David Meyer
@superglaze.bsky.social
Tech journalist and presenter of Tech Gets Real. Covers digital sovereignty quite a lot these days. Sings and plays guitar in a band called The Board. Signal: superglaze.66
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The regime responds to Trump
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The regime responds to Trump
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Lines that go straight up in charts that track disease = VERY BAD.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Lines that go straight up in charts that track disease = VERY BAD.
Big news in music tech - Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency cdm.link/ni-insolvency/
Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency - CDM Create Digital Music
According to insolvency documents, Berlin-based Native Instruments GmbH (also parent to iZotope, Plugin Alliance, and Brainworx) is in preliminary insolvency proceedings. This is significant news for ...
cdm.link
January 28, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Big news in music tech - Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency cdm.link/ni-insolvency/
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Never miss an opportunity to share this classic.
January 28, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Never miss an opportunity to share this classic.
Berlin cinemas are not putting much faith in the Melania film - I didn't even know there were screens this small - and yet somehow it still seems too much
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Berlin cinemas are not putting much faith in the Melania film - I didn't even know there were screens this small - and yet somehow it still seems too much
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REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
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We cannot aim at Digital Sovereignty or even some degree of digital autonomy if both students and workers are trained to serve the interests of Big Tech. And they are influencing every curricula and capacity building program in private, public and social sector!
After announcing it in the summer, today the UK government launched free training courses to AI upskill workers. It's free because it's funded by big-tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others, and not by local organisations in the UK who have been working with communities->
January 28, 2026 at 9:57 AM
We cannot aim at Digital Sovereignty or even some degree of digital autonomy if both students and workers are trained to serve the interests of Big Tech. And they are influencing every curricula and capacity building program in private, public and social sector!
Given that Fico should be a natural Trump ally, this is particularly alarming
Slovak PM Robert Fico's face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 17 left him deeply alarmed about the U.S. president’s state of mind, he told his European counterparts last week behind closed doors.
Brussels Playbook knows more 👇
Brussels Playbook knows more 👇
Fico ‘traumatized’ after Mar-a-Lago meeting
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www.politico.eu
January 28, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Given that Fico should be a natural Trump ally, this is particularly alarming
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Matt Goodwin's lies about his background have hopelessly confused Google AI 😉
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Matt Goodwin's lies about his background have hopelessly confused Google AI 😉
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some of my favorite snippets from newly released court docs in the Anthropic copyright book case. eye-opening stuff on Project Panama, their plan to "destructively scan all the books in the world" in order to train AI
January 27, 2026 at 6:44 PM
some of my favorite snippets from newly released court docs in the Anthropic copyright book case. eye-opening stuff on Project Panama, their plan to "destructively scan all the books in the world" in order to train AI
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EU and Brazil Approve Landmark Data Adequacy Agreement, Unlocking Free Flow of Digital Data
www.onestnetwork.com/post/eu-and-...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/eu-and-...
EU and Brazil Approve Landmark Data Adequacy Agreement, Unlocking Free Flow of Digital Data
For companies, researchers, and institutions on both sides of the Atlantic, the message is clear:
data can now move — freely, legally, and
www.onestnetwork.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
EU and Brazil Approve Landmark Data Adequacy Agreement, Unlocking Free Flow of Digital Data
www.onestnetwork.com/post/eu-and-...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/eu-and-...
France is kicking US videoconferencing tech out of its public sector. Europe's digital sovereignty movement is accelerating, and it's great for open source too. www.govinfosecurity.com/france-lates...
France Latest EU Country to Ditch US Tech
France has decided to boot U.S.-made videoconferencing services out of its public sector, to be replaced by a homegrown alternative called Visio. It's the latest
www.govinfosecurity.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:47 PM
France is kicking US videoconferencing tech out of its public sector. Europe's digital sovereignty movement is accelerating, and it's great for open source too. www.govinfosecurity.com/france-lates...
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To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
That "venerable media institution is actually a startup" riff sounds awfully familiar to me
Part three of three, with Bari Weiss calling CBS News "the best capitalized media start-up in the world. We have the talent, energy, an mandate to transform CBS News..."
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
That "venerable media institution is actually a startup" riff sounds awfully familiar to me
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If Bilbo had Chat GPT
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
Brave man
"...about a week before [Alex Pretti's] death, he suffered a broken rib when a group of federal officers tackled him while he was protesting their attempt to detain other individuals."
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Brave man
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Seven of the 10 best-performing economies in 2025 were EU countries — so Europe should stop talking itself down, the IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has told POLITICO.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Seven of the 10 best-performing economies in 2025 were EU countries — so Europe should stop talking itself down, the IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has told POLITICO.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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I have been printing these out and leaving them lying around on desks in the office. Nobody throws receipts away in offices just in case they are important.
January 26, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I have been printing these out and leaving them lying around on desks in the office. Nobody throws receipts away in offices just in case they are important.
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#GAB's owner has received a French legal request to take down a number of posts which qualify as "promotion of terrorism".
As usual, this right wing supremacist mocks the request and announces that he will ignore it.
Thing is, if he doesn't comply within 24 hours, GAB will be blocked in France.
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As usual, this right wing supremacist mocks the request and announces that he will ignore it.
Thing is, if he doesn't comply within 24 hours, GAB will be blocked in France.
⏳✂️
Justice 🇫🇷
Demande de retrait de contenus faisant l'apologie du terrorisme pour le réseau social d'extrême-droite abject #GAB.
Son propriétaire a 24h pour supprimer les contenus.
Il risque le blocage de sa plateforme en France (et en UE ?!)
Il refuse d'obtempérer.
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Demande de retrait de contenus faisant l'apologie du terrorisme pour le réseau social d'extrême-droite abject #GAB.
Son propriétaire a 24h pour supprimer les contenus.
Il risque le blocage de sa plateforme en France (et en UE ?!)
Il refuse d'obtempérer.
⏳✂️
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
#GAB's owner has received a French legal request to take down a number of posts which qualify as "promotion of terrorism".
As usual, this right wing supremacist mocks the request and announces that he will ignore it.
Thing is, if he doesn't comply within 24 hours, GAB will be blocked in France.
⏳✂️
As usual, this right wing supremacist mocks the request and announces that he will ignore it.
Thing is, if he doesn't comply within 24 hours, GAB will be blocked in France.
⏳✂️
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Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
“If anyone thinks here… that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,” Nato SecGen Mark Rutte told the European Parliament. “You can’t.”
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
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“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns
[FREE TO READ] Nato chief says continent cannot afford to replace American security umbrella
as.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
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EU and India 🇮🇳 agree free trade agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU and India conclude landmark Free Trade Agreement
The EU and India concluded negotiations today for a historic, ambitious and commercially significant free trade agreement (FTA), the largest such deal ever concluded by either side.
ec.europa.eu
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 AM
EU and India 🇮🇳 agree free trade agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Imagine being so corrupt and authoritarian even Sepp Blatter thinks you've gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
The ex-Fifa boss showed his support of a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Imagine being so corrupt and authoritarian even Sepp Blatter thinks you've gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Excellent aim
In case you forgot: on 30 March 1990 Italian heartthrob Fabio killed a goose with his face while on a rollercoaster.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Excellent aim
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Norbert Rottgen is a deep transatlanticist. This is the first I have seen of centrist German politician reminding US policy-makers about basing rights. Ramstein airbase is one of the largest US facilities in the world. Its not an open threat but saying out loud something that was never spoken.
European allies give the United States far more than is often acknowledged: bases, overflight rights, intelligence, and forward presence. Without Europe, America would be less a global power.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Greenland threat has already hurt US security—but far worse may come
A hostile takeover would shatter America’s key alliance, limit its military’s global reach, and invite economic reprisal.
www.defenseone.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Norbert Rottgen is a deep transatlanticist. This is the first I have seen of centrist German politician reminding US policy-makers about basing rights. Ramstein airbase is one of the largest US facilities in the world. Its not an open threat but saying out loud something that was never spoken.
I do not recommend this approach
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I do not recommend this approach