cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57305285

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/57305272

Total billionaire wealth in the EU reached €2.4 trillion by late November, exceeding Italy's entire GDP of €2.2 trillion and approaching France's €2.9 trillion economy, a new Oxfam report found.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260118190308/https://euobserver.com/health-and-society/ara3abf5ee

The United States is a global superpower, and its military trains for war in every domain. During my years as a military educator, I saw American officers wrestle with any number of scenarios designed to challenge their thinking and force them to adapt to surprises. One case we never considered, however, was how to betray and attack our own allies. We did not ask what to do if the president becomes a threatening megalomaniac who tells one of our oldest friends, Norway, that because the Nobel Committee in Oslo refuses to give him a trophy, he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of Peace” and can instead turn his mind toward planning to wage war against NATO.

As my colleague Anne Applebaum wrote today, Donald Trump’s threatening message to the Norwegian prime minister should, in any responsible democracy, force the rest of the U.S. political system to act to control him. The president is talking about an invasion that would require “citizens of a treaty ally,” as she put it, “to become American against their will,” all because he “now genuinely lives in a different reality.” And yet neither Congress nor the sycophants in the White House seem willing to stop him.

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/comicstrips/p/1378751/secret-hitler

a spin of teft@piefed.social

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/nonpolitical_comics/p/1675929/opossum-in-the-underworld-3-5-ferryman-s-coins-nick-maskell

Hey everyone! In case you haven't noticed, this is a new community focused on NonPolitical Comics (NPCs), which essentially means no gloom and doom of the day stuff.

If you like the idea, we need help! Check out the pinned post on the community.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41786150

Ter Apel, a small, unassuming Dutch town near the German border, is a place tourists rarely have on their itinerary. There are no lovely old windmills, no cannabis-filled coffee shops and on a recent visit it was far too early for tulip season.

When foreigners end up there, it is for one reason: to claim asylum at the Netherlands’ biggest refugee camp, home to 2,000 desperate people from all around the world.

Many of the American refugees, like Jane-Michelle Arc, a 47-year-old software engineer from San Francisco, are transgender. In April last year she flew into Schiphol airport in Amsterdam and, sobbing, asked a customs officer how to claim asylum. “And they laughed because: what’s this big dumb American doing here asking about asylum? And then they realised I was serious.”

Arc said the US had become such a hostile environment for trans people that she had stopped leaving the house “unless there was an Uber waiting outside”. She said she had been abused on the street and using the ladies’ toilets, and resolved to leave the country after a frightening incident when she feared a woman was going to run her over with her truck.

Hi! I've been following the #buyeuropean movement since about a year and amidst current political events I felt the need to deepen my engagement. All existing lists and guides have been a great resource but I still felt like they didn't have an impact big enough on my consumer habits. This is why I did some research on everyday products in my local supermarkets for the people in Switzerland.

The following lists have been created with the goal to endorse products and alternatives that are as local as possible and belong to companies that are somewhat established but without a horrendous reputation. This is why Nestlé is in the avoid section but if you don't care much about that you can see them as alternatives instead.

Keep in mind that this is a list written by me, a single person, so it's likely to be influenced by my consumer habits, my lifestyle, my location etc. If anyone has more recommendations or finds something was ill-researched, you're most welcome to contribute. I might edit this list later on myself.

To the list:

• The company in Brackets is the manufacturer or - if owned externally - the parent company of the manufacturer. For research I've been looking up predominantly Wikipedia or the brands official page.
• To almost every product there are store brand alternatives like M-Classic and M-Budget (Migros), naturaplan, fine food, Karma and Prix Garantie (Coop) and others (Denner, Lidl, Aldi, etc.) which I didn't bother to list everywhere. But those are good alternatives most of the time, so don't forget about them!

Food

Dairy

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| | Fresh Cheese | Philadelphia (Mondelez 🇺🇸) | Filona (Züger Frischkäse 🇨🇭)Cantadou (Bel Group 🇫🇷)Tartare (Savencia 🇫🇷) | | Yoghurt | Hirz (Nestlé 🇨🇭)LC1 (Nestlé 🇨🇭) | Emmi 🇨🇭Activia (Danone 🇫🇷) |

Frozen section

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| | Frozen Snacks | Buitoni (Nestlé 🇨🇭) | Dr. Oetker 🇩🇪Findus (Nomad Foods 🇬🇧)Kern & Sammet 🇨🇭 | | Ice Cream | Ben&Jerry's 🇺🇸 (Unilever 🇬🇧)Extrême (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Frisco (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Häagen-Dazs (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Mövenpick (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Maxibon / Rakete / Pralinato (Nestlé 🇨🇭) | Creme d'Or (Migros 🇨🇭)Gasparini 🇨🇭Kalte Lust 🇨🇭Emmi 🇨🇭 |

Grains

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| | Mexican inspired | Old El Paso (General Mills 🇺🇸)Pancho Villa (General Mills 🇺🇸) | Store brandsFiesta del Sol (Migros 🇨🇭) | | Rice | Ben's Original (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸) | Store brandsTom's Best (Coop 🇨🇭)Mister Rice (Migros 🇨🇭) |

Sauces

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| | Sauces | Heinz 🇺🇸Thomy (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Maggi (Nestlé 🇨🇭) | Store brandsHugo 🇨🇭 |

Breakfast

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| | Cereals | Kelloggs (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Cini Minis / Lion Cereals / Cookie Crisp (Nestlé 🇨🇭) | Familia 🇨🇭Farmer (Migros🇨🇭)Country (Coop 🇨🇭)Alnatura 🇩🇪 | | Chocolate Spreads | De Rujiter (Mondelez 🇺🇸) | Lindt 🇨🇭Ovomaltine 🇨🇭 (Associated British Foods 🇬🇧)Caotina 🇨🇭 (Associated British Foods 🇬🇧)Nutella (Ferrero 🇮🇹)Nocciolata (Rigoni di Asiago 🇮🇹) |

Snacks

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| | Salty snacks | Pringles (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Doritos (PepsiCo 🇺🇸)Pancho Villa (General Mills 🇺🇸)TUC (Mondelez 🇺🇸)Lay's (Pepsico 🇺🇸) | Zweifel 🇨🇭Farm Chips 🇨🇭 (Migros)Tyrrells 🇬🇧 | | Chocolate | Toblerone (Mondelez 🇺🇸)Cailler (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Smarties (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Kitkat (Nestlé 🇨🇭)M&Ms (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Malteser (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Twix / Snickers / Mars / Milky Ways / Bounty (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Reese's (Hershey 🇺🇸)Balisto (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Mikado (Mondelez 🇺🇸)Milka (Mondelez 🇺🇸) | Lindt 🇨🇭Ragusa (Camille Bloch🇨🇭)Torino (Camille Bloch🇨🇭)Frey (Migros🇨🇭)Kägi 🇨🇭Halba 🇨🇭Ovomaltine 🇨🇭 (Associated British Foods 🇬🇧)Kinder (Ferrero 🇮🇹)Toffifee (August Storck 🇩🇪)Knoppers (August Storck 🇩🇪) | | Cookies | Oreo (Mondelez 🇺🇸) | Kambly 🇨🇭Wernli 🇨🇭 | | Sweets | Sugus (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Skittles (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸) | Trolli 🇩🇪Haribo 🇩🇪Nimm 2 (August Storck 🇩🇪) | | Chewing gum / Mints | Hubba Bubba (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Airwaves (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸) | Ricola 🇨🇭Stimorol (Perfetti van Melle 🇮🇹🇳🇱)Mentos (Perfetti van Melle 🇮🇹🇳🇱)Fisherman's Friend 🇬🇧Tictac (Ferrero 🇮🇹) |

Beverages

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| | Alcohol | Jack Daniels 🇺🇸Jim Beam Bourbon 🇺🇸Woodford Reserve 🇺🇸Budweiser 🇺🇸 | I don't drink much alcohol, suggestions welcome | | Soft Drinks | Pepsi (PepsiCo 🇺🇸)Gatorade (PepsiCo 🇺🇸)7-up (PepsiCo 🇺🇸)Dr Pepper (PepsiCo 🇺🇸)Capri-Sun (Mondelez 🇺🇸)Oasis (Coca-Cola Co. 🇺🇸)Coca-Cola / Fanta / Sprite (Coca-Cola Co. 🇺🇸)Fuzetea/Fusetea (Coca-Cola Co. 🇺🇸)Mezzo-Mix (Coca-Cola Co. 🇺🇸)Powerade (Coca-Cola Co. 🇺🇸)Schweppes (Coca-Cola Co. 🇺🇸)Monster Energy 🇺🇸Arizona 🇺🇸Nestea (Nestlé 🇨🇭) | Ramseier 🇨🇭Sinalco 🇨🇭Rivella 🇨🇭Elmer 🇨🇭El Tony Mate (intelligentfood 🇨🇭)Migros Ice Tea (Migros 🇨🇭)Focus Water (Rivella 🇨🇭)Sirup (Migros 🇨🇭)Pepita (Mineralquelle Eptingen 🇨🇭)Flauder (Goba 🇨🇭)Farmer (Adelbodner 🇨🇭)Red Bull 🇦🇹Volvic (Danone 🇫🇷)Vitamin Well 🇸🇪Isostar (Associated British Foods 🇬🇧) | | Water | Valser (Coca-Cola Co. 🇺🇸)S. Pellegrino (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Henniez (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Vittel (Nestlé 🇨🇭) | tap-water duhKnutwiler 🇨🇭Rhäzünser (Feldschlösschen 🇨🇭)Adelbodner 🇨🇭Aproz (Migros 🇨🇭)Swiss Alpina (Coop 🇨🇭)Evian (Danone 🇫🇷) | | Coffee | Nescafé (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Nespresso (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Starbucks 🇺🇸 | Hochstrasser 🇨🇭Bertschi 🇨🇭Henauer 🇨🇭Vicafe 🇨🇭Chicco D'Oro 🇨🇭CoffeeB 🇨🇭Delizio 🇨🇭Lavazza 🇮🇹L'Or (Jacobs Douwe Egberts 🇳🇱)Tchibo 🇩🇪 | | Fruit Juice | Innocent (>90% Coca-Cola Co. 🇺🇸) | Sun Queen (Migros 🇨🇭)Biotta (Orior 🇨🇭)Anna's Best (Migros 🇨🇭)Sluups (Fresh Drink 🇨🇭)Andros 🇫🇷Granini (Eckes-Granini 🇩🇪)Alnatura 🇩🇪True Fruits 🇩🇪Hohes C (Eckes-Granini 🇩🇪) |

Non-food

Household

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| | Laundry detergents | Ariel (P&G 🇺🇸)Lenor (P&G 🇺🇸)Febreze (P&G 🇺🇸) | Held 🇨🇭Total (Migros 🇨🇭)Elan (Migros 🇨🇭)Washo 🇨🇭Persil / Perwoll (Henkel 🇩🇪)Frosch (Werne & Mertz 🇩🇪)Omo (Unilever 🇬🇧)Vanish (Reckitt Benckiser 🇬🇧) | | Cleaning utensils | Swiffer (P&G 🇺🇸)Scotch-Brite (3M 🇺🇸)Scrub Daddy 🇺🇸 | Creaclean 🇨🇭Twist (Migros 🇨🇭)Flup (Coop 🇨🇭)Leifheit 🇩🇪Vileda (Freudenberg 🇩🇪) | | Cleaning | Ajax (Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸) | Durgol 🇨🇭Potz (Migros 🇨🇭)Cif (Unilever 🇬🇧)Cillit Bang (Reckitt Benckiser 🇬🇧)Attitude 🇨🇦Dettol (Reckitt Benckiser 🇬🇧)Frosch (Werne & Mertz 🇩🇪) | | Soap | Palmolive (Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸)Le Petit Marseillais (Kenvue 🇺🇸) | Method (Held 🇨🇭)I am (Migros 🇨🇭)pH-Balance (Migros 🇨🇭)Well (Coop 🇨🇭)Nivea (Beiersdorf 🇩🇪)Dettol (Reckitt Benckiser 🇬🇧) |

Drugstore

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| | Dental hygiene | Colgate (Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸)Elmex (Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸)Oral-B (P&G 🇺🇸)Listerine (Kenvue 🇺🇸)Meridol (Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸) | Curaprox 🇨🇭Dentamed (Coop 🇨🇭)Candida (Migros 🇨🇭)Trisa 🇨🇭Odol (Haleon 🇬🇧)Parodontax (Haleon 🇬🇧)Sensodyne (Haleon 🇬🇧)Philips 🇳🇱Signal (Unilever 🇬🇧) | | Shaving | Gillette (P&G 🇺🇸) | Wilkinson Sword 🇬🇧Well (Coop 🇨🇭)Bic 🇬🇧 | | Intimate hygiene | Always (P&G 🇺🇸)Tampax (P&G 🇺🇸)Carefree (Johnson & Johnson 🇺🇸) | Molfina (Migros 🇨🇭)o.b. 🇩🇪Cosmea (Pelz Group 🇩🇪)Duchesse (Müller 🇩🇪)Tena (Essity 🇸🇪) | | Haircare | Head & Shoulders (P&G 🇺🇸)Pantene (P&G 🇺🇸) | Belherbal (Migros 🇨🇭)Well (Coop 🇨🇭)Rausch 🇨🇭Garnier (L'Oréal 🇫🇷)Elsève (L'Oréal 🇫🇷)Schwarzkopf (Henkel 🇩🇪)Syoss (Henkel 🇩🇪) | | Skincare | Neutrogena (Kenvue 🇺🇸)Le Petit Marseillais (Kenvue 🇺🇸) | Weleda 🇨🇭pH-Balance (Migros 🇨🇭)Kneipp 🇨🇭Nivea (Beiersdorf 🇩🇪)Eucerin (Beiersdorf 🇩🇪)CeraVe (L'Oréal 🇫🇷)La Roche Posay (L'Oréal 🇫🇷) | | Tissues | Kleenex (Kimberly-Clark 🇺🇸) | Linsoft (Migros 🇨🇭)Well (Coop 🇨🇭)Tempo (Essity 🇸🇪) | | Lip balms | Burts Bees (Clorox 🇺🇸) | Labello (Beiersdorf 🇩🇪)Vaseline (Unilever 🇬🇧) | | Makeup | NYX 🇺🇸 (L'Oréal 🇫🇷)Maybelline 🇺🇸 (L'Oréal 🇫🇷) | L'Oréal Paris 🇫🇷 |

Pets

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| | Pet food | Whiskas (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Sheba (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Cesar (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Dreamies (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Pedigree (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Exelcat (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Perfect Fit (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸)Edgar-Cooper (General Mills 🇺🇸)Purina (Nestlé 🇨🇭)Friskies (Nestlé 🇨🇭) | Delibest (Delipet 🇨🇭)Vitakraft 🇨🇭Lily's Kitchen 🇬🇧 | | Other stuff | Catsan (Mars Inc. 🇺🇸) | Optipet (Martec Handels 🇨🇭) |

Some extras

There is still so much left to look into - clothing, outdoor, kitchen ware, cars, traveling, etc. - but because my time is limited and this post is already getting pretty long here are just a few more addings I felt strongly about.

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| | Payment | Visa 🇺🇸Mastercard 🇺🇸American Express 🇺🇸 | Twint 🇨🇭 (wherever possible)Auf Rechnung | | Second hand buying / selling | Facebook Marketplace | Ricardo 🇨🇭Tutti 🇨🇭Marko 🇨🇭 | | Streaming | Netflix 🇺🇸Amazon Prime 🇺🇸Disney Plus 🇺🇸etc. | playsuisse.ch 🇨🇭SRF 🇨🇭filmfriend.ch 🇨🇭cinu.ch 🇨🇭Arte.tv 🇫🇷🇩🇪Your local cinemaYour local libraryThe high seas 🏴‍☠️ |

If you got this far thank you for scrolling through and I hope this helped someone in their endeavour. My eyes have certainly been opened regarding some brands I never questioned or believed to be very Swiss.

Edit: I just noticed on some Lemmy clients the <br> doesn't work. Sorry about that.

tw: violence (kid hits kid in the head with a stool, no blood or anything)

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/s/8bK4zO0ktZ

they post this shit as some greater condemnation of the entire chinese state as if there arent kids being gunned down in american schools every day

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53663224

As previously mentioned, I put out a pair of 3D printed bird feeders the other day.

...They have become extremely popular with the local ravenous hordes of rabbling squawkers. Apparently there's a new routine: Every morning just before sunrise, and every afternoon a little before sunset, a flock of approximately eleventy bazillion cowbirds descends on our front yard and completely cleans me out of seed. I've only had these feeders up for three days and this has already happened six times.

Here's one separated from the rabble. He's sitting on the lower prong of my shepherd's hook, which is a popular staging spot for anyone preparing to dive in and insert themselves into the slightest gap that presents itself at the trough. Full size here.

There's no way to miss it when the gang turns up. Feeding time gets extremely boisterous:

These are just the ones who managed to horn in on the feeder itself. Five or maybe six of the little buggers can fit on each feeder's platform...

...And another couple of hundred swam around on the ground right below ensuring that nothing getting flung off of the feeder goes to waste. The rest festoon the telephone wires overhead and glower disapprovingly, waiting for their turn.

Then any random thing in the neighborhood makes a noise and the entire flock blasts off.

(I've found that some clients don't render videos that are inserted in a post directly. If you can't see the one above, you can try viewing it separately here. Random fun fact: That seventeen second clip is two hundred and thirty megabytes as it comes straight out of my camera. Ffmpeg helpfully squashes it down via h265 into 2.35 megabytes which is frankly remarkable.)

DS9 s4e1 "The Way of the Warrior" and Airheads - 1994

Last year Valve contractor Timur Kristóf managed to improve the AMDGPU driver enough for old GCN 1.0 Southern Islands and GCN 1.1 Sea Islands GPUs that with Linux 6.19 AMDGPU is now the default for those GPUs with better performance, RADV Vulkan out-of-the-box, and other benefits. He isn't done though improving the old GCN 1.0/1.1 era GPU support on this modern AMDGPU kernel driver - a new patch series posted today brings some power management fixes.

Timur Kristóf posted a new patch series today focused on AMDGPU driver power management fixes for the GCN 1.0 graphics processors. This patch series is that very latest work for benefiting these 14 year old graphics processors.