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The collapse of the #German economy.
Imagine what would happen if you had a gas station right next door, but you had to drive hundreds Km to fill up with gas at double the price because your puppetmaster sabotaged the pumps near you.
But, nevertheless, you knelt down and said "thank you".
After all, you vote for your "Masters Voice" every time.

Well... since this is happening to the #EU "locomotive" imagine what will happen in the immediate future to the rest of EU economies

#Ukraine’s Air Force released #video showing its German-made #Skynex air defense system successfully destroying #Russian #drones

Cutting-edge weapon, manufactured by #German firm #Rheinmetall, effectively #intercepts drones — including Iranian-made #Shaheds and their Russian equivalents — at relatively low cost. Ukraine has received at least two Skynex #AirDefense systems in military aid packages from #Germany.

kyivindependent.com/impeccable

The Kyiv Independent · 'Impeccable results' — New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gunBy Abbey Fenbert

"Her name is Gretchen. That's a German name, right?"

No.

"Gretchen", while totally archaic, is based on a German name, yes.

But this "Krettshn" thing Americans mutated it into is definitely not.

This is the original German pronunciation:

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia

Also, keep in mind that "-chen" is a diminutive suffix, "Gretchen" literally means "little Greta". It feels very strange for us when the person is an adult.

The #LinusTechTips guy paying oodles for an artificial temporary "lithp" (lisp) is one of the funniest things, this week. 😅 #WANshow

While our #EU #German socialised #HealthInsurance won't carry repairing my worn-out front teeth, that sometimes get infected and make me feel my pulsing heart beats.

I'm a #Millennial on a pension/social benefits kinda budget, btw - basically, poor people.

Also, my "luxury bone guy" / #Dentist seems to have abandoned the cheap amalgam filling procedures! 😠

#German court rules #Meta #tracking technology violates #European #privacy laws

A German court has ruled that Meta must pay €5,000 ($5,900) to a German #Facebook user who sued the platform for embedding tracking technology in third-party websites — a ruling that could open the door to large fines down the road over data #privacy violations relating to pixels and similar tools.
#surveillance

therecord.media/german-court-m

therecord.mediaGerman court rules Meta tracking technology violates European privacy lawsThe court in Leipzig ruled that Meta must pay €5,000 ($5,900) to a German Facebook user who sued the platform for embedding tracking technology in third-party websites — a ruling that could open the door to other lawsuits.

This is a series of stories based on a famous real-life judge in China during the Song dynasty. It was written centuries ago, and one of the defining memories of my childhood is my dad giving me these very books to read. It has pictures but also Chinese and English writing. Rereading them and am amused by the fact that as a kid, I was reading about tortures, poisonings and how every story's "happy" ending ends with a decapitation of a bad guy. We Chinese kids have quite a morbid and grim diet for bedtime stories, looks like 😅

In that sense, I think we have something in common with the Germans 🤣