Shay Vella

@shaycvella
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i like frogs; especially turtles. and making websites.
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(H)activism is cool
📍Waterford; IE
Shay VellaMar 17
Show threadPatrick BreyerMar 10
6/7 ✅ Let's focus on what works. Security by design. Clean the web. Mandatory takedowns. Flooding systems won't work. Back the EU Parliament's balanced 2023 proposal—it fights grooming/abuse without mass scanning. https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#epmandate 🔒
Shay VellaMar 2
Keep Android OpenFeb 27
Remember the long-since-expunged Android philosophy? "We also wanted to make sure there was no central point of failure, where one industry player could restrict or control the innovations of any other." Because the Wayback Machine remembers (https://web.archive.org/web/20140702115900/https://source.android.com/source/index.html)…
Shay VellaJan 29
Randahl FinkJan 29

Bruce Springsteen has the floor:

🎵 Their claim was self-defence, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
and these whistles and phones
against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies 🎶

Word! 👏🏻

https://youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?si=leN7curi7qEElpdJ

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube
Shay VellaJan 26
Greenpeace InternationalJan 26

Ursula von der Leyen, is this what energy dependency looks like?

61 US LNG tankers arrived in the EU in the first 23 days of 2026.

Every delivery makes the EU more dependent on #Trump.

Every dollar paid supports his agenda.

Every tanker means more climate chaos.

Stop US gas! 🔗 https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/stop-fossil-gas/

#StopFossilGas

Shay VellaDec 17

I got the The Stoic archetype!

https://mastodon.social/@shaycvella/wrapstodon/2025/183b5f98220a71f1

#Wrapstodon2025

Shay VellaDec 17
Randahl FinkDec 15

The hero who disarmed a terrorist near Bondi beach has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed.

Or as they say… another one of those damn Muslims coming over here with their heroism and intelligent thinking, saving our lives from the terrorists — it must be stopped.

Racists, wake up.

Shay VellaDec 17
Randahl FinkDec 16

Crimea is Ukraine.

Kherson is Ukraine.

Zaporizhzhya is Ukraine.

Donetsk is Ukraine.

Luhansk is Ukraine.

Has been, and forever will be. 🇺🇦

Shay VellaOct 27
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Oct 27
The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.
Shay VellaSep 23, 2025
Wolfgang LuchtSep 23, 2025
I was born a mere 19 years after the Nazi tyranny was finally brought down. "Never again" was for real and not just a slogan. All that seems half forgotten as once more right-wing demagogues push for power, again promising the same: order, privilege, national glory. But fascism delivers only death and destruction - because prosperity thrives on collaboration, tolerance and empathy. It is beyond belief how the authoritarian playbook is again fed to the people, and to what extent they like it.
Shay VellaSep 23, 2025
Em Sep 23, 2025

I know there's a general "cause fatigue" with the current state of the world, and I feel it too.

But in my years working in privacy,
I don't think I've seen anything as terrifying as this European Chat Control proposal. And I'm not even European.

Everyone needs to pay
much more attention and be much more worried and outraged about this.

This proposal is the most dystopian glimpse into a horrible authoritarian future I have seen so far in the West.

It looks dismal, but we can still stop it
if we all work TOGETHER NOW ✊

There isn't much time left though,
so don't put it to next week.

Democracy dies in silence.

The final vote is on October 14th,
but media and representatives need to receive your messages NOW, so they have enough time to act on it.

#ChatControl #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #StopScanningMe #EUpol #UKpol #USpol #CanPoli

The battle to stop Chat Control continues, act now!

Unfortunately, the battle against Chat Control continues this month. For human rights, for civil liberties, for safety, and for democracy, this privacy-wrecking proposal must be stopped. We need your help to fight with us!

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