Mastodawn

😵 🤯 Last year a #Meta Lobbyist became a new head of the #Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). Today, the former head of the DPC announced that she is now working for MHC - the Irish law firm for Meta that was previously defending Meta before the #DPC in #GPDR cases - basically a 360° seat swap between the Irish regulator and Meta.

This is not just extreme #CorporateCapture of a regulator and makes #Ireland a laughing stock within the EU, but moves like this also undermine any public...

Ben Abelshausen Feb 11

OpenStreetMap Ops Team Feb 11

https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

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OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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Ben Abelshausen Feb 3

Missing Maps Feb 3

📢 New Missing Maps website! 🌍✨

We’re happy to share that the new Missing Maps website is live!
The site has been renewed with a fresh design, updated content, and all the core features.
You can now explore upcoming mapathons and Missing Maps events, read stories on our blog, find current projects, browse different ways to get involved - and more!

Feel free to explore and let us know what you think.⭐

👉 www.missingmaps.org

Ben Abelshausen Feb 3

Jon Worth Feb 3

This is the sort of thing that makes me feel 🤢 about European Cyclists Federation

The Number 1 speaker they list for their #VC26 Rimini event is from Google Maps http://r.sendmail.ecf.com/mk/mr/sh/SMJz09SDriOHW0pgipnqcu77qOG8/G9-b6x7x-lDN

They ought to have @notjustbikes to tell them why Google Maps for cycling in Europe is rubbish

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Ben Abelshausen Feb 3

To be clear, we are not paying anymore for these services and we've managed pretty well moving stuff and it's been fairly easy...

Just this final step of really getting our accounts deleted is very difficult.

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Ben Abelshausen Feb 3

Then there is New Relic, similar issue, it's just not letting me remove my account, some error message. Support not responsive.

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Ben Abelshausen Feb 3

First there is Google Workspace, for over a year now I have been trying to get rid of it but it claims I have Google Cloud resource. Never (ever) used Google Cloud but there is something there that I just cannot delete now matter what I try.

Ben Abelshausen Feb 3

In our efforts to move away from US services I have been cancelling some of our @anyways subscriptions BUT a few of them are just refusing to let me. Any advice on what else I can do is welcome!

Ben Abelshausen Feb 1

Martijn van Exel Jan 31

One of my highlights of yesterday's Mapping USA online conference was osm.kids, a map using #OpenStreetMap that's made for #children! If you're zoomed in, it highlights things like playgrounds, fire stations, schools and ice cream shops.

When you zoom out, you see city and country names and flags so you can learn all about those!

It is so creative and I love it. osm.kids demonstrates so well that you can make maps with OSM that you cannot make with any other map tools out there.