Lodewijk 🌈

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Progressive (coder, rocker, soccer coach and dad). Admin at waag.social.
@waaghttps://waag.org/nl/lodewijk-loos/
Some Things Just Take Time

On friction, patience, and planting trees.

Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
Too many Henry vacuum cleaners live in cramped, appalling conditions. Good to see this guy taking his for a walk #freeTheHenries
Welkom aan de nieuwkomers op Mastodon en natuurlijk in het bijzonder de mensen op waag.social :)
Bij deze een aanbeveling om je profiel in te vullen en een eerste TOOT over jezelf te sturen met de hashtag #introductions . Dit vergroot de kans dat je geboost wordt en jouw account opgepikt wordt door nieuwe volgers. Meer lezen: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/08/mastodon-quick-start-guide/#:~:text=So%20for%20your%20first%20toot
Mastodon quick start guide

So you want to join Mastodon and get tooting. Great! Here's how to dive straight in.

Mastodon Blog

Afgelopen donderdag vond het verkiezingsdebat bij Waag Futurelab plaats, met partijen als GroenLinks, D66 en VVD aan het woord. Wat kunnen we doen tegen de oprukkende datacenters? Hoe zorgen we ervoor dat de lokale economie sterker uit de digitale transformatie komt? En hoe dichten we de digitale kloof tussen verschillende groepen in de samenleving?

Benieuwd naar de standpunten van de politieke partijen? Kijk het debat nu terug ⤵️
https://tube.waag.org/w/ncXFH3G9NxEgNH9YpQWJDG

Ik was de pop-ups, reclames en trackers van Datumprikker helemaal zat, dus bouwde ik zelf een alternatief. Altijd gratis, geen reclame, geen account, geen tracking. En #opensource zodat dat ook zo blijft. Plan je volgende etentje, vergadering of borrel eens met Prikkert.nl!

❓Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!

➡️We have published a report about enshittification, on how and why digital products and services keep getting worse - and how we can turn the trend (hint: open tech, enforcement, public policy++)

Obviously @pluralistic is a big inspiration and help in this work.

More than 80 groups in Europe and the US has joined in a call to action.

More here: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

Enjoy this short film!

It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

Wat een goede en slimme actie van de gemeente Groningen!

Linux-overstapmiddagen op 19 en 26 maart en 23 april:

https://groningenafvalvrij.nl/agenda/overstappen-van-windows-10-naar-linux/

#Groningen #Linux #afval #opensource #GnuLinux

Overstappen van Windows 10 naar Linux - Groningen Afvalvrij

Groningen Afvalvrij

This whole "OpenClaw" thing has made me very angry and I wrote a bit about the why. It's not that "it's AI": It is the way that kind of project invalidates decades of work and care in free software. "AI" software isn't just careless, it is actively rejecting responsibility and care.

https://tante.cc/2026/02/14/diffusion-of-responsibility/

Diffusion of Responsibility

One of the features of “AI” is the diffusion of responsibility: “AI” systems are being put in all kinds of processes and when they fuck up (and they always fuck up) it was just the “AI”, or “someone should have checked things”. “AI” companies want to sell machines to solve every issue but give no […]

Smashing Frames

A big thank you to the @libreoffice community for enabling companies, public administrations, nonprofits and individuals to run a office suite that grants them the rights to use, study, share, and improve it. ❤️

How would we be able to open and edit all those proprietary doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx files without you?

Despite all the challenges ahead, please keep up focusing on your mission for #softwarefreedom 🫶 #ilovefs