CJ
@mateloos.be
Sound engineer with a passion for the outdoors. Rumored to be obsessed by ecology & cosmology.
#FOSS enthusiast running #Debian since potato, Google-free mobile since CyanogenMod.
Signal, Matrix IDs on request.
Pics by me unless otherwise attributed.
#FOSS enthusiast running #Debian since potato, Google-free mobile since CyanogenMod.
Signal, Matrix IDs on request.
Pics by me unless otherwise attributed.
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CJ
@mateloos.be
· Jan 10
Oepsie
The total cost of i-Police is much more than first indicated by the minister, the money was mainly given to consultants. #ipolice www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...
January 25, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Oepsie
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Post war western Europe is simply the best society that this species has ever managed to create. Never forget it. Defend it for all we're worth.
January 25, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Post war western Europe is simply the best society that this species has ever managed to create. Never forget it. Defend it for all we're worth.
"Bij de MIVB bieden we jongeren vandaag een abonnement van 12 euro per jaar aan, 1 euro per maand. Meer jongeren nemen het openbaar vervoer en zijn minder afhankelijk van de auto."
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Bij NMBS moet ik 2 stations >145km ingeven voor "Unlimited abo".
Plus extra voor bus, tram.
In NL, één kaartje.
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Bij NMBS moet ik 2 stations >145km ingeven voor "Unlimited abo".
Plus extra voor bus, tram.
In NL, één kaartje.
January 25, 2026 at 8:37 AM
"Bij de MIVB bieden we jongeren vandaag een abonnement van 12 euro per jaar aan, 1 euro per maand. Meer jongeren nemen het openbaar vervoer en zijn minder afhankelijk van de auto."
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Bij NMBS moet ik 2 stations >145km ingeven voor "Unlimited abo".
Plus extra voor bus, tram.
In NL, één kaartje.
💪
Bij NMBS moet ik 2 stations >145km ingeven voor "Unlimited abo".
Plus extra voor bus, tram.
In NL, één kaartje.
"Nultolerantie achter het stuur." - Een schande dat ik *nooit gecontroleerd* ben om positief te blazen: heb 20j naar níks gekeken. Een wonder dat ik nooit een ongeluk had. (Ik leef ondertussen 10j nuchter!)
"Helmplicht voor e-steps" - daar gaan verhuurbedrijven van die ondingen zwaar tegen lobbyen…
"Helmplicht voor e-steps" - daar gaan verhuurbedrijven van die ondingen zwaar tegen lobbyen…
Ziekenhuizen tellen 4 keer meer verkeersslachtoffers dan politie: "Tol veel zwaarder dan gedacht" vrtnws.be/p.43K8x1306?t=176... @vrtnws.be
Ziekenhuizen tellen 4 keer meer verkeersslachtoffers dan politie: "Tol veel zwaarder dan gedacht"
vrtnws.be
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 AM
"Nultolerantie achter het stuur." - Een schande dat ik *nooit gecontroleerd* ben om positief te blazen: heb 20j naar níks gekeken. Een wonder dat ik nooit een ongeluk had. (Ik leef ondertussen 10j nuchter!)
"Helmplicht voor e-steps" - daar gaan verhuurbedrijven van die ondingen zwaar tegen lobbyen…
"Helmplicht voor e-steps" - daar gaan verhuurbedrijven van die ondingen zwaar tegen lobbyen…
Las net hetzelfde in betoog van een professor: "Stop met me AI-gegenereerde emails te schrijven. Ik begin te lezen en uiteindelijk blijkt het allemaal onzin."
"Helaas merk je dat vaak pas als je de laatste zin hebt gelezen: het klonk allemaal helder en zinnig, maar het ging helemaal nergens heen."
"Helaas merk je dat vaak pas als je de laatste zin hebt gelezen: het klonk allemaal helder en zinnig, maar het ging helemaal nergens heen."
Ook bij De Standaard gaat het techno-optimisme stilaan liggen. www.standaard.be/media-en-cul...
AI is een vloek voor wie schrijft, maar vooral wie het resultaat moet lezen
Artificiële intelligentie maakt van iedereen een speechschrijver, dichter en romanauteur. En dat is niet noodzakelijk een goede zaak. Het internet, onze inbox en zelfs de boekhandel puilen uit met vlot klinkende, maar holle en van hallucinaties vergeven prietpraat.
www.standaard.be
January 25, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Las net hetzelfde in betoog van een professor: "Stop met me AI-gegenereerde emails te schrijven. Ik begin te lezen en uiteindelijk blijkt het allemaal onzin."
"Helaas merk je dat vaak pas als je de laatste zin hebt gelezen: het klonk allemaal helder en zinnig, maar het ging helemaal nergens heen."
"Helaas merk je dat vaak pas als je de laatste zin hebt gelezen: het klonk allemaal helder en zinnig, maar het ging helemaal nergens heen."
One needs to be accountable to law to enforce it.
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 AM
One needs to be accountable to law to enforce it.
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When an authoritarian regime fears that it will lose control, it ramps up violence to emote strength it doesn't have.
Don't fall for it.
They are weak - and their loss of control definitively shows it.
Don't fall for it.
They are weak - and their loss of control definitively shows it.
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
When an authoritarian regime fears that it will lose control, it ramps up violence to emote strength it doesn't have.
Don't fall for it.
They are weak - and their loss of control definitively shows it.
Don't fall for it.
They are weak - and their loss of control definitively shows it.
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Need a distraction? The Big Bear Valley eagles have just laid their first egg of the season.
Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1
YouTube video by FOBBV CAM
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Need a distraction? The Big Bear Valley eagles have just laid their first egg of the season.
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I’m not a lawyer but killing someone while unlawfully beating them sounds an awful lot like felony murder.
So I watched the shooting video frame by frame and it looks like:
1) They were beating a struggling man with batons
2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back
3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away
4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back
1) They were beating a struggling man with batons
2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back
3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away
4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I’m not a lawyer but killing someone while unlawfully beating them sounds an awful lot like felony murder.
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⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout continues in its third week despite a brief momentary restoration of international connectivity around hour 375. Online platforms are occasionally whitelisted and some users have been able to tunnel out over the last couple of days.
January 24, 2026 at 10:09 AM
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout continues in its third week despite a brief momentary restoration of international connectivity around hour 375. Online platforms are occasionally whitelisted and some users have been able to tunnel out over the last couple of days.
Toen hooverboards in opmars waren en alle kids het daarover hadden, dacht ik telkens "maar da kan toch ni!?"
Bleken dat toch geen hooverboards uit Back To The Future.
Het onderscheid tussen feit en fictie dateert voor sommigen van vóór Trump's 'alternative facts' & Covid, van voor AI.
Bleken dat toch geen hooverboards uit Back To The Future.
Het onderscheid tussen feit en fictie dateert voor sommigen van vóór Trump's 'alternative facts' & Covid, van voor AI.
January 24, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Toen hooverboards in opmars waren en alle kids het daarover hadden, dacht ik telkens "maar da kan toch ni!?"
Bleken dat toch geen hooverboards uit Back To The Future.
Het onderscheid tussen feit en fictie dateert voor sommigen van vóór Trump's 'alternative facts' & Covid, van voor AI.
Bleken dat toch geen hooverboards uit Back To The Future.
Het onderscheid tussen feit en fictie dateert voor sommigen van vóór Trump's 'alternative facts' & Covid, van voor AI.
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The report is pretty damning for the new Digital Omnibus and rejects the majority of suggested changes to GDPR.
It expands in great detail on why NOYB accepts individual articles, suggests improvements to them or flat out rejects them.
TL;DR:
It expands in great detail on why NOYB accepts individual articles, suggests improvements to them or flat out rejects them.
TL;DR:
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The report is pretty damning for the new Digital Omnibus and rejects the majority of suggested changes to GDPR.
It expands in great detail on why NOYB accepts individual articles, suggests improvements to them or flat out rejects them.
TL;DR:
It expands in great detail on why NOYB accepts individual articles, suggests improvements to them or flat out rejects them.
TL;DR:
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🇪🇺🚌 With the #EU Parliament and Council ramping up their work on the #DigitalOmnibus, noyb continues to fight for changes to preserve your privacy rights.
🤝 You can help us by becoming a Supporting Member! Learn more ➤ noyb.eu/en/support-us
#MakePrivacyReality
🤝 You can help us by becoming a Supporting Member! Learn more ➤ noyb.eu/en/support-us
#MakePrivacyReality
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🇪🇺🚌 With the #EU Parliament and Council ramping up their work on the #DigitalOmnibus, noyb continues to fight for changes to preserve your privacy rights.
🤝 You can help us by becoming a Supporting Member! Learn more ➤ noyb.eu/en/support-us
#MakePrivacyReality
🤝 You can help us by becoming a Supporting Member! Learn more ➤ noyb.eu/en/support-us
#MakePrivacyReality
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it's really good that Oracle bought TikTok, a business that only loses money, at a time when it took on $56bn+ in debt and $240bn in lease obligations for GPUs to rent to OpenAI, a company that will run out of money. This could all have the funniest ending ever
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:46 PM
it's really good that Oracle bought TikTok, a business that only loses money, at a time when it took on $56bn+ in debt and $240bn in lease obligations for GPUs to rent to OpenAI, a company that will run out of money. This could all have the funniest ending ever
"by default, BitLocker recovery keys uploaded to MS cloud"
This totally relieves me of the last shred of doubt I had after I had wiped a brand new, never booted Win11 Pro from a machine today and installed Debian on that machine.
Doubt if I should have made a backup of the virgin Windows, that was.
This totally relieves me of the last shred of doubt I had after I had wiped a brand new, never booted Win11 Pro from a machine today and installed Debian on that machine.
Doubt if I should have made a backup of the virgin Windows, that was.
Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch
The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an alleged fraud case in Guam.
techcrunch.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:21 PM
"by default, BitLocker recovery keys uploaded to MS cloud"
This totally relieves me of the last shred of doubt I had after I had wiped a brand new, never booted Win11 Pro from a machine today and installed Debian on that machine.
Doubt if I should have made a backup of the virgin Windows, that was.
This totally relieves me of the last shred of doubt I had after I had wiped a brand new, never booted Win11 Pro from a machine today and installed Debian on that machine.
Doubt if I should have made a backup of the virgin Windows, that was.
All while we're subsidizing our own demise.
Nah, I just wanted to stay in theme with link preview pic. /s
Nah, I just wanted to stay in theme with link preview pic. /s
January 23, 2026 at 9:31 PM
All while we're subsidizing our own demise.
Nah, I just wanted to stay in theme with link preview pic. /s
Nah, I just wanted to stay in theme with link preview pic. /s
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“Personal Intelligence feels like Google has been quietly taking notes on my entire life and finally decided to hand me the notebook.”
With 'Personal Intelligence,' Google finally admits how much it knows about you. It's scary-good.
Personal Intelligence from Google connects Gemini AI to Gmail, Photos, and Search history, setting new standards for personal AI assistants.
www.businessinsider.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM
“Personal Intelligence feels like Google has been quietly taking notes on my entire life and finally decided to hand me the notebook.”
Oh my! Here some excellent interdisciplinary action.
"It was the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury who, as early as the 11th century, linked two observations of 1P/Halley comet."
Who said #cosmology is so far out there? I love when it mingles with #history!
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"It was the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury who, as early as the 11th century, linked two observations of 1P/Halley comet."
Who said #cosmology is so far out there? I love when it mingles with #history!
🔭🗿🧪🏹
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Oh my! Here some excellent interdisciplinary action.
"It was the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury who, as early as the 11th century, linked two observations of 1P/Halley comet."
Who said #cosmology is so far out there? I love when it mingles with #history!
🔭🗿🧪🏹
"It was the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury who, as early as the 11th century, linked two observations of 1P/Halley comet."
Who said #cosmology is so far out there? I love when it mingles with #history!
🔭🗿🧪🏹
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As an artist, I was told that NFTs were the future and that I needed to get with the times or be left behind.
As a gamer I was told that the Metaverse was the future, and I should start getting into it now, or be left behind.
These are the same people telling me that AI is inevitable.
As a gamer I was told that the Metaverse was the future, and I should start getting into it now, or be left behind.
These are the same people telling me that AI is inevitable.
January 23, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Renewables will keep dropping in price and there is nothing Big Oil can do about that.
🔔 #GoodClimateNews alert 🔔
Last year, for the first time ever, the EU generated more wind and solar power than fossil fuels.
And the cost of generating renewable electricity? It’s fallen by 50-70% over the past decade.
This is the news #BigOil doesn’t want you to see.
https://bit.ly/3ZrLMvW
Last year, for the first time ever, the EU generated more wind and solar power than fossil fuels.
And the cost of generating renewable electricity? It’s fallen by 50-70% over the past decade.
This is the news #BigOil doesn’t want you to see.
https://bit.ly/3ZrLMvW
Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in 2025 in EU milestone
Renewables gained ground across Europe, though gas still shaped electricity prices For the first time ever, wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU in 2025, shows data fr...
bit.ly
January 22, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Renewables will keep dropping in price and there is nothing Big Oil can do about that.
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We hebben er nog altijd geen.
Bank X wilde wel maar dan moesten alle bestuurders al hun privé bankzaken overzetten op die bank.
Het duurt bovendien meerdere weken tot je ergens een afspraak vastkrijgt. Pfff
Bank X wilde wel maar dan moesten alle bestuurders al hun privé bankzaken overzetten op die bank.
Het duurt bovendien meerdere weken tot je ergens een afspraak vastkrijgt. Pfff
Dus, Belfius wil geen rekeningen meer openen voor vzw's.
Wie kan een bank aanbevelen die wel nog een rekening opent voor een vzw?
Wie kan een bank aanbevelen die wel nog een rekening opent voor een vzw?
January 23, 2026 at 9:03 AM
We hebben er nog altijd geen.
Bank X wilde wel maar dan moesten alle bestuurders al hun privé bankzaken overzetten op die bank.
Het duurt bovendien meerdere weken tot je ergens een afspraak vastkrijgt. Pfff
Bank X wilde wel maar dan moesten alle bestuurders al hun privé bankzaken overzetten op die bank.
Het duurt bovendien meerdere weken tot je ergens een afspraak vastkrijgt. Pfff
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Ironic how free market advocates have screamed for no regulations or government interference until Jan 2025. Now with unprecedented intervention…silence.
Funny part is the world will move forward and several US sectors (cars, #energy) will be relics.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Funny part is the world will move forward and several US sectors (cars, #energy) will be relics.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
BYD’s Cheap EVs Are Suddenly Everywhere in Mexico as Tariffs Take Hold
Chinese brands find growth in EV, plug-in segment other carmakers bypassed.
www.bloomberg.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Ironic how free market advocates have screamed for no regulations or government interference until Jan 2025. Now with unprecedented intervention…silence.
Funny part is the world will move forward and several US sectors (cars, #energy) will be relics.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Funny part is the world will move forward and several US sectors (cars, #energy) will be relics.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Investigating judge "unable to advance the probe into the alleged spying on politicians because a lack of response to requests for information from Israel meant there was no identifiable suspect."
The Chosen Few owe no explanation to anyone and can do exactly how they deem fit.
The Chosen Few owe no explanation to anyone and can do exactly how they deem fit.
🇪🇸 Spain's High Court on Thursday closed its investigation into the use of Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group's Pegasus software to spy on Spanish politicians, citing a lack of cooperation from Israeli authorities.
www.reuters.com/technology/s...
www.reuters.com/technology/s...
Spain closes Pegasus spyware probe again, saying Israel has not responded
Spain's High Court on Thursday closed its investigation into the use of Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group's "Pegasus" software to spy on Spanish politicians, citing a lack of cooperation from ...
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Investigating judge "unable to advance the probe into the alleged spying on politicians because a lack of response to requests for information from Israel meant there was no identifiable suspect."
The Chosen Few owe no explanation to anyone and can do exactly how they deem fit.
The Chosen Few owe no explanation to anyone and can do exactly how they deem fit.
"The initiative will be implemented in selected underserved provinces […] where women’s labour force participation is low and access to financial services remains limited."
Probably related, this #mindscapepodcast on empirical research on how microfinancing helps the most empoverished:
Probably related, this #mindscapepodcast on empirical research on how microfinancing helps the most empoverished:
January 22, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"The initiative will be implemented in selected underserved provinces […] where women’s labour force participation is low and access to financial services remains limited."
Probably related, this #mindscapepodcast on empirical research on how microfinancing helps the most empoverished:
Probably related, this #mindscapepodcast on empirical research on how microfinancing helps the most empoverished:
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Evil corp stays on brand
As Meta heads to trial in the state of New Mexico for allegedly failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation, the company is making an aggressive push to have certain information excluded from the court proceedings.
Meta wants to block data about social media use, mental health in child safety trial
Company is pulling out all the stops to protect itself in advance of New Mexico trial.
arstechnica.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Evil corp stays on brand