bormaennchen
@bormaennchen.bsky.social
Grown up behind the Iron Curtain, communication facilitator by profession, photographer by passion (www.thepictureangle.com), avid knitter, social media user since the noughties, bit of a geek (according to others), anti-autocracy, pro-democracy
Too bad. My heart goes out to you. Mind you, we are not too far from going down a similar road here in France. RN is at 36% of voter intention in France, so we may have to explain to the French that voting for anti-democrats means electing kings that their ancestors famously beheaded at some point.
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Too bad. My heart goes out to you. Mind you, we are not too far from going down a similar road here in France. RN is at 36% of voter intention in France, so we may have to explain to the French that voting for anti-democrats means electing kings that their ancestors famously beheaded at some point.
Understood. Now you can refer your Republican friends to what I assume is still considered an authority in defining meaning in the English language. 🙂
October 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Understood. Now you can refer your Republican friends to what I assume is still considered an authority in defining meaning in the English language. 🙂
To say it with Merriam-Webster: "We could say that democracy is to republic as monarchy is to kingdom."
October 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
To say it with Merriam-Webster: "We could say that democracy is to republic as monarchy is to kingdom."
You do know that democracy is 'rule of the people' literally, whereas republic is a democracy by proxy, i.e. a representative democracy, i.e. the people vote for those who represent them in order to rule, right? So republics are the concrete shape of democracy (the essence).
October 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You do know that democracy is 'rule of the people' literally, whereas republic is a democracy by proxy, i.e. a representative democracy, i.e. the people vote for those who represent them in order to rule, right? So republics are the concrete shape of democracy (the essence).
Interesting thought. It kind of had occurred to me, too. In German we say: Wenn es dem Esel zu wohl ist, geht er aufs Eis. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent English idiom so here my best attempt at paraphrasing it: A donkey feeling too much at ease will walk out on a frozen pond.
October 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Interesting thought. It kind of had occurred to me, too. In German we say: Wenn es dem Esel zu wohl ist, geht er aufs Eis. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent English idiom so here my best attempt at paraphrasing it: A donkey feeling too much at ease will walk out on a frozen pond.
Wouldn't put it past them.
October 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Wouldn't put it past them.
I reluctantly agree. I don't like to bad-mouth anyone, hence my hesitation.
October 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I reluctantly agree. I don't like to bad-mouth anyone, hence my hesitation.
Question (as picked up of Pod Save America): would it be okay to call MAGA Profa? Let's not forget that Antifa was the Hitler and Mussolini resistance. They were NOT a party, just people resisting fascism. Hence anti-fascists. 🤦♀️
October 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Question (as picked up of Pod Save America): would it be okay to call MAGA Profa? Let's not forget that Antifa was the Hitler and Mussolini resistance. They were NOT a party, just people resisting fascism. Hence anti-fascists. 🤦♀️
... and why we no longer are. And it wasn't just racism. It was plain and simple xenophobia. Who knows, maybe soon they'll start treating me the same way here in France, too, but at least one of us is not going to be a 'foreign' EU citizen.
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
... and why we no longer are. And it wasn't just racism. It was plain and simple xenophobia. Who knows, maybe soon they'll start treating me the same way here in France, too, but at least one of us is not going to be a 'foreign' EU citizen.
Kunstbanausen!!! 😡
September 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Kunstbanausen!!! 😡
By the way, I called the number on it, they were the ones who told me the app was RATP but the ticket wasn't.
September 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
By the way, I called the number on it, they were the ones who told me the app was RATP but the ticket wasn't.
For fun: here the two screens for lodging a complaint and the screen when clicking that option.
September 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
For fun: here the two screens for lodging a complaint and the screen when clicking that option.
Le service clientèle par téléphone répond que oui, il s'agit bien de la RATP, oui, l'application est celle de la RATP, mais le billet ne provient pas d'eux. 🤦♀️
September 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Le service clientèle par téléphone répond que oui, il s'agit bien de la RATP, oui, l'application est celle de la RATP, mais le billet ne provient pas d'eux. 🤦♀️