Far East Movement were visionaries!

depending on your skills and what you're looking for quite okay tbh

And there are still people defending Trump, saying he's a good president etc? It's only a matter of time before he's frolicking with Putin on a battlefield.

counter-counter-argument: how long before this isn't possible in the US anymore?

I get that! And it's not really about creating enemies. More of a digital utopia where we see what's the better option

yeah they rather "Skeet" it

I'm sure his penpal Putin will tell him he's not

Jack Dorsey being one of the founders certainly has something to do with that, from a UX and UI point of view. Other than that, I don't think is accidental. Also could be some marketing in place and certain "influencers" - of all sorts - pushing the platform online

I use Alexandrite on my laptop and really like it

I was an hour ago, but now I'm back at my desk scrolling through Lemmy and Mastodon while following cycling (Volta ao Algarve) on my laptop. Social media manager sure is one hell of a job. I think I'll get another coffee

there's a certain orange guy overseas doing things that might make this "Army of Europe" a necessity. and why not? I'm pro EU. when we work together on all levels, we can be a strong force. and that includes military.

l'union fait la force!

Russia doesn't want peace. Russia wants Ukraine

Politics and social media both have a major impact on your life. Imo it's impossible to disconnect (pun intended) them from each other. Social media is basically the 21st century version of the town square. People talk about politics, that's just how it is

Oh if you're into politics, it's very interesting to follow hahaha. It's definitely not ideal, but better than a two party system for sure. Also not that difficult of a system, but for outsiders it can be a lot I think. I also struggle to fully understand the American system, with the value per state etc. Forming a new government is fun and exciting, plus it gives you some hope that a terrible minister will lose his function four years later

And doing what you can is still better than doing nothing!

Yeah, Germany has its elections on Sunday. I'm anxiously awaiting those results, tbf. You'd think Germans know how well it went the last time the extreme right-wingers were in control, but you never know...

In Belgium, we had elections for the federal government in June and regional (Flanders, for me) government in October. Although the right wing gained a lot of votes, we were able to form a government without the extreme right. At the moment we still have a "cordon sanitaire", look it up, I think it's quite nice. The extreme right-wing party says it's undemocratic, of course, but in this case I don't mind. The formation took 236 days, tho, but that's another story. We still hold the world record for longest period without a government (592 days in 2018-202, breaking our own record of 541 days in 2010-2011)

oh, valid... but stay strong! we'll all get through it one way or another

This is the most positive take I've read on this topic so far. I hope it's true and it's all more circus than it seems, but it's scary tho

From what I read online and see in the news here, Canada seems to have a "ow yeah, bring it on, we'll kick your ass" mentality (might sound cooler than I intended but hey, maybe it really is like that!)

there is no force that could stop us

... yet! I have some hope in the EU becoming stronger together and try to do something against it. I don't know what, but something...