I don’t know how well it measures up to privacy standards at the level of GrapheneOS, but Ollee might be of interest to you if you want to go the retro route. It lets you convert a standard Casio F-91W into a smartwatch.

Here are some password managers that are either based in Europe or are Open Source: https://buy-european.net/en/category/password-managers

Skandal! Ist korrigiert

Quite sensational headline… here’s the context:

Dear people,

Since ancient times, Ukrainians have believed that, on Christmas night, the heavens open. And if you tell them your dream, it will surely come true. Today, we all share one dream. And we make one wish – for all of us.

“May he perish,” each of us may think to ourselves. But when we turn to God, of course, we ask for something greater.

We ask for peace for Ukraine. We fight for it. And we pray for it. And we deserve it. That every Ukrainian family may live in harmony. That every Ukrainian child may rejoice in a gift, smile, and preserve that so very important childlike faith in goodness and in miracles.

That the eyes of our children, the eyes of our parents, our loved ones, our families may finally stop crying. That goodness and truth may prevail. That there may be a victory of peace. That there may be us. And that there may be Ukraine. And, inevitably, the day when everyone gathers at home in the first peaceful year, at a peaceful Christmas, and says to one another: “Christ Is Born! Glorify Him!”

I congratulate all of you on the holiday, dear Ukrainians! To each and every one of you, I wish a happy Christmas, delicious kutia, and, of course, peace for us all!

Take care of yourselves, take care of your families, take care of our Ukraine!

Christ Is Born! Glorify Him!

Source: https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/privitannya-prezidenta-ukrayini-z-rizdvom-hristovim-102185

Hier die komplette Liste:

• Altria Group, Inc.
• Amazon
• Apple
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Caterpillar, Inc.
• Coinbase
• Comcast Corporation
• J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
• Hard Rock International
• Google
• HP Inc.
• Lockheed Martin
• Meta Platforms
• Micron Technology
• Microsoft
• NextEra Energy, Inc.
• Palantir Technologies Inc.
• Ripple
• Reynolds American
• T-Mobile ← Die im Artikel erwähnte Telekom-Tochter
• Tether America
• Union Pacific Railroad
• Adelson Family Foundation
• Stefan E. Brodie
• Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
• Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
• Edward and Shari Glazer
• Harold Hamm
• Benjamin Leon Jr.
• The Lutnick Family
• The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
• Stephen A. Schwarzman
• Konstantin Sokolov
• Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
• Paolo Tiramani
• Cameron Winklevoss
• Tyler Winklevoss

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/23/politics/ballroom-donors-white-house-trump

I agree, but the main problem is the “years later” part of your experience. Assassin’s Creed had many gameplay innovations with (for the time) amazing graphics that shaped certain game mechanics for years to come, but gaming has evolved…

That’s why many of these former “innovations” have lost their shine and sometimes even became annoying (e.g. climbing a tower to unlock parts of the map).

Nah, just the feedback period has ended; the “public consultation” is still open (11 July 2025 - 17 October 2025).

The link of this post however doesn’t link directly, so here’s the direct link to the consultation-questionnaire.

ENTs hate Q-tips?!

That doesn’t make sense to me. But, then again, you are very small.

What CEOs never seem to grasp in that context is that they wouldn’t just replace their workers with AI but also their customers… AI doesn’t earn a wage and therefore can’t spend it on (unnecessary) goods… No customer, no revenue. No revenue, no profits. No profit, no dividends.

Probably why they’re working so hard on commoditizing basic necessities like food, water and housing into subscription based systems… 🤔

Yes, I’m afraid so too. The first episode was visually stunning, but the second episode was no longer at the same level. We’ll have to wait and see.

«Existenzsichernder Dividendensichernde Lohn Produktivität ist nicht unsere Aufgabe»: Arbeitgeber-Boss Mindestlohnarbeiter empört mit Aussage reflektiertem Verständnis von Ausbeutung

You don’t need SteamOS to play games via Steam on linux. Just use any linux distro (preferably one that supports newer gaming hardware), install Steam, go to Settings > Compatibility and “Enable Steam Play for all other titles”. There’s a drop-down that let’s you choose different Proton Versions (some work better than others, hence the config-reviews on ProtonDB to see what works).

For gaming you can just use steam. You can see which game works and the corresponding distributions/configurations on ProtonDB; Helldivers 2 get’s a GOLD status (https://www.protondb.com/app/553850).

To add to that, they are very open about inquiries from legal authorities, see their yearly Transparency Reports:

Not all the enquiries we receive are legal, and our data protection officer will critically assess every single request in order to make sure it is in line with the requirements of the law. If there are any doubts about the legality of a request, our specialised lawyers will be consulted. If a request is formally and legally correct, we will service it, otherwise it will be rejected.

…BUT E-Mail is an insecure form of communication by default, so you should definitely look into PGP encryption, see Privacy Guides - Email Security.

Taiga (https://taiga.io/) could be what you’re seeking.

Yes! I held off buying it on Steam because I saw that it will be available on GOG soon; “soon” came sooner than expected!

Sorry, I’m not the creator of the app, but they have a way to contribute via Github: https://github.com/K-Robin/GoEuropean/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

Yeah… we’ll get there eventually, babysteps! If you want to give the dev (u/KRobinDev) a nudge in the right direction, try your luck; I don’t have an account.

CCC stabil antifaschistisch unterwegs! Ü

Yep, Germany in general has a pretty active open source community, so there are already a lot of alternatives out there. Unfortunately, most IT people are bad at marketing, which is why hardly anyone knows about these alternatives.