{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":4,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/users\/holdenweb","displayName":"Steve Holden","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/294896-original-tmp20250821140214.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/294896-96-20250824045556.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/294896-48-20250824045556.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/294896-24-20250826061848.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"294896"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/294896-96-20250824045556.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Socialist. Child of 311.3 ppm. Long-time software technologist. Actions speak louder than words. We are lied to daily on an industrial basis. All you need is love. #FreePalestine! Shalom.","url":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/@holdenweb","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"holdenweb","displayName":"Steve Holden","note":"Socialist. Child of 311.3 ppm. Long-time software technologist. Actions speak louder than words. We are lied to daily on an industrial basis. All you need is love. #FreePalestine! Shalom."}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\" class=\"u-url mention\">@aral<\/a> the last good thing I remember the EU doing for open source was funding pypy - must have been at least twenty years ago.<\/p><p>Microsoft need to butt out - too much American influence in tech already.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-09:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/users\/holdenweb\/statuses\/114909151755010740","object":{"id":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/users\/holdenweb\/statuses\/114909151755010740","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\" class=\"u-url mention\">@aral<\/a> the last good thing I remember the EU doing for open source was funding pypy - must have been at least twenty years ago.<\/p><p>Microsoft need to butt out - too much American influence in tech already.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/@holdenweb\/114909151755010740","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/114907160805515607","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/114907160805515607"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=46ec36746aa986fd","notice_info":{"local_id":"10605658","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-25T12:33:47+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/@holdenweb\/114909151755010740"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/users\/whvholst","displayName":"Walter van Holst","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84232-original-tmp20251027165609.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84232-96-20251029033509.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84232-48-20251027223549.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84232-24-20251029033509.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"84232"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84232-96-20251029033509.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Doing stuff in data protection, healthcare law and privacy-by-design. Moonlighting as digital rights activist. Innocent bystander in infosec scene.","url":"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/@whvholst","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"whvholst","displayName":"Walter van Holst","note":"Doing stuff in data protection, healthcare law and privacy-by-design. Moonlighting as digital rights activist. Innocent bystander in infosec scene."}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/@holdenweb\" class=\"u-url mention\">@holdenweb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\" class=\"u-url mention\">@aral<\/a> You may want to look into NGI Zero <a href=\"https:\/\/nlnet.nl\/NGI0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/nlnet.nl\/NGI0\/<\/a> which is mostly funded by the EU.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-09:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/users\/whvholst\/statuses\/114913539742251005","object":{"id":"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/users\/whvholst\/statuses\/114913539742251005","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/@holdenweb\" class=\"u-url mention\">@holdenweb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\" class=\"u-url mention\">@aral<\/a> You may want to look into NGI Zero <a href=\"https:\/\/nlnet.nl\/NGI0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/nlnet.nl\/NGI0\/<\/a> which is mostly funded by the EU.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/@whvholst\/114913539742251005","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/users\/holdenweb\/statuses\/114909151755010740","url":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/@holdenweb\/114909151755010740"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/users\/holdenweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=46ec36746aa986fd","notice_info":{"local_id":"10605660","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-25T12:33:46+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/@whvholst\/114913539742251005"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-original-tmp20260927134609.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20260927134620.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-24-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"4627"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Social oncologist. I make small things.Unapologetically anti-genocide.Warning: May not fit your taxonomy.From Gaza? If you need to get verified, please go here: https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/join\/Want to donate to people in Gaza? Please see https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/donate\/My posts are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/)\ud83c\udf49\ud83c\udf3b \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","note":"Social oncologist. I make small things.Unapologetically anti-genocide.Warning: May not fit your taxonomy.From Gaza? If you need to get verified, please go here: https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/join\/Want to donate to people in Gaza? Please see https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/donate\/My posts are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/)\ud83c\udf49\ud83c\udf3b \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable"}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/@whvholst\" class=\"u-url mention\">@whvholst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/@holdenweb\" class=\"u-url mention\">@holdenweb<\/a> Oh, do tell me about ngi.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ar.al\/2022\/10\/20\/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-rejected\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/ar.al\/2022\/10\/20\/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-rejected\/<\/a><\/p><p>(That wasn\u2019t even our last rejection. I just got tired of writing about it.)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-09:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/114913886997750438","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/114913886997750438","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/@whvholst\" class=\"u-url mention\">@whvholst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/@holdenweb\" class=\"u-url mention\">@holdenweb<\/a> Oh, do tell me about ngi.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ar.al\/2022\/10\/20\/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-rejected\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/ar.al\/2022\/10\/20\/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-rejected\/<\/a><\/p><p>(That wasn\u2019t even our last rejection. I just got tired of writing about it.)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/114913886997750438","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/users\/whvholst\/statuses\/114913539742251005","url":"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/@whvholst\/114913539742251005"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/eupolicy.social\/users\/whvholst"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/freeradical.zone\/users\/holdenweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=46ec36746aa986fd","notice_info":{"local_id":"10605661","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-25T12:33:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/114913886997750438"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-original-tmp20260927134609.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20260927134620.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-24-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"4627"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20260927134635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Social oncologist. I make small things.Unapologetically anti-genocide.Warning: May not fit your taxonomy.From Gaza? If you need to get verified, please go here: https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/join\/Want to donate to people in Gaza? Please see https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/donate\/My posts are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/)\ud83c\udf49\ud83c\udf3b \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","note":"Social oncologist. I make small things.Unapologetically anti-genocide.Warning: May not fit your taxonomy.From Gaza? If you need to get verified, please go here: https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/join\/Want to donate to people in Gaza? Please see https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/donate\/My posts are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/)\ud83c\udf49\ud83c\udf3b \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable"}},"content":"<p>The only way Microsoft should be involved in a European Sovereign Tech Fund is if we fund it by taxing the living shit out of them.<\/p><p>But having them organise and influence it (and who gets funded by it), thereby de facto giving Microsoft EU taxpayer subsidies? Get the fuck out of here.<\/p><p>There are no words to describe how angry this attempt at corporate capture gets me when we\u2019ve been working on sovereign tech in the EU for the past seven years with zero EU funding (not for lack of trying).<\/p><p>Note which people and organisations allow their names to be used to legitimise this effort so you don\u2019t trust a thing they say on this subject in the future.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/open-source\/maintainers\/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/github.blog\/open-source\/maintainers\/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund\/<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/EU\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#EU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/FOSS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#FOSS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/freedom\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#freedom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/tech\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#tech<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/funding\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#funding<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/EuropeanSovereignTechFund\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#EuropeanSovereignTechFund<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/corporateCapture\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#corporateCapture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/openWashing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#openWashing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/BigTech\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#BigTech<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/microsoft\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#microsoft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/GitHub\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#GitHub<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-09:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/114907160805515607","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/114907160805515607","objectType":"note","content":"<p>The only way Microsoft should be involved in a European Sovereign Tech Fund is if we fund it by taxing the living shit out of them.<\/p><p>But having them organise and influence it (and who gets funded by it), thereby de facto giving Microsoft EU taxpayer subsidies? Get the fuck out of here.<\/p><p>There are no words to describe how angry this attempt at corporate capture gets me when we\u2019ve been working on sovereign tech in the EU for the past seven years with zero EU funding (not for lack of trying).<\/p><p>Note which people and organisations allow their names to be used to legitimise this effort so you don\u2019t trust a thing they say on this subject in the future.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/open-source\/maintainers\/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/github.blog\/open-source\/maintainers\/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund\/<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/EU\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#EU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/FOSS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#FOSS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/freedom\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#freedom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/tech\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#tech<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/funding\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#funding<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/EuropeanSovereignTechFund\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#EuropeanSovereignTechFund<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/corporateCapture\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#corporateCapture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/openWashing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#openWashing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/BigTech\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#BigTech<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/microsoft\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#microsoft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/tags\/GitHub\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#GitHub<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/114907160805515607","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bigtech"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"corporatecapture"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"europeansovereigntechfund"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"foss"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"freedom"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"funding"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"github"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"microsoft"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"openwashing"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"tech"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=46ec36746aa986fd","notice_info":{"local_id":"10593892","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T08:05:23+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral\/114907160805515607"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5399629","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}