Hildegarde

Pretty much every part of the EU is in some way negotiable. You absolutely can join the EU without adopting the currency.

The main exception is Schengen. You can’t become any kind of EU country without being part of the single market/open boarders agreement.

I can’t believe it dropped 20% over… ooops I had the chart upside down my mistake

The listed indices dropped an amount within the standard range that they regularly fluctuate. The dow is still up from where it was on january 1st. The same can be said for nasdaq and the s&p. Stocks are continuing to trend upward unabated, but they do wiggle as they do so.

Don’t ever trust the news when they say the market “plummets.” They use that term incredibly misleadingly. The lines on the charts wiggle constantly. When something bad happens some hack news sites will find a minor downward wiggle near the same time and they’ll claim causation and pretend that something significant happened to the markets, to drive clicks to their website.

The fact that most of the comments are taking the headline at face value is not a good sign.

the 7 and 8 are all codenamed after plants. Lavender, Violet, Ginko, Begonia, Williow and Biloba.

Half are trees. Most are better names for trans women than Begonia.

I kind of wonder what the worst possible flower to have as a name. I would say begonia. Very pretty flower, not so pretty of a word.

The first link and text of the post is about getting a copy of the birth certificate.

The second link is about amendments and seems accurate as far as I can tell.

Regardless you will probably want to order certified copies at the same time.

A friend of mine became a notary, and I signed some form declaring their trustworthiness. Apparently its a good business. Anyone buying a house needs a notary and will pay for the service especially if you do house calls.

A notary is a licensed professional ID checker. They certify that you are who you say you are. They are required for many important documents.

The notary allows you to self select your gender marker without any other proof, and without having to appear in person to make the change.

Not requiring other materials is a good thing.

I AM MOVING FROM LEMMY.WORLD!!

It is my pleasure to announce that effective immediately, I am transitioning my account to lemmy.blahaj.zone! This has been a few months in the making, so my entire self is already onboard.

FAQ:
Why?
That’s a complicated question with a long answer! The primary reason is ideological similarities between me and Ada’s excellent team of admins. I am on good terms with Ada and her team, and have gotten her consent to do this.

How does this work?
Currently, as there is not an easy way to transfer an entire account (trust me, I checked), so I am logging out of the old account, and moving my focus to the hildegarde on lemmy.blahaj.zone. For you guys, functionally nothing has changed.

What about the posts?
Well, I tried to transfer them, but there was no real way to do so without absolutely destroying my brain’s sanity. For this reason, I am simply ignoring the old account. Everything is staying up. Direct messages are still enabled, but I’m not going to read them or anything.