In ~2016 I started r/EuropeanArmy. I was very active in r/EuropeanFederalists at that time and I still think that (sadly) a European Federation would need a (somewhat) united military force. „European Army“ was a buzzword put forward by Macron as a reaction to Brexit. I just ran with it. I dropped Reddit some years ago. The subs are still there and have some active users.

PESCO, CARD, Framework Nation Concept, FCAS … there have been plenty of topics. Looking at this years Eurosatory: the European Industrial Military Complex has just started. Imho it is very important to take a close look — especially as someone from the left side of the political spectrum.

Yeah, I‘m on the same page. I just realised that perhaps a community like „EuropeanArmy“ is needed on Lemmy as well. In the current political environment maybe more important than ever.

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Try to imagine a quantity of four million kilograms of potatoes. Four million kilograms - that's 4000 tons, the weight of 800 adult elephants, stacked as high as the Berlin TV Tower. It's a lot that could fill hundreds of thousands of people.

These potatoes are stored in the halls of a farm south of Leipzig, neatly sorted, cool and dry, best food quality. And they have a problem: no one wants them.

The story of these potatoes is a story about the absurdities of our food system. A trader had ordered the harvest, but when the potatoes were harvested and stored, it was clear: the supply on the market is greater than the demand. The market price had fallen, the offer too big. What is no longer profitable for trade becomes a burden for the producer. Financially, everything was settled, but the potatoes remained.

Shortly before Christmas, I received an email from Ecosia, a search engine we had just reported on. Ecosia is the Berlin company that plants trees with its advertising revenue – over 200 million worldwide. Chief Financial Officer Wolfgang Oels wrote that there is contact with a farm south of Leipzig that has to destroy 4000 tons of potatoes. "Do we, as Berliner Morgenpost and Ecosia, want to make this a joint action?"

We can. We want. And we need your help.

The largest potato rescue in the city

The plan is simple: Ecosia finances the transport from Saxony to Berlin. The Berliner Morgenpost helps to organize the free distribution.

We are looking for distribution points throughout the city: parishes, schools, sports clubs, neighborhood initiatives, social institutions or private individuals. Each collection point receives one ton of potatoes, free of charge, to distribute to all who can use them (Agria variety, firm cooking!). They can help distribute - and show together with us what is possible if we treat food for what they are: valuable.

It is just a dogwhistle for closed borders and deportations.

Can we please stop speaking of „development“ when some billionaires start throwing money at a natural habitat that should be protected. Instead it will now become some kind of uber rich disney land.

LLMs are per definition “mediocre machines”. They are a statistical approach. The most common answer is far from the single best answer.

A little gift for the Sultan!

Dabei wäre ja auch beides möglich — wir hatten mal 100.000 gut bezahlte Arbeitsplätze in Ostdeutschland IN DER GOTTVERDAMMTEN SOLARBRANCHE DIE VON CDU UND SPD ANS MESSER GELIEFERT WURDE!

Diese ganze Scheiße macht mich wahnsinnig!!!

Ist „das Mädchen“ dann „die Junge Alternative“?

Als jemand der schon häufig auf Kreta unterwegs war und an wirklich jedem Ort — ob Strand, Schlucht, Stadt oder Olivenhain — Deckel ohne Flaschen gefunden hat, bin ich davon überzeugt, dass mit verbundenen Deckeln weniger Plastik in der Umwelt landet. Noch hilfreicher wäre natürlich ein europaweites Pfandsystem …

Fuck — as an designer and typography nerd I just love them em-dashes.

Politico was bought bei conservative German publisher Axel Springer SE some years ago. Their tabloid Bild is populist to right-wing. They have ties to German car manufacturers and other uber rich. CEO Döpfner is for example friends with Peter Thiel afaik.

Ich ändere den Namen von „Volkswagen“ zu „VerkehrsWende“. In Zukunft werden neben E-Autos auch E-Busse, E-Bikes, Straßenbahnen und vielleicht sogar Schnellzüge gebaut. Verbrenner laufen gar nicht mehr vom Band.

Stark! Bin echt erstaunt wie stellenweise progressiv T-Online inzwischen ist.

Habe deshalb die Diskussion nach dem Hamburger Klimaentscheid auch nicht verstehen können. Aber klar, wenn die WiRtScHaFtSpArTeI CDU sagt, dass uns das teuer zu stehen kommt, dann nicken natürlich alle brav. 🤡

France and Germany already hit their quorum. Now five more member states need to hit 100%. And the main goal of reaching 1 million of course.

That guy is sick.

Some years ago I read an article that more and more hospitals (in Germany) are getting rid of their sterilisation facilities, because single use tools can be ordered in bulk and the facilities + personnel are costly. Profit-driven healthcare is such a nightmare for the environment.

Wir sind so lost.

I saw this take (on YT) just yesterday. The gist: the US has by far the greater military, but NATO without US has much more troops and equipment that are trained and working in harsh cold weather conditions. The US may take some ports and airfields, but small European and Canadian troops can defend the land and make it infeasible for the US to take any meaningful hold.