The EU patting their own shoulder via Gartner. Meanwhile, the W3C Data Exchange WG is drying out because the claimed support is not arriving there. But EVERYONE is using DCAT without supporting its development and maintenance. Which is a very European thing to do.
While NGI is a really nice & useful programme "a liaison" is NOT contributing to ActivityPub dear Gartner!
I still fully support NGI, but invite projects to really go into WGs.
The planned #chatcontrol makes the world less secure and more authoritarian, as it is directed against private and encrypted communication. Proponents are using disinformation, lies, and sleight of hand to push through the project. But chat control can still be stopped. A commentary.
🚨 INTRODUCING: a new in-progress #rubyonrails#activitypub engine that aims to make it able to add AP features to any Rails app.
It's still a work in progress but i would really love to hear your feedback and ideas on that! Feel free to message me here or open a discussion on github repo.
"The best thing that can happen is that they die a natural death and, in doing so, create a minimal amount of harm to the community. That's ultimately how this is fixed."
Need to increase the number of people I'm following here - can I have some recommendations for indie software developers who regularly share things they're working on? Esp anyone working with Laravel, SQLite or local-first
New #gameassets: Building Kit! 🏗 Includes walls, floors, windows, (animated) doors and more. Also includes an overview of each object and color variation, all completely free ✨
@kenney Was just working on a scene with your modular building kit and needed more stairs -- looks like you got me covered! Thanks for everything you do!
🇬🇧 It's up to all of us now. Write a mail to you government. Share the call to action. Call your government during the day. Together we are the resistance. Stop #ChatControl!
Stop telling me to use content warnings. I will lose it. If you’re bothered by my politics, then by all means mute me or one of the hashtags that I’m using.
I know you’re trying to protect yourselves and others, but all you’re effectively doing is asking an activist speaking out for their own survival to hide their fight behind curtains.
any proposal to improve ActivityPub/Fediverse security needs to consider the fact that you cannot build safe systems where enforcement of consent is opt-in.
the world does not work this way.
pretending that it does enables the domestic abusers, stalkers, swatters, and other nuisances you are trying to protect users from.
you will get somebody killed with this line of thinking.
“Could not watch it 'til the end” said a surprising number of people about last week’s ride in New York. Too much was happening! To calm you down I have a most uneventful ride for you this week: 13km alongside a canal in ’s-Hertogenbosch! https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25715
Why are we talking about whether paying fast food workers a better wage will drive up the cost of a Big Mac instead of asking how much McDonald's CEO's $19.2 million salary is driving up the cost? Hello?