Statement EU Commission on U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on certain EU individuals:
"The EU is an open, rules-based single market, with the sovereign right to regulate economic activity in line with our democratic values and international commitments."
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
It's time for Europe to recognise what the American National Security strategy means for us. This clip from Merz shows the kind of words we need from our European leaders. Let's hope 1. they get repeated everywhere and 2. they will be followed by action
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
Today I'm at the launch of the EDIC Digital Commons. A collaboration between the govs of NL, DE, FR, IT and other countries to jointly work on open source initiatives that improve our Digital autonomy in Europe. Exciting to see all the talk of Digital Sovereignty put into practice!
From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
Catherine Tait, Philipp Schild, @amlung.bsky.social, @sandervdwaal.bsky.social and @ivansigal.bsky.social discussed how interoperable infrastructure can reinvent media’s relationship with audiences, break down platform monopolies and preserve journalistic independence. vimeo.com/1140417552?s...
I spent the day at #EuroskyLive and it is so energizing to hear developers make a better case for European innovation and competition policy than a whole high-level summit on digital sovereignty yesterday...
"What we see with media organisations is that they have to go to YouTube and TikTok to find their audiences but then they get shadowbanned when they mention genocide." — @sandervdwaal.bsky.social #EuroskyLive
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
It's very notable that this room has plenty of developers and builders, and whenever someone says that deregulation is stupid they're getting full-throated applause.
The people pushing deregulation are disconnected from those of us who are building the future. #EuroskyLive
As @alexandrageese.bsky.social mentioned at #EuroSkLive, we need the European Commission to stand up against big tech.
Very timely with the important campaign launched by @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social!
Amazing inspiring presentation by @bmann.ca that inspires new ideas of apps that can be built on ATProto. #EuroSkyLive
Great to see @alexandrageese.bsky.social on fire. Takeaways:
1. EU capital investing in US tech instead of European
2. Public procurement power not deployed to prefer EU tech
3. The unbelievable admiration(!) in EC circles for big tech.
But momentum building for building OUR tech #EuroSkyLive
A photo of the slide explaining the AT protocol stack, highlighting what Euro sky are building. (Storage, Relays, and Moderation tools)
#EuroskyLive “we’re not building a space agency” - @seabass.bsky.social sad but okay.
So what are they building for our #ATproto ecosystem? 🚀
unboxing Public Data Cultures book
Copies of the book on a train in Totoro bag.
Front and back cover of Public Data Cultures with quotes and book blurb.
Public Data Cultures is out today on @politybooks.bsky.social! 📗🎊 jonathangray.org/2025/10/23/p...
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.
turns out climate change will cost dramatically more than economists predicted, and the cost of addressing it is actually negative. oops! prospect.org/environment/...
Mooie quote van wethouder Scholtes in het tweegesprek met Elisabeth IJmker "Ik heb ook naar @bert_hubert@mastodon.nl geluisterd" als ondersteuning van punt dat stappen gezet worden in de gemeente om digitaal onafhankelijker te worden #PubConf2025
Ooh look at that, Bluesky creates a link to Elena's account that is on Mastodon! Love this cross platform feature ❤️
Its clear @_elena is the first genuine superstar of the Fediverse?
#pubconf2025
This @politico.eu piece threatens a reality checks against a position that, uh, no one has been advocating for.
They erect a strawman position backed by no quote or reference according to which European tech sovereignty involves "decoupling" from the world.
Huh?
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Don’t be deceived by democracy- and sovereignty-washing: The US government has most to gain from ‘OpenAI for countries’ ↘️ on.ft.com/4kJLh93
So, Internet, we really do need to talk about Elon. How did we get to a place where a single billionaire with daddy issues could take over and control our global public square?
I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump has brought me to my breaking point with US tech.
I’m going to keep pushing for governments to get serious about digital sovereignty, but in the meantime I’m looking for non-US alternatives — and will have more on what I’ll be using instead soon.
You have to read this article.
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
