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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 1d

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch @autoriteitcm.bsky.social data shows that almost every year the quarter on quarter mobile data growth is highest in Q2 and Q3, with very little growth for Q1 and Q4. I can't fully explain it, other than "people stay at home"

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Martin 马丁 Holterman @martinned.bsky.social · 1d

This @nrc.nl reconstruction of the case against Karim Khan QC at the ICC is extremely damning. It is very thorough, and unless some serious exculpatory evidence comes to light he will surely have to resign and answer charges. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Misbruik, manipulatie en achterdocht in de top van het Internationaal Strafhof in Den Haag

VN-onderzoek: Tegen de hoofdaanklager van het Internationaal Strafhof loopt een onderzoek van de Verenigde Naties – een naaste medewerker beschuldigt hem van seksueel misbruik. Dit ging een rol spelen...

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 2d

This is the Super duper Supreme Court where precedent, logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead.

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Mathieu Carpentier @mathieucarpentier.bsky.social · 2d

3. A psychiatrist can say: "I know you have suicidal thoughts. Here is why your life is valuable". They emphatically cannot say: "You know what, just go ahead and jump from the window. You won't be missed". If this is viewpoint discrimination, then the first amendment is even crazier than I thought

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Chris Marsden @chrismarsden.bsky.social · 2d

The idiots need to switch as fast as China, not hang on

euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 2d

Conservative lawmakers piled more pressure on the EU Commission to scrap a planned 2035 ban on combustion engine cars on Wednesday (8 October), warning that the car industry could be “lost forever”.

Car industry could be 'lost forever', if EU keeps 2035 combustion-engine ban

Conservative lawmakers piled more pressure on the EU Commission to scrap a planned 2035 ban on combustion engine cars on Wednesday (8 October), warning that the car industry could be “lost forever”.

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 2d

It sells antifa books and is frequented by antifa. It doesn't have an Art of the Deal section. It should only carry offer decent books by decent Republican politicians and donors

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 2d

It sells antifa books and is frequented by antifa. It doesn't have an Art of the Deal section. It should only carry offer decent books by decent Republican politicians and donors

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 2d

The Super Duper Supreme Court

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 2d

This Supreme Court will not be shackled by the incorrect precedents of previous courts. This Supreme Court recognises that the word of his presidential holiness Donald Trump is a divinely inspired interpretation of the holy constitution and therefore cannot be debated. BTW Trump wants his pope hat

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 2d

A lesser Supreme Court, this one is the Super Supreme Court. It has said you cannot question the divine word of Trump and that precedent is only the opinion of a lesser Supreme Court.

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 2d

A lesser Supreme Court, this one is the Super Supreme Court. It has said you cannot question the divine word of Trump and that precedent is only the opinion of a lesser Supreme Court.

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 2d

This Supreme Court will not be shackled by the incorrect precedents of previous courts. This Supreme Court recognises that the word of his presidential holiness Donald Trump is a divinely inspired interpretation of the holy constitution and therefore cannot be debated. BTW Trump wants his pope hat

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Kim van Sparrentak @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social · 2d

Goed nieuws voor jouw privacy. Dankzij een nein van Duitsland is het #chatcontrol voorstel niet aangenomen vandaag. Nederland zei al langer nee, goed dat meer en meer landen aansluiten om dit voorstel te blokkeren. Ik blijf vechten tot dit absurde en gevaarlijke voorstel helemaal van tafel is!

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Danny Mekić @dannymekic.nl · 2d

Twitter (“X”) verzocht het gerechtshof mij een spreekverbod op te leggen. Over mijn eigen persoonsgegevens, waar X al twee jaar inzage in weigert.

Gelukkig heeft het gerechtshof het verzoek afgewezen. NRC en Nu schreven er over 👇

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www.nu.nl/tech/6371549...

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Konstantinos Komaitis PhD @kkomaitis.bsky.social · 4d

The silent coop against Brazil’s Internet: www.komaitis.org/write-share-...

The Silent Coup Against Brazil’s Internet

Last week, I was in Brazil and had the chance to engage directly with CGI.br (the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee) and the broad community of stakeholders it brings together. The energy,...

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah and there are so many more

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 4d

Well some of us try to fix it.

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 4d

In principle a phone will make an emergency call via another network if the home network isn't available. In the Optus case the network was available, but not routing the call to the right point. medium.com/@jamesdwho/a...

Australia’s 3G Switch-off - Failures of Government & Industry to Prepare

A Cautionary Tale of Mismanagement & Consumer Harms

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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 5d

Seven calls, 16 minutes, no answer. More Optus emergency failures exposed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-06/more-optus-triple-zero-fails-outside-of-confirmed-times/105856172

Seven calls, 16 minutes, no answer. More Optus emergency failures exposed

Optus customers have come forward to report more cases of Triple-0 calls failing outside the embattled telcos previously admitted outages.

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 4d

Even more emergency call failures in Australia, this time tied to iPhone 11 and Pixel 7 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Optus customers left angry after more failed triple-0 calls

Optus customers have come forward to report more cases of triple-0 calls failing outside the embattled telcos previously admitted outages.

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Jesse Klaver @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl · 5d

Dit zijn geen onschuldige opmerkingen.

Dit is een doelbewust poging van partijen als BBB en PVV om sluipenderwijs de democratische spelregels en grondrechten te ondermijnen.

Sta je op en laat je je horen? Of kijk je weg als het mis gaat?

Dát is waar deze verkiezingen over gaan.

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 4d

Rule # 1 (all the Rules have the number 1):
Any attempt to say that someone’s personal beliefs are wrong, even if you supply evidence to support your claim is an outright attack. If you show people a flaw in their logic, they have every right to punch you in the face.

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Rules of Netnews Debating (Rich Rosen, 1984)

Rules of Netnews Debating (Rich Rosen,1984) is a wall sculpture in which David Jablonowski suggestively reveals the reality behind today’s communication and networking culture. In this case, it is a s...

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 5d

Internet as art in Almere Oosterwold! Today, on a walk past Land Art sights in Almere, I came past a garden with sculptures showing "The Rules of Netnews Debating" and hypertext history. Turns out the artist lives there. We had a great talk over coffee

David Jablonowski
Multiple Heidelberg
2011

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Daniel Ollé @danielollecto.bsky.social · 5d

"one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth each day, burning up in the atmosphere with consequences not fully understood"

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

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