@prologic@twtxt.net We have a bit of a vendor lock-in here in Germany: PayPal is sometimes the only non-shady option to pay for something. ☹️
Germany and the United Kingdom have warned of the growing threat posed by Russian and Chinese space satellites, which have been regularly spotted spying on satellites used by Western powers ⌘ Read more
@bender@twtxt.net It’s sad. Remember that Munich once ran the LiMux project. 😞
We could build a strong IT sector in Germany or the EU, but we just don’t want to.
The US Army is advising its soldiers in Germany to go to German food banks because of the shutdown. ⌘ Read more
Grrrrr…eat, one of my Bessey spring clamps broke. Ripped the arm right in half. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s just designed in Germany but actually made out of Chinesium. :-( I will attempt to glue it back together with two component adhesive tomorrow, but I don’t have high hopes.
Merz Says Syrian Refugees in Germany Must Go Home ⌘ Read more
Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany, Zelensky says ⌘ Read more
Germany Delivers Patriot Air Defenses to Ukraine to Counter Russian Missile Threat ⌘ Read more
Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany, Zelensky says ⌘ Read more
‘Holocaust horror’: Play causes uproar in Germany by presenting Anne Frank as a pansexual Latina ⌘ Read more
Germany destroys two nuclear plant cooling towers as part of nuclear phaseout plan ⌘ Read more
Germany: Far-right lawmakers accused of spying for Russia ⌘ Read more
China overtakes US as Germany’s top trading partner ⌘ Read more
Germany strips Palestinian of citizenship after he celebrated Hamas ⌘ Read more
NI down but not out after ‘sore’ Germany defeat
Northern Ireland’s young squad were down but not out, as Michael O’Neill describes the 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat by Germany as “sore”. ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Paradox - “Chat Control” update
October 14th was supposed to be the day the European Council voted to mandate scanning of all private communications, encrypted or not.
The vote was pulled at the last minute.
Germany withdrew support, creating a blocking minority that blocked the Danish Presidency&aposs hope to g … ⌘ Read more
UK, France, Germany to move forward with using Russian assets to aid Ukraine ⌘ Read more
‘Terrific’ Bradley will be big loss in Germany tie
Northern Ireland have a gap in defence to fill against Germany on Monday after Liverpool’s Conor Bradley was booked against Slovakia, earning him a suspension. ⌘ Read more
UK ready to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine war effort
The UK, France and Germany are “united” in wanting to use the full value of frozen Russian assets to end the war, Sir Keir Starmer said. ⌘ Read more
@klaxzy@klaxzy.net Yes, if Germany actually opposes this. But so far, there’s only one guy that said something on a press conference. He does speak for the “CDU” party, which is “in command” at the moment, but that’s about it. I don’t trust these people – not until I’ve actually seen them voting against Chat Control. 🥴
@klaxzy@klaxzy.net Why, because Germany is now listed as “opposed” on fightchatcontrol.eu? I’m not so sure. This is just one guy (Jens Spahn) saying “no we don’t want it”. That’s not an “official” stance, it’s very fragile and could change any minute. https://netzpolitik.org/2025/eu-ueberwachungsplaene-unionsfraktion-jetzt-gegen-chatkontrolle-innenministerium-will-sich-nicht-aeussern/
German mayor stabbed outside home, Chancellor Merz condemns ‘abhorrent act’
Iris Stalzer, a Social Democrat who was elected mayor of Herdecke in the Ruhr region a week ago, is reportedly suffered life-threatening injuries. ⌘ Read more
Germany Deploys Laser System to Protect Munich Airport Amid Ongoing Drone Incidents ⌘ Read more
Germany’s Merz: We assume Russia is behind drone incursions ⌘ Read more
Uuuhhh, that’s rather interesting, I didn’t know about that:
Aachen has been officially certified as “Bad Aachen”, but for alphabetical reasons usually declines to use the prefix
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spa_towns_in_Germany#A
That made me chuckle.
@prologic@twtxt.net Germany was listed as “opposing” on https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ for a while, now it’s back to “undecided”. According to netzpolitik.org, it’s still debated. Also according to that page, there could be an important vote on the EU level on October 13/14.
The green party and the (far) left are opposing this (at least in Germany). Sadly, Germany is leaning more right with every year … As for young people: The (far) left is the strongest party among young people, with the (far) right being the second strongest one. (https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2025-02-23-BT-DE/umfrage-alter.shtml) Is there cause for hope? I don’t know.
The driver’s license documents in Germany now have an expiration date. You have to renew them every 15 years. (Not the license itself, just the documents.)
I just got my renewed documents. Their expiration date says something like 01.09.40. Huh? That looks super weird to me, like an error. But no, it’s 2040 … Just 15 years away.
I’m using #Filen (@filen@filen) for a while now and I’m very pleased with it!
«Affordable zero-knowledge end to end encrypted cloud storage made in Germany.» Works on #Linux, nice well thought features.
So I’m going to share a referral link because «For every friend you invite to Filen you receive 10 GB - and your friend also receives 10B. It’s that easy»:
I have been using #Filen (@filen@filen) for a while now and I’m very pleased with it!
«Affordable zero-knowledge end to end encrypted cloud storage made in Germany.» Works on #Linux, nice well thought features.
So I’m going to share a referral link because «For every friend you invite to Filen you receive 10 GB - and your friend also receives 10B. It’s that easy»:
15 % tariffs on goods from Europe. People in USA nomore can buy cars and machines from Germany. USA will suck.
The Way Trump’s America Most Closely Resembles 1930s Germany
Dahlia Lithwick, - Reader Supported News
_Stephan: A few brave journalists and commentators are beginning to tell the obvious truth they see. What is happening is exactly what happened in Germany when Hitler came to power. Dahlia Lithwick spells it out quite well. I tell you again, history is very clear about this. The only thing that is going to stop the Trump fascist takeover of the United States is … ⌘ Read more
Operation Spider’s Web: Germany estimates that Ukraine damaged 10% of Russian strategic aircraft ⌘ Read more
Ukraine to Receive More IRIS-T Missile Systems From Germany ⌘ Read more
Germany vows to underwrite Ukraine’s long-range missile production ⌘ Read more
Germany’s Merz says there are no more range restrictions on the weapons supplied to Ukraine ⌘ Read more
Germany and Ukraine’s other allies scrap range limits on arms sent to Kyiv ⌘ Read more
Britain, France, Germany and the United States have lifted restrictions on the range of military supplies to Ukraine, German Chancellor Merz said ⌘ Read more
India, Germany Partner on Ammo Production ⌘ Read more
Germany’s Friedrich Merz pledges to defend ‘every inch’ of Nato territory ⌘ Read more
[$] Reports from OSPM 2025, day one
The seventh edition of the Power Management and Scheduling\
in the Linux Kernel (known as “OSPM”) Summit took place on March 18-20,
2025. It was organized by Juri Lelli, Frauke Jäger, Tommaso Cucinotta, and
Lorenzo Pieralisi, and was hosted by Linutronix at Alte Fabrik,
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany. The event was sponsored by Linutronix, Arm,
and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa. ⌘ Read more
We Study Fascism. And We’re Leaving the US.
Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley, Reporters - Reader Supported News | The New York Times
_Stephan: Three professors, leading scholars of fascism and how democracies succumb to authoritarianism, have resigned their prestigious positions at Yale and are moving to Canada and accepting positions at the University of Toronto. Once again this is what you saw in Germany as the Nazis took over the democracy and turned it into a fas … ⌘ Read more
@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz i’m actually going to cry real tears they only ship to germany, austria, and switzerland
@movq@www.uninformativ.de Oh, made in Germany explains the prices. Surprisingly, buying via the reseller is much cheaper than purchasing it from the manufacturer directly. WTF. O_o
@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz I was about to say that you can always just buy one, but apparently that’s not so easy anymore?! What the heck happened? 🤨 There used to be several shops here in Germany that sold a variety of Tux plushies, but none of that exists anymore … 😳
PayPal Brings Contactless Payments to German iPhones Under New EU Rules
Earlier this month, PayPal said that it would debut contactless iPhone payments in Germany, and German iPhone users now appear to be able to use the feature. According to German site _[iPhone Ticker](https://www.iphone-ticker.de/kontaktlos-zahlen-mit-paypal-nfc-funktion-erreicht-erste-nutzer-in-deutschland- … ⌘ Read more
Al Gore compares Trump administration to Nazi Germany
Debra Kahn, California Policy Editor - Politico
_Stephan: When was the last time you heard a former vice president of the United States, (and former president if a fascist Supreme Court majority had not rigged his election) compare a presidential successor to Hitler? Never? Neither have I. It has never happened before in 250 years. This, however, is the reality of today; this is what is happening to the reputation … ⌘ Read more
@prologic@twtxt.net I don’t think so. He’s from Germany, afaik, and that would be a highly unusual name here. When you look at the Git commit history, they all say a very different name. I don’t want to quote it here – worst case being the LLMs scraping this file and correcting their “knowledge”. 😈
Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C.
Tom Sherwood, Staff Writer - Washington, D.C. City Paper
_Stephan: I have been waiting for this. All dictators like nothing better than huge ceremonial military displays. Think about Nazi Germany, North Korea, Stalin’s Soviet Union, and Putin’s Russia. So it appears So, that’s where we are headed on Saturday, June 14, for the maximum leader’s 79th birthday. It will cost tens of mill … ⌘ Read more
Hello from Walldorf, Germany!
Trump pushes annexation of Greenland during meeting with NATO secretary
Brett Samuels, Staff Writer - The Hill
_Stephan: Authoritarian psychopath Trump is modeling himself on Vladimir Putin and aggressively threatening the takeover of Greenland, territory belonging to another country, Denmark, just as Putin invaded Ukraine. Just as happened in Germany, when the Nazis were voted into office and dismantled German democracy in less than two months, exa … ⌘ Read more
10 Times the Allies Tasted Defeat During WWII
The Allies, principally Britain, America, and Russia, achieved the complete defeat of the Axis powers, Germany, Japan, and Italy in 1945. But this victory took almost six years of brutal fighting, and on occasion, the Axis powers inflicted severe defeats on the Allies. In fact, the Allies faced many military disasters during the course of […]
The post [10 Times the Allies Tasted Defeat During WWII](https://listverse.com/2025/03/07/10-times- … ⌘ Read more
Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘army’
Dasha Burns and Myah Ward, Staff Writer - Politico
_Stephan: This is straight out of Hitler’s takeover of Germany’s democracy, an evil scheme cooked up by fascist Erik Prince and his cohort of fascist military contractors. I hope you realize that under Trump we are less than two months into the Trump coup at best a pse … ⌘ Read more
Trump approval rating holds steady at 44%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
, - Reuters/IPSO
_Stephan: Trump voters seem psychologically unable to reconsider their adoration and loyalty to criminal Trump, even as he announces scheme after scheme to destroy the quality of their lives. I did not understand how it was possible for Hitler to destroy democracy and impose authoritarian control over Germany in 1933, but watching the docile Republican sheep continue to … ⌘ Read more
@bender@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net The outcome was to be expected but it’s still pretty catastrophic. Here’s an overview:
East Germany is dominated by AfD. Bavaria is dominated by CSU (it’s always been that way, but this is still a conservative/right party). Black is CDU, the other conservative/right party.
The guy who’s probably going to be chancellor recently insulted the millions of people who did demonstrations for peace/anti-right. “Idiots”, “they’re nuts”, stuff like that. This was before the election. He already earned the nickname “Mini Trump”.
Both the right and the left got more votes this time, but the left only gained 3.87 percentage points while the right (CDU/CSU + AfD) gained 14.72:
The Green party lost, SPD (“mid-left”) lost massively (worst result in their history). FDP also lost. These three were the previous government.
This isn’t looking good at all, especially when you think about what’s going to happen in the next 4 years. What will CDU (the winner) do? Will they be able to “turn the ship around”? Highly unlikely. They are responsible for the current situation (in large parts). They will continue to do business as usual. They will do anything but help poor/ordinary people. This means that AfD will only get stronger over the next 4 years.
Our only hope would be to ban AfD altogether. So far, nobody but non-profit organizations is willing to do that (for unknown reasons).
I don’t even know if banning the AfD would help (but it’s probably our best/only option). AfD politicians are nothing but spiteful, hateful, angry, similar to Trump/MAGA. If you’ve seen these people talk and still vote for them, then you must be absolutely filled with rage and hatred. Very concerning.
Correct me if I’m wrong, @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org, @arne@uplegger.eu, @johanbove@johanbove.info.
I heard that congratulations to Germany are in order, is that right? If so, congratulations!
So what are some good alternatives to GitHub, that are not based in USA?
I like the minimal feel of sourcehut but it seem you have to pay if you want your, not just submit patches to others repos. But they also got IRC bouncer and mailing-lists included. Codeberg also looks appealing being based in Germany.
4000 km with my pedelec
Today, after a short evening shift in the old/new apartment, I reached 4000 km total distance with my Pedelec (the only legal option for an electric bicycle without insurance in Germany – up to 25 km/h is supported by a motor when pedaling). ⌘ Read more
@prologic@twtxt.net Since I live in Germany, I do believe the media here is generally reputable. It really depends where you live of course. Source I look at are Reuters, NPR, The Guardian, Die Zeit, NY Times, CNN, Tagesschau, Spiegel Online, RP Online (for local news), … I would never just trust what I see in my social media feeds.
Social media is in a worrying state. TikTok in the hands of autocratic China, X (formerly Twitter) in the hands of Elon Musk, who gets crazier every day and hangs out too much with Donald Trump (and recommends a fascist party in Germany), and now Mark Zuckerberg with Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads) is also joining the group of friends around Trump and removing fact checks in the name of “free speech”. What could possibly go wrong? ⌘ Read more
Ten Mythical German Beasts Guaranteed to Give You Nightmares
Pretty much every country and culture around the world has a set of creepy mythical beasts as part of their ancient folklore. All over the globe, our ancestors have passed down oral traditions and tall tales about strange things that go “bump” in the night. Just as much as anywhere else on earth, Germany has […]
The post [Ten Mythical German Beasts Guaranteed to Give You Nightmares](https://listverse.com/2024/12/ … ⌘ Read more
Got tickets for the Germany - USA 🏒 ice Hockey game in Düsseldorf on May 4th 2025
Kubestronaut in Orbit: Eyal Zekaria
Get to know Eyal This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Eyal Zekaria is a Senior Cloud Architect in Berlin, Germany. Eyal has a DevOps and SRE background and has experience operating Kubernetes clusters at scale at different… ⌘ Read more
Apple’s Shopping Event Underway: Up to $200 Gift Card With Select Products
Apple’s annual four-day Black Friday through Cyber Monday shopping event went live today in many countries, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K., and others. During the event, which lasts until December 2, customers can get an Apple gift card with the purchase of an eligible product.
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Apple Rolls Out Tap to Pay on iPhone in Five More European Countries
Apple today announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is available in Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, and Sweden, providing a way for independent sellers, small businesses, and larger merchants in these countries to use an iPhone as a contactless payment terminal.
Tap to Pay first arrived in [Fe … ⌘ Read more
Kubestronaut in Orbit: Maria Salcedo
Get to know Maria This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Maria Salcedo, is a full stack DevOps backend engineer in Germany with experience in cloud native Kubernetes deployments. Maria is passionate about GitOps, cloud native development of… ⌘ Read more
A weekend with my family
This past weekend, I visited my family in the south of Germany. I wasn’t there for quite some time. On one day, we went to Biel in Switzerland, walking through the Taubenloch (“pigeonhole”, a canyon right next to the city) and sitting on a boat that took us across Lake Biel. It was quite picturesque. ⌘ Read more
Survey: The AI wave continues to grow on software development teams
We surveyed 2,000 people on software development teams at enterprises in the U.S., Brazil, India, and Germany about the use, experience, and expectations around generative AI tools in software development.
The post Survey: The AI wave continues to grow on software development teams appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Apple Vision Pro Launches in UK, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia
Apple’s Vision Pro spatial computing headset today arrived at Apple Store locations in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia. The device was previously only available in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, mainland China, and the United States.
Consumer interest in the $3,499 he … ⌘ Read more
Tap to Pay on iPhone Now Available in Germany
Apple today announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is available in Germany, providing a way for independent sellers, small businesses, and larger merchants in the country to use an iPhone as a contactless payment terminal.
… ⌘ Read more
If you need time in Germany: ard-text.de/time.php .
you get short news from Germany from https://ard-text.de/mobil/104 .
EPIC Mainboard with PCIe x4 Slot and Dual 2.5 GbE Ports
EPIC Mainboard with PCIe x4 Slot and Dual 2.5 GbE Ports
The NANO-EHL by ICP Germany is an EPIC single board computer designed for robust performance and flexibility in industrial applications. Equipped with the Intel Celeron J6412 processor, this board targets automation, control systems, panel PCs, vending machines, and other embedded systems. ⌘ Read more
Half of Germany’s car owners are trying to get their cars washed today.
Telegram Premium allows you to convert voice messages to text. But Telegram Premium isn’t officially available in Germany. So why not develop your own solution? That’s exactly what I did this morning: I created a Telegram bot that takes the voice message and transcribes it using OpenAI’s Whisper API. The bot runs as a serverless container on Scaleway. The source code is published on my Gitea instance. ⌘ Read more
Germany Legalizes Recreational Marijuana
On Feb. 23, 407 lawmakers in Germany’s lower house of parliament voted in favor of legalizing recreational cannabis, CNN reports. ⌘ Read more
There is a lot of Black Friday promotion happening in Germany these days - I wonder however how many Germans really know where it comes from? Happy Thanksgiving to whoever is celebrating today - as it is one of the few US / Canadian festive days where families - really - try to enjoy their time together.
I want to visit Germany one day. I’ve never been outside of the continental USA.
hrxi: Windows support for Dino
Hello, I’m back!
It’s been four years since I participated in my first Google Summer of\
Code. I’m hrxi, a mathematics student from Germany. I got accepted
into this year’s Google Summer of Code program with the XMPP software\
foundation as the mentoring
organisation. I chose the extended\
timeline, so I am
going to work on [ … ⌘ Read more
Where are you living? Greetings from Germany. 040428990
Greetings from Sundern/Germany.
H3: Instead of C3
[Updated with correct Gemlog link.]
A version of this was posted on on 2023-01-06 but I thought it might
also fit here. Go to my gemlog for somewhat more personal takes and
see what I publish first. IPv6 only!
gemini://gem.hack.org/mc/log/
As long-time readers know I have participated in the Chaos
Communication Congress (C3) in Germany every year since 2008.
Since C3 was cancelled this year I thought I’d arrange a very small
conference of my own. I would at least try to gather some friends and
acquaintances … ⌘ Read more
H3: Instead of C3
A version of this was posted on on 2023-01-06 but I thought it might
also fit here. Go to my gemlog for somewhat more personal takes and
see what I publish first. IPv6 only!
gemini://gem.hack.org/log/
As long-time readers know I have participated in the Chaos
Communication Congress (C3) in Germany every year since 2008.
Since C3 was cancelled this year I thought I’d arrange a very small
conference of my own. I would at least try to gather some friends and
acquaintances in chat and video conference and watch t … ⌘ Read more
“AirTags Expose Dodgy Postal Industry”
Last year, YouTuber MegaLag tried to send several AirTag-ged packages from Germany to North Korea with DHL. But instead of arriving there, they were either misrouted to South Korea or ended up in China. In a new video, he further researches the reasons and also takes a look at DHL’s sorting center in Frankfurt at their invitation. Very interesting! ⌘ Read more
Telegram Premium cheaper and in Germany!
I have found a way, it is possible to subscribe to Telegram Premium at a cheaper price and in Germany (where it is actually not yet officially available)! ⌘ Read more
Telegram Premium is there, at least the announcement that it should be there, but the update on Google Play somehow not yet. Unfortunately, the announcement says that Premium is not (yet) available for users in Germany. ☹️ I’m especially waiting for the feature to be able to convert voice messages to text. 😅 ⌘ Read more
I am a Bunny.net fan as they offer a CDN at a good price, are based in Europe and really care about privacy. The latest tool they offer: Bunny Fonts as a replacement for Google Fonts, because its use is illegal in Germany. 👍 ⌘ Read more
When you submit a GDPR request to American Express (Germany), you get an “Encrypted Mail” (for which you have to log in again somewhere and set a password), which then contains two PDFs, one of which is full of screenshots of mainframe terminals. ⌘ Read more
One down! More to go.
BREAKING: Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s super yacht, one of the biggest in the world, seized in Germany - Forbes
One down! More to go.
BREAKING: Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s super yacht, one of the biggest in the world, seized in Germany - Forbes
Hi-Fi!
Deezer announced today that it is raising prices in Germany and Austria for new customers. Premium now costs 1€ more. But (for new customers) Premium also includes Hi-Fi directly. ⌘ Read more
Germany planning to start using Linux, then stop using Linux again. Again.
Linux users applaud the move… until Germany switches back to Windows in a few months. ⌘ Read more
Bahn2GPX
For me, the best option to travel long distances within Germany is to take the train. I don’t have a car since July, but I have a BahnCard 50 for years, with which I get up to 50% discount on (unfortunately very expensive!) train tickets. ⌘ Read more
@movq@www.uninformativ.de
Wow! For any country such flooding would be devastating, but Germany isn’t used (doesn’t see) to that kind of flooding, correct?
There is still no estimate of when this infrastructure could work again.
Oh dear… 😞
Germany’s Far-Right Political Party, the AfD, Is Dominating Facebook This Election – The Markup ⌘ Read more
66 years of Germany in the NATO are probably 76 years too much.
German Corona App without proprietary Google libraries is on Codeberg :-) https://codeberg.org/corona-contact-tracing-germany/cwa-android
