This should have been front page news www.ft.com/content/6596...

This is horrific and feels like it should be a bigger deal. Business Insider reports that people who have worked at xAI have seen Grok create images and written material with child sex abuse material. www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-gr...

In einem Video zeigt der niederländische Komiker Arjen Lubach, wie sich der Disney-Konzern an Donald Trump anpasst: Arielle wird belästigt, Bambis Mutter landet wegen Wokeness am Drehspieß. Es ist nicht der erste Erfolg der Macher.

“Brussels and national capitals need to “accept they are in a culture war – with Europe as the target” and act accordingly” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Take this opportunity to reread 'The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons' by @avilarenata.bsky.social and Scott Griffen. The text explores a joint project to open the #IPI archive and makes a call for reflection on #AI infrastructures for the public good. buff.ly/6aDf8hS

Protests, mass meetups, conferences—a youth-led movement is reclaiming the Luddite mantle, rejecting a future dominated by Silicon Valley companies, toxic apps, and generative AI. This fall, a "Luddite renaissance" is in full swing. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-luddit...

“The real existential threat isn’t AI—it’s the powerful people building it.” — @adambecker.bsky.social For a simple debunking of bizarro AI politics, read this now (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

You may know the software company Palantir as a contractor for ICE + the military. But in recent months, it's relaunched its merch store & said it wants to be a "lifestyle brand." What does it mean for Palantir to be a lifestyle brand...? I unpacked it here: www.wired.com/story/palant...

What’s up with Peter Thiel’s secret Antichrist lectures? Let us pierce the veil. For the @newrepublic.com I studied his past Antichrist speeches to decode his message—a chilling fusion of Nazi political theory and scripture. Consider this an urgent warning: newrepublic.com/article/2004...

TLDR: Peter Thiel weaponizes Nazi philosophy and biblical scripture to reframe democratic opposition as cosmic evil—while building the surveillance state he claims to fear.

@nieuws.nos.nl waarom geven jullie aan mannen die prinsenvlag meevoeren, antisem leuzen roepen en hitlergroet brengen de apolitieke benaming “relschoppers”? bovendien, eerder noemden jullie het “in zwart geklede mannen”. nos.nl/l/2583277.

Op de voet gevolgd door de observaties van NTA onderzoeker Willemijn Kadijk die ter plekke was www.parool.nl/nederland/af...

Uiteraard komt de beste analyse over her geweld van zaterdag van collega @leoniedejonge.bsky.social

PVV-hooligans vallen letterlijk hoofdkantoor D66 aan, maar van deze onnozele boekhouder moet je dat niet politiek maken.

This FCC action is straight out of P2025 Nexstar & Sinclair drove this They said they wouldn't air Kimmel on their ABC affiliates They're the real villains here & hiding behind the more visible Disney & letting them take the heat. Stop watching your local affiliates if it's one of those 2 co's.

ondertussen bij extreem-links... www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/39444...

"We can and should reject that AI output is ‘good enough,’ not only because it is not good, but also because there is inherent value in thinking for ourselves.” zenodo.org/records/1706... 39/🧵

Uit de VS National Holocaust Memorial

Onderzoeksjournalistiek is superbelangrijk. Gelukkig is het niveau in Nederland hoog. Maar het kost meer tijd en geld dan het formuleren van een mening... Word dus snel vriend van @investico.bsky.social en steun onderzoeksjournalistiek. Kan al vanaf 1 euro per maand. Je helpt ze er ontzettend mee.

Wat betekent het voor ons als tech-miljardairs en cryptobedrijven de heerschappij van de banken zullen doorbreken? In zijn nieuwe boek ‘Geld genoeg, maar niet voor jou’ neemt Thomas Bollen je mee naar goudkluizen, banktorens en cryptofeestjes. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...

Sheila Sitalsing fileert het meest recente dieptepunt in de parlementaire geschiedenis. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization. This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.

Digital sovereignty & web archiving: Powerful gathering at @kb.nl with @marleenstikker.bsky.social (@waag.bsky.social) & Internet Archive’s @brewster.kahle.org! Brewster’s key message: "People are awesome. What they share is worth preserving." Our blog post: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/09/18/p...

This must be enough insensitive to block US AI companies and US related capital investments www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We might be “experiencing an AI bubble,” Rogé Karma argues. “If that bubble bursts, it could put the dot-com crash to shame—and the tech giants and their Silicon Valley backers won’t be the only ones who suffer.” https://theatln.tc/K9m2UMuD

We did it: DE 🇩🇪 LU🇱🇺 & SK🇸🇰 just decided to oppose Chat Control! 🥳 Thanks everyone for your help and keep fighting the good fight. 🫶 Chat Control will not get a majority - at least not today. More on why it is the most criticized law of all times: tuta.com/blog/chat-co...

✊ Tuta Mail to the EU: If you pass Chat Control, we’re forced to sue you. We will never build backdoors or spy on our users. Privacy is a human right, guaranteed to everyone by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. #StopChatControl #privacymatters Read the full comment 👉 tuta.com/blog/chat-co...

Gevoelige data van miljoenen Nederlanders lopen gevaar. Techbedrijf Zivver, dat vertrouwelijke communicatie voor rechtbanken en ziekenhuizen beveiligt, is overgenomen door het Amerikaanse Kiteworks, dat wordt geleid door voormalige Israëlische spionnen. Daarnaast kan Zivver meelezen met berichten.

De digitale euro: kuur tegen dollarcentrisme fd.nl/opinie/15696...

en hier dus Thiel: www.bnr.nl/podcast/theb...

Gisteren mocht ik een heel uur bij BNR praten over Sam Altman. Het werd een leuk gesprek met Art Rooijakkers. De hele week gaat het daar over de techbro's; zo wierp @marleenstikker.bsky.social haar licht op Peter Thiel, zeer de moeite waard www.bnr.nl/podcast/theb...

Well, there goes another hero … sad www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Eindelijk een trendbreuk in het openbaar vervoer: provincies mogen hun eigen openbaar vervoer organiseren. Fantastisch dat de Tweede Kamer het initiatiefwetsvoorstel van Olger van Dijk en mij steunt. Minder markt, meer publieke voorzieningen. De basis op orde!🚍🚉🚄

The existential threat presented by this is outlook is that AI won't replace people anytime soon. No one is moving to Mars. Ever. To base your economic and environmental decisions on these things is an invitation to disaster. You're betting the house on long shots because you believed a grifter.

Geoffrey Hinton waarschuwt: AI vergroot ongelijkheid, kan massawerkloosheid veroorzaken en vormt een existentieel risico. Hoop ligt niet in techno-utopie, maar in politieke keuzes: reguleer marktmacht, bescherm werk & publieke waarden.

It’s disappointing that Ring has chosen this moment, when police and the government are infringing civil liberties left and right, to revive its tech’s most invasive feature: helping police get videos captured by home security cameras. www.consumerreports.org/electronics...

🕑 **EU Citizens have 4 days: the clock is ticking!** European countries are finalizing their positions on Chat Control **this Friday.** If your country supports Chat Control, it is vital you contact your representatives and voice your opposition to […] [Original post on mastodon.neat.computer]

Meta is currently building an AI compute center in Louisiana that, when finished next year, will be almost as large as the city of Manhattan, and is projected to draw 2-5 GW of power by 2030. For perspective, Manhattan's annual power usage is ~2.5 GW. Gen-AI is hastening climate catastrophe.

OpenAI’s projected cash burn is EIGHTY BILLION DOLLARS higher than it previously expected?

Rand Paul: "It might be ironic if in the end the protectionist flavor of the day - the tariffs we're putting on - brought together our enemies & ultimately led to the collapse of the reserve currency of the world... if you put a 50% tariff on Indian goods, India will become closer to China & Russia"

Let's all raise a glass to the NSA.

Vind jij ook dat digitale zaken thuis horen in het hart van politieke besluitvorming? Ben je lid van GroenLinks-PvdA? Dan kun je vanaf morgenochtend op de kandidatenlijst stemmen. Wil je ook BIGTECH beteugelen en online kinderrechten beschermen? Stem mij dan van plek 32 naar de Top 20! #RaiseTheBar

OpenAI is now in the moderation business

Oproep aan GroenLinks-PvdA leden die op concept kandidatenlijst mogen stemmen: Zet @barbarakathmann.bsky.social op 1. Technologie is politiek en heeft bevlogen en deskundige volksvertegenwoordigers nodig. #nerdvote #strategischeautonomie #publiekewaarden @berthub.eu

📣 Sign our petition: FREEDOM FOR FACTS! For real freedom of expression – on every platform. 👉 Join our call to the EU Commission: 🔍 To investigate the algorithms behind platform manipulation! ⚖️ To stop systems that push disinformation! 🗳️ To protect democracy – before it’s too late.

“Trump doesn‘t want a trade deal: He wants a regime change in Europe. His goal: Democratic parties must go, far-right ones will be ushered with the help of X and Facebook. “ www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan... @alexandrageese.bsky.social

Trump terminates the EU trade deal and threatens European sovreignty. Meanwhile in Europe: The Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovreignty pats her dog.