Jeroen
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"I’m not looking so bad now, huh? Absolute best case, the LLM-generated legal advice you get is merely plagiarizing, probably from me. But more likely, it’s a mish-mash of Reddit posts filtered through an algorithm coded by a Belarusian teen on the run from Interpol."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
buff.ly
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"I’m not looking so bad now, huh? Absolute best case, the LLM-generated legal advice you get is merely plagiarizing, probably from me. But more likely, it’s a mish-mash of Reddit posts filtered through an algorithm coded by a Belarusian teen on the run from Interpol."
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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Messenger-App Signal: Meredith Whittaker kritisiert Pläne der EU zur #Chatkontrolle und droht, mit dem Messenger dann den europäischen Markt zu verlassen www.heise.de/news/Chefin-...
WhatsApp-Konkurrent Signal droht mit Rückzug aus Europa
Signal gilt als einer der sichersten Messenger. Die App könnte aber in Europa vom Markt verschwinden, falls sich die Chatkontrolle in der EU durchsetzt.
www.heise.de
October 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Messenger-App Signal: Meredith Whittaker kritisiert Pläne der EU zur #Chatkontrolle und droht, mit dem Messenger dann den europäischen Markt zu verlassen www.heise.de/news/Chefin-...
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Thousands of potential layoffs *apparently* still isn't efficient enough for Elon Musk. Now, operatives linked to DOGE are reportedly modifying AutoRIF, a Defense Department program that could enable mass firings of federal workers.
DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers
Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
buff.ly
March 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Thousands of potential layoffs *apparently* still isn't efficient enough for Elon Musk. Now, operatives linked to DOGE are reportedly modifying AutoRIF, a Defense Department program that could enable mass firings of federal workers.
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"Days after Meta announced controversial changes to its content moderation policies, a group of prominent technology leaders and nonprofit executives launched an ambitious $30 million campaign to build a social media ecosystem free from 'billionaire control.'"
www.businessinsider.com/free-our-fee...
www.businessinsider.com/free-our-fee...
A $30 million campaign to free social media from billionaire control is now underway
The campaign aims to raise $30 million to build an open source social platform free from "billionaire control".
www.businessinsider.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"Days after Meta announced controversial changes to its content moderation policies, a group of prominent technology leaders and nonprofit executives launched an ambitious $30 million campaign to build a social media ecosystem free from 'billionaire control.'"
www.businessinsider.com/free-our-fee...
www.businessinsider.com/free-our-fee...
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That one weird trick that lets you pretend that you took over Twitter to restore free speech, but regularly ban/shadowban/deboost those you don't like: just claim anything you don't like is spam.
December 27, 2024 at 5:03 AM
That one weird trick that lets you pretend that you took over Twitter to restore free speech, but regularly ban/shadowban/deboost those you don't like: just claim anything you don't like is spam.
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Gonna dissent here: Blocklists are a hazard here on Bluesky. People create them, give them names you'd think you agree with, then add people to sucker you into blocking them. Don't use blocklists. Curate your blocks, and enjoy them properly :)
Another great feature, sharable block list. Just check them before you subscribe bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 28, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Gonna dissent here: Blocklists are a hazard here on Bluesky. People create them, give them names you'd think you agree with, then add people to sucker you into blocking them. Don't use blocklists. Curate your blocks, and enjoy them properly :)
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Heerlijke interactieve website waarop je een locatie kan ingeven, zien waar die x miljoen jaar geleden lag (door plaattektoniek) en, belangrijkst van al: welke dino's in uw buurt leefden.
https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth
https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth
Ancient Earth
Earth looked very different long ago. Search for addresses across 750 million years of Earth's history.
dinosaurpictures.org
November 30, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Heerlijke interactieve website waarop je een locatie kan ingeven, zien waar die x miljoen jaar geleden lag (door plaattektoniek) en, belangrijkst van al: welke dino's in uw buurt leefden.
https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth
https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth
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yeah. this is just giving up the game:
1. keep folks only on his site
2. get people to offer their reporting to him for free
3. reward folks who aggregate reporting (and do so w/ minimum crediting).
It's a shitty user experience. It also should incentivize reporters/outlets to move elsewhere
1. keep folks only on his site
2. get people to offer their reporting to him for free
3. reward folks who aggregate reporting (and do so w/ minimum crediting).
It's a shitty user experience. It also should incentivize reporters/outlets to move elsewhere
Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
November 25, 2024 at 2:21 PM
yeah. this is just giving up the game:
1. keep folks only on his site
2. get people to offer their reporting to him for free
3. reward folks who aggregate reporting (and do so w/ minimum crediting).
It's a shitty user experience. It also should incentivize reporters/outlets to move elsewhere
1. keep folks only on his site
2. get people to offer their reporting to him for free
3. reward folks who aggregate reporting (and do so w/ minimum crediting).
It's a shitty user experience. It also should incentivize reporters/outlets to move elsewhere
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Hi everyone! DCN is now on bluesky and happy to be here. We’re just getting going but first want to post some starter packs we’ve discovered to get you to the amazing journalists and creators at DCN’s members. First up, spotlight on the BBC: go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD
November 14, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Hi everyone! DCN is now on bluesky and happy to be here. We’re just getting going but first want to post some starter packs we’ve discovered to get you to the amazing journalists and creators at DCN’s members. First up, spotlight on the BBC: go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD
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La chanson pour ici
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Mr. Blue Sky (Live at Wembley Stadium 2017)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQaJ...
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Mr. Blue Sky (Live at Wembley Stadium 2017)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQaJ...
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Mr. Blue Sky (Live at Wembley Stadium 2017)
YouTube video by [TheNEW]
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:00 PM
La chanson pour ici
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Mr. Blue Sky (Live at Wembley Stadium 2017)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQaJ...
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Mr. Blue Sky (Live at Wembley Stadium 2017)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQaJ...
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Hi everyone.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Hi everyone.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
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I have also now created my first "starter pack" which recommends 150 people and three good feeds. I didn't pick the 150 people all that carefully, but just went through my list of people I follow and chose the maximum number I could from folks who I regularly interact with. go.bsky.app/QKm8yFP
November 6, 2024 at 10:01 PM
I have also now created my first "starter pack" which recommends 150 people and three good feeds. I didn't pick the 150 people all that carefully, but just went through my list of people I follow and chose the maximum number I could from folks who I regularly interact with. go.bsky.app/QKm8yFP
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Thanks for including mine! This is such a great list of books.
It's wild to be on a social platform where you can't tag Cory Doctorow. I had to do a search to be sure but it's true. He wrote about why he isn't joining BlueSky here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
It's wild to be on a social platform where you can't tag Cory Doctorow. I had to do a search to be sure but it's true. He wrote about why he isn't joining BlueSky here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
November 13, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Thanks for including mine! This is such a great list of books.
It's wild to be on a social platform where you can't tag Cory Doctorow. I had to do a search to be sure but it's true. He wrote about why he isn't joining BlueSky here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
It's wild to be on a social platform where you can't tag Cory Doctorow. I had to do a search to be sure but it's true. He wrote about why he isn't joining BlueSky here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
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The Guardian will no longer post its content to X
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 12:36 PM
The Guardian will no longer post its content to X
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Bluesky is built to make social more like the Web again, so we will never suppress links. Link to your writing, your art, your personal site — this is the social internet, designed from the ground up to be open and interoperable.
Hard to describe as a journalist how grateful I am to have a text-based app that does not suppress hyperlinks. I don’t know if people realize exactly how hostile the corporate internet has gotten toward news.
November 12, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Bluesky is built to make social more like the Web again, so we will never suppress links. Link to your writing, your art, your personal site — this is the social internet, designed from the ground up to be open and interoperable.
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My entire "Quiet Posters" feed is basically @aoc.bsky.social responding to people after being gone for over a year.
Also, if you haven't yet started using the Quiet Posters Feed, check it out. Highlights skeets (yes, skeets, don't @ me) from folks who don't skeet as much
bsky.app/profile/why....
Also, if you haven't yet started using the Quiet Posters Feed, check it out. Highlights skeets (yes, skeets, don't @ me) from folks who don't skeet as much
bsky.app/profile/why....
November 11, 2024 at 11:29 PM
My entire "Quiet Posters" feed is basically @aoc.bsky.social responding to people after being gone for over a year.
Also, if you haven't yet started using the Quiet Posters Feed, check it out. Highlights skeets (yes, skeets, don't @ me) from folks who don't skeet as much
bsky.app/profile/why....
Also, if you haven't yet started using the Quiet Posters Feed, check it out. Highlights skeets (yes, skeets, don't @ me) from folks who don't skeet as much
bsky.app/profile/why....
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Royal Museums Greenwich has announced the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 competition. [kottke.org]
Astronomy Photographer of the Year for 2024
Royal Museums Greenwich has announced the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 competition. You can also check out some of the shortlist entries and runners-up in each category (Moon, Sun, etc.)
kottke.org
September 24, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Royal Museums Greenwich has announced the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 competition. [kottke.org]
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Great feeling to finally hold this baby 💥 Order now and receive The Tech Coup upon release on September 24 ↘️ thetechcoup.com
September 4, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Great feeling to finally hold this baby 💥 Order now and receive The Tech Coup upon release on September 24 ↘️ thetechcoup.com
Techdenkers: Marietje Schaake over de macht van big tech. Met Marleen Stikker, Kim van Sparrentak en Haroon Sheikh.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMD...
Techdenkers: Marietje Schaake over de macht van big tech #DeBalie
YouTube video by De Balie
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Techdenkers: Marietje Schaake over de macht van big tech. Met Marleen Stikker, Kim van Sparrentak en Haroon Sheikh.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMD...
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As everyone is currently talking about colour and how we name it, you should all take 7 minutes to watch this incredible Vox video.
Basically, (most) cultures have an extraordinaryily similar system to naming colours it blew my mind.
Also, turquoise is blue x 💙🧪
youtu.be/gMqZR3pqMjg?...
Basically, (most) cultures have an extraordinaryily similar system to naming colours it blew my mind.
Also, turquoise is blue x 💙🧪
youtu.be/gMqZR3pqMjg?...
The surprising pattern behind color names around the world
YouTube video by Vox
youtu.be
September 3, 2024 at 10:32 PM
As everyone is currently talking about colour and how we name it, you should all take 7 minutes to watch this incredible Vox video.
Basically, (most) cultures have an extraordinaryily similar system to naming colours it blew my mind.
Also, turquoise is blue x 💙🧪
youtu.be/gMqZR3pqMjg?...
Basically, (most) cultures have an extraordinaryily similar system to naming colours it blew my mind.
Also, turquoise is blue x 💙🧪
youtu.be/gMqZR3pqMjg?...
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With Twitter/X having become such a cesspit and its owner spouting ever more deranged and dangerous nonsense, it may be time to post much more on here.
August 7, 2024 at 8:59 PM
With Twitter/X having become such a cesspit and its owner spouting ever more deranged and dangerous nonsense, it may be time to post much more on here.