Ole Vedel Villumsen
@olevv.bsky.social
Any pronouns (most use he/him).
Software developer (Java), father of two teenagers, amateur musician.
Concerned about the climate and man-made climate change.
Software developer (Java), father of two teenagers, amateur musician.
Concerned about the climate and man-made climate change.
My teenager and a friend asked who invented, owns and develops Java. I gave them the very short story from memory.
Java was developed by a group lead by James Gosling and was launched by a company named Sun Microsystems Inc. (1/4) #Java #techhistory
Java was developed by a group lead by James Gosling and was launched by a company named Sun Microsystems Inc. (1/4) #Java #techhistory
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My teenager and a friend asked who invented, owns and develops Java. I gave them the very short story from memory.
Java was developed by a group lead by James Gosling and was launched by a company named Sun Microsystems Inc. (1/4) #Java #techhistory
Java was developed by a group lead by James Gosling and was launched by a company named Sun Microsystems Inc. (1/4) #Java #techhistory
I have secured my ticket for Jfokus, Stockholm February 2–4. Looking forward like a little kid.
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I have secured my ticket for Jfokus, Stockholm February 2–4. Looking forward like a little kid.
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#SaveSpeech
Opposition to Chat Control within Denmark is growing. If you are a Danish citizen, please sign this petition:
www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-...
At 50k sigs, it is submitted to the parliament and undergoes the standard leg process, including potential debates, review, and vote.
Opposition to Chat Control within Denmark is growing. If you are a Danish citizen, please sign this petition:
www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-...
At 50k sigs, it is submitted to the parliament and undergoes the standard leg process, including potential debates, review, and vote.
Nej til EU’s “Masseovervågning” beskyt vores privatliv, digitale sikkerhed og ytringsfrihed.
Vi beder Danmark om at stemme nej til EU’s “Chatkontrol” en lov, der pålægger masseovervågning af alle borgere ved at scanne private beskeder, e-mails
www.borgerforslag.dk
September 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#SaveSpeech
Opposition to Chat Control within Denmark is growing. If you are a Danish citizen, please sign this petition:
www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-...
At 50k sigs, it is submitted to the parliament and undergoes the standard leg process, including potential debates, review, and vote.
Opposition to Chat Control within Denmark is growing. If you are a Danish citizen, please sign this petition:
www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-...
At 50k sigs, it is submitted to the parliament and undergoes the standard leg process, including potential debates, review, and vote.
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errorprone.info/docs/time for programmers, and people who like to know things. By @kevinb9n.bsky.social . Thorough, knowledgeable, a sound read for all programmers, entertaining, practical. Recommended.
How to Think About Time
errorprone.info
August 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
errorprone.info/docs/time for programmers, and people who like to know things. By @kevinb9n.bsky.social . Thorough, knowledgeable, a sound read for all programmers, entertaining, practical. Recommended.
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First JDK 25 Release Candidate: mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jd...
Downloads: jdk.java.net/25/
#JDK25 #Java25 #OpenJDK #TestItNow
Downloads: jdk.java.net/25/
#JDK25 #Java25 #OpenJDK #TestItNow
August 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
First JDK 25 Release Candidate: mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jd...
Downloads: jdk.java.net/25/
#JDK25 #Java25 #OpenJDK #TestItNow
Downloads: jdk.java.net/25/
#JDK25 #Java25 #OpenJDK #TestItNow
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When they don't have a case, they lie.
HOME OFFICE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN OVER PALESTINE ACTION BAN EXPOSED
@declassifiedUK has revealed that Home Office insinuations that Palestine Action supports violence and receives funding from Iran were refuted by its own internal assessments.
In full: www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...
@declassifiedUK has revealed that Home Office insinuations that Palestine Action supports violence and receives funding from Iran were refuted by its own internal assessments.
In full: www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...
Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned
Exclusive: Documents seen by Declassified reveal serious concerns within the UK government and MI5 about proscribing Palestine Action.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
When they don't have a case, they lie.
My friend @arvind-avinash.bsky.social invited me and my girl friend to his house when we were in London last week. We had a good and inspiring time together. (I originally know Arvind from Stack Overflow.)
July 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My friend @arvind-avinash.bsky.social invited me and my girl friend to his house when we were in London last week. We had a good and inspiring time together. (I originally know Arvind from Stack Overflow.)
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Thanks to Matthias van de Meent, I've deleted my toot on #PostgreSQL 18 since after verification, it claimed "unverified" capabilities.
Matthias van de Meent (@[email protected])
@[email protected] Hey, I just want to warn you - the first headline of the article, just above the cutoff for paid accounts "1. Parallel COPY from file to table" sounds like someone looking for cl...
fosstodon.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Thanks to Matthias van de Meent, I've deleted my toot on #PostgreSQL 18 since after verification, it claimed "unverified" capabilities.
Not sure exactly how it fits, but I’ll take it. #Java30WithIntelliJIDEA plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/27445...
May 31, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Not sure exactly how it fits, but I’ll take it. #Java30WithIntelliJIDEA plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/27445...
They say my official age of retirement will be in 8 months. I couldn’t care less. I have an interesting and lovely software development job, and i am not letting go of it.
May 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They say my official age of retirement will be in 8 months. I couldn’t care less. I have an interesting and lovely software development job, and i am not letting go of it.
Find your national ID number (for example your passport number) and sign this petition to free 11 Peruvian environmentalists fighting for clean air and indigenous people.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Alto a la criminalización de las personas defensoras en Cotabambas
Español:
Las personas y organizaciones firmantes denunciamos la injusta criminalización de 11 defensores ambientales y de derechos humanos provenientes de comunidades ubicadas en la provincia de Cota...
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March 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Find your national ID number (for example your passport number) and sign this petition to free 11 Peruvian environmentalists fighting for clean air and indigenous people.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
“Dad, I want to run a Minecraft server for my sibling and a friend. Have I got Java on my computer? (My home field.) How do I configure port forwarding in the router? (Not my home field, also not hard.) Why don’t the Minecraft mods I got work? (Fortunately a friend helped with that.)”
March 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“Dad, I want to run a Minecraft server for my sibling and a friend. Have I got Java on my computer? (My home field.) How do I configure port forwarding in the router? (Not my home field, also not hard.) Why don’t the Minecraft mods I got work? (Fortunately a friend helped with that.)”
On March 31 the Danish Broadcasting Corporation archive at Royal Danish Library will open to the public. As software developer I am preserving broadcast radio and TV and in this way will contribute to the archive. (Press release in Danish: kum.dk/aktuelt/nyhe...)
Millioner af DR-udsendelser på vej til danskerne
Kulturministeriets væsentligste opgaver består i ministerrådgivning og lovgivningsmæssige initiativer. Kulturministeriet består af Kulturministeriets departement, en styrelse og ca. 20 statsinstitutio...
kum.dk
March 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
On March 31 the Danish Broadcasting Corporation archive at Royal Danish Library will open to the public. As software developer I am preserving broadcast radio and TV and in this way will contribute to the archive. (Press release in Danish: kum.dk/aktuelt/nyhe...)
Crazy: playing the piano during work hours. The Århus branch of Royal Danish Library invites users, employees, everyone interested, to join us singing two songs every Thursday at 9:30 AM Danish time. We’re three employees taking turns accompanying. How I enjoy it.
February 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Crazy: playing the piano during work hours. The Århus branch of Royal Danish Library invites users, employees, everyone interested, to join us singing two songs every Thursday at 9:30 AM Danish time. We’re three employees taking turns accompanying. How I enjoy it.
My teenager draws …
@spearmintdoesart27.bsky.social oc Barbage
hes a cutie and i wanted to draw him for ages but never got around to it and so i got carried away
i just wanted to make a doodle....
hes a cutie and i wanted to draw him for ages but never got around to it and so i got carried away
i just wanted to make a doodle....
February 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My teenager draws …
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As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
Reposted by Ole Vedel Villumsen
Reposted by Ole Vedel Villumsen
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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👀 Praxis is a Thiel-backed “network state” project that aims to build its OWN COUNTRY. In Nov, Praxis founder Dryden Brown wrote about wanting Greenland 4 Praxis. In Dec, Trump named Thiel partner Ken Howery as ambassador to Denmark & said the US shld buy Greenland. Praxis & Dryden are thrilled...1/
January 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
👀 Praxis is a Thiel-backed “network state” project that aims to build its OWN COUNTRY. In Nov, Praxis founder Dryden Brown wrote about wanting Greenland 4 Praxis. In Dec, Trump named Thiel partner Ken Howery as ambassador to Denmark & said the US shld buy Greenland. Praxis & Dryden are thrilled...1/
The project I have been working on most of 2024 has gone into production. Broadcast radio and TV are now being ingested through NiFi into Preservica v. 7 and further into the Bit Repository, where our vision is to keep this cultural heritage for 500 years. #Java #digitalPreservation
Bitrepository - Confluence
bitrepository.org
November 19, 2024 at 1:45 PM
The project I have been working on most of 2024 has gone into production. Broadcast radio and TV are now being ingested through NiFi into Preservica v. 7 and further into the Bit Repository, where our vision is to keep this cultural heritage for 500 years. #Java #digitalPreservation
Ashley (16) and I had a great experience visiting the “open organ” event where the young people had the opportunity to play the big symphonic organ in the Concert Hall.
November 16, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Ashley (16) and I had a great experience visiting the “open organ” event where the young people had the opportunity to play the big symphonic organ in the Concert Hall.