Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

While some many in the #EU were busy fussing about support the dying car industry, an industry of the past, they were letting EU #RenewableEnergy companies die, although that's clearly the industry of the future.

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-solar-energy-clean-tech-procurement/

And #VW is dying anyway, despite bailouts and all that attention.

Riding on the Slovak national railways, I'm fascinated by the choice of an Australian accent for their English announcements. It makes my head spin a bit being in this very European context with an official Aussie telling us the local information 😉

Judge #Donato does a #UX review of #GooglePlay in #EpicVGoogle 😂

https://www.theverge.com/policy/979852/that-is-not-acceptable-judge-orders-google-to-make-rival-app-store-installs-easier

That is highly entertaining to read. Let's see if #Google actually follows the direct orders from the judge. They are so lawyered up paid for with those sweet sweet #monopoly #profits, I imagine they'll still fight.

For me, there is still a big open question: should @fdroidorg add itself to Google Play? On one hand, we don't support anything proprietary, on the other, it makes it easy to install safely

As far as #nature is concerned, a lawn is a desert. A ploughed field is a desert. Pavement is a desert. Europe has converted its landscape from forests, marshlands and lush greenery to ploughed fields, pavement, lawns, etc. So it is really no wonder that #Europe is now heating up and drying up so fast. We are forcing the #climate to become a #desert.

I really love to see #rewilding taking hold in big ways and in small. We can stop killing #nature where we live. It doesn't need to something we travel to see. It can be part of daily life in #urban environments

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/biodiversity-gardens-wildlife-lawns-grass-ecosystems-native-plants-america-aoe

It works in even smaller than a #suburban garden. Songbirds, crickets and butterflies have come back to my bit of central #Vienna because we planted native plants in tree pits and window boxes. I pick #wild strawberries from my window in my 4th floor apartment😋