Bert Hubert's writings

Rondetafelgesprek Tweede Kamer Digitale Soevereiniteit Rijksoverheid 13 Februari 2025 - Bert Hubert's writings

Het hele rondetafelgesprek van “Digitale soevereiniteit Rijksoverheid” van afgelopen 13 februari 2025 is de moeite waard. Bekijk het hi...

I'm going back to my own planet. This is not a fun holiday. #microfiction

I love firing up Android apps that prevent screenshots on #SailfishOS because it just don't care.

So I guess we know the next Chinese company to be banned in the US after #TikTok. #DeepSeek

Mark Zuckerberg can spend his life in prison for all I care, but not like this. This article is fucking chilling.

Team Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Has ‘More Ass-Kissing’ to Do

Donald Trump’s aides and allies aren’t ready to buy the Meta and Facebook chief’s right-wing conversion — and will be “keeping an eye” ...

After Neil Gaiman I just need Tori Amos to come out as terf, Maynard James Keenan a nazi and my collection will be complete.

Dilemma: switch to dark mode to show I'm not a freaking boomer or keep light mode so my eyes can actually read my something.

Happy Muntadhar al-Zaidi Day to those who observe!

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G.I. Robot :bc: (@GuyDudeman@beige.party)

An excerpt from "They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45", an interview with a German after WWII on why they didn't rise up against the r...

«Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next.»

I think one can tell a lot from whether an app or social media allows one to download pictures or videos. This is easy on Mastodon and Nostr, less so on Bluesky and Farcaster.

There was an interview with a white farmer woman in a swing state on Dutch television two days ago and her argument for voting Trump was "the US needs a strong leader". Two things: 1) If you ever utter "strong leader" in relation to upcoming elections, your voting rights should be taken away immediately. 2) You want a strong leader and choose Trump... what?! The man is a bully and everything what a good leader should not be.

At least we have another data point for the Fermi paradox.

In the history of human inventions pineapple on pizza is of course a solid number one. But what comes after that? The Atari ST? Linux?

If women can't get abortions in some US states, why don't they have cops shoot it?

To think that Paul Graham wrote two really solid books on Common Lisp...