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Klaas Ole Jordan
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Web Development, Web Performance, Web Sustainability
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Hi, we're Silicon Valley- you probably recognize us from classic inventions like 'Chatbot That Drives You Crazy', 'The App That Gives You An Eating Disorder', 'A Bus, Except Worse', and 'Doorbell That Reports Directly to the NSA'
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Look, I'm not saying I told you so, but I was right
EA's AI Game Development Tools Are Apparently So Bad That It's Costing More Money To Fix Their Mistakes
A new report suggests that EA's pivot to AI is just causing costly mistakes, and the developers hate it.
www.thegamer.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997.
Receipts: a brief list of prominent articles proclaiming the death of the web.
They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997. Wired: March 1, 1997: “You can kiss your web browser goodbye” – Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf, The Big Story. 1Inspired by the success of PointCast, a clever application that displayed news headlines as a screensaver, our "Push!" story argued that Web browsers were about to become obsolete. 
zeldman.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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The #NoMouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls?

nomouse.org
nomouse.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Zorin OS 18 Officially Released, Specifically Tailored for Windows 10 Expats 9to5linux.com/zorin-os-18-...

#Linux #OpenSource
Zorin OS 18 Officially Released, Specifically Tailored for Windows 10 Expats - 9to5Linux
Zorin OS 18 distribution is now available for download based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS and powered by Linux kernel 6.14.
9to5linux.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
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 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Talkshow-Redaktionen sehen solche Nachrichten und sagen dann, lass mal zur Abwechslung wieder eine Sendung zum Thema Bürgergeld machen.
September 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Today is a great day to end you #DisneyPlus subscription (if you haven’t done yet).
For European alternatives, check out buy-european.net/en/alternati...
#WatchEuropean
September 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Tönnies, Wiesenhof und Co verbrauchen beim Schlachten enorme Mengen an Wasser. Wir veröffentlichen erstmals, wie viel Wasser die Schlachtindustrie nutzt - und wie wenig sie dafür bezahlt. Auf einer Karte mit den 45 größten Betrieben.

>> Kleiner 🧵
Ein Jahr lang haben wir gemeinsam mit @correctiv.org den Wasserverbrauch der größten deutschen Schlachtanlagen recherchiert. Wir veröffentlichen erstmals die Verbrauchszahlen der wasserintensiven Industrie – und wie wenig sie dafür zahlt.
fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...
Verbrauch der Schlachtindustrie: Schnitzel statt Trinkwasser
Schlachtkonzerne verbrauchen so viel Wasser wie eine mittelgroße Stadt. Doch genaue Zahlen dazu verweigern Wasserversorger und Behörden. Deshalb klagen wir.
fragdenstaat.de
September 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Palantir ist ein Trojanisches Pferd. Es erscheint wie ein Geschenk für unsere Sicherheit, ist aber ein Einfallstor für den Abfluss sensibler Daten.

Damit würde die Bundesregierung unsere digitale Souveränität aufgeben.

Deswegen trägt @campact.de den Protest dagegen heute vor das Kanzleramt.
September 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Hi @deezerdevs.bsky.social, do you have plans of (re)introducing a webapp for Deezer?
August 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Die SZ berichtet heute über einen klimapolitischen Wahnsinnsmove der Bundesregierung.
Sie will möglich machen, europäische Strafzahlungen wegen zu wenig Klimaschutz aus dem Topf zu bezahlen, der Klimaschutz finanzieren soll.

Wodurch weniger Geld für Klimaschutz da wäre.
Klimaschutz: Wie die Regierung den KTF zweckentfremdet
Deutschland droht die Klimaziele zu verfehlen. Doch statt mehr Klimaschutz zu machen, will sie aus dem gleichen Topf CO₂-Zertifikate kaufen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
August 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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View Transitions are enabled by default in Firefox Nightly, so they're on their way to stable. Give it a test with your current transitions, and give me a shout if anything doesn't look right.
August 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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i have compiled a list of free image resources inspired by our conversation about this last week. livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai...
August 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Wie energisch greift die EU gegen Big Tech durch?#USA#EU#Tech-Branche
Wie energisch greift die EU gegen Big Tech durch?
Die EU zögert bei Strafen für US-Tech-Konzerne – zum Nachteil von Markt und Verbrauchern.
www.tagesschau.de
August 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Proton has launched a new open-source two-factor authentication app, Proton Authenticator, offering free, 2FA with encrypted sync, offline access, easy migration, and local biometric security buff.ly/o4v2Afi
July 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Google's "AI Overviews" are garbage. Sadly they are now becoming the main way people interact with the web.

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
July 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Newsflash: Fliegen kann man nicht billiger machen. Man kann nur erreichen, dass die, die fliegen, weniger zahlen. Die Schäden, die dadurch entstehen, müssen von allen anderen gezahlt werden.
Hätten wir Kostenwahrheit im Transport, würden wir längst hektisch Highspeed-Zugnetze bauen.
July 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Vor der Veröffentlichung zu Jens Spahns Netzwerk versuchten gleich zwei Anwälte des umstrittenen Milliardärs Angermayer, uns einzuschüchtern – darunter Ralf Höcker, der auch die AfD vertritt.
Natürlich haben wir unsere Recherche heute publiziert – aber lest selbst: ⬇️
correctiv.org/aktuelles/ge...
Netzwerk mit Nebenwirkungen: Jens Spahn und der Milliardär
Christan Angermayer gilt als Freund von Jens Spahn – und offenbar profitierte er als Investor von einer Großbestellung der Bundesregierung.
correctiv.org
July 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Last week I wrote a small article on why I think it's important to move away from Big Tech products from the USA and which EU alternatives are available.
www.kojordan.com/blog/avoid-u...
US Big Tech Products Should Be Avoided. Learn Why And Check Out Some Good Alternatives.
Sticking to US products make us dependent on, be influenced by, and expose private data to an increasingly hostile opponent. Let's move now!
www.kojordan.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Spahn ist nur das Gesicht der Radikalisierung: Allmählich offenbart sich das ganze Ausmaß der Vernetzung von CDU-MdBs mit rechtsextremen Medien, AfDlern und radikalen Abtreibungsgegnern. Die AfD und ihr Umfeld hat laut Focus-Recherche mittlerweile erheblichen Einfluss in der CDU. #BrosiusGersdorf
July 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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The days of Google Docs are ending; we enter the age of Docs, made by France's Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs and Germany's Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration.

We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.
France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs
The Trump administration has set out to drastically reshape the relationship between the US and Europe. In response, Brussels is scrambling to adapt to this new reality,...
www.techspot.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM