The goodwill generated by this would last for generations. Too bad about half of the EU is flirting with the extreme right, so this’ll be a tough sell.

Amen. Added to that I have an extremely common name (both actually) so even if someone were to find that out, they’d still have to sift my shit from all my doppelgangers’.

The enshittification/rent seeking continues. Nothing is sacred.

Exactly. Same shit for Hungary if Orban keeps it up. Go cozy up to your dictator and see if he’s willing to throw a few billion your way.

I’ve always hated Discord since the very beginning. At least now I have yet another really good reason.

Never used it, never will. Ventrilo for lyfe.

Just ignore Reddit. Pretend it doesn’t even exist. It’ll go the way of Digg soon enough.

Amen. I also work in IT and I find the longer I do, the more I loathe new tech stacks and developments. I used to be passionate about new tech and its applications. Now I just want to be left alone where possible.

China can afford to sit on these minerals for years or even decades. EU, US and Russia don’t have that luxury.

No matter how you spin it, China comes out on top. They get to sit back while their main adversaries simply throw away every advantage they’ve built up over the last five decades or so. The only winning move is not to play…

Most retailers have announced price hikes across the globe. I had hoped EU would actually get cheaper electronics and whatnot because of dumping. Oh well. Guess this 7 year old pc is going to have to sing it out for a few years longer at this rate.

I thought this was pretty mega fucken clear at this point.

On the topic of cordon sanitaire (the practice of never forming a coalition with far-right parties, no matter how well they perform in elections):

Me pre-2016: “Isn’t that kinda counter to democracy?”

Me in 2025: “Outlaw and deport the fuckers, please!”

I’m just glad I got my parents trained enough to immediately contact me for anything that seems “off”. The result is that they panic needlessly almost daily, but I still prefer that over getting the dreaded “they emptied all our accounts” call.

A hot conflict in Greenland between EU and US was not on my bingo card for 2025. Reality has jumped the shark somewhere around 2016.

Remember: today it’s “just” the Palestinians and you may not be affected or care. But tomorrow, it could be you.