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23 days agoSurveillance. Control of all messaging. Consolidation of the british internet into government friendly hands.
The age verification law caused the collapse not only of smaller websites unable to afford to perform the necessary checks, but also of LGBTQ resources, support communities for bullied and abused children. Force ID verification, make it easier to track people across the internet. VPNs make it possible for british people to circumvent those ID checks, so now they have to go.
I don’t have any direct experience with stuff designed for weather that cold, but I have been looking to get some proper winter gear for myself for future use. For military style (not necessarily surplus, but looks to be very 'made for militaryish situations) I’ve found two brands.
There’s Military.eu which has a huge array of clothing, and lists the brand/company of each piece on the item page so you can specifically get EU owned products. Military.EU is also itself HQ’d in Poland.
Another one I came across is the finnish site Varusteleka. Smaller site, only seems to sell its own branded stuff, but being from Finland they probably know what they’re on about with regards to handling the cold.