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Marleen Stikker
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The internet is broken … but we can fix it. Waag Futurelab - waag.org - Professor of Practice at Applied University of Amsterdam. Not particularly happy with Bluesky, a crypto/VC run company. Please join Mastodon: marleenstikker@waag.social
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noyb.eu
⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection.

👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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ohmyshambles.bsky.social
Search still matters: information retrieval in the era of generative AI academic.oup.com/jamia/articl...
Search still matters: information retrieval in the era of generative AI
AbstractObjective. Information retrieval (IR, also known as search) systems are ubiquitous in modern times. How does the emergence of generative artificial
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November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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olivia.science
AI "is a thieving, hallucinating, biased, data-scraping, ecо-destroying, surveillance bot that will never be able to reconcile the receipts of its unethical origins."
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social

LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...

www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
One, we're never going to shut up about this. Two, this isn't an "I told you so." Here's a simple fact that those making an AI inevitability argument do not want to reckon: it's not too late. Resistance thrives on chaos, and this brand of unmonitored chaos has never met the friction and revolutionary spirit of academic freedom-perhaps the very thing that will cause us to collectively remember that generative AI has no meaningful place in writing pedagogy, no ability to be implemented with integrity, and isn't even passably slay at writing. It is a thieving, hallucinating, biased, data-scraping, ecоdestroying, surveillance bot that will never be able to reconcile the receipts of its unethical origins. Not only are writing faculty allowed to resist, we are now called to do so by our own morals and steadfast, unabashedly idealistic belief in creative craft. Make mine a pour over.
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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prietschka.bsky.social
That's a great quote.
olivia.science Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 8d
AI "is a thieving, hallucinating, biased, data-scraping, ecо-destroying, surveillance bot that will never be able to reconcile the receipts of its unethical origins."
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social

LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...

www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
One, we're never going to shut up about this. Two, this isn't an "I told you so." Here's a simple fact that those making an AI inevitability argument do not want to reckon: it's not too late. Resistance thrives on chaos, and this brand of unmonitored chaos has never met the friction and revolutionary spirit of academic freedom-perhaps the very thing that will cause us to collectively remember that generative AI has no meaningful place in writing pedagogy, no ability to be implemented with integrity, and isn't even passably slay at writing. It is a thieving, hallucinating, biased, data-scraping, ecоdestroying, surveillance bot that will never be able to reconcile the receipts of its unethical origins. Not only are writing faculty allowed to resist, we are now called to do so by our own morals and steadfast, unabashedly idealistic belief in creative craft. Make mine a pour over.
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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vreij.bsky.social
The Netherlands should end its 31 years of counter-drugs cooperation with the US in the Caribbean Sea. By illegally killing alleged drug traffickers, the US not only tarnishes its reputation, but also that of its partners in the Joint Interagency Task Force South. www.eanews.com/30-years-col...
November 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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fnv.bsky.social
We kijken vooruit en hopen dat er een einde komt aan de zondebokpolitiek. Maar we maken ons ook zorgen over de voorlopige uitslag. Partijen die nu een meerderheid lijken te hebben, hebben plannen om de sociale zekerheid af te breken en fors te bezuinigen op publieke taken. www.fnv.nl/nieuwsberich...
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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berthub.eu
Kwijt uit de commissie digitale zaken: Jesse Six Dijkstra (NSC), Marieke Koekkoek (Volt), Jan Valize (PVV), Martijn Buijsse (VVD). Hopelijk redt @barbarakathmann.bsky.social het met voorkeursstemmen maar anders is het een totale wipe-out van de actieve commissieleden: nerdvote.nl/diza/
NerdVote.NL
Ondersteuning voor en informatie over alle kandidaat-kamerleden met en warm hart voor onze privacy en eigen IT-vaardigheden.
nerdvote.nl
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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pimjoosten.bsky.social
"De EU heeft procedures om buitenlandse investeringen te screenen die een risico kunnen vormen ... Er zijn echter geen aanwijzingen dat toezichthouders in Ierland of Nederland de overname van strategische energieactiva in die landen door Energy Transfer hebben gescreend."
www.somo.nl/nl/trump-gel...
Aan Trump-gelinkt bedrijf Energy Transfer neemt cruciale energie infrastructuur in EU-landen over - SOMO
Sinds hij voor een tweede termijn is gekozen, heeft president Trump een beleidsagenda uitgerold die onder meer sterke steun geeft aan de belangen van de(opens in new window) fossiele industrie. Deze a...
www.somo.nl
October 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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corporateeurope.org
📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power:

💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day

@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory
New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.
corporateeurope.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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drewharwell.com
So the $20,000 humanoid robot housekeeper actually just webcams your house to a random person in a call center with an Xbox controller www.wsj.com/tech/persona... @joannastern.bsky.social
I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human.
1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
marleenstikker.bsky.social
Dagelijkse rampverhalen over grip Big Tech op GenAI. www.nu.nl/tweakers/637...
Elon Musk brengt Wikipedia-concurrent Grokipedia uit met AI-teksten
Elon Musks bedrijf xAI heeft een concurrent voor Wikipedia uitgebracht: Grokipedia. Musk spreekt zich al lange tijd uit tegen Wikipedia, dat volgens hem "woke" is en linkse propaganda verspreidt. Zijn...
www.nu.nl
October 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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jopdevrieze.bsky.social
Zie: www.groene.nl/artikel/maak...
Vanuit de PVV-fractie worden in het geheim met AI racistische ideeën gepromoot
Op sociale media delen PVV-fanaccounts levensechte AI-beelden, veelal van knappe, blonde vrouwen die worden bedreigd door migranten. Deze pagina’s blijken te worden beheerd door minstens twee PVV-Kame...
www.groene.nl
October 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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noneck.org
Microsoft owns Github and Linkedin. They didn't buy them for goodwill.
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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jopdevrieze.bsky.social
Nee, @nrc.nl, dat 'ontdekte' @volkskrant.nl niet, dat ontdekten @vaemanhof.bsky.social en Joris Verbeek van @groene.nl.
October 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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dangolding.com
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
marleenstikker.bsky.social
“Within just four months between Proof of Concept and rollout, the ministry went live with a secure Nextcloud environment, operated on its own infrastructure in Austria and designed to meet strict transparency and compliance requirements.” nextcloud.com/blog/austria...
Austria’s Ministry of Economy takes decisive steps toward digital sovereignty - Nextcloud
Discover why the Austrian Ministry of Economy trusts Nextcloud for secure and digitally sovereign collaboration and data management.
nextcloud.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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anildash.com
Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label. www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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geoffreyfowler.bsky.social
ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.

@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.

My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.
OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.
wapo.st
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...

With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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anildash.com
So much of what's wrong with tech started from one simple phenomenon: focusing on the money-movers instead of people who actually *make* shit. Real technology matters. Inventors over investors, every time. Founders over funders. Writing code > writing checks. www.anildash.com/2025/10/24/f...
Founders Over Funders. Inventors Over Investors. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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moneyontheleft.bsky.social
Ferguson and Kastner explore metaphysical resonances between Modern Monetary Theory’s approach to money and Kastner’s “Transactional Interpretation” of quantum physics.
Adventures in Quantumland w/ Ruth E. Kastner
Scott Ferguson is joined on the Superstructure podcast by Ruth E. Kastner, philosopher of physics and research associate at the University of Maryland. In their conversation, Ferguson and Kastner e…
moneyontheleft.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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dmugge.bsky.social
"Waar blijft het Ministerie voor Digitale Zaken om de regie over tech in de samenleving terug te pakken?" vragen @marleenstikker.bsky.social en ik in NRC. #AI raakt zo ongeveer alle facetten van de samenleving. Uitermate slecht idee dus om het aan Big Tech over te laten.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | AI zou een politieke topprioriteit moeten zijn
Digitalisering en AI veranderen de samenleving ingrijpend. Nederland heeft dringend een strategisch AI-beleid nodig voor autonomie en veiligheid.
www.nrc.nl
October 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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olivia.science
Paulina Borsook "warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through The Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, a book based on her 1990s writing" www.thenerdreich.com/she-warned-a...
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM