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@mateloos.be
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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 on request.

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CJ @mateloos.be · Jan 10
This thread focusses on #Free #software on mobile.

As a forever user of #FOSS #libre software, I will use this expertise to document these apps & digital ecosystems.

This ever growing family of tools respects the user's #privacy. It nurtures a #democracy independent of Big Tech.

Let's go!

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lauragraceweldon.bsky.social
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
Man standing in field of sheep holding rainbow flag.
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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adrianhiel.bsky.social
Damn. The European Commission crunched the numbers on total rooftop PV potential in the EU:
Around 2750 TWh/yr.
Current annual consumption? About 2750TWh/yr
Assumptions:
25% of residential rooftops
40% of non-residential buildings

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We need more flex & batteries
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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k8petersen.bsky.social
Hi fellow #Costco members
Just got off the phone with them.
1-800-774-2678
I said I understood that people are being abducted at warehouse property in #LA and asked what their policy was on allowing agency actions on their properties.
They told me a policy will be announced in 2-3 days.
pftompkins.bsky.social Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 6h
LOS ANGELES: ICE is in Atwater Village today
Post from Nextdoor: “ICE ALERT! They are pulling people out of their cars at COSTCO Atwater!” Screenshot of a text: “there have been multiple sightings of ice agents in Atwater today please spread the words - they've been at Costco, goodwill, North Atwater Village”
January 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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davidcarroll.org
From the folks who brought you Cambridge Analytica, who know that the boundaries between marketing, data brokers, micro targeting and the military industrial complex are imperceptible.
aselrod.bsky.social Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 2d
The man who shot Renee Good is exactly the sort of person they want throughout DHS
As Drew Harwell and Joyce Sohyun Lee recently reported for The Washington Post, this has become an explicit tactic within the agency, circulated in what DHS calls its "wartime recruitment" strategy. They note that DHS' plan was to direct recruitment efforts at "people with an interest in 'military and veterans' affairs, 'physical training,' or 'conservative news and politics, and [to] target people whose lifestyles are 'patriotic' or 'conservative-leaning." DHS also aimed to attract conservative radio show listeners and social media users with interests in “conservative thought leaders, gun rights organizations [and] tactical gear brands." This is an administration built on a fundamentally violent worldview, nourishing violent impulses within the national community and seeking out the most brutish among us to implement its draconian policies.
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store? arstechnica.com/google/2026/...
Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?
Google describes apps exactly like Grok and says they are banned from Google Play.
arstechnica.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
mateloos.be
While it's great seeing how our car park increasingly turns electrical, when it comes to climate change the only relevant number is the overall decrease in fossil fuel consumption.

Do any of you happen to have stats on that? @sustainable2050.bsky.social @electricfelix.bsky.social @datagraver.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
mateloos.be
"Scientists reveal what drives homosexual behavior in primates"

Spoiler alert: it isn't vaccines, drugs, Hollywood, a woke press or the education system.
January 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM
mateloos.be
Strange.

(Anyone know this clip's origin/maker? 🙏🙏)
January 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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edde.bsky.social
🇦🇱 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇦 🇭🇷 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇸 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇱🇺 🇲🇪 🇳🇱 🇲🇰 🇳🇴 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇹🇷 🇬🇧
(all 31 other members of NATO, in alphabetical order)
January 12, 2026 at 12:56 PM
mateloos.be
Theelepeltjes.

Herinnert me aan "palings" uit @vpro.nl 's Achterwerk In De Kast destijds:
January 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
mateloos.be
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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seanmcarroll.bsky.social
Mindscape 340 | Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on What Matters and Why It Matters. #MindscapePodcast

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026...
Title card for Mindscape podcast episode with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein.
January 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
mateloos.be
Public image matters: "The study highlights financial gains as a decisive factor in driving action, with 87% of businesses stating they would invest in social initiatives if measurable returns were evident. Other motivators include client retention or acquisition (75%) & improved brand image (62%)."
brusselstimes.com The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 15h
The survey found that 71% of French-speaking businesses and independent entrepreneurs view environmental initiatives as opportunities rather than constraints.
Two out of three companies are reducing their environmental consumption
Two out of three companies are reducing their environmental consumption
www.brusselstimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
mateloos.be
"welke Amerikaanse diensten gebruikt u allemaal? En stel u dan voor dat u morgen de toegang verliest."

In 2025 werd het glashelder hoe Big Tech het Trump regime steunt, ermee collaboreert en hoe ze daar enorm veel geld mee verdienen.

Wat ondernam jij sindsdien om jouw afhankelijkheid af te bouwen?
January 12, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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bartgonnissen.bsky.social
1/x So tonight or tomorrow a "shadow fleet" tanker under the flag of ARUBA will pass through the Belgian and Dutch EEZ. That's all fine and dandy, except >>>> There is no ARUBA flag
January 12, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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mateloos.be
Brussels NATO HQ looking into EU & UK reinforcing Greenland.

"EU is drawing up plans for sanctions on US companies should Trump reject the offer of a Nato deployment" on Greenland.

Tech giants, US banks,… "could be restricted from operating" in Europe.

US mil. bases could be evicted from EU.
Starmer could send troops to Greenland to ease Trump’s security fears
European allies in talks to deploy force to counter growing threat from Chinese and Russian militaries
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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bramclaeys.bsky.social
Does heat pump still save CO2 in a cold and snowy Belgian week, with record fossil gas power generation? Turns out it does. 🔌💡

Anecdotal but real life data from our Vaillant air-to-water heat pump.

1/n
graph for week of 5 to 9 January 2026 in Belgium, with a red line showing CO2 intensity of grid power, and hourly CO2 emissions from heat pump in light grey and gas boiler in dark grey. Heat pumps is always less. Text box says heat pump saved 81 kg of CO2 emissions.
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 AM
mateloos.be
"Steeds meer Vlamingen combineren de fiets met het openbaar vervoer. 29% vd fietsers doet dit minstens één keer per maand, tegenover 18% in 2022. Vooral de groep die dit wekelijks tot maandelijks doet, groeit fors van 15% naar 25%."
💪🚲🚴‍♀️
FietsDNA 2025: Vlaming fietst meer en koopt duurdere fietsen - Fietsberaad Vlaanderen
Meer Vlamingen fietsen, de tevredenheid over die infrastructuur stijgt en de fiets wordt steeds vaker gecombineerd met het openbaar vervoer. Dat zijn de belangrijkste conclusies van de FietsDNA-bevrag...
fietsberaad.be
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
mateloos.be
Ice vs ICE
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
mateloos.be
Brussels NATO HQ looking into EU & UK reinforcing Greenland.

"EU is drawing up plans for sanctions on US companies should Trump reject the offer of a Nato deployment" on Greenland.

Tech giants, US banks,… "could be restricted from operating" in Europe.

US mil. bases could be evicted from EU.
Starmer could send troops to Greenland to ease Trump’s security fears
European allies in talks to deploy force to counter growing threat from Chinese and Russian militaries
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:23 AM
mateloos.be
#nn
Sunset over an old winter's farmland. The field below is green, surrounded by leafless trees. In the distance, the setting sun shines through an orange haze which fills the horizon. Above that, long streaks of cloud while higher up the clouds are more fluffy.
January 11, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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quantian.bsky.social
If I was advising the EU—and I 100% should be—my advice is that you prepare three sets of sanction packages:
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
I am once AGAIN asking that everyone use ALT text in their images. I see a lot of good stuff I'd like to repost but I won't if it's not accessible. So please take a moment and do so when you put up a pic. Thank you.
January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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vrtnws.be
Van radicaal-rechtse meme tot progressief-linkse frivoliteit: hoe een kikker tot hét symbool van protest tegen ICE is uitgegroeid vrtnws.be/p.RaGm8y430?t=176... @vrtnws.be
Van radicaal-rechtse meme tot progressief-linkse frivoliteit: hoe een kikker tot hét symbool van protest tegen ICE is uitgegroeid
vrtnws.be
January 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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resistrebelrevolt.net
Due to Bluesky video limits, a lot of people haven't been able to share some of the fabulous Groyper explainer videos being passed around the internet.

So I'm splitting them up & posting the best ones here:

Please save the thread & share with others!

GROYPER EXPLAINER THREAD: 🧵👇🏼
What is a Groyper? A deep dive into the meme movement influencing online politics.
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM