• Europe's Darkening Future

    From Julian@julianlzb87@gmail.com to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 4 22:49:55 2026
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    What Austria Tells Us About EuroperCOs Dark Future


    IrCOm in Hallstatt, Austria. Heard of it? Perhaps not, though yourCOve
    almost certainly seen it - on a poster, as a desktop screensaver, or in
    the feed of one of those social media accounts with millions of
    followers, the ones that exalt the beautiful and old and mock the ugly
    and new. Often justly.

    These accounts like to show Hallstatt because it is accidentally yet exquisitely lovely. A Tiktok-perfect Alpine town, stretched narrowly
    along the glittering shore of an iconically blue lake, complete with Hansel-and-Gretel houses and one ideal church spire, noble against the
    vistas of boats, mountains, and the many tourist buses. If there is a poster-child for over-tourism, it might show Hallstatt. Which would then attract more tourists.

    There are, of course, lots of over-touristed towns in Europe. What makes Hallstatt special is what lies above it, the remarkable backstory that attracts historians and archaeologists, and makes a total contrast with
    the selfie-sticks down below. And itrCOs this dual, competing nature of Hallstatt that, I believe, makes Hallstatt oddly emblematic, and offers
    a prism through which to view EuroperCOs troubled future. Especially on a
    day like today, when news is filtering in of TrumprCOs latest adventures,
    amid PutinrCOs ongoing and ceaseless designs on Ukraine.

    All along the mountain ridge, behind Hallstatt, the slopes are
    honeycombed with grandiose salt mines, and have been for 7,000 years.
    You can go down and see the rCLworldrCOs oldest ladder,rCY the seams of salt worked by organised, hierarchical teams of men wielding antler picks.
    You can see poignant leather shoes and dainty woollen clothes - all
    preserved in the salt they hewed...

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-183486396



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  • From Tara@tsm@fastmail.ca to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 4 23:36:21 2026
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    Julian <julianlzb87@gmail.com> wrote:
    What Austria Tells Us About EuroperCOs Dark Future


    IrCOm in Hallstatt, Austria. Heard of it? Perhaps not, though yourCOve almost certainly seen it - on a poster, as a desktop screensaver, or in
    the feed of one of those social media accounts with millions of
    followers, the ones that exalt the beautiful and old and mock the ugly
    and new. Often justly.

    These accounts like to show Hallstatt because it is accidentally yet exquisitely lovely. A Tiktok-perfect Alpine town, stretched narrowly
    along the glittering shore of an iconically blue lake, complete with Hansel-and-Gretel houses and one ideal church spire, noble against the vistas of boats, mountains, and the many tourist buses. If there is a poster-child for over-tourism, it might show Hallstatt. Which would then attract more tourists.

    There are, of course, lots of over-touristed towns in Europe. What makes Hallstatt special is what lies above it, the remarkable backstory that attracts historians and archaeologists, and makes a total contrast with
    the selfie-sticks down below. And itrCOs this dual, competing nature of Hallstatt that, I believe, makes Hallstatt oddly emblematic, and offers
    a prism through which to view EuroperCOs troubled future. Especially on a day like today, when news is filtering in of TrumprCOs latest adventures, amid PutinrCOs ongoing and ceaseless designs on Ukraine.

    All along the mountain ridge, behind Hallstatt, the slopes are
    honeycombed with grandiose salt mines, and have been for 7,000 years.
    You can go down and see the rCLworldrCOs oldest ladder,rCY the seams of salt worked by organised, hierarchical teams of men wielding antler picks.
    You can see poignant leather shoes and dainty woollen clothes - all preserved in the salt they hewed...

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-183486396






    :-)

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  • From Tara@tsm@fastmail.ca to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 4 23:47:29 2026
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    Tara <tsm@fastmail.ca> wrote:
    Julian <julianlzb87@gmail.com> wrote:
    What Austria Tells Us About EuroperCOs Dark Future


    IrCOm in Hallstatt, Austria. Heard of it? Perhaps not, though yourCOve
    almost certainly seen it - on a poster, as a desktop screensaver, or in
    the feed of one of those social media accounts with millions of
    followers, the ones that exalt the beautiful and old and mock the ugly
    and new. Often justly.

    These accounts like to show Hallstatt because it is accidentally yet
    exquisitely lovely. A Tiktok-perfect Alpine town, stretched narrowly
    along the glittering shore of an iconically blue lake, complete with
    Hansel-and-Gretel houses and one ideal church spire, noble against the
    vistas of boats, mountains, and the many tourist buses. If there is a
    poster-child for over-tourism, it might show Hallstatt. Which would then
    attract more tourists.

    There are, of course, lots of over-touristed towns in Europe. What makes
    Hallstatt special is what lies above it, the remarkable backstory that
    attracts historians and archaeologists, and makes a total contrast with
    the selfie-sticks down below. And itrCOs this dual, competing nature of
    Hallstatt that, I believe, makes Hallstatt oddly emblematic, and offers
    a prism through which to view EuroperCOs troubled future. Especially on a >> day like today, when news is filtering in of TrumprCOs latest adventures, >> amid PutinrCOs ongoing and ceaseless designs on Ukraine.

    All along the mountain ridge, behind Hallstatt, the slopes are
    honeycombed with grandiose salt mines, and have been for 7,000 years.
    You can go down and see the rCLworldrCOs oldest ladder,rCY the seams of salt
    worked by organised, hierarchical teams of men wielding antler picks.
    You can see poignant leather shoes and dainty woollen clothes - all
    preserved in the salt they hewed...

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-183486396






    :-)

    Bad Aussee








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  • From dart200@user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 4 16:20:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy

    On 1/4/26 2:49 PM, Julian wrote:
    What Austria Tells Us About EuroperCOs Dark Future


    IrCOm in Hallstatt, Austria. Heard of it? Perhaps not, though yourCOve almost certainly seen it - on a poster, as a desktop screensaver, or in
    the feed of one of those social media accounts with millions of
    followers, the ones that exalt the beautiful and old and mock the ugly
    and new. Often justly.

    These accounts like to show Hallstatt because it is accidentally yet exquisitely lovely. A Tiktok-perfect Alpine town, stretched narrowly
    along the glittering shore of an iconically blue lake, complete with Hansel-and-Gretel houses and one ideal church spire, noble against the vistas of boats, mountains, and the many tourist buses. If there is a poster-child for over-tourism, it might show Hallstatt. Which would then attract more tourists.

    There are, of course, lots of over-touristed towns in Europe. What makes Hallstatt special is what lies above it, the remarkable backstory that attracts historians and archaeologists, and makes a total contrast with
    the selfie-sticks down below. And itrCOs this dual, competing nature of Hallstatt that, I believe, makes Hallstatt oddly emblematic, and offers
    a prism through which to view EuroperCOs troubled future. Especially on a day like today, when news is filtering in of TrumprCOs latest adventures, amid PutinrCOs ongoing and ceaseless designs on Ukraine.

    All along the mountain ridge, behind Hallstatt, the slopes are
    honeycombed with grandiose salt mines, and have been for 7,000 years.
    You can go down and see the rCLworldrCOs oldest ladder,rCY the seams of salt worked by organised, hierarchical teams of men wielding antler picks.
    You can see poignant leather shoes and dainty woollen clothes - all preserved in the salt they hewed...

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-183486396




    does anyone else even want to end war??? lol
    --
    hi, i'm nick! let's end war EfOa

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  • From Julian@julianlzb87@gmail.com to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Mon Jan 5 00:45:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy

    On 05/01/2026 00:20, dart200 wrote:
    On 1/4/26 2:49 PM, Julian wrote:
    What Austria Tells Us About EuroperCOs Dark Future


    IrCOm in Hallstatt, Austria. Heard of it? Perhaps not, though yourCOve
    almost certainly seen it - on a poster, as a desktop screensaver, or
    in the feed of one of those social media accounts with millions of
    followers, the ones that exalt the beautiful and old and mock the ugly
    and new. Often justly.

    These accounts like to show Hallstatt because it is accidentally yet
    exquisitely lovely. A Tiktok-perfect Alpine town, stretched narrowly
    along the glittering shore of an iconically blue lake, complete with
    Hansel-and-Gretel houses and one ideal church spire, noble against the
    vistas of boats, mountains, and the many tourist buses. If there is a
    poster-child for over-tourism, it might show Hallstatt. Which would
    then attract more tourists.

    There are, of course, lots of over-touristed towns in Europe. What
    makes Hallstatt special is what lies above it, the remarkable
    backstory that attracts historians and archaeologists, and makes a
    total contrast with the selfie-sticks down below. And itrCOs this dual,
    competing nature of Hallstatt that, I believe, makes Hallstatt oddly
    emblematic, and offers a prism through which to view EuroperCOs troubled
    future. Especially on a day like today, when news is filtering in of
    TrumprCOs latest adventures, amid PutinrCOs ongoing and ceaseless designs >> on Ukraine.

    All along the mountain ridge, behind Hallstatt, the slopes are
    honeycombed with grandiose salt mines, and have been for 7,000 years.
    You can go down and see the rCLworldrCOs oldest ladder,rCY the seams of salt
    worked by organised, hierarchical teams of men wielding antler picks.
    You can see poignant leather shoes and dainty woollen clothes - all
    preserved in the salt they hewed...

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-183486396




    does anyone else even want to end war??? lol

    Start an Appeasement and Surrender Society.
    You can be the first ASS leader.
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  • From Tara@tsm@fastmail.ca to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Mon Jan 5 00:53:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy

    Julian <julianlzb87@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 05/01/2026 00:20, dart200 wrote:
    On 1/4/26 2:49 PM, Julian wrote:
    What Austria Tells Us About EuroperCOs Dark Future


    IrCOm in Hallstatt, Austria. Heard of it? Perhaps not, though yourCOve
    almost certainly seen it - on a poster, as a desktop screensaver, or
    in the feed of one of those social media accounts with millions of
    followers, the ones that exalt the beautiful and old and mock the ugly
    and new. Often justly.

    These accounts like to show Hallstatt because it is accidentally yet
    exquisitely lovely. A Tiktok-perfect Alpine town, stretched narrowly
    along the glittering shore of an iconically blue lake, complete with
    Hansel-and-Gretel houses and one ideal church spire, noble against the
    vistas of boats, mountains, and the many tourist buses. If there is a
    poster-child for over-tourism, it might show Hallstatt. Which would
    then attract more tourists.

    There are, of course, lots of over-touristed towns in Europe. What
    makes Hallstatt special is what lies above it, the remarkable
    backstory that attracts historians and archaeologists, and makes a
    total contrast with the selfie-sticks down below. And itrCOs this dual, >>> competing nature of Hallstatt that, I believe, makes Hallstatt oddly
    emblematic, and offers a prism through which to view EuroperCOs troubled >>> future. Especially on a day like today, when news is filtering in of
    TrumprCOs latest adventures, amid PutinrCOs ongoing and ceaseless designs >>> on Ukraine.

    All along the mountain ridge, behind Hallstatt, the slopes are
    honeycombed with grandiose salt mines, and have been for 7,000 years.
    You can go down and see the rCLworldrCOs oldest ladder,rCY the seams of salt
    worked by organised, hierarchical teams of men wielding antler picks.
    You can see poignant leather shoes and dainty woollen clothes - all
    preserved in the salt they hewed...

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-183486396




    does anyone else even want to end war??? lol

    Start an Appeasement and Surrender Society.
    You can be the first ASS leader.


    ASS leader -Sooooo funny!

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