Gen Z as in Zzz

In Germany. Get it? Zzz, as in sleep? As in BORING?

I love slow news days just as much as the next guy but could we please move on to something real? Like Halloween?

Massive Gen Z protests set to sweep cities across Germany – Young people in Germany are taking to the streets in some 34 cities, calling for greater political say and a more hopeful future. The protests come amid a wave of youth demonstrations across Europe. DW has more.

PS: Happy Halloween!

German of the day: Antisemitischer Sumpf

That means anti-Semitic quagmire.

“Elif Eralp is the harmless face of left-wing fascism”—“The Left is an anti-Semitic quagmire,” said columnist Henryk M. Broder following *Der Spiegel’s revelations about Berlin’s top candidate, Elif Eralp. With her as mayor, “Hamas would already have a foot in the door.”

Let’s get back to nature!

Wolves are our friends.

Until they’re not.

Germany: Eight-year-old girl seriously injured in wolf attack at wildlife park – The incident comes after a number of other animal attacks at zoos and wildlife parks across Europe in recent weeks.

An eight-year-old girl has been seriously injured in a wolf attack at a wildlife park in Germany.

Police said the girl had been inside an enclosure with a staff member and two other children when the attack happened at the Johannismühle wildlife park in Brandenburg, near Berlin, on Wednesday.

It might make our roads kaputt!

No, wait. Our roads already are kaputt. But we won’t allow that there Cybertruck on our roads anyway. So there.

Cybertruck driver stopped in Germany, ‘Monster truck’ not allowed on roads – A Tesla Cybertruck was pulled over while driving in Germany, a reminder that the vehicle is generally not legal on European roads.

The Tesla Cybertruck has attracted plenty of attention, mostly for its unconventional and polarizing look. For better or worse*, the car looks different than anything else on the road, and thus has been the target of all sorts of discussion (*it’s for worse).

But the other kids are attacking the police…

And destroying anything they can get their hands on.

German youth plan France-style mass protests – A youth-led movement in Germany has called for demonstrations in major cities of the country on October 31.

“Gen Z regelt” — or Gen Z’s Got It — a youth initiative, has called for mass protests in 21 cities across Germany on Saturday, October 31; including Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich.

Better late than never

Enough feminist feminism publications in German already.

German feminist Alice Schwarzer to close Emma magazine after 50 years – Germany best-known feminist, Alice Schwarzer, is closing her magazine Emma after 50 years, with the December 8 issue its last, she told dpa on Wednesday.

Financial reasons were not the main factor behind the decision, the 83-year-old said, noting that although circulation was falling, revenue still covered costs.

“No, we are leaving because we think: Enough is enough!” Schwarzer said.