CJ
@mateloos.be
Sound engineer with a passion for the outdoors. Rumored to be obsessed by ecology & cosmology. #FOSS enthusiast running #Debian since potato, Google-free mobile since CyanogenMod. Signal, Matrix IDs via DM. Pics by me unless otherwise attributed.
"Governments are contracting Palantir to strengthen national security – yet #Palantir is undermining public services […] by avoiding tax. Meanwhile a public services emergency is sweeping across EU." "EU Parliament must […] make tax transparency a basic condition for winning public contracts."
Jan Willem Goudriaan@jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 9h agoNew report on tax avoidance of US Big Tech company Palantir Leeching on the state and tax payers to fund surveillance and the rich
"European public authorities should be able to exclude companies that take public money while shifting profits away from the national tax base that funds public services, and provide the basis for national security that #Palantir claims to defend."
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · 9h ago🚨Report by @cictar.bsky.social on how Big Tech company Palantir is managing to pay little to no taxes in EU. It shows how Palantir’s global tax structure drains funding for public services&infrastructure ✊ @epsu.bsky.social demands tougher rules on public contracts 👉 www.cictar.org/all-research...
“trust that the free market will deliver the goods on clean energy and zero-carbon transportation, but only when they are better and cheaper than existing alternatives” We can't even begin to calculate the price of the inaction.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11h agoMy column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#Zout | Door #Droogte en lage waterstanden sijpelt het zoute zeewater steeds verder het land in 💧 Waterschap @hhdelfland.bsky.social neemt historische maatregel en sluit de sluizen. Art. @lvdst.bsky.social in Trouw, geen muur:
Trouw@trouw.nl · 2d agoHoogheemraadschap van Delfland strijdt niet tegen het water, maar tegen het zout
Vroeg op voor een lange dag. Gelukkig lag ik nog geen anderhalf uur wakker voor de wekker. Komt goed 😏 Goeiemorgen *
They are currently working on permissioned data. You should take a look at the Permissioned Data Diaries (= 7parts) blog posts.
Permissioned Data Diary 7: Off the Record
In which we put records in a repo, sign them, and sync them (but not quite the way you think).
dholms.leaflet.pub
Unless we ban the use of fossil fuels for energy generation and surface transport, no company will ever leave this stuff in the ground. Why would they when they're making money hand over fist?
Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Reports 33% Profit Surge, Despite Iran War Disruptions (Gift Article)
Higher oil prices propelled a quarterly earnings jump for Saudi Arabia’s energy giant, which used pipelines to work around disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
nytimes.com
Allemaal de schuld van Greta. Gelukkig koelt het komende week eindelijk flink af en krijgen de plantjes hun langverwachte douche. /s
RTL Z@rtlz.bsky.social · yesterdayHitte en droogte raken economie hard: 'Kost honderden miljarden'
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EU regulations: in contrast to fuels used for road and rail transport, "there will be zero tax on jet fuel." #Climate #Competition #FFS
Jet fuel taxation in the European Union - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Datagraver@datagraver.com · yesterdayJet fuel (kerosene) price Europe.
Goeiemorgen bsky. Gisteren kreeg ik wat water van een kajakker die vlakbij woont. Met nog 3l water - genoeg voor een douche en de afwas - kan ik hier nog de dag door. 🛥️ Straks wel gedaan met wildkamperen. Dan vaar een haventje binnen waar toezicht is en neem de trein terug, huiswaarts.
Al zag ik 'm heel mooi in de verte geen speciale zonsondergang foto vanavond: kon geen plekje vinden zonder huizen #EindelozeVerkavelingen Vond gelukkig wel deze "Vanillebeker met rozijnen in rum" Nou, beker… 😋
The European government has approved legislation that makes it easier for consumers to keep their devices working longer. Under this new rule, if you repair instead of replace, you may qualify for an extra year of warranty! Check out the full report from Tagesschau down below. ifix.gd/4xjLsOQ
Suresh reports on his experience talking with hundreds of executives (and, more importantly, their subordinates) about what (if anything) AI is doing for business in an essay entitled "AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking": hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mani... 11/
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking
The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.
hermit-tech.com
For the past 2 years I’ve been working on a feature documentary about wildfires. It’s the most important project I’ve ever worked on. It’s coming soon.
5:05 As I open the hatch, bat flies so close I can almost touch it. Then I 📷 it, see pic! Moin bsky, goeiemorgen #Limburg 🛥️ Met letterlijk nog net genoeg water voor koffie & havermout en een gasfles die 't elk moment gaat opgeven, seffes naar een haventje om aan te vullen. Fijne maandag allemaal!
CJ@mateloos.be · 3d ago23:14 Lazy Sunday was lazy. #nn
I woke up from the mosquitoes, I got up from the big spider next to my pillow. 🦟🦟🦟 got sent to 🦟 heaven, 🕷️ is learning to swim now. #Boattrip 🛥️
I think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.
"Our role as academics is to protect this one institution. This is why we receive tax money; why we're basically civil servants. The role of the university is even lost on many, so bears repeating: produce knowledge and educate at the highest level. AI destroys both at their core"
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 3d agoIf useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic. 😶🌫️ I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
Just the other day: "Although the approximately 18-mile route with a 6,000-foot elevation gain can be completed by experienced trail runners in a day, search and rescue officials generally recommend hikers treat it as a two-day backpacking trip" #Google Maps calculated the hike as if on flat roads.
A group of teen hikers relied on Google Maps. It was a disaster.
A British Columbia rescue reveals the limits of Google Maps for hikers.
sfgate.com
CJ@mateloos.be · 3d agoTypisch wel, Belgen die een trap plaatsen op een Waze route. Duh! 🙄 Weet je nog toen Google, eigenaar van Waze, families langs dat onmenselijk steile rotspad terug naar hun wagen liet lopen? 🤫
Fan van zonsondergang? Het belooft weer, vanavond. 't Is de moment om een brede lage horizon op te zoeken dan 😊
High functioning ND folks after getting diagnosed as adults and finally experiencing life with the support they need:
Sarah Andersen@sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 4d ago
Nieuwe volger. Hoe komt die AI aan zo'n volgers ratio? 🤷 100% plastiek en gebaseerd op gepikte foto's van echte.
Net zoals de GDPR is de AI Act verre van perfect. Maar bedrijven zullen nu wél moeten kunnen aantonen dat hun modellen *niet discrimineren*, bvb bij sollicitatie of afsluiten hypotheek of verzekering. En #Clearview AI die aan gezichtsherkenning doet mag nog steeds niet gebruikt worden hier.
vrtnws@vrtnws.be · 4d agoDe eerste brede AI-wet ter wereld vrtnws.be/p.6KV8GYR70?t=178... @vrtnws.be
Sometimes I hear rain falling on the tent. Then I realize that's the sound of mosquitoes hitting the tarp 😏 Anyways, great view again for tonight's dessert! 😍 #nn
