Bram Gotink
@bram.gotink.be
🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇧🇪 | husband to @bramver.bsky.social, housemate to one overly dramatic cat | ex-frontend developer who runs kubernetes at home as a form of self-flaggelation
interested in self-hosting & digital sovereignty
interested in self-hosting & digital sovereignty
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FT: 'De Bruycker, director of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium, [said] that it was “currently impossible” to store data fully in Europe because US companies dominate digital infrastructure'. Policymakers believe this nonsense - Me on our Self-inflicted cloud crisis: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Europe
The short version For decades, governments and organizations could run services based on servers we actually owned. These days, we’ve allowed the IT world to convince us no computing is possible outsi...
berthub.eu
January 2, 2026 at 12:25 PM
FT: 'De Bruycker, director of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium, [said] that it was “currently impossible” to store data fully in Europe because US companies dominate digital infrastructure'. Policymakers believe this nonsense - Me on our Self-inflicted cloud crisis: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
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![Wikipedia: Louis Lasagna
Louis Cesare Lasagna (February 22, 1923 - August 6, 2003) was an American physician and professor of medicine, known for his revision of the Hippocratic Oath. (1]
Louis Lasagna](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mm5ebihpjvtrdunomulbls5m/bafkreifxs4ebkxyfimz6ovqbzaac2szyu7flezayo3gj6v53pvhxjvjhc4@jpeg)
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this is how every outlet should refer to X
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
this is how every outlet should refer to X
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A great update on Abe's thread from yesterday.
Is anyone convening a group to hash out Europe's position and strategy in this international order?
Is anyone convening a group to hash out Europe's position and strategy in this international order?
9/So what is Europe to do? Not this...It has to wake up and understand that an alternative international order is being put on the table. It is not based on rules but hierarchy and extraction. Tepid finger waging will lead to domination.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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EU affirms ‘principles of national sovereignty’ in cautious response to Trump Greenland threats – Europe live
European Commission spokesperson also declines to rule on whether US intervention in Venezuela was legal
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
A great update on Abe's thread from yesterday.
Is anyone convening a group to hash out Europe's position and strategy in this international order?
Is anyone convening a group to hash out Europe's position and strategy in this international order?
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It is incredibly embarrassing for this continent that Sanchez has to join a group of Latin American leaders in issuing a statement of condemnation for the US invasion, because no other leader in Europe will join him in criticising 🇺🇸.
January 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
It is incredibly embarrassing for this continent that Sanchez has to join a group of Latin American leaders in issuing a statement of condemnation for the US invasion, because no other leader in Europe will join him in criticising 🇺🇸.
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i'm still not sure which part of generating yaml or copy pasting example code from github at speed requires ddosing the internet, or extended roleplay sessions with a markov chain, or tacitly ignoring the deaths of vulnerable teenagers, but as ever, i guess i am simply too european for this
January 4, 2026 at 7:50 AM
i'm still not sure which part of generating yaml or copy pasting example code from github at speed requires ddosing the internet, or extended roleplay sessions with a markov chain, or tacitly ignoring the deaths of vulnerable teenagers, but as ever, i guess i am simply too european for this
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As a staunch European I honestly find it humiliating, how EU leaders talk endlessly about strategic autonomy and bold defence and democratic values and then when the moment comes to actually stand up for those things, they always - always! - react like a kitten in a thunderstorm
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
As a staunch European I honestly find it humiliating, how EU leaders talk endlessly about strategic autonomy and bold defence and democratic values and then when the moment comes to actually stand up for those things, they always - always! - react like a kitten in a thunderstorm
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Or a capable software, social media and electronic communication industry.
The European response to US intervention in Venezuela is a reminder that until we have an independent European defence industry, no country in Europe is sovereign
January 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Or a capable software, social media and electronic communication industry.
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We had a good run
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We had a good run
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Time for my big year end blogpost about the Atmosphere.
From the personal computing perspective, the cloud has been a disaster — but we shouldn't run away from it.
We can solve a lot of problems by connecting our clouds, turning it into atmospheric computing.
From the personal computing perspective, the cloud has been a disaster — but we shouldn't run away from it.
We can solve a lot of problems by connecting our clouds, turning it into atmospheric computing.
Atmospheric Computing
Cloud computing has been extremely successful, but it lost the values that drove personal computing. We can solve this by evolving forward.
www.pfrazee.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Time for my big year end blogpost about the Atmosphere.
From the personal computing perspective, the cloud has been a disaster — but we shouldn't run away from it.
We can solve a lot of problems by connecting our clouds, turning it into atmospheric computing.
From the personal computing perspective, the cloud has been a disaster — but we shouldn't run away from it.
We can solve a lot of problems by connecting our clouds, turning it into atmospheric computing.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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AI in a nutshell
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
AI in a nutshell
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Very interesting analysis of EU vs US productivity.
We can achieve similar outcomes in the digital space if we make it policy: less rent extraction and toxicity, better mental health, less inequality, lower emissions, happier youth, more democracy, innovation you actually want to use.
We can achieve similar outcomes in the digital space if we make it policy: less rent extraction and toxicity, better mental health, less inequality, lower emissions, happier youth, more democracy, innovation you actually want to use.
More leisure, better health outcomes, less inequality, less carbon emissions, all of which with broadly similar productivity:
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Very interesting analysis of EU vs US productivity.
We can achieve similar outcomes in the digital space if we make it policy: less rent extraction and toxicity, better mental health, less inequality, lower emissions, happier youth, more democracy, innovation you actually want to use.
We can achieve similar outcomes in the digital space if we make it policy: less rent extraction and toxicity, better mental health, less inequality, lower emissions, happier youth, more democracy, innovation you actually want to use.
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I think about this tweet every day
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think about this tweet every day
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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at this point
the theft of intellectual property is at the bottom most wrung of the issue with generative AI
generative AI has literally made nearly every aspect of human experience worse and horrible, not just online, but outside too
the theft of intellectual property is at the bottom most wrung of the issue with generative AI
generative AI has literally made nearly every aspect of human experience worse and horrible, not just online, but outside too
December 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
at this point
the theft of intellectual property is at the bottom most wrung of the issue with generative AI
generative AI has literally made nearly every aspect of human experience worse and horrible, not just online, but outside too
the theft of intellectual property is at the bottom most wrung of the issue with generative AI
generative AI has literally made nearly every aspect of human experience worse and horrible, not just online, but outside too