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In view of the peacefully ongoing GenZ demonstrations everywhere, the criminalization in advance by bourgeois-conservative politicians, the police, and the Springer press seems even more absurd. They are in a parallel world. And in that world, young people and their concerns do not exist. (translated)

U.M. OSINT described the connections within the Berlin Left and wrote that Ibrahim Ibrahim is a leader in the United Palestinian National Committee (VPNK), which he referred to as a front organization for the PFLP and Hamas. The VPNK is part of the Inter-Alliance (Internationalist Alliance Berlin), which includes the DKP Berlin and Mera25, among others. The district association Die Linke Neukölln, the base organization Wedding, and the state working group for Palestine solidarity of the Left are also members. The author wrote that Die Linke won the elections and is negotiating with the Greens and the SPD about forming a government, as they cannot govern alone and must make compromises for that. The Inter-Alliance called for a demonstration against the Left's party congress on October 31, not against the AfD or the CDU. According to U.M. OSINT, the call claims that people voted "for Palestine," although in his opinion Palestine is not being negotiated at the municipal level in Berlin. The mentioned parts of the Left, especially the state working group for Palestine solidarity, thereby positioned themselves against their own party and a possible government, he wrote. Together with them, other parties and politicians criticized the demands and revelations of the past weeks. U.M. OSINT described the situation as almost absurdly extreme. #DieLinke #Berlin #Politik (translated)

The author referred to a new post on Punkt Preradovic with Jacques Baud and connected it to what he described as the absurd arrest of Doc Brandenburg. Baud discusses his life as a "prisoner of the EU" as well as what the author termed the strategic failure of the EU in the Ukraine war. Furthermore, it addresses that the EU spends billions without helping the country. https://t.co/6Pf9uc9sug #EU #Ukrainekrieg #Politik #EU #UA (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus criticized the bureaucratic effort surrounding a wine vending machine of a 26-year-old Mosel winemaker, Max Ambrosius. Referring to a report from SWR Aktuell dated October 26, 2026, he wrote that Ambrosius had invested around 10,000 euros and applied for a permit. This was followed by over three years of new requirements, including a demand for an architectural assessment. According to Boeminghaus, Ambrosius was informed after three years that no building permit was needed. However, the sale of wine was then prohibited for reasons of youth protection, even though the machine had a technical age verification system and was located on private property. The winemaker is now selling cola, lemonade, and energy drinks from it. Boeminghaus also stated that there are already other wine vending machines along the Mosel and that some municipalities claimed to waive building applications. In his view, this demonstrates significant differences in administrative handling in Rhineland-Palatinate. He called for less bureaucracy and criticized that entrepreneurial initiative is hindered by lengthy procedures. #Bürokratie #Deutschland #Wein (translated)

The protest slogans of young people in Europe, often ironic and visually appealing, reflect their dissatisfaction with housing shortages, high prices, and education issues, and are amplified by social media, where even absurd statements evolve into powerful symbols of resistance against authorities. #Jongerenprotest #Protestleuzen #SocialeMedia (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that business journalist Philipp Mattheis was in China for the first time last week in nearly exactly six years. According to Mattheis, around 500,000 industrial jobs have been lost in Germany between 2019 and 2025; for 2026, he cites another 15,000 positions per month. The automotive industry, mechanical engineering, and suppliers are particularly affected. According to Boeminghaus, Mattheis contrasted China's investments in cities, power plants, factories, and infrastructure with the condition of German bridges and railways, as well as high energy costs. At the same time, Mattheis criticizes the increasing state regulation in Europe: the continent is adopting control mechanisms commonly seen in China without advancing its economic modernization. Boeminghaus warned, referencing Mattheis, that Germany risks becoming an economic ruin due to its own political decisions. https://t.co/CRj4CtYeKn #China #Deutschland #Wirtschaftskrise (translated)

Sylvain Catherine argued that the interest rate is an equilibrium price, not an initial parameter of the problem. According to him, since German debt is more attractive at the same rate, France needs to propose a higher rate so that investors are, on average, indifferent between the bonds of the two countries. He described the rate spread as the market price of the French disadvantage, rather than as an advantage or disadvantage in itself. He found the original tweet absurd, accusing it of confusing the rate, which he presented as a free variable, with the risk taken by the lender. He compared this reasoning to the idea that the salary gap between a graduate from HEC and a graduate from the Paris School of Business would be a problem for HEC if both schools were of equal quality, since employers would then prefer to recruit the less expensive graduates. #Économie #TauxDIntérêt #Obligations (translated)

Nutri-Score: one voice was enough to block public health. It's up to us to tip the balance! TO LEARN MORE / https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/avis-8/nutri-score-une-voix-a-suffi-pour-bloquer-la-sante-publique-a-nous-de-faire-pencher-la-balance-6284 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmi355nX2EM Reaching 500,000 signatures may seem colossal, but the stakes concern 100% of us: our health, our plates, and food transparency. After an absurd rejection by just one vote in the National Assembly, the sense of urgency is here and the momentum is driven by the Academy of Medicine, scientists, and dozens of associations. The only real obstacle would be to believe the goal is unattainable and to refrain from acting: each registered signature and every share beyond your usual networks help to break the passivity to finally impose this crucial debate in the chamber. A petition does not make the law, but our mobilization can help to shift the lines. By a single vote, every support counts! PASS IT ON 6 https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/avis-8/nutri-score-une-voix-a-suffi-pour-bloquer-la-sante-publique-a-nous-de-faire-pencher-la-balance-6284 https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/avis-8/nutri-score-une-voix-a-suffi-pour-bloquer-la-sante-publique-a-nous-de-faire-pencher-la-balance-6284 (translated)

Boris von Morgenstern wrote that 300 GB consisted of little interesting information emails, advertising, spam, and press reviews. However, due to some exciting fake emails, the left-wing republic is in an uproar. This is even more absurd than the Correctiv reports, which he labeled as fictitious. #Spam #FakeNews #Information (translated)

For years, attempts have been made to ban the AfD, among other things through what they see as absurd ideas for prohibition and conjured scandals. The party is democratic, the author stated. He described the leak of emails as an "antisocial move" and suggested that a similar action would have caused much greater outrage if it had involved another party. At the same time, he wrote that the published messages apparently contained nothing that could harm the AfD and could likely even bring the party additional percentage points. #AfD #Politik #Demokratie (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that the podcast *Het Wassalon*, for which he claimed 800,000 euros had been allocated, was stopped after 342,619 euros had been spent. He stated that Minister Caro Gennez had initially called the podcast a success because it had reached 1.2 million views, translating that as one in five Flemish people having seen the podcast. According to Vande Reyde, the reach was partly due to 64,000 euros being spent on Meta ads. He argued that views alone said nothing about the impact of a campaign and questioned whether the podcast had actually contributed to the acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals or to the sense of societal acceptance among people with disabilities. He cited an ad that led to an inclusive vocabulary list from Cavaria, featuring terms like “allosexual,” “amatonormativity,” “androphilia,” and “gray asexual.” Vande Reyde criticized the way the government evaluated campaigns, subsidies, and structures like service vouchers, claiming that standards were always found to label such initiatives as successful without determining what had actually changed. Regarding the cessation, he wrote that Gennez attributed it to hate and polarization caused by disinformation, mainly from the parliament, and that she referenced him in that context. Vande Reyde found that reasoning incorrect and stated that Sammy Mahdi, Ben Weyts, Melissa Depraetere, and others in the Flemish podcast world had also criticized the project the previous summer. He argued that the fiasco would yield no lessons and predicted that another useless subsidy would follow. #politiek #socialeimpact #mediaevalutie (translated)

Zbigniew Bogucki accused Żurek of conducting two contradictory cases regarding the oath of judges of the Constitutional Tribunal. He wrote that the director of the Constitutional Tribunal's Chancellery heard an accusation for not allowing judges who had not taken the oath before the President of the Republic of Poland to work, while a proceeding against him was to be conducted regarding the president's failure to receive the oath. Bogucki argued that if the oath taken in the Sejm was valid, there were no grounds for the proceeding regarding its non-receipt by the president. If, however, it was not effectively taken before the president, then — according to him — there were no grounds for the accusation against the director of the Constitutional Tribunal's Chancellery for not allowing the judges to work. He said that Żurek was conducting both cases in parallel. #absurd #Polska #TrybunałKonstytucyjny (translated)

Blue White Red! presented Lola as an "influencer and content creator," then wrote that her intervention the night before on the set of LCI only expressed disdain. He added that LFI activists perhaps did not realize the disgust and anger that their statements, which he deemed absurd and vile, provoked among the French. #LFI #politique #société (translated)

Bleu Blanc Rouge wrote that Lola, whom he described as an influencer and content creator, had mostly shown disdain during her appearance the previous evening on LCI. He added that he was unsure if LFI militants realized the disgust and anger their statements, which he deemed absurd and repugnant, provoked in the French people. #LFI #politique #média (translated)