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Julien Deswaef

@xuv.be
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Computational artist | Experience Designer | Interface Developer | 🐝 Mastodon: m.xuv.be/@julien (he/him)

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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 13/05/2026
@davanac.bsky.social Hé Damien, quand est-ce que tu changes de PDS and passe à Eurosky.social?
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 08/05/2026
Europe needs independent social infrastructure, not just an app. This is what we're building. eurosky.tech/build/
Screenshot of Eurosky webpage showing progress on building European social infrastructure and showing:
2 of 9 components built – 2 in progress

Personal Data Server — Complete
Where your posts and data live, hosted in Europe, under European law.

Migration Tool — Complete
Move your existing Bluesky account to Eurosky in minutes.

Relay — In progress
Listens to every post across the entire network in real time.

PLC Directory Mirror — In progress
The identity registry that verifies who you are across every app on the network.

Indexer — Needs funding
Indexes and organises network content to power feeds, discovery, and search.
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 07/05/2026
@ced64k.eurosky.social Salut Ced. Je suis étonné que tu n'utilises pas ton propre nom de domaine comme identifiant ;)
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 05/05/2026
Just moved this account to Eurosky.social #SovereignTech #OpenSocial
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Eurosky Portal
Your Portal to the Atmosphere
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Big Tech Alert @bigtechalert.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
🚫 On Twitter, @elonmusk is no longer following @grimezsz + x.com/elonmusk + x.com/grimezsz
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 01/09/2025
Tuesday 16 sep, we’ll host a #ResponsibleTech meetup in @thoughtworks.com #Barcelona offices at 6:30pm. I’m co-organizer of it with people from the @alltechishuman.bsky.social community of Barcelona. Meetup is open to all. Register on our events page: luma.com/q8fo337y #ATIHx
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All Tech Is Human community in BCN: presentations & speed networking · Luma
ATIHx Barcelona is hosting an informal gathering to discuss how we can collectively affect, inform, and improve the Responsible Tech ecosystem Join us to…
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 03/07/2025
Since I’m posting mostly over on #Mastodon and @ap.brid.gy is getting better and better (and allowing setting my own user handle), I’ve decided to brigde my Mastodon account over here. So you can interact with it here: @m.xuv.be
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 17/06/2025
✨: Read this fascinating article on Meta's Llama 3.1 recalling 42% of Harry Potter! 📚→ www.understandingai.org/p/metas-lla… #AICopyright #LlamaModels
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 08/06/2025
We demand a safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 03/06/2025
✨: Discover how business dashboard designers can learn from the Information Is Beautiful Awards to balance beauty and functionality! Read more here: nightingaledvs.com/business-dashboa… #DataVisualization #BusinessDashboards
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 03/06/2025
✨: Hubert Guillaud souligne que l'IA est une technologie banale mais cruciale. Vaut la lecture ! danslesalgorithmes.net/2025/06/03/l… #IA #TechCruciale
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 02/06/2025
✨: Read "Quoting Steve Krouse" on new coding trends & AI. Full article here: simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/steve… #stevekrouse #hypecoding
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 30/05/2025
✨: Faut-il débrancher l’IA ? Explore les implications écologiques, politiques & ontologiques de cette révolution technologique. chatonsky.net/unplug #technologie #écologie #philosophie
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 21/05/2025
17 June, join us for a #ResponsibleTech event with the #ATIH community of #Barcelona lu.ma/gz48o71g?tk=... #ATIHx cc: @alltechishuman.bsky.social
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All Tech Is Human community in BCN: presentations & speed networking · Luma
ATIHx Barcelona is hosting an informal gathering to discuss how we can collectively affect, inform, and improve the Responsible Tech ecosystem Join us to…
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 30/04/2025
A personal recount of the events of 28 April 2025 in #Barcelona, #Spain during a country-wide electricity and communication #blackout and its impact on lives in a mostly cashless economy. p.xuv.be/13-hours-bla...
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13 hours blackout
A personal recount of the events of 28 April 2025 in Barcelona, Spain during a country-wide electricity and communication blackout and its impact on lives in a mostly cashless economy. Today, A...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
“‘Mommy, the guy who’s been giving money to our school doesn’t want to give it to us anymore,’” he told her. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They’re Closing.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
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Libre Graphics Meeting @lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2025
🎉 **Program public, Registrations open, Donate!** 🎉 We are thrilled to announce that the program for this year's Libre Graphics Meeting is now public! This event promises to be a diverse and colorful showcase of our incredible community's talent, creativity, and dedication. ✨ Join us in […]
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Scott🇨🇦🍁 @saelliott.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
A great idea! Pass it on. 🇨🇦
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AEMET @aemet.es · 05/03/2025
El pasado lunes, día 3, Jerez de la Frontera (aeropuerto) batió el récord de lluvia acumulada en 24 para un mes de marzo, con 71.1 mm. → El récord anterior era reciente (del año pasado), con 61 mm. La estación registra datos desde 1946.
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Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com · 22/02/2025
Early experiments from my Sliced Poems series.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.”
	•	The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives.
	•	The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000.

Each point represents a federal agency:
	•	Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs.
	•	Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs.

Key Observations:
	•	Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates.
	•	Notable targeted agencies include:
	•	HHS (Health & Human Services)
	•	EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
	•	NIH (National Institutes of Health)
	•	CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
	•	Dept. of Education
	•	USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development)
	•	The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies.
	•	A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size.

Takeaway:

The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology.

Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).
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Pop Tart @poptartfae.eurosky.social · 18/02/2025
We shouldn't be letting these tech kids design web forms. They don't know what it's like to have to scroll through all the years to get to your birth year. Just let me type it, please. We have integer validation form inputs!
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 18/02/2025
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Why the argument that you have to stay on social networks to provide opposition is complete nonsense
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> Author: Mike Kuketz, translated from the original in German The argument that you can’t leave platforms like X or TikTok because there would otherwise be a lack ...
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 27/01/2025
Anyone #onHere is tracking a list of brands that have exited (or silently quitted) ExTwitter?
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 27/01/2025
Anyone #onHere is tracking a list of brands that have exited (or silently quitted) ExTwitter?
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Libre Graphics Meeting @lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2025
🚨 Only 5 Days Left! 🚨 Our Call for Participation deadline is fast approaching, and we need your contributions to make this a success! Now’s the time to rally and showcase your amazing projects. libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/call-… […] [Original post on post.lurk.org]
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David Dufresne @davduf.net · 16/01/2025
Adieu, bel oiseau twitter que j’ai tant aimé. Lettre à ce réseau social qui m'a tout donné, tout pris --- et que je salue, une dernière fois, avant de le quitter. davduf.net/adieu-bel-oi...
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Adieu, bel oiseau twitter que j'ai tant aimé – davduf.net
Lettre à ce réseau social qui m'a tout donné, tout pris --- et que je salue, une dernière fois, avant de le quitter. Mon cher oiseau bleu, On s'est tant aimés, tellement fréquentés, combien de nuits…
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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 18/01/2025
Day 2 of SK8plotlib development completed 💪🛹👩‍💻 Today I did a complete rewrite of the physics engine - it is now MUCH more stable, supports user input, and can rotate the board to match the line below it! All you need to do is pass a matplotlib figure to sk8plot() - it sets itself up automatically!
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 06/01/2025
@minipetite.bsky.social Hi Marta. I'm not here much but would love to follow your posts from the Fediverse. Would you mind allowing brid.gy/bluesky/ for your account so we can follow you from Mastodon?
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Provide app password - Bridgy
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Holy cannoli, this is FASCINATING in like ten different ways. Read in full
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
this essay is full of actual research showing trans women pose no threat to cis women in restrooms & other sex-segregated spaces. if you encounter any cis ppl discussing/debating the Mace/McBride/congressional restroom fuckery, pls share this link with them: juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...
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Transgender People, Bathrooms, and Sexual Predators: What the Data Say
Content Warning: while I will not be describing any actual instances of sexual violence or child sexual abuse, these issues (and false…
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“What you buy when you buy Cattelan's Comedian is not the banana itself, but a certificate of authenticity that grants the owner the permission and authority to reproduce this banana and duct tape on their wall as an original artwork. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Banana duct-taped to a wall sells for nearly $10 million at New York auction
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun bought the viral artwork entitled Comedian by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan for $9.57 million.
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Center for Digital Narrative @cdn-bergen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We were never on Twitter, but we are here now (as well as other places)! Let us open with central CDN theme, algorithmic narrativity: "Algorithmic narrativity describes … the idea that storytelling is no longer the exclusive domain of human beings." www.uib.no/en/cdn/17090...
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What is algorithmic narrativity?
Stories are no longer exclusively a human domain.
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 20/11/2024
With Core ONE, Prusa’s Open Source Hardware Dream Quietly Dies hackaday.com/2024/11/20/w... A good article on the new #Prusa #3DPrinter
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With Core ONE, Prusa’s Open Source Hardware Dream Quietly Dies
Yesterday, Prusa Research officially unveiled their next printer, the Core ONE. Going over the features and capabilities of this new machine, it’s clear that Prusa has kept a close eye on the…
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Damien Van Achter (davanac) @davanac.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Tous les medias vont devoir assumer leur positionnement, aligner leur RSE, leurs missions et leurs valeurs, et les défendre auprès de leurs publics. C'est une question de cohérence et un vrai p*** d'enjeu politique au sens noble du terme ("la vie de la cité") Quid des medias belges ?
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Ouest-France suspend la publication sur l’ensemble de ses comptes X (ex-Twitter)
Après plusieurs mois d’activité a minima sur ses comptes X (ex Twitter), Ouest-France décide d’y suspendre sans délai ses publications. Le média, attaché aux valeurs démocratiques, au débat apaisé et ...
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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · 18/11/2024
"La particularité et le paradoxe des exodes numériques est qu’ils fonctionnent selon des modalités de colonisation bien plus que sur celles d’un exil" - touché
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