Notices by Pepijn (pepijn@mastodon.online), page 2

Wow that's a cool #library.

I wonder if they have anything about the sewer system of #Paris? 😄

Wtf chopped up talking head. LET THEM EAT CAKE (well, brioche).

Currently there's a French version of a Ramstein / Celtica combo. Kinda nice. And flames.

I'm still waiting for the giant floating croissant though.

#olympics #paris

Great. A random Louis Vuitton ad. I wonder if they at least sponsored it with a couple of 100 million?

#paris2024 #olympics

W t f is north korea wearing?!

Edit: oh. Translucent rainjackets. Nevermind, as a Dutch person living in Denmark I had not identified the drizzle as rain.

#olympics #paris2024

There's this guy that runs everywhere with a flame. Even inside buildings. No wonder the Notre Dame burned down.

#paris

If you're wondering: Golden dress woman is Aya Nakamura. Cool.

The drumband with toilet brush hats are cool too. In their very own way. They're the republican guard.

#olympics #paris2024

Guam has one cool flag. Just saying.

#paris2024

I'm convinced some of the sportspeople from countries like Moldova and Georgia are also regular artists to #eurovision

#sports

"Oh no, the mono lisa is stolen! What will the French police do now?"

(maybe we shouldn't go there)

#Paris

The Danes have their own boat. And brought their king. #hygge and shit.

Djibouti is doing the wave. Sorry DK, they're cooler.

#paris2024

"Hong Kong, China"

That comma is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

It's seriously fun to watch how much fun the sportspeople have. I didn't expect to like all this, but I do.

We also get a good idea of available river boats in Paris.

#paris2024 #olympics #boatrental

I was told by @juliette , who was told by someone else, that the phantom of the opera person is actually a character from Assisins Creed, a video game.

Now you know as well.

#paris #gaming

Ah. Israel. That's probably one of the reasons they don't show audience at the same time as the teams.

#paris2024 #olympics

I dunno. But did they try turning the airport off and on again?

@slothrop

@siege Nina Power's Wikipedia states she is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts #RSA

As her own words go fully against the required diversity statement I wonder if other fellows can protest against her being a fellow.

https://www.thersa.org/about/diversity-equity-inclusion

3/3 As a start: This instantly destroys the case for electrification of farm vehicles. With no sales tax and no excise tax the fuel costs will win from electricity that does have some taxes on it.

It also decreases the incentive for sensible use of existing diesel vehicles.

Using an old diesel tractor for pumping well water? Sure, no need to replace that with an electric pump.

Buying a small (electric or diesel) frontloader for light farm work? Naa, we'll use the massive one for that.

#sad

2/3 "Minor" misuse was de facto tolerated (like the unenforced 100km/hr speed limits on Dutch highways, something also thrown out).

In 2013 the 0% excise tax was cancelled and this practice stopped. A decade in and it turns out farmers don't need this subsidy to be profitable anyway.

However. The farmers wanted "stuff", and #rodediesel is a nice direct subsidy.

So after weeks of rumors it was announced #rodediesel wil be back.

This is shit news for the #climate:

#regeerakkoord #politiek

There's so many little things the new #Dutch xenophobic rightwing / anti-environment government will make worse.

Here's one most people will have missed:

In the early 2000 my "farmer" classmates got diesel cars as their first vehicle. They'd fill it up with "red diesel", a very cheap (no sales & excise tax) fuel legally only to be used in farm vehicles.

Despite stern warnings only one of them ever had its fuel checked. He received a small fine.

1/3

#rodediesel #klimaat #nederland #politiek

@EU_Commission Guess what? I repaired the link to the actual legislation: https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/consumer-protection-law/consumer-contract-law/rules-promoting-repair-goods_en