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Thomas Boom

@thomasboom.eurosky.social
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FOSS builder. Reformed Christian. Probably in a terminal.

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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026
For me it's @zen-browser.app all the way
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 21/08/2026
Thanks!
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026
The article you linked in your post now returns a 404. Can you fix that @tuta.com?
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026
If T3 Code is the new VS Code Then Pi is the new Neovim @t3.gg #programming #FOSS #neovim #Pi #t3code @vscode.dev
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Tuta @tuta.com · 04/08/2026
We couldn't agree more. 🔐❤️ Read our interview with Robert Steiner, the Vice President of COMPASS 👉 tuta.com/blog/intervi...
Image shows a quote that says: No more than ever, end-to-end encryption is essential for democracy, freedom of speech, civic participation and the ability to communicate freely.
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
Me thinking that was in degrees Celsius
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
Somehow the best thing they did in a while.
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
Peak investment into gambling companies, about the same return you'd get if you'd invest in OpenAI
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
How much I wish I could get a custom domain on Tuta for free. I am just not able to afford the paid plans but if I was I would be switching immediately.
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
Just got my hands on a free month of ChatGPT Plus, Sol is soooo good! #techsky #ai #openai
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
Why can't you get the shit together on your tool before investing into a random social media manager who makes the internet even worse than it already is?
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
The new bottleneck in software engineering is Inspiration. #programming #software #techsky
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
Sad to see Codeberg ban AI for, in my opinion, the most bullshit reasons. I just moved all my projects over to a self hosted Forge. AI is the future of software engineering, and it already is the present. I'm 100% agreeing with @t3.gg on this one. #codeberg #forgejo #foss #opensource #ai #banai
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026
First they asked for my messages, and I did not object, because I had nothing to hide. Then they asked for my photos, then my search history, then my location, then everything else. Then I wanted my privacy back, and there was none left to protect.
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Tweakers @tweakers.net · 16/07/2026
SURF geeft een positief advies voor het gebruik van Nextcloud door de onderwijs- en onderzoekssector. Het samenwerkingsverband had wel risico's, maar die zijn met een aangepaste overeenkomst opgelost of zijn niet heel groot.
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SURF geeft onderwijs- en onderzoekssector positief privacyadvies over Nextcloud
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Piratenpartij Nederland @piratenpartij.nl · 15/07/2026
EU-minimumleeftijd sociale media komt eraan. Von der Leyen kondigt in september een plan aan. Wij zeggen: leeftijdsverificatie = identiteitscontrole voor iedereen. Pak liever verslavend ontwerp aan: verbied autoplay, infinite scroll en manipulatieve algoritmes. Dát beschermt iedereen!🏴‍☠️
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 14/07/2026
@mozilla.org, makers of @firefox.com just launched the "State Of Open Source AI" report at stateofopensource.ai. Let me tell you: that is a beautiful website! And a great report too
stateofopensource.ai
The State of Open Source AI — V1.0 · July 2026
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 14/07/2026
Genuine question: am I just really lucky with having no problems with Linux? I hear everyone talking about the instability of it, but I never have issues with it as a daily user myself #linux #ubuntu #opensource #foss
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 10/07/2026
Welp, I reset my brain to expect I have no privacy anymore in the EU. What do I do now? Can we even turn Chat Control back? #privacy #chatcontrol #techsky #EU
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 10/07/2026
If anyone has something, I'll be watching/reading too!
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026
Anyone wants to join Marker? I have a invite if anyone wants to. It's supposedly a AI writing app that let's you write instead of the AI. DM me if you want one #writing #marker #AI
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026
I'm mad, sad and defeated now that Chat Control 1.0 has passed. But we must not stay still. Keep fighting. Privacy is a human right. Switch to secure alternatives like Signal and Linux now. @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social #ChatControl #FOSS #privacy #EU @signal.org @eff.org @linuxfoundation.org
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026
It is orange. Are you using an e-ink phone?
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026
This is insanity. This is breaking democracy. This is breaking privacy, and this is breaking the point of any privacy-friendly EU regulations.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 09/07/2026
🚨 #ChatControl 1.0 HAS PASSED - despite a majority voting against it (314:276) 🚨 After the EU parliament has rejected #ChatControl TWICE in the past, it has been pushed as an urgent procedure for a new plenary vote. TODAY the EU parliament has voted YES for #ChatControl 1.0😡
Parliament President Roberta Metsola (EPP) who revived Chat Control 1.0 shaking hands with Mark Zuckerberg.
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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🚨 🚨 In four hours, the European Parliament is voting on reinstating Chat Control 1.0. We need 361 MEPs to stand their ground as they did once already. Take action now via fightchatcontrol.eu
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 08/07/2026
Anyone screaming about Chat Control on Bluesky? I can't hear it enough, the big crowd needs to hear this. The EU is trying to violate basic human rights and a democracy. #FightChatControl #chatcontrol #privacy @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social #EU @signal.org #messaging
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 08/07/2026
Good luck
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 08/07/2026
really, totally not selfish
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 07/07/2026
A message to all Eurosky members and friends We need your help - can you support Eurosky with a monthly or one-off donation? If you can, please visit whydonate.com/fundraising/...
Screenshort of a letter (al text continued in thread) 

Title: A message to all Eurosky members and friends

We need your help - can you support Eurosky with a monthly or one-off donation?

We are building Eurosky on the principle that it is possible to build better social tech that also prioritize people’s interests over corporate greed. Since the beginning of the year we’ve taken big steps towards our mission of building independent infrastructure and experience for social media in Europe. 

In April we launched a fundraiser to help accelerate our roadmap, in particular:

- Building a European microblogging app backend, to support European apps
- Growing our PDS capacity
- Supporting up to 100k users

Since then, we have raised nearly €15,000 Euros that have directly contributed to:

- Upgrading our PDS servers, which are now used by more than 22,000 people, up from around 10,000 when we launched the fundraiser - with plenty of room to grow.
- Deploying a high availability Eurosky relay in Europe serving Atmosphere apps, so apps can access Atmosphere data easily from a European source.
- Deploying a PLC mirror in Europe serving Atmosphere apps, to ensure that people’s identities also have a European server.
- Kicked off building the microblogging backend (“app view”) with a deployment planned for the end of July.
- Developed and launched mu, our microblogging application with wildly cool features, hitting 100k active users in its first month, to rave reviews.

Whilst all of this costs more than the 15k we raised, it would not have been possible without it.
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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
As the 5th trilogue finished without agreement, Council and the European People's Party (EPP), with Germany's SDP and CDU being the driving forces, are attempting to bypass Parliament and reactivate the already expired #ChatControl 1.0. No, believe it or not, means no! fightchatcontrol.eu
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 07/07/2026
This is what makes @mu.social. I truly feel like this is the start of a new open social web
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 07/07/2026
This is just the beginning. Let's make this crazy guys!
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 07/07/2026
Could anyone in the open source sphere do me a favor and sign this petition? This is really important and impacting the way we use technology in our daily lives. If this regulation passes, we will have no privacy in any messaging app anymore. c.org/zL4BmLZJgd #opensource #privacy #techsky #foss
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Petition unterschreiben
Stoppt die Chatkontrolle – Grundrechte gelten auch im Netz!
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 07/07/2026
I am so thankful for the work that @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social is doing. Keep going. We should never let this unlawful law through.
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026
@posthog.com is really good, depending on your language/framework
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026
Let's get back to work people! I'm working on #IP-Car today, a telepresence robots for disabled children to go to school when they have the energy. Feel free to take a look and give feedback about it: ipcar.dev #techsky #techonology #buildinpublic #programming
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IP-Car - Ben op school aanwezig, zelfs als je er niet fysiek kunt zijn
Wij helpen mensen met een zorgbehoefte meer fysieke vrijheid digitaal te ervaren
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026
Hey! I'm working on my new project called Shoart, a FOSS URL shortener. I sent you a DM!
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026
Sounds good!
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026
Great! How did you set it up? With a tool like OpenClaw or Hermes? I also setup one with Poke
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026
I'm coding calmly this weekend, no big tasks, just having fun #buildinpublic #techsky #coding
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026
Have a great, calm vacation!
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026
I am so excited. This is going to be the best place on the internet.
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 02/07/2026
Where do I find it?
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 02/07/2026
Had some feed loading issues, after a few reloads it was fixed
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
Just as a side note, can we all appreciate how bad the design of the actual Hacker News is? It's basically unusable in a 2026 world
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
Because why not ;-)
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
Why, just why lol?
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
A yellow sparkle of course ✨
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Thomas Boom @thomasboom.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026
This is crazy! I need this!
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