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Of the 50,000+ EVs registered in Germany in October, less than 1% were Teslas. Not one model is in the top 20.
Remind me again why Elon is getting a 500 billion bonus?

To my U.S.A. friends:
Having lived in & been indoctrinated with socialism well into my teens, please understand,

Social democracy is not Socialism!

It's also not a transitional state or ideology leading into socialism.

There are former monarchies & former socialist countries that are stable SDs.

Bookshop display in the neighborhood I currently live in Germany!

"All books in this window are banned from public libraries or schools in certain US states, according to 'PEN America'.
The number of titles affected by this censorship in the last school year alone is 4,231."

Florida bans "The Diary of Anne Frank" in school libraries. Whoever made this decision should have to eat every page of that amazing book, page by page.

Was drafted to the Balkan wars in 1992 & went AWOL. Experienced insanity & spiritual darkness of it in a way I still can't coherently convey.
One repulsive thing were mind-bending ceremonies on all sides of the conflict, with clergy blessing tanks, artillery & personal weapons of atrocious militias.

Yes.

Now that the US has begun issuing travel advisories based on ideological criteria, they need to start issuing two sets of those, for different political orientations.

Miroslav Volf's new release, The Cost of Ambition, is featured here by @erbks.bsky.social! Check it out: englewoodreview.org/ten-theology...

Thank you for your constructive and thoughtful dialogue.

Please explain how workers rights and state sponsored social programs in firm democracies like Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Germany, etc. are communism?

As an R&D engineer with a degree in theology, I agree.

3 Wochen. Am Ende dauerte es 3 Wochen für einen Wertbrief aus der Schweiz nach Deutschland.

Raised in communism, I call this a false dichotomy.

I can be against communism & for workers rights, against socialism & for a regulated market. I can join my German neighbors May 1st in celebrating the more socially just state their parents & unions fought for w/o fearing what my parents survived!

Today is special, as all parts of my family celebrate together - Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox.

Alithos anesti!

Universities from the BIG 10 conference in the US are creating a "Mutual Defense Compact" in preparation for becoming the administration's next target.

Basically, they are creating an "academic NATO" on US soil to protect themselves against their own government.

Go figure!

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People are disappearing from streets, their workplaces, their homes & everybody knows. As long as it mostly affects the "evil other", totalitarianism will be able to move on with its agenda. Collateral damage (ca. 20%) seems to be acceptable.

Don't ask how it could've happened elsewhere ever again!

Heute auf dem Terminkalender eine der lästigsten Themen die man als technischer Projektleiter hat.

Ein Gespräch mit den Kollegen aus der Kostenoptimierung in dem man erklären muss warum eine mit den Fachabteilungen erarbeite Lösung nicht billiger gemacht werden kann.

What a beautiful article.

Andraé's church & office became a home away from home during a very dark time in my life. The way he was able to, based on a faint shared experience, engage & embrace someone from an unfamiliar culture & contrastive social setting is astonishing.

I miss him - and Sandra.

The following week were spent between panel discussions, radio shows, protests with celebrity participation in downtown L.A. against an unsanctioned war by NATO against a sovereign state, trying not to fail exams and keep scholarships... all while trying to find a way to get to Serbia.
Surreal!
5/

A grad student in L.A. active in the peace movement & justice concerns committees, even friends could not believe reports I was getting first hand.
How to explain the unthinkable? How to keep going while fearing for loved ones? How to deal with hostility and verbal attacks on campus? 4/

She was finally able to convince relatives and neighbors to seek shelter, minutes before the first cruise missile hit infrastructure on the ridge right uphill behind their neighborhood.
This was the beginning of a surreal period in my life.
3/

I was frantically trying to reach her, but land lines were down and there was no cell network yet, due to the embargo.
I finally found a route to her father's work PC via VoIP. To my surprise, no air raid sirens were going off in the background. Nobody believed it to be true. 2/

Nur geht es hier um alles mögliche, nur der Genozid wird in keiner der Stellungnahmen, Forderungen oder dem Manifest genannt.

Solche Querinstrumentalisierungen und implizite Zuschreibungen machen es den Studenten in Serbien nicht einfacher eine Veränderung zu erkämpfen.

Very much the same for the Balkans and large segments of German Evangelicals.

It's becoming more and more visible which organizations and denominations have done the most networking, support, church planting, and publishing over the last few decades.

Social media has just amplified it.

This is a display at our neighborhood bookstore in.

"All books in this window are banned from public libraries and schools in certain US states, according to the American writers' association PEN America.

The number of titles affected by this censorship in the last school year alone is 4,231."

How does a system that claims to be part of the kingdom of God and obedient to God become toxic? I am reposting an article written a few years ago that is still timely to this tragic reality in the church. www.dianelangberg.com/2020/12/when...

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Wuerde mich freuen, wenn ihr diese Ausgabe mit euren Follower:innen teil!

Danke 🙏

I'd like to read more about that balance act. Important topic.

Habe letzte Woche etwas in St. Gallen bestellt, zu liefern nach Friedrichshafen. Mittelgroßer Brief.

Nach nun einer Woche, habe ich nachgefragt. Brief liegt im Int. Logistikzentrum der Post in Niederaula(!) und keiner kann mir sagen wann es kommt.

Nächstes Mal fahre ich in die Schweiz und hole es.