Not ideologically pure.
We don’t have money, so ransom attacks are unlikely.
If it’s state actors and cyber warfare, which I think is fair to suspect, we’re probably way under the radar. We’re not quite critical infrastructure just yet. :)
For the lols attacks could happen anywhere, but this is not that.
Quick info: Before today it was budgedet to 35bn NOK, or 2.98bn Euro. Today that was increased with 50bn NOK, or 4.26bn Euro, making the total planned aid this year 7.24bn Euro.
It was announced in a joint press conference with all political parties of the parliament. All parties are in favour of this, with some wanting to give more. We have elections coming up in September, so that could prove important.
Also, the current minister of finance is Jens Stoltenberg. He is notorious for two things:
There is talk about breaking the budgetary rule to allow for a lot more money to be sent into Ukraine. Due to his NATO position, it is fair to assume Stoktenburg knows the stakes more than most. But due to his history with the budgetary rule, he is also familiar with the risks involved in breaking it, and he might be more protective of it than most. He has not, however, ruled it out. The rule has been broken once before, during Covid.
I think it’s the first time in my life I routinely check in on the stock value of a company, and it’s pure Schadenfreude.
While most news media keeps on endlessly reporting on what politicians say, tech and law commentators by definition focus on what is being done. In a world where what is being said is not only irrelevant, but flat-out weaponized, this is the only kind of reporting that matters.
Would make sense for the dealer. Teslas in Europe are becoming unsellable, better to cash in while the insurance companies still have to pretend they have value.
Never gave this much thought. I’ve been considering subscribing for Kagi again, but basically they are paying for a Google API subscription, meaning that Google directly monetizes my Kagi searches?
To be completely honest, I’m less worried about privacy and more worried about what kind of world I’m contributing to with my internet usage. I Mullvad sends money to Google for every search, it’s probably not for me.
Switched to Qwant now - rather Microsoft than Google, and at least they are working on their own engine.
That’s @Daojoan@mastodon.social, for those who can follow Mastodon handles. Worth following!
There are several mammoths (instances) peacefully grazing on the same pastures (the social web), but the pastures are also shared with completely different species of animal. Perhaps they are single-user instances as no birds are landing on them; perhaps they are completely different pieces of the social web, such as Peertube or Lemmy.
Or maybe I’m over-thinking it.
At least skiing is more exciting when everyone in the slopes wants you fucking dead, and you have to be kept in an undisclosed location.
Dictators have low life expectancy. The republican shitheads will never be able to truly escape from the hell they have created.
There are good replies here already, but I just want to emphasize the role of bragging. It seems boasting about yourself is quite accepted and sometimes perhaps even expected in the US. In Europe it is not at all, and we tend to react strongly to it.
Whenever I’ve found Americans to be insufferable they’ve always been bragging or taking themselves too seriously.
Not all Americans obviously. And I guess a lot of Americans can’t stand these people either. But it’s still a common American trait that very few Europeans will have patience for. Even our narcissists have learned to pretend to be humble.
In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero.
By which he means all over the fucking country, which is unfortunately so covered in darkness there are no bright corners left.
I have had it with these motherfuckin’ snakes in this motherfuckin’ government!
I post on mastodon and bridge to bluesky. That way I can reach anyone there interested in following me, but I personally don’t have to bother with the site at all.
As someone trying to reach an audience, it’s pretty much perfect. Each to their own obviously.
Information here is public.
That said, there has been problems of people scraping random fediverse servers and causing a lot of traffic, in turn sending a huge bill to the owner of the instance.