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Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

Ignorance, propaganda and probably racism.

I can imagine that many African and East-Asian countries have their own strong opinions on the French and with better reason than the USA.

That’s a good personal rule, sir.

I once knew a woman who only noticed she was pregnant when she gave birth. One night she had some belly ache. Next thing she knows, she was suddenly a mother. In her own words: she was pretty sturdily built.

PSA for non-Dutch people: Rutte has been prime minister for ~14 years and has done irreparable damage to the Dutch housinng market, environment and general standard of living. Under his PM-ship, our country has shifted to the far right. He is famed for stating that he has no vision.

That man is a menace in his crurrent position.

Here’s a somewhat cynical take: marketeers do it for the money. Period. Back when I a student myself, I met many types of students. Marketing students could roughly be classified as ‘in here for the money’ and ‘I do not know what to do otherwise’. There was no real sense of activism or any desire to make the world a better place (except for themselves that is).

Throughout my career I met with many marketeers. They were nice to work with, but I never met anybody in marketing who was inclined to use their skills for a good cause.

The Dutch govenment is a fucking disgrace. I am ashamed to be Dutch.

At least they would have a good idea where I live.

My fediverse accounts are anonymous and may not be tracable to me or my family based on the information I post. I do post political views and stuff about my hobbys. I leave my loved ones out of my posts, so no sharing of pictures or other personal information.

I do have a dormant LinkedIn account and a semi-active Strava account though, so if you can trace my fediverse accounts to either, you can potentially find out some more personal stuff.

You are aware that the Luddite movement is not so much a reaction to new tech, but a reaction to the use, or rather abuse of said tech? As somebody who works in tech, I am not opposed by AI as a tool, but using it for the sake of using it does not solve anything.

One coping mechanism that helps me a lot, is taking evening walks. While listening to music or podcasts. If it does not alleaviate the exhaustion, it will at least convert the exhaustion into a more physical kind, rather that a burnt-out mental kind.

Also, you might suffer from burnout. I am not a doctor or psychologist though, so you may ask an actual professional.

Sorry for your loss. I admire your strength.

…hard agree. Depending on use case, you do not need top notch hardware anyway. Also, degoogling a Fairphone is extremely easy.

If you give me a candle as a present, you are not my friend anymore.

It looks a bit like a stretched out century series jet. I do not dislike it.

I consider Bob Vylan to be modern punk. Also Hang Youth.

Oooh! I like that one too.

I consider this to be one of the many little jokes of the movie, that makes it so lovable.

Good. Now do former PM Dick Schoof of the Netherlands too. Fucking fascist lackey.

I am not sure about your budget, but when I had a similar dilemma a few weeks ago, I decided to spend a bit more and eventually came up with a Denon Wi-Fi speaker. It has Bluetooth, several streaming plugins, Internet radio and even a physical audio port.

I mostly use Spotify and bluetooth for my own music collection. Spotify connect works well from within the web client. Also, the sound quality is excellent.

The price was decent, about €270.