They rebooted a whole country #spain #haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain

Pope Francis Wrestlemania trending topics

So that’s how he went?

Is Peter Tschentscher a Vulcan? 🖖

At least it looks like he's taken the phone back from Musk.

It's refreshing to experience an election where I am disappointed but not devastated.

Just in case anyone thought elections are as exiting as the World Cup Final

ZDF reporting from Berlin central station, noting that when the exit polls dropped there was ‘neither cheering nor negative reactions’

Maybe that’s because you’re in a train station.

Then again, Merz just said that he’s looking to build a coalition with a ‘good parliamentary majority’. Maybe he’s already aiming for that regardless.

The other public broadcaster has them getting in

Meh, I wouldn’t be too relaxed. Depending on a few fractions of a percent FDP and BSW may or may not get any seats (5% minimum).

If they both get in, it makes a 2-party coalition (apart from an already excluded CDU/AfD Cooperation) impossible. Another somewhat likely unstable 3-way would be next

How about free and fair elections in Russia first?

Scholz seems very convinced that he was always right. Not sure that this is be brightest idea, given the polls.

a man is holding a flute and says i do not avoid women but i do deny them my essence Alt: a man is holding a gun and says i do not avoid women but i do deny them my essence from Dr Strangelove

21% of America:

Some make the point that things look close to 1930: far right coming second on ~20%. The 🇩🇪liberal order isn’t going to collapse right after the election, but the process took years in the 30s.

Also: I note the vibes in 🇺🇸 were a lot different 3 years ago: when one can argue the course was set.

Assuming it’s just one term of this kind of government though…

One hopes however that reversing whatever damage Trump does to international agreements would be less complex to untangle than Brexit, though.

I feel like one of the reasons rejoining the EU is politically avoided is that there are so many different v. divisive Qs, like each previous UK opt out.

Bloody hell, TikTok's suggested searches on browser are problematic, to say the least. Here are some screenshots.

(not logged in, from a Deutsche Telekom cellular IP address, as well as from a colleague - screenshots from both German and English language settings)

Oh nein the Amerikaner have discovered Horizontal Rotierende Fisch vm.tiktok.com/ZNeEE3nYy/

Make Eurovision a trading bloc!

Ever since the Americans left, my TikTok has been surprisingly French

Koc holding is trending on Linkedin

This does not surprise me.

There is so much AfD content on TikTok right now. I see nothing from the other parties.

Merry Christmas, internet!

FYI a (your?) numberplate is visible in the screenshot

Merkel-Raute > Merz-Raute

Auch in Papierform!

La laitue a gagné

Lou Bega’s less successful second single

If any proposed deal does not exclude Russian salami-tactics, do you not think other allies might also be very, very loud in opposition? Might this limit Trump's leverage?