Show thread🫧 socialcoding..2d ago

@j9t @chatcontrol @EUCommission

Generally speaking the pursuit of creating "The European Union of Mistrust" isn't the way to go.

Sure, #governments have an urge for control in hypercomplex modern and chaotic #society. But just throwing #tech at it, is NOT the way, and will only backfire. Look only how much much 'safer' the world has become with all the advanced tech we already dumped into society, right?

If we want to build harmonious and peaceful societies that have the right conditions for #democracy to flourish, we better look at fostering social #cohesion between people. Focus on people's virtues, rather than assume vices in a distrust-first society.

"Distrust-first" is the environment of #hypercapitalism, where vices thrive and unfairly advantage people who wield them more.

#Trust is the currency that allows society to progress, and #trustworthiness is upon which it can stand.

CBC London3d ago
Builders warn dip in new home construction is a threat to London's economy
London's residential construction sector could lose thousands of jobs in coming months due to a slump in new development if governments don't waive fees to make new homes more affordable, a builders' lobbying group warns.
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Wladimir MuftyMar 18

RE: https://mastodon.nudecri.unicamp.br/@Damny/116252305478921141

The article (🇧🇷🇵🇹) from @Damny how European #governments and #universities are using #Mastodon as an alternative to #socialmedia like Twitter/X to reduce dependence on Big Tech.

It clearly shows how this shift supports greater control over data and communication as part of a broader push for digital sovereignty in Europe.

A very well-written piece that thoughtfully presents multiple perspectives (also mine 😬) while clarifying the goals, means, and necessary conditions behind this transition‼️

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Mar 18

“Over the past decade commercial-satellite #images have become the lifeblood of open-source #intelligence (osint), allowing #researchers and #journalists to pierce the #FogOfWar and hold #governments to account. Now, when a widening #war in the #MiddleEast makes those #photographs especially vital, they are disappearing.”

A measure of progress is the degradation of commercial and non-commercial open sources of information. Welcome to the 1980, 1990s. You’re going to have to get a bit more creative.

#OSINT / #information / #sources <https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/03/15/open-source-intelligence-shuts-down> / <https://archive.md/0HiHx>

Open-source intelligence shuts down

Satellite images of the Middle East are suddenly disappearing

The Economist
The NoobMar 13
Recommended Flowchart For #Age #Verification Requirements By #Governments:
Just A thought, but if the companies can make it easy to sign up and difficult to cancel, then why cant we make it difficult to comply but easy to not comply? Not just for this, but many other things :P
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Mar 11

“#Australian federal and state government subsidies that encourage fossil fuel use and help drive the #ClimateCrisis will reach $16.3bn this year after leaping by nearly 10%, according to a new analysis.

It found #federal and #state #governments will pay or forgo the equivalent of $31,020 each minute in 2025-26 to subsidise companies producing and using #coal, #gas and especially #oil, mostly in the form of #diesel.”

Pay or forgo 31K a minute.

#AustralianInstitute / #Straya <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/11/australian-governments-subsidising-fossil-fuel-use-by-more-than-30000-a-minute-analysis-finds>

Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds

Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

The Guardian
Show threadSofia FlorinaMar 10

Taken on Monday, 5 January, 2026 at 13:06 with Samsung Galaxy A05s at North Wenang Sub-district, Wenang District, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Show threadSofia FlorinaMar 10

You know that I always try to be balanced. For example, if the government implements a good policy then I praise it and if it is bad then I criticise it. I won't follow people's words that easily, especially if they are not my friends, you know.

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Show threadSofia FlorinaMar 10

I don't care of course, whatever. My mother is like that too, although in her case it happens a lot at her workplace. Many leaders are wrong, they must be told that they are wrong, they must be criticised. One of the reasons my mother was often discriminated against, sad.

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Show threadSofia FlorinaMar 10

Honestly, I'm often disliked because people say I like to argue with people who other people consider influential or powerful. When I was at school, I used to argue with my teachers a lot, of course, because most of them were not so smart enough to be my teachers.

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