DandomRude

I know, but why should someone other than Jones pay up? He has obviously put aside a lot of money that is due to those affected - he will make even more in the next trump turn. If he gets away with that and shows that it's worthwhile to run a business as immoral as his, others will do exactly the same.

Edit: nvm, I forgot that Trump still owes the state of New York half a billion dollars for massive financial fraud that he will never pay because the US citizens elected him the next president. Well, too bad the US legal system doesn't prosecute anyone personally - especially not with criminal charges. Sorry, I always wrongly assume that the US has a semi-functioning legal system. My bad.

I hope they didn't pay more than a sack of onions.

Yes, and fuck this shit in particular:

A resolution adopted by the German Bundestag last week on curbing antisemitism and protecting Jewish life could negatively impact civil society and free expression in the country. (...) There are major concerns in Germany about the resolution, including from civil society, academics, Jewish artists and intellectuals, and lawyers. There are fears it will open up new avenues for abusive enforcement, further chill free expression, peaceful assembly, and free association, and risk stigmatizing migrant communities, while downplaying homegrown antisemitism in German society including from the far right. Source

Sincerely, another German.

It's probably just a simple HTML tel link that is supposed to open a phone app so that you don't need to dial. But macOS and iOS opens these links with FaceTime if that is configured as your standard "phone" app. So it's not the website that opens an app with camera permission, it's the OS.

This can be quite annoying for web developers because HTML alone cannot prevent FaceTime from being opened instead of a normal phone app, as the OS dictates what happens when a tel link is clicked. This can easily give the impression that the camera is being accessed illegitimately, even if this is not actually intended. That's probably the case here. I can't imagine anyone expecting their customers to book a table in a restaurant via video call - that would be stupid on many levels.

I'm always impressed by how little understanding businesses have for basic online stuff, even when it's very important to their business.

Weil die CDU und besonders die CSU sich dazu entschlossen haben, dem rassistischen Gewäsch der AfD nicht entschieden entgegenzutreten, sondern stattdessen ihrerseits auf rassistische Parolen zu setzen. Damit haben sie offene Ausländerfeindlichkeit wieder solonfähig gemacht, da diese Parteien ja angeblich die Mitte der Gesellschaft, mithin die "bürgerliche Vernunft" vertreten (sic). Auch die anderen etablierten Parteien haben tatkräftig mitgeholfen, indem sie das Narrativ der AfD aus wahlstrategischen Gründen ebenfalls aufgegriffen und so die völlig falsche Vorstellung, die Migrationspolitik sei das zentrale Problem Deutschlands, in der öffentlichen Debatte zementiert haben. So hat sich der Diskurs derart verändert, dass es überhaupt nicht mehr um Sachfragen und die zugehörigen Lösungsansätze geht, etwa um Maßnahmen, die dem Umstand Rechnung tragen, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft schon aufgrund des demografischen Wandels dringend Arbeitskräfte aus dem Ausland braucht. Stattdessen geht es nur noch darum, das absolut kontraproduktive Narrativ von den "schädlichen Ausländern" besonders populistisch zu bedienen - je nach Partei eben auch wieder mit Aussagen, die von Goebbels stammen könnten. Damit sind wir auch in Deutschland in einen Teufelskreis aus irrationaler Angstmacherei, sachlich falschen Schuldzuweisungen und ausländerfeindlicher Hetze geraten, der mit der Realität nichts zu tun hat, sondern unsere eigentlichen Probleme im Gegenteil hinter populistisch ausschlachtbaren Luftschlössern versteckt. Kurzum: Die meisten der etablierten Parteien haben sich von der blödsinnigen, jedoch leider sehr erfolgreichen Propaganda-Strategie der AfD derart beeindrucken lassen, dass sie selbst darauf gesetzt haben, anstatt sie zu bekämpfen und geschlossen als das zu entlarven, was sie tatsächlich ist - hasserfüllter Unsinn, der von der Inhaltsleere und Kurzsichtigkeit der AfD-Politik ablenken soll; ebenso von der Tatsache, dass die AfD eine neoliberale Wirtschaftspolitik verfolgt, die keineswegs im Interesse "der kleinen Leute" ist. In diesem Sinne ist die Situation inzwischen ganz ähnlich wie die in den USA, was auch kaum verwunderlich ist, wenn man bedenkt, dass die Strategie der MAGA-Bewegung seit langem die Blaupause für den Ansatz der AfD ist. Es ist ein Elend, aus dem wir nur herauskommen können, wenn wir wieder zu einem rationalen politischen Diskurs zurückfinden.

I'm not saying that European climate policy in recent decades hasn't also been disastrous. I'm just tired of reading these whataboutism comments that try to shift the blame somewhere else instead of simply admitting responsibility for one's own actions and decisions. This isn't about national pride, which I generally consider to be dull-witted by the way, but about a future worth living.

Neither do I, because the US citizens elected Trump, who will both betray our friends in Ukraine and withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. These are just two of his future misdeeds, which are completely foreseeable. Thank you dear allies from the US, you are really very helpful.

Are you also relying on Europe to get its shit together when it comes to climate change? I think you still don't understand how fucked the world is because US citizens did not get their shit together and voted for Trump.

I mean climate change

Unfortunately, this particular leopard will eat everyone's face.

Yes, that's why we're doomed if we don't manage to cooperate instead of competing. Especially with the election of Trump as US president, I unfortunately think that's completely hopeless. So...