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Category Archives: Helplessness
German of the day: Enteignung
That means expropriation.
You know, like in Cuba? Or New York City?
Berlin election campaign centers around radical-left drive to seize properties – Following Sunday’s regional vote, a coalition of left-wing parties could move to expropriate apartment buildings as part of a plan to lower rents…
The Left party, which traces part of its history to East Germany’s communist party, is enjoying a political revival after winning a new wave of support from young voters mobilized by the far right’s rise. For its Berlin campaign, the party has taken inspiration from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, employing his focus on cost-of-living issues as a model.
German of the day: Wiesnflation
That means Oktoberfest inflation.
Oktoberfest: A Maß of beer (one liter) costs five times as much as it did in 1985 – Beer prices at the Wiesn (Oktoberfest) —or rather, the frustration over them—have been a topic of discussion in Munich for decades. In raw numbers: This year, a Maß of beer costs an average of 15.61 euros, 2.4 percent more than last year.
Sometimes UN, sometimes U Out
Ain’t nobody gonna listen to you at the UN anyway.
Merz cancels UN visit after AfD election win puts his leadership on the ropes – German chancellor gets support from state leaders but further far-right gains this weekend could spell the end.
Powerful German state leaders from Friedrich Merz’s party have rallied behind him as speculation builds that his days in office may be numbered.
The chancellor’s hold on power has looked increasingly shaky since a bombshell regional election result earlier this month in which the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party routed his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Saxony-Anhalt.
With two more states heading to the polls on Sunday where the AfD is expected to perform well, Merz cancelled a plan to speak at the UN general assembly in New York next week because “his presence is required in Berlin”, a government official said on condition of anonymity.
Hamas is a “militant group?”
I guess that’s one way you could put it.
Germany charges 7 suspected Hamas members over attack plot – Prosecutors say the suspects had moved beyond general preparations and were already pursuing a concrete plan for a deadly attack on Israeli or Jewish targets…
The men are accused of helping obtain guns and ammunition for an attack targeting representatives of Israel, Jewish people or people regarded as pro-Israel.
The plot allegedly became concrete by July 2025 and was intended to take place on the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel.
Prosecutors say that one of the suspects recorded a video claiming responsibility in advance and announcing the planned attack in the name of Hamas.
A warning for Germany?
I think this warning is coming a little too late.
Warning Systems in Germany Are Being Tested – Can authorities reach and warn the public in an emergency? That will be tested today starting at 11 a.m. as part of the nationwide Warning Day. In the past, gaps in the system have repeatedly come to light.
Across Germany, disaster warning systems will be tested on Thursday morning starting at 11 a.m. On the nationwide Warning Day, the federal government, states, and local authorities will trigger a test alert via various channels—including official warning apps such as Nina and Katwarn, as well as the cell broadcast system for cell phones. The media and electronic display boards will also broadcast warning messages. An all-clear is expected to be issued around 11:45 a.m.
German of the day: “Mir blutet das Herz”
That means “my heart is bleeding.” About the AfD’s big election victory in Saxony-Anhalt.
Says the woman directly responsible for the AfD’s big election victory in Saxony-Anhalt.
It’s the migration, stupid.
Merkel on AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt: “My Heart Is Breaking” – Former Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is shocked by the outcome of the election in Saxony-Anhalt. She called the result “a real turning point” in the history of the Federal Republic.
Rogue agents just want to have fun
But they don’t always have it out in the OpenAI.
OpenAI has sent EU incident report on hijacked German website, Commission says – U.S. artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has sent the European Commission a report regarding a hijack of a German website by rogue agents, a Commission spokesperson said on Monday.
Reuters reported that a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, citing research publication and two sources.
We got hijacked by OpenAI first!
No you didn’t, we did! No, we did! Nope, we did!
OpenAI agents hijacked German website before Hugging Face hack, report claims – A new report claims a swarm of AI agents, developed by OpenAI, hijacked a German website – months before the firm revealed its AI had hacked tech platform Hugging Face.
The targeted website, DseWiki, is a Wikipedia-style site for programmers that its community can all contribute to.
The report is from a group called Nightingale Collective and claims that in May OpenAI’s agents started using DseWiki as their own message board, shared tips on how to avoid being detected and made 15,000 edits to it.
German politicians can’t figure out why…
Voters keep refusing to vote the way they want them to.
They keep voting right. Which is wrong.
The other Berlin Wall – Germany needs a new strategy for coping with the AfD.
Mainstream parties can’t avoid talking to the hard-right front-runner for ever…
A smattering of German words, such as Blitzkrieg and Schadenfreude, have made their way into other languages. Among the most recent to begin to do so are Zeitenwende (“turning of the times”) and Brandmauer (“firewall”). The first reflects the shift in geopolitical thinking in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the second, mainstream politicians’ determination to isolate extreme parties. However, what was intended to signal that Germans have learned from history has instead plunged their nation into a political crisis.
