this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2024
43 points (100.0% liked)

Europe

1565 readers
375 users here now

News and information from Europe πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

(Current banner: La Mancha, Spain. Feel free to post submissions for banner images.)

Rules (2024-08-30)

  1. This is an English-language community. Comments should be in English. Posts can link to non-English news sources when providing a full-text translation in the post description. Automated translations are fine, as long as they don't overly distort the content.
  2. No links to misinformation or commercial advertising. When you post outdated/historic articles, add the year of publication to the post title. Infographics must include a source and a year of creation; if possible, also provide a link to the source.
  3. Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. Don't post direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments. Don't troll nor incite hatred. Don't look for novel argumentation strategies at Wikipedia's List of fallacies.
  4. No bigotry, sexism, racism, antisemitism, dehumanization of minorities, or glorification of National Socialism.
  5. Be the signal, not the noise: Strive to post insightful comments. Add "/s" when you're being sarcastic (and don't use it to break rule no. 3).
  6. If you link to paywalled information, please provide also a link to a freely available archived version. Alternatively, try to find a different source.
  7. Light-hearted content, memes, and posts about your European everyday belong in !yurop@lemm.ee. (They're cool, you should subscribe there too!)
  8. Don't evade bans. If we notice ban evasion, that will result in a permanent ban for all the accounts we can associate with you.
  9. No posts linking to speculative reporting about ongoing events with unclear backgrounds. Please wait at least 12 hours. (E.g., do not post breathless reporting on an ongoing terror attack.)

(This list may get expanded when necessary.)

We will use some leeway to decide whether to remove a comment.

If need be, there are also bans: 3 days for lighter offenses, 14 days for bigger offenses, and permanent bans for people who don't show any willingness to participate productively. If we think the ban reason is obvious, we may not specifically write to you.

If you want to protest a removal or ban, feel free to write privately to the mods: @federalreverse@feddit.org, @poVoq@slrpnk.net, or @anzo@programming.dev.

founded 5 months ago
MODERATORS
top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] muzzle@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you are from Europe and you have always wondered how the Americans live with weekly school shootings, the climate disaster is our version of the same conundrum.

Hundreds of deaths, billions in damages and we can only collectively shrug and go on with business as usual.

The Onion should make a new version of the old article "β€˜No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" but with floodings and heath waves.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t Americans get both? :P

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Am I a cynic for expecting batoning down protests from this headline? I mean, I am a cynic, but given our timeline and the title, am I wrong for being surprised the article talks about emergency relief?

[–] Peter1986C@lemmings.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Army=logistics+a lot of heavy equipment=a lot of usefulness.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

I know. Here in Germany, the Bundeswehr also often does disaster relief work. It's just the wording of the title that is kinda... Well, could be read like a title about violent protest abatement.

[–] ShadowFlower@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Title should be 5000 right?