We steigern it.

Don’t even know what’s it supposed to be

The EU started to heavily regulate some PFAS in 2010, others following on the heels. The regulations include a heavy focus on handling and waste management in order to minimize the potential of exposure and contamination. The plan to get rid of PFAS entirely has been around ever since. So yeah, they’ve known it’s horrible.

I think their point is that it’s not a flag or something, which would obviously be political, but just a scarf. So they mean “Oh wow we’re not allowed to wear scarves anymore?”. Which is still a bit silly, as the political intention seems pretty apparent in this specific case.

Can only speak for training in Germany, but I assume Sweden is somewhat similar: During training students spend several months in police stations helping with the real work, similar to an internship. They have contacts to fully trained colleagues and also access to some internal software, which is less relevant as most of the (for them) accessible info there is public anyways, but on really rare occasions something interesting might drop accidentally.

TIL Andrew Tate is an entirely different person than I thought. Not personality-wise, I just think I confused his face this a different person’s.

Thanks for sharing, I probably wouldn’t have heard about that otherwise.

The (over)simplified reason: Students have no lobby. They pay no taxes and generally create no public or monetary values while going to school. Investing in them might be a really good idea for the wider future, but a legislature is only so long and noone wants to invest a fortune only to get nothing back. Later when the students grow up, they forget the struggle or even romanticize it. Then it’s “today’s kids” that just seem lazy and demanding. So the people that used to go to school have no intention of changing the system either. Of course there are exceptions. That’s probably the only reason things are changing at all. It’s happening, just way too slow.

Also, this commenter escalated “not pushing rates” to “preventing” pretty quickly. Noone is keeping you from getting children, mate. It’s a personal choice that should neither be prohibited nor rewarded.

The politicians are trying to take away our steak!!1!

“Careless handling of weapons” should be disciplined in every case, not just when someone gets hurt. But yeah let’s send people not properly trained to a border where the training might actually be important. This sickening.

Yeah, half of the global landmasses flooded, the other half being deserts that experience natural catastrophes on a daily basis and, as the ocean currents we know change or disappear completely, suffer from both extreme heat and cold periods, sounds just like a dream come true.

Isn’t goulash originally Hungarian? Yeah it’s more a stew than a soup, but still I’m baffled it’s not even mentioned.

Excuse me, I’m stupid: What’s a “nit”?

Hm I’m not convinced that’s a good idea or even one that works. It probably only drives those who can’t afford sell-at-loss prices into insolvency before prices rise again. Imo the high gas prices aren’t even the main problem, it’s the lack of affordable and reliable alternatives.

“But it’s not proven the extreme weather and climate change are even related!!1!”

Jokes aside, somehow they still manage to sell “helping affected people” as the more urgent issue, even though we all know it’s the same by now.

That’s a really misleading article. Badly written and polarizing by leaving out crucial information. It’s basically clickbait.

The GDP per capita, adjusted for purchasing power, in the US was at $76,398.6 in 2022, while the Euro Area had $56,494.2 and the EU $54,248.6. A gap is there but it’s not nearly as dramatic as this article makes it sound.

(I’m sure most of you know this, but I’m still clarifying for the few who don’t.)

Thank goodness I missed this community so much

Impatiently waiting for Beyond. Until then I’ve settled for Connect, as it’s a pretty active community that shapes the app with it’s suggestions and feedback. It’s nice to be a part of that.