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Wishing everyone a great time at Gnome 46 Release Party by Volunteers starting today in Offline in #Berlin, #Germany
https://foss.events/2024/03-30-gnome-46-release-party.html
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#gnome46 #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe #gnome
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Mondstern Ausstellungen
Hello, world! I am Sena! I am honored to meet you! You can find more about me here!moooon.dresden.network
Last night a car hit and killed @natenom , a German bicycle activist who was a passionate advocate for road safety. https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2024-01-31-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg--cycling-activist-apparently-dies-in-a-traffic-accident.ry_GQH1_qp.html
The German (speaking) cycling community has been mourning #Natenom since we received the dreadful news this morning. This site shows the locations of some of us who logged into the app "Critical Map" tonight in honour and memory of Natenom.🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️
https://www.criticalmaps.net/map#6/51.124/11.667
#RIPNatenom #Germany #cycling #RoadSafety
Baden-Württemberg: Cycling activist apparently dies in a traffic accident
Andreas Mandalka, 43, was cycling on a country road in Baden-Württemberg. According to the investigation, a Citroën was driving behind him. For reasons that are still unclear, the 77-year-old car driver then collided with MandALKa.Anonym (Teller Report)
Ať už v práci ⛴️, doma 🏠 nebo na horách 🏔️🎿⛷️.
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#snow #winter #fun #rheinriver #assmanshausen #germany
Secret plan against Germany
Bit by bit, the brightly lit dining hall of a countryside hotel near Potsdam fills with people. There are about two dozen of them, a mix of AfD members, followers of the Identitarian movement and members of nationalist student fraternities (Burschens…Valentin Zick (correctiv.org)
The first in a series of essays on antisemitism in German folk tales.
Feedback would be very much appreciated before I turn this into a blog post.
#antisemitism #folklore #Germany
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Antisemitism in German Folklore - Host Desecration | Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles
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Interesting: ProtonMail finally admits that Germany "is a good choice given Germany’s strong privacy laws and culture that make it almost as strong as Switzerland."
For once, we couldn't agree more. 😀
We'd even argue Germany is much better as we do not have data retention laws (which would be against the German constitution) - while in Switzerland large tech companies are forced by law to retain data: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/data-retention-germany
Germany: Data retention to be abolished once and for all.
According to the German Minister of Justice data retention or "the storage of telecommunications data without any reason" could soon come to an end.Tutanota
BREAKING NEWS!
❗️The US and its allies plan to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets as part of long-term efforts to strengthen Kyiv's security, — a senior White House official commented to NBC News
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Russian #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey #Finland
(Die Corona-Warn-App in Deutschland wird eingestellt. Screenshots in Englisch und Deutsch anbei.)
#COVID #COVID19 #Germany #Deutschland #EndOfAnEra #CoronaWarnApp
München verbietet Klimaaktivisten, Sekundenkleber zu transportieren
Ein Verstoß kostet 1000 Euro. Mit der Anordnung gegen sieben Personen will das Kreisverwaltungsreferat weitere Straßenblockaden verhindern.Bernd Kastner (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
#books #library #BookCollection #collection #Germany
h/t @BrianJopek
Ukraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, January 24
Ukraine Daily
Tuesday, January 24
Russia’s war against Ukraine
Ukrainian emergency service workers extinguish a fire in a garage after Russian shelling in Chasiv Yar, 23 Jan. 2023. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Poll: Record 86% of Ukrainians support joining NATO. Meanwhile, 87% of Ukrainians are currently in favor of their country's aspiration to join the European Union, according to a new poll by the Rating Group.
Foreign minister: Western tanks are coming to Ukraine soon. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Jan. 23 that Ukraine is in the final stages of convincing allies to provide Western main battle tanks, including German-made Leopard 2s.
NGO: Most convicts recruited by Wagner killed, wounded or deserted. Of the 50,000 convicts recruited by mercenary company Wagner Group from the Russian prison system, only 10,000 remain in the ranks of the military, according to Olga Romanova, head of Russia Behind Bars, an NGO that protects the rights of convicts.
General Staff: Ukraine downs two Russian aircrafts, helicopter over past day. The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Jan. 24 that Ukraine's military shoot down two Russian Su-25 aircrafts, one Ka-52 helicopter, an Orlan-10 drone, and two guided air missiles Kh-59.
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Zelensky: Security council bans state officials from leaving Ukraine, except for business trips. Under martial law, Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 are banned from leaving the country during the war, except for cases when they obtain special permits from the government. Some Ukrainian state officials and businesspeople have routinely abused this system and bypassed the restrictions.
Anti-Corruption Court seizes assets of Russian billionaire. The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine seized the Ukrainian assets of Russian billionaire Mikhail Shelkov. The assets include multiple apartments, vehicles, company shares, and money in Ukrainian bank accounts.
Zelensky's deputy chief of staff Tymoshenko resigns. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree dismissing Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Kyrylo Tymoshenko on Jan. 23.
Ukrenergo: Emergency blackouts introduced in 5 Ukrainian regions on Jan. 23. The power deficit in Ukraine's energy system has increased as the consumption rises, the country's state grid operator Ukrenergo reported on Jan. 23. Emergency power outages have been introduced in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia, and Volyn oblasts where consumption limits have been exceeded.
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‘They were real beasts’: A farming couple describes what occupation looked like in their village.
The darkness setting over the muddy street of the small hamlet in Kharkiv Oblast did little to hide the destruction Russian soldiers left behind.
Photo: Alexander Query/Kyiv Independent
How kindergarten morning in Kyiv suburb turned into tragedy.
The crash in Brovary, a city just east of Kyiv, killed 14 people, including one child and several parents of preschoolers, turning what was supposed to be an ordinary day for the kindergarten into a nightmare.
Photo: Ed Ram/Getty Images
Ukraine war latest: Kyiv expects battle for Donbas to intensify in February-March amid Russia's desperate attempt to capture the region.
Russian forces will likely intensify their offensive in eastern Ukraine in the coming months, Deputy Military Intelligence Chief Vadym Skibitsky said on Jan. 23.
Photo: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images
The human cost of Russia’s war
Russian attacks across 7 Ukrainian oblasts kill 1, injure 8 over past 24 hours. Russian attacks were reported in Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk oblasts in the east, south, and north of Ukraine.
Russian artillery kills 1 civilian**, wounds 2 others in Sumy Oblast.** Russian artillery shelled a residential building in Sumy Oblast on Jan. 23, killing a woman and wounding two other people, Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said on Telegram.
Russian Jan. 23 attack on Kherson Oblast kills 1. Russian forces struck Kherson Oblast’s village of Antonivka, killing one person, Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych reported on Jan. 23. The killed man was in the yard of the building when Russian projectiles fell there, according to Yanushevych.
Russian shelling of Chasiv Yar kills 1, wounds 2. Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported late on Jan. 23 that Russian shelling killed one person and injured two others in Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut in Donestk Oblast.
Russian attacks injure 4 civilians in Donetsk Oblast over past day. Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast injured four civilians over the past day, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Jan. 23 on Telegram. Three people were injured in Bakhmut and one in Avdiivka, the governor said.
UN: At least 18,483 civilian casualties in Ukraine due to Russia’s war. According to the United Nations human rights agency, Russia’s war against Ukraine has killed at least 7,068 civilians and wounded at least 11,415 from Feb. 24 to Jan. 22. The agency reported that the actual figures are likely considerably higher since the information from places with ongoing hostilities is delayed, and many reports of civilian casualties still need to be confirmed.
General Staff: Russia has lost 121,480 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24. Ukraine's General Staff reported on Jan. 23 that Russia had also lost 3,150 tanks, 6,276 armored fighting vehicles, 4,936 vehicles and fuel tanks, 2,146 artillery systems, 447 multiple launch rocket systems, 220 air defense systems, 287 airplanes, 277 helicopters, 1,894 drones, and 18 boats.
International response
Reuters: EU approves 542 million euro military aid package to Ukraine. The European Union on Jan. 23 approved another 500 million euro military aid package to Ukraine, along with an additional 45 million euros earmarked for non-lethal equipment for the EU's training mission in the country, Reuters reported, citing unnamed diplomatic sources.
Russia, Estonia expel each other’s ambassadors due to ‘destroyed relations.’ Russia has summoned Estonian Ambassador Margus Laidre, ordering him to leave the country by Feb. 7, followed by Estonia making the same move under "the principle of parity," the AP reported, citing the countries' foreign ministries.
Estonia to give Ukraine all its 155-mm howitzers in largest aid package so far. "We want to create a precedent so that other countries will not have any excuses why they cannot provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons to win the war," said Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine Kaimo Kuusk.
Sweden to provide Ukraine with equipment to restore energy supply. The Swedish government allowed the state-owned grid operator Svenska Kraftnat to transfer the materials that can be used to restore Ukraine's power system.
VOA: Bradley fighting vehicles to arrive in Ukraine within few weeks. U.S. Bradley infantry fighting vehicles will arrive in Ukraine within the next few weeks, Voice of America reported, citing an anonymous Pentagon official.
PM: Poland to apply for Germany's approval to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine. “Even if we did not get this approval, we would still transfer our tanks together with others to Ukraine," Morawiecki said at a news conference, saying that Germany's consent is "of secondary importance."
German defense minister: Decision on Leopard tanks for Ukraine to be made 'soon.' German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told ARD that a decision on supplying Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine will be made "soon" but called for patience in this matter. "The 'Leopard' is a heavy, armored weapon that can also be used for offensive purposes. And you have to think very carefully about when you bring them," said Pistorius.
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Irmgard Furchner was accused of being part of the apparatus that helped the camp function. The Itzehoe state court in northern Germany gave her a two-year suspended sentence.
More: https://apnews.com/article/prisons-dceae7a28dfdee9a869bd8fe8a75c91a
#Stutthof #history #Nazis #Germany #SS #justice #woman #trial
German court convicts 97-year-old ex-secretary at Nazi camp
BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Tuesday convicted a 97-year-old woman of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp during World War II.Geir Moulson (Associated Press)
Content warning: The accessibility for the blind advent calendar: day 11 - Germany - expand the content warning to open the window for today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgEHBA6nEqU
Bella Ciao von dArtagnan (deutsche Folk-Version)
'Bella Ciao" von dArtagnan aus dem Album 'Seit an Seit (GOLDEDITION)' Hier laden und streamen: https://dArtagnan.lnk.to/BellaCiaoJetzt aktuelles Album bestel...YouTube
The Fedora CoreOS folks are on board, now we just need someone from Hetzner.
https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/1324#issuecomment-1284855363
#hetzner #fedora #coreOS #vps #hosting #web #germany #eu #europe #linux
Platform Request: Hetzner · Issue #1324 · coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker
In order to implement support for a new cloud platform in Fedora CoreOS, we need to know several things about the platform. Please try to answer as many questions as you can. Hetzner: https://www.h...GitHub
Oh, what’s that word again? Schadensomething? 🤭
https://inkl.com/a/rMpNRySJbqJ
#germany #gas
Eurozone crisis in reverse as southern states scold Germany over gas
Analysis: Southern European countries were unwilling to sign up to homogenous 15% cut in gasinkl
https://www.bahn.com/en/offers/regional/9-euro-ticket-en
#germany #trains #travel
9-Euro-Ticket
Energy costs are rising. As one response, the German government is planning to launch a special-offer ticket as part of its support package for bus and rail transport.www.bahn.com
You can follow their main account and also several local branches:
➡️ @computertruhe (main account, in German)
➡️ @@ComputertruheBerlin (Berlin branch, in German)
➡️ @ComputertruheChemnitz (Chemnitz branch, in German)
➡️ @ComputertruheMuenchen (Munich branch, in German)
Their website is at https://computertruhe.de
#Computertruhe #NGOs #Deutsch #Computing #Germany #Activism #Hardware