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edit: Paris Olympics: 70-80% chance of 'moderate to heavy' rain during opening ceremony

EuroAirport evacuated for “safety reasons”

Hard-hitting journalism from the NYT: arson isn’t a cyber-attack. Nobody would’ve known this had it not been for their investigative prowess!

Wrt the Olympics, I have a feeling this railway stuff is just a preview of coming attractions. Something is gonna happen involving a little more than cancelled trains.

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I’d do it for free food, I watched a movie once so I’m well qualified

Also it would be fun once the inevitable Hexbear movie stream rolls around and the chat celebrates as I get exploded into a million pieces

You have been banned from the news mega

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VOOOTE BLUEEEE NO MATTER WHOOOOO! We must save our democracy!

woah, you're an airline pilot?

Yeah. It’s fun! Especially with a union that actually does things

That's amazing, I love flying!

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Also, trains, on time? Unheard of in burgerland. Contrast with the hours-long Amtrak slog from New York to DC getting passed by bikes half the time.

And I can’t imagine an American taking their time with a foreigner who doesn’t speak the language.

A comment as to the food: there used to be a chain in Beijing and Shanghai called Element Fresh that served vegan options, but they shut down in 2022 due to COVID. But if you’re going to be in Beijing I would still try the Sanlitun area, it’s a cosmopolitan-type place and there’s a decent chance you could find something there.

Hey hey hey, how could the West possibly lose? The UK can always come in clutch with their child soldiers

Hell yeah China gang

I’m there in 2 days. Get to go a couple times a month. Lie-flat accommodations and mediocre airline food. For free! Since I fly the airplane. But the crew only gets about 30 hours max before we turn around and come back :/

How are the s? Ticket-wise too. I heard the popular routes sell out pretty fast. Also damn they built up the network fast. I remember going for the 2008 Olympics and the network was nothing at all like it is now.

There’s been a lot of change even in just the past 10 years. I first went in 1999. The development is amazing. I guess there’s some minor frustrations too. You used to be able to stroll into Tiananmen Square whenever you felt like it, at any time of day. A few years ago someone rammed a vehicle into the crowd so now you have to go through a security and ID check to enter a protected area. You also need a reservation beforehand.

How difficult is it without speaking Mandarin? I do so I feel like I’m not really in tune with that experience.

@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml

is probably creaming his pants at the sight of congress hysterically sieg-heiling and baying for blood

His beloved war with Iran just inched that tidbit closer!