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Julien Deswaef
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Computational artist | Experience Designer | Interface Developer | 🐝
Mastodon: https://m.xuv.be/@julien
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bigtechalert.bsky.social
🚫 On Twitter, @elonmusk is no longer following @grimezsz

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October 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Tuesday 16 sep, we’ll host a #ResponsibleTech meetup in @thoughtworks.com #Barcelona offices at 6:30pm. I’m co-organizer of it with people from the @alltechishuman.bsky.social community of Barcelona.

Meetup is open to all. Register on our events page: luma.com/q8fo337y

#ATIHx
All Tech Is Human community in BCN: presentations & speed networking · Luma
ATIHx Barcelona is hosting an informal gathering to discuss how we can collectively affect, inform, and improve the Responsible Tech ecosystem Join us to…
luma.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Since I’m posting mostly over on #Mastodon and @ap.brid.gy is getting better and better (and allowing setting my own user handle), I’ve decided to brigde my Mastodon account over here. So you can interact with it here: @m.xuv.be
July 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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✨: Read this fascinating article on Meta's Llama 3.1 recalling 42% of Harry Potter! 📚→ https://www.understandingai.org/p/metas-llama-31-can-recall-42-percent

#AICopyright #LlamaModels
June 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
xuv.be
We demand a safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla
June 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
xuv.be
✨: Discover how business dashboard designers can learn from the Information Is Beautiful Awards to balance beauty and functionality! Read more here: https://nightingaledvs.com/business-dashboard-designers-learn-from-iib/

#DataVisualization #BusinessDashboards
June 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
xuv.be
✨: Hubert Guillaud souligne que l'IA est une technologie banale mais cruciale. Vaut la lecture ! https://danslesalgorithmes.net/2025/06/03/lia-est-une-technologie-comme-les-autres/ #IA #TechCruciale
June 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
xuv.be
✨: Read "Quoting Steve Krouse" on new coding trends & AI. Full article here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/steve-krouse/#atom-everything

#stevekrouse #hypecoding
June 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
xuv.be
✨: Faut-il débrancher l’IA ? Explore les implications écologiques, politiques & ontologiques de cette révolution technologique. http://chatonsky.net/unplug/ #technologie #écologie #philosophie
May 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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17 June, join us for a #ResponsibleTech event with the #ATIH community of #Barcelona
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#ATIHx
cc: @alltechishuman.bsky.social
All Tech Is Human community in BCN: presentations & speed networking · Luma
ATIHx Barcelona is hosting an informal gathering to discuss how we can collectively affect, inform, and improve the Responsible Tech ecosystem Join us to…
lu.ma
May 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
xuv.be
A personal recount of the events of 28 April 2025 in #Barcelona, #Spain during a country-wide electricity and communication #blackout and its impact on lives in a mostly cashless economy. p.xuv.be/13-hours-bla...
13 hours blackout
A personal recount of the events of 28 April 2025 in Barcelona, Spain during a country-wide electricity and communication blackout and its impact on lives in a mostly cashless economy. Today, A...
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April 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
“‘Mommy, the guy who’s been giving money to our school doesn’t want to give it to us anymore,’” he told her.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They’re Closing.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy
🎉 **Program public, Registrations open, Donate!** 🎉

We are thrilled to announce that the program for this year's Libre Graphics Meeting is now public!

This event promises to be a diverse and colorful showcase of our incredible community's talent, creativity, and dedication.

✨ Join us in […]
Original post on post.lurk.org
post.lurk.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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saelliott.bsky.social
A great idea! Pass it on. 🇨🇦
March 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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aemet.es
El pasado lunes, día 3, Jerez de la Frontera (aeropuerto) batió el récord de lluvia acumulada en 24 para un mes de marzo, con 71.1 mm.

→ El récord anterior era reciente (del año pasado), con 61 mm. La estación registra datos desde 1946.
March 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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rmfrt.com
Early experiments from my Sliced Poems series.
February 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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adambonica.bsky.social
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).
February 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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poptartfae.bsky.social
We shouldn't be letting these tech kids design web forms. They don't know what it's like to have to scroll through all the years to get to your birth year. Just let me type it, please. We have integer validation form inputs!
February 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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leavex.eu/posts/why-st...
Why the argument that you have to stay on social networks to provide opposition is complete nonsense
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> Author: Mike Kuketz, translated from the original in German The argument that you can’t leave platforms like X or TikTok because there would otherwise be a lack ...
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February 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Anyone #onHere is tracking a list of brands that have exited (or silently quitted) ExTwitter?
January 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Anyone #onHere is tracking a list of brands that have exited (or silently quitted) ExTwitter?
January 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy
🚨 Only 5 Days Left! 🚨

Our Call for Participation deadline is fast approaching, and we need your contributions to make this a success! Now’s the time to rally and showcase your amazing projects.

https://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/call-for-participation/ […]

[Original post on post.lurk.org]
January 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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davduf.net
Adieu, bel oiseau twitter que j’ai tant aimé.

Lettre à ce réseau social qui m'a tout donné, tout pris --- et que je salue, une dernière fois, avant de le quitter. davduf.net/adieu-bel-oi...
Adieu, bel oiseau twitter que j'ai tant aimé – davduf.net
Lettre à ce réseau social qui m'a tout donné, tout pris --- et que je salue, une dernière fois, avant de le quitter. Mon cher oiseau bleu, On s'est tant aimés, tellement fréquentés, combien de nuits…
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January 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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emily.space
Day 2 of SK8plotlib development completed 💪🛹👩‍💻

Today I did a complete rewrite of the physics engine - it is now MUCH more stable, supports user input, and can rotate the board to match the line below it!

All you need to do is pass a matplotlib figure to sk8plot() - it sets itself up automatically!
January 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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@minipetite.bsky.social Hi Marta. I'm not here much but would love to follow your posts from the Fediverse. Would you mind allowing brid.gy/bluesky/ for your account so we can follow you from Mastodon?
Provide app password - Bridgy
brid.gy
January 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM