Stephan Eggermont

@StOnSoftware
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Smalltalk, improving how we make software, tango (he/him)
“We’re in the middle of a company-wide initiative to migrate everything to JIRA.”
“I thought you already used JIRA.”
“Yeah, but only for tracking bugs. We’re going all in now, and becoming a JIRA-first company.”
“What does that mean exactly?”
“Well, you see, we’re rewriting our app *in* JIRA.”
https://seriot.ch/computation/jira.html
Jira IS Turing-Complete

EHRC’s new chair in Scotland linked to anti-abortion dark money groups

Human rights watchdog appoints barrister Alasdair Henderson, despite links to groups opposing women’s and LGBTQ+ rights (former director of the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, partnered with Alliance Defending Freedom—a homophobic/transphobic US christian dominionist pressure group)

https://goodlawproject.org/ehrcs-new-chair-in-scotland-linked-to-anti-abortion-dark-money-groups-alasdair-henderson/

EHRC’s new chair in Scotland linked to anti-abortion dark money groups | Good Law Project

Human rights watchdog appoints barrister Alasdair Henderson, despite links to groups opposing women’s and LGBTQ+ rights

Good Law Project

„London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been accused of "putting politics over public safety" after blocking a £50m contract between the Metropolitan Police and US tech firm #Palantir.“

„It is also understood Sir Sadiq intends to speak to the government about whether a company's ethics should be taken into account during procurement.“

London mayor putting 'politics over safety' Palantir UK boss says
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wend4lk2no

London mayor putting 'politics over safety' Palantir UK boss says

Palantir UK chief says blocking £50m Met deal will give "hostile states and criminals an advantage".

@alterelefant @Herman @nrc_nl @yamuis voorzitter van een taskforce om op te ruimen binnen het landsbestuur zodat privacy en autonomie wel serieus genomen worden?
@zwartboekaanbesteden goh, en dat terwijl Nederland toch net iets anders aankijkt tegen bijvoorbeeld medewerkers met een Iraanse achtergrond. Ik vraag me af hoe succesvol implementeren gedefinieerd is.
Is AI Profitable Yet?

@Luuk_Aalders dus de minister moet een balanced approach toepassen om een fair balance te creëren
Karremans’ verwarring over ‘balanced approach’ en ‘fair balance’ is onzuiver
https://schipholwatch.nl/2026/05/23/karremans-verwarring-over-balanced-approach-en-fair-balance-is-onzuiver/
Karremans’ verwarring over ‘balanced approach’ en ‘fair balance’ is onzuiver

In het luchtvaartdebat van afgelopen week gebruikte minister Karremans de termen balanced approach en fair balance alsof ze uitwisselbaar zijn. Alsof de ene procedurele EU‑verplichting automatisch voldoet aan de andere, veel zwaardere mensenrechtelijke toets.

SchipholWatch
@kdekooter ja, het probleem is inderdaad dat al decennia lang de verkeerde mensen carriere gemaakt hebben bij de overheid, en de mensen die je nodig hebt zijn weggepest

French judge Nicolas Guillou dared to sign an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for war crimes. In retaliation, Trump has branded him a "terrorist" and AXA is now refusing to pay the judge's medical bills.

We forced AXA to stop funding war crimes before, now we must force them to stop taking orders from Trump

AXA, don’t take orders from Trump!

Do YOU have insurance from AXA?

A French judge is being treated like a terrorist.

Nicolas Guillou’s "crime"? He upheld international law and signed an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.

https://action.eko.org/a/axa-don-t-take-orders-from-trump

Trump’s retaliation was vicious: he blacklisted the judge alongside drug lords and Al-Qaeda. But the real betrayal is at home: the insurer AXA has frozen the judge's health reimbursements. This is a European judge, getting care in Europe, from a French company. No U.S. dollars. No U.S. laws broken. AXA is simply bowing to Trump's bullying — leaving a man’s health in the crossfire.

AXA’s reputation is its biggest weakness. We’ve already broken them before – forcing them to divest from companies linked to the Occupation and genocide in Palestine. If we flood their board with thousands of signatures today, we make "obeying Trump" a toxic brand risk they can’t afford.

If AXA gets away with this, Trump has a remote control over our lives. If he can block a judge's health insurance for pursuing justice, he can silence anyone.

Judge Guillou warns his life has become a "laboratory for the loss of sovereignty." We cannot let corporate spinelessness become the new law of the land.

https://action.eko.org/a/axa-don-t-take-orders-from-trump

AXA must stop funding war crimes. Now, we must stop them from helping Trump dismantle the very idea of justice.

Cobbled together from an email!