Good morning Lillestrøm! #IGF

After literally shaking in the cold as I walked from the train station last night, I need to buy either a thick hoody, or a full-blown Arctic jacket on the way to the conference centre this morning 😂 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/ae910c009e45e5bf9c3c06a5dad6122374e753bda02e996b3a97ca7d4fef5181.webp

Bet the same pressure is being put on the UK re its similar #DMCCA #DMA https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicholashirstmlex_exclusive-us-eu-near-deal-on-nontariff-activity-7342787176230776832-4tMu

I hope the UN Internet Governance Forum in Oslo next week is as much fun 😂 #IGF nostr:note12rhhacp8k6aqnsxwqwvlhzhdpg9thmnj3j57uj49ks5vpjr9j2wsdwwzy8

Social media platforms, collaborative online tools, and encrypted messaging are all helping to power a massive, decentralized resistance to the #Trump administration 🥷🤺#resist #NoKings #TeslaTakedown #Musk https://www.wired.com/story/technology-tools-donald-trump-resistance/

Apple’s #Lockdown Mode is getting increasingly useable in daily use. But I just had to reinstall #watchOS to temporarily turn it off. Not even a user option to do so when the standard mechanism failed 😡

Open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the skewed selection process for head of European Data Protection Supervisor, w/ nostr:npub1ujntxjs63wedw28pfdnep0jw7w8fulmxk5hesxfc0vuydd7mgrns37s3hw & @douwekorff.bsky.social #EDPS https://crookedtimber.org/2025/06/20/open-letter-to-european-commission-president-ursula-von-der-leyen-on-the-skewed-selection-process-for-head-of-european-data-protection-supervisor/

TODAY! 📺 From NGI to Open Internet Stack: Powering Europe’s Digital Sovereignty https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/

Hoping the next release of nostr:npub1v5qmjahu03zghudru8yjdueczmee4cza38kxj3w6whqvdzjtn8es4wzdxf is going to be a big one! /cc @matej_svancer@mastodon.social https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/288cf9978ac8ef2490f368c20ac5af3e28e11f7d8a64245215684da1158ffe6a.webp

#LSEFestivalOfIdeas mk 2! Good to see the 30C 🌞 today has not put off a substantial audience for the problems for society of the tech oligarchs, w/ @faizashaheen.bsky.social, @jackstilgoe.bsky.social and @hilarycottam.bsky.social 👏 https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-Festival/2025/0618/bezos-model-new-technology https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/c63afc83bdad1de8b4f983bca4a4c2cfc8303e1af7d627c28f32fae0882e18a2.webp

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#Apple's #News+ is just a pile of 💩

It has a reasonable selection of articles and newspapers, but:

* Shows horrible, clunky ads in the middle of stories 🤬

* Insists on continuing to show articles from rags I've explicitly blocked, like the Torygraph 🤬

* Destroys the relationship between news media and their readers, no doubt to their great disadvantage in the long run 🤬🤬

Free trial cancelled! Thank FSM for the Financial Times subscription!

Back to the future.. after eight years, and a lot of fucking around, I have managed to return my #Mac devices to syncing my calendars from my mac #Mini, rather than via #iCloud. This web page helps with moving back to local syncing: https://rfwilmut.net/notes/icloudmovecalendars.html

#Apple does not make this easy, as they want to lock you into their #ecosystem. But it didn't take TOO long!

Shared iCloud #calendar event invites are totally fucked. This will finally resolve that problem! https://www.reddit.com/r/iCloud/comments/10ytw88/not_receiving_calendar_invitations_from_an_icloud/

The #GOV.UK ID registration process was going so well:

* Photo and scan biometric passport ✅

* Take multi-coloured selfie scan without having an epileptic fit ✅

* Try to link my existing HMRC account 🧐

But then… #fail 🤪

“Unfortunately, one of our closest allies, the 🇬🇧, is taking advantage of its authorities under the #Cloud Act and is attacking America’s data security and privacy,” said [US Congress] committee chair Rep. Andy #Biggs, republican representative for #Arizona. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625614/US-lawmakers-say-UK-has-gone-too-far-by-attacking-Apples-encryption

All trains suspended at one of London’s busiest train stations. Good job I’m not in a hurry… like to catch a transatlantic flight… #Paddington #chaos https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/2b566faf30951fd2dad19fd2c7dff4afbe7167365b4c314f96a3db5cdde2605a.webp

Tired: leaking, Rishi #Sunak #Sambas 🫣

Wired: largely waterproof #Pikolinos! 🥰 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/14a68534be136780b4fea149c9781e43c60d1475d5efc4b8d44c7a857ee76cf6.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/00ebd3dfacf99e2e93adc8b43bbc8def8c054beb727f41259f91abb7f86baefd.webp

We need a sociologist. But I find Spaniards generally just accept orders in a way many Brits will not. Even if there are more anarchists in Spain. I’m sure these anecdotal impressions of mine are related

I hope the nostr:npub1f3wr9ual9k46y46w0mcngwaracgnf4mwg7n4tcmx9pl65jlk97ysarf6zt position on #Trump #trade talks is not as naive as this article suggests 🤨https://on.ft.com/3YXDXyn

🌶️ #CPDP2025 #SkyECC #EncroChat #BigBrotherWatchVsUK #encryption https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/c27b75a62ddeb889cf7b0d24597f78e698188b66e7e63e21c8a514cfc0441fe7.webp

As people inside and outside #Apple have told me recently, the company builds extraordinary hardware (if you are rich enough to afford it) 💰

I agree and remain a slavish #fanboy (even though right now, I am technically unemployed 🤣) Their aggressive price discrimination manages to bring even only moderately well-off customers like me 😉 #16e

Why not just focus on that, instead of trying to forcibly tie it to mediocre software services? That strategy has now reached its dotage, and is about to be euthanised by the enforcement of the #DMA.

Change before you are forced to, FruitCo! 🍏

#Apple’s market power enables it to invest a lot less in the magical #innovation it so bleats on about, and it would be forced to spend much more in genuinely fair and contestable digital markets (see also: MANY other examples) #DMA #CPDP25 https://apple.news/ATFGoayhLTcus5528SQXPOA

First #blockchain or #crypto 🧵 I ever found interesting. Nate is a serious guy

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