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Daniel Appelquist

@torgo.com
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Open Source & Open Standards strategist at Samsung & Open Web Curmudgeon. Member of the W3C Advisory Board. Londoner, Immigrant & US/UK dual national. Sci-fi/film/anime fan. @torgo@mastodon.social is my main. EuroSky is my PDS.

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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 26/09/2026
Voted! 🗳️ #uspol If you're a US person, even if you're living outside the US, remember to vote! www.votefromabroad.org vote.org
A US absentee ballot envelope (marked Official Election Mail) addressed to the "New York County Board of Elections" is held up outside with street in the background, as I walk to the post office.
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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lot of excitement about iPhone Duo and questions about Device Posture & Viewport Segments API. Both are supported in Safari 27.1 behind a flag.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 13/09/2026
This is a #LongestTrainEU thread of the thread 😄 Apparently trying to work out what happened, when, in the huge thread is a mess So this should help!
Jon on a bench that reads Good Trip
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London Web Standards @londonwebstandards.org · 09/09/2026
We now have details about Gerardo's talk londonwebstandards.org/talks/browse...
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Ctrl+Alt+Choose: The Fight for Your Browser Choice | London Web Standards
For years, choosing your default browser on Windows has meant fighting through pop-ups, dark patterns, and quiet nudges designed to keep you exactly where Microsoft wants you: on Edge. This talk pulls...
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 29/08/2026
Re-purpled. 💜
Me with freshly dyed purple streak.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 29/08/2026
So if I share an “ATmosphere” post via its mu.social URL (because that’s the instance I use) and someone clicks on that URL but they use BkueSky, how does that work?
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
RIP Yayoi Kusama www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/20…
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Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97
From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations
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Hadley Beeman @hadleybeeman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Buy a book for a child in Dolly’s memory. donate.imaginationlibrary.com And the wonderful story of her Imagination Library: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.
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Hadley Beeman @hadleybeeman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Between her Covid vaccine finding, her literacy efforts and of course her music, I feel like we’ve lost both a friend and the best kind of leader. What a legacy to leave. RIP Dolly Parton
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OpenSSF @openssf.org · 25/08/2026
Hiding behind a private code fork to avoid EU CRA compliance is a $250,000 mistake per release. Check out the latest podcast with Dave Russo from Red Hat to learn more: openssf.org/podcast/2026...
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
🆕 blog! “And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway” In early February 2011 Egypt was in the middle of a political revolution. One morning, everyone's phones suddenly pinged with an alert. The Armed Forces asks Egypt's honest and loyal men to confront the traitors and criminals and […]
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/08/2026
At least 17 people were killed and dozens were wounded by Russian missile attacks in Ukraine on early Wednesday morning, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow takes advantage of Kyiv’s depleted air defenses. nyti.ms/454LE8H
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OpenSSF @openssf.org · 29/07/2026
The schedule for #OpenSSFCommunity Day Europe 2026 (Oct 6 in Prague) just dropped! Get a sneak peek at the single-day event co-located with #OSSummit Europe. Learn what sessions are happening, who's speaking, and why you should attend. Read: openssf.org/blog/2026/07...
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OpenSSF @openssf.org · 23/07/2026
The CRA is shifting legal responsibility for software security back to manufacturers. With mandatory vulnerability reporting starting September 2026. Get ahead of compliance with the free eBook, "Built to Last" by Sal Kimmich (OpenUK). openssf.org/resources/bu...
Understanding the CRA
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026
Massive turn out for #TransPride London.
Crowd of people outside the BBC.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 26/07/2026
Solidarity with the people of Berlin today, against hate.
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Hidde @hidde.blog · 23/07/2026
📣 Today is the day: WCAG-EM 2 is officially out as a W3C Note! w3.org/TR/WCAG-EM New: - name; it's now simply “WCAG Evaluation Methodology” - instead of 'websites', it's about 'digital products' (of which websites and apps are examples) - better readability (content, layout) - better examples
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OpenSSF @openssf.org · 22/07/2026
What happens at OpenSSF Community Day? Hannah shares her key takeaways from her first time attending Community Day in Minneapolis. #OpenSSFCommunity Day Europe is coming this fall, read the blog and see why Hannah enjoyed her first Community Day: openssf.org/blog/2026/07...
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Hidde @hidde.blog · 15/07/2026
wrote about the AB's Web Meetup on the W3C blog www.w3.org/blog/2026/cs... (with shoutouts to and pictures of @level-level.com @cydstumpel.nl @cyns.bsky.social @torgo.com!)
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CSS animations, human rights, and big accessibility at the AB Web Meetup
On 2 July 2026 , the W3C Advisory Board organised a meetup around the web and web standards. It featured three talks and had time to mingle.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 09/07/2026
There is literally a whole Black Mirror episode about why this is a terrible idea.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 07/07/2026
Some text that resonated with me, from the exhibition book for the (highly recommended) “Beyond the Manosphere” exhibit at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam www.stedelijk.nl/en/exhibitio.... From a Socratic “interview” of the artist Tetsumi Kudo from 1974. Anyway, happy Tuesday everyone!
A photo of part of a page of the exhibit book, full text visible is :
"...It's your portrait decomposing amid polluted nature and the tide of technology. This decomposition of humanity does not signal its death; in reality, we are being decom-posed, we are being metamorphosed, and we are being kept alive. My work consists in making you cognizant of this situation in the form of a visual maquette.
Does that mean we are being kept like worms in the septic pit of polluted nature and technology? In that case, what has happened to the dignity of humanity?
You're forgetting that we dug the pit ourselves.
History shows us that humanity has conquered, parceled out, and exploited nature as it pleased, and in so doing tortured it. Now humanity is reaping pollution as nature's vengeance. Technology, in its primitive state, was meant to he an instrument for conquering nature, so we had to..."
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 05/07/2026
About to head home after a very nice family weekend city break in Amsterdam, after a great W3C Advisory Board meeting in Rotterdam – Eurostar gods permitting.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 04/07/2026
I’m not celebrating anything until the fascists are out, and being prosecuted for their many crimes.
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Hidde @hidde.blog · 04/07/2026
loved everything about the Web Meetup! The W3C AB was in town for a F2F, so we thought we might as well run a meetup, to chat about web and standards. Thanks to @cydstumpel.nl @cyns.bsky.social and @torgo.com for their great talks, @level-level.com for hosting and Rotterdam/NL for showing up!
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 03/07/2026
Was great to present on Human Rights and Standards (and hear from the other speakers!) at the W3C AB developer meet-up in Rotterdam yesterday. ti.to/w3cab/rotter...
Me holding a mic and speaking about human rights and standards. Photo credit: Cyd Stumpel
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 27/06/2026
About to go see the new David Attenborough’s “A Life on our Planet” with a live intro from Michael Palin!
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Estelle @estelle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
MDN's Web Security documentation overhaul by @openwebdocs.org is complete! The entire MDN security content tree has been reworked and now features in-depth information on: - Attacks - Defenses - Authentication - Threat Modeling ↪️ Blog post openwebdocs.org/content/post...
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Open Web Docs - Blog
Open Web Docs supports web platform documentation for the benefit of web developers & designers worldwide. We are a community of web developers, standards makers, and technology companies that rely on...
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Open Web Docs @openwebdocs.front-end.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026
We've completed our work on Web Security documentation on @mdn ! The entire MDN content tree has been reworked and now features in-depth information on: - Attacks - Defenses - Authentication - Threat Modeling ↪️ Blog post openwebdocs.org/content/posts/secur…
openwebdocs.org
Web Security docs on MDN
Open Web Docs supports web platform documentation for the benefit of web developers & designers worldwide. We are a community of web developers, standards makers, and technology companies that rely on this documentation as critical digital infrastructure, and we work cooperatively to ensure its long-term success and maintenance.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 24/06/2026
My family votes in the US across districts 10 and 12 in NYC and both the candidates we supported have won their respective primaries. 🎉
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Igalia @igalia.com · 19/06/2026
🎙️ Igalia Chats Episode 100: Web Standards at the Web Engines Hackfest @bkardell.com and @meyerweb.com chat with W3C interim CEO Dominique Hazael-Massieux about Web Standards, the W3C, the Web Engines Hackfest and the larger web ecosystem www.igalia.com/chats/episod...
A title card that says the same. There is a photo of dom in the lower right and "sound-waves" are visualized  emanating from it
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 21/06/2026
Happy solstice, even if you don’t celebrate! ☀️
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 20/06/2026
“The Web is for People” www.torgo.com/blog/2026/06... – some half-formed thoughts on the future of the web in the age of AI hype.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 20/06/2026
“The Web is for People” www.torgo.com/blog/2026/06... – some half-formed thoughts on the future of the web in the age of AI hype.
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 19/06/2026
The UK government could announce restrictions on VPNs next month. This would threaten our privacy and security. VPNs keep young people safe from harassment. Businesses secure. Journalists, activists and whistleblowers protected. Here's why we must #ProtectVPNs 🧵 Sign the petition if you agree ⬇️
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Tell the Government: Protect VPN use in the UK
Take action! Protect VPN use in the UK VPNs help people to stay private and safe online. Young people use them to avoid harassment, or protect location data. Companies use them to make sure remote…
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 14/06/2026
Great to see all the anti-fascist protests happening across the UK this weekend! ❤️
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 12/06/2026
Using BlueSky via mu.social and with my account hosted at Eurosky is starting to feel a lot more genuinely distributed and open.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 12/06/2026
Replaced the BlueSky app on my phone with the mu.social PWA.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 12/06/2026
Checking out Mu - the new interface from Eurosky! mu.social
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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Learn all about what my team has been up to this year — how we worked to improve the quality of WebKit. Plus what’s coming in Safari 27: Customizable Select, <model> on iOS, iPadOS & macOS, and much more. I cover highlights in: youtu.be/7Hg1fCrm4yM #css #html #javascript #webdevelopment #wwdc26
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WWDC26: What’s new in WebKit for Safari 27 | Apple
YouTube video by Apple Developer
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OpenSSF @openssf.org · 09/06/2026
The 2026 CRA Awareness & Readiness Report by The Linux Foundation Research and OpenSSF is officially out, and the data reveals a sobering reality for the global software ecosystem as the European CRA deadlines approach. Download the report: openssf.org/resources/pu...
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Igalia @igalia.com · 04/06/2026
🎙️ New Episode of Igalia Chats: Is This the Web? @bkardell.com & @meyerweb.com chat with @torgo.com of Samsung and the W3C AB about how we define the web, and why it matters. www.igalia.com/chats/isthis...
A title card that says the same. The "is this" man gesturing to a butterfly meme is in the bottom left and "sound waves" appear to emanate from it in the background.
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Hidde @hidde.blog · 02/06/2026
The Web Meetup is happening in Rotterdam, 2 July! Join us for an evening with web, standards and mingling, kindly hosted by Level Level. Sign up: ti.to/w3cab/rotter...
W3C + Fronteers + Level Level present Web Meetup, 2 July 2026, Rotterdam, from 7.00pm, with headshots of Dan Appelquist, Cynthia Shelly and Cyd Stumpel
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨 NEW: 27 Members of Parliament have signed a motion to reject the EHRC Code of Practice edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Ask yours to join them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode
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Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 02/06/2026
My thoughts with the people of Ukraine today as I’m listening to the BBC coverage of massive Russian attacks. 🇺🇦
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 30/05/2026
Voted in the Democratic primary (in NYC). 🗳️ I even got a sticker!
The image features a person wearing a light blue shirt with a sticker that reads "I VOTED BY MAIL" on their chest. There is a large glass of yellow liquid in the foreground, and the background shows an outdoor setting with blurred figures.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 29/05/2026
Woke up to people asking me why I just invited to them an event in 2019. Of course I didn’t. The service I once used, mixily, seems to have sent out an errant invite for a past event? Oy the cloud. Deleted account.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 22/05/2026
So long, Minneapolis! It’s been real.
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Daniel Appelquist @torgo.com · 21/05/2026
Gave my talk at @openssf.org Community Day on SWAG w3c-cg.github.io/swag/docs/sw... and the findings of our developer survey on security features github.com/w3c-cg/swag/.... sched.co/2I45f <-- slides downloadable. 🎉
w3c-cg.github.io
Secure Web Application Guidelines (SWAG)
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dietrich @burrito.space · 20/05/2026
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
screenshot of a slide from the slides pdf linked at https://osselcna2026.sched.com/event/2JQxk

"Process informed by ethics & human rights contributes to a better future"
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