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David Meyer
@superglaze.bsky.social
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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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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
EU and Brazil Approve Landmark Data Adequacy Agreement, Unlocking Free Flow of Digital Data

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
superglaze.bsky.social
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
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joelhs.bsky.social
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.
Tweet from Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun: "Ignorance like this cheapens the horror of the Holocaust. Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally and abided by Dutch law. She was hauled off to a death camp because of her race and religion. Her story has nothing to do with the illegal immigration, fraud, and lawlessness plaguing Minnesota today. Our brave law enforcement should be commended, not tarred with this historically illiterate and antisemitic comparison."
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
superglaze.bsky.social
That "venerable media institution is actually a startup" riff sounds awfully familiar to me
brianstelter.bsky.social Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 14h
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
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matthighton.bsky.social
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
superglaze.bsky.social
Brave man
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h
"...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
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politico.eu
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...
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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christhebarker.bsky.social
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.
One of Robert Popper’s silly shopping lists as a till receipt
January 26, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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slpng-giants-fr-2.bsky.social
#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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slpng-giants-fr.bsky.social Sleeping Giants FR @slpng-giants-fr.bsky.social · 21h
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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Tweet de Andrew Torba "This morning Gab received a letter from the French government demanding that we ban certain users within 24 hours or they were going to ban Gab from France. We will obviously not be complying."
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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maxbergmann.bsky.social
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.
henryjfoy.ft.com Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 1d
“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.”

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
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stevepeers.bsky.social
EU and India 🇮🇳 agree free trade agreement
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
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garius.bsky.social
Imagine being so corrupt and authoritarian even Sepp Blatter thinks you've gone too far.

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
superglaze.bsky.social
Excellent aim
tashjoeza.bsky.social Nosferatu Joseph 🧛🏻‍♀️ @tashjoeza.bsky.social · 1d
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
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abenewman.bsky.social
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.
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
superglaze.bsky.social
I do not recommend this approach
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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theboard.bsky.social
If you weren't watching us on Saturday night at Brauhaus Südstern, then you missed this
January 26, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
This is how the Tory statement on Braverman's defection begins...

<godzilla let-them-fight gif>
"It was always a matter of when, not if, Suella would defect. The Conservatives did all we could to look after Suella’s mental health, but she was clearly very unhappy. She says she feels that she has ‘come home’, which will come as a surprise to the people who chose not to elect a Reform MP in her constituency in 2024. "There are some people who are MPs because they care about their communities and want to deliver a better country. There are others who do it for their personal ambition. Suella stood for leader of the Conservatives in 2022 and came sixth, behind Kemi and Tom Tugendhat. In 2024 she could not even muster enough supporters to get on the ballot. She has now decided to try her luck with Nigel Farage, who said last year he didn’t want her in Reform. They really are doing our ‘Spring cleaning'!
January 26, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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disneyprimevideo.bsky.social
The Spanish conquistador in me wants to jump in and take control. It's a curse having DNA from there and Roman times.
January 26, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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johnnyryan.bsky.social
The latest evidence that broadcasting people’s movements and intimate data in the Real-Time Bidding online advertising system is truly dangerous.

www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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ebharrington.bsky.social
Purposefully making products bad to juice revenue is exactly what MBA programs* teach students to view as "rational"--the kind of strategy that gets raises and promotions.

* How very dare I critique MBAs? I was a biz school prof for 9yrs & an HBS MBA student, after working in SilValley startup.
freedomforall.net Matthew Jee @freedomforall.net · 1d
Just in case anyone thinks that hyperbolic.

rudevulture.com/journalist-e...
Screenshot, two paragraphs of the article; The Department of Justice uncovered memos showing two competing visions within Google. Ben Gomes, a longtime engineer who built Google’s data center network, was “palpably horrified” at proposals to worsen search results. His opponent, former McKinsey consultant Prabhakar Raghavan, advocated making users search multiple times to find answers, generating more ad impressions per query. “His only argument for not doing this is I didn’t devote my whole life to making a search engine that we made worse,” Doctorow explained. “And Prabhakar Raghavan’s answer is we’re going to make more money if we make the search engine worse and nothing bad will happen to us so why don’t we do that.”
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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davidrvetter.bsky.social
It's the Ship of Theseus but all the original parts are being used to build a second, crappier ship.
Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
The MP was unveiled as the party's latest recruit by leader Nigel Farage at a rally.
www.bbc.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:47 PM
superglaze.bsky.social
One of those venues where it's impossible to stop the drums from overwhelming - but still, it was fun
theboard.bsky.social The Board @theboard.bsky.social · 1d
If you weren't watching us on Saturday night at Brauhaus Südstern, then you missed this
January 26, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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henrymance.ft.com
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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noaasm.bsky.social
2 referrals have now been made by a Bulgarian court regarding AI Act interpretation.
stevepeers.bsky.social Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d
CJEU, tech law

Request from a national court to interpret the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, for the first time AFAIK - concerns use of AI re an expert court report eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Text of the national court questions, full text in the link
January 26, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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bellingcat.com
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcat
Bellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.
www.bellingcat.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:38 PM