Robin Berjon
@robin.berjon.com
Bringing democracy to the internet. Brussels, 🇪🇺.
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• tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns
• blog: https://berjon.com/
• fmr W3C, NYT, ScienceAI, Protocol Labs
• he/him/Ishmael
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Robin Berjon
@robin.berjon.com
· Dec 9
Fascintern Media
We are facing a coordinated international fascist movement that works with explicit backing from Moscow, Washington, and tech monopolies, and is propagating itself through its own media apparatus. Yet...
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2025 is coming to end and some people who claim not to be fascists are still associating themselves with fascist outlets like X.
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
You can literally edit posts today if you talk protocol (or use Anisota).
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
You can literally edit posts today if you talk protocol (or use Anisota).
The dystopia we live in is very much a libertarian dystopia. It was designed as such, built as such, enforced as such.
I wish I were surprised to see @nytimes.com sanewashing this with nary a fact check in sight.
I wish I were surprised to see @nytimes.com sanewashing this with nary a fact check in sight.
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The dystopia we live in is very much a libertarian dystopia. It was designed as such, built as such, enforced as such.
I wish I were surprised to see @nytimes.com sanewashing this with nary a fact check in sight.
I wish I were surprised to see @nytimes.com sanewashing this with nary a fact check in sight.
You are too kind! 💖 cc @mariafarrell.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
You are too kind! 💖 cc @mariafarrell.bsky.social
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ENSAYO | Necesitamos renaturalizar internet
@mariafarrell.bsky.social y @robin.berjon.com exploran cómo la ciencia ecológica nos puede ayudar a recuperar un internet más democrático, floreciente y diverso, alejado de los monocultivos autoritarios de un puñado de empresas tecnológicas.
@mariafarrell.bsky.social y @robin.berjon.com exploran cómo la ciencia ecológica nos puede ayudar a recuperar un internet más democrático, floreciente y diverso, alejado de los monocultivos autoritarios de un puñado de empresas tecnológicas.
Necesitamos renaturalizar internet - Corriente Cálida
Maria Farrell y Robin Berjon La infraestructura de internet es hoy un ecosistema degradado, pero también un entorno construido, como una ciudad. Su imprevisibilidad es lo que lo hace generativo, valio...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
ENSAYO | Necesitamos renaturalizar internet
@mariafarrell.bsky.social y @robin.berjon.com exploran cómo la ciencia ecológica nos puede ayudar a recuperar un internet más democrático, floreciente y diverso, alejado de los monocultivos autoritarios de un puñado de empresas tecnológicas.
@mariafarrell.bsky.social y @robin.berjon.com exploran cómo la ciencia ecológica nos puede ayudar a recuperar un internet más democrático, floreciente y diverso, alejado de los monocultivos autoritarios de un puñado de empresas tecnológicas.
"The Prague Cemetery" by Umberto Eco
19th century QAnon was wild.
19th century QAnon was wild.
February 9, 2026 at 7:22 AM
"The Prague Cemetery" by Umberto Eco
19th century QAnon was wild.
19th century QAnon was wild.
I really hope the coming times won't be too painful and rebuilding will be fast.
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 AM
I really hope the coming times won't be too painful and rebuilding will be fast.
I always love a good syllabus, if it's no trouble!
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I always love a good syllabus, if it's no trouble!
This is depressing but also the clearest diagnostic. We're way overdue to offer a vision for the future.
So much on the left is defend, protect, save, shield... — as if maintaining the status quo were a win. Hegemonic collapse is here, now is the time to define the future.
So much on the left is defend, protect, save, shield... — as if maintaining the status quo were a win. Hegemonic collapse is here, now is the time to define the future.
Double digit gains for the LDP with under-30s.
February 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This is depressing but also the clearest diagnostic. We're way overdue to offer a vision for the future.
So much on the left is defend, protect, save, shield... — as if maintaining the status quo were a win. Hegemonic collapse is here, now is the time to define the future.
So much on the left is defend, protect, save, shield... — as if maintaining the status quo were a win. Hegemonic collapse is here, now is the time to define the future.
Fuck those motherfuckers, please come.
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Fuck those motherfuckers, please come.
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1/ Big news! Today, we officially launch the International Tax Observatory (#ITO)🚀
Building on the foundation of the EUTO, we are expanding our mission to address global tax evasion, wealth concentration, illicit financial flows & the intersection of taxation & the environment.
Building on the foundation of the EUTO, we are expanding our mission to address global tax evasion, wealth concentration, illicit financial flows & the intersection of taxation & the environment.
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
1/ Big news! Today, we officially launch the International Tax Observatory (#ITO)🚀
Building on the foundation of the EUTO, we are expanding our mission to address global tax evasion, wealth concentration, illicit financial flows & the intersection of taxation & the environment.
Building on the foundation of the EUTO, we are expanding our mission to address global tax evasion, wealth concentration, illicit financial flows & the intersection of taxation & the environment.
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Shame on @nature.com for publishing this ableist trash, and shame on the authors for writing it:
Short 🧵>>
Short 🧵>>
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Shame on @nature.com for publishing this ableist trash, and shame on the authors for writing it:
Short 🧵>>
Short 🧵>>
This is a good thread to remember that "because science said so" has never been a plan for collective government.
Science is profoundly democratic. It can't make authoritarian pronouncements, and it can be corrupted by billionaires.
Science is profoundly democratic. It can't make authoritarian pronouncements, and it can be corrupted by billionaires.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
February 7, 2026 at 11:37 AM
This is a good thread to remember that "because science said so" has never been a plan for collective government.
Science is profoundly democratic. It can't make authoritarian pronouncements, and it can be corrupted by billionaires.
Science is profoundly democratic. It can't make authoritarian pronouncements, and it can be corrupted by billionaires.
Accurate, modulo that it afflicts the soulless just as badly.
February 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Accurate, modulo that it afflicts the soulless just as badly.
It's a spectrum but the bottom end isn't sleepy, it's whatever the apathy involved in being forced to listen to a podcast is.
February 7, 2026 at 9:32 AM
It's a spectrum but the bottom end isn't sleepy, it's whatever the apathy involved in being forced to listen to a podcast is.
I don't think that holds water. Intelligence is about the ability to succeed in purpose, in goal-seeking. If there's no agency then there's no intelligence.
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 AM
I don't think that holds water. Intelligence is about the ability to succeed in purpose, in goal-seeking. If there's no agency then there's no intelligence.
For AI, I don't see how that maps. There are multiple parties — you, the inference provider, whoever trained it — but who has a hold on outcomes and can be rendered accountable is tricky. The agent is hardly a coherent enough whole I think?
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 AM
For AI, I don't see how that maps. There are multiple parties — you, the inference provider, whoever trained it — but who has a hold on outcomes and can be rendered accountable is tricky. The agent is hardly a coherent enough whole I think?
When it comes to AI agents, granting a form of legal personhood would require parsing out accountability in a meaningful way (I think) which would be tricky. Who's responsible when it does something illegal?
In the case of legal personhood, the difference between rogue employee and not matters.
In the case of legal personhood, the difference between rogue employee and not matters.
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 AM
When it comes to AI agents, granting a form of legal personhood would require parsing out accountability in a meaningful way (I think) which would be tricky. Who's responsible when it does something illegal?
In the case of legal personhood, the difference between rogue employee and not matters.
In the case of legal personhood, the difference between rogue employee and not matters.
...has also abolished the dissolution of corporations, so we clearly treat them as different.
February 7, 2026 at 7:12 AM
...has also abolished the dissolution of corporations, so we clearly treat them as different.
Neither AI nor a corporation has agency in any meaningful sense of the word, so I'm not sure that your definition works for those.
Legal personhood is typically a rather strict one and more about granting an institutional role. For instance, no state that has abolished the death penalty...
Legal personhood is typically a rather strict one and more about granting an institutional role. For instance, no state that has abolished the death penalty...
February 7, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Neither AI nor a corporation has agency in any meaningful sense of the word, so I'm not sure that your definition works for those.
Legal personhood is typically a rather strict one and more about granting an institutional role. For instance, no state that has abolished the death penalty...
Legal personhood is typically a rather strict one and more about granting an institutional role. For instance, no state that has abolished the death penalty...
Whenever people complain about European capital markets, I think they're missing part of the picture. Yes, they're not great. No, they're not devoid of bad people. And yet.
If you're building a startup in 2026, you are expected to work with the world's largest venture capital firm (which is not even really a VC firm), where one partner strangled my neighbor to death for being Black, and another actively sought Jeffrey Epstein's counsel for years. This is *normal*.
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Whenever people complain about European capital markets, I think they're missing part of the picture. Yes, they're not great. No, they're not devoid of bad people. And yet.
If you don't mind confering personhood to basically anything that has metabolism?
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
If you don't mind confering personhood to basically anything that has metabolism?
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Hola desde @eurosky.social 👋
Mis datos ahora están alojados en 🇪🇺, gestionados por una organización sin ánimo de lucro (@modalfoundation.eurosky.social) y sujetos a la legislación europea.
Mis datos ahora están alojados en 🇪🇺, gestionados por una organización sin ánimo de lucro (@modalfoundation.eurosky.social) y sujetos a la legislación europea.
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Hola desde @eurosky.social 👋
Mis datos ahora están alojados en 🇪🇺, gestionados por una organización sin ánimo de lucro (@modalfoundation.eurosky.social) y sujetos a la legislación europea.
Mis datos ahora están alojados en 🇪🇺, gestionados por una organización sin ánimo de lucro (@modalfoundation.eurosky.social) y sujetos a la legislación europea.
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updated the atproto specs to reference dasl.ing, a simpler variation/subset of IPLD.
hope this is more accessible for folks digging in to atproto-from-scratch implementations. the core primitives in IPLD (DAG-CBOR, CIDs, CAR) are great, but the fully flexible/general system can be overwhelming
hope this is more accessible for folks digging in to atproto-from-scratch implementations. the core primitives in IPLD (DAG-CBOR, CIDs, CAR) are great, but the fully flexible/general system can be overwhelming
specs: update many IPLD references to DASL/DRISL references by bnewbold · Pull Request #496 · bluesky-social/atproto-website
The DASL specifications are simpler and align with what we use in atproto.
This updates most references to the IPLD docs to reference the DASL docs instead. It still discusses the lineage in some p...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
updated the atproto specs to reference dasl.ing, a simpler variation/subset of IPLD.
hope this is more accessible for folks digging in to atproto-from-scratch implementations. the core primitives in IPLD (DAG-CBOR, CIDs, CAR) are great, but the fully flexible/general system can be overwhelming
hope this is more accessible for folks digging in to atproto-from-scratch implementations. the core primitives in IPLD (DAG-CBOR, CIDs, CAR) are great, but the fully flexible/general system can be overwhelming
