Silvius pomarium explorat (Silvius explores the orchard). musculus non potest plurima mala matura ingentia tollere (A little mouse can't lift most of the huge ripe apples). hoc malum Silvio placet (Silvius likes this apple)!
#fabulamurina
“JD Vance admitted he MADE UP the "Haitian Eating Pets" story and now schools are being evacuated due to bomb threats.
TRUMP MAKES US UNSAFE
KAMALA MAKES US SAFE
What's your choice?”- r/t Morgan Freedman
Chief justice Roberts pushed for quick immunity ruling in Trump’s favor – report
John Roberts Jr used his position as the US supreme court’s chief justice to urge his colleagues to rule quickly
– and in favor
– of Donald Trump
ahead of the decision that granted him and other presidents immunity for official acts, according to a New York Times investigation published on Sunday.
The new report provides details about what was happening behind the scenes in the country’s highest court during the three recent supreme court decisions centering on
– and generally favoring
– the Republican former president.
Based on leaked memos, documentation of the proceedings, and interviews with court insiders, the Times report suggests that Roberts
– who was appointed to the supreme court during Republican George W Bush’s presidency
– took an unusually active role in the three cases in question. And he wrote the majority opinions on all three.
In addition to the presidential immunity ruling, the decisions collectively barred states from removing any official
– including Trump
– from a federal ballot as well as declaring the government had overstepped with respect to obstruction of justice charges filed against participants of the 6 January 2021 attack that the former president’s supporters aimed at Congress.
The Times reported that last February, Roberts sent a memo to his fellow supreme court justices regarding the criminal charges against Trump for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.
In the #leaked #memo, the Times reported that he criticized a lower court decision that allowed the case to move forward
– and he argued to the other justices that Trump was protected by presidential immunity.
He reportedly said that the supreme court ought to hear the case and grant Trump greater protection from prosecution.
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” the Times said that Roberts wrote to the other supreme court justices in the private memo.
According to the Times, some of the conservative justices wanted to delay the decision on the presidential immunity case until after Trump finished running for a second term in the White House in November.
But Roberts advocated for an early hearing and decision
– and ultimately wrote the majority opinion himself.
Before the opinion and ruling went public, the Times reported that Justice Brett #Kavanaugh had praised Roberts on the ruling,
calling it “extraordinary”.
Their fellow conservative justice Neil #Gorsuch
– who, like Kavanaugh, was appointed to the supreme court during Trump’s presidency
– called it “remarkable”.
The decision came out on 1 July and stated that former presidents are entitled to some degree of #immunity from criminal prosecution.
Both conservatives and liberals saw it as a huge win for Trump, who
– among a spate of legal problems
– is awaiting sentencing for a criminal conviction in May of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments to an adult film actor who alleged an extramarital sexual encounter with him.
The supreme court then returned the case to district judge Tanya #Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal case against Trump for allegedly participating in 💥an illicit effort to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election.
That left her tasked with having to figure out how to apply the US supreme court’s decision.
The Times also reported that in the case about 💥whether individual states could kick Trump off the ballot
based on language in the US constitution which bars insurrections from holding office,
⚠️ Roberts told his colleagues that he wanted the decision to be #unanimous and #unsigned.
All nine justices initially agreed that Trump should remain on state ballots.
♦️But then, the Times reports, four conservative justices suggested additions to the ruling,
❌ including proposing that Congress would have to approve enforcement of the insurrectionist ban in the constitution.
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À propos de Nice - Jean Vigo - 1930
23:45 min #video
#art #film by #JeanVigo imdb.com/title/tt0021576/
James Binning on Jean Vigo's 'A Propos de Nice':
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Racist sick Nazi cop. This guy has to be tarred and feathered. He needs to lose his job. No apology will be enough. He has to be ousted
This is STALINIST SHIT
Ohio Sheriff in Portage named Bruce Zuchowski wants locals to WRITE DOWN WHICH LAWNS HAVE KAMALA HARRIS SIGNS
This is a KKK ASSHOLE
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Hier gehts voll ab.
Es wird vergessen, dass es sich um Menschen in Not handelt, die sich zum Teil seit Wochen grossen Gefahren ausgesetzt haben, die teils minderjährig, verwaist + traumatisiert sind. Sie werden jetzt wie Vieh hin + hergehetzt. Es müssen humane Prozesse Eingang finden, aber egal wo, überall ist Ausländerhass der Motor eines verabscheuungswürdigen Umgangs mit unseren Brüdern und Schwestern.
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NEW: #NorthCarolina will meet Saturday's federal deadline to send absentee ballots to military and overseas voters, the state Board of Elections says, after counties were forced to reprint millions of ballots without #RFKJr.'s name.
There, got that out of my system.
So.
Well done North Carolina election folks!!!
Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days – Warszawa Conference - Berlin - Erkner - Frankfurt (Oder) - Warszawa - Frankfurt (Oder) - Erkner - Berlin
Crossing these borders:
Frankfurt (Oder) 🇩🇪 - Slubice 🇵🇱 (but have crossed this before)
These borders on the borders map:
umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…
Today's routes on the routes map:
umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days – Warszawa Conference Train 1 of 8
S 42
04:46 Berlin Hermannstrasse - Berlin Ostkreuz 04:55
DB S-Bahn Berlin
Train type: Stadler-Siemens S-Bahn 483/484, 2x 4 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free, gap free at Hermannstrasse)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂 (lots of multi use spaces)
🧽: 🙂
S 42
04:56 Berlin Hermannstrasse - Berlin Ostkreuz 05:05
Distance: 5.3km
Average speed: 35km/h
4 stops:
Berlin-Neukölln
Berlin Sonnenallee
Berlin Treptower Park
Berlin Ostkreuz (S)
This train, mapped: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days – Warszawa Conference Train 2 of 8
S 3
05:02 Berlin Ostkreuz - Erkner 05:31
DB S-Bahn Berlin
Train type: Adtranz and DWA (later Bombardier) 481 EMU, 4x 2 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂 (not quite as good as the newer 484, but still v good)
🧽: 🙂
S 3
05:12 Berlin Ostkreuz - Erkner 05:41
Distance: 21.6km
Average speed: 45km/h
10 stops:
Berlin-Rummelsburg
Berlin Betriebsbf Rummelsburg
Berlin-Karlshorst (S)
Berlin-Wuhlheide
Berlin-Köpenick
Berlin-Hirschgarten
Berlin-Friedrichshagen
Berlin-Rahnsdorf
Berlin-Wilhelmshagen
Erkner (S)
This train, mapped: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…
And why the hell am I going to Warszawa this way?
Because there are engineering works on the main line between Berlin and Erkner, and the EuroCity only starts in Frankfurt (Oder)
Were the Ostbahn Kostrzyn - Berlin electrified trains could divert over that #CrossBorderRail route. But that hasn’t happened and won’t happen soon…
And I’m in Warszawa to speak at #Eurotrans2024 eurotrans2024.sgh.waw.pl/en/ag… Luckily my panel is early afternoon, allowing me to make a day trip to Warszawa
It’s not the most interesting day in terms of the borders - I know Frankfurt (Oder) 🇩🇪 - Slubice 🇵🇱 all too well. But it’ll be interesting to see how the Faeser-trashes-Schengen controls work later on. Will they control everyone, or only minorities?
Meanwhile passing Rahnsdorf (towards Erkner)
Not to be confused with Rangsdorf (south of Schönefeld Airport)
Just as Lichterfelde is not to be confused with Lichtenrade or Lichtenberg. And Mariendorf and Marienfelde.
After all these years in Berlin I still mix them up
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days – Warszawa Conference Train 3 of 8
RE 1 (73754)
05:50 Erkner - Frankfurt (Oder) 06:31
Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH
Train type: Siemens Desiro HC EMU, 6 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂 (I like the single-double deck mix)
🧽: 😐 (graffiti on some windows)
RE 1 (73754)
05:50 Erkner - Frankfurt (Oder) 06:31
Distance: 56.7km
Average speed: 83km/h
8 stops:
Fangschleuse
Fürstenwalde(Spree)
Berkenbrück
Briesen(Mark)
Jacobsdorf(Mark)
Pillgram
Frankfurt(Oder)-Rosengarten
Frankfurt(Oder)
This train, mapped: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days – Warszawa Conference Train 4 of 8
EC 41
06:49 Frankfurt (Oder) - Warszawa Centralna 10:57
DB Fernverkehr AG, PKP Intercity
Train type: Siemens Vectron locomotive, 6 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ⛔️ (used to, but now doesn’t 😡)
🦽: ✅ (needs lift or ramp on platform)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 😐 (very limited space in compartment carriages, high steps)
🧽: 🙂 (spotless)
EC 41
06:49 Frankfurt (Oder) - Warszawa Centralna 10:57
Distance: 477.9km
Average speed: 116km/h
8 stops:
Rzepin
Świebodzin
Zbąszynek
Poznań Gl.
Konin
Kutno
Warszawa Zachodnia
Warszawa Centralna
This train, mapped: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…
Damn, how has PKP IC messed this up?
EC 41 is now *only* compartment carriages - not ideal in itself! - and that means no bike transport
PKP IC has these decent 2nd class open carriages with bike spaces. Why not use those here still? They used to run them
Thanks @mattfullerton for alerting me to the problem, that I can confirm
Also ALL EuroCity trains Berlin-Warszawa now are timetabled to run without bike spaces. WHY?
Trains without bike spaces I’ve encountered. But ones that used to have them and now don’t - that’s absurd!
Also all compartment carriages isn’t good either - end up with the wrong people in your compartment and that can be grim.
All you need for Berlin-Warszawa is 160km/h DE and PL approved carriages. PKP IC has loads of these with bike spaces.
There can’t be an approval problem to run the ones with bike spaces to Germany as they used to run (unless some permission were revoked, but is that really the case here?)
So on balance of probability this is just a crap management decision - to deploy the newest compartment carriages on Berlin-Warszawa, but then they forgot about cyclists.
Kutno
Typical Polish modern station. Not super charming, but functional and accessible
Oh. And I get to #Eurotrans2024 and who’s here: Bogusław Liberadzki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogus%C5…
The MEP who - as Rapporteur for the Rail Passenger Rights Regulation in 2021 - bears more political responsibility for the mess we’re in with ticketing and rights than more than anyone
Here’s my post about #RailBaltica after travelling a big part of the future route earlier this year #Eurotrans2024
Being at this #Eurotrans2024 conference is weird. It’s another one of these situations where I don’t know if I’m enlightened or if I’m stupid.
I can cut through the bullshit in these speeches like a knife through butter. But the people here have roles, responsibility, income *massively* higher than I do.
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days – Warszawa Conference Train 5 of 8
EC 40
17:01 Warszawa Centralna - Frankfurt (Oder) 21:09
DB Fernverkehr AG, PKP Intercity
Train type: Siemens Taurus locomotive, 6 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ✅
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅ (and it’s good)
🧳: ☹️ (busier than this morning, and it’s inadequate)
🧽: 🙂
EC 40
17:01 Warszawa Centralna - Frankfurt (Oder) 21:09
Distance: 477.8km
Average speed: 116km/h
8 stops:
Warszawa Zachodnia
Kutno
Konin
Poznań Gl.
Zbąszynek
Świebodzin
Rzepin
Frankfurt(Oder)
This train, mapped: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/c…
So then. Heading back to Germany first time since Faeser gave up on #Schengen. My train doesn’t run all the way to Berlin but terminates at Frankfurt (Oder). What will happen there?
(Or if you think something else will happen, reply to say what!)
- Police will just observe everyone alighting (8%, 12 votes)
- Police will demand ID from minorities only (76%, 112 votes)
- Police will demand ID from all (3%, 5 votes)
- There’ll be no police (11%, 17 votes)
I’m really melancholy here tonight.
Warszawa - Berlin on EC 40, with the sun fading over the fields of Poland is one of my very favourite trains. A genuine journey thtough the country. And Poland was always there, just an hour from Berlin, both familiar and unknown.
But from next month it’ll no longer be an hour away, but 11 hours away. I’ll miss it being so accessible.
Hey Donald Tusk!
You were swift to criticise Germany’s blatant disregard of #Schengen
So why are Polish armed police prowling around the EuroCity train between Świebodzin and Rzepin? 🤔
Didn’t check anyone in my compartment though
So the Polish police took a black guy off the train in Rzepin in handcuffs.
Whether there were any white passengers doing anything untoward we can’t know - as they didn’t get checked.
Next and final stop: Frankfurt (Oder). Germany.
My train is 12 mins late, meaning I have 3 minutes to change. Are the Faeser controls going to mean I miss the connection? 🤔
Aaaaand the majority of you were right of course
3 police. Bottom of the steps from the platform. The only person they had stopped - when I’d passed - was an East Asian looking guy
I shouted “Ihr kontrolliert nur Minderheiten” at them as I passed, but didn’t stop for an argument
Now I’m feeling shit. I should have stopped and argued with the police. Demand they check me too. Ask why they’d singled out someone who’s obviously an ethnic minority, not anyone else.
But instead I ran and got my connecting train.
I’ve got to do more to practice what I preach on this issue. Even if it’s personally inconvenient.
Yes I’m tired. It’s been a long day. But that’s nothing compared to systematic racism.
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in reply to Minimus • • •Cute. 🥰 Silvius is certainly the apple of his parents’ eyes!
Just think of all the apple tarts that Minima will make from that. Yum! 😋
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in reply to Minimus • • •Supple formicae! Eae possunt tollunt pomos et possunt pomos in culinam aquirunt.
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