Not sure if there's a general link for "old" style known as mylym. The old url seems to have expired but you can always host it yourself for use with any instance.
What an excellent read. I'm tempted now to hear it and see how much my poor French can manage.
Friedrich Merz has just declared that Europe needs its own military alliance. This is a recognition that France has been right for decades in advocating for strategic autonomy.
Now it must be built. This will require massive investment to replenish the European Defense Fund beyond the Maastricht debt criteria, harmonize weapons and munitions systems, accelerate European Union membership for Ukraine, which now has the leading army in Europe, rethink the role and conditions of nuclear deterrence based on French and British capabilities, and relaunch missile-shield and satellite programs.
(emphasis mine)
I haven't heard it put that way before. Interesting to think about.
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Our parents defeated fascism and communism at the cost of great sacrifice. The task of our generation is to defeat the totalitarianisms of the 21st century. Long live free Ukraine, long live democratic Europe.
(emphasis mine)
Dammit, why'd you have to mention that at the end?
If you're willing I have found that regularly contributing to a community, even if it's just you, will lead to others participating sooner than you may expect.
That advice about broader topics is also good however. Niche communities aren't generally necessary until the broader ones become too flooded.
Agreed, but the proportion of users that contributed and made it a positive experience there was significantly smaller.
Quality over quantity.