“‘AI’ might not be good for xyz, but you can’t deny that it’s helpful for programming” -- sound familiar? In Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Ep 79 @alexhanna.bsky.social and I dig into that bullshit. www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...

Give me whatever amount of funding the Commission is burning on "Web 4.0" and I will bring tech sovereignty to an entire sector of the digital sphere.

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Larry Ellison's Oracle just sued Wisconsin for trying to protect utility ratepayers from data center-driven price hikes. Don't forget that Ellison is a huge Trump suck-up — and one of the architects of his deregulatory AI policy. Trump is selling out his own voters to Big Tech.

Great piece about the Atmosphere in Europe from @alejandrotauber.bsky.social at @euobserver.com. (Gift link! 💝) euobserver.com/223831/eu-pr...

Beginning next week, Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon. That's what happens when you build out wind, sun, and batteries open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

The Palantir Coup "Zes Veiligheidsregio’s deden in de coronacrisis zaken met Palantir. Onderzoek laat zien hoe het techbedrijf – berucht om zijn gebruik van zeer privacygevoelige data ten behoeve van inlichtingendiensten als de CIA – daarbij door ambtenaren een handje werd geholpen." (2021)

‘Er zijn in Europa meer staalfabrieken dan we nodig hebben. Aan de helft ervan hebben we al genoeg.’ Deze explainer van Urgenda is zeer de moeite waard. 5 minuten van je tijd, en je begrijp wat er rond Tata aan mistbanken is gecreëerd en dat er wel alternatieven mogelijk zijn.

I have been reading a lot about the neuroscience of shame. I think absolution of shame is one of the most profound social-psychological “benefits” for disinfo actors. The 2027 Cambridge Disinformation Summit will explore incentives for malign cognitive influence and disinformation campaigns.

www.opb.org/article/2026... Data Centers use mass resources in electric and water, sometimes using valuable farmland. They don't employ large amounts of jobless. So why should they be given not only a free tax ride but also gobble funds available to create new business. Make them pay their way.

Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org

Wat een verdwazing, wat een ellende. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"Solar is moving fast. Really fast. Batteries are moving faster." "Solar is already creating the fastest shift in electricity generation..." reneweconomy.com.au/solar-is-alr... #energysky

You know, a reflecting pool was how the original Narcissus met his end.

Een banaan die z'n zwangere aardbei doodslaat. Dit was de opening van de tweede Fruit AI video die we zagen. Ze staan bol van misogynie. Waarom bevelen Snap, TikTok, etc dit aan kinderen aan? Alles voor aandacht. Laten we blijven bouwen aan het alternatief!

Vertaling: Luie a-technische journalistiek brabbelt weer es wat Dit heeft geen drol met "Europa en loeiende airco's" te maken, beste zwamneuzen. In Spanje kost diezelfde kWh op hetzelfde moment vanavond geen € 1,203 maar .. € 0,299 Laat me raden: in Spanje hebben ze 'geen' airco. Of 'vriest' het

Even het interessante werk van @elenarossini uitlichten. Wat een opvallende ontwikkelingen binnen de atmosphere. #eurosky #wsocial #atproto www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

"A risk assessment was made and we’ll keep on monitoring. It’s also a question of resources. W seems to have created a hype. We (DG COMM) saw that here we would reach a certain audience. ‘Let’s go for it and see how it goes'. It doesn't prejudge anything." 2/3 @robin.berjon.com #Wsocial #Eurosky

Anytime any respectable journalist mentions our two chief negotiators with Iran, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, they should note both receive sizeable paychecks from Middle Eastern nations with deep equities in these talks. It is a fundamental corruption.

NEW: Thiel's Dialog society privately told members their data was stolen in a cyberattack. But WIRED found it was just readable to anyone on a misconfigured web page. Its lawyers sent us a legal demand to hand over the data. We passed.

The Democratic Technology Alliance is a group bringing together four European Parliament political groups — EPP, Renew, S&D, Greens/EFA — and civil society actors to help bring democracy to technology. We're delighted to host them on Eurosky! 💞🇪🇺 Give them a follow at @democratic.technology!

Sealant Team Six guarding our vulnerable shores against Algae-Qeada, Algaetifa. And Algae Sharpton.

Allow me re-introduce myself! My name is JD Lauwerends, I’m 30 years old, from Amsterdam and I’m the (now fulltime) Head of Trust and Safety for Blacksky. 🤓🎧

https://move.eurosky.tech

We heard some of you like to social media about football so we put the football in your social media so you could football while you're social mediaing. It's all happening on Mu!

over in west Michigan, residents are suing the builders of a new hyperscale data center because the noise it generates is making life unbearable

Happy to! 🚩 W closed the source when someone pointed out several security issues 🚩 W requires ID to register an account (and use a closed source app to do so) 🚩 It's the EU supporting a commercial company, when there already are open alternatives available (even on the same network (AT protocol)!)

We're at a turning point, we have the opportunity to make technology more democratic, to deploy a European model — the tech, the political understanding, the economics are all aligned. It's a shame to squander that doing X with a 🇪🇺 sticker on it.

Any thoughts about c2pa.org ? Is there an EU alternative coalition for content provenance?

As tech companies embrace AI — forcing workers to use it, using it to surveil them, or justify firing them because of it — more tech workers are organizing to fight back as they feel they are losing influence over decisions that affect their jobs, reports Tech Policy Press fellow Varsha Bansal.

The realisation of this report in the open social web community lead to european.social A joint publication signed by Eurosky, Mastodon, Newsmast, Social Web Foundation, New_ Public and more!

Here is a report from the Joint Research Center published for the European Commission which explicitly mentions Eurosky (page 58/59), published 9th March 2026, long before the European Commission decided to back W Social: publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

I’ve tried to stay calm these past few days but reality is I’m pissed as hell. Pissed at @ec.europa.eu and @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu acting like influencers for a closed platform. Be on W, be on Bluesky, be on mu, but promote a gated platform as your solution to the social media mess we’re in?

I’ve stopped waisting my time on closed protocol social media - especially if it’s not backed by massive amounts of investment. There’s just no way to reach critical mass if you opt out of using a shared open social graph unless you’re lottery kind of lucky.

What is your take on eyou.social ? @sebastian.eurosky.social @laurenshof.online @robin.berjon.com

Responsible disclosure happens when you have a process that enables it. Your own well-known security file only contained a link to a website that explicitly says not to use the form for sensitive information which a security vulnerability report is.

Ein KI-Skandal erschüttert den Journalismus. Aber ist es überhaupt einer? Die Medienbranche ist geteilter Meinung. Sicher ist: Sie wandelt sich. Lesenswerte Analyse von @afromm.bsky.social in der @taz.de: taz.de/KI-im-Journa...

Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting

In het Europees Parlement scandeerde extreemrechts ‘send them back’, nadat een wet werd aangenomen die het mogelijk maakt om kinderen op te pakken en naar een vreemd land te sturen. Misselijkmakend. Deze deportatiewet werd mogelijk gemaakt door CDA en VVD. Maar ook D66 stemde niet tegen… triest.

Dit was onvermijdelijk. Vanaf het moment dat Bregman zichzelf ging verenigingen met 'morele ambitie' is het onvermijdelijk dat hij een koopman zou worden voor het één of ander. En hij heeft zijn product gevonden: slecht onderbouwde AI-apologie. 🧵Rutger Bregman: tussen principe en opportunisme

"but where are all the bluesky instances?" i've heard this so many times that i wrote an explainer

What a surprise ….. “Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trouw, Joke de Wolf. "Deze historicus ontdekte het allereerste portret van de Staten-Generaal. ‘Niemand hield ooit voor mogelijk dat zo’n schilderij zou bestaan’" --- Cool. www.trouw.nl/cultuur-medi...

NPR has a 'Word of the Week' series, and this week it's LUDDITE I spoke with Emma Bowman about who they really were and about the new luddites organizing against big tech + AI A fun one and, since it's airing on All Things Considered, maybe the biggest-audience luddite rehabilitation effort yet

In Brussels last night, Ava Lee, Executive Director of People vs Big Tech, urged European leaders to take action and stand up for citizens.

“Cambridge Analytica has never really left the room” - indeed, what it’s co-founder Steve Bannon called “data driven psychographic warfare” has become the dominant mode of paid for politics

It's been almost ten hours since a meaningful security issue has been publicly reported in W Social's component that is used to check people's identity papers and it's still online.

Imagine antitrust law weren't totally disfunctional...