Elias @eliasr@librem.one

How is it possible that many ministers of the Dutch government are still on #X, a platform owned by an #adversary of #Ukraine. Let them deactivate their account and become active on #Mastodon.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/musk-convinced-trump-to-slow-down-starlink-1792179982.html

Here you can find what the X accounts of Dutch ministers and secretaries of state are:

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/regering/bewindspersonen

@stasdigi, could you please bring this topic on the table at the next meeting of the Dutch cabinet?

#digitalsovereignty #PublicValues #defense

#Luanti at #FrOSCon 2026

https://blog.luanti.org/2026/10/11/FrOSCon2026/

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SanktAugustin

RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/r-i-p-margaret-hamilton-whose-code-saved-the-apollo-11-moon-landing/

När Public Service blev Public Surveillance

https://www.senioren.se/nyheter/svt-krav-pa-inloggning-vacker-ilska/

Jag har noterat välbehövliga diskussioner idag på både Bluesky och Fediversum om att våra makthavare fortfarande använder X.

Jag passar på att påminna om att riksdagens webb hänvisar till X(!) när den ligger nere.

axbom.se/tokstrategi/

Coming up this Thursday: An Introduction to Public-Interest Infrastructure with #CoopCloud, this Thursday 15th October @ 19 UTC

Call link: https://jitsi.sutty.nl/CoopCloudKiteFlying

Calendar event: https://coopcloud.tech/ics/public-interest-infrastructure-2026-10-15.ics

Dramatic countdown: https://time.is/countdown/19:00_15_Oct_2026_in_UTC?Intro_to_Public_Interest_Infrastructure

https://time.is/19_15_Oct_2026_in_UTC?Intro_to_Public-Interest_Infrastructure

HUGE thanks to @la_rosa for the awesome flyer!

– 3wordchant

#Coops #Libresoftware

4 year old: is money real or pretend?
Me: *clears throat* *takes sip of water* *arranges notes on podium*

https://borretti.me/article/no-man-is-an-island

Good post that gets into the futility I feel when I try to do something creative online anymore. I'm less and less motivated to do things like write a blog or build software tools. I've found myself without much of a creative community since 2020 for a variety of societal and personal reasons. My attempts at private intellectual life have crashed and burned. I really do need creative community but I don't want to feed the plagiarism machine. Not really sure what to do.

A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit go to a clinic to donate blood.
The nurse asks the rabbit, “What blood type are you?”
The rabbit answers, “I’m probably a Type O.”

Out for a shopping run in town, all of the paid parking now says "pay online or with the app".

It makes sense from a maintenance perspective, they don't have to send someone out to collect coins from parking meters or pay stations any more. But it also kills anonymity, all those payment methods give your identity away everywhere.

We really need actual digital cash, like Monero, and it needs to be accepted everywhere. Anything else is a security nightmare.

@SusWAndersson @eliasr
Alla Lars Molins filmer håller fortfarande att se då då.

En annan pärla jag häromdagen såg att den finns är Vem älskar Yngve Frej. Den ska jag se om nån kväll, det var riktigt länge sen sist.