Input on the English language: In Danish we have a term called the "not test”, and we sometimes say about a political view, that it does not pass the not test, if no one would take the opposite view. For instance, if a politician campaigns on wanting children to live happy lives, we may say, β€œit does not pass the not test", because no candidate is running on NOT wanting children to live happy lives. Is there an established English term for such a "not test”?
Are any of you active on Wikipedia? I wanted to find the population count of Crimea, and came across this Wikipedia article which is written from a Russian propaganda perspective. Here Crimea is presented as β€œThe Republic of Crimea”, which again is presented as a republic of Russia, if you hover over it. Only very few countries have recognised this occupied Ukrainian Oblast as belonging to Russia. Is there a way to ensure such articles are corrected?
Trump: We need to cut all the waste, fraud, and abuse. Also Trump: Let us spend millions of dollars on turning the old Alcatraz prison from 1934 into a usable, modern prison facility, because this has the evil dictator vibe that fits my brand. image
If you want to get rid of your US streaming services, Flix Patrol has made a great tool for finding all the services available in your country. I just found out that several of the British and Swedish services are available to me in Denmark.
Trump is shutting out European movies from the US market by putting a 100 percent tariff on them. Put a 100 percent tariff on US streaming services, and let us see if Trump still has the support of Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon Prime. image
On this day, May 5 1945 at 08:00, the Nazis surrendered, and the entire population of Denmark celebrated the end of 5 dark years of oppressive Nazi occupation. Rest assured #Ukraine, one day the modern day Nazis will be out of your country too, and the entire free world will celebrate with you. β™₯️ image
The German foreign office tells the US Secretary of State to put a sock in it. 🀜πŸ’₯🫨 Thanks for the tip @Tian. image
US retailer Target is in trouble. They followed Trump's orders and ended their diversity programmes, but that angered consumers so much, they have lost 9.5 percent of their customers, and the boycott initiatives continue.
This is the news we need right now: American rock band R.E.M. remixes their old song Radio Free Europe, and rereleases it with all proceeds going to the actual Radio Free Europe, which Donald Trump is trying to shut down by cutting all funding. News story about this rebel move: Listen to the song on Spotify:
The new Detrumpify Yourself app lets consumers see which grocery items have ties to the US. CNN has the story: