… and into Norway 🇳🇴...
Datacenter-wise probably the more sustainable long-term choice… though this boom is unlikely to bring Norwegians closer to a leap on the polarizing question of EU 🇪🇺 membership 😕

Printer Ink 🟨🟦🟪⬛ being more expensive than stallion 🐎 sperm per gallon… I found a very random but still interesting fact @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy

But with recent price hikes and even the quiet removal of teenage day tickets, this special status is getting harder to defend politically… and it's only a matter of time before “free” becomes “unfree.” After DB trains another train system I witness becoming less & less attractive in 🇪🇺
#NS #Trains

consumer devices can be a big part of the risk to critical infrastructure… a backdoor by design… or just through fast, sloppy engineering of security‑relevant features

either way… it’s about trust
in those who build, control,
and sell #infrastructure #eclabel #supplychain #trusttech

The new 🇩🇪 government opened the Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation (BMDS).
But instead of learning from 🇪🇪🇩🇰🇳🇱 (the digital leaders), 🇩🇪 plans to partner with 🇫🇷🇵🇱 (at least before the new border controls) to build… most likely… another new wheel.
🇪🇺 collaboration… at its best in current reality.

As 🇩🇪 expat in the Netherlands, I often add: "I’m from the south."
It’s less common here—and the south usually has a better reputation.
Economy, education, landscape, culture…
But then you read stories like this.
Digitalization? A mess everywhere in Deutschland.

BitChat’s mesh-based idea reminds me of my youth in the Black Forest... chatting over “CB funk” through the village 🌲🌳
With its planned extensions, nerds like us then (and still now 🤓) could help deliver messages faster, further.

And this time, encrypted😉.
Feels like something worth following
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Whether someone’s in a bunker in 🇺🇦... or just stuck on the terrace of a café during a national power outage... Like in Spain during the blackout earlier in April... the need is the same: let people connect to their dearest ones...
The internet’s not always there when you need it...
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But I would not be surprised if we see a new generation of the Kübelwagen: rugged, pragmatic, no karaoke —reliable and still modern enough for today’s 🇪🇺 military needs.

Not my desired vision for automotive 🇩🇪... but maybe a necessary one.
#EuropeanDefence #StrategicAutonomy
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Still, it drew in smart people from everywhere. That gives me hope—and the 🚗🚙 industry a lot of potential.

I doubt that VW will conquer the electric markets, as the video suggests.

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That could ripple far beyond 🇩🇪... and hit 🇪🇺 as a whole.

I grew up in a region shaped by the car industry in southwest 🇩🇪. It was everywhere.

Incremental progress was often sold as breakthroughs. The #DieselScandal exposed a lot.

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Sorry, I followed he engaging words.... But there must be better ways to make the important survey experience more engaging as well... Show less, dynamic build up... Looks like results need to be compatible for German #fax machines 😂 #germanHumor