Johannes Ernst
@j12t.j12t.social.ap.brid.gy
Engineer, founder, organizer.
Let's put people back in control of their technology. The Open Social Web is a good start. Also wondering aloud where we are taking […]
[bridged from https://j12t.social/@j12t on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Let's put people back in control of their technology. The Open Social Web is a good start. Also wondering aloud where we are taking […]
[bridged from https://j12t.social/@j12t on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
I signed the Resonant Computing Manifesto.
IMHO all efforts roughly in that direction are good and to be supported.
https://resonantcomputing.org
IMHO all efforts roughly in that direction are good and to be supported.
https://resonantcomputing.org
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 11:52 PM
I signed the Resonant Computing Manifesto.
IMHO all efforts roughly in that direction are good and to be supported.
https://resonantcomputing.org
IMHO all efforts roughly in that direction are good and to be supported.
https://resonantcomputing.org
In case anybody thought Europe was doing better. This is real bad.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Berlin-Police-can-secretly-enter-homes-for-state-trojan-installation-11103284.html
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Berlin-Police-can-secretly-enter-homes-for-state-trojan-installation-11103284.html
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 6:44 PM
In case anybody thought Europe was doing better. This is real bad.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Berlin-Police-can-secretly-enter-homes-for-state-trojan-installation-11103284.html
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Berlin-Police-can-secretly-enter-homes-for-state-trojan-installation-11103284.html
"This function is identical to the ... function, except that the argument handling is even more complicated."
Nothing like a bit of motivational documentation on a nice Friday afternoon. Thanks, Python.
Nothing like a bit of motivational documentation on a nice Friday afternoon. Thanks, Python.
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"This function is identical to the ... function, except that the argument handling is even more complicated."
Nothing like a bit of motivational documentation on a nice Friday afternoon. Thanks, Python.
Nothing like a bit of motivational documentation on a nice Friday afternoon. Thanks, Python.
Is there some kind of switch I can flip where anybody who ever wants to call me Sir is prevented from doing that before they can open their mouth and ever after?
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Is there some kind of switch I can flip where anybody who ever wants to call me Sir is prevented from doing that before they can open their mouth and ever after?
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
RE: https://activitypub.blog/2025/11/25/join-us-for-office-hours-dec-1-5/
The last chance to talk with @obenland and me about the plugin, your problems, new ideas, the future, new features, ...
#fediverse #activitypub #wordpress
The last chance to talk with @obenland and me about the plugin, your problems, new ideas, the future, new features, ...
#fediverse #activitypub #wordpress
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
RE: https://activitypub.blog/2025/11/25/join-us-for-office-hours-dec-1-5/
The last chance to talk with @obenland and me about the plugin, your problems, new ideas, the future, new features, ...
#fediverse #activitypub #wordpress
The last chance to talk with @obenland and me about the plugin, your problems, new ideas, the future, new features, ...
#fediverse #activitypub #wordpress
Is there a word for having explained very nicely in your documentation what the behavior is, but then you discover running your own code that you failed to actually write the code to implement that behavior?
P.S. It's not senility, I have been doing this all my life.
P.S. It's not senility, I have been doing this all my life.
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Is there a word for having explained very nicely in your documentation what the behavior is, but then you discover running your own code that you failed to actually write the code to implement that behavior?
P.S. It's not senility, I have been doing this all my life.
P.S. It's not senility, I have been doing this all my life.
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
"#websocialbr is the first #fediverse event that will be held in #brazil, on December 3rd in #Brasília. The event wants to “bring together community administrators, managers, parliamentarians, researchers, and communicators to exchange experiences and strengthen decentralized networks in the […]
Original post on mato.social
mato.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"#websocialbr is the first #fediverse event that will be held in #brazil, on December 3rd in #Brasília. The event wants to “bring together community administrators, managers, parliamentarians, researchers, and communicators to exchange experiences and strengthen decentralized networks in the […]
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This slide from @j12t 's talk at #websocialbr is terrifying. "I fear for my children when they won't be able to tell what is true and what is not."
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This slide from @j12t 's talk at #websocialbr is terrifying. "I fear for my children when they won't be able to tell what is true and what is not."
Okay, I got some slides for the first Brazilian Open Social Web event at their ministry of science, technology and innovation in Brasilia tomorrow, organized by @thiago and friends.
I'll be remote and they will provide simultaneous translation. Should be fun!
Fortunately @evanprodromou will be […]
I'll be remote and they will provide simultaneous translation. Should be fun!
Fortunately @evanprodromou will be […]
Original post on j12t.social
j12t.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Okay, I got some slides for the first Brazilian Open Social Web event at their ministry of science, technology and innovation in Brasilia tomorrow, organized by @thiago and friends.
I'll be remote and they will provide simultaneous translation. Should be fun!
Fortunately @evanprodromou will be […]
I'll be remote and they will provide simultaneous translation. Should be fun!
Fortunately @evanprodromou will be […]
Read this thread by a prof and weep.
https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l
h/t @shoqv4
https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l
h/t @shoqv4
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Read this thread by a prof and weep.
https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l
h/t @shoqv4
https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l
h/t @shoqv4
Video recordings from the recent #eurosky summit in Berlin.
As usual at conferences for me, I had more fun in the side conversations than the presentations given from the stage, but still quite interesting.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/eurosky-live-2025
As usual at conferences for me, I had more fun in the side conversations than the presentations given from the stage, but still quite interesting.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/eurosky-live-2025
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Video recordings from the recent #eurosky summit in Berlin.
As usual at conferences for me, I had more fun in the side conversations than the presentations given from the stage, but still quite interesting.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/eurosky-live-2025
As usual at conferences for me, I had more fun in the side conversations than the presentations given from the stage, but still quite interesting.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/eurosky-live-2025
“How legal systems made passivity the only safe strategy.”
Really interesting.
https://aliveness.kunnas.com/articles/copenhagen-trap
Really interesting.
https://aliveness.kunnas.com/articles/copenhagen-trap
The Copenhagen Trap
How legal systems made passivity the only safe strategy
aliveness.kunnas.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“How legal systems made passivity the only safe strategy.”
Really interesting.
https://aliveness.kunnas.com/articles/copenhagen-trap
Really interesting.
https://aliveness.kunnas.com/articles/copenhagen-trap
Head in the sand is preferable, they say. Real estate edition.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/01/zillow-removes-climate-risk-data-home-listings
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/01/zillow-removes-climate-risk-data-home-listings
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Head in the sand is preferable, they say. Real estate edition.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/01/zillow-removes-climate-risk-data-home-listings
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/01/zillow-removes-climate-risk-data-home-listings
Hard to believe I could write 100 syllables per minute in shorthand way back when. Now I can barely read anything at all!
http://www.stenoweb.de/Stenoweb/Lehrbucher_files/Deutsche_Einehitskurzschrift_1_Verkehrsschrift.pdf
http://www.stenoweb.de/Stenoweb/Lehrbucher_files/Deutsche_Einehitskurzschrift_1_Verkehrsschrift.pdf
November 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hard to believe I could write 100 syllables per minute in shorthand way back when. Now I can barely read anything at all!
http://www.stenoweb.de/Stenoweb/Lehrbucher_files/Deutsche_Einehitskurzschrift_1_Verkehrsschrift.pdf
http://www.stenoweb.de/Stenoweb/Lehrbucher_files/Deutsche_Einehitskurzschrift_1_Verkehrsschrift.pdf
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.
Defendant, why did you start creating a slide presentation first thing in the morning on an otherwise perfectly fine Saturday?
Well, your honor, it had been going around in my head for a while, and I needed to get it out.
Defendant, are you sure you are entirely sane?
< .... >
Well, your honor, it had been going around in my head for a while, and I needed to get it out.
Defendant, are you sure you are entirely sane?
< .... >
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Defendant, why did you start creating a slide presentation first thing in the morning on an otherwise perfectly fine Saturday?
Well, your honor, it had been going around in my head for a while, and I needed to get it out.
Defendant, are you sure you are entirely sane?
< .... >
Well, your honor, it had been going around in my head for a while, and I needed to get it out.
Defendant, are you sure you are entirely sane?
< .... >
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 […]
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 […]
Original post on j12t.social
j12t.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 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 […]
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 […]
When visiting my grandmother during the Cold War, fighter jets flying overhead so low you’d sometimes duck involuntarily, making you cover your ears and all conversation impossible, was a frequent occurrence.
Now Germany is reopening those areas for low flying practice again.
It was not fun […]
Now Germany is reopening those areas for low flying practice again.
It was not fun […]
Original post on j12t.social
j12t.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When visiting my grandmother during the Cold War, fighter jets flying overhead so low you’d sometimes duck involuntarily, making you cover your ears and all conversation impossible, was a frequent occurrence.
Now Germany is reopening those areas for low flying practice again.
It was not fun […]
Now Germany is reopening those areas for low flying practice again.
It was not fun […]
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
Die Schweiz zieht die Notbremse bei Cloud-Diensten! 🚨
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11093438 ?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#datenschutz #cloudcomputing #schweiz #cybersecurity #digitalisierung
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11093438 ?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#datenschutz #cloudcomputing #schweiz #cybersecurity #digitalisierung
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Die Schweiz zieht die Notbremse bei Cloud-Diensten! 🚨
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11093438 ?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#datenschutz #cloudcomputing #schweiz #cybersecurity #digitalisierung
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11093438 ?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#datenschutz #cloudcomputing #schweiz #cybersecurity #digitalisierung
As website error messages go, this is a new one. I can only send messages to this airline that don't contain a period or a question mark? In other words, no English sentences? Or sentences in any other language?
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
As website error messages go, this is a new one. I can only send messages to this airline that don't contain a period or a question mark? In other words, no English sentences? Or sentences in any other language?
I'm all in favor of self-hosting, but video calls need to pass a certain threshold of availability of audio and video, otherwise no productive calls can be held.
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm all in favor of self-hosting, but video calls need to pass a certain threshold of availability of audio and video, otherwise no productive calls can be held.
Wow, every now and then you see a first-rate analysis completely upsetting the prevailing beliefs and this is one about the US economy.
Must read.
From: @tess
https://mastodon.social/@tess/115613452377202318
Must read.
From: @tess
https://mastodon.social/@tess/115613452377202318
Dana Fried (@tess@mastodon.social)
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result. TL;DR: the *actual* poverty line in the US for a family of four with two young children is about $140,000, and there isn't much improvement in quality of life between $40K and $100K. https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
mastodon.social
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Wow, every now and then you see a first-rate analysis completely upsetting the prevailing beliefs and this is one about the US economy.
Must read.
From: @tess
https://mastodon.social/@tess/115613452377202318
Must read.
From: @tess
https://mastodon.social/@tess/115613452377202318
It was a great event last year! Consider presenting or attenting!!
https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/31/fosdem-2026-social-web-devroom-call-for-participation/
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 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It was a great event last year! Consider presenting or attenting!!
https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/31/fosdem-2026-social-web-devroom-call-for-participation/
https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/31/fosdem-2026-social-web-devroom-call-for-participation/
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
How far will it go this time?
This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more.
That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma…
If you see it, please share it.
#socialmedia !fediverse@piefed.social
This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more.
That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma…
If you see it, please share it.
#socialmedia !fediverse@piefed.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
How far will it go this time?
This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more.
That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma…
If you see it, please share it.
#socialmedia !fediverse@piefed.social
This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more.
That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma…
If you see it, please share it.
#socialmedia !fediverse@piefed.social