David Meyer
@superglaze.bsky.social
Tech journalist and presenter of Tech Gets Real. Sings and plays guitar in a band called The Board. Signal: superglaze.66
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(Premium users can also converse with Satan.)
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
(Premium users can also converse with Satan.)
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A JUDGE!
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A JUDGE!
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NEW from me: a new report found that national resistance to data centers skyrocketed between March and June of this year—especially in red states like Georgia and Indiana:
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW from me: a new report found that national resistance to data centers skyrocketed between March and June of this year—especially in red states like Georgia and Indiana:
"His so-called 'island' which was actually a gigantic floating fortress, it was an impressive piece of real estate, I miss it, what were we talking about again?"
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"His so-called 'island' which was actually a gigantic floating fortress, it was an impressive piece of real estate, I miss it, what were we talking about again?"
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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#Kendzior Case-Study - www.tbray.org/ongoing/When... "Mastodon has a really different approach, so let’s see how the Kendzior drama would have played out there." v interesting analysis
Kendzior Case-Study
www.tbray.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#Kendzior Case-Study - www.tbray.org/ongoing/When... "Mastodon has a really different approach, so let’s see how the Kendzior drama would have played out there." v interesting analysis
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Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
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Fun fact - in SF you can adopt a drain and keep it clear in the rain. The city will give you the tools for the job if you keep drains clear and stop flooding.
The best bit is you get to name it. Respect to the keeper of a Castro drain dubbed “It’s Draining Men.”
The best bit is you get to name it. Respect to the keeper of a Castro drain dubbed “It’s Draining Men.”
Adopt-a-Drain San Francisco
You can adopt one of San Francisco's 25,000+ storm drains and pledge to help keep it clear of leaves and debris this rainy season. Lend a hand and help the City avoid flooding.
adoptadrain.sfwater.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Fun fact - in SF you can adopt a drain and keep it clear in the rain. The city will give you the tools for the job if you keep drains clear and stop flooding.
The best bit is you get to name it. Respect to the keeper of a Castro drain dubbed “It’s Draining Men.”
The best bit is you get to name it. Respect to the keeper of a Castro drain dubbed “It’s Draining Men.”
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Truly beautiful insane tweet
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Truly beautiful insane tweet
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Google considers ICE agents to be a vulnerable group in need of protecting but does not consider the immigrants they're hunting down to be vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Google considers ICE agents to be a vulnerable group in need of protecting but does not consider the immigrants they're hunting down to be vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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EU receives Google’s proposal for fixing adtech antitrust abuses
EU receives Google’s proposal for fixing adtech antitrust abuses
The tech giant's offer follows the Commission fining Google €2.95 billion over conflicts of interest in its ad business
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
EU receives Google’s proposal for fixing adtech antitrust abuses
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Imagine trying to convince someone a decade ago that this sentence would be a 100% literally accurate description of the American political situation.
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Imagine trying to convince someone a decade ago that this sentence would be a 100% literally accurate description of the American political situation.
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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Parliament’s Christian Democrats just voted the first omnibus package through together with the right. If the centre-left’s protests are any indication, the digital package could follow in those footsteps.
@claudiemoreau.bsky.social's and my article @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/news/tech-la...
@claudiemoreau.bsky.social's and my article @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/news/tech-la...
Tech law revamp splits parliament along left-right lines | Euractiv
Before the digital omnibus package has even been officially proposed it's firing up intense political division among MEPs
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Parliament’s Christian Democrats just voted the first omnibus package through together with the right. If the centre-left’s protests are any indication, the digital package could follow in those footsteps.
@claudiemoreau.bsky.social's and my article @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/news/tech-la...
@claudiemoreau.bsky.social's and my article @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/news/tech-la...
EC probes Google for potentially contravening the DMA through its ranking demotion of news websites that publish third-party content.
This is an interesting one because Trump hates EU tech enforcement, but he also hates Google's ranking practices.
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-o...
This is an interesting one because Trump hates EU tech enforcement, but he also hates Google's ranking practices.
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-o...
Proceedings to assess whether Google applies FRAND conditions of access to publishers’ websites on Google Search, as required under the
The European Commission has launched proceedings to assess whether Google applies FRAND conditions of access to publishers’ websites on Google Search, as required under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
EC probes Google for potentially contravening the DMA through its ranking demotion of news websites that publish third-party content.
This is an interesting one because Trump hates EU tech enforcement, but he also hates Google's ranking practices.
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-o...
This is an interesting one because Trump hates EU tech enforcement, but he also hates Google's ranking practices.
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-o...
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First part of today's partially shizophrenic votes in - where the EP plenary, based on the 'von der Leyen' majority against the far-right, voted in favour of the 90+% carbon reduction goal for 2040.
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
First part of today's partially shizophrenic votes in - where the EP plenary, based on the 'von der Leyen' majority against the far-right, voted in favour of the 90+% carbon reduction goal for 2040.
Just received a press release for the German Prize for Business Communication 2026. The final category slays me.
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Just received a press release for the German Prize for Business Communication 2026. The final category slays me.
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It's hard to explain just how bad the leaked "Digital Omnibus" is, but this short video does a good job of it.
Imagine if someone so thoroughly lacquered from snorting slop while praying to Sam Altman were asked to edit a privacy law.
Imagine if someone so thoroughly lacquered from snorting slop while praying to Sam Altman were asked to edit a privacy law.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It's hard to explain just how bad the leaked "Digital Omnibus" is, but this short video does a good job of it.
Imagine if someone so thoroughly lacquered from snorting slop while praying to Sam Altman were asked to edit a privacy law.
Imagine if someone so thoroughly lacquered from snorting slop while praying to Sam Altman were asked to edit a privacy law.
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A Commission official has admitted to Euractiv that President von der Leyen's office "softened" the #DemocracyShield text published today "so as not to upset the US".
Our leaders only want to talk about Russia. When it comes to disinformation, the EU's biggest threat is the one who cannot be named.
Our leaders only want to talk about Russia. When it comes to disinformation, the EU's biggest threat is the one who cannot be named.
Can the EU's new Democracy Shield protect Europe from America?
It appears MAGA has successfully intimidated the Commission into defanging its new anti-disinformation tool proposed today.
davekeating.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A Commission official has admitted to Euractiv that President von der Leyen's office "softened" the #DemocracyShield text published today "so as not to upset the US".
Our leaders only want to talk about Russia. When it comes to disinformation, the EU's biggest threat is the one who cannot be named.
Our leaders only want to talk about Russia. When it comes to disinformation, the EU's biggest threat is the one who cannot be named.
Google's AI is so cutting-edge that it's literally answering me from the future
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Google's AI is so cutting-edge that it's literally answering me from the future
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after reading how all these rich folks write i think i understand why they believe everyone else needs a chatbot to write everything from emails and text message to novels
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
after reading how all these rich folks write i think i understand why they believe everyone else needs a chatbot to write everything from emails and text message to novels
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Hannity: When did you notice Biden’s cognitive decline?
Miller: I think it was through all of the times that Trump has fallen asleep in public and talked about magnets getting wet.
Miller: I think it was through all of the times that Trump has fallen asleep in public and talked about magnets getting wet.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hannity: When did you notice Biden’s cognitive decline?
Miller: I think it was through all of the times that Trump has fallen asleep in public and talked about magnets getting wet.
Miller: I think it was through all of the times that Trump has fallen asleep in public and talked about magnets getting wet.
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Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.