Notices by Erik Kemp 🇪🇺 (erikkemp@tukkers.online)

@elipariser

At this moment I bridge my Mastodon content to Bluesky by following @bsky.brid.gy , but I agree with @pluralistic here:

"If I had my way, all those people enjoying themselves on Bluesky would come and enjoy themselves in the Fediverse. But I'm not a purist. If there's a way to use Bluesky without locking myself to the platform, I will join the party there in a hot second. And if there's a way to join the Bluesky party from the Fediverse, then goddamn I will party my ass off."

The housing corporation on the campus of @utwente is planning to replace all locks of ~2500 students living there with digital locks, that you can only unlock with your phone (via NFC).

Some students are very concerned about these plans, so I just went to the UT to talk with @Brian , one of the concerned students.

I'm very curious for replies with privacy / ethics arguments around these digital locks.

@bjacobs , @marleenstikker , @xot, @Frederik_Borgesius , do you have any thoughts on this?

If you Travel slowly, you have time to meet wonderful people. While in the train from Bologna to Innsbruck, let's mention a few!

In Milan, you meet a ... fashion designer! Of course! Amazing custom dresses!

On the ferry from Bari to Durres, with 3 men from Kosovo who went to work in Switzerland. Thanks for the drinks! I now know where I will be welcome when I will visit Kosovo for the first time! And the girl from Australia who was on her way to visit hey boyfriend in Shkodër. Love is global!

When departing from the ferry, I bumped into 2 wonderful people: Jill and Chris from https://artisticvoyages.com/!

They are traveling the world for 7 years, painting murals across the globe to spread art, love and joy. As I could offer them a bed, we talked about life, adventures, Canada, ¡Pura Vida! and purple ;-)

Chris is now on the fediverse with his #graphicNovel at
@lysergicworlddesign!

Whaaah! While typing this, Chris texts me Jills blog post! Art truly connects!
https://medium.com/share-your-creativity/we-gift-creations-to-our-friends-as-we-travel-7b759aebbfe1?sk=v2/e5a3760b-5baa-4c67-97ca-fbc686a0c814

Today, in between budget discussions in the city council, the first #utwente Climate Event!

https://www.utwente.nl/en/sustainability/climate-centre/climate-event/programme/

Keynote speaker Prof. #ValerieTrouet, paleoclimate scientist and dendrochronologist,
starts off with the chart that everyone in the world should see. Please share it regularly!

This is the one:
https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/climate-change?facet=none&country=~OWID_WRL&hideControls=true&Metric=CO%E2%82%82+concentrations&Long-run+series=true

Prof. Trouet shows the correlation between CO2 and paleoclimate temperature proxies as well. I just read how that works here:
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo3/l10_p6.html

@kimvsparrentak

OK, hereby a list of personalised recommendations :)

#EUbubble:
@bartgroothuis
@alexandrageese
@PaulTang
@kik1
@echo_pbreyer
@guyverhofstadt

#Climate:
@TatianaIlyina
@pkuipersmunneke
@HelgavanLeur
@GerritHiemstra
@blackholeness
@breadandcircuses
@ed_hawkins

#TechPolicy:
@maxschrems
@noybeu
@barbarakathmann
@taylorlorenz
@ilyaz
@marleenstikker
@aral

#Feminism:
@kanarinka
@amydiehl
@SheDrivesMobility

A huge list from last year: https://tukkers.online/@erikkemp/109262689320027317

Strandbeests by engineer-artist Theo Jansen! Meet Animaris Rex!

https://www.strandbeest.com/

@pfefferle @nathan

And yet, when I hear this, I want to ask a punk band to make a proper ActivityPub song :P

#iljaleonardpfeijffer in De Morgen:

https://www.demorgen.be/meningen/ik-woon-nu-al-ruim-een-jaar-in-een-land-met-een-neo-fascistische-premier-en-ik-moet-toegeven-dat-ik-er-nauwelijks-iets-van-merk~ba8baa13/

"Ik begrijp tot mijn schrik en verontrusting nu hoe eenvoudig het is om in slaap te worden gesust door de traagheid aller dingen en om slaapwandelend naar een dictatuur geleid te worden’, schrijft Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer in zijn eerste essay voor De Morgen. Want hoewel Italië onder Giorgia Meloni steeds illiberaler wordt, moet je ‘echt je best doen’ om te weten wat er écht speelt."

Hi! For a presentation about #FediverseStories at #PubConf2023, I'm looking for .... fediverse stories! ;-)

Do you know of a place where someone collected fediverse stories? Or do you have an interesting fediverse story yourself? Specifically, I'm looking for your favourite fediverse posts from the past years.

Which posts did you like best? Which posts organically spread through a big part of the fediverse? Which post made you realise this place is special?

Feel free to share some posts!