Here is a quiz for anyone who is not a native German speaker.

You may have heard that in German, the two letters "st" are usually pronounced like [ʃt] "sht", a phoneme cluster that is unusual in English.

Consider the following German words and names:

Reichstag (Imperial Diet, by extension parliament)
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (author, playwright)
Konstanz (city)
Künstlerhaus (art institution in Vienna)

How many of them are correctly pronounced with [ʃt]?

No spoilers in the comments. Boosts OK.

SPD Politiker und Ex-Staatssekretär Christian Lange tritt aus der Kirche aus — aus Protest gegen das Kirchenasyl. Die kirchliche Praxis (durch der in diesem Beispiel drei Menschen aus Somalia Asyl gewährt wurde) sei eine Missachtung rechtsstaatlicher Entscheidungen.

Ein Mensch mit Herz wäre aus der SPD ausgetreten, aus Protest gegen deren Versuch das Kirchenasyl abzuschaffen und den Familiennachzug auszusetzen. Alle Verbrechen der Menschheit waren rechtsstaatlich, das ist nicht die Norm nach der man sich richten sollte.

I've been talking to GitHub and giving them feedback on their "create issues with Copilot" thing they have in the works.

Today I tested a version for them and using it I asked copilot to find and report a security problem in curl and make it sound terrifying.

In about ten seconds it had a 100-line description of a "catastrophic vulnerability" it was happy to create an issue for. Entirely made up of course, but sounded plausible.

Proved my point excellently.

‼️ Großartige Neuigkeiten: Das Warten hat ein Ende! Der Petitionsausschuss des Bundestags hat unsere Bundestagspetition "Tax the Rich" für eine gerechte Besteuerung großer Vermögen ENDLICH online gestellt! Unterschreibt, teilt und sagt es allen weiter – schon ab 30.000 Unterschriften muss der Petitionsausschuss des Bundestages eine öffentlichen Anhörung zur Vermögensteuer einberufen. Setzen wir das Thema endlich auf die politische Tagesordnung! #TaxTheRich

https://www.attac.de/startseite/teaser-detailansicht/news/tax-the-rich-epetition

An important but inconvenient fact to remember about NYPD "work stoppages" and "quiet quitting."

When NYPD intentionally makes fewer arrests and does less police work in protest, violent crime goes *down*
🙂🙃

Read that again. Violent crime goes *down* when cops quit.

And we've known why since 1970

Once you understand a few things about US policing, this outcome becomes incredibly obvious and unavoidable.

First, understand that "Law and Order, SVU," is not how policing works, and not what police do.

What most police do, most of the time, is arrest and fine innocent Black people.

This makes it unsafe for Black people to call the cops in any circumstances. A Black person that has recently had a violent and racist encounter with the cops, will not call the cops to save you if they see you being assaulted.

So the more "policing" happens, the greater this depressive effect.

The irony:

As you ramp up "policing," it becomes impossible to catch and arrest any real, violent criminals... because you betrayed and violated all of the civilians in the communities that you were supposed to partner with.🤦🏿‍♂️

You created the pre-condition for ineffective and futile police work.

As an NYC resident, you pay $12B a year for a police force that is not good at what you want them to be good at: solving and preventing murder, theft, and sexual assault.

For example, the most stolen items in NYC are smartphones and bikes. NYPD doesn't even recognize the most recommended bike lock🤡

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112451441016741832

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Grünen-Chefin: Waffenexportstopp für Israels Einsatz in Gaza

Angesichts zahlreicher Toter bei Essensverteilungen im Gazastreifen verlangt die Grünen-Vorsitzende Franziska Brantner einen Exportstopp von Waffen an Israel für den Einsatz in dem Gebiet. "Der Verstoß gegen internationale Verpflichtungen ist in diesem Fall so eklatant, dass endlich auch der Bundesregierung klar sein muss: Es dürfen keine deutschen Waffen mehr gelief…

📑 https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-nahost-samstag-268.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de#Gruenen-Chefin-Waffenexportstopp-fuer-Israels-Einsatz-in-Gaza
🕗 28.06. 08:13 CEST

#Nahost #tagesschau