Robin Berjon
@robin.berjon.com
Putting human agency back into technology. Brussels, 🇪🇺.
• tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns
• blog: https://berjon.com/
• fmr W3C, NYT, ScienceAI, Protocol Labs
• he/him/Ishmael
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• tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns
• blog: https://berjon.com/
• fmr W3C, NYT, ScienceAI, Protocol Labs
• he/him/Ishmael
• Signal robin.77
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Robin Berjon
@robin.berjon.com
· Feb 25
Digital Sovereignty
Digital sovereignty has a bad reputation. In internet governance circles, sovereignty is considered awkward enough to be referred to by as the "s-word." It is often associated with misguided attempts ...
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Digital sovereignty is almost entirely an infrastructure problem, and it's a tough one. How can we understand the problem and start outlining strategies? Read on to find out!
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new 'Transatlantic Faultlines' report for @europarl.europa.eu -
on why we should worry less about tariffs, and more about AI Minsky moment, Eurodollar stablecoins/digital Euro and state capacity to compete in a world of transformative state projects
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...
on why we should worry less about tariffs, and more about AI Minsky moment, Eurodollar stablecoins/digital Euro and state capacity to compete in a world of transformative state projects
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
new 'Transatlantic Faultlines' report for @europarl.europa.eu -
on why we should worry less about tariffs, and more about AI Minsky moment, Eurodollar stablecoins/digital Euro and state capacity to compete in a world of transformative state projects
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...
on why we should worry less about tariffs, and more about AI Minsky moment, Eurodollar stablecoins/digital Euro and state capacity to compete in a world of transformative state projects
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...
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Did you catch this delicious bit of irony:
bsky.app/profile/thes...
I looked it up and yep.. www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platfor...
bsky.app/profile/thes...
I looked it up and yep.. www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platfor...
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Did you catch this delicious bit of irony:
bsky.app/profile/thes...
I looked it up and yep.. www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platfor...
bsky.app/profile/thes...
I looked it up and yep.. www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platfor...
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we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!
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"The Spirit Level: Why Equality Is Better For Everyone" by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett
The many many many cases showing that a more equal society is better, and not just better for the poorest but across all of society.
The many many many cases showing that a more equal society is better, and not just better for the poorest but across all of society.
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"The Spirit Level: Why Equality Is Better For Everyone" by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett
The many many many cases showing that a more equal society is better, and not just better for the poorest but across all of society.
The many many many cases showing that a more equal society is better, and not just better for the poorest but across all of society.
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You could not waterboard me to compare my company to Enron.
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
You could not waterboard me to compare my company to Enron.
My "We're Not Enron" t-shirt has people asking etc. etc.
$NVDA now in the “we’re totally not Enron, guys” phase of this cycle. 😬
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My "We're Not Enron" t-shirt has people asking etc. etc.
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My kind of conference @robin.berjon.com vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My kind of conference @robin.berjon.com vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
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The video of the #EuroskyLive morning sessions is up! You'll find time to jump to specific sessions in the description.
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
Eurosky Live: Berlin 2025 - morning sessions
Eurosky Live: Berlin 2025 brought together policymakers, media leaders, investors, and founders to explore how open infrastructure can enable European innovation.…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The video of the #EuroskyLive morning sessions is up! You'll find time to jump to specific sessions in the description.
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
This is *amazing*. This goes straight to Deceptive Design Hall of Shame.
They made a "take a break" nudge that has no obvious "ok, I'll take a break" affordance. Its three affordances are:
1) Keep chatting (default, highlighted)
2) x out — keeps chatting
3) "This was helpful" — what is this?
🧵
They made a "take a break" nudge that has no obvious "ok, I'll take a break" affordance. Its three affordances are:
1) Keep chatting (default, highlighted)
2) x out — keeps chatting
3) "This was helpful" — what is this?
🧵
One of the changes that OpenAI has made to make ChatGPT safer is a "take a break" nudge. There's something quite interesting about the design here. Which thing does it make you want to click?
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is *amazing*. This goes straight to Deceptive Design Hall of Shame.
They made a "take a break" nudge that has no obvious "ok, I'll take a break" affordance. Its three affordances are:
1) Keep chatting (default, highlighted)
2) x out — keeps chatting
3) "This was helpful" — what is this?
🧵
They made a "take a break" nudge that has no obvious "ok, I'll take a break" affordance. Its three affordances are:
1) Keep chatting (default, highlighted)
2) x out — keeps chatting
3) "This was helpful" — what is this?
🧵
I'm not sure what people are getting worked up about here, it's just another fascist youth movement.
Feeling queasy now I've learned that Google is not only now offering Gemini ambassador certificates to teachers but also awarding students and *children* to be corporate AI mascots. Coercive normalization of commercialized digital education. blog.google/outreach-ini...
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I'm not sure what people are getting worked up about here, it's just another fascist youth movement.
This isn't the largest data leak in history, but it's up there.
I'm sure that the DPC, Ireland's data protection agency, already has a crisis team urgently looking at ways to do nothing about this.
I'm sure that the DPC, Ireland's data protection agency, already has a crisis team urgently looking at ways to do nothing about this.
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This isn't the largest data leak in history, but it's up there.
I'm sure that the DPC, Ireland's data protection agency, already has a crisis team urgently looking at ways to do nothing about this.
I'm sure that the DPC, Ireland's data protection agency, already has a crisis team urgently looking at ways to do nothing about this.
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Das sind Initiativen, die uns digitaler Souveränität tatsächlich näher bringen - und mehr politische Unterstützung brauchen.
„Eine eigene Infrastruktur für europäische soziale Netzwerke. Das Ziel: ein offenes System, das von keinem Tech-Konzern abhängig ist – und weniger schlechte Laune macht.“
„Eine eigene Infrastruktur für europäische soziale Netzwerke. Das Ziel: ein offenes System, das von keinem Tech-Konzern abhängig ist – und weniger schlechte Laune macht.“
So wollen europäische Entwickler Social Media neu erfinden
Eine Gruppe von IT-Experten plant, eine eigene Infrastruktur für europäische soziale Netzwerke zu erschaffen. Das Ziel: ein offenes System, das von keinem Tech-Konzern abhängig ist – und weniger schle...
www.rnd.de
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Das sind Initiativen, die uns digitaler Souveränität tatsächlich näher bringen - und mehr politische Unterstützung brauchen.
„Eine eigene Infrastruktur für europäische soziale Netzwerke. Das Ziel: ein offenes System, das von keinem Tech-Konzern abhängig ist – und weniger schlechte Laune macht.“
„Eine eigene Infrastruktur für europäische soziale Netzwerke. Das Ziel: ein offenes System, das von keinem Tech-Konzern abhängig ist – und weniger schlechte Laune macht.“
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
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it's wild to think that about one CEO ago ago, people were looking at Google and Apple as brands they wore in their personal lives as badges of honour and in the space of less time than it takes a cicada to mature the consensus is now that they are the enemy of public safety
it is absolutely the tech companies fault that people now assume they’re doing something evil and sneaky even when they actually aren’t (regarding the latest Google kerfuffle)
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
it's wild to think that about one CEO ago ago, people were looking at Google and Apple as brands they wore in their personal lives as badges of honour and in the space of less time than it takes a cicada to mature the consensus is now that they are the enemy of public safety
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I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
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Now that's a line-up!
Excited to host a timely debate:
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Now that's a line-up!
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Treat your addiction to X.
Takeaways from #eurosky: big tech social media displaced journalism, a core pillar of democracy, and has been bad for society. EU lawmakers want European, privacy-centered tech. There are still questions of whether the internet is worth building on and what to build. But they are talking about it
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Treat your addiction to X.
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+1 for Fastmail. Migration was easy. No fuss. Has the features I need. Doesn't mine my data for ads. It just works 🤩
Also, they don't chase tech hype cycles and aren't trying to Do Everything.
Also, they don't chase tech hype cycles and aren't trying to Do Everything.
FWIW I've been using Fastmail for 15 years and it just works. It's not the kind of company that'll force-feed you dumbfuckery. I also hear good things about Proton (their drive product is definitely good).
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
+1 for Fastmail. Migration was easy. No fuss. Has the features I need. Doesn't mine my data for ads. It just works 🤩
Also, they don't chase tech hype cycles and aren't trying to Do Everything.
Also, they don't chase tech hype cycles and aren't trying to Do Everything.
FWIW I've been using Fastmail for 15 years and it just works. It's not the kind of company that'll force-feed you dumbfuckery. I also hear good things about Proton (their drive product is definitely good).
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
FWIW I've been using Fastmail for 15 years and it just works. It's not the kind of company that'll force-feed you dumbfuckery. I also hear good things about Proton (their drive product is definitely good).
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Europe's gutting of its privacy rules would be yet another self-defeating capitulation to Trump. Instead, Europe should be ensuring that it can break free of American Big Tech. youtu.be/T4rC8x7WBf0
Digital Surrender: Why gutting Europe's GDPR is capitulating to Trump
YouTube video by Tech Gets Real
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Europe's gutting of its privacy rules would be yet another self-defeating capitulation to Trump. Instead, Europe should be ensuring that it can break free of American Big Tech. youtu.be/T4rC8x7WBf0
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Excited to host a timely debate:
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Excited to host a timely debate:
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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There are 400+ apps built on @atproto.com with daily active users 🤯 @tangled.org is building GitHub but better for indie devs; @gandersocial.bsky.social building an app that follows Canadian laws; etc. We built Bluesky for builders and they are BUILDING!! And I got to meet @laurenshof.online 🤩
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
There are 400+ apps built on @atproto.com with daily active users 🤯 @tangled.org is building GitHub but better for indie devs; @gandersocial.bsky.social building an app that follows Canadian laws; etc. We built Bluesky for builders and they are BUILDING!! And I got to meet @laurenshof.online 🤩