Is it Communism or is it just a withdrawal symptom? It is in the eye of the beholder (or the beholden in this case) I guess.

Well acquisition of power through military means was a Roman tradition since Sullas march on Rome in 88 BCE though, so technically they have just as much of a claim as Charlemagne, the HRE, and the Tzars. A better one even since they actually conquered “new Rome” and its people and held it. What matters though is that they did claim the title of Caesar just as the other self-proclaimed successors of Rome did.

Hier ist der Link zur Bildserie (siebte Bild): https://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/bilder/regierungswechsel-100.html

Hier ist der Link zum Bild: https://images.tagesschau.de/image/24994fe4-1875-49a1-bc83-dab937fce9c6/AAABlqt3kkI/AAABkZLk4K0/16x9-768/oezdemir-baer-100.jpg

I just meant Alpine culture is somewhat distinct from the surrounding ones like French, German, and Italian culture. So if you are looking for a single country Ghorman is supposed to represent, it’s probably Switzerland. Which plays really well because it carries a “entrenched wealth not prone to rebellion” vibe. But yeah, fair point about the textiles and haute couture, that’s stereotypically French.

The “Alphorn”, the costume? Clearly Swiss coded. And French is one of several native languages in Switzerland, so not like the language is a clear hint towards the question of who they are supposed to depict.

Nah they are spelling MS-05, which is just another chapter of MS-13, but the lying fake news media cut out the people on the left forming the M. /s

Honestly I would bet money that it has already formed to a degree. With countries this close culturally? Would expect there are several independent groups already. Of course they won’t advertise themselves on social media or anywhere public for that matter.

Hmm, the thumbnail change doesn’t seem to have federated to lemmy.ml or other instances (so far at least), but it shows on lemmy.ca. Interesting. Thanks for updating it.

Good on Reuters for sending a drone over there.

Besides the cross-posts there is another discussion in
!world@lemmy.world (this link should take you to the community in your app/website):
https://lemmy.ml/post/29400920 (this link will take you to the post on the website I’m viewing it from)
about the link to the Reuters video: https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW057230042025RP1/

Besides the cross-posts there is another discussion in
!world@lemmy.world (this link should take you to the community in your app/website):
https://lemmy.ml/post/29400920 (this link will take you to the post on the website I’m viewing it from)
about the link to the Reuters video: https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW057230042025RP1/

I see the Reuters video has already been posted to this community, so I’ll refrain from cross-posting the Guardian article here as well. @engene@lemmy.ca if you edit the post and set the following as “Thumbnail URL” it will show up in the websites/apps better: https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/e439f142-4f5c-475a-b1b0-d0ee102de6f7.jpeg

Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/venezuelans-sos-texas

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Well actually “don’t do anything illegal” seems to be the thing giving an easy win to cops and politicians here.

“Oh, they are ignoring the laws and putting people in concentration camps? Just politely tell them they are wrong, that’ll show them!”

And you are free to believe otherwise. But sadly I don’t see legal protests having any effect on a government actively seeking to undermine the rule of law.

Insisting on the confines of legality when the opposing side has shed any pretence of legality months (arguably years) ago is… a stance to take. Just not a winning one.

Charges weren’t dropped. Neither the judge nor the prosecution sought detention, so she is just out until the next hearing happens (May 15th).

From: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-charged-with-2-federal-felonies-in-ice-case/ar-AA1DCrnR

On April 25, Dugan appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Dries during a brief hearing in a packed courtroom at the federal courthouse. Dugan, wearing a black dress with white flowers, made no public comments during the brief hearing.

At the hearing, Dries asked if prosecutors were seeking detention, and they said they were not. He answered that he did not believe that the charges were “eligible” for detention.

As it ended, her attorney, Craig Mastantuono, told the court: “Judge Dugan wholeheartedly regrets and protests her arrest. It was not made in the interest of public safety.”

Dugan made her federal court appearance a little more than two hours after she was arrested at the county courthouse at about 8 a.m. April 25.

it’s that they’re less competent

Not sure if that’s true actually, the Nazis were supremely incompetent as well. It just doesn’t take that much competence to smash a delicate balance like the separation of powers. You basically need control of one the three branches of government and you are good to try, Trump controls two and this news is about him smashing the third.

Fixed that for you:

@DrDominate@lemmy.world Gave a very thorough explanation already, so I will just add some additional bits.

World of Warcraft had a lot of “expansions” over the years, which change the game in some very basic ways and sometimes even remove old content and Blizzard doesn’t keep every expansion online at the same time, there are like “phases”. For example right now you can play Classic/Era (no expansion), Cataclysm (third expansion), and War Within (latest expansion, aka retail). But some time ago there were servers for TBC (first expansion) and WotLK (second expansion), which by now have transitioned to Cataclysm (third expansion), and those will progress to MoP (fourth expansion) sometime later this year.

There is something to be said for trying the content chronologically, i.e. starting with Classic/Era, but with the release model Blizzard uses progressing “historically” is hardly possible on the official servers. There are however unofficial servers which can facilitate this to a degree (using them might be considered illegal though depending on your jurisdiction, but AFAIK nobody ever got punished for playing on them, only for hosting).

I’d ignore Hardcore and Seasons of Discovery until you know a bit more what you are doing, as they are modifications to the original.

Whichever expansion you choose, you will want to look into user made UI modifications, which are referred to as “addons”. E.g. for the missing quest markers on the map in Classic/Era you can find addons that add them.