The Omen of the Blind Hound:
Émile felt a chill. “A blind beagle revealed our tricolor,” he whispered. The Prodigiae’s voice echoed in the dim chamber: “An omen urging France to stand alone; alliances will falter.”
…TO BE CONTINUED IN THE COMMENTS…

If Europeans wouldn’t sleep on this opportunity, we could massively improve our science recruiting. Related scientific paper of what getting the fired scientists from an autocracy can do to your science system: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.104.10.3222

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (also had a decent tie-in point and click adventure game in 1989)

t new regime. If you want peace, you have to fight peacefully. Yes it’s harder, but it’s the only way. But peaceful doesn’t mean passive (or law abiding)!

Oh sometimes, violence works to build peaceful gouvernments after. In Romania political violence created a functioning democracy. Dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu was executed by the revolutionaries after a 30 minute farce of a trial, but the country is now a democracy for more than 35 years.

A big part of the original propaganda of the deed was just that. Killing royals in Europe to show that power of the monarchies is limited

That is something that some tech savy Lemmy users could already easily do. I repost stuff from all over the web. But some systematic preservation of good old subreddits aught to be automated.

Completely agree. Especially less good architects couldn’t deal with it’s limitations. Concrete isn’t some indestructible wonder material—exposure to harsh weather and exhaust fumes leads to cracking, corrosion, and a dreary look if it isn’t properly engineered and maintained. So many old concrete buildings look shitty

My American friends made me drink Keystone Ice and this was one of the most disgusting things I did ever drink. The rest was also not great. A few American beers were passable but I had better ones in most European countries.

Dude, move it to the left!

Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Norway, France, Spain, Austria, and USA

Ritter Sport Marzipan

Love the caramel one from Tony’s

The LFS users are still busy growing their coffee plant

Important context and a good decision

Oh, Sisco does war crimes too!

This is absolutely brilliant. Why does this not exist yet?

Needs a special kind of Captain to commit a war crime due to a traffic conflict.

The German car companies are very afraid of Chinese retaliatory tariffs on luxury cars.

Infinitely many Czech flags!

Both. There is a study by Armin Falk and Nora Szech (2013) that experimentally shows that markets can erode moral behavior, as participants were more likely to not save a mouse’s life for money in market settings. This generally extends to the erosion of morality for monetary gain in market systems. Additionally, psychological research indicates that wealthy, successful individuals often score higher on traits associated with the “dark triad” of personality, i.e. narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, which supports the idea that selection plays a role as well.