It should have never happened. Gradual Schengen entry like this is for new members, not countries who have been meeting the criteria for 12 years.

The fact that countries like Austria can block others’ accession on blatant lies is beyond messed up.

Meanwhile, the Kilometers-long lines of trucks are still at the border, sometimes spending days there. The only things that changed are the two minutes you save at the airport and the politicians bragging how they “got us in Schengen”.

That was a shameful decision and a disgrace. The EU needs major reforms so countries like this can’t abuse their power or try to blackmail others, using Schengen.

Nope, this “membership” is only for air and water travel. There are still border checks on land. A great victory, as the politicians said, indeed.

Everyone is saying Voyager and Arctic, and rightfully so, they are amazing apps. But I just wanted to say Mlem has also become really great.

I haven’t gone fishing in a long time but from my experience it’s really peaceful. As another commenter said, kind of like meditation. Also, catching the fish feels really rewarding.

Most people just love the thrill and some crank it to 11. Once we went fishing with my grandfather and his friends, in a regular small boat. With us was a guy they had met there last year, who had bought a pretty expensive boat just for fishing, not to talk about all the other equipment he had.

It’s a passion for a lot of people.

Let’s not forget the people who were just straight up banned when they expressed their disapproval of banning the pirate communities.

You’re definitely right, a lot of the time this place feels like Reddit lite

Frankly, it’s just way too big, which can make performance bad, makes it a target for attacks and due to the huge user base it’s harder to upgrade. That’s why .world is still on 0.18.5 while most of lemmy is at 0.19.3.

Also, from what I’ve seen the admins can get a bit powertrippy.

Should we be fine with being treated as second class citizens just because Russia is worse? Of course people will react emotionally and not completely logically, many feel that their country has been humiliated and exploited.

The fact that a single country can just blackmail others in this way, to achieve its own goals doesn’t sound like a union to me. And with such cases russophiles begin to appear more and more right.

The EU needs major reforms in that area to make sure no one can abuse it. And blaming people for being fed up, with 12 years being used as scapegoats by various populists, is directing the blame towards the wrong people.

As I previously stated, I’m an avid supporter of the EU and our membership in it, but it can’t go on in this state.

Which requirements exactly? Taking in Austria’s immigrants so their populists can brag that they’ve saved their country?

The requirements have been met a long time ago, and so says the European Commission. I guess Austria is the only enlightened in the whole EU to determine that Bulgaria and Romania are not ready.

Even as a strong believer in a united Europe, I can’t blame people getting eurosceptic, seeing how our supposed allies treat us.

Fair enough

Isn’t that intentional though? I don’t believe many instances, especially the small ones, can afford to federate every community. Sure, sometimes it can be a bit annoying but you can always check on lemmyverse.

They really are amazing. Glad to have you with us 😊

Saw you recently created an account here. You truly are everywhere lol

Oh definitely, I find them very enjoyable to read. Took a short break after the first book, starting A Clash of Kings tomorrow. Thanks for the encouragement!

I’ve seen only NOT_RICHARD@lemmy.today post them. A two day account as well

Seems like the guy has dug up his USA bad folder

Saw the same thing twice on one of those “advertisements”. I guess it’s probably trolling and mostly lack of moderation

Albania

Why can’t we contribute just to have fun, why should there be some kind of an award? Besides, that’s just like the awards on Reddit and we know how well those work. The same one-liner under every post, flooded with awards.

This system just encourages farming and creates a hive mind mentality. Lemmy is great the way it is.

Lemmy has been feeling pretty empty the past couple of days. That just really goes to show how important federation really is.

This image has been reposted so many times now that the notes can’t even be seen anymore lol