This is from august of last year in Frankfurt (Oder). Police removed them.

It has been many years (probably like 7-8) since I last watched his content. Back then they were fun, informative videos about various exotic animals, but over time, his videos shifted ever more towards clickbait and “getting stung by the most painful insect EVER” type videos, while the educational aspect barely played a role anymore. Just looked at his channel and it seems like this trend not only continued but has gotten worse since I last watched him.

Flue shoots are kind of free for all in my country (Germany), even if people are vaccinated and they also get refreshed every so often by the real thing (right now we have a flue wave in children) - is there a reason why there is a difference between flue shoots and covid shoots?

Technically, there isn’t. The flu vaccine is also only recommended for older people and people with chronic illnesses. It’s true though that it’s easier to get the flu shot than the Covid shot outside of the official recommendation. I’m not sure why that’s the case.

From the individual point of view, is there any reason not to get a covid shoot, especially when the person already got vaccinated in the past?

If you’ve had your 3 shots and had Covid semi-recently, there probably just isn’t much of a benefit to getting it. I personally decided to get a fourth shot, due to never having had Covid and I was planning to go on a longer trip where I didn’t want to get sick. But I never bothered getting a 5th or 6th.

Is the benefits of further vaccinations vs. the risks a monetary/effort evaluation or a medical one?

I’d say medical, as the state is actually losing money right now, with many doses expiring due to low demand.

WHO does recommend the vaccine (2 doses for mRNA) for all adults. In Germany, 3 doses are recommended. As for not recommending further doses every year, it takes into consideration the benefits of further vaccinations vs the risks. There’s also the assumption that people will get Covid even after their initial vaccinations, so their immunity gets “refreshed” that way as well.

/c/buildapc@lemmy.world

I can imagine. Switzerland is in many ways in quite a unique, privileged position in Europe. I’ve gotten job offers in Switzerland but personally, I don’t really mesh with its culture. If I ever move away, I think it’ll either be somewhere like The Netherlands, or even a lot further away, like New Zealand or Japan.

Data is terrifying

Germany. While I do feel like my country is overall still safe and a good place to live, it feels to me like we’re on the brink. The US may well drag us down with them and even if they don’t, our own politicians might just do that on their own. So yeah, quite anxious and not overly optimistic right now. The next few years will be critical and it could go either way really.

It has been pretty bad for way more than 10 years TBH.

When I travelled to the UK with Interrail, I expected the rail network to be a total shitshow based on reputation, but was surprised to find it adequate. In some aspects even pretty great (free food in 1st class). I guess as a German, my standards are quite low now…

I’ve played the first two hours now, and so far it’s good but not exceptional IMO. Graphics look beautiful and it runs very well, even on my somewhat aging GPU. The setting and plot are interesting so far. The combat is fluid and fun. However, for an RPG, it’s very streamlined and light on actual Roleplaying elements as well as immersion. It’s the kind of game that reminds you that it’s just a video game all the time. Both when it comes to the design of the areas you travel through as well as audiovisual elements, like lootable objects playing a sparkle sound-effect etc.

All my devices (PC, Smartwatch, Steam Deck etc) are in (British) English, with the exception of my phone, which is in my native German.

Stellaris is quite good for that

Roach?!

In the MLP show, Weird Al voices the character “Cheese Sandwich”, who is basically just a pony version of him. In the final episode of the show, he is shown married to Pinkie Pie and they have a son.

You think a U.S. military base isn’t getting kicked the fuck out of a foreign country the moment they are declared an enemy?

No, or rather I don’t think many countries would immediately be willing declare them an enemy. Europe shies away from armed conflict and quick, decisive actions unfortunately aren’t our strong suit either. I’d fully expect a drawn out political shitshow before anything actually happens. As was/is the case for Ukraine.

Or do you have such a little opinion of everyone else that you think a couple of military bases will immediately take over every European county at once?

Take over? No. But I do think they’d be a deterrence factor, especially considering they also carry nukes.

The name change is meaningless. Ultimately a distraction while Elon and his buddies take control of all government agencies.

What would be the reaction of the Canada King (Charles III is the king of Canada)?

Absolutely nothing. Maybe some strong words. He has no power.

The Commonwealth? NATO?

Tough to say. Getting actively involved in a war in North America would be very difficult logistically for the European countries or the Commonwealth, so I don’t think there would be an immediate military reaction. Possibly a Ukraine-type situation where the NATO countries try to aid Canada with equipment as best as they can. But even that will be difficult across the Atlantic ocean, which the US can probably blockade. Local politics would be absolute chaos, with an ally that many countries have relied on suddenly turning enemy. With the US having military bases everywhere, they could also threaten countries into keeping out of the war. I think the situation would unfortunately be quite bleak for Canada.

My dad fell quite ill after a blood transfusion (had been fighting CLL for ~25 years). He died 2 days later.

Es gibt schon auch kulturelle römische Prägung. Da würde mir zum Beispiel direkt der Weinbau einfallen, der über die Römer nach Südwestdeutschland kam. Und auch die starke Wirtschaft kann wie im Artikel erwähnt zumindest zu einem gewissen Teil damit zusammenhängen, dass die römischen Regionen schon viel früher eine komplexe Wirtschaft und gute Infrastruktur in Form von Straßen etc hatten. Halte die These für zumindest nicht vollkommen abwegig, auch wenn es mit Sicherheit nicht der einzige Faktor ist.