Yet another example why the hype around AI gigafactories and the push for European hyper scalers under the “digital sovereignty” header is a short-sighted investment: restofworld.org/2026/gulf-wa...

#Serendipity. Absolutely love chance encounters on a random train that lead to hours of conversation. And an energy boost of inspiration. Happy weekend y’all!

Another pet peeve: The intention of this panel is to have a constructive, open discussion. Speaker 1: So can I have 10min at the beginning for my presentation? Speaker 2: The same would work for me. Speaker 3: Here are all the things I can speak to. Just. Why?

So tired of the “Here’s your solution!”-pitches today. Notably those that fail to tell me which problem they are solving in the here and now.

We enable the publishing and curating of the entire research process. Publish all steps of your work as primary outputs, whether it's text, data, or code. Curate anything on the web into a collection for discoverability. researchequals.com

ResearchEquals got reviewed in Katina Mag! > its flexibility across disciplines and its inclusive concept of research outputs make it easy to share one’s work at any stage, and its user-curated collections effectively surface high-quality content. I recommend it. katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Am Montag durfte ich mit Frederieke Hildebrandt und Marielle Düh über „Hype oder Hitze? Was KI und Klima verbindet“ in der Bibliothek Lichtenberg diskutieren. Ein tolles Format, das zu einem offenen Austausch einlädt und wirklich viele spannende Fragen hervorgebracht hat. @superrrnetwork.bsky.social

Good news from the U.S. are so rare these days, this is striking: #Meta was held accountable for addictive design. In a landmark ruling, the platform has to pay 3 million USD to one individual for damages to their wellbeing and mental health. - amp.dw.com/en/meta-yout...

Regulation works, if you enforce it: ➡️ Netherlands: Meta must now offer a chronological, non-algorithmic feed to Dutch users ➡️ Germany: X ordered by Court to provide data access for researchers ➡️ France: investigations into fake outlets and accounts opened that targeted municipal elections

Heute um 15:30 startet im Bundestag die öffentliche Anhörung zum Politische-Werbung-Transparenz-Gesetz (PWTG). Alle Statements der Sachverständigen sowie den Link zum Stream findet ihr hier: www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/...

Am 23.3. in der Anna-Seghers-Bibliothek Lichtenberg geht es um KI, Klima und Umwelt — kommt dazu! Ich freue mich auf den Austausch mit euch! Kostenlose Tickets hier: pretix.eu/SUPERRR/kixb... #KIMythen @superrrnetwork.bsky.social

"We can't solve problems, we can't agree exist." What @mariaressa.bsky.social points out in this powerful speech is critical: We can discuss all the crises in the world but we won't be able to solve any of them if our information ecosystem is corrupted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw7u... #FIMI

Solidarity with researchers, NGOs and regulators defending democracy and open, safe online spaces. Almost at 15k signatures within a day. You can sign here: weact.campact.de/petitions/so... #dsa #gdi @counterhate.com @hateaid.org

Merz und von der Leyen müssen jetzt deutliche Worte und eine politische Antwort finden, damit diese Attacke auf die europäische Souveränität nicht unerwidert bleibt. Auch wenn heute Heiligabend ist. Mein Kommentar. netzpolitik.org/2025/sanktio...

Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”

Full solidarity with @hateaid.org ! Standing up for our rights online is the way to go, and these accusations couldn't be more Orwellian... all the more reason to keep going this way and push for the DSA and transparency from online platforms!

Morgen sprechen wir über Sichtbarkeit und Auffindbarkeit von Journalismus online. Mit dabei: tolle Menschen und inspirierende Lösungen. Schaut doch gern ebenfalls rein 👇

Ein Problem, das ich derzeit beobachte: Die Wissenschaft verweist faktenbasiert auf immer neue Schrecken. Beschreibt damit Ist-Zustand und Zukunft. Aber das überträgt sich nicht in die Politik, weil dort Ignoranz herrscht, Fakten teilweise abgelehnt werden.

Just back from this year’s European Media Summit. Many journalists expressed a sense of urgency, growing threats and pressures. But also: commitment. #Mediengipfel

Unser neuer Bericht zeigt: Illegale Inhalte zu melden, ist oft ein mühsamer Prozess, obwohl der DSA nutzendenfreundliche Wege vorschreibt. Und selbst nach einer Meldung reagieren viele Plattformen kaum. Was die Politik jetzt tun muss, damit der DSA schützt, lest ihr hier: hateaid.org/wp-content/u...

“We, the undersigned Amazon employees, have serious concerns about this aggressive rollout during the global rise of authoritarianism and our most important years to reverse the climate crisis. We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage…

Timeline cleanse.

Like podcasts? Interested in tech? Worried about the climate crisis? Here’s a weekend recommendation for you: podcast.greenio.tech/e/p8lxj3j8-6... Gaël from @greenio-podcast.bsky.social and I go deep on all things emissions & corporate responsibility. With a flavour of digital sovereignty.

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/eurosky.social Eurosky Live from Berlin

We must build our own digital infrastructure, governed in Europe and rooted in our democratic values and fundamental rights. That means: 1.

“I thought we were going to a Summit on European Digital Sovereignty yesterday, instead we got a deregulation fest.” ~ Felix Styma at @eurosky.social 🫳🎤

Attending the #eurosky event in Berlin today. Given that the role of decentralized social media as a critical piece of #DigitalSovereignty was strikingly absent from the #Digitalgipfel yesterday, I do hope more conversations like these will break through the political bubble. And soon.

“Product first, regulation second.” — this morning’s spin around AI and digital technologies at the #EUsummit25 #Digitalgipfel I wonder how the construction or mobility industry feel about that… 🤦‍♀️

Errrm. Alarm bells ringing. 🚨 Let’s not ex-ante regulate the risks but build the products first, says digital minister Wildberger. … I have so many questions. #EUsummit25 #Digitalgipfel

Digitalgipfel-Eröffnung: Während Karsten WIldberger bei der Begrüssung wie ein Motivationstrainer redete, sprach sein französischer Kollege Roland Lescure konkreter, was man tun müsste. Dazu gehöre auch DSA und DMA durchzusetzen. Und Beschaffungswesen einsetzen, aber dafür bräuchte es Geld.

I’m attending the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty today. 1.000 participants, 70 civil society reps. 🤷‍♀️ No doubt, we need to reduce dependencies and ramp up investment. But I’ll definitely listen for the potential pitfalls, given the lack of voices holding up civil rights.

Tune in: Am Montag, 13 Uhr sprechen wir darüber, wie wir gemeinwohlorientierte soziale Medien skalieren können. Mit Markus Beckedahl, Josephine Ballon, Björn Staschen & Elena Kountidou: www.gruene-bundestag.de/veranstaltun...

Grüne fordern mehr Ressourcen für DSC Die Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen dringt in einem Antrag darauf, den Koordinator für Digitale Dienste (DSC) in der Bundesnetzagentur mit dringend notwendigen Ressourcen auszustatten.

Over 200 organisations and another 200+ individuals are urging that “Climate Action Requires Truth: COP30 Must Codify Information Integrity” — caad.info/analysis/rep... #ClimateDisinfo #InformationIntegrity #COP30

Interesting perspectives and insights shared by folks who created “love matters” around how ads on female pleasure, female hygiene/health and similar things were either blocked or outright rejected on Meta platforms. #mozfest #SocialCensorship #DigitalAds

I was told over and over again that downloading unauthorized media from the Internet was like robbing a bank. Turns out it's fine as long as you scale it up to infinity.

Things #Mozfest does really well: * inclusion (e.g. pronouns stickers) * safety (e.g. lanyards to signal that you don’t want to be photographed) * plenty of time and space to mingle and network * easy discovery of the unexpected * content mixed with art

Getting ready for a weekend of unlearning together! 🦊🐼 #mozfest #unlearn #reimagine

Anyone planning to share #Mozfest impressions on here? Will hopefully provide/generate some good ideas/content on (re)imagining tech focused on people and the environment. Festival page: www.mozillafestival.org/en/

Back after a two-week break. Looking at the amount, working through emails, messages, missed calls will probably take me all day. 🐿️🐿️

#Borkum #Wattenmeer #KeinGas

ec.europa.eu/commission/p... EC Preliminary Findings - Meta and TikTok in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the #DigitalServicesAct

📣 Journalists! Join us for three webinars about how to cover the upcoming UN climate summit, COP30 1️⃣ COPs 101 | What Every Journalist Should Know, 11/3 RSVP: buff.ly/uJq4ubP 2️⃣ What’s at Stake at COP30? 11/4 RSVP: buff.ly/mLHFVz3 3️⃣ A COP Journalist’s Toolbox, 11/5 RSVP: buff.ly/iB7De76

I do not like if my 600+ days streak of language lessons is lost because the app hosts data on AWS. 🤷‍♀️🤖🙈

I like when Monday feels like Saturday. 🚴‍♀️🍁🍂⭐️

Diese Petition gegen die #Chatkontrolle hat bereits über 200.000 Unterschriften - und es werden von Stunde zu Stunde mehr! ❤️👾

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

My highlight of the week: #DataAccessDays #DSA40 I loved being back with the research community, seeing so many familiar faces, filling up my nerd energy levels. While obstacles to platform research persist, the creativity of the community is really inspiring. Much to be done. Much in the works.

And: who will be at the Data Access Days event in Berlin tomorrow? Happy to chat and learn about new research, obstacles to research, and any work done around decentralized networks. #DSA40 #DataAccessDays