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Maurice Lourens-Chai

@lourens.online
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💼 Techy 🧑‍💻 Nerd on weekdays 🥷 Ninja in weekends 🫶 Europe, technology, mobility 📼 '82

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Spiegel's crawler @crawler.baldanders.info · 17/06/2026
> The European tech sovereignty package explained proton.me/business/blog/eu-tech-sov…
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The European tech sovereignty package explained
Europe is moving to tackle its massive structural reliance on foreign technology. Here’s what it means for European businesses.
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𝚁𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚜 ☮️ @riende.eurosky.social · 02/06/2026
Wow, this is a great initiative: office.eu Love it!
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Office EU - Europe's Open-Source Productivity Suite
Welcome to Office EU, the open-source productivity platform for all who value a free, transparent and sovereign working environment.
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Follow the Money @ftm.nl · 02/06/2026
Geen Google- of Apple-account? Dan kun je straks geen gebruikmaken van NL Wallet. De mogelijke opvolger van DigiD blijkt afhankelijk van de Amerikaanse techbedrijven. Net nu we opgelucht ademhalen omdat DigiD niet in Amerikaanse handen lijkt te vallen, begint met NL Wallet het riedeltje opnieuw.
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Gedoodverfd opvolger van DigiD is niet te gebruiken zonder Gmail-account of Apple-ID
NL Wallet, de aankomende digitale identiteitsapp van de overheid, is afhankelijk van software van Apple en Google, blijkt uit onderzoek van Follow the Money. In een reactie zegt het ministerie te ‘bestuderen’ of er mogelijkheden zijn de app alsnog minder afhankelijk te maken van Amerikaanse techgiganten.
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 08/01/2026
@proton.me silently shipped Sheets & Docs, and with Proton Meet coming soon, we can finally say goodbye to Google Workspace entirely. A complete, privacy-first, EU-based productivity suite. This is huge. 🙏 proton.me/blog/sheets-...
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Introducing Proton Sheets: Secure spreadsheets for business | Proton
Proton Drive now includes Proton Sheets, giving you secure, encrypted spreadsheets for safer collaboration, organized data, and aligned teams.
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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 06/01/2026
Here are the reasons NOT to join Volt in 2026, so feel free to keep scrolling... or join Volt today volt.team/simple-join/en 💜
A solid purple background with the Volt logo in the top right. White text reads: "You prefer old-fashioned politics over" followed by "pragmatic, progressive ideas" highlighted in bold yellow text.A solid purple background with the Volt logo. White text reads: "You prefer hundreds of billions flow into fossil fuels instead of" followed by "clean energy" highlighted in bold green text.A solid purple background with the Volt logo. White text reads: "You prefer Europe relying on foreign tech instead of leading in" followed by "digital innovation" highlighted in bold light blue text.A solid purple background with the Volt logo. White text reads: "You prefer fragmented welfare systems instead of" followed by "equal opportunities for all Europeans" highlighted in bold orange-red text.
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 01/01/2026
Happy new year!
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 23/12/2025
Tracking this one.. #hohoho @flightradar24.com
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 28/11/2025
Zonde dat dit zo lang moest duren. "NRC rectificeert berichtgeving rondom informateur Wijers": www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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NRC rectificeert berichtgeving rondom informateur Wijers
Beste lezer, Deze week zijn er nieuwe feiten bekend geworden over onze berichtgeving over informateur Hans Wijers. Na nader intern onderzoek moeten we constateren dat we bij het voorleggen van zijn ve...
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 25/11/2025
En nu nog politie, brandweer en andere overheidsdiensten die X exclusief gebruiken voor informatievoorziening. over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
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NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
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usrbinkat.io @usrbinkat.io · 12/11/2025
Pop_OS! is among the best distros in 2025 if we're being serious. Good job @system76.bsky.social 👏👏👏
A screenshot shows a split-screen view with a web browser on the left displaying the System76 Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta Download page and a terminal window on the right showing system information on a freshly installed Pop!_OS system. The browser shows a vibrant banner image featuring white text reading Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta Download over a stylized landscape with magenta and orange gradients, purple crystalline mountains, and a white and turquoise rocket ship centered in the composition. Below appears the heading POP!_OS IS GETTING BETA with descriptive text about the new COSMIC desktop environment and a VIEW FEATURES link, followed by upgrade instructions from Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS.

The right terminal displays hyfetch output with cyan and blue ASCII art showing the Pop!_OS logo alongside detailed system specifications for usrbinkat@mithril, listing Pop!_OS trixie/sid noble on a Precision 7750 host with kernel 6.16.3, 9 hours 40 minutes uptime, COSMIC wayland desktop environment, bash 5.2.21 shell, Intel i7-10875H processor, NVIDIA Quadro T1000 Mobile and Intel UHD Graphics, 15.60 of 125.31 gigabytes memory used, and Dell BIOS version 1.29. Below the system information, htop process monitor shows active processes including cosmic-applet-minion and cosmic-comp, with system resource graphs displaying CPU, memory, and swap usage across multiple cores. A color palette bar appears beneath the hyfetch output showing the terminal's color scheme.

This screenshot documents the successful completion of the dual-boot installation journey begun in the previous image, now showing Pop!_OS Beta with the new COSMIC desktop environment running natively on the Dell Precision 7750 workstation. Showing off the journey from aspiration to reality, with the detailed system information confirming proper hardware detection and the space-themed branding maintaining visual continuity between download and deployment phases of the Linux installation experience.
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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 12/11/2025
Onderzoek | De verkiezingscampagne draaide om ‘tv, tv en nog eens tv’. Politici deden zo veel mogelijk mee aan debatten, talk- en spelshows. Wie kregen de meeste schermtijd, welke partij werd het vaakst besproken? En in hoeverre hebben ze daar zelf invloed op?
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Hoe de verkiezingsrace werd bepaald aan de talkshowtafels
De verkiezingscampagne draaide om ‘tv, tv en nog eens tv’. Politici deden zo veel mogelijk mee aan debatten, talk- en spelshows. Wie kregen de meeste schermtijd, welke partij werd het vaakst…
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 07/11/2025
Small steps... But something is changing.
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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.eurosky.social · 20/10/2025
Today, Amazon gave us an impressive demonstration on why it’s not wise to put all digital eggs in one basket. #DigitalSovereignty & #resilience do not start with others, or in a distant future. The time to develop and strengthen European IT, is now. #BuyEuropean 🇪🇺💪 buy-european.net/en/alternati...
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European Amazon Web Services (AWS) Alternatives
European Alternatives to Amazon Web Services (AWS) that are worth considering.
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Volt Nederland @voltnederland.org · 21/10/2025
We kregen de vraag vaak, het antwoord wordt steeds makkelijker.
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 20/10/2025
Grote storing bij AWS in hun US-East locatie. Interessant om te zien welke diensten daar allemaal (gedeeltelijk) afhankelijk van zijn. Maar wat doen de Belastingdienst en DigID op een Amerikaanse locatie? AWS biedt toch ook Europese regio's aan, of mis ik iets?
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Laurens Dassen @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 20/10/2025
Volt is een van de slechts 3 (!) partijen, die binnen de rechtsstatelijke grenzen blijven met hun programma. Schokkend. Wel heel erg blij dat wij de toets doorstaan. Progressieve kiezers: de keus is niet zo moeilijk. Kom naar Volt. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Guus Valk @guusvalk.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Een avondje binnenlands ANP-nieuws
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 10/10/2025
Hey Rijksmuseum!
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Tim Hofman @debroervanroos.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
te gast in RADIO BOOS: Laurens Dassen want is Volt nou links, of rechts? had de oorlog in Oekraïne voorkomen kunnen worden door een Europees leger? en is het USA van Donald Trump onze vriend nog wel? een boeiend gesprek, nu online! 🎧: bit.ly/radioboos38 🖥️: bit.ly/radioboos38yt
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 07/10/2025
The last missing piece of the puzzle.... 🧩 proton.me/meet
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Proton Meet: Secure, end-to-end encrypted video conferencing | Proton
Proton Meet is a secure, privacy-first video conferencing tool that protects your video calls with end-to-end encryption.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 06/10/2025
we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 21/09/2025
With this one... 🫶
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 21/09/2025
Hello Bangkok. 🇹🇭
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 19/09/2025
Hello Zürich 🐄🇨🇭
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 19/09/2025
After reading from ePaper for the past years, almost forgot how a real book feels. #itsjustdifferent @timothysnyder.bsky.social #onfreedom
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Tim Hofman @debroervanroos.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
tijdens BOOS On Tour lanceerden we samen met @rockandvulcan.bsky.social De Controlekamer. een Signal-groep met 1000 vrijwilligers die zullen helpen de verspreiding van nepnieuws tegen te gaan door het delen van post, corrigerende comments en meer. we gaan algoritmes voor de waarheid laten werken.
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Zeeger Ernsting @zeeger.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Vernietigend commentaar van NRC: “Deze begroting laat de onthutsende stilstand zien die Den Haag in de greep heeft” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Wat vindt NRC | Deze begroting laat de onthutsende stilstand zien die Den Haag in de greep heeft
Prinsjesdag
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 16/09/2025
Interested in #eutech? I created a feed with the latest tech news from Europe. #eutech #europe #tech bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 16/09/2025
So Proton @proton.me now had it's own ai assistant, Lumo! @asklumo.proton.me Finally a privacy first AI assistant from the EU. lumo.proton.me/about
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 14/09/2025
Of je wordt lust? #hema #rookworst #sokken
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 13/09/2025
Hij hangt! Drie hoog dus de enige die het kunnen zien zijn me overburen :) @voltnederland.org
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 05/09/2025
Hello Berlin! 🐻
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 29/08/2025
Tot morgen. @voltnederland.org @volteuropa.org
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 29/08/2025
Goedemorgen :) lijkt me duidelijk... #doeietsnieuws
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 29/08/2025
Hey Amsterdam! #eyemuseum #ij Zittend in het Eye museum restaurant, maar dromend over de #pannenkoekenboot 😂
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Discover @idgencom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
More than 10 European startups became unicorns this year Funding season is about to restart in Europe after the summer lull, and if all goes well, it will be counting new unicorns in dozens — plural. While mega-rounds are less common than they were in 2021, this hasn’t prevented 12 European…
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More than 10 European startups became unicorns this year
Funding season is about to restart in Europe after the summer lull, and if all goes well, it will be counting new unicorns in dozens — plural. While mega-rounds are less common than they were in 2021, this hasn’t prevented 12 European startups from raising rounds at valuations of more than $1 billion during the first half of 2025. As the usual caveat goes, past performance is not indicative of future results, but this bodes well for the rest of the year.
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 27/08/2025
Dat de politie onze kamer moet controleren. Omgekeerde wereld. Een campagne winnen met leugens en valse beloften.... Er zijn geen regels meer.. Tijd voor iets nieuws... #volteuropa #gekkenhuis #doeietsnieuws
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 26/08/2025
About today. Presentation of Volt Netherlands election program. @nieuwspoort.bsky.social @voltnederland.org
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 22/08/2025
Office views. #sail #amsterdam
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Tamar de Waal @tamardewaal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Ik klaag niet, maar hoe kan de VVD gedacht hebben dat het opportuun was voor Yesilgöz om met Tim Hofman te gaan praten
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 18/08/2025
Our latest change to move away from big tech: Moved our development workstations to POP! OS by @system76.bsky.social A scary move, but our Lenovo laptops and the software used are fully compatible. We needed around 90 minutes per workstation. system76.com/pop/ #bigtech #linux #popos #lenovo
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Pop!_OS by System76
Imagine an OS for the software developer, maker and computer science professional who uses their computer as a tool to discover and create. Welcome to Pop!_OS
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Hacker News 50 @betterhn50.e-work.xyz · 25/07/2025
Meta to stop running political ads on Facebook and Instagram in the EU www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/… (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=446831…)
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Meta to stop running political ads on Facebook and Instagram in the EU
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 14/07/2025
Hey Amsterdam-Noord. Oud en Nieuw. #amsterdam #amsterdamnoord #alab #clinkNoord #adamtower
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 06/07/2025
www.techradar.com/pro/europe-n...
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Europe needs to decouple from Big Tech USA: Here’s 5 ways it can be achieved
Europe's IT leaders are getting twitchy over US Big Tech
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 28/06/2025
Hello new York 👋
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 26/06/2025
I did it again.. #teamblue
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The EU’s yearly report into the health of Europe’s digital ecosystem warns that heavy reliance on foreign tech—from chips to cloud—is becoming a strategic liability amid rising global tensions, writes Tech Policy Press contributing editor Mark Scott. buff.ly/JmTOyU2
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Europe Says it’s Not Set Up to Succeed Globally on Tech | TechPolicy.Press
In its State of the Digital Decade 2025 report, the EU laid bare the challenges it still faces in keeping pace with global competitors, writes Mark Scott.
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 18/06/2025
Looking into installing self-hosted @nextcloud.bsky.social to replace Google meets for clients meetings. Any experiences to share? #nextcloud #nextcloudtalk #eutech
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 18/06/2025
SCOOP: Commission eyes ditching Microsoft Azure for France’s OVHcloud over digital sovereignty fears
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SCOOP: Commission eyes ditching Microsoft Azure for France's OVHcloud over digital sovereignty fears
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Maurice Lourens-Chai @lourens.online · 15/06/2025
#eurotech
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