Alex Pretti was not just murdered, this was plain execution, with 10 shots in the back. He was not using his gun, just his phone, he was disarmed and then executed. https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cg4e0r1el5yo

As a drone pilot I always check these kind of messages to see if it is really forbidden to fly a drone there. And according to the aerial map you can not: - Civilian drones without extra authorization are not allowed to fly above 400 feet. - You are not […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology https://theconversation.com/europe-wants-to-end-its-dangerous-reliance-on-us-internet-technology-274042

Why would one pay one billion dollar to join a board which you do not control, nor have influence in? You can be ejected by the chair for no reason at all. Where will that one billion dollar go? For sure not to the poor people that need it the most.

Waarde #nerdvote'rs, we krijgen waar voor onze stem! @barbarakathmann houdt goed huis in de kamer en regelt een debat over Groenland & onze afgrijselijke afhankelijkheid van Amerikaanse clouds voor alles […] [Original post on mastodon.nl]

Youtuber Luke Miani is taking a stance against big tech’s wilful cooperation with fascism and corruption in the US government https://youtu.be/CzHaChKlYq4

OMG, I had to check this, and you know what? It's on Wikipidea,.The coincidence is just... wauw! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Saint_James

Childish tactics by a US President... let's dump those bonds. Make Bessent feel a bit more unnerved. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/20/scott-bessent-europe-trump-greenland-tariff-us-wef-davos

Dear America, We’d Like to Speak to the Manager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBoLhWHx-as

Why don't we hear more about the "NATO Unity Protection Act"? A bipartisan bill to prevent Trump from invading Greenland. I can't however find any information on if it is already passed, when they will vote, etc. I find it very hopeful that the proposal is there. It means that both sides of the […]

Implementing Grok at the ministry of defense, I deny to say ministry of war, and removing the safeguards from the Biden administration, sounds to me like a full-fledged Skynet scenario. https://www.newsweek.com/hegseth-announces-grok-access-to-classified-pentagon-networks-11349020

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@eelcoa/115872070496664306 Het artikel van Rob Wijnberg is op zichzelf al sterk, maar onderstaande reactie deed mij de ogen openen. In oorlog zijn is het enige plot waardoor hij aan de macht kan blijven. Dus oorlog is waar hij nu op uit is. Het wordt serieus tijd dat het […]

RE: https://graphics.social/@metin/115872357241460746 The irony...

Why Tech Billionaires Want to Seize Greenland www.youtube.com/watch?v=07sK...

RE: https://mastodon.social/@helma/115864635920470114 Hoe krijg je het verzonnen? Was het maar verzonnen!

RE: https://chaos.social/@delta/115860019564758241 Forget Signal, let alone WhatsApp! DeltaChat rulez! It's federated and independent. It relies on one of the oldest internet standards.

Joining the AI-slop ranks...

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@volkskrant/115859279715096020 OMG: Krijgskolder vanwege Amerikaanse agressie jegens Groenland moesten we maar niet botvieren door onze JSF naar arctische streken te sturen. Vliegen lukt misschien, maar gebruikmaken van de computergestuurde kwaliteiten die het toestel […]

The European Commission's proposal to provide funding for the Commercialisation of Open Source in Europe is a great thing both for Europe's digital autonomy and for Open Source sustainability. It is the result of a multi-year educational and advocacy effort […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]

This morning I updated the iOS on my teenager's phone. While CSAM is not active, nor law, yet in Europe, Apple took the freedom to add some extra filters on my teen's phone. Good that they informed me as the parent what they added and enabled (in dutch)...

RE: https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/115843135213362294 Impressive amount of evidence.

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@volkskrant/115842263994474004 Soms moet je de dingen even in historisch perspectief zien, en dan blijken wij ineens enorm boter op ons hoofd te hebben. Zo vond ik de Nieuwsuur aflevering van gisteren ook heel verhelderend: https://npo.nl/start/afspelen/nieuwsuur_5308 […]

RE: https://mastodon.bit.nl/@msjl/115803758810561486 Een mooie club!

RE: https://mstdn.social/@locuta/115746602000606685 It almost reads as hunger-games, and my mind didn't find that strange or unexpected. – Trump announces the Patriot Games, a four-day athletic event for elite high school athletes featuring one boy and one girl from each state and U.S […]

Ik ben een groot fan van het idee van een Nationaal Agentschap Disruptieve Innovatie. We hebben manieren om fundamenteel onderzoek te steunen, en ook innovatie die wel gaat lukken. Maar we missen een mechanisme voor echt spannende dingen die we toch nodig hebben. Dit plan ligt nu in Den Haag op […]

Funny, I started using the Asics Gel Nimbus 1 in 1999 as my running-shoe. Up until the 10 when I transitioned to Fivefingers in 2009. Now I read that they are introducing version number 28. Good to see that Asics is steadily improving the running-shoe […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Mocht je nog illusies hebben over wat privacy betekent onder Amerikaans recht, je Google search queries kunnen zonder gerechtelijk bevel opgevraagd worden.

De oplossing voor Buma:

A request to al (public) webservices: do NOT use Cloudflare! You don't need it. Move away from it. They are stealing your and our data. They are not speeding things up; is that needed anyway? Just slowing it down.

Bij de Autoriteit Online Kinderpornografisch en Terroristisch Materiaal (ATKM), waar ik ook adviseer, hebben ze een berg bijzondere open source / DevOps vacatures. Nuttig en uitdagend werk […]

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@volkskrant/115643283682028314 Lekker weer, hopelijk morgen weer gerepareerd.

RE: https://social.edu.nl/@Bibliothecaris/115622191356250599 Woohoo!

"For the open software magicians out there, we need to find out how to play at the circus l, which is compete with dominant hyper scalers." Same goes for open social networks. #SaveSocial My hero of the #EuSummit25: @C__CS. One of the few voices of the […] [Original post on eimsbuettel.social]

And, of course, my favourite: ”…and are complemented by reliable proprietary technologies where appropriate.“ – the same proprietary technology relies to 90% on the enterprise-grade quality, de-facto standard that is #opensource. @BMDS, your declaration needs fixing.

”…provided they meet high cybersecurity standards…“: andersherum wird ein Schuh draus: cybersecurity is achievable only with independently auditable technology, and the CRA has learned from #opensource in requiring disclosure and submission of fixed of bugs to upstream providers. 3/4

”Open-source solutions can play an important role enhancing digital sovereignty…“ - they are the main act. Proprietary technology is easily merged and acquired by players that do not adhere to promises of sovereignty and independence. 2/4

Quite the gap between theory and practice: while German federal states, armed forces and French gendarmerie rely on #opensource because they have understood that #digitalsovereignty is only achievable with open technology, the closing declaration for tomorrow‘s #digitalsummit treats OS like a […]

Is the AI bubble imploding already? https://ca.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/peter-thiel-dumps-entire-nvidia-stake-slashes-tesla-holdings-amid-bubble-fears-4320129

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bsletten/115562540520123106 A perfect analogy...

APELL and 100+ partners declare: digital sovereignty is possible with Open Source. One day before the European Summit on Digital Sovereignty they are publishing their "Declaration of Digital Independence", underlining control over digital technology is needed for resilience. The signatories call […]

Het wordt tijd dat die feeks van de VVD eens in gaat zien dat ze plaats moet maken voor mensen die wel vooruit willen en willen samenwerken. Zo, ik heb mijzelf zojuist uitgesloten als formateur. Mij gaan ze niet bellen […]

Wie kan vertellen welke autoriteiten er hier bedoeld worden? @bnrnieuwsradio https://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/economie/10587368/zorgen-binnen-de-overheid-nederlandse-cloudaanbieder-ook-in-amerikaanse-handen

RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/115519609348943546 The beginning of the end of the web as we know it...

De VVD ligt nu al dwars. En dat terwijl ze verantwoordelijk zijn voor een mislukt kabinet en daarvoor een kabinet hebben laten vallen. De Correspondent heeft het daarom over een minderheidscoalitie zonder de VVD […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Pssst https://berthub.eu/research-onofficieel-tk2025/ - #tk2025

RE: https://oisaur.com/@renchap/115503177040416831 Cool, finally Quote posts.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/115480933949803727 Only use trustworthy VPN-providers. Don't forget that at the endpoint of the VPN the providers can see all (!) of your traffic. If it is a rogue (free?) provider that is a lot of information you are providing. If you don't trust any providers […]

Mooie position paper van de VNG! Gemeenten zetten in op Open-source oplossingen en open standaarden. https://vng.nl/sites/default/files/2025-10/position-paper-digitale-autonomie.pdf

Okay, het lettertype zou ik niet kiezen, maar inhoudelijk helemaal spot-on! Wie bezit de stopcontacten? Digitale autonomie gaat óók over de locatie en eigenaarschap van de onderliggende infrastructuur. https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/digitale-onafhankelijkheid-is-meer-dan-overstappen-op-signal