Christian Fricke

@cfricke
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Stuck in a REPL
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: 'Hope is contagious' - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/29/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-greta-thunberg-hope-contagious-climate two great hopes for the future...
Ein wirklich toller Vortrag von @aral über "Small Technology" als Gegengift zum ÜberwachungsKapitalismus.
Strukturelles Problem gut erklärt, Lösung auch, viele Alternativen.
Folgeempfehlung!
https://vimeo.com/333198966
#twx
Bucerius Lab Lecture w/ Aral Balkan: Small Technology - A vision for Europe? (Bootleg recording)

Vimeo

German Regulators Just Outlawed Facebook's Whole Ad Business

https://www.wired.com/story/germany-facebook-antitrust-ruling/

Some good news to kick off the weekend with.

#SurveillanceCapitalism

German Regulators Just Outlawed Facebook's Whole Ad Business

The country’s antitrust regulator told Facebook it couldn't demand so much data from users simply to have an account. Experts say it’s a big deal.

Good morning! Deactivated my personal Twitter account yesterday. And deleted the Mastodon fan page on Facebook, along with the temporary account I had created for it ☺️
There are a lot of tech folks who would rather be solving pressing real world problems instead of helping techbros and VCs get richer. I'd love to be a part of facilitating that exodus. #thinkingoutloud #latestagecapitalism
I have a dream. #publiccode

‘Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia’

https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia/p06p0tdy

The BBC will be releasing this short BBC Ideas piece tomorrow morning but you get a sneak peek because you’re on the fediverse ;)

PS. Note to self: learn to stare less intensely at the camera and blink more.

'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia' - BBC Ideas

Watch the "'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia'" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "Futurefest: Occupy the future" playlist.

Interesting to see that the CIA (through In-Q-Tel) is investing in GitLab...

https://www.iqt.org/gitlab/

GitLab

In-Q-Tel

@aral

we value your privacy
which is why we monetize it

Me: I know about {specific trade-off}, but can we try to...

Them: No, because of {specific trade-off}.

:heavy-sigh: