Arrrr matey … it’s another #Caturday on the good ship #mastodon

#Cats #pirates

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is choosing OpenDesk, a German open source alternative to Microsoft's Office suite. 🔥

In Feb 2025 Microsoft blocked the ICC head prosecutor's email access, directly after US President Trump sanctioned the court for issueing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant. #digitalsovereignty #opensource #opendesk

https://www.euractiv.com/news/international-criminal-court-to-ditch-microsoft-office-for-european-open-source-alternative/

Happy Halloween to all those who celebrate, but especially to my fellow statisticians

#Halloween #Statistics

It's done! #chatcontrol is officially off the table after the danish EU council presidency drops it for good. It's a small but important victory!

Thanks again to @chatcontrol for coordinating grassroots interventions, and everyone else, especially on the fediverse, for joining efforts to fundamentally preserve end-to-end encryption 💜 Also to @Mer__edith and @signalapp for their strong end-to-end encryption work and stances.

Of course, vigilance remains important.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/danish-presidency-backs-away-from-chat-control/

Happy Owloween!

It's the 31st of Owltober and we've saved one of the best for last: A wet Ruru Owl at Wildbase Recovery after a bath for scurf (flaky skin). Pictures pre- and post- blowdry are night and day. Want to donate? https://wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/donate/ Source: https://fb.com/3899922646697597 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

Scientists get a shocking glimpse of Arctic climate change.

Researchers who visited Svalbard expected deep snow, but instead they found meltwater pools and thawed ground. #ClimateChange

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/scientists-get-a-shocking-glimpse-of-arctic-climate-change/