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De Politieke Schermtijdteller - De Groene Amsterdammer

Wie wint de strijd om schermtijd? De Groene en Data School volgen live talkshows en nieuwsprogramma’s en tellen welke politici het vaakst op tv verschijnen voor de verkiezingen van 2025.

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · Jun 1

Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer (& Windows licence) this year.
Don’t fall for it.
Just consider a switch to #Linux. Not familiar with it? Don’t worry about 100’s of different flavours, just get ahead with a starter-friendly ‘distribution’ like #ZorinOS or #Mint.
#EndOf10 #Windows10 #EU_OS

openSUSE @opensuse.org · May 27

#Linux is stronger together. 💚 The #Endof10 campaign unites communities to help users keep their #devices and make the switch to Linux; not the landfill 🌱
Join the movement like us & have an #Endof10 event. #UpgradeToFreedom #openSUSE endof10.org

End of 10

Windows 10 ends in 2025. Don’t buy a new PC — revive yours with Linux. It's fast, secure, and help is available to get you started.

endof10.org

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 13h

The worst nightmare for the #EPP: people eating plants.
Because eating plants is an insult to farmers who grow those corps.
Or something like that. 🤡

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 13h

Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban

Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 13h

Exactly. #BuyEuropean 🇪🇺 💪

For (almost) every American product or service, there’s a suitable #European alternative: buy-european.net/en/alternati...

And if there isn’t yet, help to create a market for that, #BuyEuropean 🇪🇺 💪

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 14h

For example @bnr.nl , that does include links to all their profiles on the usual ragebait platforms for foreign election interference, buy does not include a link to their Bluesky account.

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 7d

European #DigitalSovereignty (or the lack thereof) starts with all those primary & secondary schools that order or prescribe laptops with only American software.
Schools, take more responsibility! 🇪🇺
#education #school
- phys.org/news/2025-06...
- nos.nl/artikel/2370...
- dig.watch/updates/germ...

New research warns of digital dependency in primary schools

Danish primary schools have become dependent on Google technologies. This threatens privacy, democracy, and educational autonomy, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

phys.org

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Jul 18

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

www.disconnect.blog

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 19d

📺 Also today, is a great moment to finish your #DisneyPlus subscription and try some European alternatives 🇪🇺💪
#AlienEarth #Ratatouille #LiloStitch #Thunderbolts #TheNewAvengers #SnowWhite #Coco #InsideOut #Elio #Tempest #OMITB

🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 20d

❌ 🇺🇸 Streaming platforms to end your subscription:
❌ DisneyPlus
❌ Netflix
❌ AmazonPrime
❌ HBO+
❌ AppleTV

✅ 🇪🇺 European alternatives, to name a few. Start TODAY with:
🇸🇪 ViaPlay
🇫🇷 Canal+
🇩🇪 RTL+
🇩🇪 Joyn
🇬🇧 DAZN
🇫🇷 Pathé Home
🇳🇱 Videoland
🇳🇱 CineTree
🇫🇷 ARTE
🇪🇺 And many more: buy-european.net/en/category/...

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@hardno-eu.bsky.social

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 1d

#BuyEuropean, also at work. 🇪🇺💪
Check, design, print and hang some of these great customisable posters from @hardno-eu.bsky.social at
hardno.eu and support #European #business
#GoEuropean #DigitalSovereignty #Europe

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 1d

Mooi om te zien 😀
Veel succes en plezier morgen! 🇪🇺💪

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 1d

#BuyEuropean, also at work. 🇪🇺💪
Check, design, print and hang some of these great customisable posters from @hardno-eu.bsky.social at
hardno.eu and support #European #business
#GoEuropean #DigitalSovereignty #Europe

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 1d

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Euractiv @euractiv.com · 2d

EU must seize ‘unique opportunity’ to supplant US dollar dominance, says ECB president

“Geopolitical shifts and heightened policy uncertainty remind us that no currency's global position is guaranteed," Christine Lagarde told EU policymakers

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 2d

ICE will be ridiculously happy with all those people who ‘have nothing to hide’.
Every day is a good day to quit #Meta, #google, X and other big tech solutions from the budding dictatorship in america.

european-alternatives.eu

buy-european.net/en/alternati...

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 2d

Another easy way to improve maps yourself: bsky.app/profile/buye...

🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 4d

Still using #GoogleMaps? Time to #deGoogle & #GoEuropean 🇪🇺💪
1️⃣ Use 🇪🇺 maps: buy-european.net/en/alternati...
2️⃣ Help to improve 🇪🇺 maps. Most are based on #OpenStreetMap, so contribute to #OSM.
Quick start:
a) create OSM account:
www.openstreetmap.org/user/new
b) Use every-door.app to [1/x] >>

Sign Up

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

www.openstreetmap.org

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ever wondered why your company or favorite shop isn’t shown on many maps?
Because the marketing guy can’t think beyond google.
The good news: you can easily fix it yourself:
1. Create an #openstreetmap ( #OSM) account;
2. Improve the map at openstreetmap.org or (easier to start): mapcomplete.org

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

openstreetmap.org

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · Aug 26

#BuyEuropean, #InvestEuropean.
How on earth became Europeans stupid enough to provide Americans with OUR financial resources to dictate OUR businesses and economy? 🤦‍♂️🤡
Looking at you, Dutch #pension funds. (And ALL others who mainly #invest through Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street, Fidelity).

SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · Aug 26

New research | 4 largest US asset managers, like BlackRock and Vanguard, now manage 1/8th of all Dutch listed companies.

That’s over 10 times more than the five largest Dutch asset managers.

They are much less likely to vote in favour of climate resolutions compared to Dutch asset managers.

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly. Especially politicians (and other VIPs) who still use X as their main messaging platform, and news media that constantly refer to it ("says @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu on X" etc.).
Basically they are the MAIN reason X still didn’t lose its perceived relevance and their democracy >> [1/2]

Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 3d

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 4d

Today is a perfect day to #deGoogle. #BuyEuropean instead. #DigitalSovereignty.

> european-alternatives.eu/alternative-...
> buy-european.net/en/alternati...
> buy-european.net/en/alternati...
> buy-european.net/en/alternati...
> buy-european.net/en/alternati...
> buy-european.net/en/alternati...

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, this is the payment of a bribe with a thin legal veil. Yes, the executives authorizing the payment may be prosecuted for public corruption crimes. Which is why Trump has dismantled the whole part of the DOJ that deals with public corruption.

Google joins presidential bribe club

It's a "settlement." WINK WINK.

www.publicnotice.co

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 4d

Still using #GoogleMaps? Time to #deGoogle & #GoEuropean 🇪🇺💪
1️⃣ Use 🇪🇺 maps: buy-european.net/en/alternati...
2️⃣ Help to improve 🇪🇺 maps. Most are based on #OpenStreetMap, so contribute to #OSM.
Quick start:
a) create OSM account:
www.openstreetmap.org/user/new
b) Use every-door.app to [1/x] >>

Sign Up

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

www.openstreetmap.org

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@hln.be @politico.eu @euronewsde.bsky.social
@nieuws.nos.nl @euronews.com @bnr.nl @lemonde.fr @donald-tusk.bsky.social @faznet.bsky.social @nrc.nl

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 3d

That's true, but at least it hasn't been turned into a tool for overthrowing democracy in European countries.

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[2/2] >> demolishing influence. Use the comments to tag all #politicians and news media outlets (and influential artists, companies, and other vips) that continue to do this, even if these VIPs use bsky or other media for the same statements as well.

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly. Especially politicians (and other VIPs) who still use X as their main messaging platform, and news media that constantly refer to it ("says @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu on X" etc.).
Basically they are the MAIN reason X still didn’t lose its perceived relevance and their democracy >> [1/2]

Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 3d

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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