Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026"Slop is no problem, just use an AI to find the information in the content" "Surveillance pricing is no problem, just use an AI shopping agent to get a good price" The AI providers are starting a war where they can sell arms to every party involved. 064
Reposted by Philip TheusPatrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026🇪🇺✅ Good news: No "dirty deal" on #ChatControl 2.0 in yesterday's trilogue! 🎉 The Parliament stood firm – thanks to your pressure. But: the threat remains, next showdown likely in November. Update […]digitalcourage.socialOriginal post on digitalcourage.social 13362
Reposted by Philip TheusPatrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026🇩🇪✅ Gute Nachrichten: Kein "schmutziger Deal" zur #Chatkontrolle 2.0 im Trilog gestern! 🎉 Parlament blieb standhaft – auch dank eurem Druck. Aber: Gefahr bleibt, nächster Showdown wohl im November. Update […]digitalcourage.socialOriginal post on digitalcourage.social 22032
Reposted by Philip TheusLeave X - Protect Democracy @leavex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026RE: chaos.social/@vgrass/11733251177434… EN: The new ARD/ZDF Media Study 2026 also highlights the use of decentralized social networks—yay! However, with only 2 percent of the German population using #Mastodon and #Bluesky, there’s still plenty of room for growth. At least #LeaveX […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 017
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026@fedihost @paige Seems like it would be a major unlock for the whole Mastodon ecosystem. Thank you for looking into it. Would love to learn more about the challenges involved 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026As a white male who nonetheless knows that humans outside that group exist I find it hard to identify with teams like this. omarchy.org/teamsomarchy.orgTeams - OmarchyThe people guiding Omarchy: Core sets the direction, Security keeps the system safe, Design shapes how it looks and feels, and the Rangers help everyone else find their way. 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026Just discovered millions4.earth which seems pretty cool! #climate #dosomethingmillions4.earthMillions are doing something · Millions4.earthMillions are taking action (for the climate). Let’s make it visible! I’m in! You too? Make your actions visible and demand a policy change. 001
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026@paige @fedihost If we can bring the cost of personal instances down I think it would lower the barrier of entry considerably 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026@paige have you ever considered shared media caches for @fedihost ? It seems that most of the cost of single-account instances is in the cache, and I don't really care to have _my own copy_ of it. 200
Reposted by Philip TheusRikard 🇺🇦 @rikard.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026Talarico: Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves. www.instagram.com/p/DdcI8btxeJH 001
Reposted by Philip TheusIris Hinneburg @irishinneburg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026Der ADAC fordert keinen Tankrabatt, sondern eine Senkung der Stromsteuer, um den Umstieg auf Elektromobilität zu fördern. Soweit sind wir als gesellschaftlich schon. Könnte das mal jemand der Bundesregierung schonend beibringen? 092
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026www.fridaysforfutureottawa.orgfridaysforfutureottawa.orgFridays for Future Ottawa – We the youth rising up to fight the Climate Crisis. 010
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/202609:30 Jacques-Cartier Park Gatineau 10:30 Major‘s Hill Park Ottawa 110
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026Just finished our signs for #ottawa #climate march tomorrow. See you on the streets. #climatechange #makeyourselfheard 122
Reposted by Philip Theusheise online @heiseonline.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026Deutschland und Kanada investieren gemeinsam in sichere KI Deutschland und Kanada fördern ein Projekt des KI-Pioniers Yoshua Bengio, das einen sicherheitsorientierten Gegenentwurf zu autonomen KI-Agenten entwickelt […]social.heise.deOriginal post on social.heise.de 001
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026Update: Today‘s mayoral eco debate in #ottawa is going to be live-streamed on YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?v=mZRqQm6SYRA 000
Reposted by Philip TheusDer Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 16/09/2026In Göttingen hatte die AfD so wenig Stimmen, selbst eine linke Splittergruppe hatte mehr Stimmen als die Rechtsextremen, aber ich lese keine einzige Schlagzeile dazu. Jeder 2. Platz in einer Dorfwahl von der AfD geht viral, aber die vielen Niederlagen der AfD berichtet niemand. Auch das hilft ihr. 322961990
Reposted by Philip TheusTechAltar @techaltar.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026The new Apple Watch features Audio Intelligence: it constantly listens, transcribes & analyzes everything around itself, including on Apple's servers. Here's what that means for privacy Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-the-alwa… YouTube: youtu.be/GyxYEYsNUn4 108
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026@AwetTesfaiesus als Deutsch-Kanadier kann ich das nur befürworten 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026RE: social.heise.de/@heiseonline/117274… Scheiße. 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026So I guess everyone can be a [mediocre] dev now, but not everyone can be a devOps person still 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026A concrete way in which that surfaces is that we have a lot of noise in our exception monitoring right now and it is purely on devs to fix that, irrespective of who introduced the problem. IMO the consequence will be that devs are shifting more into operations and can spend less time developing […]social.simplexity.questOriginal post on social.simplexity.quest 100
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026Sent this as an internal work message but I think it applies to many other comapnies too: I've had an interesting (to me) revelation - much of the last decade or so of software dev was spent introducing the concept of DevOps, where the people developing the software are the same operating the […]social.simplexity.questOriginal post on social.simplexity.quest 110
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026Yes. The answer is yes. www.cbc.ca/radio/justasking/canada-… 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026Relevant for people in #ottawa - there is a mayoral candidate’s debate about ecology & climate this coming Thursday. www.eventbrite.ca/e/mayoral-eco-deb…eventbrite.caMayoral Eco Debate, Leading CandidatesLeading mayoral candidates are invited to discuss how we can build a climate-ready, greener and livable Ottawa for all! 111
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026This is the relevant section of the website 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026I think it‘s worth knowing what they’re building because many people will use an OS like this soon, whether it‘s Omarchy or something else. Like agentic coding, like or dislike it, this idea is gonna spread. 100
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026While I understand perfectly well the reasons _not_ to donate to the omarchy foundation, I was wondering why large companies _did_ decide to do it. Turns out Omarchy is a little more than a nice wrapper around Arch now, they‘re trying to build an „agentic OS“. That‘s what triggers the money […]social.simplexity.questOriginal post on social.simplexity.quest 110
Reposted by Philip TheusDer Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 11/09/2026Vor 11 Jahren sah so die "Flüchtlingskrise" aus. Menschen, die Hilfe suchten & sie bekamen. Es war schön. Die Jahre danach waren die mit der niedrigsten Kriminalität ever, die allermeisten gingen zur Schule, in die Arbeit, manche wurden Deutsche. Lasst euch nicht einreden, es sei ein Fehler gewesen. 463024986
Reposted by Philip Theus2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026If you see ads pointing you to votesafe.org to check your voter registration, read this first. VoteSafe is run by America PAC, Elon Musk's super PAC. It is not a government site. Its own footer says "Paid for by America PAC." It also doesn't register anyone. The flow ends by telling you to […]dmv.communityOriginal post on dmv.community 015
Reposted by Philip TheusViktor Linsel @viktor-linsel.linke.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026Das hier ist keine Großstadt. Das ist Bleckede, ein Städtchen im Osten des Landkreis Lüneburg mit etwa 9000 Einwohner*Innen und so reagiert dieses Städtchen wenn eine gewisse schweizerische Bankerin zu Besuch kommt und für "die kleinen Leute" sprechen möchte […] [Original post on linke.social] 31829
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026OK, Freunde in Deutschland, am Samstag Nachmittag schon was vor was wichtiger ist als die AfD zu stoppen? pruef-demos.depruef-demos.dePRÜF HEUTE — SCHÜTZ MORGEN! - PRÜFt rechtsextreme Parteien!PRÜF HEUTE – SCHÜTZ MORGEN! PRÜF mit am 12.09.: Alle Parteien, die vom Verfassungsschutz als rechtsextremer Verdachtsfall oder gesichert rechtsextrem eingestuft werden, sollen durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht überprüft werden. 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026@reece I just watched ypur blue skies episode. Very well done, some much needed nuance on the topic. I learned a lot. I‘m really curious as you brought up the Tokaido Shinkansen as a positive example, what do you think about the delays on the Maglev Shinkansen? Has Japan forgotten how to build […]social.simplexity.questOriginal post on social.simplexity.quest 010
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026His conclusion is rather drastic. > Our opinion is that war to the death should be instantly proclaimed against them. Every machine of every sort should be destroyed by the well-wisher of his species.[…] let us at once go back to the primeval condition of the race. If it be urged that this is […]social.simplexity.questOriginal post on social.simplexity.quest 000
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026> we are ourselves creating our own successors Samuel Butler, 1863 And he goes on: > we are daily giving them greater power and supplying by all sorts of ingenious contrivances that self-regulating, self-acting power which will be to them what intellect has been to the human race. In the […]social.simplexity.questOriginal post on social.simplexity.quest 100
Reposted by Philip Theusdaniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026Over the last 14 days, 60,000 unique cloners cloned the #curl git repository 1.2 million times. 031
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026The song of a loon echoing over a still lake must be one of the most beautiful sounds in existence. 010
Reposted by Philip TheusUlrich Kelber @ulrichkelber.bonn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026Endspurt! Wir zeigen der Mehrheit in Sachsen-Anhalt und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, dass sie nicht allein sind. Wir versichern den Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten für Demokratie dort, dass sie sich auf uns verlassen können. Und wir bauen ein starkes Netzwerk auf, den […] [Original post on bonn.social] 1311
Reposted by Philip Theuspadeluun ⁂ @padeluun.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026„Für die hohen Preise kommerzieller Plattformen findet sich immer ein Budgettopf. Aber für Open Source und digitale Souveränität, selbst wenn sie enorme Kosten einsparen würden, gibt es keinen Plan, keine Zuständigkeit und keine Kostenstelle.“ Genau dieses Problem beschreibt der offene Brief zu […]digitalcourage.socialOriginal post on digitalcourage.social 0123
Reposted by Philip TheusVolksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026Eine gezielt erstellte TUM-Studie mit veralteten Zahlen wird von BILD & Co, genutzt, um Stimmung gegen das Verbrenner-Aus zu machen. Dabei liefert sie nicht nur Gründe FÜR das Verbrenner-Aus, sie fordert sogar mehr Klima-Regulierung. So will man dich belügen […]digitalcourage.socialOriginal post on digitalcourage.social 3921
Reposted by Philip Theusanarcat @anarcat.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026RE: kolektiva.social/@AberdeenLocal1312… PIR (the .org registry) confirms it suspended the autistici.org domain name out of fear of the US legal threats, arguing it is "legally mandated to suspend it", which is not, IMHO, a given at all (given that PIR doesn't have any […]kolektiva.socialOriginal post on kolektiva.social 1030
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026Cory Doctorow giving a talk at #ottawa writer‘s festival writersfestival.org/event/life-afte…writersfestival.orgLife After AI 011
Reposted by Philip Theusqbi @qbi.freie-re.de.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026Ich feiere das Video von Wayne #Carpendale gerade sehr. #AfD #noafd 11364
Reposted by Philip TheusMissing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Well, well, Welland. 311039
Reposted by Philip Theuspetersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026"Canada poaches 48 top US-based academics." www.ft.com/content/8cc488a5-54c2-41… “Canada’s willingness to support research that challenges commercial and political threats to democracy is deeply necessary at a moment where authoritarianism is on the rise around the […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 009
Reposted by Philip TheusPatrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/20261/ Weil in #SachsenAnhalt erstmals die AfD als stärkste Kraft an die Regierung will, lohnt der Blick nach Österreich. Dort gelang Haiders FPÖ das 1999 in Kärnten. Ergebnis: hohe Arbeitslosigkeit, Postenschacherei, Steuergeldverschwendung und Land am Rand des Ruins. 🧵👇 4523
Philip Theus @philip.social.simplexity.quest.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026@Lazarou pretty wild if true, but it looks like the only source is a draft email written by Epstein, so I‘d take it as a rumour for now 000
Reposted by Philip TheusBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com 9335153