Apropos of nothing, it's still wild to me now Xitter has ruined social media, and people now use it as a personal broadcasting mechanism instead of, you know, being social.
A sparrow decided to build a nest just above my office window, and likes to sit on the balcony railings now. When I have the balcony door open in summer to let air in, he tends to eye me suspiciously.
Look, birb, I need to breathe, OK? I don't eat birds, so your chicks will be fine.
I have written a script, I kid you not, that runs "apt --fix-broken install" in a loop, parses the error output for missing file errors, touches them, and re-runs until it succeeds.
Consuming news has ceased to be something that can be done passively in order to be informed of the goings-on in the world. You have to watch your emotions closely. What phrase made me feel that way? What about it triggered that emotion? What other phrases were used to a similar - or different - effect? Who benefits from me feeling this way? Stripped of those particular words, what other ways can the events be described in?
Welcome to 2024, where news is a full contact martial art.
@jens An understanding of historical theory helps - or, at least, that part of historical theory that says "all writers are biased - which bias does this particular writer have? And how does that affect what they've written?"
Germany is increasingly becoming like that. German trains used to be pretty decent, but these days you can pretty much count on delays, chaos and cancelled trains. In most countries it's considered bad if a train is 5 minutes late. In Germany you're lucky if it's only 5.
Went to Switzerland last year, and you've simply got to go through Germany. It was a mess. Did not get to enjoy our first class seats; had 5 transfers and had to stand. Went to Spiel! in Essen in the fall: had to pay 80 euros for a taxi because the train to my ICE connection was cancelled. Still almost missed it because they switched platforms at the last minute. Went to Italy with the Nightjet earlier this year. Nightjet was leaving from Munich, and every connection in a single ticket had only a 10 minute transfer there, which was way too risky. We planned our own route and made sure we were 3 hours early. No delays this time and had plenty of time to eat in Munich. But the return trip was all chaos again.
It is truly surreal how bad the Deutsche Bahn is these days. And the problem is: if I want to go anywhere other than France or Spain, I have to go through Germany.
@mcv@chris It's what 16 years of Merkel has left behind. Her conservative party is significantly more interested in propping up the car industry than providing good transport options.
Hab vorhin ein paar Leute vom Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht gesehen, und nochmal deren Programm angeguckt.
Was zum Teufel ist eigentlich eine linksnationalistische Partei? Haben die nicht verstanden, daß Klassenkampf Grenzen überschreitet? Oder sind das einfach Tankies?
I love deadlines! I love the sound they make as they inexorably grind closer, and the scream they make when you defeat them at the last possible minute.
Kids are getting hungry. I denied them sweets, dinner is being prepared. But there's still some broccoli from lunch, do that is what they're sneaking behind my back now.