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Ervin Sperla

@ervinsperla.bsky.social

European. Interested in linguistics, politics, science, humour. Good to be here.

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looking up the types of residence cards you can get in France for a piece and HONKING at this part of the drop-down list, from the official government website (!!) www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers...

07.10.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 355    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 4
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MoD spends millions on private schools to avoid Welsh language Military personnel receive a private education allowance to avoid lessons in Welsh in state schools.

#BBCNews - MoD spends millions on private schools to avoid Welsh language
www.bbc.com/news/article...

07.10.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I see your take, I'm fully with you, and raise it with "I didn't see a single episode of Game of Thrones, either".

06.10.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You are on a roll.

06.10.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could have been The Bone Collector soundtrack

03.10.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. If your campaign is not looking for preferential treatment, what is your argument for the EU offering 180 days to everyone across the board?

03.10.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

To clarify, are you saying the EU should give 180 days to all third country citizens, or do you think UK citizens should be treated preferentially compared to citizens of other 3rd countries?

03.10.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That's a nice term 🀌

03.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can add 2024 to that when they voted overwhelmingly for Sir Keir "Not in my lifetime" Starmer.

03.10.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

this exists it is called thinking

20.09.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 33661    πŸ” 6216    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 325

Beavers. The only species in the UK able to build enough water reservoirs and achieve sufficient water quality.

03.10.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brown bear heavyweight Chunk wins Fat Bear Week despite injury The bear was praised for his resilience and adaptability after beginning the contest with a broken jaw.

oh my god the winner of fat bear week had a broken jaw and is named CHUNK

02.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 227    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

02.10.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 16383    πŸ” 6006    πŸ’¬ 855    πŸ“Œ 563

Seems similar to how German big business folded back in the day.

03.10.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Near the end of 2017, the United States Navy filed a notice of intent to begin purchasing human cadavers from the University of Southern California. The purpose: Use dead bodies in trauma surgery training for the Israeli Defense Forces.

Since that notice, the Navy has paid USC more than $860,000 for at least 89 β€œfresh cadaver bodies,” 32 of which were used specifically for IDF training at Los Angeles General Medical Center.

One contract is still ongoing. The Navy has already paid USC over half a million dollars, but the most recent contract allows for an additional $225,000 worth of cadavers to be purchased at the Navy’s discretion, which would bring USC’s total earned for the last seven years to nearly $1.1 million.

While the three contracts in question make up less than 1% of USC’s 367 contracts with the Navy, Annenberg Media was unable to locate any other U.S. university that had similar contracts involving the IDF. (See the other contracts here and here.)

Near the end of 2017, the United States Navy filed a notice of intent to begin purchasing human cadavers from the University of Southern California. The purpose: Use dead bodies in trauma surgery training for the Israeli Defense Forces. Since that notice, the Navy has paid USC more than $860,000 for at least 89 β€œfresh cadaver bodies,” 32 of which were used specifically for IDF training at Los Angeles General Medical Center. One contract is still ongoing. The Navy has already paid USC over half a million dollars, but the most recent contract allows for an additional $225,000 worth of cadavers to be purchased at the Navy’s discretion, which would bring USC’s total earned for the last seven years to nearly $1.1 million. While the three contracts in question make up less than 1% of USC’s 367 contracts with the Navy, Annenberg Media was unable to locate any other U.S. university that had similar contracts involving the IDF. (See the other contracts here and here.)

USC is selling bodies that were likely donated to the university for medical training to the US Navy to literally train the IDF, seemingly without family consent.

This is per reporting by USC’s own journalism school.

t.co/lZ5jmQoZ1t

03.10.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 26
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Little Sicily? Also, that looks a proper espresso, nothing "new school" or "a sophisticated hint of spring meadow" about it

02.10.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TBF with that content and a bizarro name like vomit-in-tunnel or something it could be a proper English dish.

02.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's a... first sentence right there.

02.10.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Someone to Rod Dreher: 

ok so here's the thing: he's the pope, right and you're explaining to a cartoon rabbit on the internet why you're important enough
that the pope should know who you are

Someone to Rod Dreher: ok so here's the thing: he's the pope, right and you're explaining to a cartoon rabbit on the internet why you're important enough that the pope should know who you are

Nothing will ever beat this tho

02.10.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1725    πŸ” 197    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

This is ruthless

02.10.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tbf it's a perfect assist for a huge Starmer goal/pivot. "I'm not going to let the British people drink and swim in sewage for 15 more years" etc. The credibly populist statement writes itself, really. Let's see how it works out for him in practice.

02.10.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Admittedly I'm only looking at it from the outside, but I have never seen a force of nature like Crockett. She's amazing.

02.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember: Chuck Schumer is not just a name, it's also a call to action!

02.10.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In all honesty, it’s not rhetoric any more. It’s not narrative. I’ve experienced more racism in the last 4 months than I can ever remember. The wheels are off in the UK and it’s being led by 3 political parties.

02.10.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1666    πŸ” 407    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 11

While Dean is feebly testing the radical idea of actually doing something by openly questioning Johnson, Jeffries and Schumer continue to demonstrate exceptional strength and leadership by *checks notes* hoping

02.10.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

A printed poem which reads: I hav for breakfast Weetabix I hav for lunch some meat I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat Peter Hazel, 5

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

02.10.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3553    πŸ” 938    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 72

Do alternatives like Amazon and/or self-publishing make a dent in this situation?

02.10.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's one thing to look at Trumpian America from the outside and have fun with those snide Idiocracy references. It's another thing to read this article which brings the facts and numbers proving it's a global phenomenon.

01.10.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, a drunken former fox host is telling life long soldiers who have reached the rank of General that they have been doing it wrong all along.

30.09.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 18

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