I mean … https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/gaza-israel-plaene-auffanglager-100.html

These kinds of articles age less well than you’d hope, e.g.:

Sie verbreitet auch die Behauptung, Gaza sei ein „Konzentrationslager“.

That may have been a lot less true then. But right now, the Israeli government’s publicly-stated goal definitely is creating a concentration camp for Gazans.

For the record, I am not really going to defend an activist I know nothing about beyond her being a member of the Freedom Flotilla crew. But I’d advise being a bit careful with these kinds of claims about “spewing hatred against Israel”.

I am a little puzzled what you mean by your comment.

Your first comment enthused about the Spanish rail system. Then my first comment in thread said that the Spanish rail system has issues too, just different ones than there are in Germany, i.e. planning and booking. You responded saying that my issue wasn’t real. I said your critique missed the point, and compared with the planning/booking situation for German rail. What now…?

It’s great that there is an app, but I am obviously not going to install a Madrid-only app as a tourist who may only need a single train. I just noticed that Google Maps does allow planning integrated trips too which I missed because I avoid Google services usually, so they’re not as present on my mind. (But at least Google Maps is available as website too.)

Renfe itself somehow does not offer a way to plan a trip or book a ticket that integrates high-speed rail and commuter rail. Nor do they appear to be able to sell TGV tickets, as all I see on their booking site are AVE and Avant trains.

In comparison, in Germany, I can book trains from any German operator through the bahn.de website and book tickets into neighboring countries, even including TGV trains to Brussels or Paris.

Granted, Germany is nowhere near perfect, and Trainline as a third party still does a lot more, especially when you’re traveling through more than 2 countries, but even they can’t offer Cercanias. And really, why is there no way to just book any train/tram/bus in any EU country, from any EU country?

The Spanish system has different issues though.

E.g., I found it very irritiating that Renfe Cercanias commuter rail doesn’t have a real-time time table. Hence, any trip-planning apps will completely ignore commuter rail.

This kind of head-ache doesn’t exist in Germany, as DB and the various regional operators have integrated trip planning and you can plan a trip right from the bus stop across from your home to the metro station next to the hotel in another city, often even if that city is in France or Switzerland.

What you say is corroborated everywhere on the internet. But I have real trouble trying to square this information with my recollection. Hrmph. :/ Thanks for the correction though.

I once went from Tokyo to Osaka, with very few stops in between and the train topped out at 500kph [apparently it did not :( ]. The only minor annoyance being that my camera wasn’t fast enough to capture Mt Fuji at that speed.

It would be awesome to have that same experience between, say, London-Paris-Berlin-Warsaw, and you could consider additional stops in Luxembourg, Frankfurt, and Poznan.

I guess the joke didn’t land for various reasons. :)

But, and I am being completely serious, this being the Register, they definitely had a reason to give this assignment to this particular writer.

Richard Speed

Ah, yes, that byline sounds like a real person.

There is a medium roast as well. I picked one flavor at semi-random.

I guess it stands for enriching some dude who figured you could sell pricey coffee…?

Sadly, the idea behind the statement presumably is that they sponsor delightful people like Don jr and Laura Loomer and those people do the talking.

lol (loss of a loved one)

The coffee is actually USDA Organic and they call it “ethically sourced” … which sounds incredibly woke and social-justicy. But I am sure they fully embrace the irony.

And they have a handy table on the topic actually. One of the items is “supports FREE SPEECH”.

anti-woke woke mind virus.

No, it was “obere Mittelschicht”/“upper middle class”.

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