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  • [Romano - Tier 2] Understand Donny van de Beek is already in Frankfurt, completing medical tests as new Eintracht player right now. [Loan deal, Buy Option 11M + 4M addons] Here we go.

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  • Good luck to him, hope he does well. Should never have gone to England, the Bundesliga suits him way better. €11 million isn't a bad price assuming he gets fit again. I do wonder what Frankfurt can offer in terms of salary. He'll be earning a fortune at United.

  • Dutch far right struggles to find allies for power

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  • It would be if it were true, but they're just working on forming a coalition to create a majority in parliament and that always takes time. As a Dutch person I really don't agree with the idea that Wilders is having a particularly hard time forming a coalition. If anything it's going more smoothly than I expected. I think in a month or two we'll see prime minister Wilders sitting next to Willy (the king).

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  • Yeah I'm also Dutch and agree with this 100%. Forming a coalition always takes time. If anything I think they're actually going quite fast. I was expecting the VVD and NSC to push back more than they are doing.

    Honestly I'm fine with them creating this coalition quickly. The sooner it's formed the sooner it can collapse.

  • Dutch far right struggles to find allies for power

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  • I dislike Wilders as much as the next guy but criticizing his appearance just seems stupid. There is so much wrong with his words and actions, there's really no need for discussing his looks.

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  • He's been in parliament since 1998. Longest currently serving parliamentarian I believe.

    Don't get me wrong I hate everything he stands for, but your comparison with Trump doesn't make a whole lot of sense and I'm guessing is only based on his appearance.

  • [OptaJoe] Man City attempted just two shots in this match; the fewest ever by a Pep Guardiola team in a game within Europe’s big-five leagues, while...

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  • Only saw the highlights but City seemed like they struggled to play out of Villa's pressure. Really impressive. Hope Villa can keep it up, and mostly hope City keep dropping points. Fuck them, it's those kinds of clubs that are ruining professional football.

  • American comedian under investigation for violent remarks about Geert Wilders

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  • Yeah I understand the context of Pim Fortuyn of course and I agree it's not a good joke or anything like that. I just feel like this is made into way too big of a deal for what was probably an off thr cuff comment.

    I do think that "fuck around and find out" should be true. Baudet for example is just a fascist who is friends with the Russians and wants to destroy democracy in the Netherlands. I honestly think that until his party is outlawed it's a good thing he gets hit with umbrellas and beer bottles. Fuck him so hard, I don't think what he says should be tolerated.

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  • The vast majority of places don't have zwarte Piet anymore. My young nieces don't even know who that is, they only know him as Piet. Why repeat this shit about zwarte Piet when it's fading away?

  • Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.

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    1. Just because I have heard of NordVPN doesn't mean I'll necessarily use it (in fact I use arch mullvad, btw.)
    2. Let's see some numbers that ads work. You can't just calculate how life would be without ads, but I wonder what would happen if ad expenses for all companies would be capped somehow. When cigarette companies were severely limited in terms of advertising they saved a ton of money. Of course people already knew their brands, but still.

    I think ad space sellers wildly overestimate the effectiveness of ads and google has made it far worse with targeted ads. People have gotten used to saying things like "ads work" and "brand recognition" but does anyone know the numbers? Or is this just repeating some phrases you've heard?

    I don't know the numbers myself, but I'm quite skeptical.

  • American comedian under investigation for violent remarks about Geert Wilders

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  • Ha! He's a comedian making a joke. Perhaps not the best joke, but obviously a joke. He's even on stage in his role as comedian.

    After all the vile things Wilders has said that were dead serious I feel like this is nothing.

    Probably good publicity for the comedian though, and of course it's some political points for Wilders and the rest of the far-right ("look how violent these left-wing people of color are!").

  • Majority of Britons support rejoining the EU single market - poll

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  • Would love the UK back. Besides wanting it to be easier to travel there, I think it is also the best way to show how beneficial the EU is. If they already want back in after such a short period of time it sends a strong message to the many anti-EU people across the continent.

  • "Out of Step" by MrLovenstein

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  • Plenty of evidence that physical activity is healthy though. Not disputing the 10,000 steps being made up but absolutely a good thing to regularly go for a walk.

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  • Cause it's a shit take? I feel like it's either rage bait or otherwise just a really dumb opinion cause it's obviously not true.

    If it had said "fascism is awesome", would you also wonder why it had so many downvotes? Some opinions are just too stupid to even be worth discussing.

  • Chromecast vs built-in apps on Samsung TV?

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  • I have a pihole already, so I guess I could use that.

    Any idea how much that would block?

    And besides the sensors, what data is the OS collecting? Wouldn't the Chromecast collect the same amount of data?

  • Exit poll puts far-right populist Wilders ahead in Dutch election

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  • A coalition without the PVV would be kind of ideal for Wilders. He can keep bitching about how undemocratic the other parties are (obviously it's not undemocratic but his voters won't understand that) and won't have to come up with any ideas. He can remain anti-everything and wait until the fragile coalition will inevitably fall, after which he'll win 50 seats in parliament.

    As much as I would hate to see Wilders as prime minister, I would perhaps worry more about the next elections if he can remain in the opposition.

  • Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll

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    • the government doesn't take climate change seriously
    • it is basically impossible for a large group of people (including me) to ever buy a home
    • any sort of nature here is dead and over half the country doesn't seem to care
    • inequality has been growing for decades
    • the country is incredibly polarized
    • after over a decade of neo liberal VVD policy, the majority of people apparently yearn for even more right wing policy
    • Ajax are 12th in the eredivisie

    Or course I'm being a bit dramatic but considering how things were I do think the Netherlands is going to shit a little bit. Of course it's a better place to live than many other places, but in my opinion it's definitely getting worse.

  • Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll

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  • Things have been going shit here actually, and blaming minorities for a country's problems is still a surefire way to win votes. As a dutch person I'm sad, embarrassed, and scared.

  • Exit poll puts far-right populist Wilders ahead in Dutch election

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  • I understand what you're saying and I think this is what happened in Denmark, but I disagree.

    We just can't normalize xenophobia. My partner and I are of different nationalities and races and we've both been immigrants. Our future kids will be mixed race and might seem foreign regardless of where they live.

    I don't want to live in a society in which we normalize hatred for immigrants. I want everyone to feel welcome, I want everyone to feel like they belong.

    Of course with left-leaning parties this small many foreigners already feel unwelcome, but if even left-leaning parties start with this hateful rhetoric... I would lose all hope and probably just leave. I wouldn't feel safe to live here with my family.