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@poVoq @Elrecoal19_0 that problem of populists is sadly more up to the member states. Seems that while pro-European sentiment does exist across all member states, it is not consistent. Hence why the populists keep getting in power in the first place.

And while most of the Europe is paying closer attention to the likes of Fico and Orban, it seems like it is overlooking the corruption and the captivity of the system by political forces that are also populist, but like to call themselves pro-European. Case in point: my country, Romania.

Here the so-called pro-European government (it doesn't even contain all the pro-EU forces in the parliament, but I'll get to that in a moment) is failing to implement vital reforms that have been asked for so long and even in the last minute, it is playing business as usual, like nothing seems to be happening. Well, something is happening, assholes: you're burning down the very democratic system because of it. We literally got our elections canceled and while most of the people are basing this on Georgescu, not a single reason was officially provided for this.

Even the European Commission is canceling bilions upon bilions of Euros in post-covid resilience funds because they fail to address reforms of the public system, to make it less corrupt. And the said government is going like "well, yea, shit happens, we'll just handle it".

And from what I understood, the situation is somewhat similar in the neighboring Bulgaria: highly corrupt populist but pro-European political forces and politicians are holding power for a long time, hindering reforms, but the Brussels is not giving a damn because of their pro-European positions.

Do they not sense the danger in all of this? Do they not think that by not doing enough about these things, the EU will have a bad reputation among these countries citizens? I get that the membership question lies within the member states and it's good to be like that. But I think the high-ranking officials in Brussels should be aware of this situation and send a message about it, rather than be complacent.

@Illecors @Elrecoal19_0 not sure how software would relate to employment and politics in this regard, but I fully agree with the hosting part. And if it's more of a hassle, try finding someone doing it for you. In Europe. My profile is on a server based in Finland and the server admin is kind enough to also offer me and whoever is here some small amount of Nextcloud space (can be increased if you have accounts at other providers too) along with some NC apps like, calendar, polls, tasks, passwords, bookmarks and talk. In addition to all of that, I also have an XMPP address with the same account.

Now, my Friendica node is currently closed for registration, but there are also some more popular providers like tchncs.de which offer more stuff (not yet having a friendica offering fwiw, but they do have a Mastodon instance, a Lemmy one and a Writefreely one, along with some other stuff like Matrix, XMPP or even a Minetest server). I think providers like these are the way to go for the regular folk moving forward. Or maybe something that doesn't require hosting on an external server at all, such as Secure Scuttlebutt. I mean, we already have the phone network which doesn't really depend on a central server (i.e. your number belongs to your SIM card) as much. It would imply less of a hassle for the regular user, since not everyone has all the time and/or knowledge to selfhost and deal with all the issues this implies.

How are custom ROMs generally installed nowadays? I tried to find one for a phone and to check for a way to install it, but to no avail. I did install a few almost 10 years ago, but back then tutorials on XDA were pretty clear.

@zaknenou damn... I'm sorry!

You're right. Let the dead be dead, pretty much. You ain't solving anything vandalizing his grave, you're only antagonizing his supporters even further. There's a lot of vitriol and hate on the other side as well, so if an important leftist leader would die and be buried, you would be outraged if their place of burial would be given the same treatment.

@zaknenou try cobalt.tools

See what orgs stand up for, join their protests if you can, and you like what they stand for. If you can bring a friend, then you should be all set. Try to meet new people in gatherings. Maybe you can get involved afterward. Also, if you're paid, consider donating a few to any non-profit, since it will be especially useful.

@Swedneck They must have done some quick patches. Or who knows...

@MissingInteger

@albert180 military, yes. And if they turn to no longer be an ally, then we will have a lot of work in replacing them in this regard. Think of the Aegis Ashore system in Romania and Poland, for instance. Or the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Or the countless defense contracts for Abrams tanks, F35s etc. and parts for them.

Although it's more of an autonomous territory/colony for it, it seems like Denmark is firmly determined to keep Greenland and not bow to the pressure, just like is France in helping it. I think their strategy is to turn everything into a lose-lose game, which doesn't seem bad. Hope the orange dicktator will understand the message.

At this point, I think this is a highly likely scenario. Back in the 2000s, there was some huge fuss made about some other Dacian bracelets found and illegally smuggled across the border. They managed to find them all some time in 2012 or so, but the authorities did put lots of resources into the investigation, calling Interpol for help as well.

The thing is that Dacians were a hugely influential people around the area in the ancient times, yet so little was left from their civilization. We have no clue about their language, what alphabet did they use (if they used any) or whether they wrote anything, and most of the written sources from other people like the Greek, or the Romans, who held outposts in their area, like in the port city of Tomis (nowadays Constanța) - where Ovid was exiled. All we have left are a few words, like barză (stork) or mânz (foal) which most linguists recognize that they have an unknown origin, albeit unsure whether they could actually be Dacian or not. All other words were lost in time due to Romanization, then due to assimilation of other words from the migrators of the last half of the 1st millennia, like slavs, goths, cumans, and after that from hungarians, germans, greek, ottomans (turks) and others who rulled or otherwise exercised control or influence across the land (that's how modern day Romanian got created).

What we do know however is that they were a regional force to be reconned, so big that the Romans needed two full wars to conquer them - as they did not accept the Roman influence and were basically a pain in the ass during winters, when the Danube was freezing, and they could freely raid the bordering Roman provinces. In fact, Dacia was the only Roman province from across the Danube (not even fully conquered), and the wars against it were so fierce that Trajan raised a column right in the middle of Rome with depictions of the battle.

So physical artifacts are all that more important to get a glimpse into how these people were living. And here they're quite a sensitive subject too, as Dacian artifacts were also part of the treasure that Romania sent during WW1 to Moscow to safeguard - and never fully returned to this day.

As such, I'm not sure any collector who would get their hands on these would be happy to their collection. Or make the public aware of them owning the objects (except if they are in one of the countries we got colder relations with, such as Russia). They'll probably show the items to some close people who they trust to stay silent about it, and that's it.

@[email protected] wrote:

Drink more chemicals (from the water)

What if I'm not a frog?

@Rokin

@fuzzy_feeling too many of them tbh. I also gotta do some cleanup at some point:
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There's plenty more in my Feedly account, some duplicates, cannot catch them all. At this point, I returned to getting what's currently in the spotlight.