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cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/32096

Went to a drink store (Getränke Markt) in Aachen, Germany today. To my surprise I saw that all local soda brands were almost sold out(Fritz, Afri, Sinalco) and Coca Cola was almost not touched. I was very pleasantly impressed by this. Seems like more people are joining with the small consumer choices to buy from EU rather than US. Do more people notice this elsewhere?

Originally posted on Reddit

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27150675

The US, grappling with an egg shortage, is reaching out to Lithuania for egg exports after Finland declined. The situation has prompted ridicule online.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34810765

This is a Firefox fork from a Spanish group.

Pros

• privacy focused
• default search is their own Searx instance
• default integrated Oblivious http (toggle off)
• uses Next.dns (cannot be changed though, and I can't find documentation of the implementation)

Cons

• updates can be irregular
• they seem a bit opaque as to funding
• no about:config, if it's not in the settings you ain't getting it.
• may use Google Safebrowsing directly (instead of the Firefox version), it's very hard to tell
• the website is fucking garbage, stock photos/images on a lot of it, many links go to the same place

Other

• originally goes back to 2007, however it was sold in 2019 to the Astian Foundation. Then became a Firefox fork
• https://astian.org/
• Github for releases https://github.com/goastian/midori-android (also available from their site)

Seems to be a middle ground between Firefox and Ironfox on Android. I use it occasionally when it is up to date just to spread my browsing around. Obtanium reminded me today that there was an update.

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/25123

Use Hetzner or OVH or any of these: https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/aws-amazon-web-services

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/31374897

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While the fund is open to researchers of all nationalities, it appears to be a direct response to growing concerns among American scientists about the tightening restrictions on academic freedom under President Donald Trump. Researchers in the U.S. have raised alarms over increasing government censorship, political interference in fields like climate science and gender studies, and tighter controls on scientific communication. France has already launched a program to lure disillusioned American scientists, and the Netherlands now aims to follow suit.

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Dutch universities have already expressed interest in recruiting American researchers. The Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), which represents the country’s 14 public universities, confirmed they are exploring ways to bring in U.S. scientists. “It seems like a good idea to us,” a UNL spokesperson said, emphasizing that strengthening Dutch innovation is a priority. The universities also see it as a way to stand in solidarity with American academics facing restrictions.

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