Mastodawn

Canadian tech journalist @parismarx is trying to get off U.S. tech — and help you to do the same. Here's his comprehensive guide.

https://flip.it/pJP3Ys

#Technology #Tech #TrumpAdministration

Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Disconnect

Ob Server Feb 8

Hackernews has become insufferable ever since every second post has become about AI.

Ob Server Feb 7

Greg K-H Feb 7

Looks like the AI companies have finally run out of money as they are asking various open source projects to test their closed source products for them for free. What could go wrong with giving access to an unknown tool to private code repos?

If I didn't know better, I would think this is an elaborate phishing scam, or they have run out of data to scrape and need more training material.

Gotta admire their brazenness...

Ob Server Feb 4

Is a 14" laptop too small?

Ob Server Feb 1

Is anyone actually using #tdd in real coding? I have some questions.

Ob Server Jan 15

nixCraft 🐧Jan 14

Oh no. Can you please think of the poor corporation and its CEO? The negativity you talk about regarding AI is hurting them badly. Now Jensen Huang is begging you to stop being so negative about AI: "[It's] extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said. This is the same thing the Microsoft CEO said a couple of weeks back. It would be a shame if you boosted and spread this negative news. Lmao.

https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335

Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI

" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.

Gizmodo

Ob Server Nov 11

Raphael Albert Nov 10

We need to oppose the European Commission's digital omnibus disaster! We need to oppose it loudly and immediately!

Not only is the leaked proposal an outright attack on our digital privacy rights. The Commission would also set whatever will be left of the GDPR up to fail eventually.

@noybeu has summarized why an how the digital omnibus will harm people, you can read their article here: https://noyb.eu/en/eu-commission-about-wreck-core-principles-gdpr
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#digitalOmnibus #GDPR #privacy #dataProtection

EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR

The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.

noyb.eu

Ob Server Oct 30

https://keepandroidopen.org/

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Keep Android Open

Ob Server Oct 29

nixCraft 🐧Oct 29

The website “Keep Android Open” is an initiative to protest and advocate against a new policy by Google which bans sideloading apps. The goal is to pressure Google to reverse or modify this policy to protect the open nature of the Android platform and the ability to sideload or use 3rd party app stores without excessive restrictions https://keepandroidopen.org

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Keep Android Open

Ob Server Aug 27, 2025

Fight Chat Control Aug 26, 2025

MEPs

🇧🇪 Hilde VAUTMANS
🇧🇪 Kathleen VAN BREMPT
🇧🇪 Gerolf ANNEMANS
🇭🇷 Biljana BORZAN
🇭🇷 Romana JERKOVIĆ
🇭🇷 Tonino PICULA
🇭🇷 Marko VEŠLIGAJ
🇩🇪 Nela RIEHL
🇩🇪 Kai TEGETHOFF
🇩🇪 Damian BOESELAGER
🇪🇸 Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA
🇫🇮 Ville NIINISTÖ
🇫🇮 Sebastian TYNKKYNEN
🇲🇹 Peter AGIUS
🇳🇱 Anna STROLENBERG
🇳🇱 Reinier VAN LANSCHOT
🇸🇪 Abir AL-SAHLANI
🇸🇪 Hanna GEDIN
🇸🇮 Branko GRIMS
🇷🇴 Vasile DÎNCU

all OPPOSE Chat Control while

🇭🇺 Eszter LAKOS remains UNDECIDED and

🇮🇪 Maria WALSH SUPPORTS Chat Control.