A journalist in Brazil asked me for a satellite light pollution map for São Paulo with SpaceX's awful million "AI data center" satellite plan. So, here you go. Compared with Starlink, which isn't visible at all from latitude 23 south on the summer solstice […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

America has just decided to assist #iran in blocking the Strait of #hormuz 😅

Yo Arjen! @arjenlubach Wordt het niet eens tijd om je Lubach video’s óók via #peertube te publiceren? #wegvanbigtech 👉🏻 https://joinpeertube.org/

‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china

Tof! SNS/ASN bank heeft nu web app. Geen Google/Apple app store meer nodig. (Geen #appdwang): Klik "Browser aanmelden" op: https://www.snsbank.nl/online/web/mijnsns/inloggen/

Towards a Sovereign Mobile Stack https://modal.cx/blog/sovereign-mobile-stack/

I wanted the blue checkmark on LinkedIn. The one that says “this person is real.” In a sea of fake recruiters, bot accounts, and AI-generated headshots, it seemed like a smart thing to do. So I tapped “verify.” I scanned my passport. I took a selfie. Three minutes later — done. Badge acquired […]

"I predict that long before 2030 we will have long lasting batteries for less than $50/kWh everywhere. Your house will get a 20 kWh battery costing just $1000 that will earn itself back in less than three years..." https://aukehoekstra.substack.com/p/batteries-how-cheap-can-they-get

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It’s completely absurd that people allow their OWN phones, computers, TV’s to display advertisements.

The Miller Column Layout (like MacOS Finder) would be a powerful incentive to let #macos users switch to #linux and #gnome . I hope one day it will be in #nautilus

What a nice #map to see how the rivers flow https://waterwaymap.org/ #waterwaymap

Thought provoking new campaign ad from the Green Party of England and Wales. Strong and thoughtful message - it makes the other English parties look like dishwater.

RE: https://mamot.fr/@ploum/115938794778974968 I agree with this wholeheartedly. We shouldn't create European versions of Google, Amazon or Microsoft, oligopols that benefit from vendor lock-in. Instead, we should have a commons based on open-source technology and standards, which can then be […]

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[Dutch] Met zonnepanelen wordt een land groener én weerbaar! Een land dat zelf duurzaam energie opwekt, is veerkrachtiger dan een land dat iedere dag uit het buitenland gas en olie moet aanslepen. Fossiele energie verkopende landen zijn niet per se vrienden. In plaats daarvan zou elektriciteit […]

TIL that China uses the "CE" logo on electronic equipment shipped to the EU...

Bizarre. It's mid-December and the pruned apple tree is already sprouting again. #climatechange #appletree #blossom

For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. https://werd.io/why-rss-matters/

I would love to have a powerful search option for my Mastodon Bookmarks...

Remembering Jane Goodall - She was a young, untested scientist. Her work changed how the world saw chimpanzees. https://explorer-mag.nationalgeographic.org/trailblazer_january_february_2019/becoming_jane

[Dutch] Niet zo lang geleden betekende 'Made in China' vooral: goedkoop. Tegenwoordig staat het juist voor kwaliteit. Een cruciale factor in China's succes? Het Amerikaanse megabedrijf Apple, beargumenteert Financial Times-journalist Patrick McGee in zijn boek Apple in China. Apple leidde […]

Wake me up if Liquid Glass is doable on a day to day basis. No software update to iOS26 for me.

‘Forever Chemicals’ poisoning Europe’s waters and fish: The tip of the PFAS iceberg https://eeb.org/library/forever-chemicals-poisoning-europes-waters-and-fish-the-tip-of-the-pfas-iceberg/

What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/kids-smartphones-play-freedom/683742/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZwYTG_xAjjaai5ZGdhs0ehg

“Von der Leyen has preemptively surrendered and squandered three decades of work to build up the EU as a sovereign power” https://davekeating.substack.com/p/europes-surrender-summer

The EU should ban companies who don’t comply with EU law.

China continues to go at it hammer and tongs. It seems that barely a week goes by without an announcement along the lines of "World's largest flow battery connects to Chinese Grid", or "Cheapest battery auction to date closes with record-low prices". While the headline achievements are […]

The Atlantic published a photo essay that captures perfectly the massive scale of the Chinese march towards energy independence. As the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power […]

Sad News: #methanesat Loses Contact with Satellite. This satellite was the oil & gas industry's screaming sweat-soaked nightmare. https://www.methanesat.org/project-updates/methanesat-loses-contact-satellite More info about the first environmental nonprofit satellite […]

Wouldn't it be better if the entire world just decided to not trade with the US at all anymore until we see regime change and some rather profound apologies? This waiting for the vengeful narcissist king to pull some random tariff percentage out of his adult diaper is demeaning.

“…we’ve left out the foundation of our existence, which is nature, clean air, pure water, rich soil, food, and sunlight.” https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/

Do things that don’t scale. Do it until it hurts, then automate it away. https://mastersofscale.com/brian-chesky/

The US is no longer the technological leader of the world. While our scientists are screwing around with boner pills and fake AI girlfriends, Chinese scientists are building thorium reactors and EVs that charge in a one minute. Seriously, wtf are we doing? —— China unveils world's first EV […]

What's been lost... Entomologists from Krefeld, Germany, collected flying insects for two weeks in August 1994 (left) and—at the same site, with an identical trap— in August 2016 (right). Similar data from 63 German protected areas overall gave a shocking […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The legality (not wisdom) of putting European private data on US clouds hinges on the availability of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Trump neutered this board, and the European parliament has taken notice & asked the European Commission what they think:

If you want independent judges, you better not give them a Microsoft account. Dutch article: https://decorrespondent.nl/16135/als-je-onafhankelijke-rechters-wilt-kun-je-ze-beter-geen-microsoft-account-geven/95fa0ea0-b88c-0839-3ba8-7405bb1c0228

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Plants produce more nectar when they ‘hear’ bees buzzing, scientists find 🤯🌳🌍🐝 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/21/plants-produce-more-nectar-when-they-hear-bees-buzzing-scientists-find

Happy Europe Day from Brussels! Today marks 75 years since Europe's Nations chose peaceful cooperation over war. On Europe Day I wanted to share a personal anecdote about that cooperation. ⬇️🧵

I agree with @notjustbikes: trams are awesome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNTg9EX7MLw

Hi @rizzi, could you add a horizontal cook-mode for Mela? Just like Standby modus when docked/charging.

In the age of AI, we must protect human creativity as a natural resource Op-ed: As AI outputs flood the Internet, diverse human perspectives are our most valuable resource. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/in-the-age-of-ai-we-must-protect-human-creativity-as-a-natural-resource/

"When automotive executives in the United States and Europe talk about electric vehicles, they usually talk about tomorrow: the need to prepare for some vaguely defined "future" where their customers are largely moving beyond gasoline. But in China, that's not the future at all. It's the present."