Implementing a 48% increase in public pay gradually would bring wages in Northern Ireland in line with the Republic of Ireland’s.

Didn’t expect the difference to be this big, didn’t the unionist say that being part of UK would mean more money instead of less.

Do you know where they had to unlock their ‘front door’? This is such a weird concept for me.

I’ll also not argue, not having to write valid arguments makes life a lot easier, but I want to chime in and say both brooklyn 99 and the wire are really good.

Might be why he only manages to persuade half of them.

And all of a sudden all the foreigners got that intel?

[Ecosia] joined the #oneclickaway campaign, alongside other independent European tech companies. This campaign is a wake-up call to politicians across the EU: it’s time to invest in Europe’s own digital infrastructure. Because right now, we’re dangerously dependent on just a few Big Tech players — and most of them are headquartered far, far away. Let’s break it down.

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The #oneclickaway campaign is a cross-European effort to encourage policymakers to make different choices. Instead of defaulting to the usual Big Tech vendors, we’re asking them to consider European alternatives for search, cloud, email, and more. The name says it all: most alternatives are just one click away.

It doesn’t take a revolution, just the political will to support homegrown, ethical tech. This isn’t about tech nationalism or shutting out global collaboration. It’s about balance, plurality and resilience. The same way a biodiverse forest is more robust than a monoculture plantation, a diverse digital ecosystem is more resistant to shocks — whether political, economic, or technological.

Political parties having a need to be funded is a serious flaw of the democratic system. ‘With your vote I’ll try and fix your problem’ just doesn’t work if you also just said ‘With your money you decide what solution is best’.

Sometimes I wonder why we’re in such a terrible timeline, other times it makes total sense what got us here. A friend of mine always says something like “well I’m just an evolved monkey, what did you expect”.

The targeting of Pride events is part of a larger wave of radicalization within German society that is particularly affecting the country’s youth, authorities say.

Extreme-right crimes surged by nearly 50 percent last year, according to police figures. “We have to realize that in society as a whole, and among a share of young people, we see a shift to the right and an increase in the acceptance of violence,” Holger Münch, the head of Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, told reporters when presenting the crime statistics in May.

Is having an elevator as a front door a real thing or do these kind of tv shows just like them better?

Tbh I think there is a fuckload of Americans who actually are happy with the leopards, considering there are still a lot of uneaten faces. (Shout-out to !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

Ikr, they sound so funny and not at all like the majestic yet hyper masculine beasts they are usually portrayed as.

In The Netherlands a suspect can be convicted of a crime even if he doesn’t doesn’t appear before court. He would be wise to send a lawyer in his place so he gets some form of defense, but if he doesn’t the trial will still happen.

It did. I don’t know how common this is, but in The Netherlands a suspect doesn’t have to be present for his trial, so he can get convicted even if he isn’t there. Since we have good diplomatic ties across the world, we would likely pressure the host country for extradition. A lot of countries are willing to give up individual citizens to maintain that diplomatic relation.

Also, her brothers are also suspects and they are actually in custody.

Dutchie here, her disappearance, the investigation and the trial all have been widely covered by national news. Completely agreeing with you on the Daily Mail being a legitimate source and they might well have their own agenda for publishing this but what’s in the post (havent opened the daily mail article) is all true.

I’m not sure who’s behind nltimes (they translate news from the Netherlands so for me there is no reason to check them ever), but I’ve seen it linked in many occasions before and have never seen a headline that striked me as false.

I haven’t been to France that much but I believe a serious part of all french people consider drinking wine so much part of ‘good culture’ they really don’t think you should limit underage drinking entirely. More like, you’re 15 so you can only have one glass. But that might be based on a stereotype so please respond if you disagree this is a thing.

A Foss and federated alternative to onlyfans is more achievable I guess, because pornhub nowadays has to verify the owner of the content.

Even if true, that would only explain the difference for mobile users and not the decrease in mac os use.

O damn, almost forgot about the water wars. Those were brutal. Before those people genuinely believed there was nothing bigger than a World War. The fools. Like if you’re still here in 2125.