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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Sep 1

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…

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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Jul 3

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

Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Jun 17

✨: 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

Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Jun 8

We demand a safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla

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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Jun 3

✨: 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

Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Jun 3

✨: 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

Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Jun 2

✨: Read "Quoting Steve Krouse" on new coding trends & AI. Full article here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/steve-krouse/#atom-everything

#stevekrouse #hypecoding

Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · May 30

✨: Faut-il débrancher l’IA ? Explore les implications écologiques, politiques & ontologiques de cette révolution technologique. http://chatonsky.net/unplug/ #technologie #écologie #philosophie

Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · May 21

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…

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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Apr 30

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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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

“‘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

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Libre Graphics Meeting @lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · Mar 12

🎉 **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 […]

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Scott🇨🇦🍁 @saelliott.bsky.social · Mar 9

A great idea! Pass it on. 🇨🇦

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AEMET @aemet.es · Mar 5

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.

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Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com · Feb 22

Early experiments from my Sliced Poems series.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Feb 20

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).

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Feb 18

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!

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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Feb 18

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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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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Feb 16

@francescabria.bsky.social Tambien la cuantidad de servidores #Mastodon me parece mas importante en Europa que el resto del mundo. umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/masto...

Tienes un cuento en Mastodon donde puedo seguirte?

Mastodon Near Me - Fediverse communities by country, region, and language

A curated selection of well-moderated Mastodon service providers that are are open for registration and serving specific countries, regions or languages. Most allow anyone to join, but they tend to be...

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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Feb 16

@francescabria.bsky.social
Porque no hablar tambien de #mastodn como alternativa totalemente desarollada por europeos. Bluesky, de nuevo, es una initiativa norte-americana.

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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Feb 10

For those interested in finding out which organizations have left #Twitter, here's a list Bit.ly/eXit If you see some orgs that are missing lmk

bit.ly/eXit — Organizations and individuals who have left X (and where they've gone)

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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Jan 27

Anyone #onHere is tracking a list of brands that have exited (or silently quitted) ExTwitter?

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Julien Deswaef @xuv.be · Jan 27

Anyone #onHere is tracking a list of brands that have exited (or silently quitted) ExTwitter?

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Libre Graphics Meeting @lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · Jan 25

🚨 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/ […]

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David Dufresne @davduf.net · Jan 16

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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