On my way to @berlinfediday for #fediday day 0. Also need to find a place to get some food. Any vegetarian food tips in the neighbourhood of c-base and Berlin Ostbahnhoff?

"Een 44-jarige Nederlandse man die al 40 jaar in de VS woont, wordt vastgehouden voor mogelijke uitzetting vanwege een jeugddelict in 1998 en een oude overtreding voor marihuanabezit; zijn familie benadrukt dat de veroordelingen klein waren, deels gezuiverd, en nooit problemen hebben veroorzaakt […]

🚨 BREKEND: "Overstap kantoorautomatisering Belastingdienst naar M365 op Amerikaanse servers" https://berthub.eu/tkconv/document.html?nummer=2025D42960

Zie toevallig jongeren verkiezingen debat bij omroep NCRV - Zwart van @Pointer Vindt 't tot dusver beter dan andere verkiezings debatten die ik heb gezien. Het zijn namelijk meer een soort gesprekken waarin de jongeren heel duidelijk hun zorgen uitspreken tegen politici van D66, GroenLinks-PvdA […]

Awesome! @DeNijverheid – Utrecht's independent cultural haven – now has a @[email protected] pixelfed account! One of the nicest spots in Utrecht, with all kinds of artistic things happening, from studio's to expositions to performances & delicious food from Peuzel nearby. Let's […]

Wederom een goed stuk van @bert_hubert over democratie, data en digitalisering waarin hij o.a een lans breekt voor 'countervailing power'. Als je wil weten wat dat is...lees zijn artikel 😉 Aanrader! https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/data-democratische-rechtsorde/ #politiek #politie #democratie […]

"Equipped with Azure’s near-limitless storage capacity and computing power, Unit 8200 had built an indiscriminate new system allowing its intelligence officers to collect, play back and analyse the content of cellular calls of an entire population. [..] the enormous repository of intercepted […]

It is not easy to delete your LinkedIn data without deleting your account, but it does make me creative 😈 If you plan on leaving LinkedIn you might want to show very clearly that you are not on LinkedIn anymore. See the profile screenshot as inspiration 😄 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Will leave #LinkedIn before Nov 3rd. Already objected against using my data for #AI training purposes. After deceptive design, manipulations to force the app instead of a browser & annoying account verification practices this was the last straw. Will keep […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Het ronde tafel gesprek van de Commissie Digitale Zaken rondom de Nederlandse Digitaliserings Strategie is gestart: https://debatdirect.tweedekamer.nl/2025-09-24/digitale-zaken/groen-van-prinstererzaal/rondetafelgesprek-nederlandse-digitaliseringsstrategie-nds-14-00/video #digitalisering […]

Happy to attend the 'Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values' book launch at #utrecht University. https://www.uu.nl/en/events/book-launch-governing-the-digital-society-platforms-artificial-intelligence-and-public-values Looking forward to reading it […]

Dear Disney, It seems you never really understood your own shows, but we did. 👋 byebye Disney+ The only way to communicate with companies is to use your wallet. After Tesla I'd have hoped CEO's & stockholders understood supporting/appeasing […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Triodos biedt Apple Pay aan & stelt de vraag: 🤔 "Waarom maken banken gebruik van betaalsystemen van big tech-bedrijven, in plaats van een eigen betaalsysteem voor mobiel betalen te ontwikkelen?" 😔 Het antwoord: Bigtech heeft de middelen om dit te doen. Triodos niet. 👋 Gaat lekker met digitale […]

I'm impressed by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (I'm late to the party). The amount of music, the diversity in genres & styles, the musicianship and their approach towards bootlegs & bigtech companies like Spotify. Not sure what my favourites are, thus far I've enjoyed […]

"Vanmiddag vindt bij het gerechtshof in Amsterdam een zitting plaats over een door sociale mediabedrijf X aangevraagd mededelingsverbod voor jurist en technologie-expert Danny Mekić. Beroepsvereniging NVJ en het Persvrijheidsfonds waarschuwen voor een chilling effect." […]

Gevonden tussen angstaanjagende xenofobe moties van de Algemene Beschouwingen. Motie van @laurensdassen over digitale autonomie. "De gewijzigde motie- over overstappen op Europese, op open standaarden gebaseerde digitale alternatieven voor de digitale […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

To be frank, I’ve become extremely frustrated since the acquisition because now the environment combines the worst aspects of a make-it-up-as-you-go small company with the worst aspects of a faceless corporate overlord. I love my coworkers, I don’t love the general approach to projects and […]

If you're looking for some oldskool loud, fast & political hardcore/punk music to blast your way through the day...may I suggest these: https://seeinred.bandcamp.com/track/volksmenners https://memphispunkarchive.bandcamp.com/track/surrender […]

Now Silicon Valley's Dark Tech Broligarchie acquires the key to young people's data and mind. # SaveSocial […]

Looking forward to represent @publicspaces @berlinfediday The program schedule looks awesome! With people like @_elena @evan @melaniebartos @andypiper @bjoernsta and many more sharing their ideas, experiences on and beyond the Fediverse https://berlinfedi.day/ #fediverse #publicspaces […]

Hoe doorbreken we de afhankelijkheid van Big Tech in de politiek? Welke nationale stappen zijn er nodig? Hoe beschermen we vrouwenrechten en onze democratie? Daarover gaan we op 1 okt. in gesprek met Kamerleden en experts. *Line-up* Wie zegt dat tech-experts altijd mannen zijn? Wij presenteren […]

Liebe Deutsche Freund*innen welche Bücher sollte ich lesen, wenn ich mehr über die DDR Zeit erfahren möchte? Bitte, nicht nur aus westlicher Perspektive. Fiktion und Sachbuch. Danke im Vorraus! Teilen ist toll :) #ddr #deutschland #politik #geschichte #sed #buch #lesen

Hey, how are you? Oh, its OK except I'm trying to focus on work with genocide & wars going on, the imminent start of WWIII, war mongering, man-made famine, politics & politicians not even acknowledging common facts & science, AI cult of bigtech, surveillance […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Listening to album 'Nimmen' by Immen. She has a beautiful soothing voice & sings dreamlike in Frysian & English. Personal favourite: "Clay Small cracks beginning to show Inviting you to come and see what's below The clay is getting dry I am slower than time Adding water might seem to work […]

The Europe an Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion. We have till 10 sept. to speak up before it’s too late. And they are doing it quietly, when most people are away. In the middle of the summer, the European Commission launched a […]

'[..]authoritarian rulers seem to have a better grasp of current social media dynamics than many democratic leaders have. Both Trump & Erdogan understand the value of building a social media platform where they have a direct connection with supporters, & can control message distribution. That […]

Vrijwel alle verkiezingsprogramma's bevatten zalvende woorden over Europese technologie. NSC, VVD, BBB, CDA, GroenLinks-PvdA, D66 en VOLT (!!) hebben allemaal hun website bij Amerikaanse bedrijven staan (CloudFlare of Digital Ocean). PVV ook natuurlijk, maar die zeggen in hun programma niets […]

"Kritisch zijn op overheid steeds moeilijker, waarschuwt College voor de Rechten van de Mens (CRM) Het CRM noemt in het verslag Hongarije, waar de afgelopen 10jr bijna de helft van de mensenrechtenorganisaties is verdwenen. Voorzitter Rick Lawson: "We zeggen niet dat Nederland al Hongarije is.[ […]

We just did a webinar on #peertube for organizations curious about it @publicspaces Afterwards I suddenly realized: we have so much alternatives for #bigtech already. Heck, we did the webinar in #bigbluebutton an awesome opensource Zoom/Teams! Many thanks to all the people & organizations […]

@_elena many thanks for your Fediverse explanation video! I've just it twice already to quickly explain the Fediverse and it's possibilities.

Just finished 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow' by Gabrielle Zevin. By far one of the best stories I've read in a long time. If you'd like a story about games, people & love, you should really check it out. Especially since it touches upon three decades: 80's, 90's and the 00's. Decades in […]

"If we want a new world, we have to start making it right now...actually we are making it right now in every decision we take.[..] If we want a world where women are listened to, [..] start by listening to women. In whatever we are doing, we have to make it […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WYyaNm7UqFQ Bizar video. Perhaps we've been offered a glimpse into the not so secret USA's version of Germany 20 feb 1933? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Meeting_of_20_February_1933 US (tech) companies are clearly very much involved with the current […]

I see lots of people talking about #Obsidian. If it works for you, great! What if you're on the fence? You might want to have a look @joplinapp#obsidian Been using it now for a month or 4 & I'm quite happy with it. Not as much features as Obsidian, but that's not an issue for me. There's also plugins […]

This year we’ve got six amazing speakers, with topics ranging from 3D scanning to the ethics of innovation.

Working on some details for my presentation at the Dutch Theater Professionals conference session for marketeers tomorrow. Part of my freelance assignment @publicspaces Looking forward to meeting theater marketeers & hearing about their challenges with bigtech. There's plenty of interesting […]

This should have been big news! Ten funding agencies from eight European countries have pledged to support a public infrastructure that is poised to replace academic journals: FWF 🇦🇹 RCN 🇳🇴 Forte 🇸🇪 ARIS 🇸🇮 SRC 🇸🇪 FCT 🇵🇹 CSIC 🇪🇸 DFG 🇩🇪 Formas 🇸🇪 ANR 🇫🇷 Only two of them issued press releases in […]

Deze podcast met @Felienne is een aanrader! BNR's Big Five: Felienne Hermans (Vrije Universiteit): 'In de wereld waarin we nu zitten is leeftijdsbegrenzing op sociale media het beste wat we kunnen doen' Episode webpage […]

Had some fun with 'Over The Wire wargames' https://overthewire.org/wargames/ Some CLI commands I hadn't used before are showing their age by the less than ideal user-experience / docs. 👀 the uniq command. It requires a file to be sorted using sort before you may invoke it, but don't forget […]

Dear @why2025camp orga & #why2025 participants I'm trying to find the video for 'Het Grote Cyberdebat', this talk: https://program.why2025.org/why2025/talk/CJZV8J/ Afaict there is no video available here: https://media.ccc.de/c/WHY2025 Perhaps someone from @c3voc knows more about this? […]

Pretty stoked to be going to Duister Collective's festival at DB's in Utrecht: https://www.dbstudio.nl/event/duister-collectief-outdoor-festival-1/ Looking forward to a day of loud metal / hardcore music. Some of my favorites: Farer - Elpis […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

On 27 sept @helma will have a talk about #chatcontrol "Zwartboek Chat Control: gaat de overheid meekijken in je privéchats en foto’s ? ". For tickets and more info see https://www.tkkrlab.com/uncategorized/25-okt-lezing-chat-control-door-helma-de-boer/ #csam #security #privacy #hackerspaces

Bijna een jaar geleden gaf @helma een presentatie over 'Chat Control' met de stand van zaken op dat moment @nluug najaarsconferentie: https://nluug.nl/evenementen/nluug/najaarsconferentie-2024/talks/helma-de-boer-zwartboek-chatcontrol/ Helaas is het Chat Controle voorstel net een zombie 🧟 & […]

🥳 I've just casted my vote! If you are a member of @Codeberg do not forget to vote! 🗳 Today is the last day to cast your votes on: - Presidium election - Cash Auditors election And if you'd like Codeberg to to communicate yearly reports, finances and budget planning to the public. #codeberg […]

Mooie actie van telecom aanbieder Ben! Ze bieden 2GB aan als cadeau. Je kan dit ook doneren. Elke 2GB gedoneerd is €1 voor De Vakantiebank. De Vakantiebank rekent €7,50 per vakantiedag per gezin: https://www.devakantiebank.nl 🧠 Ben geeft max 60.000GB ofwel […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

En het is alweer raak. Ben je digitaal betrokken als Kamerlid? Dan pleeg je politieke zelfmoord. Er blijft bijna niets over van de kennis in de Commissie Digitale Zaken na de verkiezingen! @barbarakathmann staat als dank voor haar noeste arbeid op een onverkiesbare plek & voor de rest ziet het […]

Interessante foto keuze van de @NOS met Veldkamp en #rodelijn. #israel #palestijnen #genocide #oorlogsmisdaden

Het is heel erg lang in een geheime lade geschoven, maar het blijkt uit voor 99% zwartgelakte documenten dat al in 2011 door Dick Schoof een contract met #palantir werd getekend. https://www.volkskrant.nl/tech/ook-nederlandse-politie-gebruikt-omstreden-software-van-palantir~bc93fb06/

As Microsoft itself now advises against using (certain parts of) Excel (because after having jammed AI into it, the chance of calculations being wrong has become seriously awful), suggestions: - If you insist on spreadsheets, try @libreoffice instead and learn a few rules to save you loads of […]