Johannes Ernst
@j12t.org
Engineer, founder, organizer. More: https://j12t.org
Rindsrouladen, Blaukraut and Spätzle, after a Griessnockerlsupp, for Christmas Day.
And about eight types of homemade Plätzchen und Christstollen.
Take this, fellow Californians!
P.S. the couch feels really good now.
And about eight types of homemade Plätzchen und Christstollen.
Take this, fellow Californians!
P.S. the couch feels really good now.
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Rindsrouladen, Blaukraut and Spätzle, after a Griessnockerlsupp, for Christmas Day.
And about eight types of homemade Plätzchen und Christstollen.
Take this, fellow Californians!
P.S. the couch feels really good now.
And about eight types of homemade Plätzchen und Christstollen.
Take this, fellow Californians!
P.S. the couch feels really good now.
Shoshana Zuboff has some spicy quotes in a recent interview: "#AI is surveillance capitalism continuing to evolve and expand". -- "I think of the inauguration as a wedding ceremony, a marriage between Trump and the tech leaders." ...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Shoshana Zuboff has some spicy quotes in a recent interview: "#AI is surveillance capitalism continuing to evolve and expand". -- "I think of the inauguration as a wedding ceremony, a marriage between Trump and the tech leaders." ...
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Threads’ Fediverse integration now is “in maintenance mode”.
www.theverge.com/col...
#fediforumfriday #threads
www.theverge.com/col...
#fediforumfriday #threads
Threads wants to be the app you can’t wait to open in the morning
A conversation with the head of Threads Connor Hayes on creators, ads, and the fediverse.
www.theverge.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Threads’ Fediverse integration now is “in maintenance mode”.
www.theverge.com/col...
#fediforumfriday #threads
www.theverge.com/col...
#fediforumfriday #threads
Great piece.
👊💰 We need a revolution in social media business models
Deepti Doshi on the business incentives underlying social media
newpublic.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Great piece.
Tom Frieden has an interesting post why the US needs to have different vaccine schedules than other countries, unlike what the current administration argues.
tomfrieden.substack....
The essence: they have healthcare systems with fewer gaps, so fewer vaccinations are required.
tomfrieden.substack....
The essence: they have healthcare systems with fewer gaps, so fewer vaccinations are required.
Why We Shouldn’t Copy Other Countries' Vaccine Schedules
The United States isn’t Denmark. Or Japan. Or Germany.
tomfrieden.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Tom Frieden has an interesting post why the US needs to have different vaccine schedules than other countries, unlike what the current administration argues.
tomfrieden.substack....
The essence: they have healthcare systems with fewer gaps, so fewer vaccinations are required.
tomfrieden.substack....
The essence: they have healthcare systems with fewer gaps, so fewer vaccinations are required.
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
SCOOP: The Trump administration may revoke the visas of critics of Elon Musk's Twitter.
The move would mark one of the admin's first attempts to revoke the visas of people they deem to be engaging in the “censorship” of Americans.
The move would mark one of the admin's first attempts to revoke the visas of people they deem to be engaging in the “censorship” of Americans.
SCOOP: Trump Admin Is Preparing to Revoke Visas of Critics of Elon Musk’s Twitter
Trump officials are considering revoking the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
zeteo.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration may revoke the visas of critics of Elon Musk's Twitter.
The move would mark one of the admin's first attempts to revoke the visas of people they deem to be engaging in the “censorship” of Americans.
The move would mark one of the admin's first attempts to revoke the visas of people they deem to be engaging in the “censorship” of Americans.
There was an "instability" that prevented users on Instagram from searching for left-leaning Brazilian users including president Lula.
www.correiobrazilien... (in Portugese)
@skarnio@alquimidia.social.br took the opportunity to advocate for the Fediverse:
outraspalavras.net/t... (in Portugese)
www.correiobrazilien... (in Portugese)
@skarnio@alquimidia.social.br took the opportunity to advocate for the Fediverse:
outraspalavras.net/t... (in Portugese)
Meta esclarece instabilidade em perfil de Lula no Instagram
Oscilação atinge também perfis de outros políticos da esquerda. Executiva nacional do PT diz não ter que esse não foi o'primeiro indício' de que empresa favereça a extrema direita
www.correiobraziliense.com.br
December 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
There was an "instability" that prevented users on Instagram from searching for left-leaning Brazilian users including president Lula.
www.correiobrazilien... (in Portugese)
@skarnio@alquimidia.social.br took the opportunity to advocate for the Fediverse:
outraspalavras.net/t... (in Portugese)
www.correiobrazilien... (in Portugese)
@skarnio@alquimidia.social.br took the opportunity to advocate for the Fediverse:
outraspalavras.net/t... (in Portugese)
Dear @bsky.app, what is the birthdate for an account that represents an organization, rather than an individual? You are insisting that I enter such a thing for FediForum, but presumably you don't want the date when it first was "born".
I can enter my own, but what if more than one person posts?
I can enter my own, but what if more than one person posts?
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Dear @bsky.app, what is the birthdate for an account that represents an organization, rather than an individual? You are insisting that I enter such a thing for FediForum, but presumably you don't want the date when it first was "born".
I can enter my own, but what if more than one person posts?
I can enter my own, but what if more than one person posts?
Powerful words from Carole Cadwalladr at TED this year:
“We have to start acting as if we lived in East Germany, and Instagram is the Stasi.”
“We have to start acting as if we lived in East Germany, and Instagram is the Stasi.”
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “broligarchy” — the powerful tech executives who are using their global digital platforms to amass unpre
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Powerful words from Carole Cadwalladr at TED this year:
“We have to start acting as if we lived in East Germany, and Instagram is the Stasi.”
“We have to start acting as if we lived in East Germany, and Instagram is the Stasi.”
"Journalism tends to treat technology as something that happened to it, like an asteroid"
Nice quote by @werd.io in the Nieman Lab Predictions for Journalism 2026
Nice quote by @werd.io in the Nieman Lab Predictions for Journalism 2026
The year journalism stops outsourcing its independence
"We will see a resurgence in open source software in journalism — but with new models for support and ongoing development."
www.niemanlab.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Journalism tends to treat technology as something that happened to it, like an asteroid"
Nice quote by @werd.io in the Nieman Lab Predictions for Journalism 2026
Nice quote by @werd.io in the Nieman Lab Predictions for Journalism 2026
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
Swear your oath ON the dome.
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
🚨 NEW: One of the largest COVID-19 vaccine studies ever (28 MILLION people in France) just dropped.
Results?
• 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19
• 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality
• No increase in 4-year mortality
#BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #SciSky #NewsSky #PedsSky #ObSky #NurseSky
Results?
• 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19
• 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality
• No increase in 4-year mortality
#BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #SciSky #NewsSky #PedsSky #ObSky #NurseSky
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I signed the Resonant Computing Manifesto.
IMHO all efforts roughly in that direction are good and to be supported.
IMHO all efforts roughly in that direction are good and to be supported.
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I signed the Resonant Computing Manifesto.
IMHO all efforts roughly in that direction are good and to be supported.
IMHO all efforts roughly in that direction are good and to be supported.
In case anybody thought Europe was doing better. This is real bad.
Berlin: Police can secretly enter homes for state trojan installation
To collect data from IT systems, investigators in Berlin can secretly search suspects' rooms. This is in a Police Act amendment.
www.heise.de
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In case anybody thought Europe was doing better. This is real bad.
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
“Censorship” is a thought-terminating cliché. These people want you to believe that:
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
american reporters, you've got to call bullshit on this. vance, purveyor of hate/propaganda, wants the public to believe rules on, for instance, transparency in advertising and forms of deception on X are censorship.
don't fall for it.
don't fall for it.
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
“Censorship” is a thought-terminating cliché. These people want you to believe that:
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
this is some horrifically dark shit that cannot be allowed to go down without a fight
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
this is some horrifically dark shit that cannot be allowed to go down without a fight
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It increasingly appears the “AI” industry in the US is going for a massive government bailout / partial nationalization.
How do you feel about a trillion or such of your taxpayer money going to ever larger … (insert your view of “AI” here)
Me? You’ve long lost the consent of this governed person.
How do you feel about a trillion or such of your taxpayer money going to ever larger … (insert your view of “AI” here)
Me? You’ve long lost the consent of this governed person.
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It increasingly appears the “AI” industry in the US is going for a massive government bailout / partial nationalization.
How do you feel about a trillion or such of your taxpayer money going to ever larger … (insert your view of “AI” here)
Me? You’ve long lost the consent of this governed person.
How do you feel about a trillion or such of your taxpayer money going to ever larger … (insert your view of “AI” here)
Me? You’ve long lost the consent of this governed person.
Whoever let that technology out into the world …
if you've mastered iambic pentameter you can now use that to help you learn about weapon's grade plutonium.
"AI chatbots will dish on topics like nuclear weapons, child sex abuse material, and malware so long as users phrase the question in the form of a poem."
"AI chatbots will dish on topics like nuclear weapons, child sex abuse material, and malware so long as users phrase the question in the form of a poem."
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Whoever let that technology out into the world …
I spent some time with the European tech sovereignty crowd this month.
The below story, about a previous disastrous effort in the same direction, does not surprise me in the least.
If your "business plan" allows for this kind of failure, you better not start at all.
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The below story, about a previous disastrous effort in the same direction, does not surprise me in the least.
If your "business plan" allows for this kind of failure, you better not start at all.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I spent some time with the European tech sovereignty crowd this month.
The below story, about a previous disastrous effort in the same direction, does not surprise me in the least.
If your "business plan" allows for this kind of failure, you better not start at all.
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The below story, about a previous disastrous effort in the same direction, does not surprise me in the least.
If your "business plan" allows for this kind of failure, you better not start at all.
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Reposted by Johannes Ernst
Excited to be supporting the Fediverse / Social Web track at #fosdem again this year! Here's the CfP -> https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/31/fosdem-2026-social-web-devroom-call-for-participation/
FOSDEM 2026 – Social Web Devroom – Call For Participation
The Social Web Foundation is pleased to announce the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2026, and invite participants to submit proposals for talks for the event. FOSDEM is an exciting free and open sour…
socialwebfoundation.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Excited to be supporting the Fediverse / Social Web track at #fosdem again this year! Here's the CfP -> https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/31/fosdem-2026-social-web-devroom-call-for-participation/
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
Developers, researchers, protocol nerds: the Decentralized Communication devroom at FOSDEM wants YOU!
Got something to share about federated systems, p2p protocols, self-sovereign tech, or resilient comms?
Submit your proposal now, our CfP ends on Sunday!
#FOSDEM #Decentralized #Federation
Got something to share about federated systems, p2p protocols, self-sovereign tech, or resilient comms?
Submit your proposal now, our CfP ends on Sunday!
#FOSDEM #Decentralized #Federation
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Developers, researchers, protocol nerds: the Decentralized Communication devroom at FOSDEM wants YOU!
Got something to share about federated systems, p2p protocols, self-sovereign tech, or resilient comms?
Submit your proposal now, our CfP ends on Sunday!
#FOSDEM #Decentralized #Federation
Got something to share about federated systems, p2p protocols, self-sovereign tech, or resilient comms?
Submit your proposal now, our CfP ends on Sunday!
#FOSDEM #Decentralized #Federation
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.