Manuel Chakravarty
@tacticalgrace.justtesting.org
🔥 Lambda Scientist
💡 Functional programming
💡 Programming languages
💡 Cryptography
👨🏽💻 Swift, Haskell & Agda
💜 Volt 🇪🇺 policy: digital rights & economy
📍 Utrecht 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇪🇺
• Twitter: @TacticalGrace
💡 Functional programming
💡 Programming languages
💡 Cryptography
👨🏽💻 Swift, Haskell & Agda
💜 Volt 🇪🇺 policy: digital rights & economy
📍 Utrecht 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇪🇺
• Twitter: @TacticalGrace
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Functional Programming in Swift
When people talk about functional programming in modern multi-paradigm languages, they usually mention Rust, Scala, or Kotlin. You rarely...
media.ccc.de
I think that Swift is an awesome language for functional programming! Many (functional) programmers don’t seem to know this. Hence, I gave talk about “Functional Programming in Swift” at @bobkonf.bsky.social — it is now online: media.ccc.de/v/bob11-2024...
Talk page: bobkonf.de/2024/chakrav...
Talk page: bobkonf.de/2024/chakrav...
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Eine fraktionsübergreifende Gruppe von Volksvertretern appelliert ans EU-Parlament, die Nutzung von MS 365 zugunsten einer europäischen Alternative aufzugeben. #Digitale Souveränität
Weg von Microsoft: Abgeordnete fordern digitale Souveränität im EU-Parlament
Eine fraktionsübergreifende Gruppe von Volksvertretern appelliert ans EU-Parlament, die Nutzung von MS 365 zugunsten einer europäischen Alternative aufzugeben.
www.heise.de
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Eine fraktionsübergreifende Gruppe von Volksvertretern appelliert ans EU-Parlament, die Nutzung von MS 365 zugunsten einer europäischen Alternative aufzugeben. #Digitale Souveränität
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My iOS Bluesky client, Skyscraper, is getting to the point of being almost good enough for every day use. #testflight spots available here:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/RRvk14ks
Have alt-PDS support, search, follow feeds, edit profiles, translate posts […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
https://testflight.apple.com/join/RRvk14ks
Have alt-PDS support, search, follow feeds, edit profiles, translate posts […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My iOS Bluesky client, Skyscraper, is getting to the point of being almost good enough for every day use. #testflight spots available here:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/RRvk14ks
Have alt-PDS support, search, follow feeds, edit profiles, translate posts […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
https://testflight.apple.com/join/RRvk14ks
Have alt-PDS support, search, follow feeds, edit profiles, translate posts […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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Anytime you see Microsoft or any US company state the CLOUD Act is not such a big deal for Europe, do ask them if they can reassure us on FISA 702 and EO12333 as well. You will not get an answer. Here EDRI sets it out nicely: edri.org/our-work/pro...
Promises unkept: The EU-US Data Privacy Framework under fire - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
A decade after Snowden’s revelations — and despite public outrage — surveillance and mass data collection continue under the EU-U.S.
edri.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Anytime you see Microsoft or any US company state the CLOUD Act is not such a big deal for Europe, do ask them if they can reassure us on FISA 702 and EO12333 as well. You will not get an answer. Here EDRI sets it out nicely: edri.org/our-work/pro...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Watch ai generated ads to pay for ai tokens
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Watch ai generated ads to pay for ai tokens
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We have a mission!
Both HydroGNSS satellites have sent their first signals 📡
HydroGNSS is a Scout mission under FutureEO: compact in size, but built to deliver big science insights into Earth’s water cycle💧
🔗 www.esa.int/Applications...
Both HydroGNSS satellites have sent their first signals 📡
HydroGNSS is a Scout mission under FutureEO: compact in size, but built to deliver big science insights into Earth’s water cycle💧
🔗 www.esa.int/Applications...
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We have a mission!
Both HydroGNSS satellites have sent their first signals 📡
HydroGNSS is a Scout mission under FutureEO: compact in size, but built to deliver big science insights into Earth’s water cycle💧
🔗 www.esa.int/Applications...
Both HydroGNSS satellites have sent their first signals 📡
HydroGNSS is a Scout mission under FutureEO: compact in size, but built to deliver big science insights into Earth’s water cycle💧
🔗 www.esa.int/Applications...
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I recently attended a Microsoft conference where luminaries discussed international data transfers. Of note: everyone pretended the US & supreme court were still sane. And data retention was discussed in an abstract way, even though it might be a 24/7 location database: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Hello Europe, Joe Biden is gone - Bert Hubert
Last Friday I attended a useful conference organized by Microsoft. It lived up very well to its title: “Justice, Security and Fundamental Rights: Dialogue on EU Law Enforcement Policies”
Many thanks a...
berthub.eu
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I recently attended a Microsoft conference where luminaries discussed international data transfers. Of note: everyone pretended the US & supreme court were still sane. And data retention was discussed in an abstract way, even though it might be a 24/7 location database: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
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The enemies of European democracies aren't super spies- they are corrupt politicians and social media trolls.
These attacks on democracy are taking power from European citizens and putting them in the hands of foreign powers. We must call this out and build stronger institutions to combat it.
These attacks on democracy are taking power from European citizens and putting them in the hands of foreign powers. We must call this out and build stronger institutions to combat it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The enemies of European democracies aren't super spies- they are corrupt politicians and social media trolls.
These attacks on democracy are taking power from European citizens and putting them in the hands of foreign powers. We must call this out and build stronger institutions to combat it.
These attacks on democracy are taking power from European citizens and putting them in the hands of foreign powers. We must call this out and build stronger institutions to combat it.
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Thank you #EuropaNova and @guillaumeklossa.bsky.social for creating the Europe Power Initiative to build civil society pressure for a more powerful European Union with the Strasbourg Declaration 🇪🇺
Happy Suzana Carp and myself attended for @volteuropa.org and looking forward to contributing.
Happy Suzana Carp and myself attended for @volteuropa.org and looking forward to contributing.
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thank you #EuropaNova and @guillaumeklossa.bsky.social for creating the Europe Power Initiative to build civil society pressure for a more powerful European Union with the Strasbourg Declaration 🇪🇺
Happy Suzana Carp and myself attended for @volteuropa.org and looking forward to contributing.
Happy Suzana Carp and myself attended for @volteuropa.org and looking forward to contributing.
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My app Trombalsky (still in early stages of development) despite still lacking some features became my main Mastodon and Bluesky client in iOS and macOS
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
My app Trombalsky (still in early stages of development) despite still lacking some features became my main Mastodon and Bluesky client in iOS and macOS
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I write about some interesting developments in the ATmosphere (and the broader universe of decentralised and federated social media). Very intrigued by #Eurosky, especially the idea of shared moderation infrastructure. I will be following (and hopefully writing about!) this with a lot of interest.
🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency.
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Eurosky dawns: Building Infrastructure for Sovereign Social Media – Open Future
The Eurosky initiative is building European social media infrastructure on the ATProtocol, representing a new step in Europe's digital sovereignty agenda as policymakers seek alternatives to Big Tech ...
openfuture.eu
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I write about some interesting developments in the ATmosphere (and the broader universe of decentralised and federated social media). Very intrigued by #Eurosky, especially the idea of shared moderation infrastructure. I will be following (and hopefully writing about!) this with a lot of interest.
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Die verpflichtende Chatkontrolle ist voerst vom Tisch. Ein Etappensieg für die Grundrechte. Doch die Befürworter von Überwachung werden nicht locker lassen.
Wir kämpfen weiter für die vertrauliche Kommunikation im Netz. Dafür brauchen wir deine Unterstützung!
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
Wir kämpfen weiter für die vertrauliche Kommunikation im Netz. Dafür brauchen wir deine Unterstützung!
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Die verpflichtende Chatkontrolle ist voerst vom Tisch. Ein Etappensieg für die Grundrechte. Doch die Befürworter von Überwachung werden nicht locker lassen.
Wir kämpfen weiter für die vertrauliche Kommunikation im Netz. Dafür brauchen wir deine Unterstützung!
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
Wir kämpfen weiter für die vertrauliche Kommunikation im Netz. Dafür brauchen wir deine Unterstützung!
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
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Thank you to all the journalists and whistleblowers who bravely speak out against threats to our digital rights.
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Thank you to all the journalists and whistleblowers who bravely speak out against threats to our digital rights.
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A late-night act of vandalism turned out to be something much bigger, and Moscow knew exactly what it was doing.
Red Hands in Paris: A Small Act of Vandalism in a Big Russian Strategy
On the afternoon of May 11, 2024, two men arrived at a modest hotel in Paris. One of them, identifying himself as Mircho Angelov, presented a Bulgarian ID
warontherocks.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A late-night act of vandalism turned out to be something much bigger, and Moscow knew exactly what it was doing.
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#Berlin braucht Dich, Volt braucht Dich, denn 2026 wird doppelt gewählt.
👉 Bewirb dich für #AGH und #BVV.
#JoinTheChange
Drei Tage sind es noch, bis zum 30.11.!
Alles unter wonderl.ink/@voltberlin
#Politik #BerlinPolitik #Abgeordnetenhaus #VoltBerlin #VoltDeutschland #VoltEuropa
👉 Bewirb dich für #AGH und #BVV.
#JoinTheChange
Drei Tage sind es noch, bis zum 30.11.!
Alles unter wonderl.ink/@voltberlin
#Politik #BerlinPolitik #Abgeordnetenhaus #VoltBerlin #VoltDeutschland #VoltEuropa
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#Berlin braucht Dich, Volt braucht Dich, denn 2026 wird doppelt gewählt.
👉 Bewirb dich für #AGH und #BVV.
#JoinTheChange
Drei Tage sind es noch, bis zum 30.11.!
Alles unter wonderl.ink/@voltberlin
#Politik #BerlinPolitik #Abgeordnetenhaus #VoltBerlin #VoltDeutschland #VoltEuropa
👉 Bewirb dich für #AGH und #BVV.
#JoinTheChange
Drei Tage sind es noch, bis zum 30.11.!
Alles unter wonderl.ink/@voltberlin
#Politik #BerlinPolitik #Abgeordnetenhaus #VoltBerlin #VoltDeutschland #VoltEuropa
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"Da haben wir ihnen quasi das fertige Paper geschickt und darauf hingewiesen, dass es bereits für eine Konferenz akzeptiert wurde und dass wir es bald online stellen. Plötzlich wollte Meta am nächsten Tag einen Call" 🙈
Forscher*innen aus Österreich entdeckten die freie Verfügbarkeit von 3,5 Milliarden WhatsApp-Profilen. Wie es zu dem spektakulären Fund kam und wie Meta auf ihre Warnung reagierte, erzählt Aljosha Judmayer, Co-Autor der Studie zum Datenleck.
netzpolitik.org/2025/whatsap...
netzpolitik.org/2025/whatsap...
WhatsApp: Von Emojis zum Mega-Datenleck
Forscher*innen aus Österreich entdeckten die freie Verfügbarkeit von 3,5 Milliarden WhatsApp-Profilen. Wie es zu dem spektakulären Fund kam und wie Meta auf ihre Warnung reagierte, erzählt Aljosha Jud...
netzpolitik.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Da haben wir ihnen quasi das fertige Paper geschickt und darauf hingewiesen, dass es bereits für eine Konferenz akzeptiert wurde und dass wir es bald online stellen. Plötzlich wollte Meta am nächsten Tag einen Call" 🙈
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EU Simplification Takes its first blow
OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda
OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
EU Simplification Takes its first blow
OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda
OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda
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45 dagen! Zo lang duurt het om defensiemateriaal van Rotterdam langs alle grenzen naar het front in Oekraïne te loodsen.
Deze werkgroep is een mooi begin, maar de enige oplossing voor een sterk Europa is een Europees leger. Dit hoort aan de formatietafel thuis.
Deze werkgroep is een mooi begin, maar de enige oplossing voor een sterk Europa is een Europees leger. Dit hoort aan de formatietafel thuis.
Russische treinen met tanks rijden in één ruk door naar het front, NAVO-materieel stuit op dertig grenzen van dertig bondgenoten
Bondgenootschap: Nu kan het meer dan een maand duren om tanks en manschappen vanuit de Rotterdamse haven naar Oost-Polen te krijgen. Een internationale werkgroep waarin Nederland een belangrijke rol s...
www.nrc.nl
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
45 dagen! Zo lang duurt het om defensiemateriaal van Rotterdam langs alle grenzen naar het front in Oekraïne te loodsen.
Deze werkgroep is een mooi begin, maar de enige oplossing voor een sterk Europa is een Europees leger. Dit hoort aan de formatietafel thuis.
Deze werkgroep is een mooi begin, maar de enige oplossing voor een sterk Europa is een Europees leger. Dit hoort aan de formatietafel thuis.
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Swift Configuration is now in alpha. 🥳
github.com/apple/swift-...
github.com/apple/swift-...
Release 1.0.0-alpha.1 · apple/swift-configuration
This is the first alpha release of Swift Configuration 1.0.0. There are no more planned API-breaking changes and unless issues come up, this is the API shape that will be stabilized as Swift Config...
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Swift Configuration is now in alpha. 🥳
github.com/apple/swift-...
github.com/apple/swift-...
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🎄This year's Advent of Code promises fun coding challenges for all! And if you haven't tried Swift before, it's a great way to get started. Join the Swift challenge board here: forums.swift.org/t/advent-of-...
#AdventOfCode
#AdventOfCode
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🎄This year's Advent of Code promises fun coding challenges for all! And if you haven't tried Swift before, it's a great way to get started. Join the Swift challenge board here: forums.swift.org/t/advent-of-...
#AdventOfCode
#AdventOfCode
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New reporting shows foreign trolls tried to influence the Dutch elections, boosting FvD figures.
This is just one example. I’m increasingly convinced we’re only seeing a fraction of the foreign interference damaging our democracies.
We need stronger oversight & stricter rules on foreign influence!
This is just one example. I’m increasingly convinced we’re only seeing a fraction of the foreign interference damaging our democracies.
We need stronger oversight & stricter rules on foreign influence!
Buitenlands trollenleger probeerde verkiezingen Nederland te beïnvloeden, vooral FvD’ers De Vos en Baudet ondersteund
Via meer dan 550 nepaccounts op X is rond de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen geprobeerd het politieke debat te beïnvloeden. De profielen, voornamelijk aangestuurd vanuit West-Afrika, herplaatsten berichten. ...
share.google
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New reporting shows foreign trolls tried to influence the Dutch elections, boosting FvD figures.
This is just one example. I’m increasingly convinced we’re only seeing a fraction of the foreign interference damaging our democracies.
We need stronger oversight & stricter rules on foreign influence!
This is just one example. I’m increasingly convinced we’re only seeing a fraction of the foreign interference damaging our democracies.
We need stronger oversight & stricter rules on foreign influence!
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If Bluesky or other AT-proto developers made it easier for journalists to find people from their city or neighborhood here, that would be hugely important. Local custom feeds could solve part of the problem, but perhaps there are even better ways? 4/
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If Bluesky or other AT-proto developers made it easier for journalists to find people from their city or neighborhood here, that would be hugely important. Local custom feeds could solve part of the problem, but perhaps there are even better ways? 4/
Test is an interesting and important problem to solve.
It's not about the language settings. I think there's a need for local content, but on Bluesky it's hard to find. It would be really great if it were easier to find people who live in the same city or neighborhood. I'm not just saying this because I'm a local politician. It's about democracy. 1/4
In the small country of Norway (5.5M) there are 300,000 people registered on Bluesky as of last year.
Yet I have no way of seeing what’s going on with these 300k people because I work internationally and have my app set to English.
I want a locality toggle in Discover.
github.com/bluesky-soci...
Yet I have no way of seeing what’s going on with these 300k people because I work internationally and have my app set to English.
I want a locality toggle in Discover.
github.com/bluesky-soci...
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Test is an interesting and important problem to solve.
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We are thankful to DeFlock.me for mapping automated license plate readers nationwide and standing up to bullying by surveillance vendor Flock Safety. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Anti-Surveillance Mapmaker Refuses Flock Safety's Cease and Desist
Flock Safety loves to crow about the thousands of local law enforcement agencies around the United States that have adopted its avian-themed automated license plate readers (ALPRs). But when a
www.eff.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We are thankful to DeFlock.me for mapping automated license plate readers nationwide and standing up to bullying by surveillance vendor Flock Safety. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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💥 🇪🇺 Breaking EU Ombudsman decision!
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
Ombudsman finds maladministration in how Commission prepared urgent legislative proposals
The proposals concerned corporate sustainability due diligence (Omnibus I), the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and countering migrant smuggling.
tinyurl.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
💥 🇪🇺 Breaking EU Ombudsman decision!
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱