Robin Berjon
@robin.berjon.com
Putting human agency back into technology. Brussels, 🇪🇺.
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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
· Dec 9
Fascintern Media
We are facing a coordinated international fascist movement that works with explicit backing from Moscow, Washington, and tech monopolies, and is propagating itself through its own media apparatus. Yet...
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2025 is coming to end and some people who claim not to be fascists are still associating themselves with fascist outlets like X.
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
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I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
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X Is a Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem
my analysis of current events
connectedplaces.online/reports/a-po...
my analysis of current events
connectedplaces.online/reports/a-po...
January 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
X Is a Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem
my analysis of current events
connectedplaces.online/reports/a-po...
my analysis of current events
connectedplaces.online/reports/a-po...
As I was saying… www.politico.eu/article/us-s...
January 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
As I was saying… www.politico.eu/article/us-s...
Yes. Genocide is one type of ethnic cleansing, but forcing people to flee for example is not genocide.
January 13, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Yes. Genocide is one type of ethnic cleansing, but forcing people to flee for example is not genocide.
Completely agreed. I use it here because it is the term we have, with legal implications and all.
January 13, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Completely agreed. I use it here because it is the term we have, with legal implications and all.
There's an existing term to describe the policy of the American administration on this matter. Yes, it matches.
January 13, 2026 at 10:51 AM
There's an existing term to describe the policy of the American administration on this matter. Yes, it matches.
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There is no such thing as tolerable CSAM/IIoC. We are being encouraged by the usual cultists to tolerate dangerous and disgusting and illegal things, yet again. Like racism, domestic abuse, hate crimes. This is the latest part of the assault on normality.
Governments need to step the hell up.
Governments need to step the hell up.
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
There is no such thing as tolerable CSAM/IIoC. We are being encouraged by the usual cultists to tolerate dangerous and disgusting and illegal things, yet again. Like racism, domestic abuse, hate crimes. This is the latest part of the assault on normality.
Governments need to step the hell up.
Governments need to step the hell up.
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Yes, and the whole "never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect, ignorance or incompetence" aka Hanlon's razor doesn't apply to things like white supremacy, patriarchy, etc. These systems need constant top down fascistic control. modelthinkers.com/mental-model...
January 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Yes, and the whole "never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect, ignorance or incompetence" aka Hanlon's razor doesn't apply to things like white supremacy, patriarchy, etc. These systems need constant top down fascistic control. modelthinkers.com/mental-model...
That sounds enticing! Mind you, I said 20 because there were 20 at the same event *last year*. We may have to account for potentially more depending on how married to ActivityPub FOSDEM is!
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 PM
That sounds enticing! Mind you, I said 20 because there were 20 at the same event *last year*. We may have to account for potentially more depending on how married to ActivityPub FOSDEM is!
It'll be an open thing, we're putting the details together! Of course! I haven't been to FOSDEM before either.
January 12, 2026 at 5:03 PM
It'll be an open thing, we're putting the details together! Of course! I haven't been to FOSDEM before either.
We should have a beer or something, maybe work together with Eurosky?
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
We should have a beer or something, maybe work together with Eurosky?
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We’re excited to share that Eurosky now has a supporting legal entity, @modalfoundation.bsky.social - a new nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. Big Tech’s dominance can feel inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
modalfoundation.org
modalfoundation.org
Modal Foundation
Supporting decentralized social tech and open standards to create trustworthy, public-interest social media alternatives and ensure access to vital information.
modalfoundation.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
We’re excited to share that Eurosky now has a supporting legal entity, @modalfoundation.bsky.social - a new nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. Big Tech’s dominance can feel inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
modalfoundation.org
modalfoundation.org
Perl makes it a huge plus, thanks!
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Perl makes it a huge plus, thanks!
Wow, love the vibe! I should try that no matter where this event ends up at :)
January 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Wow, love the vibe! I should try that no matter where this event ends up at :)
Hmmm, that looks workable, thanks!
January 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Hmmm, that looks workable, thanks!
I'm looking for a bar in Brussels where:
• About 20 geeks can meet
• On the Friday evening before FOSDEM
• And actually kinda hear one another talk (about AT Proto)
Any suggestions?
• About 20 geeks can meet
• On the Friday evening before FOSDEM
• And actually kinda hear one another talk (about AT Proto)
Any suggestions?
January 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I'm looking for a bar in Brussels where:
• About 20 geeks can meet
• On the Friday evening before FOSDEM
• And actually kinda hear one another talk (about AT Proto)
Any suggestions?
• About 20 geeks can meet
• On the Friday evening before FOSDEM
• And actually kinda hear one another talk (about AT Proto)
Any suggestions?
Reposted by Robin Berjon
Let me save you the trouble of reading the @nytimes.com transcript: They do an enormous amount of damage control and sane-washing for the man. A few recent critical pieces notwithstanding, they are basically his press secretary. They are welcome to try and change my mind.
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Let me save you the trouble of reading the @nytimes.com transcript: They do an enormous amount of damage control and sane-washing for the man. A few recent critical pieces notwithstanding, they are basically his press secretary. They are welcome to try and change my mind.
Could you share a link to the first please?
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Could you share a link to the first please?
I thought it was pretty clear in English, but then I'm also used to philosophy so I might not be the best judge 😬
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I thought it was pretty clear in English, but then I'm also used to philosophy so I might not be the best judge 😬
There are tools that do it, but none of them were great I thought, which is why I coded this. It's not hard if you can code, but it's work! You can't just upload the archive because it has your DMs and such.
January 12, 2026 at 6:14 AM
There are tools that do it, but none of them were great I thought, which is why I coded this. It's not hard if you can code, but it's work! You can't just upload the archive because it has your DMs and such.
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entirely obsessed with this Lucy Dacus performance of Bread and Roses for Mamdani's inauguration, and it reminded me of the @globalvoices.org Global Songs of Resistance playlist* we put together a year ago
open.spotify.com/playlist/3pI...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3pI...
Lucy Dacus - Bread and Roses @ Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration 1/1/26
YouTube video by boygenius source
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
entirely obsessed with this Lucy Dacus performance of Bread and Roses for Mamdani's inauguration, and it reminded me of the @globalvoices.org Global Songs of Resistance playlist* we put together a year ago
open.spotify.com/playlist/3pI...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3pI...
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"Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk About It)" by Elizabeth Anderson
A much-needed reframing to show that government can take place in private contexts too. She focuses on employers in the US, but it works well for tech monopolies in the digital space too.
A much-needed reframing to show that government can take place in private contexts too. She focuses on employers in the US, but it works well for tech monopolies in the digital space too.
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk About It)" by Elizabeth Anderson
A much-needed reframing to show that government can take place in private contexts too. She focuses on employers in the US, but it works well for tech monopolies in the digital space too.
A much-needed reframing to show that government can take place in private contexts too. She focuses on employers in the US, but it works well for tech monopolies in the digital space too.