seda gürses afraid of cürses is multiplying on mastadon
Zum 20. Geburtstag der #Vorratsdatenspeicherung im Jahr 2025 freut sich die EU-Kommission über Eure Meinung zur Idee, die #VDS für Internet-Provider zum Zweck der Strafverfolgung einzuführen.
Noch bis zum 30.6. mit SMS für die Authentifizierung, danach nur mit eID, per Facebook oder Google-LogIn.
For the past theee months, Imane and Martino from Constant have been working through the temporalities of times with the students of the special issue 27 at @xpub
Three threads have been guiding the sessions:
the micro-time of computer processes — the super-fast cycles happening constantly in digital infrastructures, continuously synchronized to super-precise frequencies;
the macro-time of geological formations — the crystals and minerals inside all electronic devices, the physical substrate that makes all computation possible, and the exploitative, environmentally destructive methods used to extract them;
the capitalist-time of work and labour — the production rhythms of societies and individuals, and the time-networks and infrastructures required to keep global activities in sync.
On Tuesday 1st of July, XPUB 1 students will present their special issue 27 event at the unobserved under-appreciated and wondrous telecom museum! Put it in your calendar, set a timer, count your sleeps and see you many many times 💖
@wavesblog.bsky.social you wonder why Amazon is interested in the digital euro?! 💶
"The meetings, held virtually, in Brussels or Strasbourg, were mostly about digital legislation such as the AI Act and the Digital Euro as well as about digital infrastructure and competitiveness"
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2m2ucypqel4supfrgcscr35q/post/3lsdgk2iclc2a
+ Resistant Energies: Infrastructures of Solidarity and Struggle +
Wednesday 25 June 17:00, SPUI25 Amsterdam
With Jamil Fiorino-Habib, Jill Toh, Miriyam Aouragh, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Karl Moubarak
https://spui25.nl/programma/resistant-energy-infrastructures-of-solidarity-and-struggle
@rooster We've had experience mixing radioactives and high explosives for almost exactly 80 years now and in all that time we have not solved the problems of atmospheric dispersion, aerosol transport, inhalation and submersion dose. We quibble over details but the fundamentals remain - if you do not want radioactive material all over, you should not blow it up.
I've been working on this problem professionally on and off for 30 years on the civil nuclear side; power plants, legacy defense waste. Your assessment is spot on - bombing nuclear facilities is reckless, dangerous, and egregiously irresponsible. There's no other way to spin it. (diagram from https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4743102)
Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest http://dlvr.it/TLV2GL
Reminder: Falls Leute eure Perspektive als "zu politisch" abtun und "mehr Sachlichkeit" fordern, erinnert euch daran, dass jene, die zur Rückkehr zur Sachlichkeit aufrufen, meist nur Angst davor haben, die Deutungshoheit darüber zu verlieren, worum es bei "der Sache" geht.
Es zeigt, dass eure Kritik funktioniert.
Keep it up.
💥 WHEN THE INTERNET DIES: DIY COMMS SURVIVAL TOOLKIT
This thread blew the fuck up. So here’s a no-bullshit breakdown of all the projects and ideas y’all dropped, so it’s easier to digest than a 300-reply tech rave. But yo—don’t let the thread die. Keep sharing, building, prepping.
Some of my personal favs?
📦 Internet in a Box – Doesn’t fix comms but is clutch for info sharing when it all goes to hell.
📡 Cantenna – Because it's cheap, DIY, and let’s be real, it’s fucking funny.
🎛 INTERNET BLACKOUT SURVIVAL: DIY COMMS FOR WHEN SHIT GOES DARK
🔌 1. Mesh Networks
Local WiFi/radio nodes talk directly.
Tools: Meshtastic, People’s Open WiFi, Reticulum
Good for: cities, tight communities.
📡 2. Ham & Packet Radio
Long-distance, text/image data over radio.
Gear: Baofeng, Quansheng UV-K5
Apps: AndFLMsg, Rattlegram
Learn: IAF Radio Guide
🔐 3. Secure Scuttlebutt & Briar
Off-grid social media & messaging via USB/Bluetooth.
Sites: scuttlebutt.nz, briarproject.org
📦 4. Internet in a Box
Local, offline servers with Wikipedia, books, and more.
Site: internet-in-a-box.org
🧠 5. Reticulum Network Stack
Encrypted, multi-channel, async networking protocol.
Site: reticulum.network
🛰 6. Old-School Hacks
📻 AM/SW radios
📡 Long-range WiFi with cantennas
🗺 Paper maps, encyclopedias, zines
🐌 Sneakernet (USB drops, printouts)
🤝 7. Internet Resiliency Clubs
Community organizing for tech survival.
Start one: bowshock.nl/irc
⚠️ Challenges
Legal grey zones (encryption)
Tech literacy gaps
Infrastructure costs
Right-wing radio bros
Totally disgusts me that both Democratic California senators joined the pro-corruption Republicans and helped pass legislation that will benefit the crooked and dangerous (to everyone's economic well-being) cryptocurrency "industry".
I'll vote against them in the future. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00318.htm
Two cheers to the NS (Dutch trains) personnel working on strike day who just announced: “the mofo on the tracks has been removed and we will depart soon for Brussels”.
#humormakestheworldgoround
New: #DeAppleification project 🍏
Good hardware, if overpriced ✔️
Bad software & services, deliberately lacking #interoperability ❌
Today, I shut off Apple's closed #iMessage service entirely. Now using #Beeper as a universal inbox, with #Signal, #WhatsApp & #Slack DMs ✅
Goal: shutting off all 🍏 services will make it much easier to switch to cheaper hardware in future. Which is why Apple’s entire business model depends on tying their hardware to their software & services
This is why you should not use corporate social media as the main platform for organizing and events.
You shut people out and you keep people locked in, and you remain vulnerable to the whims of the spineless cowards of Silicon Valley.
https://kaosgl.org/en/single-news/trans-pride-week-s-instagram-account-shut-down
#trans #Istanbul #transrightsarehumanrights #IstanbulTransPride
Cheers to antitrust authorities for never quite sorting Microsoft’s monopoly, hence my subscription now up 30% on last year 🤷♀️
China haunts #Bilderberg talks as usual suspects plot world domination
The corporate, political and tech bigwigs meeting in Sweden are worried about an ‘authoritarian axis’ – maybe AI drones will fix things?
by
Charlie Skelton, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/15/bilderberg-hroup
⚡ Dans les tranchées du numérique: Rencontre et discussion autour de Curseurs 5 ⚡
"le cinquième numéro de Curseurs décortique les liens que le numérique entretient avec l’industrie de l’armement et de la surveillance et son rôle dans les conflits en cours. Au cœur de ce numéro, la problématique du double usage civil et militaire de ces technologies, autant que la manière dont les développements techniques mis en œuvre dans les zones de combat viennent renforcer les dispositifs de surveillance et de contrôle dans nos villes."
the party as a portal to divesting from big tech - drawing made last month with Femke and Luiza @titipi
Berlin book club on Friday 20 June at 2pm: We will discuss Cyberlibertarianism by David Golumbia. @sveawindwehr @malteengeler and myself will be there. It will be in a park in Berlin-Mitte, get in touch if you are interested in joining (language tbd depending on who is joining). Looking forward to it! 📘 🤓
Here just a quick reminder of why I think the book is both great and highly debatable in parts:
https://www.structural-integrity.eu/cyberlibertarianism-deconstructing-the-tropes-in-all-things-digital/
https://indieweb.social/@alineblankertz/114393060246844744
