Bart Meeus ๐ŸŒž

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Husband and father of two boysโค๏ธ, Servant of 4 cats๐Ÿฑ, #gaming nerd๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ, activist (#Occupy #humanrights #climatejustice)โœŠ, engineerโš™๏ธyet works in mental #care ๐Ÿง  Go figure ๐Ÿ™ƒ
Toots NL/EN

#fedi22

Miniblog (NL)https://kraaiennest.4thdimension.be/
Interests#psychology #socialscience #climatescience #cooperatives #utopia #politics and asking (big) questions
PlanStay, learn, empower and be empowered
Amai, de Local Timeline hier geeft "nothing". Bij anderen ook zo?

#FediTips โ€“ Never miss a toot!

Without an algorithm, and if you follow a lot of people, it's easy to miss messages from accounts in your feed.

If there are people who you never want to miss a post from, you can click on the Notify ๐Ÿ”” icon in the web app, and it will always display their toots in your Notifications.

What if? What if the truly social medium Mastodon was upscaled fast enough to really accommodate a huge birdsite exit?

#whatif we petitioned the #EU to setup a fund (couple billions, they do it all the time) to be used for Mastodon server stup, cost and rollout?
No strings attached, except that servers use this server's rules. Aligns with their values.
Can be used to boost existing and start up new servers.

Stupid? Too big? Wrong?

#newhere (well day 5) and time for an #introduction that goes beyond my bio ๐Ÿ˜‡

I live near #Bruges in #Belgium, and simply by being born here am a fortunate (oldest) son of three.

I like words, #poems and #books. #Dogs #cats and all creatures great and small.

I'm sensitive and #neurodivergent (talent for #melancholy)

Since it's #followfriday I'm happy to follow you back!

Couple followtips
(EN) @Dave42W @davscomur @Birgitta
(NL) @repo @VastBee @SusannaMarien @apache_be @WilliamCoshett

Social media are a potential means to broaden our understanding of each other and to develop shared visions of the future.
But the existing, algorithm-based and for-profit platforms are only good for creating division.
So I'm happy to be here and look forward to getting to know people & the discourse here!
Occupy Internet

Het internet is te belangrijk om over te laten aan techgiganten en durfkapitalisten.

"Smiths diagnose van de kwaal is vierledig: het internet is verslavend, de sturende algoritmes vervormen en verarmen onze blik, het ontbreekt aan democratische controle hoewel het een publieke dienst vervult, en het is een universeel spionageapparaat. Smith is categoriek: het internet tast onze vrijheid aan, in de verschillende betekenissen van het woord."
Gebrek aan sturend algoritme, mijn reden om hier te zijn, maar de strijd is breder.
Stukje (met toestemming) uit https://www.apache.be/2022/10/29/occupy-internet
Occupy Internet

Het internet is te belangrijk om over te laten aan techgiganten en durfkapitalisten.

Hello, Federation, and good day to you!
I sometimes stand in front of groups and help them rephrase their arduous yourneys battling #neurodivergence into #recovery stories. Last time, we were asking where there sources of power lie.
One said "I like music from the '80s, so I put a song on first thing in the morning, boosts me".
That gave me pause. I am very sensitive (inc music) yet have overlooked its power for twenty dark years. I now have Epica on (YMMV). Learning goes both ways.