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Alberto Cottica

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Post-growth economist, citizen, runner. Network science, complex systems, digital anthropology, collective intelligence. Co-founder of Edgeryders, currently […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.green/@alberto_cottica, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 21h
Looking for #fediadvice on keys, locks and building security. Here's the problem: our #cohousing is going to have spaces with various degrees of security: level 1 is the multi-purpose room, where we will hold public events. Level 2 is the garden and common spaces (laundry room, workshop, garden […]
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Sebastiaan Ammerlaan 🇳🇱 @bammerlaan.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
"Social media algorithms amplify right-wing content against young users’ preference" www.bi.team/press-releases/social-m… I finally re-found this study I read a few months ago, that deserves a lot more […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
Con un'intervista a @rysiek ! flipboard.com/@agenzia_italia/ester…
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Bombe ucraine sui data center Yandex non fermano i troll russi | Flipboard
agi.it - Per il 'Guardian' si è registrato solo 'un calo dell'attività dei web crawler di Yandex, strumenti utilizzati dai motori di ricerca per indicizzare i …
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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
Pleased to see a couple of New Keynesians get the nod for the economics prize. We certainly do need to track down some of these microeconomic indicators for macroeconomic trends. That is definitely something that has to happen here in this environment. #economics
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Reconnaissee-vous la phrase célèbre ? #climatemarch #brussels #ClimateCrisis
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
At the #CLIMATEMARCH26 in Brussels with my #cohousing group ❤️ #brussels #ClimateCrisis
A young woman holding a sign: "Cohousing - living together for a cooler future".
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
As was foretold, once you abandon GDP as a measure of economic success, the key premise of the Draghi report falls apart. On wellbeing, the EU is not losing ground to the US, on the contrary. The EU is also outperforming the US on distribution and environmental performance. #economics #draghi […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
As was foretold, once you abandon GDP as a measure of economic success, the key premise of the Draghi report falls apart. On wellbeing, the EU is not losing ground to the US, on the contrary. The EU is also outperforming the US on distribution and environmental performance. #economics #draghi […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
The end of work as a path to prosperity: in France, 8.5% of workers live in poverty. Travailler ne suffit plus : comment la France est entrée dans un long hiver salarial - […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
The end of work as a path to prosperity: in France, 8.5% of workers live in poverty. Travailler ne suffit plus : comment la France est entrée dans un long hiver salarial - […]
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Whoa. Retired head of the German BND (the country's lead intelligence agency) arrested for allegedly selling classified information to an unspecified foreign government. It appears have been quite the enterprise, involving his purchasing documents from a former underling. Apparently he was […]
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AFA Nederland @afa.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
(from My Voice, My Choice) "TODDLERS ARE APPEARING BEFORE IMMIGRATION JUDGES. WITHOUT LAWYERS. In the United States, migrant children as young as 2 are being brought before immigration courts that can determine whether they are deported. Many have no attorney. A […] [Original post on todon.nl]
Picture of a toddler taken to a court, with the text:

'TODDLERS ARE APPEARING BEFORE IMMIGRATION JUDGES. WITHOUT LAWYERS.'Picture of a child sitting in court, with the text:

'In the United States, migrant children as young as 2 are being brought before immigration courts that can determine whether they are deported. Many have no attorney.'A picture of a toddler sitting in court, with an adult on the right. The text:

'A normal day in a Texas courtroom: 25 migrant children wait for a judge — a б-year-old plays airplane, a 3- year-old plays with the mic.

Among the first to appear before the judge was a 13-year-old Honduran boy named Angel. He didn't have an attorney.'

The text continues in the post.'Three years old. Migrant And expected to defend his right to safety in court.

RACISM IS AMERICA'S OLDEST TRADITION.'
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
RE: hachyderm.io/@celesteh/117370680295… On horses, cars, bicycles, and women
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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Our passiflora has taken over the metal beam over our courtyard. Probably there was some kind of factory here once upon a time? Anyway, she's #solarpunk AF. #Brussels
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
"Leaving things alone is an underrated engineering skill. There is a point in your career where you begin to understand that a surprising amount of good work comes from refusing to touch things that are already doing their job." graybeard.ing/software-drives-peopl… H/t @baldur
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Software Drives People Insane
I have a little pet theory that software drives people insane. Not in the "wash your hands every thirty minutes like Howard Hughes" kind of way, but more ...
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
"Leaving things alone is an underrated engineering skill. There is a point in your career where you begin to understand that a surprising amount of good work comes from refusing to touch things that are already doing their job." graybeard.ing/software-drives-peopl… H/t @baldur
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Software Drives People Insane
I have a little pet theory that software drives people insane. Not in the "wash your hands every thirty minutes like Howard Hughes" kind of way, but more ...
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Check this out: an affiliate fellow of the Post Growth Institute won the Democratic nomination for Governor of Vermont on a platform of free health care, funded with tax hikes on high incomes and second homes. "Amanda Janoo, a political outsider whose progressive platform captured the […]
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Erik Uden 🚩 @erikuden.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026
The current CEO of Identity Digital (_formerly Donuts Inc_) named Akram Atallah, used to be the president of ICANN, the folx that “own” and “run” the internet. Under his leadership, ICANN introduced the new generic Top Level Domain program, or new gTLD, giving the creation of a new domain […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
This is very interesting: preliminary estimates of the costs of the 2026 heat waves in #Belgium are at or above 1% of GDP. One estimate says it will offset the entire predicted economic growth for 2026. So, the powers that be refuse to take #climateAction because it would jeopardize "growth" […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
This is very interesting: preliminary estimates of the costs of the 2026 heat waves in #Belgium are at or above 1% of GDP. One estimate says it will offset the entire predicted economic growth for 2026. So, the powers that be refuse to take #climateAction because it would jeopardize "growth" […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
A new study from U Gent presented to the Belgian Parliament: a tax on millionaire wealth in #Belgium would yield, depending on specifics about rates and revenue base, 4 to 12 billion EUR per year. Millionaire migration would have "only a limited effect". The general public overwhelmingly […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
I just applied for membership with @erpu . Way to go, @jon and everyone else! #crossBorderRail
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Fight Fascism #VOTE @yogiomm.toad.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished www.lemonde.fr/en/international/art…
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
RE: dair-community.social/@emilymbender… This is so true. As a researcher, I learned that there are tasks in research that are normally treated as compliance an looked down upon. Yet, if you take them seriously and perform them with integrity, you stand to gain a lot […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
RE: dair-community.social/@emilymbender… This is so true. As a researcher, I learned that there are tasks in research that are normally treated as compliance an looked down upon. Yet, if you take them seriously and perform them with integrity, you stand to gain a lot […]
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Vulvarine @zwergi.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
We’ve officially reached the point where hearing your spouse’s voice on the phone isn’t enough proof that it’s actually them. That sounds ridiculous until you realize voice-cloning scams are already here. Have a code word. Call the person back directly […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot from another platform:
Just had the creepiest scam ever happen
20 minutes ago.
| got a call from my wife telling me she forgot her
wallet and needed the credit card to pay for her gas.
Except my wife was at home with me, and drives a Tesla.
Same voice, bit... off, weird cadence but 100% sounded
just like her. If she wasn't there, and it wasn't about
gas | would have fallen for it.
| entertained it for awhile to get more out of it, | was so
confused. Must be some sort of voice deepfake.
The responses were too fast for ai, | think it was a voice
filter. | wish | had thought to record it.
The future is about to get fucked. Warn your loved ones,
do verbal passwords with your kids.
Bit taken aback.
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
@lowtech look who's here! And how are you these days?
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Reflecting on @quinta 's excellent post on the role that Google and Apple could have played (but probably didn't) in the #AutisticiInventati fiasco: "should your Google account be suspended, apps on your phone would fail the Play Integrity check, and therefore would be prevented from running. [ […]
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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
If you needed another reason to move your valuable videos to @peertube : "We have tracked over 1,000 #YouTube channels that use #AI personas of #doctors, and among them 20 that directly promise to cure #cancer. YouTube does nothing: 72 hours after reporting 20 videos, one from each channel […]
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Børge @forteller.tutoteket.no.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
RE: mastodon.green/@alberto_cottica/117… «The automobile did not replace horses. It replaced children playing in the street.» #car #cars #urbanism #BikeTooter #CityLife
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
Today is #carfreesunday in Brussels. Largest pedestrian area in Europe, for one day a year. Everyone's out on their bikes, roller skates, or just running or walking. But the most impressive part are the children. So many! Children of all ages, on tiny bikes, steps, skates, skateboards... You […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
"If Trump wants Greenland, he can just order Microsoft to switch off Office 365 for the country and every ministry and significant firm will be shuttered in an instant, along with many households [...]. He can order Apple and Google to shut off all of Denmark's phones. He can order John Deere […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
"If Trump wants Greenland, he can just order Microsoft to switch off Office 365 for the country and every ministry and significant firm will be shuttered in an instant, along with many households [...]. He can order Apple and Google to shut off all of Denmark's phones. He can order John Deere […]
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Low wages, export enclaves and a chronic trade deficit: how the Moroccan model came to depend on people leaving. agarzon.substack.com/p/why-people-w…
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Why people want to leave Morocco
Low wages, export enclaves and a chronic trade deficit: how the Moroccan model came to depend on people leaving.
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
Magnificent cover for the latest issue of the French magazine "Alternatives Économiques": is this the end of liberalism? The answer is yes. Scientifically, I think we won the debate. Translating an intellectual victory into policies, this is something else […] [Original post on mastodon.green]
The cover of Alternatives Économiques, August 2026. A cartoon of a statue of Margaret Thatcher being broken and pulled to the ground, like those of Lenin after the Cold War. The rope pulling the statue down is made of the trend line of an economic chart.
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
Magnificent cover for the latest issue of the French magazine "Alternatives Économiques": is this the end of liberalism? The answer is yes. Scientifically, I think we won the debate. Translating an intellectual victory into policies, this is something else […] [Original post on mastodon.green]
The cover of Alternatives Économiques, August 2026. A cartoon of a statue of Margaret Thatcher being broken and pulled to the ground, like those of Lenin after the Cold War. The rope pulling the statue down is made of the trend line of an economic chart.
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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
From Reddit: The EU just announced its relationship with Canada on Facebook and I'm so here for it. #canpoli #cdnpoli #EU #EuropeanUnion
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
THREAD 1/ Impressive numbers from @pluralistic@manmot.fr on the digital advertising market. "The numbers tell the story. Before Googbook captured 80% of the display advertising business, the total share of the advertising industry's revenues that went to "intermediaries" (middlemen like ad […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Amici italiani del Fediverso! Sto scegliendo un fornitore per un server Nextcloud per un piccolo team nonprofit. Il mio fornitore attuale è in Lettonia e mi trovo benissimo... ma se qualcuno ha un consiglio per un'azienda italiana, ci guardo volentieri. Grazie! #nextcloud #italy
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
"The data shows that China’s net-appropriation from the CFA zone is a tiny fraction of what the Eurozone countries net-appropriate. For instance, France net-appropriates dramatically more per capita from the CFA zone than China does: 117 times more land, 49 times more water, and 14 times more […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
If you care about #housing and are a EU citizen, you could consider signing the brand new European Citizen Initiative on the right to housing. Collection starts today. I know some of the people involved, and I can vouch for them […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
If you care about #housing and are a EU citizen, you could consider signing the brand new European Citizen Initiative on the right to housing. Collection starts today. I know some of the people involved, and I can vouch for them […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Just signed your European Citizen Initiative against age verification and all the surveillance nonsense. www.stopkillingtheinternet.com The ECI website has a "share on Mastodon" button, yay! Unfortunately, it takes you to mastodon.social, and only works there, so I am doing my own […]
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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Now it's official: On Thursday, the EU Commission will propose a new law they call the #KIDSAct. It will ban young people from a range of different online services and be enforced by the Commission themselves. What a waste of political capital and legislative resources […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
I keep going back to Pamela Swanigan's magnificent 2024 essay "It’s Time To Give Up Hope For A Better Climate & Get Heroic". Tolkien's Long Defeat, the heroic rearguard action of the Elves of Middle-Earth to keep darkness at bay, has become a major source of inspiration for me as I join my […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
Jason Hickel at Manifiesta. "A good life for all is very easy to achieve. We have the tech, the labour, the capital. All we need to do is put them under democratic control, and draft them into the service of meeting human needs within planetary boundaries." #NewEconomicThinking #economics
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
People, the Climate Marches have rebooted. * SE: Stockholm already happened * NL: Amsterdam is today: mastodon.online/@sjar/1172568842733… * BE: Brussels is 11 October (tout le monde y va!) * IT: All major Italian cities is15 October. Show up. Make waves. Give no quarter. Every […]
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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
On my way to Ostende for Manifiesta, the yearly rally of the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA). They have even organized special trains! Takes me back to the heyday of progressive politics in my native (and deep red) Emilia Romagna ❤️. Manu Chao AND Jason […] [Original post on mastodon.green]
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