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You could argue Iran already struck preemptively against Ukrainian transport capacity... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752

This was bound to happen... after all, the internet was created to share cat pics!

It's just a trailer, but colour (pun unintended) me intrigued... definitely something that's spiraling (pun intended) out of control

Same... noticed both on yours and Eldars blog. Can't add comments

I currently have status as a "permanent resident". As close to a citizen as you get without being able to vote. Once a citizen, you are required by law to vote and will get fined if you fail to vote As for perks, I guess not having to apply for a returning resident visa every 5 years if I wish to go overseas and also be able to go back? Also, I can travel freely to New Zealand and back again, as they have a kind of agreement involving free travel for each others citizens. For everything else like tax, superannuation, retirement, health coverage etc. I am no different than a citizen at the moment. It just sort of felt like "the right thing to do" though, considering I first arrived here in 2006 and have spent the majority of my time here since edit: I thought about it about 10 years ago, but at the time, Denmark did not allow dual citizenship. This changed 7-8 years ago, at which point I started seriously considering the possibility of becoming a citizen. Only catch then was I had spent 2 years in Europe and in order to qualify, I had to have spent the last 4 years in Australia. So i made a mark in the calendar for which year I could start the citizenship process.

An ex-pat and an immigrant. Two useful passports / too when traveling. Can use the fast lane at either end when traveling between the two countries

30th of September dammit! edit: too focused on the fine print I guess, didn't pay enough attention to the oversized, bold faced headline in the letter

Got my invitation to the citizenship ceremony. Unless something really bad happens, I'm likely to become an Australian citizen on the last day this month (Monday 31st of September). I better remember to treat myself to a glass of my special Cognac that day (which means I'll have dual citizenship, Danish/Australian)

Just something for the aviation enthusiasts... from this years Riverfire in Brisbane

Oh, you really don't want to know where I was last night then... Followed by a 20 minute long fireworks (and lots of beer) later at night

Bought the game on GOG. Now I just need to find the time to also play the thing

It's a long story really... You'll get the tl;dr; version First off, I'm out of your archetypal "working class" family. My paternal grandparents were a day labourer and a seamstress working in the textile industry and my maternal grandmother was a farmhand. The less is said about my maternal grandfather, the better Esbjerg at the time of my birth was a Socialdemokrat stronghold, only threatened by the libertarian party, because the industry was surrounded by farmland on the land side and independent fishing men on the sea side... But, that wasn't really what formed my world view, that was a number of experiences in my teen and pre-teen years. A friend on the street I lived in hung himself in his parent garage because he got bullied in school. Said school couldn't care less, trying to sweep it under the rug. Hear no evil, see no evil etc. I also mentioned at some point, growing up with my mothers half-brothers (only a few years older than me). They were left with an orphanage after their parents died and stayed there until the police raided the place and closed it. Systematic sexual abuse of the children, physical and psychological torture being the norm. At 14, I was convinced the world was inherently unfair and the 95% served only one purpose, being fodder for consumption by the 5% that wielded real power. Most people having little or no choices in life, many never getting a real chance to even get a foot in the door of life. At 15 I would have been a prime candidate for any orator able to channel anger against the world. I could have seen myself at that age being a member of Hitler Youth and Hamas. Anything destructive. Often wishing someone would finally getting their act together and finally push the button (the MAD button). I was also a bit disappointed when the cold war ended and it looked like the world was doomed to suffer the slow death of entropy and social media. Eventually I just resigned to let the world mind its own business and I went about minding my own business in return, not having any high thoughts about power structures and the way the world is run. For me, politicians serve themselves first, their party second and their constituency some distant third. You might have noticed one of my pet peeves is people in power being held accountable for their actions and resentment towards those who "game the system" to avoid paying for power abuse.

Just the last handful pictures that I had on my phone... these are from the small island Fanoe, off the west coast of Jutland, a few Km from my old home town. The island is home to two tiny villages, which has supposedly lived in a mortal rivalry for centuries. At least up until the island got a regular ferry connection the to the mainland. The ferry trip to Nordby (the northern village, which is the one with the ferry connection) Looking at my old hometown from across the water... the power plant (the rather dominant white building with it's 250m tall chimney) is scheduled for being taken offline and demolished in a few years time. The previously shown windmill farms being able to provide the energy needed. It used to be a major fishing town with a lot of related industry, but now it's mostly servicing the offshore oil rigs and windmill parks in the North Sea The streets are narrow and the houses small. Doesn't deter the ubiquitous German tourists I wouldn't want to live here during floods though. No walls or dikes protects the people here... And lastly a bit of a time jump... back a few thousand years. The remnants of an Iron Age settlement. The green lines on the sign outlines where the houses were. Only the floor and larger stones making up the foundation remains today. Man... the sheer number of family picnics we had at this place. So many memories associated with it

A song from episode 11 of Frieren - Beyond Journeys End. Plays when the villain is defeated and a large pile of previously animated "puppets" (mind controlled people, bound into servitude in life and beyond death) now needs a decent burial, last rites and farewells by their relatives etc. edit: from same Anime... the "action music", also composed by Even Call. Often plays during intense combat sequences. The sound track is generally good (imho)

I thought it was something for only 1.5 cent (ie a fraction of a Euro) Honestly no idea without being able to see the first part of the sentence

Continued from previous thread...

New thread this way...

I've been busy playing the latest expansion for Guild Wars 2 after I came back from Europe... no sleep for the wicked I guess

The more interesting parts (imho) is the smaller streets, cheap hotels places unlike those I find in Brisbane Yes, that's 50 Euro for a three bed hotel room. Won't find that anywhere in Brisbane! As mentioned previously, my brother and i visited during day time. I've seen the place at night (20 years ago) and it can get quite rowdy

The German Autobahn... always worth a visit in itself. My brother did the driving though. Not just because it was his car, but because 20+ years of driving in the left side has made me doubt my own reflexes if something happens at high speed. My brothers Tesla is no slouch either, with an impressive acceleration Long stretches of flat road with no speed limit.... Slightly more "affluent" and conservative part of Hamburg. Bear in mind, most of the city is reconstruction, built after WWII Yes, this building looks like it caught a plane in the side and is struggling to straighten itself out again... It wouldn't really be a harbour city without access to water... All very nice I suppose... but not really what my brother and I came to see

Yeah, so said, so done Guys, created a new thread for all things related to the 2024 US presidential election. Please divert posts related to subject to this thread:

Democracy, ain't it grand?

Still the wrong Obsidian.... see reply to one of your previous posts for the url to the correct Obsidian for you edit: copied from one of the other posts: https://obsidian.md/

Not to worry, got a handful pictures from St. Pauli/Reeperbahn too, although daytime only (because forum rules)

Really just back to Denmark, showing a bit of the island off the coast Esbjerg (west coast of the Jutland peninsula) and parts of an iron age settlement excavation (more of interest for those into very old history I think, although I enjoyed the family picnic to the site as a kid) Edit: Sadly, it was only two weeks, including time to get over the jet lag. Most days were spent with my family and also at the cemetery, finally getting to spend some time at my mothers grave (since I couldn't attend her funeral). Not showing pictures of my family or cemetery