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Daniel Appelquist

@actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy
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Open source & open standards strategist at Samsung and general open web curmudgeon. Immigrant, US/UK dual national & Londoner. @torgo@mastodon.social [bridged from threads.net/@actualtorgo on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Voted! 🗳️ #midterms2026
A US absentee ballot envelope (marked Official Election Mail) addressed to the "New York County Board of Elections" is held up outside with street in the background, as I walk to the post office.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026
Dear algo I don’t want to see screenshotted posts, especially those of stupid things Trump says. I already know he’s a complete imbecile, I don’t need more evidence. Kthx! ✨
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/s… oh that ok then?
theguardian.com
George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Dear algo please do not show me posts that feature any AI generated images, or are screenshots of such images from other social networks.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
Yes, Milo. This is how you and your friends treat everyone. I have zero sympathy. Zero. RE: www.threads.com/@rawstorymedia/post…
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Raw Story (@rawstorymedia) on Threads
🗣️ “I was put from a detention facility to a correctional facility; every three hours, they were sort of trying to keep ahead of my lawyers... no one would tell me anything. I mean, I know it's designed to be like that, but it was humiliating, and it was disorientating all the rest of it; it was physically degrading. It was frightening,” said Milo Yiannopoulos.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
He’s insane.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
RIP Yayoi Kusama www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/20…
theguardian.com
Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97
From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
Dear algo please do not show me posts that feature Elon Musk’s stupid, nazi face. K’thx.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Love that Count Binface is in the NYT – again – today. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/world/eu…
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026
On our way back to London via Eurostar from Brussels after a week in the Nordics and a train … er … odyssey, through Germany. @byway.travel has been so helpful when things went awry. byway.travel
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
So long Copenhagen! On our way to Cologne via Hamburg on a very new, and very fast, Euro City Express train. 🚄 This is a step up from your run-of-the-mill ICE train.
A close-up view of a red train at a station, showing reflections of passengers and the station environment on its surface. The train features icons indicating bike storage and other amenities.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
On our way from Stockholm 🇸🇪 to Copenhagen 🇩🇰 by rail today! 🚞
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
Heading by plane to Stockholm today, where we’ll begin our one-week train journey back to London, via Copenhagen and Cologne. ✈️🚄
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
Attending the graduation of my *other* kid today! 🎓
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026
This is a really good read. I very much enjoyed the film, but I can't argue with any of Wilson's points – especially about the food. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emi…
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026
Solidarity with the people of Berlin today, against hate.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026
What can I say about The Odyssey… It was really good! It was a spectacle. I want to say "I laughed, I cried" but I really did not laugh – this film takes itself very seriously. I kept expecting the Time Bandits to show up and kidnap Tom Holland. There was a lot […] [Original post on threads.com]
Matt Damon as Odysseus stares out over the bow of his boat as (real!) dolphins jump from the water in Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey."
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
Dear algo please do not show me posts that feature Elon Musk’s stupid, nazi face. K’thx.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026
Good news. RE: www.threads.com/@financialtimes/pos…
threads.com
Financial Times (@financialtimes) on Threads
UK and Switzerland to loosen visa restrictions as part of services trade deal https://ft.trib.al/C70ETTf
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026
There is literally a whole Black Mirror episode about why this is a terrible idea. RE: www.threads.com/@macrumors/post/Dak…
threads.net
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026
About to head home after a very nice family weekend city break in Amsterdam, after a great W3C Advisory Board meeting in Rotterdam – Eurostar gods permitting.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
I’m not celebrating anything until the fascists are out, and being prosecuted for their many crimes.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026
About to go see the new David Attenborough’s “A Life on our Planet” with a live intro from Michael Palin!
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026
I stand with @pete.buttigieg and family.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
My family votes in the US across districts 10 and 12 in NYC and both the candidates we supported have won their respective primaries. 🎉
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026
Great to see all the anti-fascist protests happening across the UK this weekend! ❤️ RE: www.threads.com/@apnews/post/DZizJO…
threads.com
The Associated Press (AP) (@apnews) on Threads
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Belfast to denounce anti-immigrant rioters.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026
Dear algo no Ai generated “art” in my feed. Regardless of what it’s in service of. I mean it.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
Watching Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in honor of Marilyn’s 100th. I first watched this film in a feminist film theory course, so I feel I’m on pretty firm ground.
Marilyn Monroe in an iconic dance number from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, wearing a pink dress flanked by dancers also in pink.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
My thoughts with the people of Ukraine today as I’m listening to the BBC coverage of massive Russian attacks. 🇺🇦
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026
What is … regulatory capture? RE: www.threads.com/@nytimes/post/DZBLl…
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The New York Times (@nytimes) on Threads
One super PAC is allied with Anthropic. The other is tied to OpenAI. They hate each other. The groups are two of the biggest spenders in this year’s midterm elections as powerful Silicon Valley companies race to shape the future of A.I. regulation.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026
Voted in the Democratic primary (in NYC). 🗳️ I even got a sticker!
The image features a person wearing a light blue shirt with a sticker that reads "I VOTED BY MAIL" on their chest. There is a large glass of yellow liquid in the foreground, and the background shows an outdoor setting with blurred figures.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026
Woke up to people asking me why I just invited to them an event in 2019. Of course I didn’t. The service I once used, mixily, seems to have sent out an errant invite for a past event? Oy the cloud. Deleted account.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026
Gave my talk at OpenSSF Community Day on SWAG w3c-cg.github.io/swag/docs/swag.html and the findings of our developer survey on security features github.com/w3c-cg/swag/blob/main/su…. sched.co/2I45f <-- slides downloadable. 🎉
w3c-cg.github.io
Secure Web Application Guidelines (SWAG)
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026
Dear algo no Ai generated “art” in my feed. Regardless of what it’s in service of. I mean it.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026
Good morning, Minneapolis!
A view out my hotel window of a modern glass skyscraper alongside an older brick building, with a clear blue sky in the background. The skyscraper reflects nearby structures and has a sleek, tall design.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026
Ok! Here we go. Heading to Minneapolis for Open Source Summit (where I will be speaking about Human Rights and Standards) and OpenSSF community day (where I will be speaking about making the web more secure)!
A blurred image of a tube train passing through a subway station platform, with a black backpack in the foreground. The train features red and blue colors, and a digital display shows the train's status.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
Dear algo please don’t shoe me AI generated images. Ever.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
Wishing train delays and cancellations for all far right “protesters” heading to central London today.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
“Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds” Colour me surprised... www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgpyn30d…
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026
About to give a talk to the scariest audience imaginable: teenagers.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026
Dear algo I don’t want to see screenshotted posts, especially those of stupid things Trump says. I already know he’s a complete imbecile, I don’t need more evidence. Kthx! ✨
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026
What do these Labour MPs actually *want*, besides for Starmer to resign? I disagree with Starmer on plenty of things, but on balance I actually *don't* think it would be a good idea to swap him out for just another Labour Party apparatchik, especially with the current global geopolitical […]
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Original post on threads.com
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2026
In about one week, I will be traveling to Minneapolis. I've never been, but I hear it's a lovely city. I will be speaking about Human Rights and Technical Standards sched.co/2JQxk – because if I'm gonna go to Minneapolis, then I'm gonna talk about human rights.
osselcna2026.sched.com
Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America 2026: What's the Deal With Human Rights and Te...
View more about this event at Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America 2026
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026
I'm disappointed, but not overly surprised, by the Reform surge in the UK local elections. It just continues a general rightward lurch which is fed by ignorance, hatred and bigotry. However, I'm also very pleased by the Green party's performance so far, so there is reason to be hopeful. 💚
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026
Great that you can follow #Fediverse accounts such as @torgo@mastodon.social or @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu from here. When can we start re-sharing posts, commenting, etc...? #fediverse
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
Heading out to vote Green! 🗳️💚
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026
Finished and really enjoyed Maul: Shadow Lord. Overall, this may be my favourite animated show to date. The writing is particularly good, especially for Maul. And I loved Richard Ayoade’s sassy police droid! Looking forward to season 2. #Star Wars
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026
Looking forward to seeing Project Hail Mary tonight. Glad I caught it before it left the cinema.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026
Here's a *useful* idea for AI: a filter that identifies abusive comments, based on context, and puts them in a moderation queue.
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Daniel Appelquist @actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026
Kind of disappointed that Reform haven’t canvassed in our neighbourhood. I really wanted to tell them to f- off.
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