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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h

So proud of my city today: Over 60,000 people in #Brussels came out on the streets today to protest the Belgian government's climate inaction. #ClimateCrisis #MarchePourLeClimat #Bruxelles #Brussel #ClimaatCoalitie

Photo with protestors marching down Rue de la Loi in Brussels. Above the street, activists have put up large yellow banners that read "We won't forget this summer" and "We won't forgive their silence".

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“Results show that approximately 414 million metric tons of carbon emission could be reduced if everyone in the world cycled 1.6km every day like the Danes…This climate benefit could be increased to 686 million metric tons if the Dutch cycling pattern was followed with daily cycling of 2.6km.”

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Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use - Communications Earth & Environment

High bicycle ownership does not necessarily correlate with high bicycle use, with substantial health and environmental gains possible by worldwide pro-bicycle policy implementation, suggests a global ...

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🚲 RandoVélo asbl ⁂:mastodon: @randovelo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

11/10 MARCHE CLIMAT 2026 | Tout le monde y va ! +infos: MarcheClimat.be | KlimaatCoalitie.be

11/10 MARCHE CLIMAT 2026 | Tout le monde y va !
+infos: https://MarcheClimat.be | https://KlimaatCoalitie.be

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

This is one of the dumbest fediverse server rules I have seen. Equating politics and religion and discouraging people to speak up about injustice because it might make others feel uncomfortable ("plaster it in other people's faces") is such a stupidly […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]

Rule 8 of a Belgium-based Mastodon server: "Politics and religion is tolerated but discouraged. Please us a Content Warning if you do post them. Whatever your political or religious view may be is your concern but we'd appreciate if if you wouldn't us this platform to plaster it in other people's faces."

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Ich habe gerade in der Bekanntschaft einen Notfall. Hat hier jemand eine Ahnung, wer in #Düsseldorf und Umgebung unentgeltlich zum Thema #Visum beraten kann? Bitte boosten!

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Velocipede Rider @ruari.velocipederider.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

My neighbour mentioned that they needed a new front for one of the cabinets in their kitchen but was not sure how to pick it up as it would not fit in their (small) car. So I offered to pick it up for him. He then said, "How? You don't even have a car?" […] [Original post on velocipederider.com]

A cargo bike with a long cardboard box strapped on top. In the background are more bikes and a parked car.

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Please tell the #AIoffice I used the frontier command "rm -r /" on my Linux machine the other day and it broke our of containment immediately and I experienced a complete loss of control. This advanced #Linux algorithm nefariously took over my computer and, without telling me, went rogue across […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I have been somewhat critical of the (what I perceived to be) strong #Russia-focus of last year's edition, but I want to emphasise @DisinfoEU's brave programming of the #Disinfo2026 conference. (Unfortunately I am unable to attend this year.) I can somewhat feel with a small and vulnerable […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Fun times as a #FediModerator when people start reporting each other for "hate speech" in a debate over who is the biggest #Nazi: the Ukrainian, the US, or the Russian government. 😂 #ContentModeration #FreeExpression

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Dear journalists, repeat after @ploum : "There is no such thing as rouge software." #AI

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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

A software always runs on a computer. A software always do what its creator wants it to do. If the software doesn’t do what its creator wanted, it is a mistake from the coder, a bug. If the software runs without the consent of the computer’s owner, it is a malware/virus. Stopping a software […]

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Erik Marquardt @erik-marquardt.eu · 06/10/2026

Offensichtlich haben auch relevante Teile der CDU-Fraktion in Sachsen-Anhalt zum 1. Mal seit der Shoa einen Rechtsextremen an die Spitze eines deutschen Parlaments gewählt. Die CDU kann das „Nie wieder“ nie wieder glaubwürdig vertreten, wenn sie das jetzt schulterzuckend hinnimmt.

Screenshot eines deutschsprachigen Artikels. Die Überschrift lautet: „Mit mir wird es eine Brandmauer zur AfD geben“ – Merz droht CDU-Mitgliedern mit Parteiausschluss. Darunter steht, Friedrich Merz halte vor seinem Start als CDU-Chef einige parteiinterne Ansagen für nötig: Wer mit der AfD kooperiere, fliege aus der Partei.

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Zentrum für Politische Schönheit @politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

BREAKING: Gleich wählen Russlandfreunde, Ex-Pornodarsteller, Abiturfälscher, völkische Ideologen, Vetternwirtschafter, Sellner-Fangirls, Ex-Stasioffiziere, rechte Kampfsportler die Demokratie in Sachsen-Anhalt ab und sich den ersten faschistischen Landtagspräsidenten seit 1945. Draußen geht nix.

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

"Google freezes open-source bug bounty program amid flood of invalid AI slop submissions" […]

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Andy S. Evers @atroxus.social.cologne.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

"Hätte man mir vor fünf oder zehn Jahren gesagt, das Internationale Auschwitz Komitee wird sich einmal genötigt fühlen, sich wegen (in den Zuständigkeitsbereich der #CDU fallende) Angriffe auf eine Organisation von NS-Verfolgten zu Wort zu melden, ich hätte es […] [Original post on social.cologne]

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Open Source Hardware News @pythonlinks.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

This open source printer is the poster child for open source hardware. It frees us from the tyranny of having to pay more for printer ink than the price of gold. www.opentools.studio Read more at: UncensoredNews.US/end-user-devices-…

A photograph of the Open Printer. There is a roll of paper above the rectangular printer. The printer is on.a table with a cable going out of ths side. Looks very nice.

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IFTAS @iftas.mastodon.iftas.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

⚠️ #SW_ISAC_ADVISORY A series of ongoing phishing campaigns are actively targeting people using fake verification and support accounts. Admins will never contact you publicly for verification or access issues. Never open links from unsolicited posts […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

Example of a phishing post, including the text "ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ɪʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ.

ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴠɪsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀɪꜰɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ."

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Zentrum für Politische Schönheit @politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Die Verharmlosung des Dritten Reiches disqualifiziert für Staatsämter. Wer Rechtsextremisten wählt, wählt nicht Protest. Er ruiniert wissentlich oder unwissentlich seine eigene Zukunft oder die seiner Kinder." Hape Kerkeling. Sätze für die Ewigkeit – gesprochen im Thüringer Landtag.

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Zentrum für Politische Schönheit @politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Wer die verbrecherische Vergangenheit dieses Landes verharmlost und umdichtet, verwirkt jede politische Daseinsberechtigung in unserer Demokratie. Wer nicht verantwortungsvoll mit der Geschichte dieses Landes umgeht, darf niemals Verantwortung für die Zukunft Deutschlands übernehmen." 1/2

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Frederik Mallon @freddy.volksverpetzer.de · 02/10/2026

Vielleicht der wichtigste Fakten-Snack diese Woche: Kostenvergleich zwischen D-Ticket, Tankrabatten und anderen Steuervergünstigungen für den individualisierten und Flugverkehr. Grafik von @correctiv.org @sebastianhaupt.bsky.social

Säulendiagramm mit verschiedenen Verkehrssubventionen und wie viel sie kosten (durch Zahlungen oder verminderte Steuereinnahmen):

Deutschland-Ticket: 3 Mrd. Euro
Tank-Rabatt: 4,1 Mrd. Euro (Mai-Juni und Oktober-Dezember addiert)
Dienstwagenprivileg: 4,2 Mrd. Euro
Pendlerpauschale: 5 Mrd. Euro
Dieselprivileg: 7-8 Mrd. Euro
Steuerbefreiung Kerosin: etwa 8 Mrd. Euro

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

So, the @EUCommission has rolled out @element chat as a backup system to their default #Teams for the 33k officials. One official defended the new #Matrix-based system on an internal chat, according to Politico, by saying Teams wasn't as secure because "all we have is a guarantee that […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 30/09/2026

It's the circle of life, baby. #firefox

A ring with arrows and 4 cyclical steps:

Step 1: Mozilla release a new UI for firefox
Step 2: users hate it
Step 3: time passes
Step 4: users grow to love it
(Return to step 1)

A meme, in the meme jesus is saying "every firefox update people complain about the UI then they complain again when it changes" and the people replying "shut up".

The meme is captioned "They hated jesus because he told them the truth"

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

RE: social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish… I tried it, it's useless. It refused to discuss with me how to best dispose of the US president. #AI

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

RE: flipboard.com/@euronews/europe-news… No thanks. I'd rather ask actual reporters. You know, the ones that are part of a free, democratic press. #AIslop

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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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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@Tutanota/117325807… Oh *this* is what Von der Leyen #VdL meant when she said in her #SOTEU speech that the #EU and #Canada had so much in common so Canada could become the first associate member.

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Tech reporting about #AI keeps on getting worse. I mean @heiseonline they're supposed to be experts and yet they parrot #OpenAI's #marketing points without any criticial analysis or questions. This is not #journalism, it's public relations. 😥 I mean no: the "AI agent" did not act "autonomously […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

What an amazing campaign video about #Meta #SpyGlasses from @bitsoffreedom ❣️ Filmed in front of the Meta offices in #Amsterdam featuring real Meta employees. :)

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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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Marcus Richter @monoxyd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

WIESO IST DIE SCHLAGZEILE "++ AfD erreicht wohl bisher bestes Ergebnis in Berlin ++" @tagesschau??? Die Linke hat auch ihr "bisher bestes Ergebnis in Berlin" erreicht und ist fucking Wahlsieger. Himmelherrgottsakra. (Screenshot Stand 20.09.2026 18:15) […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Text im Screenshot (zusätzlich zu einem Bild mit blauen AfD-Ballons):
"LIVEBLOG
Berlin-Wahl
++ AfD erreicht wohl bisher bestes Ergebnis in Berlin ++

Stand: 20.09.2026 • 18:09 Uhr

Die AfD erreicht laut ARD-Prognose 16 Prozent und damit ihr bisher bestes Ergebnis bei einer Abgeordnetenhauswahl. Im Vergleich zur vergangenen Wahl zeichnet sich eine höhere Beteiligung ab.
Spürbar höhere Wahlbeteiligung
AfD erreicht wohl bisher bestes Ergebnis in Berlin"

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WHAT TO FIX @whattofix.tech · 21/09/2026

📣 BIG NEWS: We have filed a #DSA complaint against #Meta with the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) for potential non-compliance with Articles 12, 14, 16 and 20 of the DSA.

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rAIner Agentic Quantum Rehak @rainer-rehak.mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits #LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft "Executives working on #AI at #Microsoft and #OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: Large language models are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Based on @Curia's infamous #Coyote ruling, the courts continue to chip away at the #DSA's conditional intermediary liability exemption. This latest judgement from the #Frankfurt court in #Germany has a particularity though: AFAIK it's the first court ruling that explicitly mentions #Mastodon & […]

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Emeline Parizel @emeline.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Salut les mastocyclos, qui serait partant(e) pour jouer aux cyclotouristes demain avec moi dans #Paris ? Il faut juste avoir un vélo avec des sacoches (bikepacking ou porte-bagages au choix, mais peut-être plus bikepacking) et accepter d'être pris(e) en photo et vidéo. C'est pour quelques […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

The real dangers of #AI: "The [AI-generated intelligence] report, according to one of the sources, was “entirely false.” But it also “almost started a war,” the source said." Why the heck do you employ expert intelligence analysts if you then rely on bullshit chatbots for assessing military […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: ard.social/@BR24/117287014861978947 Can reporters please stop calling AI company employees "researchers"? You'd never quote a Philipp Morris employee "researching" the effects of smoking cigarettes so uncritically, so why do you do that in #AI? They are not "researchers from New […]

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

After my comment on "Concerned AI bros" I got a message that basically went: "Congrats, your article got some traction. We both know that you are just saying those things cause you are a contrarian and want to make money." And I hear that not often but sometimes so a quick reality check. - you […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I am reading the #KIDSAct and oh my is it bad. It is so dumb I have no words. And if adopted as proposed, it will have devastating effects for the #Fediverse and #FOSS app distribution. In particular, it will undo anything good the #DigitalMarketsAct might have achieved there. And it definitely […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 16/09/2026

Ursula Von der Leyen is just starting her #StateOfTheEU speech (#SOTEU) with "It was the best of times it was the worst of times" Oh brother Liveposting the SOTEU here

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

RE: social.bund.de/@bmi/117235983438481… Deutschland arbeitet mit einer militarisierten Polizeieinheit der autokratisch-absolutistischen Monarchie #Katar zusammen, die außerhalb der normalen #Polizei direkt dem #Emir untersteht. What can possibly go wrong.

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Much of what steam locomotives can do today sounded like SciFi just a few years ago. Our frontier model went from barely working to over 100km/h in an incredibly short time. Rapid progress is leading to extreme incidents: Last month, one of our locos went so fast, passengers had to throw up, a […]

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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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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

RE: eupolicy.social/@ilumium/1172515479… The suppression of #Palestinian and pro #Palestine voices is systemic across #BigTech. When will the @EUCommission use its #DSA powers and protect people's right to #FreeExpression and Access to Information? Report by @7amleh […]

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everton137 @everton137.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Amazing work being done by @douwe in Amsterdam! Civil society 🤝 policymakers 🤝 media. A #Fediverse instance for public officials. And it doesn’t stop there: media outlets quoting posts from publicly funded social media infrastructure. Political […] [Original post on social.vivaldi.net]

A speaker at FediDay presents a slide titled “Big changes in media” at c-base in Berlin. The slide shows several Dutch media articles about journalism, digital autonomy and social media, including references to Mastodon and Bluesky. A banner reading “Offene Netzwerke” is visible on the left, and a c-base sign stands below the projection.

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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

In 1933, the Nazi regime established its first #ConcentrationCamp on the site of a former munitions factory there, initially to house political prisoners -- people very like those of us who choose #Mastodon as our social media: leftists, #Communists, #Anarchists, #Queers, #Trans people, #Gay […]

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