Dolf

🇩🇪 German Chancellor Merz intends to return 80% of Syrian refugees to their homeland According to him, within three years, 80% of the roughly 1 million Syrian refugees in Germany should return to their homeland. The situation in Syria has significantly improved a year after the end of the civil war, so the need for protection for Syrian refugees must be reassessed, the German chancellor said. However, he promised that Syrians who have successfully integrated into German society will be allowed to remain in Germany.

Tomorrow I will start applying for jobs.

"Ship camo won't work even back in WW2!" This is what a ship with dazzle camo looks like when seen through a stereoscopic rangefinder:

The degree to which complete strangers are now surveiling each other is unreal. 4 days ago, it was 39f, no wind. We parked 250' from the door to the meat store. The walk took 45 seconds. Our baby was in (light pink) thick wool tights. This random lady whips her phone out, snaps a picture, and lambastes us publicly online. She had no idea we were only walking 250 feet, nor that we were only outside for 45 seconds. She clearly couldn't tell that the baby was in light-pink tights, nor that they were thick wool. And she didn't know that our baby SWEATS when she naps, takes her hat off, and literally coos with joy when she finally gets to cool off. So we figured a 45-second cool-down was totally harmless. This lady disagreed. These days, you are always being watched and graded on your *perceived* conduct by parochial social media vigilantes armed with cameras. It's like the paparazzi but for normal people. Who knows what could come of this kind of thing? How easy is it to be misinterpreted in public? There is no grace, no chill -- the judgements are instant and damning. This is very common. I don't really care what the woman thinks about us, but I do understand why some young people are nervous to have kids. If you have kids, you'll be watched on an extremely granular level when in public -- and there will be photographic evidence for even the smallest perceived misjudgement.

Hugh Mungus (2016)

I used to default to the assumption that there's many very nice Europeans and Twitter just had a selection effect for terminally online assholes. As time went on and even "conservative" Europeans almost always began exchanges by calling Americans racially mixed mutts, this conclusion wavered. After 48 hours interacting with Japanese twitter, the stark contrast is making me think that most Europeans are exactly like what they present themselves as on here.

Japanese 𝕏 is literally wall to wall gems! 💎💎💎

And he’s right about it, the enemy of your enemy isn’t your friend.

Today’s final count: 7 million Americans. 3,000 cities. Every state. Philadelphia. Atlanta. Dallas. St. Paul. DC. San Francisco. 500,000 in London. Tel Aviv in the streets. A human banner on the Pacific Ocean spelling out: TRUMP MUST GO NOW. One of the largest single-day demonstrations in American history. The founders settled the kings question in 1776. America settled it again today. Never stop connecting the dots.

There he goes again. This is disgracefully dishonest and he’s had the issue explained to him. He’s referring to children who speak >1 language - typically a language of the home (eg Urdu, Pahari) plus English at school & in public. Bilingualism is a good thing, not a threat.