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Thanks to everyone who posts the archive link!

The why from the article: "According to the German statistical office, the “sharp decline” in car production was in part caused by the later timing this year of annual closures at car plants for holidays, as well as production changeover.

But a profit warning by German carmaker BMW late on Tuesday was the latest reminder of the industry’s structural challenges as it struggles with the transition to battery cars, weak sales in China, competition from Chinese rivals and US import duties.

Germany’s economy has been stuck in stagnation for more than three years."

From the article: “Is it Ed Gein who was abused and left in isolation and suffering from undiagnosed mental illness and...that manifested in some pretty horrendous ways? Or was the monster the legion of filmmakers that took inspiration from his life and sensationalized it to make entertainment and darken the American psyche in the process?”

#Worldle #1354 (06.10.2025) 1/6 (100%)

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"...while the real world lacks princesses and spell-slinging swordsmen, it doesn't lack for people who seem threatened by uncomplicated and uncompromising outlooks on war."

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We have to remember that these podcasts are just two people in a conversation. It's not a well-researched news piece. People in a conversation get stuff wrong all the time. They misrepresent themselves, they get facts wrong, they tell half truths, etc. I'm not letting anyone off the hook, we just have to remember that this entertainment just sounds like a long format 60 Minutes interview.

The problem is the hungry 24-hour news cycle picks up whatever these public figures say on these shows and elevates it to newsworthy. Theo is complicit by giving the wrong people a platform to shotgun their half truths and wrong facts out into the news cycle. If you're not going to push on a political topic, don't bring it up. Don't give your wrong-hearted guest a chance. Stick with what you know and are ready to have a conversation about. It makes for a much better podcast.