#FolkloreMoment : Once, the dike next to the river Weser burst at Rechtenfleth, and the locals labored for several seasons to repair it - but the hole never seemed to fill up, no matter how much sand they poured into it.
Then they asked a wise woman for advice. She told them: "You will labor until Judgment Day if you don't appease the Heavens. Grab the first person to pass by the next morning, throw them into the depths, and construct the dike above them."
The first person who passed by was a rich, prideful farmer named Heuer. Then they grabbed him, threw him into the hole, and built the dike above him like the wise woman said. The ground bekame solid, and the dike was soon completed with God's aid.
But the dike was called "Heuer's Dike" since then, and it is said that during quiet nights there is groaning and wailing in the depths at this site.
One thing I really really appreciate about #Germany and most other EU countries these days is that a tiny fraction of the charges levelled against #Trump in the US would end any politician’s career here in a millisecond.
In #Germany there's something called wegbier —a "#beer for the way". Unfortunately, for some people this concept does not include throwing the empty bottles into a trash bin. I'm sick of seeing the U-bahn littered like this every time the #Bayern plays in #Munich 🤬
EDIT: to everyone replying that trashing public spaces is a good thing because someone will clean after you and get a few cents when returning these bottles — check your privileges.
Many newcomers due to what's happening in The Bad Place, so here's another #introduction. Hi! I'm an astronomer and science communicator at the European Southern Observatory.
Below is a pic from my previous "office" at ESO's Paranal Observatory in #Chile. I now work full time as Media Officer at ESO's HQ in #Germany.
Photo taken as I was surrounded while sitting on a bench outside the Frankfurt airport last July. I played dead and it worked, they stared me down and moved on. I survived this close encounter with Canada geese.
[…] Since October up until today, there are 16 entire villages in the West Bank that have been depopulated. In one village, the settlers burned houses. In another village, they shot somebody and people got scared, so they started leaving. I think that if this is not stopped, and if there aren’t more international sanctions against settlers who are using violence, then this process will continue.
Even if it's true, why reveal it. Scholz is really becoming damaging to europe , germany and security.
"British soldiers in Ukraine helping fire missiles, Olaf Scholz reveals"
TUXEDO OS with Plasma 6 - Configuration of the control panel
The panel has been given a new, clearer editing mode, which makes it much easier to set up. You open the editing mode from the context menu (right mouse button) by selecting Start editing mode.