@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-30 17:29:12
Trump tells Merz to
‘fix his broken country’
in new attack on German chancellor
US president’s latest outburst comes a day after he suggested a
‘possible reduction’ in US troops in Germany
https://www.…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-04-29 10:13:00
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-04-30 01:33:36
Reducing the presence of the US military in Germany would be a top ten failure of military, national security and international relations not only in US history, but quite possibly world history.
The US abandoning our German allies and Europe would be so catastrophic as to strain the meaning of the word.
potus is so clearly unfit to lead. potus endangers every American, and human on earth, even by posting this.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-29 21:55:59
Louisiana Republicans pass gerrymandered map that eliminates majority-Black district (Andrew Howard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/29/louisiana-republicans-pass-gerrymander-landry-00942820
http://www.memeorandum.com/260529/p102#a260529p102
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy2026-05-30 03:23:03
On Making Christmas Greener - Twelve top tips that the Internet gave to me - for a green Xmas... Have fun, save money, do the right thing by the planet - triple win! #greenXmas - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-greenin…
@primonatura@mstdn.social2026-04-28 10:00:15
"Germany’s coal mines are now Europe’s largest lake district"
#Germany #Environment
https://ww…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-04-28 17:30:56
Q&A with Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman about OpenAI's new partnership with AWS, Bedrock Managed Agents, Trainium chips, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-o…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-30 00:30:52
Trump says US considering reducing troops in Germany (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/trump-us-reducing-troops-germany-00899352
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p148#a260429p148
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-29 00:34:22
I remember watching the 2022 documentary
"Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm"
(Love, Deutschmarks and Death) by Cem Kaya
with awe and shame at how much I had not known.
The film looks at the difficult lives of Turkish workers in Germany through the music they produced.
One widely popular song, sung by Yüksel Özkasap, included the lines:
“Germany, everything about you is a lie. You have stolen my life and taken my love.”
The language textbook
"Türk…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-30 00:15:55
Trump Threatens to Pull Troops From Germany as He Lashes Out at Merz (David E. Sanger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/politics/trump-germany-us-troops.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p144#a260429p144