@chrishannah I don't get the EDC thing. Keys, wallet, phone. That's it. If I'm heading to the office, it's different as I have my work stuff, but that's not everyday, so it's not an everyday carry.
Even the wallet is optional these days, what with contactless payments being everywhere.
Mark Landler, Paris bureau chief from the New York Times, puts things together in this article: The far right is in control of the political agenda in Europe, with fear of immigrants as the main driver. Not based on facts, mainly driven by latent racism. Putin smiles. Worth your time to read in full, in my opinion.
Nachtrag zu gestern und der kurzen Downtime von friendica.de: So sah es gestern aus, als die vielen Anfragen losgingen. 😅 Ich glaube, das Bild beschreibt ganz gut auch für die weniger technisch versierten Nutzer:innen, warum wir kurzfristig nicht erreichbar waren. 😉