The Art of Not Belonging: Shadi Alzaqzouq’s Incredible Journey - YouTube

In this conversation, Shadi Alzaqzouq reflects on growing up without a homeland, discovering art as a weapon of self-definition, and challenging the stereotypes imposed on him as a Palestinian. His work blends rebellion, identity, and freedom to confront a world that keeps pushing him outside its walls.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GBcp2sPVGLs

#Art #Culture #Palestine #Europe @palestine @palestine

Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws

https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes

#HackerNews #Europe #GDPR #AI #Laws #Changes #Relaxation

The Art of Not Belonging: Shadi Alzaqzouq’s Incredible Journey - YouTube

In this conversation, Shadi Alzaqzouq reflects on growing up without a homeland, discovering art as a weapon of self-definition, and challenging the stereotypes imposed on him as a Palestinian. His work blends rebellion, identity, and freedom to confront a world that keeps pushing him outside its walls.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GBcp2sPVGLs

#Art #Culture #Palestine #Europe @palestine @palestine

I am surprised the @EUCommission is weakening #GDPR in order to please #ArtificialIntelligence companies in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸.

Props to @mgsiegler for highlighting this recent change!

👉🏾 #Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and #AI laws https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes

U.S. tech giants' dominance in cloud services threatens digital sovereignty, prompting Europe to break monopolies and build its own infrastructure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/19/world/europes-cloud-scares-and-us-tech-dominance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #amazon #google #microsoft #europe #cloudservices #it #bigtech #cybersecurity

I believe Europeans need to worry more about Chat Control / ProtectEU.

It is absolutely dystopian & can not be allowed to be implemented!

After all, it can't be any good if the politicians want to be exempt from it ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPzvUW8qaWY

They also provide a nice summary here: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then

(I didn't know Ashton Kutcher was that in love with mass #surveillance 🕺)

⏯️ by @mullvadnet

#ChatControl #ProtectEU #Privacy #eu #europe #europeanunion #it #europa #tech #news #digital

Wishing everyone a great time at Open Source Monitoring Conference starting today in Holiday Inn Nuremberg City Centre in #Nuremberg, #Germany

Find out more on https://foss.events/2025/11-18-open-source-monitoring-conference.html

Official hashtag(s): #osmc

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

Just one Week left to apply for a talk at Code & Compliance by Eclipse Foundation on 29 January 2026 in #Brussels, #Belgium

Find out more at:
https://foss.events/2026/01-29-code-compliance.html

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

If someone is more interested in the botanical, pomological side of plant breeding than the molecular, bioinformatics side, which European professional society would you recommend joining for learning and networking opportunities?

Particularly if someone is NOT in a cushy situation where they're with an institution that pays for memberships, travel, posters, or anything...

#Botany #Europe #HigherEd #Science

If someone is more interested in the botanical, pomological side of plant breeding than the molecular, bioinformatics side, which European professional society would you recommend joining for learning and networking opportunities?

Particularly if someone is NOT in a cushy situation where they're with an institution that pays for memberships, travel, posters, or anything...

#Botany #Europe #HigherEd #Science

This week, @Freddie & @michael are heading to Germany for the #EuropeanDigitalSovereigntySummit and #EuroskyLive 💫

The European Digital Sovereignty Summit is on the 18th, creating opportunities for French and German experts to discuss digital sovereignty.

Eurosky Live is the day after, using the momentum of the summit, voices from across Europe will be coming together to think about how we can build a sovereign, interoperable Social Web.

#SocialWeb #Fediverse #Europe

This week, @Freddie & @michael are heading to Germany for the #EuropeanDigitalSovereigntySummit and #EuroskyLive 💫

The European Digital Sovereignty Summit is on the 18th, creating opportunities for French and German experts to discuss digital sovereignty.

Eurosky Live is the day after, using the momentum of the summit, voices from across Europe will be coming together to think about how we can build a sovereign, interoperable Social Web.

#SocialWeb #Fediverse #Europe

#Finland president urges #Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in #Ukraine

A ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before spring & European #allies need to keep up support despite a #corruption scandal that has engulfed Kyiv, President Alexander #Stubb of Finland told AP.

Europe, meanwhile, will require ‘’sisu,’’ a Finnish word meaning endurance, resilience & grit, to get through the winter months, as #Russia continues its hybrid attacks & info war.

https://apnews.com/article/stubb-finland-trump-ukraine-putin-russia-europe-8bdbd76ed7c04b5ff6af8abafc7b837c?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-16-Ukraine+truce+prospect

European Union officials may cut growth forecasts for 2026 in the coming week in an assessment of damage to the region’s economy, a year after Donald Trump won back the White House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/16/markets/europe-fallout-trump-trade-chaos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #europe #eu

#Finland president urges #Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in #Ukraine

A ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before spring & European #allies need to keep up support despite a #corruption scandal that has engulfed Kyiv, President Alexander #Stubb of Finland told AP.

Europe, meanwhile, will require ‘’sisu,’’ a Finnish word meaning endurance, resilience & grit, to get through the winter months, as #Russia continues its hybrid attacks & info war.

https://apnews.com/article/stubb-finland-trump-ukraine-putin-russia-europe-8bdbd76ed7c04b5ff6af8abafc7b837c?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-16-Ukraine+truce+prospect

Our 4 demands for #EuSummit25:

💶 #Fediverse Fund for user-centred development in the amount of €30 million annually

1️⃣ Anchoring the #Plus1 principle in the work of the federal government and public institutions

🤝 Establishing legal certainty: recognition of #non-profit status

🇪🇺 Establishment of #decentralised, interoperable and cross-sectoral multilingual pan-European #media platforms with the involvement of #civil society from the outset

#Europe #socialweb #opensource #digitalpolicy

The U.K. says it will launch its largest overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times, drawing inspiration from Denmark's approach, one of the toughest in Europe and widely criticized by rights groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/world/politics/britain-asylum-immigration-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #europe #immigration #keirstarmer

A free ebook on the history of computers in education in Europe.

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110780147/html

#retrocomputing #education #europe