@Tobk0S@NealGardner_ Yea, but you won’t know beforehand, that‘s the thing… hope you‘ll get to witness some proper world cup games of your country soon – cheers!
@NealGardner_ Well, that is if you make it into pot 1 or 2, which by itself is not easy for smaller teams. Then you also need to be lucky to get an easy group. So all in all not easy for smaller (im terms of success) nations, relatively easy for the big teams.
The visa rejection rates in the US for African football fans have been off the charts for the World Cup.
This is a scandal of epic proportions for a sports tournament that prides itself on being global and multicultural. This story is not getting nearly enough coverage.
@RnaudBertrand@GunterFehlinger Well, if the PRC decides to attack Taiwan on the Danube, a decade-long process might be initiated to overturn Austrian neutrality – eventually resulting in the deployment of two museum-ships. Certainly a threat, that‘s not to be taken lightly…
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The decline of public property: in recent decades, the public share of total assets has declined. Net public assets (i.e., assets minus liabilities) in major European countries have fallen to just above zero (from 20-30% in 1978), while private assets have risen to >6 times GDP.
@Jens7berlin Passt ja auch gut zum Stifter des Preises: „Dafür arbeitete der schwedische Erfinder und Industrielle unbeirrt an der Erfindung eines Sprengstoffs ‚mit fürchterlicher, massenhaft verheerender Wirkung‘, um ‚Kriege dadurch unmöglich’ zu machen.“ https://t.co/Uv6EiFLwCG
The falling birth rates are tilted towards he left.
Left-wing and right-wing voters used to have roughly the same number of children, but in recent decades, a big gap has opened up.
By @jburnmurdoch
@solid_stranger@Yorikke1 Und im Süden Walloniens, in der Provinz Luxemburg, auch. Schaut bisschen aus, wie man sich die US-Südstaaten vorstellt. Tierkadaver, rostige und schmutzige Straßenschilder, Leerstand.
“Where men’s honour depends on women’s seclusion, cross-gender friendships are rare”.
This also predicts low female employment.
Great coverage of my favourite new paper in @TheEconomist
@ThomasWalach Danke für die Ausführung. Andernorts wir ja bestritten, dass dabei auch Zivilbevölkerung zu Schaden kommt, was mich dann doch einigermaßen irritiert.
South Korea gender divide update 😲
Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)
Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)