There’s a reason for that, eh

I know, I know, but I was caught up in the rest of what he was saying. Thanks for the link.

What an excellent read. I’m tempted now to hear it and see how much my poor French can manage.

Friedrich Merz has just declared that Europe needs its own military alliance. This is a recognition that France has been right for decades in advocating for strategic autonomy.

Now it must be built. This will require massive investment to replenish the European Defense Fund beyond the Maastricht debt criteria, harmonize weapons and munitions systems, accelerate European Union membership for Ukraine, which now has the leading army in Europe, rethink the role and conditions of nuclear deterrence based on French and British capabilities, and relaunch missile-shield and satellite programs.

(emphasis mine)

I haven’t heard it put that way before. Interesting to think about.

[…] Our parents defeated fascism and communism at the cost of great sacrifice. The task of our generation is to defeat the totalitarianisms of the 21st century. Long live free Ukraine, long live democratic Europe.

(emphasis mine)

Dammit, why’d you have to mention that at the end?

Yeah, I’m a little surprised this is something we needed a whistleblower for.

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…you ever heard of paper?

You know that’s a Nazi in the pic, right?

Your instance isn’t on the latest version of Lemmy but that won’t matter too much.

Edit: also, welcome back. Hope you like what we’ve done with the place.

Not a chance they weren’t AI generated.

Moderating across instances hasn’t worked well but will be fixed in next release.

No, just slow and steady

because I’m nice to people every day and all I do is get treated like fucking garbage and this is my only outlet

There’s a difference between being nice and letting people walk all over you.

It looks like the maple leaf is being absorbed :/

If you’re willing I have found that regularly contributing to a community, even if it’s just you, will lead to others participating sooner than you may expect.

That advice about broader topics is also good however. Niche communities aren’t generally necessary until the broader ones become too flooded.

Edit: unless focused on a hyper-niche, with tight focus, such as !obscureinstruments@sh.itjust.works or !soundfontcovers@sh.itjust.works

(Disclosure: I created both examples.

You’re welcome. Any questions about Lemmy or fedi in general?

I think !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world is the most popular. Community links here are in the form of !communityname@hostinstance

Damn, they really should have thought of that, huh

Maybe try it out, but don’t go thinking it’s a miracle drug that’ll heal you without you also doing some work.

I have enough drug experience, both prescribed and recreational, that I know better than to think that. But at the same time I understand that subtle things can add up.

Literally 1984