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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 3h

Owwie public pre k now going to be 828 euros a month in Stuttgart

Stuttgarter Zeitung (StZ) @stuttgarter-zeitung.de · 4h

Weil die Kassen leer sind, will die Stadt an der Gebührenschraube drehen. Das könnte für Familien richtig teuer werden und Frauen wieder vermehrt in Teilzeitarbeit drängen.

Kinderbetreuung in Stuttgart: Gebühren für städtische Kitas sollen auf bis zu 828 Euro im Monat steigen

Weil die Kassen leer sind, will die Stadt an der Gebührenschraube drehen. Das könnte für Familien richtig teuer werden und Frauen wieder vermehrt in Teilzeitarbeit drängen.

www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 15h

I mean its different to renounce your citizenship than to have it stripped and I am unclear that he actually has a russian passport, the ukranian security services seem to disagree with each other

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 16h

Thinking of the time I really confused a French barista and pronouncing oat milk (avoine) as air plane (avion)

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 17h

and zelenskyy had many other options to get him out of office if he felt he had failed in his duties.

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 18h

I really dislike countries where your citizenship can be revoked by politicians, at least when its by courts its less likely to be politically motivated

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 18h

dislike this. Zelenskyy is getting more dictatorial as the war drags on. I worry he will not give up power if/when it ends

kyivindependent.com/zelensky-str...

Zelensky strips tainted Odesa Mayor Trukhanov of Ukrainian citizenship, effectively pushes him out of office

Editor's note: The story has been updated to include comments from the Odesa mayor. President Volodymyr Zelensky stripped Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov of his Ukrainian citizenship after years of al...

kyivindependent.com

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 18h

the german ones

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 18h

No nop!!! its 3-5%

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 19h

Here are some fare evasion rates in german speaking cities (1/2) and a questionaire of germans asked about how often they fare evade (3)

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 19h

it really bothers me that someone who claims to care about this topic is so dumb. He is using this to argue for fare gates on the U bahn in berlin. His whole schtick is basically predicated on germany always sucking and being wrong and he doesnt consider that he is wrong.

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 19h

a popular X "transit researcher" has completely misread and misrepresented simple statistics and has claimed that 17%+ of transit riders in germany are fare evading. because that is the percent of people who have evaded, not the evasion rate.

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 20h

This is just another thing that people need to do, and all the requirements add up to a big emotional burden of constant unpleasant government interference. Which is part of the point

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 20h

I don’t necessarily dislike the requirement for English language. I just dislike the increasing of the administrative burden to be an immigrant

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 20h

It’s mostly the gvmnt’s fault over their choice of words, but no, ministers are not (despite what much of BlueSky thinks) requiring migrants to have an English A-level. They are requiring B2 level English skills, which is what you have in French if you have A-level French. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 21h

Doing an S - U ban transfer to piss and then go back to the S ban station to go home (Schlossplatz U Bahn has free restrooms)

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 22h

Or take the case of Nancy-Contrexeville. SNCF proposed to Région Grand Est it would be best to close it and run a bus.

The Région said no and tendered repairs of the lines and operations, and Transdev won, and SNCF was furious. How could SOMEONE ELSE run it!? 🤯

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 23h

Here's the deal, SNCF workers

SNCF exists to transport passengers. It does not exist - primarily! - to keep you in work
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/normandie/se...

If you want to make the case against régions giving contracts to others, BE BETTER jonworth.eu/connecting-t...

Ouverture du train régional à la concurrence : "Ce sera beaucoup plus compliqué et beaucoup plus cher, il ne faut pas se leurrer"

Suite à l'attribution des liaisons TER de "l'étoile ferroviaire caennaise" à RATP Dev face à l'historique SNCF par la Région, les syndicats de cheminots normands se mobilisent contre l’ouverture à la ...

france3-regions.franceinfo.fr

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 1d

MPC is better than regular passport control but you still have to talk to someone so it’s really a question of how many officers there are for it/if they’re trained on it

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 1d

MPC was treated weirdly and not really understood by the officers last time I came back with friends who used it. Global entry app works seamlessly for me

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 1d

Global entry app

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 1d

Least condescending German news article about Africa. „Cape verde at the World Cup: Cape who?“

DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 1d

Kap Verde fährt erstmals zur Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft. Es klingt wie das moderne Cool Runnings, doch auf diesen Erfolg haben sie jahrelang mit einem Kniff hingearbeitet.

Kap Verde bei der WM: Kap Wer?

Kap Verde fährt erstmals zur Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft. Es klingt wie das moderne Cool Runnings, doch auf diesen Erfolg haben sie jahrelang mit einem Kniff hingearbeitet.

www.zeit.de

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Alkinoos @alkinooskanaris.bsky.social · 1d

Die Berliner CDU will Bahnsteigsperren für „mehr Sauberkeit“. Hier ist mein (sehr komischer und absolut unrealistischer) Vorschlag:

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 1d

Which L word?

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 1d

it wont happen the spd coalition partners dont want to do ti

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 1d

If we want to get into the practicalities of it it falls apart even more. No where we designed with wide enough spaces for gate lines that wouldn’t have horrible lines it would require completely redoing the regional fare scheme

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 1d

They don’t mention fare evasion, they mention cleanliness lol

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