Laurens Hof

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I write the Fediverse Report, a news site about what is happening in the fediverse.

This is my personal account, where I share and comment on anything I find interesting.

I care about an ethical internet.

He/him. From the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

Cat in profile picture is my owner.
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Laurens HofOct 7, 2023
#Binance willingly laundered money for #Hamas, and joked about them buying ak-47's with the money they laundered via #crypto.

This already got out earlier this year, but seems relevant again.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-seized-binance-crypto-accounts-thwart-islamic-state-document-shows-2023-05-04/

https://www.businessinsider.com/binance-compliance-execs-joked-about-hamas-transactions-ak-47s-cftc-2023-3?international=true&r=US&IR=T
Exclusive: Israel seized Binance crypto accounts to 'thwart' Islamic State, document shows

Israel has seized around 190 crypto accounts at crypto exchange Binance since 2021, including two it said were linked to Islamic State and dozens of others it said were owned by Palestinian firms connected to the Islamist Hamas group, documents released by the country's counter-terror authorities show.

Reuters
Laurens HofOct 6, 2023
next step on X, removing all interaction counts (likes, comments etc) from all posts and only leaving view counts.

screenshot apparently comes fro Musks subscriber feed so I cannot verify it

https://twitter.com/xDaily/status/1710154397513388444
X News Daily on X

PREVIEW: X will remove the interaction counts (likes, reposts) from the main timeline, leaving only view counts. You will be able to see these numbers when you tap into a post. The intent of this is to improve readability.

X (formerly Twitter)
Laurens HofSep 22, 2023
STOP PUTTING THE NAMING RIGHTS FOR RARE EQUADORIAN FROG SPECIES ON THE FUCKING BLOCKCHAIN LMAO


https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/21/nouns-daos-27m-revolt-reveals-toxic-mix-of-money-hungry-traders-and-blockchain-idealists/
Laurens HofSep 19, 2023
I think not enough people are aware of #bluesky both enabling user classification fairly easily, but that devs privately run user classification as well. including on tags that you'd expect to come with more complicated societal expectations, such as furries.

For context, Why is a bluesky dev, and this post is made in response to almost 15k people joining the opt-in list of furries.
Laurens HofSep 5, 2023
It is really quite something else that Elon is openly and explicitly saying that Twitter has lost 90% of its value since he bought it.

Also, the fact that this is not in the headlines everywhere is probably because everyone is assuming here that hes just really dumb with his math, which is even funnier
Laurens HofAug 26, 2023
Few things are as good as parties in Utrecht
Laurens HofAug 25, 2023
spending some time today on #nostr to see how its going over there. they are building some cool tools actually. came across this post, which i feel summarizes the nostr network pretty well:
Show threadLaurens HofAug 23, 2023
6.3million viewers. according data I can find highest peak concurrent viewership of all time.

Again, ranking data is not made officially public as far as i can tell so this is all from 3rd party. if someone has better data please let me know.

For now it really does seem like #chandrayaan3 is number 1 on peak viewership numbers
Laurens HofAug 23, 2023
yo @EU_Commission you should probably tell Verhofstadt that you're running a solution he can join instead of grandstanding and adding legitimacy to the thing he's complaining about


https://twitter.com/guyverhofstadt/status/1693907092988408010
Guy Verhofstadt on X

Between the US model of tech dictators… and the Russia/China model of state dictators… it has never been more vital to strengthen the EU model ! Rule by the many, not the few… for the many, not the few ! https://t.co/PVYwZhyBF8

Twitter
Laurens HofAug 20, 2023
I was hoping we'd send 17 F16's but this is good too