Wouter Koch β˜‘οΈ

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Biodiversity Informatics guy (he/him) @Artsdatabanken. PhD in #Biology on improving utilization and collection of #CitizenScience data, using tools such as #MachineLearning. Proud dadΒ³.

πŸ”“ Open licenses, -data, -science, -source, -hardware, -borders, and -minds. πŸ‡³πŸ‡±πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ€˜

GitHubhttps://github.com/WouterKoch/
iNaturalisthttps://www.inaturalist.org/people/wouterkoch
ORCiDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9025-9486
Thus far I managed to avoid the Google Play Store on my phone... it seems that now Google wants to close Android, like Apple does iOS... take action! https://keepandroidopen.org/
#keepandroidopen !
Keep Android Open

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

I hope this email finds you desirable without the added stress of the complications that were once a part of your life.

I quit my job at #iNaturalist, the product I co-founded. If you'd like me to keep working on natural history software, support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/kueda. FWIW, I'm building an iNat backup tool and an app for viewing geologic maps.

Or, if you think you'd like to hire me, get in touch!

Miss Piggy FTW

Thanks, but no thanks. We don't want Amazon, Microsoft and Google to invest a trillion dollars in datacenters in Europe that will bring data of EU citizens within reach of Trump and will lock-in our digital dependence for decades to come. We need to stand up for our digital rules, that do apply to European companies as well, and start building our own digital infrastructure.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/us-tells-eu-to-roll-back-digital-rules-against-us-tech-companies/?utm_source=euractiv&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=In+the+capital+continued.&utm_term=0-0&utm_campaign=EN_THE_CAPITALS

@fdroidorg For the reach of this and other posts it would be better if you could make it so that previews of English posts are not in Portuguese by default.
F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When co...

Europees Parlement verbiedt β€˜burgers’ als benaming voor inwoners van een land. Vanaf volgend jaar moeten overheden alternatieve termen gebruiken.

Inwoner, mens met paspoort of belastingbetaler zijn toegestaan. Bij het woord "burgers" is het vaak onduidelijk of men over mensen of rundvlees spreekt.

https://nieuwspaal.nl/europees-parlement-verbiedt-burgers-als-benaming-voor-inwoners-van-een-land/

#Vleeslobby #EU #EP

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