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Manuel Chakravarty

@tacticalgrace.justtesting.org

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🔥 Lambda Scientist 💡 Functional programming 💡 Programming languages 💡 Cryptography 👨🏽‍💻 Swift, Haskell & Agda 💜 Volt 🇪🇺 policy: digital rights & economy 📍 Utrecht 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇪🇺 • Twitter: @TacticalGrace

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · Aug 6

I think that Swift is an awesome language for functional programming! Many (functional) programmers don’t seem to know this. Hence, I gave talk about “Functional Programming in Swift” at @bobkonf.bsky.social — it is now online: media.ccc.de/v/bob11-2024...

Talk page: bobkonf.de/2024/chakrav...

Functional Programming in Swift

When people talk about functional programming in modern multi-paradigm languages, they usually mention Rust, Scala, or Kotlin. You rarely...

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

We must stop Chat Control! 💬🔒

Imagine having someone peeking over your shoulder looking at every message you send

We are totally against this and I asked @aschwab.bsky.social to see if he can talk to his party leader Fredrich Merz to make sure that Germany stops supporting this dangerous law

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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 1d

The essence of the VSA framework 👇🏽

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

Homemade identity, age, etc verification is as much a dumb idea as homemade cryptography. It is going to sit full of holes and it is going to be exploited.

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 1d

Ok, so the most successful American AI startup asks the EU to help it with EU antitrust law against American bigtech while the US administration attacks EU tech laws left, right, and centre. Remind me, what was the problem with EU regulation again?

Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 2d

I guess OpenAI doesn't think much of Judge Mehta remedies... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

OpenAI Warns EU Antitrust Watchdogs of Big Tech’s Data Dominance

OpenAI has raised concerns with European Union antitrust enforcers over potentially harmful conduct by the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc.

www.bloomberg.com

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 23h

Wow, that shapes up to become an impressive lineup!

Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 1d

We're delighted to announce @alexandrageese.bsky.social, Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA Group, as a speaker for Eurosky Live in Berlin this November.

#EuroskyLive #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanTech

www.eurosky.social/eurosky-live

Banner announcing Alexandra Geese as a speaker for the Eurosky Live conference. Alexandra Geese is Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA Group. Eurosky Live takes place in Berlin on 19 Noember. Further details available at eurosky.social/eurosky-live

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Myrthe Hilkens @myrthehilkens.bsky.social · 1d

Lees gewoon de bijlage. En zeker; het is een enorme vereenvoudiging. Lees de begeleidende tekst van het financieel dagblad hieronder.

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Myrthe Hilkens @myrthehilkens.bsky.social · 1d

Een vastgelopen systeem van toeslagen en ellende omgooien en iedereen een basisinkomen geven. Daar slaan de rekenmodellen van op tilt, want je plakt geen pleisters op een piepend systeem, maar bouwt een nieuw. Even doorlezen en dan blijkt; don’t believe de balkjes.

Jelmer Visser @dietukkerfries.nl · 1d

Waar is Volt in vredesnaam mee bezig?

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Laurens Dassen @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 1d

Oude partijen hebben fors minder geïnvesteerd in sociale zekerheid dan Volt, halen klimaatdoelen niet, en bij GL-PvdA stopt de defensie in 2030.

Tijd voor iets nieuws: Volt investeert het meeste in ontwikkelingssamenwerking en cultuur, en geeft als enige iedereen een basisinkomen! #CPB

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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 1d

When you vote Volt, you vote for the ideas you have contributed with. Share this with every Dutch person you know, and let's add more purple to the Dutch politics on October 29th 🧡🇪🇺💜

With @melsklabbers.volteuropa.org

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 1d

I've been a bit sceptical of the "exodus of US-based academics to Europe" thing, but this is a notable move.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Laurens Dassen @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 1d

Waar oude partijen bang zijn voor échte verandering, presenteert Volt vandaag de doorrekening van een nieuwe generatie met nieuwe ideeën.

We voeren een systeemverandering in en geven iedereen een basisinkomen, halen de klimaatdoelen in 2040, en bouwen de nieuwe economie van de toekomst.

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 1d

🙏🇺🇦 Zelensky: As of now, more than 20 people are known to have been injured across the country. Unfortunately, a child died in Zaporizhzhia.

There are power outages in Kyiv, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, and Kherson regions.

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Felienne Hermans @felienne.bsky.social · 1d

Mijn eerste column in Volkskrant als vaste columnist, vanaf nu schrijf ik iedere tweede vrijdag van de maand een stuk! Het was niet fijn om te schrijven, maar het moet gezegd: de logica van extreem rechts is de logica van wit mannelijk superioriteitsdenken.

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Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee @imco.europarl.europa.eu · 1d

🚨🆕New EU rules for transparent political advertising take effect today

"Freedom of expression must never become freedom to manipulate or a tool for disinformation".

Read the full statement by @sandrogozi.bsky.social ⤵️
link.europa.eu/rRJPMg

Democratic integrity: New EU rules for political advertising take effect today | News | European Parliament

From today, all political ads must clearly disclose who paid for them, how much, and whether they are targeting a specific audience.

link.europa.eu

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 1d

🙏 High-rise building in Kyiv, after an enemy attack…

12 people injured in massive Russian attack on capital. Metro operates on modified routes. Left Bank still without power.

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Feross @feross.bsky.social · 2d

1/ 🚨 We just found a massive abuse of the npm ecosystem:

• Targeting 135+ orgs worldwide 🤯
• 175 malicious npm packages (26k+ downloads)
• 630+ HTML lures
• Weaponized unpkg as free CDN hosting for credential-phishing attacks

👀 More details ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 23h

Wow, that shapes up to become an impressive lineup!

Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 1d

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Follow the Money @ftm.nl · 1d

‘Remigratie’ duikt op in de nieuwe verkiezingsprogramma’s van PVV, FvD, BBB en JA21. Dat is geen extremisme, beweren ze, slecht ‘een oplossing’. Maar is het echt zo onschuldig? Experts waarschuwen: ‘remigratie’ is in werkelijkheid een verhullende term voor deportatie.

Deze politieke partijen willen migranten deporteren

PVV, FvD, BBB en JA21 pleiten in hun verkiezingsprogramma’s voor het ‘remigreren’ van mensen met een migratieachtergrond. Daarmee normaliseren ze een rechts-extremistische term voor deportaties. Exper...

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 23h

Dann sind wir im Arsch, aber immerhin https://bsky.app/profile/konflikt-sicher.bsky.social/post/3m2szbryx2k2v

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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 1d

As we have seen in the last 20+ years, when US antitrust is frozen battles among US companies are fought on European ground. Hopefully, EU citizens and taxpayers get a fair share too...

Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 2d

I guess OpenAI doesn't think much of Judge Mehta remedies... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

OpenAI Warns EU Antitrust Watchdogs of Big Tech’s Data Dominance

OpenAI has raised concerns with European Union antitrust enforcers over potentially harmful conduct by the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc.

www.bloomberg.com

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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday in class we discussed how long it could take before NotebookLM gets enshittified 😇

Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 4d

Hesitant to use "that" word when teaching antitrust? Not any more

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Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 1d

Now do #MH17

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Putin says Russian air defences were to blame for Azerbaijani plane crash

The Russian president makes his first public admission of responsibility for the crash, in an effort to improve relations with Azerbaijan.

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Bram van Gendt @bramvangendt.bsky.social · 1d

Wel een mooi fragment om aan studenten journalistiek te laten zien.

Zichtbaar peinst Tim Hofman over hoe hij Eerdmans zal bevragen over de houding van JA21 ten opzichte van mensenrechten en de constitutionele orde.

Een schril contrast met de jolige talkshows waar het vooral gezellig moet zijn.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 1d

New reddit alternative built on AT

nooki @nooki.me · 2d

(1/4) I'm soft launching nooki.me to get some early traction and feedback on what to improve. Excited to see how this platform grows!

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