on the UK in my opinion, however it also sounds a warning which we ignore at our peril, as 1930s #Germany did.
I don't think #Scotland realises how much support it has South of the border. It's Westminster based on the constitutional question of the Union where your issues lie.
We really need to stop buying into the argument that #ClimateActivists are "radical" or "destructive". The opposite is true: the nature of the protests have been peaceful and, on the whole, pretty tame.
The idea that, say, sitting on a road is "radical", "extreme" and "criminal" came from a bunch of #FossilFuel aligned think tanks, parroted by the media.
Reject them.
The framing needs to be: Fossil fuel companies are radical, extreme, criminal.
"Five members of #LetzteGeneration have been charged with “forming a criminal organisation”, ... under section 129 of the German criminal code. It is believed to be the first time the law has been applied to a non-violent protest group.
“This charge is meant for mafia and organised crime. This charge criminalises every act of support towards the group Letzte Generation. This creates an immense chilling effect on all #climate protests in #Germany.”