Absolutely loving @vaurora's talk on crisis engineering and digital resilience! From moving to European services to the #meshtastic Lan! #SFSCon

"Why did you do it? Because it was fun!" A great reminder from this morning's talk at #SFSCon by Jean-Baptiste Kempf from @videolan : FOSS should also be fun!

Want to participate in our #fosdem #EUPolicy devroom? We have just opened the Call for Presentations! Check it out here: https://pad.softwarefreedom.net/pad/#/2/pad/view/mR8tzh0xjZTW2iCfXMORYQB6-XwEkSGLDFeetc7zQOY/embed/

For those going to #SFScon who are interested in policy (and politics!), after my talk on the #CyberResilienceAct @webmink#SFSCon#CyberResilienceActnd I will be doing a workshop on European policy, listening for your concerns and priorities, teaching you how to influence EU laws, and giving you an idea of what is […]

To withstand the aggression and win the war, #EU needs cultural and psychological shifts. For 🇪🇪, deterrence has never been a matter of abstract ratios or force tables. It begins with people—how they think, national security is as a civic habit, not a military speciality. icds.ee/en/europes-w...

Huge Democratic party win across the board, but a lot of European newspapers are just reporting on Mamdami

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Funny how Republicans get furious when democrats call them fascists, and blame them for inciting deaths, but are very comfortable labelling democrats as "communist jihadists" #uspol

Many talented Ukrainian actors, artists, comedians, sportspeople, and others left their professional careers to take up arms and defend their country from Russian occupiers. Russia's war against Ukraine has taken the lives of at least 240 Ukrainian culture […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

The percentage of new so-called “unicorn” startups that come from Europe has grown consistently now for 3 years, reaching its highest share in the last eight years. #eupol

International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European #opensource alternative. #eupol https://www.euractiv.com/news/international-criminal-court-to-ditch-microsoft-office-for-european-open-source-alternative/

Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.

The #python Software Foundation look after some of the most important software for our Digital Infrastructure. They can't get grants from the US gov.t because those now require alignment with the #trump administration's ideology. The #eu should step up and support our critical digital […]

When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda www.wired.com/story/chatbo...

If you're based in #brussels and haven't been to the #ukrainian Café, you're missing out! Try some great Ukrainian dishes and support a good cause 🇺🇦

Spending the day at @EclipseFdn #codeandcompliance it's amazing to see what a wide range of innovative ideas the communities have to rise to the challenge of the #CRA. #opensource has well and truly come of age!

Two countries built by slaves urge Europe not to do due dilligence on issues including... slavery. https://www.euractiv.com/news/kill-the-eu-corporate-due-diligence-law-us-and-quatar-urge-eu-leaders/ #slavery #eupol #corporateduedilligence #CSDD

Finally #eurostar https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/22/eurostar-to-run-doubledecker-trains-through-channel-tunnel-from-2031

Guys and gals, it’s not even oil executives who are killing renewables. It’s Putin. We’re losing to Putin.

🧑‍⚖️ The hearing is about to begin! 👀 Representatives from #apple, @EUCommission and the European Parliament, as policymakers from Germany and industry representatives, are all here at @Curia 💥 This is BIG 💥 :fsfe: The FSFE's lawyer will have 10 minutes to explain to Court why #dma requires […]

Feels like a metaphore https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/20/trump-white-house-ballroom-construction #uspol

The wild level of dependence on #aws is here for all the world to see. https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/oct/20/china-economic-growth-gdp-low-house-prices-fall-stock-markets-ftse-business-live-news

"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier" on.ft.com/4n9nlNd

Since it has gotten some beating recently (in particular from #apple fanboys), I've written something about the #digitalmarketsact for @edri and how things are going at this front: https://edri.org/our-work/the-dma-is-a-success-it-should-be-strengthened-and-expanded/ #dma #Competition […]

Would you like to review the drafts of the #standards being created for compliance with the CRA (Cyber Resilience Act)? They have started to appear here: https://labs.etsi.org/rep/stan4cra/ Yes, mostly in Gitlab and Markdown,

As free Windows 10 support ends today, consider upgrading to a Linux operating system! You will continue to be protected with security updates, but you will also gain total freedom for your device. Doesn't have to be Fedora - look around for the Linux distro that works for you. :) Learn more […]

As you might know, I have been in an accident. My car was deemed a total loss, even though it still drives fine and everything, it's a good, well-kept car. It would be a shame to scrap it. But you know what? The Ukrainian army does not care about the bent tailgate! So when I get better, I'm […]

Meta removes ICE-tracking Facebook page in Chicago at the request of the Justice Department. @AssociatedPress reports: "Earlier this month, Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that […]

“The #US has doubled down, building full-blown ecosystems around the two giants partaking in unsustainable multi-billion dollar “circular financing”, putting growth before profitability and sustainability, further inflating the #aibubble ever closer to a popping point, and funnelling enormous […]

#europe can still win the #AI race — here is how! https://jmaris.me/jekyll/update/2025/10/13/How-Europe-wins-the-AI-race.html #eupol #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AiResearch #generativeAI #geopolitics #Europe #eu

This is going to go so so so so wrong #aibubble

Scott Brown's defence of the European Convention on Human Rights (#ECHR) is good but unexceptional. Yet it is a #BBCnews story, because it is this #NorthNorthamptonshire councillor's reason for leaving the #UK's #ConservativeParty […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Developing or maintaining #opensource #dns software? There is a funding opportunity of up to £100k (€/$120k) for developers in this space right now! Check it out! https://nominet.uk/our-impact/nominet-dns-fund/ #nominet

🇪🇺YOU ARE AMAZING: ❤️ Your protest stopped #ChatControl! I hear Germany isn't caving in; so there's no majority in the EU Council. Digital privacy is safe for now! Let's celebrate this huge success TOGETHER! 🎉 Details […] [Original post on digitalcourage.social]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0 "#AI #slop is killing our channel"

Who could possibly have foreseen that having random web apps collect copious personal information in order to check for user age could create a golden trove for hackers? https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/07/discord-data-breach-proof-of-age-id-leaked

Side point on #chatcontrol: When I worked on the law in the European Parliament, in the face of questionably legal, and highly problematic behavior by DG HOME, I prepared a whitepaper on why it was such a terrible Idea. As it is in the public interest, I have decided to make that white paper […]

update: "video appears to contradict the government’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire on her" chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

banning people like antivaxxers and fascists has never been about “censoring the opposition” or “stifling healthy debate.” at the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, that’s what they want you to think. it’s always been about limiting the reach of mass disinformation campaigns that seek […]

"The Internet is starting to Break - Here's Why" #enshitification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVYG1mu8Lg8

" the most important electoral issue is following through on the promise to reward pensioners for their lifetimes of work" Yes, by throwing future generations under the bus. That's always how populists work. It'll be heartbreaking if the Czech Republic elects a Russian stooge […]

We have some concrete figures on the RATP bid that won the contract for local trains around Caen against the SNCF: 50% increase in train-km for no increase in cost […]

The @EUCommission would like to hear your views on the governance and sustainability of critical open source software. The survey closes October 5th. https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/FOSSEPS_Governance_and_Sustainability_Survey #OpenSource #governance #sustainability

Europe doesn't have a good solution yet about how to condition the payment of public funds to industry (like startups) to ethical behaviour (like building #opensource, #privacy-preserving, or decentralised tech), says @alexandrageese. #privacycamp25

The extent to which the #trump administration has dismantled vital democratic safeguards is terrifying. If there is ever another free and fair election in the United States, the democrats will have to take unprecedented, radical action to reinstate them, including doing some things they […]

As I am making a presentation to European Commission officials tomorrow, and the Commission *loves* the idea of re-gauging railways, I thought it was high time to write up why it's mostly a bad idea Explained in depth here! 👇 […]

Discord 👏 is 👏 not 👏 a 👏 suitable 👏 replacement 👏 for 👏 forums 👏

🇪🇺The critical EU government vote on #chatcontrol is now officially scheduled for October 14—in 16 days. https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXVIII/EU/34674/imfname_11514598.pdf The German government is at risk of reversing its stance and destroying the digital equivalent of the sealed letter!

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.