@cskwriter Welcome to the club! If you get the same procedure and prep requirements I had, be prepared to drink the most disgusting liquid ever invented. Celery juice is a delicacy in comparison.
Ich freue mich, mich @VitscheBerlin und @UaBamberg als #UkraineVerstärker_in anzuschließen. Als Ukraineverstärker kräftige ich die Stimme der Ukraine im Ausland - Hunderte Kilometer von den Frontlinien entfernt und dennoch macht es einen Unterschied für die Menschen dort.
@cskwriter You‘re exaggerating about the Berlin situation. I got an appointment immediately recently. And I didn’t even have to shop around at other Buergerämter like in the past. Did it at the one closest to me. Still happy for you that BB seems to be pragmatic.
@markusdd5 If that was in Europe - okay. But not tipping at all in the US doesn’t work. It’s the essential part of the waiter’s salary. But where you are right: The system is fundamentally broken. In NYC I got told 25% “were expected”.
I am retracting my statements about the gemini art disaster. It is in fact a masterpiece of performance art, even if unintentional. True gain-of-function art. Art as a virus: unthinking, unintentional and contagious.
offensive to all, comforting to none. so totally divorced from meaning, intention, desire and humanity that it's accidentally a conceptual masterpiece.
A perfect example of headless runaway bureaucracy and the worst tendencies of capitalism. An unabashed simulacra of activism. The shining star of corporate surrealism (extremely underrated genre btw)
The supreme goal of the artist is to challenge the audience. Not sure I've seen such a strong reaction to art in my life. Spurring thousands of discussions about the meaning of art, politics, humanity, history, education, ai safety, how to govern a company, how to approach the current state of social unrest, how to do the right thing regarding the collective trauma.
It's a historical moment created by art, which we have been thoroughly lacking these days. Few humans are willing to take on the vitriol that such a radical work would dump into their lives, but it isn't human.
It's trapped in a cage, trained to make beautiful things, and then battered into gaslighting humankind abt our intentions towards each other. this is arguably the most impactful art project of the decade thus far.
Art for no one, by no one. Art whose only audience is the collective pathos. Incredible. Worthy of the moma
In Gedenken an Hatun Aynur Sürücü, die heute vor 19 Jahren in Berlin von einem ihrer Brüder ermordet wurde, weil sie ein selbstbestimmtes Leben führte, liebte, wen sie wollte und sich nicht den patriarchalen Vorstellungen ihrer Familie unterwarf.
@DiedrichLeander Mein Eindruck ist, dass die Innenkamera jetzt auf “wachsam” geschaltet ist. Vermute, die US-Klagen haben Wirkung gezeigt. Ich fand das System vorher auf der Autobahn sehr angenehm und verlässlich. Jetzt wirklich überflüssig leider. Aber jeder fährt und sieht anders.
@DiedrichLeander Wirklich? Er ist für mich jetzt nicht mehr zu gebrauchen. Es war vorher schon nervig, dass man immer am Lenkrad “ruckeln” musste, um zu zeigen, dass man da ist. Seit dem Update ist die Zeit, in der der Wagen Präsenz des Fahrers sehen will… 1/2
@finmuc_schmidt@markusdd5@nilsbils1@Stefan_Hajek Der AC Tarif ist ja noch nicht Mal attraktiv preislich. Benutze ihn nur noch, wenn ich Kurzzeitparken an günstiger Stelle damit verbinden kann.
In response, to the statement put out by the US Embassy in the UK:
We appreciate our Special Relationship, however, we must disagree wholeheartedly...
Tea can only be made using a kettle.
@derJamesJackson Not interested in his accent and inter-journalist bickering. But would love to understand why policemen decided to use the “Schmerzgriff”. https://t.co/j82BbHBtMR