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J. L. Westover 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Secret Panel HERE 🐝 https://tapas.io/episode/1976778

NotImpressed 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

#palestine
#us #StudentsProtest
#repression
@palestine

Whilst the US is busy installing an Al Qaeda 2.0 led "democracy" in what used to be known as Syria, the US is also busy repressing and criminalising students who demonstrate against genocide in Gaza, thus suppressing democracy at home ... makes sense.
Surveillance, retaliation or job losses affect not just students, but the entire university workforce if they join the protests or teach pro-Palestine content.

https://truthout.org/articles/its-becoming-harder-to-protest-gaza-war-on-campus-and-also-to-teach-about-it/

It’s Becoming Harder to Protest Gaza War on Campus — and Also to Teach About It | Truthout

Organizing for labor protections and academic freedom is crucial to combat higher education’s creeping authoritarianism.

^{Samantha Borek (Truthout)}

#US #Palestine #répression #StudentsProtest @palestine group

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David Revoy 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

"When World Collides : the new and improved Pepper&Carrot website"
Blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1056/when-world-collides-the-new-and-improved-peppercarrot-website

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Victorhck 3 days ago (Received 2 days ago) • mastodon (AP)

Great work!!
the spanish web section is the only one that also translates the names Pepper and Carrot.

I think that should keep the name in English (just my opinion)
Even in Mexican spanish page keeps the untranslated names...

David Revoy 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

@victorhck Thank you

Yes, I let each translators choose their 'art direction' for translating the names or not.
The current maintainer is https://framagit.org/rgarciag , if you want you can open an issue on https://framagit.org/peppercarrot/webcomics/-/issues and discuss this with him (quote his nickname with a @ in front in your text, so he receives a notification).

Issues · peppercarrot / webcomics · GitLab

A repository for managing and translating episodes of Pepper&Carrot, miniFantasyTheater and various comic projects.

^GitLab

@Victorhck

Ned Hamson 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Rewilding: Back to the future with aurochs

Aurochs are the ancient ancestors of cattle. On a recent trip to France, I saw them depicted in ancient cave paintings. Unlike woolly mammoths, they … Rewilding: Back to the future with aurochs

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2024/12/21/rewilding-back-to-the-future-with-aurochs/

MSNBC 2 days ago • unkn (AP)

Biden signs bill funding government until March 2025
https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/biden-signs-bill-funding-government-until-march-2025-227662405739?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Alex Witt Reports @alex-witt-reports-msnbc

Biden signs bill funding government until March 2025

President Joe Biden signed a government funding bill formally averting a shutdown crisis and funding agencies through March 2025. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports on how lawmakers on both sides of the aisle feel about the last-minute deal.

^MSNBC

@Alex Witt Reports

Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News 2 days ago • wordpress (AP)

Rewilding: Back to the future with aurochs

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Rewilding: Back to the future with aurochs

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Rewilding: Back to the future with aurochs

Aurochs are the ancient ancestors of cattle. On a recent trip to France, I saw them depicted in ancient cave paintings. Unlike woolly mammoths, they survived in Europe until 1627. People in The Net…

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it's kat! 🇵🇸✊ 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

#art #history: voici my unabashed gisele pelicot fan art. may her courage reverberate across the globe & create positive changes for women & the oppressed wherever they may be.
she's taught us to stand tall & be unflinching in the face of the bastards of the world.
#giselePelicot #france #feminism #justice #illustration

#art #history #france #illustration #Justice #feminism #giselepelicot

Atom Boy 3 days ago (Received 2 days ago) • mastodon (AP)

Zaphod Beeblebrox reshared this.

Kevin C 🎬 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

#kungfusat Oh my god, he's dead, just take off the beaded veil so we can see who it is!

#kungfusat

Sesame Squirrel 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

And yet he is up and fighting again 🤷🏻‍♀️ #KungFuSat ⚔️ #TheLastDuel1981

#kungfusat #thelastduel1981

Megan Lynch (she/her) 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

"How Nantes is Rapidly Becoming a Model for Non-Driver Mobility"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ5T1sNsANQ #Accessibility #Transportation #France

How Nantes is Rapidly Becoming a Model for Non-Driver Mobility

What if I told you that Paris isn't the only French city going through a mobility revolution? Moreover, what if I told you that Nantes is proof that safer, m...

^YouTube

#france #Accessibility #Transportation

Chris Trottier 2 days ago • pleroma (AP)

This is Toys R’ Us all over again.

https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2024/12/20/party-city-closing-in-us-canadian-stores-remain-open-for-business/

Party City closing in U.S., Canadian stores remain ‘open for business’

The impending closure of all Party City locations in the United States will not extend into Canada.

^{Ryan White (CP24)}

Shan 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Emily finds new ways to be an odd sleeper, but this version is at least snuggly. #caturday #catsOfMastodon #cats

A very fluffy tabby lays belly up on a blanket with her paws crossed above her head

#cats #caturday #catsOfMastodon

impfmilf 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

#caturday #cats #dogs #dogsofmastodon #catsofmastodon
#Hunderunde mal wieder mit samtpfotiger Begleitung

Ein kleiner, heller Mischlingshund und eine getigerte Katze von hinten auf einer kleinen Straße. Es ist Winter, die Bäume rechts und links sind kahl, Laub liegt neben der Straße im Gras.

#cats #caturday #dogs #catsOfMastodon #dogsofmastodon #Hunderunde

Elsa & Balou 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

😍

Project Gutenberg 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Beatrix Potter’s Quiet Rebellion
The writer’s tales for children helped her claim the independence she longed for

By Hannah Stamler

https://www.neh.gov/article/beatrix-potters-quiet-rebellion

Books by Beatrix Potter at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/292

#books #literature

Spectacled Mouse Reading a Newspaper

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spectacled_Mouse_Reading_a_Newspaper.jpg

The illustration features a small, anthropomorphic mouse sitting in a wooden chair. The mouse is holding and attentively reading a newspaper, adding a sense of humor and personality to the scene.

The mouse's glasses, perched on its tiny nose, enhance the anthropomorphic charm and convey a scholarly demeanor.

The artwork is a delicate pen and ink drawing, accompanied by soft watercolor details.

Books by Potter, Beatrix (sorted by popularity)

Project Gutenberg offers 74,787 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.

^{Project Gutenberg}

#literature #books

George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Parroting daddy again. https://www.comicsands.com/eric-trump-canada-51st-state?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

Eric Trump Calls For Canada To Be '51st State'

^{Alan Herrera (Comic Sands)}

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Manda 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Poor Eric desperately wants his father to notice him and pat him on the head.

Paul Chambers 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

All this talk on the far-right, starting with Trump, gives me butterflies in my stomach, like Canada is going to be this American Nazi party's 1939 Poland. It maybe noise, but with MAGA and the far-right, enough noise = action. The attacked the Capitol, for goodness sake. Nothing is off the table.

PhillyChuck 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Population of Caliifornia, so ~52 new congress people, and 54 new electoral votes. Bulk of population is left of center on US standards. Hmm.

Jacco van Schaik 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

They only want them for their healthcare.

onor.io 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

As a fan of parrots I take exception to that statement. Parrots are smart creatures that repeat what they hear. Eric Trump repeats what he hears.

Sheddi 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

at least they're not trying to buy Greenland this time.

Chris Ferguson 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Mostly because they are getting good reactions from their followers, @georgetakei?

@George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Corb_The_Lesser 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

None of the Trumps will ever call for Mexico to be the 51st state. We all know why.

John A. Wojtowicz 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Thank you for your post.

Pop quiz Eric. What are the names of the current 50 states. Wouldn't be surprised if he can't name them.

Peace

DP0 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Yeah. Trump needs Canada to better reach Greenland, which wanted to buy from Denmark in 2019. He drew a landbridge from Canada to Greenland with his Sharpie so it can be reached by foot now.

Stormcat 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

I'd much rather become the 11th Provence!

huntingdon 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

If Eric Trump ever acquires a brain from the Great and Powerful Wizard of MAL, his IQ might reach half of room temperature. He probably doesn't even know what Canada is.

Melissa Dancey 3 days ago • ActivityPub

o Canadians would love this.

Laurie Kay 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Anytime California, Oregon and Washington get tired of listening to the orange pervert and want to join us north of the 49th parallel, we’d be happy to have you join us.

William B Peckham 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Canada could never become a US state! If it did become part of the USA, it would be the 51st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th US states, and they'd probably be all Democrat. That would be really good for the USA, but I'm not sure it would be great for Canada. The other thing is, as a U.S. citizen, I am very proud of Canada and proud to have them right north of the U.S.A. and I want them to stay Canada. I love Canada. I love the USA. They are not in any way at all the same and they should never be.

Karsten Johansson 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

It sucks, but Daddy doesn't love you. Most of America actively despises Eric.

Fleur Vervenne 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Canada will never ever want statehood in the usa...

Matt Armitage 3 days ago • mastodon (AP)

I have one response to this:
No. Sorry.

sam 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

pretty sure that ones gonna be a hard no ... Canada passed in 1777 when the origin US constitution offered to accept them into the union if and whenever they wanted to join. Just for fun here's Article 11 .. 'Canada acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the united states, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.'

Starry Dynamo 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

obviously it would be 10 more states - one for each Canadian province. But actually 9 because we'll invite British Columbia to secede and join us in the progressive Republic of Pacifica when California, Oregon, and Washington State secede. Hopefully Baja will join us.

Katrin Rönicke 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

in Magdeburg demonstrieren heute Rechtsextreme gegen … *checks notes* - Rechtsextreme - also sich selbst. oder?

Lulu · לולו 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Content warning: mh+

Stunning 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Rebecca Watson 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Surprise Saturday video! I want to rant about the crappy hydroxychloroquine study that finally got retracted after nearly FIVE YEARS https://skepchick.org/2024/12/hydroxychloroquine-study-retracted-after-nearly-five-years/

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Marco Ciappelli🎙️✨:verified: :donor: 3 days ago (Received 2 days ago) • mastodon (AP)

🤔 Here is a good question: Has Evolution Ended?

What if evolution as we know it is no longer biological but technological?

In this episode of the Redefining Society & Technology Podcast, I had the pleasure of diving into this profound topic with J.J. Jerome, award-winning engineer, futurist, and author of Evolution Ended: The Next Stage of American Society.

Together we explore questions that could reshape how we think about humanity’s future:

🔹 Has biological evolution stalled in the face of technological advances?

🔹 What happens when AI becomes indistinguishable from human intelligence?

🔹 How do the three types of brains—reptile, mammal, and human—play into our decision-making in this digital age?

J.J. sheds light on how technology isn’t just aiding humanity—it’s becoming part of us. From social media exploiting the emotional mammal brain to the cultural implications of treating AI as beings, this conversation will leave you questioning everything you know about evolution, technology, and society.

Remeber that 🎙️ Redefining Society & Technology isn’t just a podcast—it’s a platform for exploring the profound impact of #technology on #humanity. Each episode challenges conventional thinking, bringing bold ideas and fascinating stories from thought leaders around the world.

Watch the teaser: https://youtu.be/aIySRHbVnmY?feature=shared
And if you like it go ahead and enjoy the full episode
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#podcast #technology #AI #evolution #society #storytelling #RedefiningSociety #Tech #genai #evolution #robotics #artificialintelligence #redefiningtechnology #future #philosophy #sociology #anthropology #science #infosec

Will AI End Evolution? Exploring the Next Stage of Society with JJ Jerome, Author of Evolution Ended

Guest:J.J. Jerome is an award-winning engineer and futurist who used his unique background in brain science and electronics to become a seminal influence in ...

^YouTube

#Philosophy #infosec #Science #tech #ai #Podcast #Technology #robotics #evolution #Society #artificialintelligence #humanity #future #Anthropology #storytelling #Sociology #genai #redefiningsociety #redefiningtechnology

Chuck 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Had this discussion (about evolution) at the museum once. Evolution is a 'process' not a 'thing' so it isn't 'over' it is operating on what ever inputs it has available. Also it operates at a time scale that is generally not perceived by people (like plate tectonics, another process that isn't over).

Kevin Leecaster 2 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Well, trust me when I say that I've long admired the achievement of building something as grand as a cathedral, but I just think in light of our climate crisis the resources should have spent elsewhere at this point.

Anyways, anyone who complains about beginning direct air capture of CO2 prior to us stopping to emit GHGs can't also ethically support the rebuilding of #NotreDame
https://flipboard.com/@cbsnews/latest-headlines-3kai39s2z/-/a-OpR2y4cfRmOiyiQsZ2CDlg%3Aa%3A2476075171-%2F0

CBS News

2024-12-08 13:56:00

The rebirth of Notre Dame Cathedral
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-rebirth-of-notre-dame-cathedral/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest Headlines @latest-headlines-CBSNews

The rebirth of Notre Dame Cathedral
Just five years after a devastating fire tore through historic Notre Dame in Paris, the Gothic cathedral's extraordinary restoration is being unveiled.
^{CBS News}

#NotreDame

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Kevin Leecaster 2 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

@alexthepres
Do oppose spending money to build a direct air capture and sequestration industry yet support spending billions of dollars to rebuild an 800-year-old building?

Because to me those seem mutually exclusive based on many arguments I've seen from the climate science deniers saying that DACS is a waste of money before we've stopped emitting GHG gases.

@Alex

Alex 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

I do not oppose that, I just didn't understand the rhetorical leap you were making with the notre dame cathedral at the time. I think I get what you're saying now.

Natasha Jay 🇪🇺 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Petition (500 more signatures needed): An independent evaluation of the Cass review on child gender services

At 10k the Government will give a written response (it’s currently at ~9.5k)

✍🏼 Please sign (even if it’s simply to keep the pressure/visibility on)

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700217

#trans #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights

Petition: An independent evaluation of the Cass review on child gender services

We believe that trans healthcare should be based on unbiased research that is peer reviewed. We think that the Cass review's findings have led to restrictive practices that are being directly felt by transgender children.

^{Petitions - UK Government and Parliament}

#trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights

Anne Roth 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Hat schon jemand gefordert, SUVs zu verbieten?

Mensch, Marina 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

das wäre wenigstens mal sinnvoll - die brauchen zu viel Platz in der Stadt.

#TuckFrump 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Winter solstice: The Northern Hemisphere's darkest day https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/12/21/2292794/-Winter-solstice-The-Northern-Hemisphere-s-darkest-day?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Winter solstice: The Northern Hemisphere's darkest day

The winter solstice is Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere — ideal conditions for holiday lights and warm blankets. For those who would ...

^{Daily Kos}

#TuckFrump 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

'No accident': Trump's reason for suing media outlets singled out by experts https://www.rawstory.com/trump-suing-media/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#TuckFrump 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

House Democrat Says She Heard Republicans Trashing Elon Musk On Congressional Elevator: ‘They’ve Had It!’ https://www.mediaite.com/news/dem-becca-balint-says-she-heard-republicans-trashing-elon-musk-on-congressional-elevator-theyve-had-it/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Dem Becca Balint: Republicans Trashing Elon Musk in Private

Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) said she overheard Republican congressmen trashing Elon Musk for "inserting himself" into the push to avoid a government shutdown.

^{Tommy Christopher (Mediaite)}

MyYeeHaa 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Mina likes to sit between the shutters and the windows; lizards & bugs to watch outside and hoomans to watch inside...

#CatsOfMastodon #caturday

Image of a window with interior shutters. Only the tail of a cat can be seen on the window sill between the window and the shutters. The rest of the cat is hidden by the shutters.

Image of interior window shutters with slats opened horizontally. Between the shutters and the window, there is a cat with her chin resting on one of the slats. Her eyes appear to be analyzing the humans inside the house.

#caturday #catsOfMastodon

paulrickards 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Logging on for the holidays.

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

A Macintosh Portable luggable opened with System 7.5.5 and holiday lights around the desktop on color.

#retrocomputing #VintageApple #vintagemac

Rant_ifa 🎗️ Rant_ifa 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Kein Wort in den Nachrichten zu der Zusammenrottung hunderter gewaltbereiter Nazis in Magdeburg.
Aber viel psychologische Analyse von Sarah Tacke, Rechtsexpertin.
Die schon wieder das Hufeisen wirft.
Ihr kotzt mich einfach so an.

Bob Horowitz 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Well because it's Caturday, I dug through my archives and found this picture from 2007. Meet Munchkin and CharlieCat... my last two and most deeply missed pets.

Munchkin was a rescue guinea pig... calm to the extreme and completely happy no matter where she was. She would toddle over to everyone and wait to be picked up... flattening out and napping whenever she was in anyones lap. Near the end of her life (i.e. in this picture), Munchkin would snuggle up to CharlieCat for warmth... and Charlie would gently put a paw on her and give her tongue baths.

#caturday

A small, amber and black agouti guinea pig with swirly hair leans into the side of a black and white tuxedo cat who is lying on his back. They are both getting ready to nap together.

Maybe not the best picture but one I particularly like for sentimental reasons. Taken with a Canon a400 PowerShot camera.

#caturday

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Radical Graffiti 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

"Defend. Deny. Depose"
Luigi Mangione, world hero"

Sticker seen in São Paulo, Brazil

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Wallflower 🌺 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

32x zoom on my phone

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Callalily 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

That's amazing. He or she had it's focus on something else. Your phones camera is amazing. My husband has the same phone.

Wallflower 🌺 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

@Callalily
Right.
It's a pretty amazing camera for a phone.

@Callalily

MyrddinEmerys 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

She thinks I can’t see her making plans to harass the bird. #caturday #catsofmastodon #birdsofmastodon

Grey cat behind a white and blue bird cage that has a black, yellow, and green budgie happily perched, seconds away from a smack to the cage.

#caturday #catsOfMastodon #birdsofmastodon

@kvdbroec 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

https://apache.be/2024/12/21/zwijggeld-en-censuur-medialand

Molly Cantrell-Kringle 🧑🏻‍🎄 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

My middle’s cat Percy airing out the manly bits in front of the vent.

Alternatively: “Draw me like one of your French girls.”

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #cats

A dark brown tabby cat is splayed in a most ungracious pose directly in front of a heating vent placed under the cabinets. He looks up toward the camera in a manner that is at once surprised and dismissive.

#cats #caturday #catsOfMastodon

Fabian Kern :vz24130: :tux: 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Freiburger #Weihnachtsmarkt-Schausteller kritisieren FWTM - trotz möglichem Besucherrekord

"Mit dem Geld, das wir hier verdienen, müssen wir über den Winter kommen. Wir haben bis April keine anderen Einnahmen mehr", sagt Schausteller Traber. Der Frust bei ihm und den anderen Kolleginnen und Kollegen sitzt tief.

Für einen Glühweinstand zahlen die Schausteller rund 1000 Euro – pro Markttag. Wegen der Gebührenerhöhung wurde auch der Glühweinpreis auf 4,50 Euro angehoben.

Sehr spannend was da für Summen bewegt werden. 1000 € pro Tag ist viel Geld aber in 4 Wochen genug zu verdienen, das man 4 Monate nicht mehr arbeiten muss ist halt auch ein hoher Anspruch.

https://www.badische-zeitung.de/freiburger-weihnachtsmarkt-schausteller-kritisieren-fwtm-trotz-moeglichem-besucherrekord

Freiburger Weihnachtsmarkt-Schausteller kritisieren FWTM - trotz möglichem Besucherrekord

Dem Freiburger Weihnachtsmarkt winkt ein Allzeitrekord. Trotzdem herrscht schlechte Stimmung. Die Schausteller, die den Markt einst gründeten, fühlen sich von der städtischen Tochter FWTM benachteiligt.

^{Joachim Röderer (Badische Zeitung)}

#Weihnachtsmarkt

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Mensch, Marina 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Die arbeiten pro Saison in einem Monat so viel wie Normalzeitarbeit mal 2 oder mehr. Also direkt lässt sich das eh nicht vergleichen mit z.B. selbständigen Handwerker*innen.

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Mensch, Marina 2 days ago • mastodon (AP)

z.B. die Aufbautrupps beim Oktoberfest, wie Messebau auch. Da gibt es keine 8 Std. Schichten. Viele sind selbständig und nicht angestellt. Arbeitszeitschutz greift da eher weniger. Dann die Verkäufer*innen, Service etc. - da geht es richtig rund. Was die in einer Stunde arbeiten, gibts in vielen anderen Stellen nicht am ganzen Tag.