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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 2d

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 2d

Location, location, location

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 2d

"this country has become increasingly reliant on imported gas to produce electricity"

Genuine question: How much of this is due to trying to turn the country into one giant data centre, with the energy demands that brings?

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine how much of a pox on your society you have to be to force the people caring for your most vulnerable to flee in fear

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 2d

That was a lot of huff and puff and zero cohesion. I have high hopes for Pavlovic but tonight he looked like he had no idea what his role was. Midfield was nonexistent

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 2d

I'm assuming one of these is "Should they give up baseball and find a more rewarding hobby?"

Headline from mlb.com reading "5 questions for Yankees after latest early postseason exit"

Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 2d

Also, "Rule 3: Disrespect the Pentagon"

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 2d

"Beware of Starburst surface-to-air missiles being launched from the bowl without warning"

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 3d

Was it just me, or did autumn suddenly arrive overnight his week? Walked out to this Thursday morning

Street line with lime trees, their leaves yellow

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 3d

This city needs a slogan. I'm thinking "BERLIN: Have you tried turning it off and back on?"

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 4d

Saturday evening marathon photo-editing session. Need some proper backgound music

Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny Live at Montreux 1985

Dailymotion video by Fuzz59

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 5d

It's a sad indictment of the Nobel committee that you can't get recognition for ending the war between Athenry and Aberystwyth

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 6d

"where MAGA has arrived at: a place so far removed from observable reality that it now holds official government functions with imaginary enemies"

This describes the conspiracy theorist world perfectly: Spoilt, bored losers inventing epic quests to feel heroic. But now it's the state ideology

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

www.independent.co.uk

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 6d

We're so relieved to see Germany reaffirm its opposition to the dangerous Chat Control proposal--the one that would mandate mass scanning of communications. Germany's long been a solid champion of privacy, and the news that it was considering backing mass surveillance was alarming. 1/

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

3/3

2. Market/promote alternatives to the European public, and the benefits of using them. A lot of people don't adopt them because they're simply unaware they exist, or assume they're vastly inferior.
European Alternatives is a decent start, but more is needed
european-alternatives.eu

European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

european-alternatives.eu

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

2/3 As I see it, there are a couple of major things Europe has to do at institutional level

1. Provide generous support to genuine European alternatives. Can this legally be linked to commitments not to sell out when a big US player comes waving a bundle of cash?

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

1/3 'Europe must progressively replace all non-EU “big tech” platforms and cloud services over the next decade with homegrown alternatives'

We all need to be playing a part in this. I'm constantly looking for and testing alternatives. There are lots of interesting potential options out there

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan

The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

Ideally, when I say not American, I'm hoping for a company that isn't looking to build to the point where they get successful enough to cash in their chips for a Google/Microsoft/Meta acquisition

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting - thanks for reaching out.
The most important criteria are: No US element - including AWS, and ideally extending to US SSL, DNS etc;
Robust free tier;
Strong security/privacy

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

This is heartbreaking. You'll hear the excuse that "It's not America's job", but if you are capable - as the US is - of preventing children dying in pain, and you choose not to, that is objectively wrong. If you had a system that was already doing that, and you choose to shut it down...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 8d

Is this the kind of police force you want, where officers take it upon themselves to decide when it's justified to punch a member of the public in the face?

Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 8d

Whether or not you agree with demosntrators' cause or tactics, a trained, equipped police officer should not simply assault people. There are far less violent ways of dealing with situations, all of which should be exhausted before resorting to thuggish behaviour

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 8d

There is a very obvious ongoing practice of Berlin police lashing out and punching people who are posing no immediate physical threat to them. It's abusive, it's unprofessional, and as of now it appears to be tolerated - unless I've missed someone in authority speaking out against it

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 9d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 8d

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."