"Betrayal" might be a wrong word for it, but I find this disappointing because the current events are the reason I have tried using Proton instead of Gmail. A tweet wont ruin the functionality of Proton, but it goes against my personal rationale for making the switch.

It feels strange seeing this kind of talk in Lemmy and Reddit, while the mainstream media of my country (not-usa) speaks surprizingly little about it. It's not that I believe them to be MAGA-minded, maybe they are just not sure what to make of it. This just makes me wonder how real it is, when I don't see anyone "reputable" speaking of it.

ALL planes land. The question is, whether or not there is someone left to clap afterwards.

As much as I loved reading your prose, don't you think that you are giving this too much energy?

Besides, as bad as reddit moderators can be, any hate towards them is just a distraction from the real problem, the corporate ownership of the platform.

While I might make similar choices, it still sound like a horror story. My immortal soul stuck eternally among the empty make-believe-people of GTA or the solitary existence of Minecraft?

I might still prefer the peace of non-existance.

Very good question. Where I live they are supposed to be separated as "dangerous waste", because people are not trusted to empty them themselves.

It is a black cat. Seeing ghosts as a black cat is as natural as breathing.

Tuntuu et ajat huononevat päivä päivältä. Ei sillä, että kaikki tarjolla olleet uutislähteet ennenkään hyviä olivat, mutta pahaltahan tää näyttää.

Olen parin viimevuoden aikana opiskellut saksankieltä ja seurannut täkäläistä mediaa. Siellä on hyvin voimakas jako eri kouluihin oppilaiden koulumenestyksen mukaan ja minun silmääni ainakin vaikuttaa, että järjestelmä on kauhea. Ihmisistä tehdään nuorella iällä eli yhdeksänvuotiaana ratkaisu senhetkisen pärjäämisen perusteella. Tuo ratkaisu sitten voimakkaasti rajaa yksilön mahdollisuuksia opinnoissa ja uralla läpi elämän. Tätä kannatetaan kuitenkin hyvin samankaltaisin perustein, kuin miksi persut nyt haluaisivat tasoryhmiä.

Omasta mielestäni varsinkin nuorten lasten jakamista tällaisiin ryhmiin tulisi varsin pitkälle välttää.

I don't have an answer but I have wondered the same. Serbia, Georgia and Türkiye have currently some very large pro-democracy demonstrations, but the USA hasn't. What there is seems to be pretty small scale.

Maybe pro-democrat Americans don't feel like their actions matter? Perhaps the opposition just isn't that popular? Maybe the USA just didn't have all that strong traditions of civil action to to begin with. At least when compared to countries lile Georgia or Serbia.

Very good point. Many of these alternatives with less traffic are much better if one doesn't see them as 100% replacements.

If a country gets away with not having a mandatory military service, then it sholdn't have one. Forcing people (usually just men) to spend a substancial amount of time in something, they might have zero motivation to, is unjust.

That being said, I absolutely support the fact that we do have a conscription based army here in Finland. There simply is an existential imperative for an army that is wastly larger than what could be achieved with volunteers. Maybe an initial fighting force could be mustered, but we would have problems refreshing it throug years of heavy attritional combat. Like Ukraine could most likely never maintain a fighting force through volunteer only.

That being said there is an option of civilian service here in Finland. I hold no grudge against anyone choosing that option. I agree that the system is fundamentally injust. I just see no alternative.

We are. Unfortunately actually stopping this is very difficult.

I'm in a situation where I work only three days a week and get by just fine. As much as I love not having to work 5 days a week, I'm not really feeling "free". Mostly because I still can't find to do stuff.

I watched similar thing happen in my own country. It was just one decision (so far) and made with a very comfortable parlamentary majority. The problem was that it was supposed to be unconstitutional according to wast majority of constitutional experts. That turned out to be absolutely no problem for the parlament and the administration.

It's not even that I am too much against what they decided, but it did change my views on the nature of law. Any law or constitution is just a paper if it isnt enforced and will carry no weight, when it is simply ignored.

Well... My health conditions mean that I am unlikely to survive long term after apocalypse. Even if no zombies get me. The first week would be fine, the first month maybe, but I wouldnt be alive to see the second year. I could try to do a camping trip to see if the "apocalypse" passes over quickly. If not, then there is no point trying to plan for long term survival.

Check BBC. They have pretty cood coverage of global news. Other might be Deutsche Welle, which despite the name is in English.

The best option would be to follow the news in Italian if at all possible. I actively follow the news in four languages and it really helps to show how differently they report on the same events. If you ever wonder why, for example, Sweden, Germany and USA have so different opinions on Palestine vs. Israel, just checking how their respective medias report about it in their own languages makes it clearer.

I would like to try out being a some short of cop in Sweden or Germany. I'm not 100% sure if this would be my answer if someone actually offered me this, but it would be interesting to see.

Since the birth of my son, about seven weeks ago, I have had difficulties on finding the time and energy. I haven't entirely stopped listening podcasts on my languages but meeting people to speak with and especially reading has suffered.

It's not a crisis really but this time doesn't lend it self for language studies as good as the time before fatherhood.

Do you have the means to reach this place? Lets say that you get the warning tomorrow, are you able to reach the island?