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One should never forget in Germany: After the end of the Cold War, Russia peacefully withdrew all its soldiers from Germany! Following the signing of the Two-plus-Four Agreement on September 12, 1990, Russia withdrew all its soldiers from the former GDR by August 31, 1994. In total, around 340,000 Soviet soldiers and officers, as well as about 200,000 family members, returned to Russia. Additionally, over 100,000 tanks, vehicles, artillery, planes, and helicopters were returned to Russia by ship through the Baltic Sea ports of Rügen, Rostock, Wismar, and by rail through Poland. The German government should remember this today and advocate for peace with Russia. Unfortunately, the opposite is happening. The war drums are sounding loudly: "Russia will always remain an enemy for us, no matter how the war in Ukraine may end," said politician Johann Wadephul (CDU), shortly before his appointment as Foreign Minister. (translated)

It is with a lot of emotion that we learned about the illness of Jean-Marc Furlan, former player of Girondins de Bordeaux and an iconic figure in French football, appreciated for his passion, authenticity, and love of the game. The whole club sends him its most sincere support, as well as to his wife Cécile and their loved ones, during this ordeal. Courage Jean-Marc, the Girondin family is by your side. 💙🤍 (translated)

High school students, young generations, spread this. You are worth more than the actions that turn against you. Burning and throwing stones is not a strategy: it is a costly, predictable reflex that provides the opponent with exactly the images and excuses they need. The inefficiency is total here. If the goal is truly to have an impact, the method is the opposite. Remain still, lying down, silent, like inert bodies. Passive, calm, and collective obstruction is much more embarrassing than a confrontation that one already knows how to handle. It deprives the power of its usual narrative and places the cost of disorder on its side. Be legendary! We love you! https://t.co/QQyclCW27r (translated)

Good morning everyone, on September 13, there was an alleged rape of a minor in the community accommodation in Kölleda (Thuringia). Yesterday, on September 30, the Erfurt police informed about this. So no, they actually didn't inform but merely clarified that there are speculations and false claims regarding the case in social media, which one should not participate in. For over two weeks, they did not consider it necessary to inform the public about the alleged sexual offense in a community accommodation involving a minor victim. Only after it was spread online did they feel compelled to say something while also stating that no information would be released about what happened. Therefore, one should not be surprised about rumors, speculations, and subsequent false claims. This handling is typical, as looking at the press releases after entering the relevant search terms in the police reports from 2025, just over 100 reports appear. However, according to the PKS, there were actually 14,454 cases of rapes, sexual coercions, and sexual assaults in particularly serious cases last year. The public is thus informed only about a fraction of the crimes. I inquired why the public is only being informed now, after rumors have spread. I also asked whether the suspect and victim are residents of the accommodation, how old the suspect and the victim are, what nationalities they have, and if the suspect has had previous police records for similar offenses or violent crimes. If I receive a response, I will report back. Most likely, as the police report reads, they will often refer to personal rights and want to deny the answer. (translated)

At the end of the 80s, a kid fell in love with this sport thanks to his father. Precocious, Cristiano made him so proud that he thought, with his simple gift, he could pull his dad out of the addictions that plagued him. He often repeated: winning with Portugal is his greatest pride. Until the end, Ronaldo will have worn his country's colors with pride, love, and passion. And while this insatiable hunger and oversized ego (the one that protected and shaped him so much) may have eventually tarnished this beautiful story, it remains legendary nonetheless. Thank you, Cristiano. With your presence, you have made us all, at one time or another, supporters or rivals of Portugal 🇵🇹 (translated)

For the Bolsonaro supporters who do not understand or pretend not to: every criminal has the right to be defended, and the State itself defends him if he cannot afford to hire a lawyer. The question is different: why does a senator use the political power he has to prevent a child murderer from being judged and remain free? And why did this senator, when he was a state deputy, employ militiamen and relatives of militiamen in his office? Flávio Bolsonaro is the only presidential candidate investigated by the Supreme Court for the crimes of foreign exchange evasion, passive and active corruption, money laundering, and criminal organization. The only one. Is it worth voting for such a person? (translated)

I was overwhelmed by Judith Godrèche's thrilling adaptation of Annie Ernaux's Memoir of a Girl. A story of rape. Of shame. Of desires. Of domination. That explores "the abyss between the terrifying reality of what happens and the strange unreality that it takes on, years... (translated)

The MERZ government plans to revoke the active and passive voting rights in cases of incitement against the people. I HAVE A QUESTION❓ Does this also apply to all those who let their RUSSIAN HATRED run free? Or does that not count, because - as Wadephul says - "Russia will always be our enemy"? (translated)

So this is the plan: In an expedited procedure, one should be able to revoke passive voting rights in cases of so-called incitement to hatred. The so-called incitement to hatred is a completely vague offense (e.g., paper airplanes) with draconian penalties. This way, the opposition can easily be made unworthy of being elected. The simulation of democracy is currently spitting and stuttering, which is a shame. (translated)

I wanted to remain sober at first and not speak, but I have thought a lot about Malek since the announcement of his passing, and I told myself that it was a good thing to pay tribute to him. I met him on a TeamSpeak we called "TS Netteux" back in the day, over 10 years ago now. It was a TS where almost the entire French subtop scene of the early CS:GO was present. I still don't know how I ended up there since I was just a guy who played on FACEIT and had never played as a team. I found myself with pros and semi-pros from the scene, and I was so happy to be with those guys and to be able to play with them. My only obsession was for one of them to give me a chance to play with them as a team. There were several young players in the same situation on the TS, we had no concept of team play, we only thought about individual skill and making highlights to impress the subtop players. I remember one day when Malek had us join a server, with other guys like me who were hanging around on the TS. We were on Dust2, and he was telling us to imagine a line that divides the map in two, the bombsite A and the bombsite B, and that the goal as terrorists was to go to the bombsite where there were the least CTs. He also made comments about our approach to the game: "You only think about shooting and getting kills, but in a round, the time you spend shooting an enemy is 2 seconds. You put all your attention on those 2 seconds, but what are you doing for the next 1 minute and 40 seconds, and what can you do to help your team win the round?" He was teaching us the basics of team play, and we listened to him attentively. I had the opportunity to run into him at LANs from time to time and chat a bit with him. We weren't particularly close, but the exchanges were always fascinating and very direct with him. I think he wanted to be validated by his peers, like all of us, the players and more broadly, the actors of the CS scene in France. And it's true that having a track record helps a lot to obtain that validation, but I think it's important to value his work, and more broadly the work of passionate people in the scene, whether they have a track record or have done great things in the competitive scene or not. Rest in peace, Malek. (translated)

In the USA, the case of the "Cornell 7" is currently heating up. Seven men are alleged to have raped a young woman for over seven hours in 2024. Two were expelled from the university. The others had to write essays. Otherwise, nothing happened. Now the case has been reopened. (translated)