Current rate of global warming is 10-15 times faster than those following recent glacial periods. It is 6 times faster than the fastest known global warming event: the Eocene Thermal Maximum (56 million yrs ago) when the Earth’s average temp. rose by 5-8 degrees over the course of about 20,000 yrs.

Giulio Betti@giuliofirenze.bsky.social · 2w ago

A causa delle emissioni di CO2 antropiche umane, che sono 200 volte superiori alle emissioni di tutti i vulcani attivi presenti sulla Terra, l’attuale rateo di aumento della temperatura globale è 10-15 volte più rapido di quelli occorsi dopo le recenti fasi glaciali.

We talk less and less. Some researchers blame the internet; others blame the erosion of small, everyday interactions with strangers. The latter implies that we know less and less about those strangers, eroding the social fabric that our democracies rely upon.

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 4w ago

A device that listens when we speak—and records our words in real time—gives us the chance to hear our lives from the outside in, a psychologist says. www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

Why you’ll soon be AI’s assistant (and not the other way round) | Cory Doctorow @doctorow.pluralistic.net interviewed by @vprotegenlicht.bsky.social (English) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnv...

Waarom jij straks het hulpje van AI bent (en niet andersom) | Cory Doctorow

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LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP@leafplaza.eu · 4w ago

Europe can use privacy as a competitive advantage in the global tech market.

9 months after its launch, I am just discovering this now. @publicai.network

Fabrizio Musacchio@fabmusacchio.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🇨🇭 #Switzerland just released the first truly #OpenSource #LLM: #Apertus. Trained on ~15T tokens across 1,000+ languages (40% non-English). Beyond the numbers, it’s the first model fully compliant with the #EUAIACT transparency rules. #AI

This is our blog article explaining why @leafplaza.eu filed a complaint against the @ec.europa.eu after their public endorsement of @wsocial.eu and missing transparency in the process. We hope @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu takes this matter seriously. leafplaza.leaflet.pub/3moxlxlfl2s2a

LeafPlaza filed a complaint against the European Commission. Here is why.

The high level EU leadership has endorsed W Social publicly. It is also replacing Bluesky as provider in the ATProto space. The choice came without any transparency. LeafPlaza is immediately and directly affected by this decision.

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LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP@leafplaza.eu · last mo.

@leafplaza.eu just presented an official complain. Also, setup a whole chain of official follow ups on this complain. We know our rights, no other European ATP project has been giving the advantage W Social received and that goes against Commission Decision (EU) 2024/3083 - Art. 4.

@leafplaza.eu just presented an official complain. Also, setup a whole chain of official follow ups on this complain. We know our rights, no other European ATP project has been giving the advantage W Social received and that goes against Commission Decision (EU) 2024/3083 - Art. 4.

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 2mo ago

Warm Welcome to all followers on W 👌 User friendly 🔓 Open source AT Protocol 🔒 Privacy preserving 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Humans only / No bots And 🇪🇺 European!

Check the aseachange link: "I believe that W Social - and its required, companion app W Identity - are an existential threat to the Fediverse. So I'm fighting tooth and nail to oppose and resist them."

"Her international reputation is in tatters." www.ft.com/content/1adc...

Why Giorgia Meloni turned on Donald Trump

Italian premier’s fallout with US president comes as she gears up for re-election battle

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Just watched "Faccetta Nera", an excellent 4hr documentary by Aldo Cazzullo and team on the colonial history of Italy produced by Italy's La7 TV. Here two unofficial streams w/ automatic subtitles in many languages: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGE5... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n90... #ethiopia #eritrea

Le colonie d'Italia in Africa. Parte 1. Una Giornata Particolare la7 - puntata 27 Maggio 2026

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The @ec.europa.eu switched to the Bluesky fork of @wsocial.eu. It posted a URL in its website footer wsocial.eu/profile/ec.europa.eu that only works if you have a wsocial account. (1/2)

The Belgian intelligence service was the victim of a cyberattack that compromised the personal data of its agents. The breach originated at the US cybersecurity company Ivanti, which is (partly) responsible for securing communications. www.rtbf.be/article/des-...

Des cybercriminels ont piraté les données GSM des agents de la Sûreté de l’État - RTBF Actus

Les alertes publiées par la société américaine de cybersécurité Ivanti depuis mai 2025 sont rédigées dans un jargon...

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Once you see it, you can't unsee it

W Social is TruthSocial with a European accent.

The establishment always wants its own internet. Different politics, identical structure: wealthy insiders, community infrastructure they didn't build, and openness performed just long enough to matter.

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The European Commission has moved its profiles to W Social. That's a terrible decision. #Technology https://werd.io/the-european-commission-falls-for-openness-theater-by-working-with-w-social/

The European Commission falls for openness theater by working with W Social

The European Commission has moved its profiles to W Social. That's a terrible decision.

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SCOOP: In early June the European Commission unveiled its Tech Sovereignty Plan, which emphasized their commitment to #OpenSource. Just recently, they migrated their main ATproto accounts to #WSocial, a for-profit network that has quietly gone closed-source. blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-pub...

W Social, Public Institutions and the Theater of European Digital Sovereignty

European public institutions are betting big on digital sovereignty and open source software. And yet they recently moved their Bluesky accounts to W Social, a private, for profit network owned by Swe...

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What befalls Kenyans will befall us all www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

Kenya plan to sell citizens’ data draws criticism

Critics say the government is looking to make fast cash, and have raised privacy concerns. Nairobi says the plan will help modernize the economy.

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A bunch of European AI policy and engineering guys asked me to help out on this project and it's been fascinating and chilling: what happens to the EU if it doesn't step up on AI (in short, economic collapse and vassalage to the US/China) europe2031.ai long but I hope worth it!

Europe 2031 — What getting AI wrong means for us

A five-year scenario about AI and Europe's impending slide into irrelevance, with a 2034 epilogue that describes how the collapse of the European model could have been prevented.

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We made a table comparing LeafPlaza with W Social and Eurosky, so you don't have to guess.

Europe is very active on the AT Protocol: - @leafplaza.eu w/ mobile apps. Browser app forthcoming - @eurosky.social w/ browser app. Mobile apps forthcoming - @wsocial.eu beta launch on 17 June Now perhaps a good time to re-read this article by @elenarossini.com blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-unc...

The greatest threat of AI is not that machines become human. It is that humans become more machine-like. When efficiency replaces wisdom and optimisation replaces imagination, something essential is lost. heretakis.medium.com/the-quiet-el... #AI #Education #Design

The Quiet Elimination of Art and Design Education: Why Creativity Stands Between Humanity and the…

Every few months another story appears. An art school closes. A design department is merged. A creative programme loses funding. Studio…

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"Although Merz and others have described their efforts as targeting the “enemies of an open and liberal society,” their proposed prohibitions bear a striking resemblance to policies of illiberal regimes who use control of the Internet to retain power and throttle dissent." @foreignaffairs.com

Foreign Affairs [Unofficial]@foreignaffairs.com.web.brid.gy · 2mo ago

49% of Italians (55% of GenZ, 57% of millennials) experience a sense of emptiness or a lack of meaning in their daily lives more than once a month. 56% believe that their identity is defined by what they consume and own. www.editorialedomani.it/idee/comment... #fragilitalia #areastudilega #ipsosdoxa

Il vuoto esistenziale colpisce 1 italiano su 2: tra consumismo e solitudine, la mappa della fragilità sociale

Il 49 per cento degli italiani avverte più di una volta al mese un senso di vuoto o di mancanza di significato nella sua esistenza quotidiana. Una sensazione che sale al 55 per cento tra i giovani del...

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Were European countries naïve in thinking that trading with China would be a win-win relationship, and above all for themselves? Were they contemptuous? Or was Europe complicit in China's rise?

Le Monde in English@english.lemonde.fr · 2mo ago

Over three decades, China's promise became a trap for European industry

We write about the shortcomings of Eurosky and W Social in terms of true sovereignty.

Why Europe needs its own social layer

And why we have to be very careful with how "European sovereignty" is understood

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A video report by @pjarandia.bsky.social on @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social (@aljazeera.com) highlights how local authorities and media are rolling out the red carpet for Big Tech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwAI...

Data centres in rural Spain - the promises and the problems | The Listening Post

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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‪Aerospazio in 5D‬ (25-30 maggio, Torino) è un percorso di incontri, esperienze e dimostrazioni dedicato al futuro dello spazio, pensato per avvicinare pubblici diversi, giovani, studenti, famiglie, professionisti e curiosi, alle nuove frontiere dell’aerospazio. #steamexperiencehub #aerospazioin5d

Aerospazio in 5D - Future Week Torino

DAL 25 AL 30 MAGGIO 2026 Aerospazio in 5D Aerospazio in 5D: tecnologia, ricerca e nuove competenze Dove Mercato del Corso Campagna Amica – Casa ColdirettiC.so Vittorio Emanuele II, 50, 10123 Torino TO...

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Here are some thoughts we have at LeafPlaza about Attie, Bluesky's AI project.

Attie, the Algorithm, the Quiet Consolidation of Bluesky - the European perspective.

There's a conversation happening in the Bluesky community right now. It is not going particularly well. Attie is Bluesky's standalone AI assistant that builds custom feeds for you using natural language. Globally, it was not a warm welcome. From a European perspective, we should think about it very strategically.

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How bots could help revive democracy ft.trib.al/tHKA5uN

How bots could help revive democracy

New AI tools encouraging deliberation could promote consensus and reduce polarisation in politics

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