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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • Tipping is quite normalized, at least in Germany. Just not the american tipping culture that substitutes wages. But it is very normal to round up bills in gastronomy, or add some cash when someone went above and beyond expected service and stuff. Like when I order takeaway and the delivery is made by bike during unpleasant weather conditions (don’t order during dangerous weather!).
    I personally like it like this as a way to appreciate extra effort. The american tipping culture I feel encourages staff to be kind of unnecessarily subservient and guests to feel superior as the staff’s income depends on a guest’s mood, basically. It tips over the power balance.










  • It’s actually not only about the political leaning of the outlet’s articles. I wouldn’t care about Politico in that regard.
    It is, however, about who profits off of Politico articles being shared and clicked, and that is Axel Springer SE, a right wing populist publisher who owns tabloids like german BILD and polish Fakt and uses those to help the rise of right wing populism and extremism in Europe, attacking our democratic societies. Axel Springer SE is in turn owned by Mathias Döpfner, who for example called JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, where he called for an end of the isolation of Europe’s far right, “inspiring”.
    The question is, do we continue to click on links that make money by showing ads when that money they make off of us fuels antidemocratic engagement?