Süddeutsche Zeitung (German) reporting on #buyEuropean
Als Reaktion auf Trumps Strafzölle boykottieren Verbraucher amerikanische Produkte. In den sozialen Medien kursieren Ersatzlisten.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/9242883
> The Süddeutsche Zeitung is reporting on the buy European movement. And thus time it is not a newspaper with questionable reporting, but one of the largest German daily newspapers and arguably one of the best. > > The article is likely paywalled.
The cool thing on bluesky is that you can create your own algorithms through custom feeds. Also to my knowledge the following feed is purely chronological.
It's surely not as decentralized and free as Mastodon but it's heck of a lot better than the centralized platforms.
Not everybody is in politics and tech and know what's going on and these people need protection too.
But I have the feeling that it's just not abandoned by the people.
Europeans benefit from some of the strongest consumer protections in the world! (Post from the European Commission on their Mastodon Instance)
Attached: 4 images Europeans benefit from some of the strongest consumer protections in the world! Whether that’s when: 🔹 Shopping – Right to safe, high-quality products that can be repaired, replaced, or returned if needed. 🔹 Travelling – Compensation for delays or cancellations. 🔹 Banking...
Bluecode as European mobile payment alternative
Mobile payment with Bluecode: contactless, secure and can be used worldwide. Pay by NFC, QR code or barcode - always in accordance with European standards.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/9248897
> This is an Austrian company that offers mobile payments with barcode/qr-code in shops in Austria and Germany, as well as in a few places in Italy and Luxembourg. > > I use it since one year. It works fine, but it could definitely use more attention, so that more shops start to accept it. What are your thoughts on that?
What do you think about the idea of banning Twitter in the EU?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39964857
> Do you think an European Citizens' Initiative to ban Twitter in the EU would be beneficial and have a possibility of being successful? > > I'm sorry if this is not a good community for this question. If not please point me to one.
European coca-cola alternatives
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26869354
> Everyone of course knows Fentimans and Fritz-kola. But there is also Cockta from Slovenia and Kofola from Czechia. Does anyone else knows of local EU coca-cola alternatives that we might want to explore? And of course, where we can buy them online: > > Cockta > > Kofola >
I think they are just desperate. Trump is definitely not a mastermind.
Because of network effects.
Building a social network is hard. A typical chicken or egg problem. If you don't have a user base, nobody is willing to join, and if nobody joins, you don't have a user base.
It usually requires a bunch of money to build a social network.
The fediverse has a long time to go but I believe it will win sooner or later.
Companies like Coca Cola, PayPal and Uber have all contributed to Trump's campaign or the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58211899
> * Elon Musk: $290 million > * Timothy Mellon: $150 million > * Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research: $106 million > * Linda McMahon of WWE: $16 million > * Hendricks Holding Co: $15 million > * Bigelow Aerospace: $14.1 million > * Laura & Issac Perlmutter Foundation: 12.4 million > * ABC Supply: $11 million > * Cantor Fitzgerald: $11 million > * Uline: $10 million > * Pratt Industries: $10 million > * British American Tabacco: $10 million > * Southern Waste Systems: $9 million > * Elliott Management: $7 million > * Andreesseen Horowitz: $7 million > * Viotl Inc: $6 million > * Timothy Dunn of CrownQuest: $5 million > * Jeff Sprecher of Intercontinental Exchange and Kelly Loeffler: $4.9 million > * Phil Ruffin, a business partner of Trump's: $3.3 million > * Jimmy John Liautaud of Jimmy John's: $3.1 million > * Geoffrey Palmer: $3 million > * Bernard Marcus, former CEO of Home Depot: $2.7 million > * Robert Johnson, owner of New York Jets: $2.7 million > * Winklevoss twins: $2.6 million > * Kenny Troutt of Excel Communications: $2.2 million > * George Bishop of GeoSouthern Energy: $2 million > * J. Joe Ricketts of TD Ameritrade: $2 million > * Chevron: $2 million > * Robinhood Markets: $2 million > * Andrew Beal of Beal Bank: $1.8 million > * Don Ahern of Xtreme Manufacturing: $1.1 million > * Roger Penske of Penske Corporation: $1.1 million > * Steve Wynn: $1.1 million > * Richard Kurtz of The Kamson Corporation: $1.1 million > * Tim Cook, CEO of Apple: $1 million > * Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners: $1 million > * Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital: $1 million > * OpenAI: $1 million > * ExxonMobil: $1 million > * Amazon: $1 million > * Meta: $1 million > * Uber: $1 million > * Boeing: $1 million > * Qualcomm: $1 million > * Coinbase: $1 million > * Kraken: $1 million > * Galaxy Digital Holdings: $1 million > * Crypto.com: $1 million > * Paradigm Operations: $1 million > * Goldman Sachs: $1 million > * Altria: $1 million > * Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: $1 million > * Bayer: $1 million > * Johnson & Johnson: $1 million > * National Association of Manufacturers: $1 million > * AT&T: $1 million > * Comcast: $1 million > * Verizon: $1 million > * Carrier: $1 million > * Intuit: $1 million > * Coupang: $1 million > * GE Vernova: $500,000 > * QCells: $500,000 > * Ericsson: $500,000 > * CoreCivic: $500,000 > * GEO Group: $500,000 > * Abbott Laboratories: $500,000 > * PayPal: $250,000 > * HCA Healthcare: $250,000 > * Oklo Inc: $250,000 > * Coca Cola: $250,000 > * American Beverage Association: $250,000 > * Syngenta: $250,000 > * International Flavors & Fragrances: $250,000 > * Elevance Health: $150,000 > * American Clean Power Association: $100,000 > * Instacart: $100,000 > * Airbnb: $100,000 > * Socure: $100,000 > * Barnes & Thornburg LLP: $100,000
USA asks Denmark for help in the egg crisis | Sweden Herald
There is an egg crisis in the USA and now the authorities are asking Swedish and Danish producers if they can export eggs across the Atlantic
cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/32266279
> American authorities have turned to the industry association Danish Eggs and asked about the possibility of exporting eggs to the USA, reports Danish TV2 with reference to the industry magazine Fødevarewatch. The egg shortage in the USA is due to bird flu. Over 40 million animals were put down last year and prices have been driven up, which has created a political debate. Among other things, President Donald Trump blamed egg prices on former President Joe Biden in his speech to Congress. Whether Denmark will export eggs is unclear. A number of export requirements stand in the way at present, according to Danish Eggs. > > From another comment below: > > > From the Danish media: https://nyheder.tv2.dk/business/2025-03-14-usa-beder-danmark-om-hjaelp > > > > There are a few additional points > > > > - Multiple European countries have gotten similar requests, not just Denmark > > > > - American egg policy requires washing the eggs while European policy prohibits this, making it highly inconvenient. > > > > - They would want assurance that America won't suddenly put tariffs on the eggs. > > > > - If america were to pay upwards of 1€ per egg, maybe they'd have a deal. > >
US president says levy on alcohol imports would be retaliation for ‘nasty’ 50% tariff imposed on bourbon whiskey
It's just so dumb, but will help us to unite!
German federal state migrates 30.000 PCs to LibreOffice
Attached: 1 image With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/...
Where to start?
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/8822331
> (Repost with author change) > > In the last weeks several databases and websites emerged around the idea of buying European, or local. > > Coming from different communities overviews of products and services can (for example) be found at the following websites: > > - https://www.buy-european-made.eu/ : Community based database. Make your own suggestions! > - https://european-alternatives.eu/categories : First comer. Dev can be found on mastodon for suggestion. > - https://buy-european.net/categories : Community based database. Make your own suggestions! Devs can be found on mastodon and lemmy. > - https://github.com/uscneps/Awesome-European-Tech > > If you are using Firefox or Chrome you can be nudged to do better by using the opensource Go-European-Plugin: > > - Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/go-european/ > - Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/go-european/klmgadmgadfhjgomffmpamppmkajdloc > (If you know any other starting points feel free to comment.)
Lemmy at a glance
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/8854019
> Hi 🙋,
>
> you might be in search for an reddit alternative and don’t get the Lemmy thing, yet.
> Lemme help you out, shortly.
>
> 1. Lemmy lets you build communities just like you are used to.
> 2. You need an account to participate. I doesn’t matter on which server you register.
> 1. https://europe.pub/ → European communities
> 3. Lemmy servers (instances) host communities and can be interconnected.
> 1. @[email protected] can follow local or remote communities
> - [email protected]
> - [email protected]
> - identified almost as easy as an e-Mail address.
> 4. Following a community is called subscribing, you’ll find a subscribe button when browsing communities.
> 5. Subscribing will keep you noted on new posts.
> 6. Mobile clients can make the experience more fluffy
> 1. Voyager
> 2. Arctic (iOS)
> 3. List of other clients
>
> Our community is called [email protected] but there are several likeminded communities out there. Make sure to watch out for them, e.g. by browsing an instance's local communities. Also if you want to stick around we posted about What to expect (from this community) and Where to start (buying european).
>
> Feel free to link this post, when onboarding people to this community.