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I've seen lackluster reviews of Lumo, but personally find it really useful! Lumo has successfully helped me with simple development tasks including getting started with self hosting, turning apps into web apps etc. And I enjoy talking to it more than any other AI that has comparable privacy!

I'm not saying it's perfect, but I'd rather use Lumo than Copilot or ChatGPT any day!

I recently came across this ETF for investing in European defence companies. The ETF was launched recently, in August 2025, and I believe it is a very good opportunity to support companies that are key to European sovereignty and security.

Key details:

• Name: Xtrackers Europe Defence Technologies UCITS ETF 1C
• ISIN: LU3061478973
• Company: Xtrackers (Germany)
• Manager: DWS (Germany)
• Index: STOXX Europe Total Market Defence Space and Cybersecurity (Switzerland)
• TER: 0.25% (reduced to 0.15% for promotional purposes)
• Distribution policy: accumulating
• Replication: physical
• Availability: Scalable Capital, Trade Republic, etc.

Other details of interest:

• Main components: Rolls-Royce Holdings (11.56%), Airbus SE (10.90%), Safran SA (10.40%), Rheinmetall AG (10.36%), BAE Systems (9.56%), DSV A/S (7.25%), Thales SA (6.79%), Leonardo SpA (5.84%), MTU Aero Engines AG (5.38%), SAAB (4.68%), Others (17.28%)
• Country allocation: United Kingdom (25.51%), France (18.68%), Germany (17.50%), Netherlands (10.90%), Denmark (7.25%), Italy (6.11%), Sweden (4.68%), Others (14.05%)
• Sector allocation: Industrials (85.69%), Technology (1.22%), Telecommunications (0.20%), Others (12.89%)

The independent European Do It Together (DIT) Linux phone, shaped by the people who use it.

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• Markets: EU, UK, Norway and Switzerland

• Estimated delivery: by end of 1H/2026

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Over the past months, Sailfish OS community members voted on what the next Jolla device should be. The key characteristics, specifications and features of the device.

Based on community voting and real user needs, this device has only one mission:

Put control back in your hands.

Sailfish OS is a Linux-based European alternative to dominating mobile operating systems, and the only mobile OS offering an exclusive licensing model for local implementations.

On the market since 2013 Sailfish OS is the privacy respecting choice for mobile solutions. With Sailfish OS you can also run Android™ apps with our dedicated AppSupport solution.

Sailfish OS is managed and developed by Finnish company Jolla.

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After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the Council of the EU, representing EU States. The good news is that the most controversial part, the forced requirement to scan encrypted messages, is out. The bad news is there’s more to it than that.

Chat Control has gone through several iterations since it was first introduced, with the EU Parliament backing a position that protects fundamental rights, while the Council of the EU spent many months pursuing an intrusive law-enforcement-focused approach. Many proposals earlier this year required the scanning and detection of illicit content on all services, including private messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Signal. This requirement would fundamentally break end-to-end encryption.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of digital rights groups, including European Digital Rights (EDRi), we won a significant improvement: the Council agreed on its position, which removed the requirement that forces providers to scan messages on their services. It also comes with strong language to protect encryption, which is good news for users.

Continue reading here - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/after-years-controversy-eus-chat-control-nears-its-final-hurdle-what-know

Charentaises (litteraly, "from Charente", a departement and historical region in southwestern France) are slippers with a long history dating back to the 17th century. Traditionally entirely made of wool, from the felt upper to the chain stitched sole, they're super warm, fuzzy, soft and comfortable.

Their warmth made them popular to withstand chilly winter evenings in the countryside, and their soft soles made them common with servants who needed to move silently on hardwood floors. The current form, with a tartan felt upper and made in the cousu-retourné technique, dates back to the early 20th century. Yes, they can be quite kitsch, and lost popularity in the '80s. If the kitsch appeal of slippers identical to those worn by our great-grandparents doesn't resonate with you, there are also more modern variants, with a wider variety of graphics, materials (linen, velvet, fake fur etc.) and colors.

As I saw them as "those old-fashioned slippers worn by my grandfather", I would have never considered them until I tried a pair at a friend's house. They are super comfortable and warm, and they are so soft and lightweight they very quickly mold to your feet and feel like barefoot shoes. I now feel they have a "so ugly they're cool" vibe to them, like Birkenstocks. If it hasn't changed in a century, it's because it already achieved perfection. And who knows, maybe some day they'll become fashionable again.

Three real Charentaises manufacturers still exist today, who still make them by hand in the traditional way in France:

• Rondinaud, near Angoulême in the historical manufacturing region of Charente
• Fargeot, in the neighbouring departement of Dordogne
• Rivalin further away in Brittany

If you're looking for a holiday gift idea for yourself or someone with cold feet to face the winter months, they're amazing!

Bonus: Wikipedia article (in French

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