Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
As far as #nature is concerned, a lawn is a desert. A ploughed field is a desert. Pavement is a desert. Europe has converted its landscape from forests, marshlands and lush greenery to ploughed fields, pavement, lawns, etc. So it is really no wonder that #Europe is now heating up and drying up so fast. We are forcing the #climate to become a #desert.
I really love to see #rewilding taking hold in big ways and in small. We can stop killing #nature where we live. It doesn't need to something we travel to see. It can be part of daily life in #urban environments
It works in even smaller than a #suburban garden. Songbirds, crickets and butterflies have come back to my bit of central #Vienna because we planted native plants in tree pits and window boxes. I pick #wild strawberries from my window in my 4th floor apartment😋
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Are you an expert? Know one? Maybe you want to wreak havoc or fix things from inside the machine?
Either way, #DigitalCommons #EDIC is asking for communities to step up and lend a hand.
Get reading or forward it: https://digital-commons-edic.eu/news/2026-07-01-advisory-board-call-for-experts/
I can imagine a #dystopian #climate movie where the #rain disappears and everything dries up in a epic #drought, then the only rain that ever comes is gianormous thunderstorms that only drop big hailstorms, further destroying the beleaguered plant life. Oh wait, that's reality right now in Vienna!
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Fair use is not a loophole in copyright. It is a core principle that helps creativity, education, and culture thrive. ⚖️📖
In RECLAIMING FAIR USE, copyright scholars Patricia Aufderheide & Peter Jaszi explain how understanding copyright's balance make it easier for creators, educators, librarians, and researchers to confidently use their rights. ✍️🏛️
In conversation with Dave Hansen on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen & subscribe:
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/reclaiming-fair-use
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Do you know how to spot covert automated license plate readers (ALPRs)? Here's what to look out for if you're on the U.S.-Mexico border.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-identify-automated-license-plate-readers-us-mexico-border
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We urge the @EUCommission to scrutinise Apple's announcement closely and reject it as non-compliant with the #DMA.
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These concerns were already raised in a complaint to the European Commission filed by @Freiheitsrechte and @article19, which the FSFE contributed to.
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A new fee waiver could help some not-for-profit projects, and we welcome that. But it changes nothing about notarization, developer accounts, or entry thresholds. For #FreeSoftware, this is not the substantial shift the #DMA should deliver, and we have been highlighting this in our latest report.
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On top of that, every developer still needs an Apple Developer Account just to distribute software at all, no matter the channel.
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Entry barriers for developers stay high: despite a waiver for not for profit projects, to open an alternative marketplace you need financial guarantees worth up to €1 million, or must already reach 1 million first annual installs. Small projects rarely meet either bar.
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The biggest issue: #notarization. Every app must pass Apple's automatic and human review before it can run on iOS, even when distributed outside the App Store, via an alternative marketplace or a website.
No channel escapes Apple's gatekeeping.
Once notarized, Apple encrypts the binary. Nobody can run, inspect, or share that software freely. This makes it impossible to distribute #FreeSoftware apps, as the freedoms cannot be guaranteed.
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#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 #DigitalCommons #EDIC is forming an advisory board and is looking for experts to join it.
Nominations are due Sept 7th!
https://digital-commons-edic.eu/news/2026-07-01-advisory-board-call-for-experts/
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@fedops @ParadeGrotesque I hadn't heard about the French gov mandating Linux workstations for all their Ministries, that's great news!
The Dutch, French and German workspace teams were already working together on a Linux OS within the EDIC's 100 day challenges, but I don't think a choice for a distro has been made yet. 🇪🇺
I'm super impressed with how proactive the French are. Good work @numerique_gouv 👏
A practical way to break #Android #hardware #attestation https://blog.quarkslab.com/bypassing-android-hardware-attestation.html
The "trusted device" debate reminds me of the late 90s debate whether its possible to #trust the #network. Its now clear that good security requires not trusting the network.
From where I sit, the "trusted device" debate is the same. Big companies are lazy and pretend the device can be trusted while companies pushing #DRM and other anti-democratic, anti-user functionality want #finance and #government as allies
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‼️⚖️ The #US Supreme Court has declared all independent authorities unconsitutional – effectively blowing up the EU-US deal on data transfers.
👉Click the link below for noyb's full assessment of the situation, and prepare for a #Schrems III case!
🔗 https://noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-just-blew-eu-us-data-transfers
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Your mobile data shouldn't crawl just because you crossed the border.
Under our ‘roam like at home', operators in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway cannot ‘throttle’ your speed abroad.
If 5G is available in the country you are visiting, you must have access to it at the same quality as at home.
Since January 2026, Ukraine and Moldova have also joined the EU’s ‘roam like at home area.’
Because your connection should be as smooth as your travel plans. 😎
"Should we #OpenSource something that has the ability to kill humanity?"
That is the wrong question, akin to saying: "Should we allow the most powerful #tech to be democratically controlled?". Humans have invented means to #kill #humanity before: #nuclear and biological weapons, and they were used. They are so horrific, basically all countries work to ban them. If #AI leaders believe it also has this power, shouldn't they also be working on non-proliferation?
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JBS, see you in court!
Greenpeace Netherlands is taking the world’s biggest meat company to court to force them to hand over information about their secretive business policies and hold their billionaire owners accountable.
Let’s fight back against unchecked corporate power.
Not on our watch.
Sign the People vs Big Ag petition https://act.gp/4wgFMVP
Joined Aug 2019
