The statements from our franchisor use German locale (comma as decimal separator). Their global online system uses US locale (period as decimal separator). Good luck trying to copy them into a table (Excel or otherwise) for reconciliation. đ¤ˇââď¸
In the coverage of the German provincial elections this evening, Die Linken insisted they are a democratic party. The AfD didnât bother.
Got my Arizona ballot for the midterms in my email today. I only vote federal, so I have just a safe House seat on my ballot. The Hobbs vs Biggs race for governor will just get decided without me.
My wife, 4th from the left 2nd row, was elected to both city councils in our home town of Jesteburg. Sheâll be deciding on important issues like school buildings, garbage pickup and traffic lights, exactly the kind of issues that need to be resolved to keep the far right out of power!
Jesteburg is still missing a precinct, but it looks like the CDU gets 6 seats and my wife makes it in (2nd place on the list). Greens won the mayor’s race by 49 vote (0.8%).
We’ve had solar panels for a while, and I always thought it would be nice to have our wallbox turn on only when the sun was shining. Too complicated, I thought. But talking to AI and finally understanding the hardware, it took 10 minutes to set up evcc. evcc.io/en/
We have a new Indonesian trainee scheduled to fly from Jakarta tomorrow. “Indonesia: Flights canceled as Anak Krakatau volcano erupts” www.dw.com/en/indone…
43rd wedding anniversary today. Celebrating by biking to the open house at our son’s gliding club. đ
Germanyâs military has a new recruiting tool: Kebab wrappers (Politico) www.politico.eu/article/g…
We were just visiting for two week, but the constant TV ads for Craig and Flanagan were more annoying than informative www.nytimes.com/2026/08/1…
When in doubt send the Marines www.youtube.com/watch
So JĂźrgen Klopp is meeting with the German football association at the TWA Hotel at JFK? Is this Catch Me If You Can? sports.yahoo.com/articles/…
âThe only proof that Iâm a U.S. citizen is that I was born here. My birth certificate names my parents but doesnât say anything about their citizenship. Likewise with their birth certificates. Thatâs how citizenship in this most remarkable of nations works.â daringfireball.net/linked/20…
I won’t say that German sports media is dwelling on the surprise loss at the World Cup, but in the Kicker app one must scroll past 27 articles on the match, the team, the coach, etc. before one learns (surprise) the tournament continues without Germany
