Crises precipitate change. That's no reason to induce a crisis, but you'd be a fool to let a crisis go to waste. Donald Trump is the greatest crisis of our young century, and the EU looks set to squander the opportunity, to its own terrible detriment.
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Wait. Denmark has crazy delicious licorice?
A spicy little essay about the urgent need to get off American tech platforms.
One of the small satisfactions I take from the ongoing disaster that is Trump's 2nd term is knowing that the tech oligarchs who helped put him in office have lit the fire that will burn down their financial futures.
The ones you want are called "Piratos", but there are many others which are also good.
There used to be a place called "Nordic House" in Oakland, CA where you could get them, (and marinated hering :-)but they closed some years ago.
Cory Doctorow
CaliCarol
Poul-Henning Kamp