The rhetoric about #DigitalSupremacy in this day and age is creepy to me. I'm not sure if it's because it's mostly coming from wealthy Western European countries like #thenetherlands and #germany (who have a history of colonization just like my country, the USA).... but it gives me a creepy feeling.

I think that companies like #murena #fairphone #tutanota and other should make #PHILANTHROPY one of their main goals! ... I think #framework does a good job of this on their website addressing the 'We're not sustainable, no one is!' angle... But I would definitely like to see more.

It's strange seeing the companies marketing themselves as the alternative to #BIGTECH when they are selling $1500-2000 NEW phones made with NEW CPUs (that aren't good for the environment or the factory workers that make them). Check out #TSMC and #intel problematic immigrant slave labor.

These up and coming companies should focus on #usedtechnology and set transparent goals for global #ethics and #sourcing practices.

#777exi

I just discovered that to resign in #Italy, if you've got young children, you must attend to an interview with an italian #work agency (called Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro)... on #MicrosoftTeams . WTF?!? How, exactly, a relationshib between an #italian #citizen and an italian agency is mediated by a #multinational company tied to the most powerful government in the world? Also, one that didn't prove very savy, lately...

Sources: https://www.ispettorato.gov.it/servizio/convalida-di-dimissioni-o-risoluzione-consensuale-lavoratrice-madre-o-lavoratore-padre-richiesta-colloquio-on-line/ (download the PDF module and read the part saying "[...] COMUNICO INOLTRE che l'indirizzo email a cui inviare il link per il colloquio online sulla piattaforma Microsoft Teams è il seguente [...]". 🤦

Wonder what @DataKnightmare thinks about it...

#microsoft #gafam #digitalsupremacy #italy
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Suggested reads for August 10, 2025

Best Practices for Cognitive Accessibility in Web Design

Privacy is Also Protecting the Data of Others

It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds – Bert Hubert’s writings

But how to get to that European cloud? – Bert Hubert’s writings

Europe doesn’t have an innovation problem, it just doesn’t excite the right people

The Italian school is looking backwards

Browse No More – some thoughts on modern web searches / browsing;

https://nicolalosito.it/2025/08/10/suggested-reads-for-august-10-2025/