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Fedora Project @fedora.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11h

As free Windows 10 support ends today, consider upgrading to a Linux operating system! You will continue to be protected with security updates, but you will also gain total freedom for your device.

Doesn't have to be Fedora - look around for the Linux distro that works for you. :)

Learn more […]

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Tomasz Oryński @torynski.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 20h

As you might know, I have been in an accident. My car was deemed a total loss, even though it still drives fine and everything, it's a good, well-kept car. It would be a shame to scrap it.

But you know what? The Ukrainian army does not care about the bent tailgate! So when I get better, I'm […]

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Flipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 47m

Meta removes ICE-tracking Facebook page in Chicago at the request of the Justice Department.

@AssociatedPress reports: "Earlier this month, Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 1h

“The #US has doubled down, building full-blown ecosystems around the two giants partaking in unsustainable multi-billion dollar “circular financing”, putting growth before profitability and sustainability, further inflating the #aibubble ever closer to a popping point, and funnelling enormous […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 2d

#europe can still win the #AI race — here is how!

https://jmaris.me/jekyll/update/2025/10/13/How-Europe-wins-the-AI-race.html

#eupol #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AiResearch #generativeAI #geopolitics #Europe #eu

Europe can still win the AI race: here's how

If despondent LinkedIn posts and press articles are to be believed, our insistence on putting citizens rights before growth has lost us the AI race. But as AI’s momentum stalls in the US, Europe has a unique opportunity to catch up, if it plays its cards right.

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 3d

This is going to go so so so so wrong #aibubble

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 7d

@paul_denton Il n'y a aucune justification pour la destitution du président de la république.

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Claire McNab @2legged.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Scott Brown's defence of the European Convention on Human Rights (#echr) is good but unexceptional. Yet it is a #bbcnews story, because it is this #northnorthamptonshire councillor's reason for leaving the #uk's #conservativeparty […]

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Image of black text ona white background:

The ECHR is not merely an international agreement; it is a cornerstone of civil liberties, enshrining rights that protect individuals from arbitrary state power and ensure justice, fairness, and dignity for all. Its origins trace back to the aftermath of World War II, but its spirit echoes the foundational tenets of British liberty as embodied in the Magna Carta of 1215.

The Magna Carta, often hailed as the bedrock of constitutional governance, established that no one—not even the sovereign—is above the law, limiting executive overreach and guaranteeing due process.

The ECHR builds upon this legacy, adapting these ancient protections to modern challenges and safeguarding the very freedoms that make Britain a beacon of democracy.

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 7d

Developing or maintaining #opensource #dns software? There is a funding opportunity of up to £100k (€/$120k) for developers in this space right now!

Check it out!
https://nominet.uk/our-impact/nominet-dns-fund/

#nominet

Nominet DNS Fund - Nominet

The Nominet DNS Fund (Fund) has been set up as part of Nominet’s work to support the Internet Community. To improve DNS open source projects.

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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

🇪🇺YOU ARE AMAZING: ❤️ Your protest stopped #chatcontrol! I hear Germany isn't caving in; so there's no majority in the EU Council. Digital privacy is safe for now! Let's celebrate this huge success TOGETHER! 🎉
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A map of Europe titled "Help Stop #ChatControl!" shows countries colored according to their government's stance on ChatControl in 2025. The legend explains: Green stands for "Against", Blue for "Undecided", and Red for "In Favor".

The following countries are in favor (red): Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.

The following countries are against it (green): Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

The following countries are undecided (blue): Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Romania.

At the bottom is the call to action: "Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu".

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 7d

@edavies it doesn't make it any less bad IMHO, the Commission could theoretically say any platform is a threat, i don't know how much they would be required to prove it though. I guess it could be challenged in court

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 7d

@crlamke It was written for policymakers so it had to be! Thanks!

Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 7d

@edavies I don't disagree, but our strategy within the institutions was not to rely on the fundamental rights' argument.

The legal services of both the Council of the EU and Parliament concluded the law would be illegal if it involved mass surveillance.

2. ChatControl wouldn't automatically […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 7d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0

"#AI #slop is killing our channel"

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Simon Phipps @meshed.cloud · 8d

Who could possibly have foreseen that having random web apps collect copious personal information in order to check for user age could create a golden trove for hackers?

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/07/discord-data-breach-proof-of-age-id-leaked

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 8d

The whitepaper highlights the technical challenges of detection, how easily it can be bypassed, and the potential to create enormous numbers of false positives, which will actually impede the work of law enforcement in finding and detaining abusers.

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 8d

Side point on #chatcontrol: When I worked on the law in the European Parliament, in the face of questionably legal, and highly problematic behavior by DG HOME, I prepared a whitepaper on why it was such a terrible Idea.

As it is in the public interest, I have decided to make that white paper […]

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 8d

update: "video appears to contradict the government’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire on her"
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

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elle mundy @ap.exch.gr · 9d

banning people like antivaxxers and fascists has never been about “censoring the opposition” or “stifling healthy debate.” at the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, that’s what they want you to think. it’s always been about limiting the reach of mass disinformation campaigns that seek […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 10d

@tginsider Russia came to the country, bombed, destroyed and occupied it, the forcefully deported the inhabitants.

Even if your statistics weren't a flaming pile of bullshit, the reason is that Russia deported them there at gunpoint.

Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 12d

"The Internet is starting to Break - Here's Why" #enshitification

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVYG1mu8Lg8

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 12d

" the most important electoral issue is following through on the promise to reward pensioners for their lifetimes of work"

Yes, by throwing future generations under the bus. That's always how populists work. It'll be heartbreaking if the Czech Republic elects a Russian stooge […]

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Oliver Blanthorn @bovine3dom.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 13d

We have some concrete figures on the RATP bid that won the contract for local trains around Caen against the SNCF: 50% increase in train-km for no increase in cost […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 14d

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/conservative-losers-elon-musk-stephen-miller/?fbclid=PAY2xjawNJ4BNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp5oqTzxAZtC5VZTXdbxKcRaTjmoXffG42pogrQDiKO2aH9qLPIoYn7OYCAM0_aem_PLrniXc3gJ5hEQL-Xw7IzQ

A picture of Elon musk, with the article title "we're being ruled over by the worlds biggest losers"

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Simon Phipps @meshed.cloud · 14d

The @EUCommission would like to hear your views on the governance and sustainability of critical open source software. The survey closes October 5th.

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/FOSSEPS_Governance_and_Sustainability_Survey

#OpenSource #governance #sustainability

Study of the European Commission: Survey on the Governance and Sustainability of Critical Open Source Software

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