My whole family decided many years ago that nobody should expect gifts at christmas (children still got some toys but everybody grew up since) and it increased everybody's enjoyment of christmas greatly. Nobody has to waste time trying to get stuff for people that already have everything they need and run around in stores and tick off lists. We just come together and have a good time.
You can just say no to the commercialisation and enjoy christmas as it is actually meant to be.
When it comes to VPN my choice is always Mullvad.
At least at the moment they seem to get it. We will have to see how it evolves.
Well yes, but I don't see data retention of IP adresses and real-time scanning of the content of private chats as necessarily the same topic. Obviously they are both bad, but they are different things, which is also reflected by the parties having very different views on both.
Resistance to mandatory chat control seems to be the one thing that every current german party agrees on. Even the literal Nazis of the AfD voted against it. The point of discussion in Germany was always if there should be a voluntary chat control, not if there should be a mandatory chat control.
A shift away from that position across party lines would be very hard to orchestrate and I can't see that happening anytime soon.
I don't follow your argument. They repeatedly tried to use the expiration to generate pressure to come to a fast agreement. The pressure is gone now and so is a big reason why this topic was discussed so often in the first place. It will be harder for the advocates now to explain to the rest of the member states why it should be put back on the agenda. Countries like Germany are still against mandatory scanning and have no reason to engage in a discussion about it now.
The only thing that is lost now is the chance for all of this to expire, but that was always very unlikely.
Sorry, but that is completely false.
This is about extending the temporary regulations that are already in effect right now. The current proposal is basically an indefinite extension of this temporary regulation from 2021 that would have expired in April 2026 otherwise:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32021R1232
Services are currently allowed to scan you if they want to. It is clearly stated that no service is required to scan. It is shit, but it is also literally just the status quo. Nothing changes.
Edit: Here the current proposal. It (after criticism by member states) explicitly states the following:
Nothing in this Regulation should be understood as imposing any detection obligations on providers.
Whatsapp already legally scanned for years, because the proposal is just an indefinite extension of this temporary regulation from 2021 that would have expired in April 2026 otherwise:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32021R1232
Services are currently allowed to scan you if they want to. It is shit, but it is also literally just the status quo. Nothing changes.
After they finally got back the subjects would get together every few years to relive the good old days without him.
The linked article in the post claims that the crew never met again until the person filming the documentary tracked some of them down.
They had not met since the Peace Project docked in Mexico 43 years earlier, so the reunion was poignant.
For the record if anyone here wants to find them easier: they are sold as Stacked Chips / Stapelchips under the "Snack Day" label. They are produced by "Europe Snacks", a French company.
Edit: Another possible alternative are "Surf Chips" by Fritoper, a Spanish company. (Sold in a Netto near me). Although personally I don't like their taste.
Apparently Aldi also has their own brand, but I have no experience with those.
You make it sound like there are not also multiple subsidies programs directly for organic farmers.