@hertieschool.bsky.social I hope I am not reading too much into this comment - sounds quite inappropriate.

I would love to see a study on the downward consequences of all this for consumers to better understand what harm is being caused.

I am not a free speech absolutist, and agree there is a need for a balancing act. I would argue Germany often finds the wrong outcome — and this is not cherrypicking cases, but looking objectively at how the more powerful routinely and systematically abuse German law to evade accountability.

To name but one example www.cjr.org/special_repo...

I would respectfully disagree. I’m not saying it is what Vance is referring to - he wouldn’t have a clue - but there are many authoritarian countries with less restrictive defamation laws than Germany has. Look at how censored Google Map reviews are. Media reports not naming perpetrators, etc.

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I do too! But only if it contains an AirTag 🙂. I’d rather risk a bag going missing for a day or two AND have it delivered to my destination, than fight for space in an overhead bin AND be left carrying it around myself…

FYI there is an editing error - the version you have uploaded to Spotify ends prematurely with @maitlis.bsky.social cut in the middle of a sentence

Are people in China writing in English or does the app auto-translate?

So sorry to read this, Georgia. 🙏

The agenda for the parliamentary track seems to get updated and indicates social events will be on 16th 18:00-20:00 and music night the 17th 19:00-21:00. Agree that the host country website is unhelpful and lacks adequate, timely information. www.intgovforum.org/en/filedepot...

Your interview with her was excellent. Leadbeater had good responses to most of your questions. But her reply to your question about coercion and one being pressured to die was scary. Severely ill people will feel like a burden on their families & will choose to die sooner than they otherwise would.

He resigned from the 118th Congress, but was elected to the next one.