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Ue-Mercosur: soddisfatti per il voto M5S e Lega, rammarico dal Pd
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/ue-mercosur-soddisfatti-il-voto-m5s-e-lega-rammarico-pd-AINXfmy?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Economia - Il Sole 24 ORE @economia-il-sole-24-ore-IlSole24Ore



RE: hear-me.social/@joepbc/1158759…

Ik vind dat de gemeente Nijmegen platform X (voorheen Twitter) de rug zou moeten toekeren.

Daarnaast is er een technisch veel mooier sociaal medium dat wél aansluit bij onze maatschappelijke waarden, dat geen haat bevordert of gebruikers bewust verslaafd wil maken, waar de gemeente Nijmegen nog niet actief is. Ik zou dat graag willen omkeren.

Lees in dit uitgebreide bericht hoe en waarom!


Eind november besprak de Nijmeegse gemeenteraad welke kant de gemeente Nijmegen op zou moeten gaan met haar digitale beleid. Daarover schreef ik deze draad op Mastodon: mastodon.social/@joepbc/115632…. Naar aanleiding van de input tijdens deze ronde in de raad zal het college later in 2026 met een plan komen voor het digitale beleid van de gemeente. De raad kan dit plan tzt bijstellen en/of vaststellen.

Aan het einde van mijn tweede termijn (mastodon.social/@joepbc/115632…) vroeg ik of de gemeente Nijmegen, in navolging van o.a. de NOS, zich nog wel op X (voorheen Twitter) zou moeten willen begeven. X is de afgelopen jaren overspoeld met haatdragende berichten waar nauwelijks tegen wordt opgetreden (evenals tegen desinformatie en schadelijke content:tweakers.net/nieuws/224298/eur…), sterker nog, deze komen allemaal bovendrijven in het algoritme. Ook zijn er in toenemende mate (Russische) botnetwerken die er bijvoorbeeld buitenlandse verkiezingen mee willen beïnvloeden:politico.eu/article/germany-el…. Dit gebeurde bijvoorbeeld vorig jaar bij de Duitse verkiezingen ten gunste van het Duitse uiterst-rechtse pro-Russische en door Elon Musk gesteunde AfD. Het ondoorzichtige algoritme achter X beloont provocaties, en de uiterst rechtse ‘ecosphere’ op Twitter wordt effectief gevoed door extreme provocatieve berichten van dit soort buitelandse actoren: bsky.app/profile/eliothiggins.…. Daarnaast beantwoordt Musk boetes van de Europese Commissie met een advertentieboycot op het platform: nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/12/12/moet-…. Ook gebruikte Elon Musk X na zijn overname als megafoon voor zijn opvattingen en het promoten van pro-republikeins gedachtengoed pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon…. Ook Twitter/X-gebruikers die Musk niet volgden ontkwamen niet aan zijn berichten in hun timelines.

Ik begrijp de spagaat van het college, je wil mensen in de stad bereiken en niet alle middelen daartoe hoeven heiliger te zijn dan de paus. Toch vind ik dat platform X inmiddels zo kwaadaardig is geworden dat serieuze organisaties zich hier van zouden moeten distantiëren. Het college constateerde eind 2025 dat de kritische grens daartoe nog niet bereikt was: mastodon.social/@joepbc/115718…. Sinds eind december is Grok, de ‘ChatGPT’ van Musk die je kunt aansturen door er een bericht op X naar te sturen, verantwoordelijk voor het genereren van honderdduizenden afbeeldingen van mensen, waaronder kinderen, die zonder toestemming op afbeeldingen worden uitgekleed door Musk’s AI-bot Grok: bnr.nl/nieuws/tech-innovatie/1…. Dit gebeurt op een schaal die vele ordes van grootte groter is dan bij andere ‘diensten’.

Als de grens van het toelaatbare eind 2025 nog niet was bereikt, is het inmiddels wellicht zover. Georgina Verbaan verwoordde het wat mij betreft treffend (bsky.app/profile/gverbaan.bsky…):
_Dat nieuwsorganisaties, bedrijven, overheden en privépersonen op een site blijven waar echte kinderporno, gecreëerde kinderporno, deepfakes van vrouwen en nazi propaganda welig tieren is zo diep fucking schandalig._

Nadat ik heb geconstateerd wat we als gemeente volgens mij *niet* zouden moeten willen, is het goed om even stil te staan bij wat ze *wel* zouden moeten doen. Er bestaat namelijk een sociaal medium waar organisaties zelf de regie kunnen nemen om te kiezen voor hun eigen beleid. Een platform zonder bewust geïntroduceerde verslavende algoritmen, dat kan worden gebruikt om berichten (zoals deze post) te delen, die ook kunnen worden gelezen door mensen zonder login X, Facebook, Instagram of LinkedIn. Berichten die kunnen worden gelezen zonder dat de lezer wordt getrackt door diezelfde Amerikaanse techbedrijven die hen ook op vele websites met widgets van deze social media ongevraagd profileren.

Iedereen kan een eigen Mastodon server opzetten, maar ook gebruik maken van servers die al door anderen worden aangeboden. De Nederlandse overheid heeft zelf één opgezet op social.overheid.nl, waar naast organisaties als Rijkswaterstaat, het KNMI en verschillende ministeries, momenteel vooral veel provincies actief zijn. Deze Mastodon server is er echter expliciet ook voor Nederlandse gemeenten, en ik vind dat de gemeente Nijmegen hier ook op thuishoort. En het zou helemaal niet gek zijn om vanaf andere platforms (zoals Insta, Facebook en LinkedIn) regelmatig te verwijzen naar berichten op dit open platform. Dat we daarnaast op deze andere platforms actief blijven kan ik begrijpen. Maar voor X is het wat mij betreft te laat.




🔞 OpenAI now uses age prediction on ChatGPT consumer plans to identify teen users, apply added safeguards against graphic violence, sexual content, viral challenges, self-harm, and more. Parents can also still customize safety controls.
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/…
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#Política 📣| Mas de doscientas personalidades de unos cincuenta países hacen un llamamiento para reforzar la acción antifascista y antiimperialista internacional.

desdeabajo.info/actualidad/int…

📌 Únete a nuestro canal de WhatsApp
whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaQo8…

#Alternativas #Democracia #DerechosHumanos



ma attenzione: non è solo il governo #Meloni che non fa una cippa per 5,7 milioni di italiani e residenti in #povertàAssoluta, i media dominanti hanno gravi responsabilità:
ogni sera sulla TV italiana giornalisti in ghingheri parlano di tutto,meno dei cittadini più bisognosi


#OtD 21 Jan 1921 striking workers in Santa Cruz, Argentina, seized 2 ranches demanding better pay and conditions. While there was a negotiated settlement, an army unit later arrived and killed up to 1500 workers by the following year stories.workingclasshistory.co…
#otd
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La Patagonia Rebelde fue un día como hoy!!!

Pueden colocar el libro de Osvaldo Bayer sobre el tema (pero la gente de @workingclasshistory no lee los mensajes!)



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Comment l’industrie de la publicité en ligne propose en secret des outils pour la surveillance d’Etat lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2026…


The Ghost of the Brook
(photos taken one week apart)

#WoodedStream

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@dillyd The Ghost really does have a lot to say as she isn’t far from a culvert where the frozen chunks of water get corralled and then rush through, the sound of teeth clattering. So yes, those are the best conversations. 🤗
in reply to Dan McCullough

please tell her I said hi and I'd love to meet her one day.



Tratto da un quotidiano del 1968 #retrocomputing
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i sottotitoli sono riferiti ad alcuni fatti di cronaca degli anni Sessanta legati anche ai computer. In particolare, l'ultimo riguarda per esempio le osservazioni del Jodrell Bank Observatory inglese e il "four-minute-warning" durante il periodo della Guerra Fredda.
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Aaaahh ok ho capito, grazie!

L'ultimo effettivamente ce l'ho presente 🙂





FI alla Lega, nessun accordo su Freni, lealtà o le cose non funzionano - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2026/01/21/fi-alla-lega-nessun-accordo-su-freni-lealta-o-le-cose-non-funzionano_32fae582-d49e-4550-b004-1b05339e4faf.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su ANSA Ultima ora @ansa-ultima-ora-AgenziaAnsa



Threads Surpasses X In Mobile Users: Report 01/21/2026

Not that I want to see the CIA-founded Meta get even more monstrously large and powerful but anything which might be responsible for hastening the death of Xitter has some merit.

mediapost.com/publications/art…



#News #BBC #LIVE
youtube.com/watch?v=dxNLlO_Vhx…


"Life Must Continue!"

As of Wednesday, more than a million consumers in Kyiv are without electricity, and a large number of homes are without heating following repeated Russian attacks.

The video shows a Kyiv family with children making their way up to the 22nd floor of a residential building without electricity, heating, or water (the elevator isn’t working).
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

📹: Liudmyla Voitesiak / Facebook

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Hey everyone,

@casey and @joynewacc had the honour of speaking to two families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• (@noornoor1996)
• Hamed Hamouda Sharab (@Hamed1987)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

gaza-verified.org/donate/

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

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It was clear three years ago that Europe switching from Russian gas to American gas was simply handing its carbon leash to another master. This is a good new analysis that reiterates the need to eliminate gas reliance altogether - if not for climate, then for safety from despotic regimes

ecologic.eu/20338



Modificare il modo in cui leggi può trasformare la tua mente
@scienza
leganerd.com/2026/01/21/modifi…

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Com ha de funcionar un sistema d'alertes?
Les alertes són informació important i s'han de donar sempre que hi hagi un perill, per petit que sigui, perquè és informació prioritària, a vegades fins i tot vital. La població té el dret fonamental d'estar informada de qualsevol perill per actuar de manera conscient i preparada per afrontar els perills.
Negar el dret d'informació per la probabilitat de què el motiu de l'alerta acabi produint danys o incidents, és contraproduent i negligent.


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Ok, AI guitar amps is where I just start burning shit down.

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Says the guy that relies heavily on a modeler but I control the parameters of that modeler now get off my lawn.
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"Our New AI Guitar Amp, lovingly called Apollos, does to Guitars what autotune did to voices. You'll sound like Hendrix without even trying!"


wacoca.com/news/2749641/ グリーンランド問題で亀裂、戦後ウクライナ支援計画が中断=FT | ロイター ##war #AMERS #Asia #ASXPAC #BLR #CEEU #ch #CISC #CWP #DEST:NOJPWDM #dip #EMEA #EMRG #EU #EUROP #Gen #INTAG #JFOR #JLN #NAMER #NASIA #NEWS1 #POL #POTUS #Ru #TRN #UA #Ukraine #US #wash #WEU #ウクライナ




The EPA says it will stop estimating the value of health benefits of reducing air pollution until it is “confident enough” in its models. But uncertainty doesn’t make an estimate useless.

This is like ignoring weather forecasts because they might not be perfect 🙄theconversation.com/what-air-p…

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#News #Live
youtube.com/watch?v=qo2-q4AFh_…



The manufacturers of Paragard, the only nonhormonal IUD on the market, is facing a lawsuit due to repeated reports of breakage, raising the question of how people should approach the risk-benefit calculus for the device.

thecut.com/article/iud-paragar…



Drones de surface armés : la France teste ses premiers prototypes pour protéger la Marine nationale
#Defense #Tech #Armee #Drone
La Marine nationale accélère sa mutation technologique. L'armée expérimente cette semaine à Toulon des engins d’un nouveau genre : des drones navals armés, chargés de protéger les côtes et d'escorter-->
numerama.com/tech/2164303-dron…
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BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!

Ukrainian mountaineer Antonina Samoilova shared her tips for staying warm in extreme cold.

Antonina became the first Ukrainian woman to climb two eight-thousanders within a single day. She has summited the world’s highest peak - Mount Everest - three times and conquered five of the highest mountains on the planet, all despite storms, extreme cold, and other severe weather challenges.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #weather

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#News #Live
youtube.com/watch?v=CMWLna1Sgd…


RE: mstdn.social/@JugglingWithEggs…

Here's a thought... maybe constraining economic activity isn't so bad?

Perhaps... just a wild idea here... we're not just put on this planet to increase shareholder value and line the pockets of the rich.

What if we considered arranging society so that its primary function was to ensure the welfare of people -- all people -- and "economic activity" can take a backseat for a few generations and see how that works out.

What if we started from the idea that all people have inherent value regardless of how much wealth they have or create?


“Europe is a regulatory morass that is built on bureaucracy, and the layering and layering of rules that constrain economic activity.”

Scott Bessant, US Treasury Secretary

To which Europeans say:

Flint, Michigan
East Palestine, Ohio
Uniontown, Alabama

These places are global bywords for the poisoning of people and nature when you have no regulatory oversight of business and you prioritise ‘economic activity’ at all costs over health and safety.

#Davos




"We present BookReconciler, an open-source tool for enhancing and clustering book data."
arxiv.org/abs/2512.10165



Carney leaving Davos without meeting Trump after speech on U.S. rupture of world order
theglobeandmail.com/politics/a

Makes sense, who in their right mind wants to hear the demented utterances of the pedophile, Rapist madman.

Only thing Carney should perhaps have done.

On Live TV stream to the world.

Would someone else now

Ask trump why the Epstein files are still being kept secret/not fully released.




walknews.com/1181929/ 欧州委員長、EUの自立加速訴え 無法化する世界に備え | ロイター #AMERS #BRU #DEF #DEST:NOJPTPM #DEST:NOJPWDM #DEST:NOJPZTM #DIP #DK #ECO #EEU #EMEA #EU #EUROP #Europe #EuropeNews #EuropeanUnion #EZC #FR #GEN #GL #INTAG #JFOR #JLN #MCE #NAMER #NATO #NEWS1 #NORD #POL #POTUS #SCANDV #TRN #US #WASH #WEU #ヨーロッパ #ヨーロッパニュース #欧州 #欧州連合


Tengo que andar engañando las IAs porque en realidad son tontas y testarudas



#wero aktiviert. Keine zusätzliche App notwendig. Für Händler kostengünstiger und Privatpersonen kostenlos.Verzicht auf #Paypal Bist Du dabei?

#BigTech #EU #digitalesouveranitat #boykotUSA



#TheParliament hat eine Liste an möglichen Ereignissen für #Europa im Jahr 2026 zusammengestellt.

Favorit: Island votet für den #EU ‑Beitritt und die Plattformregulierung gewinnt an Momentum global.

Was ich nicht auf dem Schirm hatte: Wahlen in #Ungarn. Wenn Orban verliert, aber nicht abtritt, würde das einen größeren Bruch innerhalb der #EuropäischenUnion bedeuten. Zweitens: eine stärkere Isolation von #Taiwan. theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/…

#Zukunftsforschung #Foresight #BlackSwan





Mittagspause und keine Mate im Kühlschrank. Das ist nun auch... | GrumpyOldMan grumpyoldman.de/post/27031

#Blog

#blog



European VC funding rose 9% YoY to hit $58B in 2025, below North America's 46% YoY rise; AI led with $17.5B, followed by biotech's $13.4B and hardware's $10.8B (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)

news.crunchbase.com/venture/eu…
techmeme.com/260121/p25#a26012…

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Europe needs a dramatic strategic revolution - now: historian Robert Kagan

Listen to “conservative historian... Robert Kagan about the critical geopolitical moment we are in. With the Trump administration [now in an effective state of] dictatorship, Kagan says, European governments need to completely change tack, fast. 'I feel like the administration has done everything except climb up on the roof of the White House and yell what they're going to do,' says Kagan. 'Trump is already talking about how you don't really need these midterm elections'.”

invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=0…

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Kagan is like "Help I turned the conservative party into a protofascist movement and destroyed important checks and balances under Bush. To my surprise, the movement evolved into a fascist party. Nobody could have seen this coming. Nobody! Now somebody else help us. Right Now! or I'm getting angry !1!1!".

Also the fact he is married to Victoria "Let's foment War in Ukraine to fuck the EU" Nuland is so funny.



Creste curve vicino a Reull Vallis

#marte @astronomia

L'obiettivo di questa osservazione è esaminare le creste curve sul fondo di un cratere. Potrebbero trattarsi di canali invertiti. Questa scena, disponibile anche nei dati della Context Camera, si trova all'interno di un cratere molto più grande e senza nome a est dell'enorme bacino da impatto Hellas. Reull Vallis è un sistema di canali di deflusso ampio e morfologicamente diversificato.

umbertogaetani.substack.com/p/…



#computing #IT
boost = larger sample

Now that we have some perspective on the issue, do you think it would have been better to have a world:

  • without computers (50%, 1 vote)
  • with computers (50%, 1 vote)
  • undecidable (counterfactual) (0%, 0 votes)
2 voters. Poll end: in 2 giorni

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"The choice is capitalism and state control enforced by computer or still capitalism and state." I'm not sure we have that choice.
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@d10c4n3 it s rhetoric, just a way to say that decisions about IT are not IT question but more often political, ethical one. It depends of the execution context.



Not only in terms of audio plugins, it seems to be a time for trying new stuff for me… the post man just dropped by and brought a new used lens.

Stuck in office work for my bands and my business, but now I really feel like taking a break with a longish photo walk.

I have no idea if this #Sigma #MFT 30mm f2.8 will work for me, but you never know if you don't try. I was looking for something small to pair with my small #omSystems / #Olympus #EP7.

I will sell my #Panasonic #Leica #m43 25mm anyways because it annoys me too much. So perhaps this small piece of glass might do what I need for everyday snapshotting…?

Check out my growing online exhibition at @nielso@pixelfed.de

#photography #fotografie #photographie

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