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Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · 1d

First time for a leader of Greenland to speak at European Parliament: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/pres...

Premier of Greenland: The EU and Greenland need each other | Aktuelles | Europäisches Parlament

On Wednesday, Jens-Frederik Nielsen addressed MEPs in Strasbourg as the first leader of a Greenland government to speak at the European Parliament.

www.europarl.europa.eu

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Reinier Van Lanschot @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org · 1d

Today the EU parliament voted to ban the word burger 🍔 if they are made with plant protein, instead of animal protein...

They claim it’s to stop consumers being ‘confused between meat and plant products’ - solving a problem that nobody had!

This new rule leaves a bad taste in the mouth. 👎

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Marieke Koekkoek @mariekekoekkoek.voltnederland.org · 15h

In de politiek kunnen we giga van mening verschillen, maar feiten moeten leidend zijn. Wanneer er voor de ander geen feiten bestaan, verliest de waarheid. Wanneer de waarheid verliest, verliest de democratie. Daarom trekken wij een een grens.

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Myrthe Hilkens @myrthehilkens.bsky.social · 1d

‘Doe geen debatten met bad faith actors.’

En zo lees ik al de hele dag reacties van mensen die ervoor gestudeerd hebben. Het is raar om de wetenschap die zich bezighoudt met extremisme en populisme op de huidige schaal te negeren.

Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

RESPECT voor Volt! Sta voor je principes. Geef geen legitimiteit en zuurstof aan anti-democraten en doe geen debatten met bad-faith actors. 👏👏

Volt Nederland @voltnederland.org · 1d

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 20h

Proven again: “Every simple language will develop enough new features to eventually end up Turing Complete.” https://solutionspace.blog/2021/12/04/every-simple-language-will-eventually-end-up-turing-complete/

Sindre Sorhus @sindresorhus.com · 1d

CSS is getting support for functions, so I made a small utility library for useful things. It's also a copy-pasteable reference. WIP.

github.com/sindresorhus...

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Charge Wetenschappelijk Platform Volt @charge-volt.bsky.social · 1d

🔪🇪🇺 Deel II van onze serie ‘Europa onder het mes’ gaat over het initiatiefrecht: Zonder dit recht kan de Europese volksvertegenwoordiging niet zelf bepalen wat er op de agenda komt. Tijd om… iets nieuws te doen. 😉➡️ www.charge-volt.org/initiatiefre...

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch branch of Volt, the European liberal party, refuses invitation to one on one climate debate with far-right antivax science deniers Forum for Democracy. “We don’t want to give more oxygen to politicians who lie.”

Volt Nederland @voltnederland.org · 1d

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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 1d

Standing by our values means making difficult choices. At Volt, we stand for science-based climate policy, truth, and a future built on cooperation. 💜🌱

With @voltnederland.org

A screen capture of a news article or press release, dated 8 October 2025. The headline reads: "Volt cancels NOS debate, refuses to discuss climate with FVD". The text below explains that Volt has withdrawn from an NOS leaders' debate on NPO Radio 1 because they don't want to debate climate issues with Forum for Democracy (FVD). Volt criticizes FVD's climate stance, stating the party "structurally denies the climate crisis" and has called climate scientists' work "witchcraft." The text quotes Volt saying, "After much deliberation — and against the backdrop of the rapid radicalization in our society — we have concluded that we no longer want to give oxygen to a party that lies."

A screen capture of a longer statement by the Volt party, explaining their decision to withdraw from a debate with FVD. The text references experts on the far-right and populism who "warn about the dangers of further normalization of the far-right" and advise not to "give this ideology any more oxygen." Volt states, "We believe that this debate contributes to the normalization of the unacceptable." They emphasize that in the political arena, "facts must be guiding" and that when there are no facts on one side, "the truth is lost." The statement also invokes the "Popper paradox," which teaches that "unlimited tolerance toward structural intolerance ultimately threatens the open, tolerant society itself." The statement concludes with a hope that voters on October 29 will "unite against extremists who threaten our democratic constitutional state."

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Sebastian @seabass.bsky.social · 1d

So viel zum Thema Altersverifikation

arturo182 @arturo182.bsky.social · 1d

Is this good?

A tweet from @vx-underground from 2 hours ago

"Chat, we are cooked

Discord is being extorted by the people who compromised their Zendesk instance

They've got 1.5TB of age verification related photos. 2,185,151 photos

tl;dr 2.1m Discord users drivers license and/or passport might be leaked. Unknown number of e-mails"

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Bert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @berthub.eu · 1d

Het #NerdVote stemadvies is online! Er is een helder advies, maar het is ook weer niet simpel. Er zijn uitstekende kandidaten die het helaas niet gaan halen. Daarom is het advies strategisch. Reacties zeer welkom! nerdvote.nl

NerdVote.NL

Ondersteuning voor en informatie over alle kandidaat-kamerleden met en warm hart voor onze privacy en eigen IT-vaardigheden.

nerdvote.nl

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 1d

Such an honor to give my first conference talk at @swiftconnection.bsky.social yesterday - an amazing conference in a beautiful city!

Thanks to the organizers and helpers who made this possible and to the #iOS community as a whole for being so supportive and welcoming ☺️

Me on stage presenting my talk. There is a banner saying “Swift Connection 25” in front.

A snippet of the conference schedule showing my talk right after the coffee break. The title is “SwiftUI Apps that Effortlessly Scale from your Smallest to your Biggest Screen”

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Alexandra Geese @alexandrageese.bsky.social · 1d

Aktivismus wirkt! Die Bundesregierung wird die #Chatkontrolle nächste Woche im Rat ablehnen. Damit gibt es keine Mehrheit für Massenüberwachung in Europa. Ein großes Dankeschön an alle, die Mails an ihre Abgeordneten geschrieben haben und mobilisiert haben!

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

This is such a good initiative!

Reinier Van Lanschot @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org · 1d

👋🏼 Hi Amsterdam founders, VCs & CEOs, I need you!

EU Inc is an important effort to simplify corporate, insolvency, labour and tax laws across 🇪🇺.

To improve it, we need examples of the difficulties you face when scaling to other European markets.

Join us next week: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 1d

Zendtijd is cruciaal voor kleine partijen, maar een klimaatdebat tussen Volt en FvD? Totale onzin. 1) Nauwelijks zwevende kiezers tussen die twee. 2) Waarom debatteren met een partij die de klimaatcrisis ontkent én extreemrechts gedachtegoed verspreidt? Sterk van @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org 👏

NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 1d

Volt zegt NOS-debat af, wil niet met FvD in discussie over klimaat

Aanstaande vrijdag is het eerste NOS-lijsttrekkersdebat op NPO Radio 1 en nu komt Volt niet, vanwege het klimaatstandpunt van FvD.

nos.nl

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

Dat is precies hoe je met populisten moet omgaan die er weer een circus van wilden maken.

Volt Nederland @voltnederland.org · 1d

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Julia Hamel @juliahamel.bsky.social · 1d

"Terwijl hitterecords, overstromingen en bosbranden in Europa over elkaar heen buitelen en de rekening met tientallen miljarden per jaar oploopt, ondermijnt FVD structureel de klimaatwetenschap."

NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 1d

Volt zegt NOS-debat af, wil niet met FvD in discussie over klimaat

Aanstaande vrijdag is het eerste NOS-lijsttrekkersdebat op NPO Radio 1 en nu komt Volt niet, vanwege het klimaatstandpunt van FvD.

nos.nl

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

However, I think, there are quite a few surprises and there is little documentation about best practices. Hence, it definitely a good talk topic, although the audience that can directly benefit is probably rather small. Not many people build such apps.

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

I never used Catalyst. I think, Catalyst is mostly of interest when you start from an existing UIKit app. SwiftUI definitely has got what it takes to make crossplatform macOS-iOS apps from scratch.

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

This is such a good initiative!

Reinier Van Lanschot @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org · 1d

👋🏼 Hi Amsterdam founders, VCs & CEOs, I need you!

EU Inc is an important effort to simplify corporate, insolvency, labour and tax laws across 🇪🇺.

To improve it, we need examples of the difficulties you face when scaling to other European markets.

Join us next week: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Reinier Van Lanschot @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org · 1d

👋🏼 Hi Amsterdam founders, VCs & CEOs, I need you!

EU Inc is an important effort to simplify corporate, insolvency, labour and tax laws across 🇪🇺.

To improve it, we need examples of the difficulties you face when scaling to other European markets.

Join us next week: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...

What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

www.techpolicy.press

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

“[..] komen wij tot de conclusie dat wij geen zuurstof meer willen geven aan een partij die liegt.” https://voltnederland.org/nieuws/volt-neemt-niet-deel-aan-het-nos-radio-1-debat

Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

Yes, it was great to meet in person! And thank you for the talk. I’m developing across macOS and iPadOS; hence, this is an interesting topic for me (even if my situation is not as challenging as yours, supporting the Watch).

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Myrthe Hilkens @myrthehilkens.bsky.social · 1d

‘Komen wij tot de conclusie dat we geen zuurstof meer willen geven aan een partij die liegt…’

Volt Nederland @voltnederland.org · 1d

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

Dat is precies hoe je met populisten moet omgaan die er weer een circus van wilden maken.

Volt Nederland @voltnederland.org · 1d

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