Elon Musk and X are once again proving why institutions should never rely on corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms to reach their people. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0589g0dqq7o

If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX. Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 […]

🇪🇺Banned from chatting with your own parents? 📵 Sounds absurd, but risks becoming reality for under-17s. Final negotiations on #chatcontrol start today. We don't need a Nanny from Brussels! 🚫🇪🇺 My essay on what's at stake […]

Ik ben nog steeds boos. Trump verklaart de oorlog aan Europa, en wat doen wij? Onze belastingdienst aan hun computers toevertrouwen. Eng voor de continuïteit ("geen nare dingen over Trump zeggen, anders stoppen de systemen bij de belastingdienst") en eng omdat ze voortaan met documenten en […]

I’ve been testing a theory: many people who are high on #ai and #LLMs are just new to automation and don’t realize you can automate processes with simple programming, if/then conditions, and API calls with zero AI involved. So far it’s been working! Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow […]

Bij de Autoriteit Online Kinderpornografisch en Terroristisch Materiaal (ATKM), waar ik ook adviseer, hebben ze een berg bijzondere open source / DevOps vacatures. Nuttig en uitdagend werk […]

AI is the future. From #lemmy: https://dubvee.org/post/4783061

Dus.

We hebben waar van onze #nerdvote stem, eerder in de Kamer vandaag @barbarakathmann "Daarom wil ik een debat aanvragen met de staatssecretaris Digitalisering en de minister van JenV over de problematische Nederlandse afhankelijkheid van big tech." - aangenomen, het debat komt er!

🇪🇺New EU Commission report dismantles voluntary #chatcontrol 1.0, which they now want to make permanent: "Insufficient data", high error rates & no proof of actual convictions. 🤯 Report: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52025DC0740 My comment […]

🇪🇺Misleading headlines: #ChatControl is not dead, it is being privatized! 🚨 EU governments voted today for: 🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance 🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity) 🚫 Digital house arrest for teens The fight continues! 👇 […] [Original post on digitalcourage.social]

Yes! Er is ook goed nieuws. Trias Politica 2.0, beter voor onze #democratie: https://nos.nl/artikel/2591981-kamermeerderheid-wil-invloed-minister-op-om-schrappen

"Under the new rules, online service providers will be required to assess the risk that their services could be misused for the dissemination of child sexual abuse material or for the solicitation of children." No #chatcontrol yet […]

De Tweede Kamer heeft zojuist deze motie aangenomen die het kabinet vraagt *tegen* de #chatcontrol te stemmen in Europa. Men zou zich al "vocaal onthouden" van steun, maar dit vraagt nog om een stapje meer: https://berthub.eu/tkconv/document.html?nummer=2025D48229

🇪🇺EU government ambassadors set to adopt #chatcontrol negotiating mandate tomorrow without discussion, including "voluntary" mass scanning and anonymity-destroying age verification. https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXVIII/EU/46204/imfname_11544887.pdf The protest continues next year! […]

From Mark Kelly’s office, in response to threats from Hegseth.

Suddenly my account is ad-lite, not eligible for being free of personalised ads. Forcing subscribers into paying more is not my idea of appreciation. 👋 @TheGuardian

Alleen een fascist maakt zo'n opmerking; "Op de vraag van een journalist aan Mamdani of hij Trump een fascist vindt, onderbrak de president hem: "Zeg maar gewoon ja, ik vind het niet erg!"" […]

"People will lose straightforward safeguards, and minoritised communities will face even higher exposure to profiling, automated decisions and intrusive monitoring.Instead of dismantling the EU’s digital rights framework, policymakers should focus on strong, consistent enforcement." #security […]

🇪🇺EU governments are removing #chatcontrol from today's COREPER agenda because a majority has not yet been reached. For the reasons, see this leaked cable, especially regarding Spain's demand: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/LEWP-Meeting_12-November-2025.pdf

Never too late to start with Baldur's Gate. 😇 #tactician Love how much it resembles #everquest and that you can play together. #BG3 #gaming

🇪🇺EU #chatcontrol is NOT defeated yet! In an open letter top scientists warn the new proposal still poses "high risks" with flawed 'voluntary' AI mass scanning & invasive age checks. Italy & Poland have reservations, too […]

'Niet' Zo, voor jullie gefikst @NOS "Op de vraag waar dit paneel is gebleven en wanneer het terugkeert zegt Popolo niets. Hij antwoordt niet op vragen daarover." https://nos.nl/artikel/2590854-ambassadeur-vs-reageert-op-verdwenen-panelen-tijdens-werkbezoek-margraten

Google has quietly shut down the curating of climate change news. This rubric used to yield a long list of news items related to climate. Now, an empty page.

Doctors in China have used lab-grown insulin-producing cells to treat a woman with type 1 diabetes. The cells were made from her own tissue, reprogrammed into stem cells, and then grown into tiny clusters that release insulin. A year after the transplant, her blood sugar remains normal without […]

Grote bonte specht in de tuin 🤩

"Not available" #caturday

"(...) break VPN access for the entire internet, and the unintended consequences of this provision could far outweigh any theoretical benefit. Almost everyone uses VPN's, not just people who want to watch porn anonymously. Businesses run on VPNs. Students need VPNs for school. Vulnerable people […]

De strategie van de VVD en JA21 is anders: die willen duidelijk van de parlementaire democratie af. Voor hen vervult het geen rol meer, dus zijn zij uit op een extreem-rechtse, autoritaire wijze van regeringen, waarbij de Tweede Kamer geen rol meer vervult. www.doorbraak.eu/de-oeroude-s...

King of UK, to his own brother: "That does it, you're not a prince any more. Out you go." US, now that Trump is clearly implicated: "Technically it's not really pedophilia if the girl is 14." The freaking *British royal family* is doing a better job cleaning house than we are.

Handig toch, die AI... Chinese hackers misleiden AI-agent tot wereldwijde hackaanval: ‘Als andere hackersgroepen hier nog niet mee bezig waren, zullen ze dat nu wel doen’ | De Morgen […]

🇪🇺Today, EU gov'ts rejected changes to mandatory backdoor #ChatControl & anonymity-destroying age checks. EU ambassadors are set to approve this soon. ℹ️https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#councilpositions 📢Our protest isn't loud […] [Original post on digitalcourage.social]

🇩🇪Gestern verweigerten EU-Regierungen Änderungen an Massen-#Chatkontrolle & anonymitätsvernichtenden Alterschecks. EU-Botschafter sollen in den nächsten Tagen entscheiden. ℹ️https://www.patrick-breyer.de/beitraege/chatkontrolle/#rat Unser Protest ist […] [Original post on digitalcourage.social]

🇪🇺#ChatControl leak: As of last week, Germany and France oppose changes to the dangerous proposal. https://www.patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/COREPER-Meeting_5-November-2025.pdf Without changes, we face indiscriminate chat surveillance and the end of anonymous communication! […]

Ik kan er zo moe van worden. Na overleg in Den Haag gisteren is het mogelijk dat #chatcontrol toch via een achterdeur terugkomt via een soort vrijwillige verplichting. Schijnt nu over besloten te worden. En daarom nog maar eens in de herhaling hoe ver we al heen zijn en hoe eng dit is […]

O hotel do gato. Hotel de cinco estrelas. 🏠 #catsofmastodon #catstodon #catsoffediverse #catsofpixelfed #catsofpixelfed #catsofbluesky #catsuit #caturday #catlife #catsky #catsofinstagram #catsofworld #catsoffedi #catsoffedi #кошка

#f1 #maxverstappen

Nog niet handig met draadjes hier, maar progress #beefwellington

Vandaag is het tijd voor ..... Een echte originele Beef Wellington. #koken Het belangrijkste staat al klaar: wijnglazen. 😆

Just cannot wait for #silentsunday to arrive.

Another #caturday I'll snooze away. #laypip

Andermaal #chatcontrol voor de #knvi.

If things are tough, there's always the peace of #cooking your own #food. Meet my first time #gnocchi in the making ... 💪

Impressed, wow: "Plastic" out of corn. Absolutely love it. 🤩 #recycling #innovation #woke

Overwhelmed by randomness of my toots? Protip: you don't need to follow me/people, you can just follow hashtags for interaction. I use several, like: #infosec #privacy #venice #food #art #f1 #caturday (yup) & #LazyPip #education #security #photography #motorbike & #ducati #thenetherlands […]

Late to #caturday whishing you all a lovely snoozy Sunday. 😘

Digitale Dolle Mina @astridoos hijst de regenboogvlag in #nunspeet 😍 Deze Digitale Dolle Mina was erbij! #comingoutdag

Vismousse-hapje. #food Voorbereidingen (en voorproeven 😋) #hapjesavond

De laatste druiven uit eigen tuin ... Geen idee welke druivensoort. De druivenstruik is 25+ oud. Bijna geen pitjes. 😋 #food #fruit