Emil Ryge

@emilryge.com

Photographer (emilryge.com), teacher and editor at danskdokumentarisme.net Nature, climate and community.

📈 Confirmed: Live metrics show a partial restoration to internet connectivity in #Iran on day 88, after 2093 hours of near-total isolation from international networks, the longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history. It is unclear if the restoration will be sustained.

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from 24 February 2026 up to 26 May 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the date. The green line representing Iran's observed international internet connectivity is high during the initial time period, with a sharp drop on the morning of 28 February. The ongoing drop in connectivity aligns with a nation-scale internet blackout imposed by authorities after joint military strikes by the US and Israel. A moderate recovery is now visible. The minimum and current connectivity levels are 1% and 34%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN' indicating the disruption period, and the NetBlocks logo and Mapping Internet Freedom slogan in the lower left corner.

I'm a big fan of Signal as a replacement for various messaging apps, but it's getting blocker in more and more countries. I just set up a Signal proxy to allow people to bypass blocks - send me a message here and I'll pass on the address. #Signalproxy

Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories. I hope it helps your transition off US tech!

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · last yr.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

“I take part in this, because I’m really worried. I don’t have any grandkids, because my children chose not to bring kids into this world.”

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Trods ’The Stringer’s sympatiske mission om at undersøge, hvorvidt gamle magthierarkier fratog den rigtige fotograf æren for fotografiet af ’napalmpigen’, giver dokumentaren alligevel fotochef Sigrid Nygaard en lidt dårlig smag i munden.

Måske er fortællingen bag et af verdens mest ikoniske fotografier slet ikke, som vi tror

Trods ’The Stringer’s sympatiske mission om at undersøge, hvorvidt gamle magthierarkier fratog den rigtige fotograf æren for fotografiet af ’napalmpigen’, giver dokumentaren alligevel fotochef Sigrid…

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There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.

On Not Surrendering in Advance, or During, or At Any Point Thereafter

There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not ...

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Gaza er blevet navnet på en moralsk katastrofe for Vesten. Med inspiration fra den svenske avis Aftonbladet har Information i denne uge bragt en række fotografier af de rædselsvækkende realiteter i Gaza og konfronteret en række danske politikere med dem. Flere politikere takkede nej til at deltage.

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Børn i Gaza bliver slået ihjel af bomber, sult og sygdom. Information har vist voldsomme billeder fra krigen i Gaza til en række danske politikere. Her er deres reaktion. Videoerne kommer også i fuld længde her på Bluesky. Video: Laura Friis Wang og Anders Rye Skjoldjensen. Klip: Malthe Granau

In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · last yr.

Escalating to escalate. "Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized ... and will join the National Guard troops that were activated ... over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s mayor."

Like countless others, I’m currently considering leaving Facebook and Instagram. First of all, it seems unsustainable to spend time on platforms that not only profit every time I use them, but have also become weapons in a political battle with the American president at the center.

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Yesterday I attended an international protest against the shipping company Mærsk, which is based here in Copenhagen. Protesters from across Europe barricaded the headquarter, protesting Mærsk’s involvement in shipping goods for the Israeli army.

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