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Sander van der Waal @sander.waag.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

I want to thank @marleenstikker for the trust she puts in me in enabling me to take up this responsibility for Waag. I also thank Gary Carter and other colleagues at Waag for their support in making this possible. And lastly I thank @judithveenkamp who has taken over the reigns as Research […]

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Sander van der Waal @sander.waag.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

In the next period, I wil focus on various areas where our work can make a bigger contribution to lasting change. The most prominent area in which we are making change is the transition towards other social media ecosystems. Ones where we can design and set the rules for. So that our information […]

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Sander van der Waal @sander.waag.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Technology is not the core problem per se, but the way in which technology is manifesting itself in our society is in various ways problematic. When we research, develop and implement technology according to our rules and values, with societal perspectives at the core, it can and will contribute […]

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Sander van der Waal @sander.waag.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

I’m really excited to share that I have changed roles within Waag Futurelab to that of Strategy Director. The world is changing rapidly, which leads to new challenges but also new opportunities for our work, which can become more relevant in new contexts and in new ways. As Strategy Director, I […]

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Sander van der Waal @sander.waag.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/12/2025

Today I'm at the launch of the EDIC Digital Commons. A collaboration between the govs of NL, DE, FR, IT and other countries to jointly work on open source initiatives that improve our Digital autonomy in Europe. Exciting to see all the talk of Digital Sovereignty put into practice!

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Felix Hlatky @mellifluousbox.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025

Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @gargon@mastodon.social as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]

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Eelco Mulder :mastodon: 🇪🇺 @voorstad.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2025

@Felienne , wat een goede podcast aflevering! Ik geniet al van je nieuwsbrieven, dus extra leuk om je bevlogenheid en je stem te horen. Voor iedereen met een hart voor technologie en een hart voor onderwijs een aanrader om te beluisteren. En ik weet nu dat ik eigenlijk een soort neoludiet ben […]

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2025

In a new triple whammy, Trump regime is unconstitutionally intruding on Congress’s power, unlawfully interfering with states’ rights, and actively harming crime victims. A coalition of Democratic state AGs filed suit today to prevent Trump from forcing states to either give up Congressionally […]

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Sander van der Waal @sander.waag.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2025

Mooie quote van wethouder Scholtes in het tweegesprek met Elisabeth IJmker "Ik heb ook naar @bert_hubert geluisterd" als ondersteuning van punt dat stappen gezet worden in de gemeente om digitaal onafhankelijker te worden #PubConf2025

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Wouter Tebbens ⁂ @wtebbens.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2025

"Putting Digital Sovereignty into practice” @ #PubConf2025 with great speakers Emma Ghariani from @dinum, Michiel Leenaars from @nlnet @parismarx and Zuzanna Warso from @openfuture conference.publicspaces.net/en/sess…

Session with Emma Ghariani, Michiel Leenaars, Paris Marx and Zuzanna Warso

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Wouter Tebbens ⁂ @wtebbens.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2025

Great session about Exiting BigTech at the #PubConf25 with @geertjan from @PublicSpaces, @sander from @waag, Slawek from @displayeurope @mbzita and Matthias from council for European Public Sphere, Vladimir from CMFE, the @PrototypeFund, @europeana and several other interesting parties […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2025

The more I learn about atmospheric chemistry, the more terrified and angry I am about satellite companies' blatant lack of consideration for how their actions will harm the atmosphere. I hope this gets a lot of press. Great work by a whole team of scientists, including @astrokiwi.bsky.social! […]

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Simon Willison @simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2025

New Scientist successfully filed a FOI request for UK technology secretary Peter Kyle's ChatGPT logs - setting an interesting precedent! I used it as an opportunity to write up some prompting tips for why the question "Why is AI adoption so slow in the UK small and medium business community?" […]

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Bert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2025

Zo op pad naar het "nota overleg" in de Tweede Kamer over de initiatiefnota "Wolken aan de Horizon" van @barbarakathmann en Jesse Six Dijkstra. De timing is niet lekker, vrijdag zou de Nederlandse Digitaliseeringsstrategie (NDS) uit moeten komen. En ik vrees dat stas & minister veel zullen […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2025

For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read the #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, #ICC chief prosecutor. One of the most important […]

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