Images from the #ICE protest in #LosAngeles 🖕🧊

@iMBdigitalGallery It's a great fiery protest song, reminds me of Dylan from the sixties. Swift action by #brucespringsteen. I wish more musicians would do this, speak out. ✊🏼🎤🎵

@emiledingemans hmm —-> https://npo.nl/start/video/ik-ben-geen-robot_1/meer-informatie ;) archive.ph doet het hier (nog) prima.

Cool! In line with #GlobalSwitchDay,
German #digital #rights groups and tech companies started organising #DigitalIndependenceDay on the first Sunday of every month to help users move away from US tech platforms.

✊🏼 Together we can break the dominance of #BigTech and foster a more #resilient, #democratic digital space in #Europe by migrating to privacy-focused EU alternatives for services like messaging, cloud storage and shopping. Let’s go!

🇩🇪 https://di.day/
#DiDay #DigitalSovereignty

100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY date format.

Microsoft Office has been replaced by "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" 🙄 (not a joke, see office.com)

Fortunately there are many good alternatives on the Fediverse:

➡️ @libreoffice - Free open source office suite, can be used entirely offline
➡️ @CollaboraOffice - Online fork of LibreOffice, upstream contributor
➡️ @nextcloud - FOSS personal cloud including collaborative office tools
➡️ @CryptPad - FOSS online office suite with maximum privacy

(via @jbz )

It's been a big year at Signal. Thanks to you, more & more people are speaking privately and freely. Thanks to you, we hit the top of app stores in multiple countries & served as critical global comms infrastructure. It's an honor to build Signal for you, with your support. 🩵

Where the world’s electricity comes from. Looking forward to the update including 2025.

Can someone please inform the tech giants that no one wants an AI-assisted experience on every single app, but everyone NEEDS drinking water and a habitable planet. 🙏

So COP30 has concluded an agreement, but of course there's no 'road map'... so once again we have pious words but no settled multilateral plan to get to targets

Individual countries can of course do what they wish, but while the difficulties of reaching a consensus on rhetoric have been (partly) surmounted (again), a proper (enforceable?) action plan proved (unsurprisingly) too difficult... the fossil fuel lobbyists will see this as 'job done' no doubt.

#COP30 #ClimateChange

h/t FT

Cartoon Arend van Dam: https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/oekraine-in-de-tang

Now this. This is #solarpunk.

A true community-owned gardening project. So many stadiums and sports institutes are just left to rot once they're no longer profitable, instead of being reused for the greater good. Remember, repurposing is always easier than recycling.

Image source: https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/solarpunk/comments/1oatw62/taipeis_old_stadium_turned_into_a_community_garden/

This Sunday I’m marching for our future. 🌍✊
Right before the Dutch elections, it’s time to show we demand a viable future and choose #climate

🐟 Coral is dying
🌱 Biodiversity is collapsing
🥵 CO₂ levels are breaking records
..yet attention to the climate is fading.


We can’t afford to look away. Change is still possible! The science is clear, impacts are real, but hope lives in action. So, join us at the #ClimateMarch on Oct 26 in The Hague.


👉 klimaatmars.nl @klimaatmarsnl #kiesklimaat

Wauw… de posters duiken overal op: aan ramen, op straat, op kantoren en online. Het is ongelofelijk om te zien hoeveel mensen zich willen uitspreken en zich inzetten om strategisch stemmen zichtbaar te maken.

Dat laat zien: we zijn niet alleen. 💚❤️

Help mee de beweging groter te maken: Download de posters en deel ze online / offline. Laat zien waar jij voor staat.

Veel kiezers #zweven nog. Spreek je uit. Niet pas in het #stemhokje, begin vandaag.

#stemstrategisch #groenlinkspvda #samenvooruit

BREAKING: Nearly 7 million Americans took to the streets in all 50 states — and around the world — to say: No Kings. No fascism. No authoritarian power grabs. This is the largest protest against a sitting president in modern U.S. history. #NoKings #press

More posters can be found at www.stemstrategisch.nu

From there, you can easily download and share them.

#stemstrategisch #groenlinkspvda #verkiezingen
💚 ❤️

Cool campaign by @stemstrategisch worth boosting.


As the #elections are coming up, I too am concerned about the direction the #Netherlands is taking.

Our democracy is under attack. I'm so tired of watching politics get bogged down in ego battles and short-term thinking while critical issues (climate, housing, healthcare, education) remain unaddressed.

So, to all floaters, consider voting strategically. Not to give up ideals, but to bring them to the table.

#stemstrategisch #groenlinkspvda

🇵🇸 #Amsterdam today, where 250,000 people took to the streets. Grateful to be marching united in this #rodelijn demonstration, demanding justice and freedom for Palestine. I felt an incredible energy and connection between people. No incidents, just love. So much hope in humanity. Each of these people showed that the Netherlands has much more to offer than our government would have us believe.. we’re awake, and won’t be silenced. ✊🍉

#freepalestine #wijzijnmetmeer

🎥 @GlobalSumudF@mastox.eu