Own digital sovereignty

The European Commission wants to gradually shift its cloud services from Microsoft Azure to European providers like OVH Cloud to bolster its digital sovereignty. Details are in the article, unfortunately behind a paywall. Commission eyes ditching Microsoft Azure for France’s OVHcloud over digital sovereignty fears The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 62 words

Power confused with attractiveness

Sophie Gilbert’s book Girl on Girl vividly shows how 2000s pop culture shaped girls and young women — with sexualized advertising, reality TV, and an ideal of womanhood that confuses power with attractiveness. The New Yorker piece makes clear why this era still reverberates today. Smart, angry, and full of aha moments. Must-read: “[What Did the Pop Culture of the Two-Thousands Do to Millennial Women?](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/16/girl-on-girl-sophie-gilbert-book-review „What Did the Pop Culture of the Two-Thousands Do to Millennial Women?“)” by Dayna Tortorici. ...

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words
Ein veröffentlichtes Foto

green field

In the photo I took, bright red poppies stand in a lush green field against a pale sky. The shot captures a quiet moment in nature, with delicate flowers gently swaying in the breeze. You can download this and more photos for free and in full resolution from unsplash.com. Click here for the photo The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 71 words

The Glen

Here’s a less technical post. A song — more precisely a remix — that I’m really enjoying right now is Beluga Lagoon - The Glen (HYPER BUNKER Techno Remix). It works for me on the bike, while jogging, and at parties. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 58 words

like fear

No one ever tells you that bravery feels like fear. – Mary Kate Teske The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

April 16, 2025 · 1 min · 31 words