Shitty business behaviour. People got surprised by changes in the ‘fine print’ of mail order and internet shops. Consumers had trouble with the concept that they now in essence had two contracts. One with the shop and one with Klarna. Even if the shop didn’t deliver the goods or delivered wrong or broken goods, Klarna still demanded the purchase prize.

Klarna has a lot of automated processes. A lot of problems derived from that. People were supposed to enter a certain case number when paying - and nothing else. If people messed up by adding other info (like an invoice number/date/seller) or mistyped, Klarna’s system wasn’t able to handle it. If they couldn’t file the payment there was no other system in place to assure a correct booking. Instead consumers received payment reminders and extra reminder fees. Even when consumers showed proof of payment the system often didn’t accept it and it went on and on, in a few cases Klarna went to court about it.

The latest is Klarna’s idea wanting banking info from consumers - and by all it’s literally everything that is mentioned in your banking statements. Klarna wants the consumer to sign a declaration of release to the bank so that Klarna can access everything.

And again Habeck is the voice of reason. I’ll miss him.

What a surprise that a rape victim is not a “reliable” witness. Being attacked, suffering trauma and then you’re supposed to give a detailed report and answer questions that bring back all the memories and make you relive the whole ordeal.

Eye witnesses in general aren’t that reliable. That’s why you get 4 different descriptions if four people are questioned about the same fender bender they witnessed. Getting the colour of a sweater wrong does not mean that a person is lying or that the account in general is questionable.

They have a King

They are a heterogenous scene and therefore not uniformly organised (something to be thankful for). There’s more than one King (I haven’t read about a selfproclaimed queen though), different “Governments”, self-governing bodies… some of them cooperate, some can’t cooperate… As long as you don’t have to deal with them it sounds quite funny - They produce their own ID cards and driving licences because they do not believe in the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany. But if it exists it’s only a Ltd. Or Germany is still under military occupation. But if you encounter them irl… oh boy. And funny left as soon as some of them got their hands on weapons and actually started attacking people.

And that is why you don’t take your actual phone or laptop when you’re travelling to a country with questionable laws/procedures. Always take a burner. It’s what a lot of companies have also implemented as a precaution when they send their employees on business matters.

Gezi Park 2.0?

Not good was yesterday when the university degree got revoked. I still had hope that that’s been a warning and the sole step against a potential opponent. Today that hope got squashed and there’s no more pretending that Erdogan won’t use every trick from the little dictator’s handbook. It’s bad news for Turkey and those citizens who were looking forward to a positive change. There are enough problems that need to be adressed and if Erdogan stays in charge will likely be ignored.

Unfortunately I feel that there won’t be real pressure put on him internationally. He’s in a comfortable position due to the war in Ukraine and the other conflicts in Syria, Israel/Palestine and so on.

You can check the Q&A at Auswärtiges Amt

For your case it’s a combi of ‘My ancestors were German Nationals…’ and ‘How can German citizenship be lost’.

I suspect a large overlap with people complaining about RATM suddenly turning woke or playing ‘We’re not gonna take it’ at rallies without ever having seen a band pic of Twisted Sister.

That guy is Brian Glenn. He’s a host on “Real America’s Voice”, a right-wing to far-right station and the boyfriend of Marjory Taylor Greene.

The attending “press” has been pre-selected and it’s not a stretch to assume that these people know what’s expected of them. The narrative is that not wearing a suit is a sign of disrespect. When Trump greeted Zelensky in the beginning he also made a remark about it.

BSW completely depends on their (Co-) party chairwoman and name giver Sahra Wagenknecht who is simply unwilling to bear gouvernmental responsibility. And she is considered to be a russian mouthpiece.

Merz ruled out to form a coalition with BSW and I don’t see any sane person who would try to sway this decision.

make sure that none of your voting locations are using starlink internet access

? Germany is old-fashioned and when it comes to elections I’m happy that we’re sticking to pen and paper. And actual humans doing the counting.

On a sidenote - Starlink isn’t that big in Germany. I don’t think I’ve ever read/heard about any public authorities using it.

Likely deemed too old for adopting a baby.

Lucky her. No need to make up an excuse.

The ‘success’ has also been established in Germany when he made it available on his Xitter-account.

Strafgesetzbuch (StGB) § 5 Auslandstaten mit besonderem Inlandsbezug

Das deutsche Strafrecht gilt, unabhängig vom Recht des Tatorts, für folgende Taten, die im Ausland begangen werden:

(…)

3. Gefährdung des demokratischen Rechtsstaatesa)

a) in den Fällen des § 86 Absatz 1 und 2, wenn Propagandamittel im Inland wahrnehmbar verbreitet oder der inländischen Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht werden und der Täter Deutscher ist oder seine Lebensgrundlage im Inland hat,

b) in den Fällen des § 86a Absatz 1 Nummer 1, wenn ein Kennzeichen im Inland wahrnehmbar verbreitet oder in einer der inländischen Öffentlichkeit zugänglichen Weise oder in einem im Inland wahrnehmbar verbreiteten Inhalt (§ 11 Absatz 3) verwendet wird und der Täter Deutscher ist oder seine Lebensgrundlage im Inland hat,

c) in den Fällen der §§ 89, 90a Abs. 1 und des § 90b, wenn der Täter Deutscher ist und seine Lebensgrundlage im räumlichen Geltungsbereich dieses Gesetzes hat, und

d) in den Fällen der §§ 90 und 90a Abs. 2;

German Criminal Code (StGB)

Section 5 Foreign offenses with a special domestic connection

German criminal law applies, regardless of the law of the place of the offense, to the following offenses committed abroad:

(…)

3. Endangering the democratic constitutional state

a) in the cases of Section 86 (1) and (2), if propaganda material is perceptibly disseminated in Germany or made available to the domestic public and the perpetrator is German or has his livelihood in Germany,

b) in the cases of Section 86a (1) no. 1, if a distinctive sign is perceptibly disseminated in Germany or used in a manner accessible to the domestic public or in content perceptibly disseminated in Germany (Section 11 (3)) and the perpetrator is German or has his livelihood in Germany,

c) in the cases of Sections 89, 90a (1) and Section 90b if the perpetrator is German or has his livelihood in Germany. 1 and Section 90b, if the offender is German and has his or her livelihood in the territorial scope of this Act, and

d) in the cases of Sections 90 and 90a (2);

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Elon wouldn’t visit Germany as long as he might face consequences and I don’t think the US would extradite him.

Thank you, I won’t worry too much about DOGE. Unfortunately you’re right about the rest too. These people have too much money to influence politics.

I have kept the original headline of the article. In my opinion, however, this is an unfavorable choice with regard to the rest of the article’s content.

Elon keeps endorsing politicians and parties on the far right in Europe through his (anti-)social media platform. Openly meddling in foreign countries affairs only to cause disruption and further his own interests. And all the while he is designated to be part of Trump’s new gouvernment as head of DOGE.

It’s too soon for an official report. The experts are still investigating. And they will be thorough to include everything from the black box, technical data, videos/pictures from passengers… So far, there are only preliminary reports which are available to responsible authorities.

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