Buy European

I've recently found out that Garnier is affiliated with Nestlé which is awful. Been using their bleach for a while now because it's affordable and vegan compared to other brands which aren't specifically marked as vegan.

Do any of you guys have recommendations?

Hey. I know, a bit special interest and maybe not the right place for this but i was thinking about animated characters from europe as part of its cultural DNA and then startet to research them for all the countries including where to buy merch (to also support that industry). I will hopefully be able to comlete the list over time but i would be happy about help and feedback. So here is what i got so far:

European animation characters (sometimes with merch) in no particular order:

Finland - Moomins, Angry Birds adaptations: https://shop.moomin.com/collections/all

France - Asterix, TinTin, edit: + les Shadoks, OuiOui, W.i.t.c.h., Barbapapas, Yugo https://boutique.asterix.com/de/ https://thetintinshop.uk.com/

Belgium - lucky luke, edit: also TinTin, Spirou & Fantasio, The Smurfs, Marsupilami

Poland - Lolek and Bolek, edit: +Reksio, Koziołek matołek, Plastuś, Miś uszatek

Netherlands - Alfred j. Kwak, nijntje, edit: + Miffy: https://www.dewinkelvannijntje.nl/en/

Czech republic - krtek, edit: + Pat and Mat, Rumcajs: https://czechmovie.com/collections/little-mole-krtek?page=2 https://www.czech-stuff.com/krtek-little-mole/

Spain - Mortadelo and Filemón, Superlópez, Pocoyó, The Telerín Family

Switzerland - globi, pingu, edit: + Titeuf: https://globi.ch/ https://www.pingu-store.jp/ (can't find a european one)

Portugal - tic tac tales

Italy - calimero, edit: + Corto Maltese, mio mao, La Linea, The Seagul and the Cat/Lucky and Zorbq (La Gabbianella e il Cato), Dylan Dog, Winx

Greece - Pandora and Plato

Sweden - Bamse, petterson and findus, the little ghost laban, editv + Lippi Longstocking, Arne Anka

Norway - Elias the little rescue boat, Ella Bella Bingo

Iceland - some lazy town characters

Denmark - Rita & Crocodile, Valiant Prince Ivandoe, edit: + The Child Who Wanted to Be a Bear (Drengen der ville gøre det umulige), John Dillermand

Germany - the mouse, bernd the bread, cptn. Blaubär, edit: + the sandman, Werner, the little Asshole: https://www.logoshirt-shop.de/en/COLLECTION/The-Show-with-the-Mouse/ https://mausundmehr.com/ https://www.spreadshirt.de/shop/bernd+das+brot/

UK - wallace and gromit, paddington bear, danger mouse edit: + postman pat, rupert bear, family ness, bananaman, bob the builder, the hurricanes, thomas the tank engine, captain pugwash, Dennis the Menace (the superior one): https://wallaceandgromitvmf.shop/ https://store.paddington.com/ https://www.truffleshuffle.co.uk/cartoons/dangermouse

Ireland - puffin rock, Kiva can do, edit: + the book of kells, song of the sea, and wolfwalkers

Luxembourg - ?

Malta - ?

Cyprus - ?

Lithuania - ?

Latvia - Flow

Estonia - ?

Slovakia - ?

Slovenia - Medved Bojan

Croatia - Profesor Baltazar, Little Flying Bears (Leteći Medvjedići)

Bulgaria - The Three Fools, The Blue Eyed Moon, The Little Girl, The Cat and the Clock, Anna Blume

Serbia - ?

North macedonia - ?

Montenegro - ?

Bosnia Herzegowina - ?

Albania - Nine Years, Nine Days

Romania - ?

Moldova - The Stairway (Letnistsa)

Austria - ?

Hungary - The rabbit with checkered ears, Frakk, pom pom, Mézga family, Szaffi, King Matthias, Magyar Népmesék, Ludas Matyi

Also nice read: animationineurope.eu

Just saw that https://www.fractal-design.com/products/chairs/refine/refine/fabric-light/ had some chairs, any other suggestions?

Objectives

This initiative calls to require publishers that sell or license videogames to consumers in the European Union (or related features and assets sold for videogames they operate) to leave said videogames in a functional (playable) state.

Specifically, the initiative seeks to prevent the remote disabling of videogames by the publishers, before providing reasonable means to continue functioning of said videogames without the involvement from the side of the publisher.

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I’d like to join you guys on your side of the pond, but i need to look for an in. Im willing to figure out the legalities, etc, but first and foremost I’d need a job. Do you guys have any suggestions for job boards to use that focus on EU countries? Specific focus in the technical field is a plus.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_Workshop

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7310628

It’s from Karachi, so doesn’t officially count, but still.

I am heavily using Cloudflare for many of my web services. Now I’m looking for a European alternative. I’m not just talking about a CDN, but also all the security focused features. Any ideas?

Hey, is there any exhaustive guide to EU-based email providers that breaks down not only which ones have free tier, but also which ones allow multiple accounts and verification by email only? To my horror, I've found out days after switching my multiple email accounts from Gmail to another email provider that the latter explicitly forbid multiple accounts, unlike Gmail, something which was buried in fine print.

If your company allows you to use your end of the year bonus to do an e-bike lease, then I'd highly advise it.

You get to use the value of your end of the year bonus in advance by already having the e-bike. On top of this you won't pay any personal income tax, which will be the highest tax that you pay because this is the top bracket of your year income.

On top of this you don't pay the 13,07% social contribution as employee.

Now the good part. You also get to use the 25% to 32,4% employer social contribution on top of the gross wage.

This turns a 1500 euros bonus into a near 4500 euros bonus.

On top of this you get paid every day to bike to work. I get 10 euros per day. Which ends up being more than the end of year bonus I otherwise would get on my bank account. Better yet, the government takes 1,5 year to pay back the taxes that you paid too much, with the biking compensation you get paid the amount of money monthly. Removing a rent free loan to the government from existence.

There are amazing European E-bikes. Your budget can be up to 12000 euros.

I took the R&M Multicharger2 gt rohloff. Brilliant quality. I'd recommend everyone in this position to do the same.

It's more tax friendly than having a company car. It's just so cheap. I'm saving 6000 euros a year thanks to this.

Only downside: you will be locked down at your employer for 3 years unless you find another employer that is willing to continue the lease.