Main thing I’ve done is gathering a lot of information, I think there are some groceries I skipped on but I’m not really a person who buys the same out of habit anyway. I’ve been wanting to switch email providers for a while now, so I’ve started that process. Same with Google services, deleted a bunch of apps (like Google Maps) and I think the next big thing is try and switch os (or further degoogle android) and dip my toes in Linux again after not using it for 10 years or so.

I left Facebook and Instagram years ago and I feel that really improved my life and I feel the tech changes I’m doing now will do the same.

The UK government said it was taking control of Chinese-owned British Steel on Saturday after rushing an emergency law through parliament to avert the shutdown of the country’s last factory that can make steel from scratch.

I like this article being shared with me, so for myself I don’t mind it being here but I agree it would fit better at !europe@feddit.org or somewhere similar.

Aside from Germany, does anybody know if more countries are siding with South-Africa than before? I feel like every government is just digging into their position and whatever cruel thing happens doesn’t really change anything anymore, at least not at the government level.

Do you believe that what Israel is doing in Palastine could be considered a genocide by the ICC aside from your point on the holocaust? Just trying to figure out where you stand in this.

iPhone Voicemail Transcriptions aren’t always accurate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdhC6xTbwTs

Nice website, apparently with stuff from everywhere so you can check your own country too!

I don’t know about these specifically but in general BIC lighters are made to be used until gas runs out, not very friendly to the environment indeed. But to be honest, there are many much worse things if you consider you can use these for a while before you throw them out.

Cool site, thanks for the tip!

A not so cheap brand I have good experiences with is Sandqvist, from Sweden. If you can afford it they offer good quality and they have good values. Y They also list on their website where they source materials and where things are made (mainly south-east Asia and a little bit Europe, nothing in US or China).

https://www.sandqvist.com/en/

Billionaire Elon Musk has gone on a mass firing spree of federal employees, and Rolling Stone reports he’s been immensely enjoying himself while doing so.

I always though billionaires had empathy /s

They say drowning is one of the nicest ways of dying though, although with slowly you might mean he has to swim in a tank until he is all out of energy and drowns because he doesn’t have enough energy left to keep himself alive which seems far worse than being thrown in a like with your feet bound to a rock.

Do I care what republicans think or do? In this case yes, because they have much more influence in the choices of the US government than the democrats and the choices of the US government have a big on the fate of Ukraine unfortunately. So thank god there’s at least one republican standing up against the orange ruler.

iPhone Voicemail Transcriptions aren’t always accurate… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdhC6xTbwTs

Yeah I assumed you had a different opinion in the store, either way happy for you and slightly jealous of your nice garden!

minus paywall: http://archive.today/2025.04.12-022606/https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-envoys-embrace-russian-demands-worries-republicans-us-allies-2025-04-11/

No offense but Fleur de lawn is a really lame name for seeds. The result looks good, really, but if I’d see Fleurs de lawn seeds in the store i would not even consider buying it. Yes i am just a random hater.

I watched the apprentice yesterday, I don’t how close it comes to reality but if it does than saying your good at making deals is more important than actually making good deals.

The benefit is them offering a better service which might help them sell more subscriptions. They don’t need this change for the more malicious benefits like more data for training or more insight in their customers etc.

If you’re not on a VPN they might still log your IP and connect your chats in the back end though.