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Lana

@wlana@ohai.social

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175 Following

294 Posts

I'm passionate about accessibility, social impact, and your cat content. 🏳️‍🌈

When I'm not working, I’m probably spending way too much time on ICE trains across the country.

Together with a great team, I run the scholarship https://chaos-stipendien.de

(Profile picture is taken by @leah and header picture from my life)

Pronouns	She/Her
Public Projects	https://lana.coffee
Personal Blog	https://DasUnicorn.eu
📍Location	Mannheim, Germany

Verfassungsblog 2d ago

Wir sind auf der #BiblioCon! 📚

Am Donnerstag (26.06.25) berichten wir in zwei Sessions u.a. über die Diamond-Open-Access-Finanzierung beim Verfassungsblog und unsere Erfahrungen als wissenschaftliche Publikationsplattform.

An diesen beiden Sessions nehmen wir teil:
📚 „Open-Access publizieren“ 👉 https://bid2025.abstractserver.com/program/#/details/sessions/228
📚 „Bibliotheken als betreibende und bewahrende Institutionen für wissenschaftliche Blogs“ 👉 https://bid2025.abstractserver.com/program/#/details/sessions/84

Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch und die Diskussionen! 💭

Ich werd auf der "Chaos Feminist Convention" der @haecksen (https://events.haecksen.org/cfc25/) in 2 Wochen einen Vortrag halten über "Vegane Ernährung in der Praxis"! 🌱

Und ich könnte da zur Vorbereitung euren Input gebrauchen: Welche Fragen/Bedenken/Probleme habt ihr dazu im Kopf? Was sind für euch Hürden, euch vegan zu ernähren? Gern auch per DM.

Haecksen Events - CFC25

@lavaeolus @LucasWerkmeister maybe?

Theo [ˈθiːəʊ]4d ago

Falls jemand Ressourcen zum Thema Christfundamentalismus und Ausstieg aus ebendiesem sucht, ich hab da mal so nen Linktree erstellt: https://linktr.ee/fundiinfo

Ich checke die Links ca. 1 - 2 Mal im Jahr, falls euch also ein toter Link auffällt oder ihr noch weitere Info- / Anlaufstellen kennt let me know!

#christfundamentalismus #fundiinfo #sektenausstieg #wissenistmacht

Fundi Info | Linktree

Gesammelte Ressourcen zum Thema Christfundamentalismus und Ausstieg

Linktree

European Commission 4d ago

📱 Built to last

Your new smartphone or tablet must last longer, be easier to fix, and use less energy.

As new EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling laws have entered into force, here’s what changes:

🔧 Easier to repair – spare parts for at least 7 years
💧 More durable against drops, water, dust
💡 Labelled for energy use, battery life, durability
💶 €20 billion savings for consumers by 2030
🌱 Using 1/3 less energy vs. doing nothing

Smart rules. Smart savings. All win.

ℹ️ https://europa.eu/!vwY9Nn

GPN Content Team 4d ago

Meta-Talk: Wir (Cleo, Vio und ich) haben das hier zum ersten Mal gemacht. Insgesamt schien es super zu laufen, aber um fürs nächstes Mal Dinge zu verbessern, brauchen wir euer Feedback!

🥺 Please tell us how we can improve: https://entropia.de/GPN23:Feedback

#gpn23

/nina

GPN23:Feedback – Entropia

AmazingMeagen 5d ago

It would be very interesting to see the RAMS and risk assessment for installing the Butts exhibition at the #WhitechapelGallery.

#Registrar
#RiskAssessment
#GLAM
#ExhibitionInstallation

Now that #gpn23 is over:
If you took cool pictures of our Art installation ”You and Eye“ https://kalu.link/d_youandeye.html (displayed in the museum’s foyer), send them to us by email to ccs@chaostreff-flensburg.de (and tell us how to credit you).

We will publish a little gallery once all of us have had enough sleep ;)

KALU

Tschau 👋 #gpn23
Es war uns ein Fest!!

Tak, Tak, Listrotakt

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European Commission 4d ago

📱 Built to last

Your new smartphone or tablet must last longer, be easier to fix, and use less energy.

As new EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling laws have entered into force, here’s what changes:

🔧 Easier to repair – spare parts for at least 7 years
💧 More durable against drops, water, dust
💡 Labelled for energy use, battery life, durability
💶 €20 billion savings for consumers by 2030
🌱 Using 1/3 less energy vs. doing nothing

Smart rules. Smart savings. All win.

ℹ️ https://europa.eu/!vwY9Nn

sarah tonin 4d ago

@EUCommission and os security updates ?

Rocketman 4d ago

@SRAZKVT @EUCommission the linked press release says:

“ longer availability of operating system updates, at least 5 years from the date the last unit model is sold”

Which is great!

sarah tonin 4d ago

@slothrop @EUCommission that's good

Cloudmom Colette 4d ago

@slothrop @SRAZKVT oohhhh! From the date of last sold is really a nice way to write that rule! Doesn't punish people who buy it on the tail end to save money. e.g. when the new model comes out

octavian.datcu 4d ago

@slothrop NICE! Really appreciate it, thanks EU! Fairphone will have to change nothing from the way they operate, btw.

@EUCommission great. Can we now stop bombing iran, yemen and stop shipping weapons to Israel please?

Cogito Ergo Disputo 4d ago

@jubei @EUCommission I'm not doing that.

@jubei @EUCommission the west:

Rihards Olups 4d ago

@jubei Let’s curb the whataboutism here. This level of offtopic belongs on xitter or something.

@richlv Thanks for your opinion but please permit me to stage my protests wherever and whenever I want. It's like your country's parliament is convening to vote on a new bill about labor laws and while that's happening you're forbidding me to stand outside and protest about a different topic. I will protest whatever I want thank you very much.

@jubei @richlv poor guy doesn't want to hear that his country helps kill innocent people... Thanks you for voicing it, Jubei!

Rihards Olups 3d ago

@jubei European Union does not even remotely seem to be doing what you mentioned, so you're either deeply confused, or a troll.

In any case, this is not "staging a protest" but offtopic whataboutism.
If you are not a troll or somebody with major personal issues currently, your time and energy would be much more impactful in other activities.

@EUCommission Anything there preventing providers from just jacking up the costs of spare parts beyond all viability?

@agnew_hawk @EUCommission yes, i think so

European Commission 4d ago

Hello @agnew_hawk!
Yes, our new Ecodesign rules include measures that promote the availability of spare parts at reasonable prices. You can find more details here: https://europa.eu/!vfFGMB
In addition, we will also make it easier for consumers to find repairers, through a new online European Repair Platform that is foreseen to become operational in 2027.

Directive on repair of goods

Promoting repair improves the sustainable consumption of goods by consumers

European Commission

@EUCommission @agnew_hawk oh, so you can only answer to safe questions, huh...

EikeZiegler 3d ago

@EUCommission @agnew_hawk

Sorry but wouldn't 2026 not be a more reasonable aim ?

I hope for any action asap

#TechSufficiency
#Right2Repair

#ReparabilityIndex

Marc Haber 4d ago

@EUCommission
Do Vendors have to document how long the software will be maintained and updated or did this MOST important part in the Lobby?

Fuzzy Leapfrog 4d ago

@Zugschlus You mean the OS? Someone already looked that up:

https://chaos.social/@slothrop/114731296258909037

Rocketman (@slothrop@chaos.social)

@SRAZKVT@tech.lgbt @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu the linked press release says: “ longer availability of operating system updates, at least 5 years from the date the last unit model is sold” Which is great!

chaos.social

Rocketman 4d ago

@Zugschlus @EUCommission from the linked press release:

“longer availability of operating system updates, at least 5 years from the date the last unit model is sold“

@slothrop @Zugschlus @EUCommission many manufactured already game this in countries with that rule.

they claim 5yrs update in latam, but all they do is pretend. google, Samsung A models and Motorola are the worst offenders. they don't even bother to backport security updates. they just keep a server replying "no updates" for 5yrs

ʙᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴇяɪʟʟ 4d ago

@Zugschlus @EUCommission Yes, that’s what it says. If you read it.

Chris (Master of Potate) 🥔4d ago

@Zugschlus @EUCommission if I remember correctly they have to provide OS updates for 5 years after end of sale.

Marc Haber 4d ago

@EUCommission "die" in the lobby, I wanted to task.

So I also left out the most important part.

RolingMetal 4d ago

@EUCommission That's all very good, can you make them smaller, and without any kind of tracking or behavioral advertising? Smartphones are technical marvels, but I hate them for their role they play in today's society. So I will stick with my 20 yo Nokia :)

TuxOnBike 4d ago

@EUCommission “longer availability of operating system updates, at least 5 years from the date the last unit model is sold”

This is also an excellent step towards more sustainable and secure smartphones.

While we definitely need to work on many things in the EU, I am thankful for all the good we have already accomplished: Schengen, GDPR, EAA, DMA, ESPR, and the Whistleblower Directive, to name just a few.

Rocketman 4d ago

@EUCommission I assume these rules apply to smartphones and tablets released to the EU market after Jun 20, 2025?

Meaning that existing devices aren’t covered. But this is still an important step towards a cleaner future.

Cogito Ergo Disputo 4d ago

@slothrop @EUCommission correct. New mobile phones will have to be designed to comply with this regulation.

Distante 4d ago

@EUCommission Thank you, EU

Yann Droneaud 4d ago

@EUCommission Is it possible to have an open ecosystem instead of walled garden ? Spare parts for up to 7 years is good, but regarding software, is it possible to get security updates for more than 3 years ?

@ydroneaud
Check;
https://chaos.social/@slothrop/114731296258909037

Rocketman (@slothrop@chaos.social)

@SRAZKVT@tech.lgbt @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu the linked press release says: “ longer availability of operating system updates, at least 5 years from the date the last unit model is sold” Which is great!

chaos.social

BDSM-Rezo 4d ago

@ydroneaud Not just possible, but now even a legal requirement for five years after the model is removed from the market.

Matteo Bertini 🇮🇹 🌈4d ago

@EUCommission Yes, but you got it wrong again. Why limit the best performances to A? Reverse it, number it upwards and make it last! Next time, try not to create another label with planned obsolescence built in!

Your friendly A+++++ dishwasher

Jokes aside, I hope the direction is good!

bufalo1973 3d ago

@naufraghi @EUCommission So just like language level, right? A is lowest, B is better, ...

Deni Mintsaev 🇪🇺4d ago

@EUCommission we really need to force smartphone manufacturers to have expandable storage options like they did in the past 😭

@mintydev @EUCommission It’s called cloud storage and if you lose your device or it fails you can still get your data 💁‍♂️ SD cards were hugely unreliable in phones which is why Apple never used them and Samsung are abandoning them.

Deni Mintsaev 🇪🇺4d ago

@kDelta @EUCommission I just don't think it's fair for an extra 128gb of device storage to cost €100, when the equivalent micro SD card is like €10-20. Also, I never found them to be unreliable.

@mintydev @EUCommission Which is exactly why when someone tries to buy a 256GB device from me I tell them to get the 128GB and pay for cloud storage with all its benefits. 😁 You may not have had a problem yet, but the day it happens you’ll wish you never used an SD card. 😞 Look into cloud options like Proton ☺️👍

Deni Mintsaev 🇪🇺4d ago

@kDelta @EUCommission things like Proton and Nextcloud are definitely tempting, haha

@mintydev @EUCommission I used to used to just pay for Apple iCloud for the ease of it all, but due to the way things are going I wanted to get my data away from the USA hence I moved to Proton. 😁

Deni Mintsaev 🇪🇺4d ago

@kDelta @EUCommission Nice! I also use Proton services, but I originally got onboard due to privacy concerns of using Google, but now I also appreciate the fact that it's a European service. Nextcloud is also European btw; it's German (even if originally developed by an American company many years ago).

Rasmus Lindegaard 3d ago

@kDelta @mintydev @EUCommission cloud storage is good, but there's something to be said for an offline copy.

I think the option to use an SD card is excellent, when you pair it with an off device copy (preferably with a decent snapshot backup)

@kDelta @mintydev @EUCommission pay monthly intsead of a one time payment? What a weird idea...

Never had an SD card fail n 10+ years. And if it did, I wouldn't be sad, because I just backup anything important anyway.

Deni Mintsaev 🇪🇺4d ago

@lhp @kDelta @EUCommission same!

@lhp @mintydev @EUCommission Where do you back it up to?

@kDelta @mintydev @EUCommission my laptop, which in turn has a backup regularly too.

Now, the only actually important thing on my phone is my ~150GB music library, which is always up-to-date on all my computers anyway...

@lhp @mintydev @EUCommission Cool, but how is the laptop backed up? Where is it's backup?

@kDelta@mastodon.ie @lhp A NAS? :)

@ben @kDelta I am not really the kind of person who would run a dedicated storage server at home. I just rsync the directories which have important data over to my workstation, from where I can fetch it onto my uni workstation next time I am at the office.

@kDelta @mintydev
a) my home workstation
b) my uni workstation
c) an external drive which is solely used for backups which I store in a safe

I have the feeling you are somehow trying to find a way to shill cloud storage again, aren't you?

@lhp @mintydev Nope, just making sure you have things stored safe. Many back up to a hard disk and leave it next to their system. That is not an ideal solution 🤭 Cloud storage is an option which can help, but as long as you are keeping a few resgular backups and at different locations this is safe, and may even be a safer option in some circumstances.

@kDelta
Sure, I am going to yeet the only copy of my data at a third party and trust them with it.
Also, quite a wild claim about SD card reliability - I've had maybe one card die on me ever, and it was a cheap brand going on for longer than it had any right to. (As for Apple not using them, I'm thinking that's just along the lines of basic greed, though of course I have no confirmation for that, nor for Apple or Samsung not using SD cards because of reliability issues.)
@mintydev @EUCommission

@ozzelot @mintydev @EUCommission "Also, quite a wild claim about SD card reliability - I've had maybe one card die on me"

@kDelta
Okay, fine. Do you have any proper research, by the manufacturers you mention or otherwise, that backs up the non-inclusion of SD card slots in phones?
@mintydev @EUCommission

@ozzelot @mintydev @EUCommission It's some pretty basic IT stuff, you keep backupS of your important data on a reliable disk and you keep them on separate sites, this predates the cloud trend.

@kDelta
Not what I'm asking. https://mstdn.social/@ozzelot/114734988080250630
@mintydev @EUCommission

Ozzelot :anarchy: :linux: (@ozzelot@mstdn.social)

@kDelta@mastodon.ie Okay, fine. Do you have any proper research, by the manufacturers you mention or otherwise, that backs up the non-inclusion of SD card slots in phones? @mintydev@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Mastodon 🐘

@ozzelot On the reliability of SD cards? Sure here you go https://mstdn.social/@ozzelot/114734968241546320

Ozzelot :anarchy: :linux: (@ozzelot@mstdn.social)

@kDelta@mastodon.ie Sure, I am going to yeet the only copy of my data at a third party and trust them with it. Also, quite a wild claim about SD card reliability - I've had maybe one card die on me ever, and it was a cheap brand going on for longer than it had any right to. (As for Apple not using them, I'm thinking that's just along the lines of basic greed, though of course I have no confirmation for that, nor for Apple or Samsung not using SD cards because of reliability issues.) @mintydev@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Mastodon 🐘

@kDelta
That was published long after the decisions of Apple and Samsung to not include SD card slots and therefore could not have lead to their decisions

@ozzelot Good luck with your data. Have a nice day.

@kDelta
I am :) Less nice for not having proof of any particular reasons why Apple doesn't include an SD card slot, though. Truly an enigma.