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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

we have a policy for the use of genAI at the @aial.ie. we reflect on values key to scientific integrity, such as replicability, and err on the side of not using it blogpost: aial.ie/blog/gen-ai-... pdf: zenodo.org/records/2322...

A flowchart that guides reflective thinking around generative AI in the context of research. It highlights key, interconnected values underpinning scientific integrity, alongside practical and wider socio-political considerations when deciding whether to use generative AI for research.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

Huge congratulations to our colleagues at @iccl.bsky.social on this win! In a landmark ruling on 25 Sep, the ICCL secured a precedent that will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in GDPR class actions that impact their operations across the entire EU enforce.ie/digital-data...

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ICCL secures landmark precedent against Big Tech - Enforce

Landmark ruling will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in court for EU-wide GDPR class actions

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026

The fact that OpenAI is making it much easier for unskilled people to break into and damage servers is indeed *very* bad news, but it's not *new* bad news. Irresponsible parties have been doing this for years, most notably the NSA.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026

If you showed up at Defcon and gave talk about how your autonomous malware did something unexpected and damaged someone else's computers, the first question from the audience would be "Why are you so shit at making secure sandboxes?" It wouldn't be "How are you so awesome at making hacking tools?"

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Average Joe @socialjoe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In network security we've been dealing with the sort of thing the HuggingFace incident represents for decades, from script kiddies to exploit toolkits, and so on. It's an escalation in hacking tools, not a machine with consciousness or free will.

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apache/ @apache.be · 29/08/2026

De zaak-Cofnas leert dat universiteiten best teruggrijpen naar hun kern, willen ze extreemrechtse aanvallen op hun bestaan overleven. "Racistische nepwetenschap heeft niets te zoeken aan de universiteit. Waarom is het zo moeilijk om die evidentie uit te spreken?" apache.be/2026/08/29/r...

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Racisten hebben niets te zoeken aan een universiteit

Een universiteit moet waarheid durven spreken, ook als de Vlaamse onderbuik gromt.

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Vrouwen en lgbtqia+ personen vinden vaak de weg niet naar een sportclub, zeker niet voor gevechtssporten. Inclusiviteit betekent niet enkel "iedereen is welkom". Het is belangrijk om mensen die (vaak terecht) twijfelen om deel te nemen uit te nodigen en zich welkom te laten voelen.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just checked with people who sit at Ghent University's board of governors: Fake News. Disciplinary proceedings against Nathan Cofnas are still ongoing. (Make of the other communication what you will)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026

Did I miss the big open letter signed by a hundred academics opposing this?

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Het is ongelooflijk hoe elk artikel het benoemt als "rassenrealist". Het is bewapend racisme ondersteund door valse "wetenschap", verspreid door professionele racisten. Elke keer dat het woord "rassenrealist" gebruikt wordt, word de hele eugenetische achtergrond witgewassen.

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Het netwerk waar Cofnas deel van uitmaakt doet trouwens ook aan academische fraude (bv. statistieken misrepresenteren) zodat ze hun eugenics-programma kunnen pushen: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...

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Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss

Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal

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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I've added a link to the English translation. How race-scientists weild systematic doubt and participatory scrutiny in order to recast themselves as arbiters of truth. The 3 year hunt for Jason Arday wasn't only about his destruction. The ultimate trophy is epistemic dominance.

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Comment un réseau d’élite a chassé Jason Arday

Le racisme scientifique est une pseudoscience qui abreuve la propagande d'extrême-droite, dont masculiniste. Longtemps relégué aux marges, il s’installe dans les universités et cherche à imposer ses …

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

As an academic, I'm glad these people signed their name on a petition. Now I have a list of names of people I will not work with.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This network has been running for many years now and has big American money behind it. Cofnas is just one of their guys and they are all over the world.

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Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss

Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage.

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Gregory Kohn @kohngregory.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.

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apache/ @apache.be · 22/08/2026

🚒 Het inferno in de Hoge Venen was blijkbaar niet infernaal genoeg om premier Bart De Wever (N-VA) uit vakantie te laten terugkeren. En waar wacht Theo Francken (N-VA) op om de zeven A400M’s van de luchtmacht om te vormen tot gigantische blusvliegtuigen? apache.be/2026/08/22/d...

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Dit is geen crisis, anders had Bart De Wever zijn vakantie wel onderbroken

Waar wacht Francken op om de A400M’s van de luchtmacht om te vormen tot blusvliegtuigen?

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026

Cofnas is not "an outspoken critic of DEI". he is an outspoken racist and a vile human being. any academic institute that harbors him is complicit in his racism and makes academia a hostile place for the rest of us

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026

It's like Amnesty International UK have never heard of the Streisand Effect. I fully intend on challenging this DMCA strike and force them to litigate this in federal court in the US if they want to take it down. This is squarely fair use.

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Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) @fsfe.org · 20/08/2026

#Apple has announced new terms for alternative app distribution in the EU (18 August 2026). The reduction of fees is welcome, but the core problems for smaller developers and #FreeSoftware remain there. 🧵A thread on why we're still concerned about #DMA compliance.🧵

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/08/2026

“Goodnight, my son,” said Zuckerberg, his voice a whisper as he took a deep breath to steel himself and gazed down upon the impossibly smooth, round face of the avatar, which slumbered peacefully in its twin-sized bed.

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Tearful Mark Zuckerberg Smothers Metaverse Avatar With Digital Pillow

PALO ALTO, CA—Telling himself he had “no other choice” but to end the simulated character’s life himself before his company effectively pulled the plug on the virtual world, a tearful Mark Zuckerberg ...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026

In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance. 1/

"Eugène Delacroix's painting 'La Liberté guidant le peuple' ('Liberty Leading the People'), depicting the French revolution as a ragtag group of peasants led by a flag-waving, bare-breasted incarnation of 'Liberty.' The painting has been altered: the scene is now being observed with a giant, smoke-shrouded CCTV dome, and the distant building have been replaced with a mainframe computer.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Why businesses lie about AI; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/d... #Pluralistic 1/

A sepia-toned 1950s era boardroom in which men in suits sit around a circular table. The chair of the meeting has been replaced with a man in a straitjacket, making a funny face. The heads of the remaining board-members have been replaced with robots from 1930s pulp magazines. The image has been hand-tinted.

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

And the content is created, identified and removed by the same company. A 0-sum operation apparently worth burning down the planet for.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/07/2026

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump); and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/07/27/e... #Pluralistic 1/

A giant fist clutching the Android robot. The robot is orange and has Trump's hair. The fist extends from an EU-flag-blue cuff, and it is ringed with yellow EU flag stars. To the side is an old-timey western bar with a drunk, smoking, glaring Uncle Sam leaning on it. The background is a haunted, moonlit forest.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026

I’ve never been able to learn much about the artist who was always credited only as “Emmanuel.” Apparently he was Emmanuel Papadopoulos, and passed away in June, 2026. oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/8229421...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 23/07/2026

oh my goodness we somehow lost control of our own software in a country with no functioning regulators, time for some protectionist legislation our lawyers ghost write locking consumers into enshittified walled gardens

techmeme breakdown of all the stories talking about OpenAI's claim that they lost control of their AI models

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

had a bad time at a city council meeting last night. I live in a town of 12,000 people. They just voted to install 22 Flock cameras, bringing the total to 33. That's 1 Flock camera per 300 residents. It's more Flock cameras than police officers

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What Happened When Flock Came to My Town

My small town in South Carolina will soon have more Flock cameras than police officers.

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Inspired by the post about a fence stepper application I saw on here a while ago (that I can't seem to find back right now) : hussariush.codeberg.page/fenceStepper/

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Fence Stepper

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Threw together a small application for doing longsword drills according to Joachim Meyer's first figure, commonly known as the Meyer square: meyer-drill-instructor-e81a88.gitlab.io #hema #swords #longsword

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Meyer Drill Instructor

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/07/2026

If you own it, why can't you fix it? Join EFF, Adam Savage, and iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens on July 23rd for a live conversation about the Right to Repair movement. We'll answer that question and yours during the live Q&A. eff.org/livestream-r2r

EFFecting Change: If You Own It, Why Can't You Fix It on Thursday, July 23 at 9 AM PT. Featuring EFF's Corynne McSherry and Hayley Tsukayama, as well as Adam Savage and iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/07/2026

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/l... #Pluralistic 1/

A gigantic king, crowned and naked, sits on a lavishly curtained stage in a 19th century ballroom, before many ranked men and women dressed as gentry.

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404 Media @404media.co · 16/07/2026

“It's like being sold a smoke detector and only later finding out it's been recording every conversation in your house," Tom Bowman, policy counsel, security & surveillance @cdt.org, told us. The searches sometimes stretch across dozens or even nearly a hundred networks of Flock cameras at once.

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How Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not Cars

Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Me...

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

De regering zegt dat de gemeenschap moet zorgen voor kwetsbare mensen. Op de Vlaamse feestdag zegt N-VA ook dat we minder lokale politiekers voor meer bewoners moeten hebben: zo geraken gemeenschappen niet gehoord. De gemeenschap krijgt de schuld, maar niet de middelen om het probleem aan te pakken.

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Ruben De Smet @rubdos.be · 10/07/2026

BREAKING: On 10 July 2026, the European people adopted the Strategy for More Effective and Proactive Fight against Adultery, Invidia, and Lust (MEP-FAIL). Mandatory surveillance of all MEPs and police officers enters into force immediately. You are now […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

EU 12-star flag with a surveillance camera in the centre.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 07/07/2026

⭕️ Israel’s Elbit-run Tzayad “digital army” system flagged 850,000 real-time targets across Gaza & Lebanon b/w Oct. 7, 2023 & the end of 2025 — people, vehicles, & other objects detected for possible follow-up attack from land, sea, or air — according to a... 🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

⭕️ Israel’s Elbit-run Tzayad “digital army” system flagged 850,000 real-time targets across Gaza and Lebanon between October 7, 2023 and the end of 2025 — people, vehicles, and other objects detected for possible follow-up attack from land, sea, or air — according to a company presentation at a London military conference, The Guardian reported.

Elbit VP and IDF reserve major general Miki Edelstein cited the figure on a slide alongside 20,000+ IDF battle plans. Contacted afterward, Elbit denied the number meant targets, calling it “system activity” despite the slide’s wording.

Former Pentagon targeting adviser Wes Bryant said the IDF had at one point marked up to half of Gaza’s 2.2 million people and 300,000 buildings, and that vetting 1,000 targets a day for civilian harm is impossible.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/06/2026

More than a decade ago, a group of young, internet-connected Belarusian dissidents launched a series of increasingly high-stakes, increasingly surreal confrontations with the corrupt, authoritarian government of Alexander Lukashenka, a man who is often called "the last Soviet dictator." 1/

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Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is fine for long-term needs like encryption. It’s silly for short-term stuff like authentication. As long as there’s an upgrade path, your signature scheme or ZKP isn’t going to get smacked by someone’s secret quantum computer. You’ll see the quantum computers coming and upgrade.

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Interesting discussion on @eff.org 's stream with @soatok.bsky.social. I've been working on #privacy preserving age/identity verification myself. However, I am unsure if this technology is the right approach, since it makes the censorship more "acceptable" to the general public.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/06/2026

On June 17th we're talking to Cyptografur Soatok and Equilabs founder Luísa Franco Machado about censorship and targeted surveillance facing LGBTQ+ communities. Join us and learn how to push back. eff.org/livestream-...

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EFFecting Change: LGBTQ+ Solidarity Against the Tide of Surveillance

LGBTQ+ communities are facing an escalating wave of censorship and targeted surveillance, but we can push back through mutual solidarity. Join us live to learn how safer virtual spaces get built, how

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

1825: the sun never sets on the British Empire 2025: without these tiny plastic soldiers our economy collapses

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The official Walloon Wallangues platform for learning different languages is being discontinued, meaning a great tool funded by taxes is being lost forever. This is why @fsfe.org's Public Money, Public Code campaign is so important. Release the source code! www.wallangues.be #belgium #wallonia #foss

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Wallangues - Apprenez une langue en ligne gratuitement

Avec Wallangues, apprenez gratuitement l'anglais, le néerlandais, le français ou l'allemand sur une plateforme en ligne ou via l'application mobile.

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

De AI-industrie van de VS wordt gevoed door hoop en beloftes, en een media die weigert er kritisch naar te kijken. Nu wilt men privacy (een mensenrecht) afbouwen om de stagnerende AI-industrie hier te repliceren. Dit gaat niets opleveren en serieuze schade aanrichten.

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Kwantumcomputers denken niet sneller, maar anders, waardoor *bepaalde* algoritmen gevaar lopen. Signal is sterk aan het streven naar zogenaamde "post-quantum security", wat betekent dat ook kwantumcomputers het niet gaan kunnen kraken.

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

vrtnws.be/p.nwbD7Gjop @vrtnws.be Ik vrees dat mr. Lassoen's kennis van cryptografie en moderne security outdated is. "Encryptie kraken" is niet meer van deze tijd, zeker niet voor protocols die zo high-profile zijn als signal.

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Staatsgeheimen op Signal: waarom gebruiken toppolitici in VS de berichtenapp? En hoe (on)veilig is dat?

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saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Ik heb nog geen voorbeeld gezien, maar zou het kunnen dat dit een waarschuwingsscherm is dat bevestiging vraagt, in plaats van een echte pop-up? Zoiets gebeurt al voor bv. phishing sites.

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