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It’s surely a reference to the Dune novels.

It’s a shame that “In The Valley Of Gods” is unlikely to happen anymore.

I still see (and am blinded by) bikes with maladjusted headlights, electric or not. Some people just don’t realize that the road in front of them should be illuminated, not the apartments on the third floor.

Even nailed the tiny hands of his.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putumayo_genocide

One of the many examples how imperialism and greed can turn things into atrocious shit.

That is so fascinating. I believe one of the survivors later wrote a book about it, it’s public domain and can be downloaded from digital libraries. I never finished it, but read a good chunk up to the part where they had to eat their dead trek members and leather shoe straps. It’s ironic that they were initially trying to take a short cut and save time, but unfortunate circumstances stacked up, cost them lots of time and ended in disaster.

John Belushi, maybe a year or two before he starred as Joliet Jake Blues.

Of course it isn’t.

Are they organic?

I’m not a computer expert, nor an expert in espionage or intelligence services. What is pretty well known though is that the FSB has the means to reach out to young people in Europe to make them do illegal stuff (spying, sabotage…) on their behalf for maybe a couple hundred Dollars.

And the idea that European secret services cannot pinpoint the guys behind those activities because the Russians are using VPN servers is pretty cute.

Russian agencies reach out online and (at least promise to) pay some money. It’s as simple as that. They’re called low-level agents.

Of course they will favor European industry. The reason we’re taking on massive debt now to increase our defensive capabilities is that the US is looking increasingly less dependable. Why would German then spend all that money for military equipment over there?

You have never had to clean a toilet yourself, have you?

My bank doesn’t.

Revolut effectively blocked me for using custom ROMs on my phones. Fuck them.

Altima is not signaling.

What do you mean by “when my BMW is reset”?

Köln is indeed special.

Those cost increases are not unique to Cologne though. It starts with a cost estimate that’s way below a reasonable sum of money and that is highly unlikely to work out, but one that is politically feasible. Then (once planning and building is happening) costs increase and often enough, public sector decision makers are inept at damage control when unexpected things happen (which they do) and plans need to be reworked accordingly. Sunk cost fallacy is also real. Things then get out of hand and construction companies know that shit needs to get done at some point and there’s more money to be made once the child has fallen into the well.

You’re not gonna be able to start a 600 million euro project if you’re honest about it. You say it’ll be 250 million, get it greenlit, and go from there. It’s stupid, but that’s how it works everywhere. I’m not saying that there is no corruption involved, but I don’t think it’s the worst problem. Look at Stuttgart 21: It is now at least 5 years overdue and cost increased from 4.5 to 11 billion.