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Matic Bitenc

@bitenc.bsky.social
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Nerding about the EU, UX, tech policy, gaming, languages. Fond of trains. Co-founder of Toshl, member of @VoltSlovenija.org Blogging at bitenc.si

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28/09/2026
EU lawmakers have called for the Commission to forbid European firms and banks from applying U.S. sanctions, as Washington weighs sanctioning the International Criminal Court over its actions on Israel.
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Block US sanctions on ICC, EU lawmakers tell Commission
Automatically applying U.S. sanctions “stems from the time when we thought that the Americans were still our friends,” said Dutch lawmaker Dirk Gotink.
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kobrowsky.bsky.social @kobrowsky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel has succesfully defended itself from most of the buildings in Gaza. In the other hand, sattelites are probably antisemitic.
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Matic Bitenc @bitenc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is important. More such initiatives across Europe please! 💪🇪🇺 Strategic autonomy in support of international law and human rights. itsfoss.com/news/netherl...
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The Netherlands Built a Nix-Based Linux Desktop Because Microsoft Cut Off the ICC
Eight municipalities are already testing DAWO, the government's NixOS-powered work environment.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Sven Franck (Volt) 🇪🇺 @svenfranck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
13 EU states want a 12-month pause on new laws, citing red tape - bsky.app/profile/huet... 💡 Better idea: Regulations instead of Directives. Directives mean 27 national implementations. Regulations apply directly EU-wide. Copy-paste-done. For competitive Single Market and 28th regime.
Copy-paste-translate-done or 27 variations of the same law. The choice is easy in theory.
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pengovsky @pengovsky.com · 24/09/2026
Če vas kdo vpraša, kaj dobimo od #RTVSLO za ta dnar... Precej impresivno, v bistvu.
rtvslo.si
Radiotelevizija Slovenija
Javni medijski servis
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Matic Bitenc @bitenc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A to je Melanija zrihtala, da se bodo zdaj .si domene prodajale kot vroče žemljice? 😅🥴
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Matic Bitenc @bitenc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Slovenske banke in IT. V zadnji epizodi...
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As the EU seeks to project global power: 1. its “frugal” members want to cut its budget 2. Over 10 countries want to pause new EU legislation for a year of simplification Yet you cannot demand a stronger Europe while cutting its resources & capacity to act. That is deeply contradictory
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Scott Jenson @jenson.org · 21/09/2026
My "Future of Desktop UX (part 2)" talk at #KDE Akademy is now up and it's racking up lots of views. I'm excited people want to discuss this more. Now I just need someone with Wayland experience to help me prototype this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Af...
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Scott Jenson: Are we really going to use the same Desktop UX forever?
YouTube video by The KDE Community
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is insanity. Irish Presidency's draft text of amendments to the GDPR allows training & operation of any AI without safeguards & tough legal basis (under "legitimate interest" a company claims what it is doing is OK. Up to you to find out and challenge in court). This is a free pass for US Tech.
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loʍʞƐʎ @lowk3y.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good morning, #Monday - how is everyone doing? #A1 #IPv6 is still unrouted for 12 days and counting. @NTkonferenca started today in Portoroz!
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dublin protesters greeted Trump’s visit with an inflatable Netanyahu appearing to have his way with him.
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noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu · 23/06/2026
🍪❌ With the #DigitalOmnibus, the EU Commission FINALLY wanted to get rid of cookie banners. However, Google and some EU Member States are now standing in the way. Find out more 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-member-states-and-goo…
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Špela Novak @spelanovak.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Vau. www.delo.si/novice/svet/...
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Izraelsko obveščevalno podjetje zbiralo podatke o slovenskih aktivistih
Podjetje naj bi po ugotovitvah časnika Harec pod drobnogled vzelo nasprotnike gradnje nove jedrske elektrarne v Krškem.
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Matic Bitenc @bitenc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The enemies of democracy again trying to dismantle international law and norms. Resist!
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Snjex @snjex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Gibanje za pravice Palestincev je na Mestno občino Ljubljana vložilo pobudo za preimenovanje Dimičeve ulice v Palestinsko ulico. S sporočilom na www.palestinskaulica.si podprite pobudo za uradno preimenovanje Dimičeve ulice v Palestinsko ulico. 🇵🇸
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The two sides want to move as close as legally possible without Canada becoming an EU member. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to unveil the initiative on September 16 with Carney addressing the European Parliament the following day. 2/2
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The EU and Canada are working on a broad new partnership covering trade, defence, security, space, scientific research, supply chains and critical minerals to reduce their dependence on the US and China, Bloomberg reports. 1/
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Also, as a Jewish person, I’m quite frankly burnt out by the Israeli govt’s shameless and relentless conflation of Jews and Israel Yes, there are legions of antisemites who will always try and disguise their antisemitism as criticism of Israel - they are awful What’s also true, is the…
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Jure Mesarič @juremes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.dnevnik.si/novice/slove...
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Razkrita še tretja Stevanovićeva obsodba: zastavil je avto, ki ni bil njegov
Predsednik državnega zbora Zoran Stevanović je bil v preteklosti pravnomočno obsojen najmanj trikrat. V doslej neznanem primeru si je izposodil 2500 evrov, posojilo pa zavaroval z avtomobilom, ki splo...
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Vladimir Neskovic Kesma @kesma.wtf · 01/09/2026
e-uprava.gov.si/si/podrocja/... Nekam počasno je šlo gre. Upam, da zaradi gneče in da ni kakšnih idiotov, ki throttlajo.
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eUprava - Podpora volivca referendumu, spremembi ustave ali sprejemu zakona
Pobudniki za razpis referenduma za spremembo ustave, za sprejem zakona ali o vsebini splošnega akta občine, ste lahko tudi volivci.
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Smetnjak @smetnjak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Btw, ful mu paše ta Republika Srbska imidž
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Matjaž Ropret @mropret.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Kot kaže, se nova garnitura namerava odločati na osnovi nenavadnih argumentov, ki nimajo podlage v preverljivih podatkih in analizah. tehnozvezdje.si/populisticni...
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Populistični razlogi ne morejo biti osnova za odločitve, katere ukrepe izvajati - Tehnozvezdje
Slovenija ustavlja subvencioniranje električnih vozil, zelo verjetno trajno, in v kratkem naj bi uzakonila načelo »bankomat v vsako slovensko občino.« To dvoje po sami materiji sicer nima neposredne p...
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Some key stats here: "Spain’s high-speed rail sees passenger numbers double as fares fall by 40%... Liberalisation has not simply redistributed passengers between competing railway companies. Rail has attracted travellers who might previously have chosen to fly." www.railwaypro.com/wp/?p=141129
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Matic Bitenc @bitenc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ko želijo občinske oblasti pred volitvami sporočiti, da mislijo, da smo tudi mi neumni. #Kranj #SimulacijaGozda
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#resist
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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 25/08/2026
Read our full statement: volteuropa.org/news/icc (2/2)
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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 25/08/2026
The US is punishing judges for doing their job. Europe has the tools to defend them, and it should use them. (1/2)
Purple gradient graphic with a large white headline reading "When the US sanctions ICC* judges, whose side is Europe on?". A black and white halftone photograph of a wooden gavel sits in the lower right corner. Small white text at the bottom left reads "*International Criminal Court". A white arrow inside a light purple circle in the bottom right corner indicates the carousel continues.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The US will now side with Morocco as a strategic partner. And a joint Israel-Morocco military base near Ceuta and a joint US-Morocco military base on the border with Western Sahara. 2/2
Marruecos firma un acuerdo con Israel para crear una base militar conjunta al sur de Melilla
Una de las zonas en las que se baraja que se instale la base aérea militar
es la localidad desértica de Afsó, cercana al aeropuerto de Monte
Arruit al sur de la ciudad autónoma.
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EE.UU. y Marruecos prueban un misil de largo alcance a 200
kilómetros de
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Ambos países avanzan en su alianza militar y estrenan un centro de ensayo de armamento en la ciudad de Tan-Tan, situada a 250 kilómetros de la isla de Lanzarote
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Talked on here previously about possible US/Israel involvement in the fabricated Moroccan”migrant” attack on Spain’s Ceuta. A couple of recent developments: The US is now investing $4.5 billion in hydrogen and ammonia production in Morocco to cut dependence on fertiliser from Russia. 1/
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استثمار أمريكي بـ4.5 مليارات دولار في العيون.. مشروع ضخم يضع جنوب المغرب على خريطة إنتاج الهيدروجين والأمونيا
اختارت شركة
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
French constitutional court blocks social media ban for teenagers on human rights grounds www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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French court blocks Macron’s social media ban for under-15s
Constitutional council says curbs infringe freedom of expression and privacy as president vows to rework legislation
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🚨🚨Good news: #AI detectors, human and otherwise, are about to get their biggest boost ever with new EU "watermarking" requirements that came into effect this month. Big tech is also falling in line. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/arti...
politico.eu
Hiding your use of AI is about to get much harder — thanks to Brussels
The EU is requiring “watermarking” to signal that content was made with artificial intelligence. Big Tech is falling in line.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.com
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Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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jaKa Močnik @jkmcnk.gmajna.net · 13/08/2026
in lancet, even. fash elmo literally being treated like a plague. appropriate. :D
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Matic Bitenc @bitenc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Rather than attempting to replicate the centralized models that dominate today's cloud landscape, Europe can build an ecosystem founded on interoperability, openness, and federation from the start."
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ŽPZ Kombinat @zpzkombinat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Medtem ko v SLO trenutna oblast ponižuje kulturne delavce in delavke, na Irskem umetnikom in umetnicam podeljujejo UTD ker so po pilotnem projektu ugotovili, da od tega bolje živijo vsi in država za vsak vložen evro dobi 1,39 € družbene in ekonomske koristi nazaj! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 11/08/2026
ECIs have forced action on water as a public good, on access to safe abortion, and more. They work, but only if we are a million. Volt is preparing a series of them. Sign up now at wearethe1million.eu to know when they launch. First goal: 10,000 by the end of the month.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/08/2026
What if Freud was right (at least some of the time)? A review, by @stossel.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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What if Freud Was Right?
A neuroscientist dares to argue that old-fashioned psychoanalysis holds the key to curing mental illness.
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Julien Hoez @julienhoez.eu · 31/07/2026
48,300 of the 50,000 migrants who entered Ceuta have already returned to Morocco European border controls, and natural geography, have worked pretty much perfectly to kill the Moroccan government's bizarre #Ceuta gambit. elpais.com/espana/2026-...
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Última hora de la entrada de inmigrantes a Ceuta, en directo | Albares pide poner fin a la “confusión interesada” tras anunciar Italia la suspensión de Schengen
El Gobierno de Meloni asegura que activará controles aleatorios a los viajes desde España | Francia multiplica por cinco los agentes en la frontera con España | 48.300 de los 50.000 migrantes que entr...
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Julien Hoez @julienhoez.eu · 31/07/2026
It's been such an idiotic drama, and the only thing that needed discussion was the geopolitical punishment for the Moroccan government's act of sheer stupidity
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
China’s foreign reserve agency quietly amassed stakes in European infrastructure, utilities and property through shell companies. This joint investigation maps the hidden holdings, warning that opaque ownership keeps the public in the dark. @occrp.org VSquare.org
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A Police HQ, Wind Farms, and Natural Gas: Mapping China's Investments in Europe - VSquare.org
Through an opaque network of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Luxembourg holding firms, an agency that manages China’s foreign reserves has discreetly scooped up stakes in Europe’s critical infrastructure, utilities, and real estate.
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/07/2026
The Pipistrel Velis Electro is the first electric aircraft to be certified for pilot training. It is finding plenty of fans, especially among flying schools, according to one sustainable-aviation company
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Electric aviation is taking off
Hybrids, rather than fully electric planes, are likely to triumph
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Very interesting. Build wind and solar next to hydro plants. The grid is already there and goes underutilised for much of the day.
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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Far-right anti-democracy & corruption MAGA agenda rolled out in Europe by big money and media moguls. We won’t let it happen, not here, not in Europe.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
More war crimes: In its fourth strike on water infrastructure, the US has destroyed two water tanks in Sirik, Iran, completely cutting off water distribution in all villages of the Bemani district and the city of Kohstak, the Hormozgan Water and Sanitation Authority says.
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Every month of EU inaction towards israel is a choice. And it has a price, paid by people who don’t have the luxury of waiting for Europe to find its nerve. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Matic Bitenc @bitenc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Solar power reached a new milestone across Europe last month, generating a record 52 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity and supplying 25% of all electricity used in the European Union in June 2026" 🌞💪🇪🇺 electrek.co/2026/07/15/s...
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Solar just became Europe's biggest source of electricity – here's the milestone it hit
Solar generated a record 25% of the EU's electricity in June, overtaking nuclear and gas for another major milestone.
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