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September 2026

September 24

Energy bills climb towards €3,300 a year as gas prices surge

#Gas bill up 53%

And so it begins. Winter is coming for Europe. It will be cold and expensive. Downsizing your habitation (living big in a tiny house), going back to multigenerational houses (fancy way of saying going back to live with your parents), or co-living with friends, won't be just a cute vitamin from people of the margin, but will increasingly become a pain killer, aka a necessity.

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September 24

The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me

#Our homes are filled with cameras, microphones, and mobile sensors connected to companies we barely know, all capable of being weaponized with a single line of code.

This is the type of things that Europe should protect us against. Force manufacturers to release in open source to software they ship with their hardware. It's a matter of national security. Until then: "Never use your primary WiFi network for IoT devices. Treat them as strangers in your home."

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