Manuel Erhardt @erhardt@librem.one

Hollywood kann die Arbeit wieder aufnehmen. Die Schauspielergewerkschaft legt ihren monatelangen Streik nieder, nachdem sie mit Studios und Fernsehsendern eine Einigung erzielt hat.
Streik in Hollywood beendet

Facebook Owner Meta Faces EU Ban on Targeted Advertising: Setback for Tech Giant as European Data Regulator Extends Restrictions http://dlvr.it/SyKDjV #TechnologyNews #Tech

Working on another sticker for #37c3 - found this image a while ago, but only as a lowres jpg, so I re-did it as a vector graphic.

#infosec #devops #sticker
We do not test on animals, we test in production.

Wenn wir schon bei Überwachungskapitalismus sind:

"Und wer die Banner [der Schweizer Zeitungswebseiten] genauer liest und auf die Links gelisteter Cookie-Anbieter für Marketing­zwecke klickt, stellt fest: Es fliessen Daten ab zu Diktaturen und an autoritäre Länder."

Daten über die Leserinnen *selbst* zu sammeln und verantwortungsbewusst damit umzugehen—und vielleicht sogar Werbung auszuspielen—ist *ein* Ding. Aber verteilt diese Daten nicht in der Weltgeschichte herum!
https://www.republik.ch/2023/11/02/blick-tx-group-und-nzz-schickten-leserdaten-nach-moskau

#BBCWorldService news:
Scientists say it is now too late to prevent the melting of the West #Antarctic ice sheet from heating caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The study -- published in Nature #Climate Change -- found that the melting of the ice will continue to accelerate even if emissions are controlled. They say the likely sea-level rise would be greater than previously assumed. But the report says we can still save the ice on the other side of Antarctica which sits on land #ClimateChange

Die Polarisierung von Politik und Diskus hat einerseits mit Stress zu tun. Unter Stress sind Menschen nicht gut im Denken. Andererseits damit, dass soziale Medien im Prinzip Bekenntnismaschinen sind.
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In case folks aren't aware, the Internet Archive now has a scholar version with a huge collection of academic work available.

https://scholar.archive.org/

#academicchatter #academicmastodon #academic #education #open

🇫🇷 il est beau, il est chaud... ça y est, le Murena Fairphone 5 est enfin dispo pour la France sur http://murena.com!

@GuillaumeGrallet @lepoint @lemonde @pixelsfr @Reporterre @tnoisette @Fairphone @murena @e_mydata

Spanish company launches reusable rocket in breakthrough for European space ambitions

Startup PLD Space says launch of Miura-1 is ‘just the beginning’ amid European drive to send satellites into orbit

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/07/spanish-company-launches-reusable-rocket-in-breakthrough-for-european-space-ambitions

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #Spain #Space

Norway wants Facebook behavioural advertising banned across Europe.

Norway has told the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) it believes a countrywide ban on Meta harvesting user data to serve up advertising on Facebook and Instagram should be made permanent and extended across Europe.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/29/norway_facebook_behavioral_ads/

#Europe #Norway #EU #EuropeanDataProtectionBoard #EDPB #Facebook #Meta #Advertising #Privacy

The European Commission is ready to approve the start of negotiations with Ukraine regarding EU membership.

The European Commission is expected to recommend launching a years-long accession process next month. But it may insist on progress in some priority areas including corruption as interim steps.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-22/eu-commission-preparing-to-recommend-ukraine-membership-talks#xj4y7vzkg

European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds

Rail networks in most countries have been starved of funding while motorways lengthen, study shows

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/european-governments-railways-road-building-report-motorways-funding-rail

#Climate #News: Plant-based food alternatives could support a shift to global sustainability: Replacing 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and natural land, according to new research.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230912113522.htm