Stefano Maffulli
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Stefano Maffulli
@maffulli.net
Also an architect, GIS enthusiast, sailor.
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As age verification laws proliferate around the world, people have predictably turned to VPNs to protect their privacy. Instead of taking this as a sign that surveillance isn't popular, lawmakers have decided they might as well ban VPNs altogether. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
Remember when you thought age verification laws couldn't get any worse? Well, lawmakers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and beyond are about to blow you away.It's unfortunately no longer enough to force
www.eff.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I don't have the patience to debug Google Calendar #Android to understand why it's dropping my Open-Xchange calendar after it syncs to the phone. Pure rage for this blatant attack to the most elementary interoperability.
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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We are hiring a postdoc to build open-source tools for deep learning–based antibiotic discovery in @chzimmer.bsky.social lab at Institut Pasteur.
Part of the AI4AMR consortium with HZI and University of Würzburg.

Details: research.pasteur.fr/fr/job/open-...
Open-Source Developer for Deep Learning Antibiotic Discovery Platform - Research
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most urgent global health threats projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050. The AI4AMR project brings together teams from I...
research.pasteur.fr
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Academic institutions rely on web crawling and data scraping for research. Preference signals aren't as simple as they look. https://www.financierworldwide.com/data-scraping-ai-and-the-battle-for-the-open-web #ai #data #datagovernance
Data scraping, AI and the battle for the open web — Financier Worldwide
Explore the clash between AI data scraping and web openness, as legal, ethical and technological debates reshape digital content access and control.
www.financierworldwide.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Imagination is resistance, @ruha9.bsky.social reminds us that, " we need to reject the gospel that says technology is inevitable, that the train has left the station... In an error of automated bullshit, it’s time to become bullshit detectors,"
#MozFest
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
TIL replaced by TIUL (#Unlearned) at #MozFest: Personas, unlearned.
building.theatlantic.com/weve-spent-t...
We’ve spent two years studying readers’ & listeners’ needs of The Atlantic
What we’ve found & how it has affected the ways we we distribute our journalism
building.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Unlearn “Personas”. Brilliant talk at #MozFest
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Today at #MozFest, visionary storyteller Jason Silva takes us on a storytelling journey through the lenses of creativity, movement, & radical self-discovery. He invites us to step outside our algorithms and reclaim our sense of wonder.

Follow live at 11:30 am CET: www.youtube.com/live/ZapylOg...
Awe as an Antidote to the Grid with Jason Silva - Mozilla Festival 2025
What if the systems we live in: the city grids, the scrolling feeds, the mental maps we cling to, are the very structures we must unlearn to reclaim ourselves from the system? In this evocative keyno...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
From @mozilla.org Festival stage, Jason Silva: Burning Man is the place of #unlearning #MozFest
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
@mozilla.org picked a bold topic for the Festival. #unlearn we’re forced to think in radical new ways to solve today’s world problems. Not disrupt. Not innovate. Unlearn.
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Go time! @Mozilla.org Festival 2025 starts today! Find me here to discuss #AI, #data governance, policy #OpenSource #EU #sovereignty and just to say hello https://mzl.la/3HDm6HF
Attend Mozilla Festival
Join MozFest 2025 in Barcelona, Nov 7–9 — the global AI policy summit, digital rights event & open source festival for a healthier internet.
mzl.la
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Mozilla Festival 2025 is Nov 7-9 in Barcelona w/ 500+ session hosts, 200+ experiences, talks, labs, forums, film screenings, & installations.

Keynotes @xychelsea.tv @audreyt.org @ruha9.bsky.social

If you haven't gotten your festival badge, use code MOZSEHER 🎟️ @mozilla.org www.mozillafestival.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm happy to be at the @mozilla.org Festival listening to @ruha9.bsky.social raising good questions: Who owns the future? #Unlearn #Imagination
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In order to have #PublicAI you must start from #OpenSource #AI
By Alek Tarkovskij @mozilla.org Festival
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Does anyone want to have Big Tech owning #AI too? Question raised at @mozilla.org festival. What do you think the answer was?
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Barcelona, here we go: @Mozilla.org Festival 2025 starts tomorrow! Join me there to discuss #AI, #data governance, policy #OpenSource #EU #sovereignty and just to say hello https://mzl.la/3HDm6HF
Attend Mozilla Festival
Join MozFest 2025 in Barcelona, Nov 7–9 — the global AI policy summit, digital rights event & open source festival for a healthier internet.
mzl.la
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
For experienced users, @matrix.org Campaign Library enables fast prototyping — deploy proven workflows without having to build every step from scratch. Funding from European NGI0 https://mautic.org/blog/mautics-campaign-library-initiative-phase-2-funded-by-nlnet-and-the-european-commission/
Mautic’s Campaign Library Initiative phase 2 funded by NLnet and the European Commission - Mautic
In my experience leading the Mautic project, some of the most rewarding moments come when we can build on community-driven ideas that have been years in the
mautic.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A leading AI developer such as OpenAI is opening up core safety-infrastructure via an open weights model — under an Apache 2 license. Well done @roost.tools https://www.maffulli.net/2025/10/31/roost-foundation-releases-ai-safety-tool-with-openai/ #ai #safety
ROOST Foundation releases AI safety tool with OpenAI
The ROOST Foundation delivered a landmark accomplishment in the Open Source ecosystem with the release of gpt-oss-safeguard, with OpenAI.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Leaving tomorrow for @Mozilla.org Festival 2025 in Barcelona! Join me there to discuss #AI, #data governance, policy #OpenSource #EU #sovereignty and just to say hello https://mzl.la/3HDm6HF
Attend Mozilla Festival
Join MozFest 2025 in Barcelona, Nov 7–9 — the global AI policy summit, digital rights event & open source festival for a healthier internet.
mzl.la
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM