Robin Berjon

https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com

Political technologist, bringing democracy to the internet. Brussels, 🇪🇺.
• tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns
• DASL, Eurosky/Mu, Modal
• ex W3C, NYT
• Signal robin.77

🌉 [bridged](https://fed.brid.gy/bsky/robin.berjon.com ) from 🦋 [robin.berjon.com](https://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com ), follow Bridgy Fed for Bluesky (npub1pqr…2sck) to interact

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Link: https://berjon.com

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Last Notes

2026-09-03 09:37:28 UTC

GET IT WHILE IT'S HOT
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fivmz34azxgjafrk6ogns7k5/post/3mum574uen22x
#note183p…v8qa

2026-08-31 13:19:39 UTC

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We could… become the number 1 European microblogging app. It's wild.

2026-08-31 06:45:49 UTC

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The internet was always made by fun and irreverence. That's why people are drawn to Mu and why Mu has 200k MAUs with a highly engaged community — without even having mobile apps yet.
Keep joining! We can have fun *and* piss off the right people at the same time.

2026-08-31 06:45:49 UTC

The authoritarians are worried about us, attacking @npub17t2…9zws as the European alternative to X.
For once, they're not wrong!
[www.nationalreview.com/2026/08/euro...](https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/08/europes-misguided-plans-for-pursuing-digital-independence/ )
[Europe’s Misguided Plans for P...](https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/08/europes-misguided-plans-for-pursuing-digital-independence/ )

2026-08-27 06:47:59 UTC

The US State Department has designated A/I, a small Italian provider of open source infrastructure for political activists, as a global terrorist group.
They will reach into our very homes to grab us — if we let them.
[www.state.gov/releases/off...](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/ )
[Designation of Autistici/Inven...](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/ )

2026-08-26 15:21:41 UTC

I'm very excited that [@roomy.space@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:cyqufxsezk33hqulcilckna6 ) is joining us at the [@modalfoundation.eurosky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:hochc4ppzwv5idi6ypeio7ow ). It's a beautiful project and deeply aligned on values.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ad5bwszsc5m5jpj2sfa6uzjk/post/3mtyhu5frd225

2026-08-12 12:46:15 UTC

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"The Spirit of Hope" by Byung-Chul Han
Not super impressed. A couple of points maybe. And what is it with philosophers who talk about animal capabilities without bothering to read up on it?
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreigtv7rtmcvgywhky5ydopb2buac5dzeqaulolk3dl54fthx6xb2be

2026-08-12 12:42:27 UTC

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"The Stress of Her Regard" by Tim Powers
This is essentially metal AF except that instead of "metal" read "gothic".
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreihzsw7drcrapqxbeahij7uswbr6dpf7cdodxh4raemn46hegoc7hq

2026-08-07 12:19:20 UTC

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Organisms have solved complex self-government issues many times over. I hope that understanding our own animal intelligence as the collective work of a settled colony of protists can help us tackle the urgent self-government challenges we face at the planetary level.
[berjon.com/internet-tra...](https://berjon.com/internet-transition/ )
[The Internet Transition](https://berjon.com/internet-transition/ )

2026-08-07 12:14:07 UTC

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"The Brain, In Theory" by [@romainbrette.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:2y4dbcsyspbhpthm7n4o6kcx )
Brains aren't computers, organisms are not machines, cognition is a biological phenomenon rooted in life's precarious, self-maintaining, autonomous organisation, and the brain is best seen as the collective behaviour of a colony of protists. 💯🔥❤️‍🔥
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreifegvdyzr4bwrhdyapb6jrphx4v7uwd7ij2yqubsxjrfabumc2uwu

2026-08-03 09:44:57 UTC

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"Elites and Democracy" by [@hdrochon.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:7ww2jfqw5nc24rovl2w25xro )
Intellectual history and theory of the role of élites in running democracy.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreidgqmaslzd5wd5vcy22xssp7ptrgsqe5a3mb62d5tq4e47zdei3ty

2026-08-03 09:23:52 UTC

We had a good time speaking at [@localfirstconf.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:2obhktbn33nmne2doci6gzqt ) with Eileen, @npub1r89…kwp7, @npub1jsy…jjrj, and Zenna.
Check out the video: [www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjG_...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjG_cUx_ueU&list=PLXxEKA_dxoH0&index=11 )
[Eileen Wagner,Robin Berjon,Pau...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjG_cUx_ueU&list=PLXxEKA_dxoH0&index=11 )

2026-07-20 13:27:13 UTC

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"Children of Time" by [@aptshadow.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:cgg4li7ufbtawkn2ddldpnm5 )
I've always been protective of spiders, but now I can be nothing else.
I love how alien viewpoints and long time both work very well here.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreifwkzxwutqhhbx35voggrjnhohoofruozbs6wp6jhqnaty77rqg5a

2026-07-10 10:56:21 UTC

Imagine things being so bad that your best solution is to cut yourself off from Google Search traffic.
I don't think that people realise just how much of a bad actor Google has been, for year. No other company has damaged the web nearly as much. 🧵
[www.adweek.com/media/publis...](https://www.adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-google-search/ )
[Publishers Are Preparing to Op...](https://www.adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-google-search/ )

2026-07-10 10:12:12 UTC

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"Things That Make Us Smart" by Donald Norman
Interesting tidbits, but not what I was looking for.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreigbyf6dw52zzddtxlyfngnu5kxcd26yt6jwqjm3bwvfuvj4yepwxu

2026-07-08 08:15:42 UTC

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"The Rational Use of Cognitive Resources" by Falk Lieder, Frederick Callaway, & Thomas Griffiths
A very interesting update to rationality, finding optimality not in some impossible abstract but within resources. They don't quite go there but it's a notion of rationality that can include energy.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreiha4u5obmcxyk7mhpq4qxmfvjotuek7lssm35bfnlnamlnpi4rihm

2026-07-07 14:31:20 UTC

This looks like an amazing option for communities that are currently on Discord.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ad5bwszsc5m5jpj2sfa6uzjk/post/3mq2ncok7d22l

2026-07-07 05:09:27 UTC

Excellent news to wake up to! 🔥😁
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreictj6g73dksh64zjf7y3hqm73ccavdwmt6gyqnmmgq3dww4rcewpq

2026-06-27 21:31:53 UTC

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"Venomous Lumpsuckers" by [@nedbeauman.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:bjpty3blmc72ksowdqpopvcg )
Dark, in fact pretty fucking grim, and just as hilarious.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreiakszjyhrab65mh4gzapg7khd3qyvo2xnlk7iz3kvmgwjeuotkemq

2026-06-25 15:52:38 UTC

Give me whatever amount of funding the Commission is burning on "Web 4.0" and I will bring tech sovereignty to an entire sector of the digital sphere.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreiacbewruihcj7xtbpdnp4i2kalrmzkxhvsjkd4mj25iomoonzwzb4

2026-06-24 19:54:41 UTC

Loving the plural verification thing that's taking off on [mu.social](https://mu.social ). 💖💥
We should never have verification depend on the rules of just one company. That's just not how civilised spaces work.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tbz4faycgvx2frofy5xiy5fc/post/3mp2nw44xdd2g
[mu](https://mu.social )

2026-06-18 15:58:52 UTC

I tried to explain to myself the behaviour of some people who only seem to reheat one another's ideas — and are the same people still on X today, irrespective of political alignment.
berjon.com/rt/
[The Retweeting Class](https://berjon.com/rt/ )

2026-06-17 21:46:16 UTC

It looks like W Identity, the part of @wsocial.eu@bsky.brid.gy that checks your papers before you go in, has a very basic XSS on its admin backend, found hours after launch.
This seems almost too predictable... Cyberfriends, any thoughts on how bad?
23.social/@kantorkel/1...
[kantorkel (@kantorkel@23.socia...](https://23.social/@kantorkel/116767220594438841 )

2026-06-16 14:26:19 UTC

I love reading Laurens because I know he feels my pain. And excitement. But also pain.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd/post/3mofyv2qxus2a
#note1n6x…spgw

2026-06-16 13:59:51 UTC

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"Les milliardaires ne paient pas d'impôt sur le revenu et nous allons y mettre fin" by @npub1dsl…vc9d
Short, inescapable, well-documented, and to the point. A future to look forward to. (Available in English as "We Need To Tax Billionaires".)
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreihh6echh3jlzlq7mxjezswije654j5qtzwxs5a3cb3sulna74s57a

2026-06-15 15:08:05 UTC

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"What We Can Know" by Ian McEwan
Enjoyed the structure that keeps you guessing.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreiekh6kilm6zxjzq5se5lowafiaopjvxbn2uexbnlwmaumqljns7we

2026-06-12 19:24:54 UTC

War Crimes Commit Themselves In Iran, US State Media Reports
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cmvp2dfgs7qrfjo5n27limmf/post/3mo4hmhzba22a

2026-06-12 15:28:11 UTC

Excellent post from Laurens: European states are, right in front of our eyes, organising their own powerlessness.
Why? It's baffling.
CSAM? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Non-consensual nudification? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Progrom? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hel-lo?? Is anyone home?
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd/post/3mo3zmldtvs2b
#note1g9x…lvgl

2026-06-12 13:25:38 UTC

Expect to see more of this before it changes.
The old European elite has figured out that there's money to be made repeating the same business strategies that have got us where we are but with a 🇪🇺 sticker on top. It'll take a bit of a time for people to notice that we also need new thinking.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mohietgx33nvutkpomevuxbp/post/3mo3ivuu2fk25

2026-06-10 07:21:40 UTC

Infrastructure, infrastructure, who doesn't love some infrastructure?
Second of three announcements this week — mure to come tomorrow!
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/post/3mnw5pkpvtk2t
#note1chh…ff9x

2026-06-09 06:20:25 UTC

Wired lists @npub1hnx…97k4 as part of the way that Europe is moving forward.
[www.wired.com/story/all-th...](https://www.wired.com/story/all-the-ways-europe-is-ditching-american-technology/ )
[All the Ways Europe Is Ditchin...](https://www.wired.com/story/all-the-ways-europe-is-ditching-american-technology/ )

2026-06-06 10:46:14 UTC

Many many deep thanks to everyone at the [@publicspaces.net@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:2wtlfpgkikwdxkmeqxt25e7p ) conference, and in particular the organisers.
It's an incredible community that's doing the work to change the world. There's so much on the way as this new world is being born. I came with hope and left with more. 💖🪩

2026-06-05 11:50:28 UTC

No lies told!
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:45uheisi25szrjvjurfpritx/post/3mnjv2rfktc2h
#note1rcl…570n

2026-05-29 15:20:31 UTC

The only thing you need to know about "The European vision of technological sovereignty" that's developed in the Commission's tech sovereignty package is that it includes support for "Web 4.0".
That's how serious, visionary, and strategic it is. Web 4.0.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreicxwwmnckgcsmi5qyxveltdvnjr724tz5lkt3qrerujd5nq4ynsju

2026-05-26 07:44:45 UTC

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"Evolution of the Social Contract" by Brian Skyrms
Very interesting, on evolutionary game theory and the evolution of justice, meaning, etc.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreicetjxxx5c2e7g6xyx7lidwh7qdrnaejzk6vfuvzypezpe2zltj3u

2026-05-26 07:42:35 UTC

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"The Faith of Beasts" by James S. A. Corey
Less tense than the first one but a solid continuation. Building up nicely.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreifynq34c3qf35ox56kvp52aerxbog2kbiaeqlreeln5uo27s43wly

2026-05-19 12:32:10 UTC

Hey, friends at the Commission, need a little help maybe? Happy to put some thoughts together, you know, to help you ship this.
[www.euractiv.com/news/eus-tec...](https://www.euractiv.com/news/eus-tech-sovereignty-package-delayed-for-third-time/ )
[EU’s tech sovereignty package ...](https://www.euractiv.com/news/eus-tech-sovereignty-package-delayed-for-third-time/ )

2026-05-17 15:18:04 UTC

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"Games in the Philosophy of Biology" by [@cailinmeister.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:aifjvdw7hygqafgasjwkakej )
A super clear introduction to the topic with a rich set of pointers to the rest of the literature. Great way to get started.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreibjmcoht6ynjv4mvcxp4lk2bpcwmzcy3d57l2o6xglcutxlmbwppy

2026-05-17 15:15:02 UTC

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"Platform Decay" by [@marthawells.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:fk4dhgyts3kvsnrupwushveg )
(Emotion check: I fucking love Murderbot.)
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreibpoya6el36r6wa26dvyhfodn553hgfjhi6n2ssdzb22ffopzdqba

2026-05-13 20:11:43 UTC

I can't believe there's a whole thread of people bikeshedding this and no one to point out that space is the next thing up after the atmosphere.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yk4dd2qkboz2yv6tpubpc6co/post/3mlqt5pcvec22
[Titanic 'Ship It' Meme: Jack &...](https://static.klipy.com/ii/39f2394ae36df6e199be9eb7c9fa1012/d1/4d/kKPAriSY.gif?hh=278&ww=498&mp4=tifEfJAp4G0Rnk&webm=RtTM9FTcABKwwwIJOs5 )
#note1ds7…j0mv

2026-05-13 16:33:07 UTC

📣 🚨 🪩 I'm delighted to announce "Funding The Web: a covenant for browsers, search, and people", new work from yours truly generously supported by D//F: [ftw.fund](https://ftw.fund/ ).
It's a complicated topic but it only impacts the whole web, so please bear with me a little! 🧵
[Funding The Web: A Wise Choice](https://ftw.fund/ )

2026-05-08 12:54:41 UTC

Every other week I hear from yet another European clone of some big tech social media, except with "European values" (which are conveniently never detailed).
We need something different, because we can do so much better. That's why we're building Eurosky.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/post/3mldoblaves2i
#note1s3e…hjjd

2026-05-06 13:53:12 UTC

In policy circles I keep hearing about "horizontal" and "vertical" interoperability, notions that I haven't encountered in tech standards. I sat down to write about why it's a limiting understanding of interoperability and how we can do better.
[berjon.com/interoperabi...](https://berjon.com/interoperability/ )
[The Direction of Interoperabil...](https://berjon.com/interoperability/ )

2026-05-03 14:59:58 UTC

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"The Major Transitions in Evolution" by John Maynard Smith & Eörs Szathmáry
Interesting insights of the kind you get from classics. It's interesting to see that they do see a vague link between transitions and institutions but have such a naive view of the latter that they draw little from the link.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreifekoz42bpsoazzmamtsqotd5m2a3mzyebiy7jnvyiwyeg23xi3ya

2026-05-01 21:16:32 UTC

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"Outonomy: Fleshing out the Concept of Autonomy Beyond the Individual" by [@xabibaran.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:5plcrr4jqfvsp7iwycawe22n ) & Arantza Etxeberria (eds)
A broad and stimulating collection of essays, many of them fresh and at times surprising, on the many questions of autonomy.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreihdoq5ehofuz4pb566tgwxqd7rcs3dwypewfceoakewpwcamdd3ne

2026-05-01 20:23:11 UTC

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"Light" by M. John Harrison
Wild story, great penmanship.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreievcdjglosgk4ugnezr5s2lqs3ynbh6wa66hs5mli6iuw5lwbzpvy

2026-05-01 20:18:29 UTC

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Because, you know, it's monster time.
[bsky.app/profile/robi...](https://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3mcw7wtgxfc2z )
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/post/3mcw7wtgxfc2z

2026-05-01 20:16:51 UTC

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"The Beginning Comes After The End" by [@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ya7gfadgypyypiva5pboi6mi )
An excellent, hopeful, lucid thrust through the Gramscian hegemonic transformation that is our lives.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreihchw2njfkpcdlmbvgi4sdjeif6at5n42psfzepnt75pagg3wkyfu

2026-05-01 20:09:32 UTC

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"Devant Dieu et les hommes" by Paul Colize
A great courtroom drama imagined around a historical Belgian mining tragedy.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreigcah4liynmwtpbthx46ah4d6r5ms33sknt3bu3ydjwjlj3yotkti

2026-04-16 14:20:17 UTC

Kick ass team I tell you!
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnpkyqnmsw4ipey6eotbdnnf/post/3mjmkm34plk22
https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreidyvaiulzyvdmp2xzzyv5ixwqrn4g3bht2hgo7icyqmh3cjpuas7m
#note1yan…umrn

2026-04-10 16:25:21 UTC

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"City of Last Chances" by [@aptshadow.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:cgg4li7ufbtawkn2ddldpnm5 )
It takes a minute to get the ensemble going, but when it does it really goes! Now I'm looking for little gods.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreiawsitepxg5hwas4j3y2t5dbza65j3ebbmiaq6dqyjc4fjc3jhpwy

2026-04-09 15:43:36 UTC

I lean towards thinking that community-centric governance is the Fediverse's primary strength and that trying to behave like a global social media is not just in tension with that, as Laurens explains brilliantly, but can only undermine the result.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd/post/3mj2z54zink2x
#note12t4…cnkm

2026-04-06 13:19:42 UTC

This thread is so long that it surfaces all the bugs in Bluesky's thread handling — but if you read nothing else this week, read this.
Everything is social epistemology.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx/post/3mitbqzpvhk2x
#note1xuf…gdpj

2026-04-02 15:27:51 UTC

The cool folks from the Eurosky team just brought you a new site: [eurosky.tech](https://eurosky.tech/ ), portal to the Atmosphere.
I'd say it's the crispest explanation so far of what the Atmosphere brings:
1. one account
2. that works with a bunch of apps, and
3. your data from all apps is yours, portable, interoperable.
[Eurosky - Building a thriving ...](https://eurosky.tech/ )

2026-03-28 21:19:00 UTC

What may be the most heartening part of #AtmosphereConf, besides the community, is that it's a *technical* conference at which people present on politics, authoritarianism, epistemic challenges (in the opening keynote!).
Because, for technologists, *that's* the job.

2026-03-28 16:36:32 UTC

@npub1qq2…0u7e keynoting to rapt attention.
https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreieqjh5s2egcky43nn72dbcfkm36ed2dyf6eiajvan6xcuturnszta

2026-03-27 17:20:49 UTC

Has anyone considered making a DOI registrar on AT? This is (as far as I can make out) a valid DOI (using 99999 to stand in for whatever number would be assigned to that registrar):
doi:10.99999/did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/cx.vmx.matadisco/3mi2kj7s5jc23
We could have DOIs for the Atmosphere!

2026-03-27 00:41:18 UTC

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"The Whale and the Reactor" by Langdon Winner
Classic for a reason. Four decades later we're still treating tech as if it weren't first and foremost political and trotting out "values" for some harmless grandstanding along brandy and cigars.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreifsr5s4q7w37i65ffrrecprz5zt7mf5yiz2cxvdzqqlu5mxiw73uq

2026-03-12 21:44:34 UTC

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"A Philosophy For The Science Of Animal Consciousness" by [@walterveit.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:47qc7xjgii2gr5b2rbcqafm4 )
Very interesting work to Darwinise consciousness, grounding consciousness in biology.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreif5qxndgh4lqjsfrjdm52jpl6oz5vphboxxkan5slbfq5kuakrehi

2026-03-12 21:44:34 UTC

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Curious amateur question, if you don't mind: this seems to have touch-points with Sterling on health and the role of valence in allostasis? Or am I missing a disconnect?

2026-03-04 08:19:11 UTC

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"L'Empire cybernétique: des machines à penser à la pensée machine" by Céline Lafontaine
A broad exploration of the way cybernetics and its information-centric worldview have deeply influenced major intellectual currents and internet culture since the mid-20th century.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreibdqckbwyqm5wfa2ego35ylpn2fjxxe5cepoc5no7uwojsky2kery

2026-03-01 21:52:11 UTC

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"Queen Demon" by [@marthawells.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:fk4dhgyts3kvsnrupwushveg )
Great sequel, it feels like there's potential for a lot more story and many ways the characters can evolve. Once again I wish more volumes were available 😁
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2026-02-27 18:56:03 UTC

The Atmosphere — It's Where It's AT.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd/post/3mfucav4ris2x
#note12zx…j54m

2026-02-23 16:30:21 UTC

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"A League of Democracies: Cosmopolitanism, Comsolation Arguments, and Global Public Goods" by John Davenport
I'm not convinced that this flies, but I do believe that there are smaller arrangements, that are nevertheless more binding than NGOs and network governance, that can be made.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreicb2vyi533b4pa666po52okuz26jsa2suo7blgqtmer5s3ajg77dm

2026-02-23 16:30:21 UTC

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For instance, middle powers ought to get together to provide digital infrastructure. That's feasible and enforceable, it just requires a little bit of political intelligence and money.

2026-02-15 17:56:55 UTC

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"Exit, Voice, and Loyalty" by Albert Hirschman
Figured I'd give the primary source a read given how often the ideas come up. I had never realised that it was mostly about customer satisfaction and very little about governance.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreidjwa6ollapqgrurehb5xtkzlei4q3dahdclebzp46y3ta4sbccte

2026-02-12 16:26:55 UTC

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"Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy" by [@quinnslobodian.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:hrkdu4d4xpt445eylzp3l6hf )
If you suffer from common decency, the weirdos who define the politics of the broligarchy can be hard to understand. Slobodian provides an excellent guide and intellectual history.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreiarciwe3mcfezpy4nc6nybjhs6ajdltm25djqnusm43lexnuogqii

2026-02-10 13:14:59 UTC

Hot off the internets — there's a brand new kid on the DASL block: Web Tiles!
It's still early days, some key features are missing, and there are some rough edges, but you can publish tiles to AT and play with the idea!
[webtil.es](https://webtil.es/ )
[Web Tiles](https://webtil.es/ )

2026-02-09 07:22:05 UTC

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"The Prague Cemetery" by Umberto Eco
19th century QAnon was wild.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreibg3z6kv6diepvctnhors7poj3ugnsozmkby3ze5ftt2vdnbblwqi

2026-02-03 20:36:26 UTC

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"Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment To Calculation" by Joseph Weizenbaum
Interesting, especially as a historical document — his depiction of how people reacted to ELIZA in 1966 are very similar to how they react to LLMs today. Could've been trimmed in editing.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreifxmaw4ss4pa55musk3p24ntcq7i3nnna7ej6bo6tkn5t3quzv45e

2026-01-27 13:53:11 UTC

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"Réseaux, Libertés, et Contrôle: Une généalogie politique d'Internet" by [@bloveluck.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:4krqprh4pf3pjfmnxpcly4ce )
I read this when it came out ~10ish years ago. It's still as excellent and if anything even more relevant.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreiasfwkd4fdflkqyy6tbjnqwtx523zzbwldzkwrp7wbj5ugzdm5f3q

2026-01-22 09:07:45 UTC

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"Full Fathom Five" by Max Gladstone
Somewhat less paced and with fewer caustic comments than the others, but still real good.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreieonspfek2lchnmnbhqdmhqg2t6gextf2bkhgffdhemy75mtco42y

2026-01-22 09:07:45 UTC

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2026-01-21 17:33:53 UTC

It's also *deliberately* disingenuous because we did explain AT and Eurosky at great length to their primary funder.
If I were launching a social media about truth and verification I'd, like, try not to lie but that's just me.
Anyway, some of us have work to do.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2zmxikig2sj7gqaezl5gntae/post/3mcx3uyrwuk24
#note1m9y…82t0

2026-01-20 13:15:09 UTC

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"Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology" by Neil Postman
I often find that classics are classics for a reason, but in this case I didn't find much to feast on. It may be because his perspective has become widely accepted.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreickysqqnge5a6etoqnpyxyitbof3ihcqql445sdbxgegtdavfn7o4

2026-01-20 13:15:09 UTC

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2026-01-15 14:16:04 UTC

We're having an AT Proto gathering at FOSDEM, on the Friday right before, at 17h00. Come! It'll be nice and fun.
[luma.com/jj7nths0](https://luma.com/jj7nths0 )
[@proto @fosdem · Luma](https://luma.com/jj7nths0 )

2026-01-14 21:49:09 UTC

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"The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT): Cooperative governance for network innovation, standards, and community" by Susan V. Scott & Markos Zachariadis
SWIFT is a massive coop that provides critical financial infrastructure. A very interesting model for tech.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreibtvl46y3cpvvms2g2qwfgn4m2wouo4pqgaurjflhh42lakaggt6i

2026-01-14 21:49:09 UTC

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It did make me wonder if we could use a similar approach to govern the Atmosphere. A tricky part is that it's rather obvious how to collect money (and therefore assign voting rights) from for-pay money messages, it's not obvious how that translates to AT .
Still, it's interesting to toy with.

2026-01-14 21:49:09 UTC

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2026-01-14 21:49:09 UTC

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2026-01-10 21:29:16 UTC

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"Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk About It)" by Elizabeth Anderson
A much-needed reframing to show that government can take place in private contexts too. She focuses on employers in the US, but it works well for tech monopolies in the digital space too.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreia2bxpkw2huiszd4rmnoy2bw34cokue33vtrme7ojnxn3rktd5uae

2026-01-10 21:29:16 UTC

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2026-01-07 10:35:05 UTC

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"L'ordre du jour" by Éric Vuillard
Literary non-fiction recounting a couple of key moments of the rise of Nazism, notably financial support in a meeting of industrial monopolies and the Anschluss.
Parallels may be drawn.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreicjaf7mfe3gpiovkndmls4zmf7hb3jvdg3y3d2xa67n4sw7nci244

2026-01-07 10:35:05 UTC

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I find his prose a little overwrought but he does make situations come alive, feel very human, and at times very moving, like when he discusses Austrian suicides or forced labour.
(Available in English as The Order of the Day. A [@coricrider.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:4enpmhrrnnakztybhatpmytx ) recommendation.)

2026-01-03 19:11:19 UTC

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"The Course of the Heart" by M. John Harrison
Wafting dreamlike, beautifully written.
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreicjwxy4ospbz3z4zmi5l3cn2lucqqomlehbtjclqyjgdzni73pn2a

2026-01-02 20:33:41 UTC

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My one negative point is that she seems to believe that Mélenchon is doing that work. I'm sorry to say that so long as that dinosaur is hogging the ground, there'll be no room left for left populism in France.

2026-01-02 20:32:05 UTC

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"For A Left Populism" by Chantal Mouffe
Excellent first read of the year. A framework and a strategy for the change we need. If you're progressive and unsure of what to do, what politics should look like, this is a good short read to think it through
https://eurosky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreif6ocybm3q5ddf3tmzumagq26p7guinf2yv3nne3sdn6ciudw3nj4

2026-01-02 20:32:05 UTC

It's time to start my 2026 reading log! 💙📚
One thing I love with books is working through them as extended conversations with other minds, that I can live inside of for a time. I hope you'll get to enjoy some of them too.
Previous episodes:
• 2020: [tweets.berjon.com/121259142400...](https://tweets.berjon.com/1212591424002306048.html )
[a woman in a blue jacket is st...](https://media.tenor.com/b6ZP4UlKMBUAAAAC/andor-mon-mothma.gif?hh=312&ww=498 )

2026-01-02 20:32:05 UTC

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• 2021: [tweets.berjon.com/134848568673...](https://tweets.berjon.com/1348485686731616260.html )
• 2022: [tweets.berjon.com/147749837904...](https://tweets.berjon.com/1477498379047473153.html )
• 2023, before Xodus: [tweets.berjon.com/161179872221...](https://tweets.berjon.com/1611798722215657472.html )
• 2023, post Xodus: [bsky.app/profile/robi...](https://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3jukmnbsc6c2a )
• 2024: [bsky.app/profile/robi...](https://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3kidte5albf24 )
• 2025: [bsky.app/profile/robi...](https://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3lffgsnbwgk2g )

2025-12-19 11:06:45 UTC

@npub1vth…k7hr & @npub1ayw…kf99 are you two at the beach together?
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2025-12-09 20:31:46 UTC

2025 is coming to end and some people who claim not to be fascists are still associating themselves with fascist outlets like X.
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
[berjon.com/fascintern-m...](https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/ )
[Fascintern Media](https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/ )

2025-12-05 11:46:42 UTC

When you have neither spine nor vision you end up enforcing your regulation in ways that achieve nothing but still give bullies and fascists a hook to play victim and kick you with at the same time.
[ec.europa.eu/commission/p...](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2934 )
[Commission fines X €120 millio...](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2934 )

2025-11-19 10:36:35 UTC

At what other event can you get both policymakers talking about democracy and @npub19y6…yh78 talking about hosting repositories on the same track? Only at #EuroskyLive!
Our communities need to work more closely together, we're making it happen.

2025-11-19 09:12:43 UTC

Heike Raab at #EuroskyLive says "We need:
1. sustainable financing of free and independent media
2. to protect communication spaces from manipulation
3. to reform media concentration law against concentration in social media.
Regulation isn't enough, we need our own European infrastructure."
https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreiberwt4rxlzvswjrm4rncvz66zqrry6y3ujnmhwz66f2bqgj77q5y

2025-11-04 16:53:01 UTC

How clear does it need to be that Europe needs independent digital infrastructure before we actually take credible action? The need is as clear for cloud as it is for the rest of our critical digital systems.
[www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/aws-azure-outages-highlight-threat-us-cloud-dominance-poses-to-europe-by-robin-berjon-2025-11 )
[How Many More Cloud Scares Doe...](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/aws-azure-outages-highlight-threat-us-cloud-dominance-poses-to-europe-by-robin-berjon-2025-11 )

2025-11-03 15:27:03 UTC

LOL, if I were a real person I wouldn't be using Teams, joke's on you Microsoft!
https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux&cid=bafkreiaoyrkwid3q2zs5gf3fzsr4jcor2novlb2oyb5h2642jnxzrdsv5u

2025-08-10 08:15:19 UTC

We should be launching large-scale projects to save the biosphere. Instead rich idiots are putting all of our resources into propping up stochastic parrots.
[www.theguardian.com/environment/...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe )
[‘Half the tree of life’: ecolo...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe )

2025-07-23 14:57:28 UTC

"Just as the [EU] seeks to reduce its reliance on external providers for semiconductors, cloud computing, & AI, it must do the same for social media. (…) Their proprietary infrastructure (…) shapes our lives, from the news we see to the way we speak online."
[www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-can-build-own-social-media-on-at-protocol-by-sebastian-vogelsang-2025-07 )
[Europe Can Build Its Own Socia...](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-can-build-own-social-media-on-at-protocol-by-sebastian-vogelsang-2025-07 )

2025-07-12 14:48:53 UTC

Overheard in the UK: "I like it when it's properly hot, you know, 18 or 19, but when it gets into the high twenties I really can't take the heat anymore."