I just landed in Brussels to attend my first #FOSDEM. I think this is a pivotal year for open source in Europe. I hope to connect with nice people and projects. I also hope to find contributors to expand the statistics on European politicians who still use X.
Leave X - Protect Democracy
Leave X - Protect Democracy
 #LeaveX #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #EU image
Someone suggested using Wikidata to get the data from politicians in other countries on the Leave X project. Here is the first query for German politicians
GitHub
leavex-tools/wdqs_bundestag_mps_current.sparql at mps-de · everton137/leavex-tools
Tools to get data for the Leave X campaign. Contribute to everton137/leavex-tools development by creating an account on GitHub.
 It get's 855 MPs, which is clearly wrong - it should be 735. 📃.json The problems I see with using Wikidata are that it has too many duplicates and there is no email address. Also, likely the social medial links are less likely to be up to date. I will possibly have to scrape the Bundestag data, mainly to get the email addresses. Another reliable data source could be the endpoint of [@a_watch](
bewegung.social
abgeordnetenwatch (@a_watch@bewegung.social)
299 Posts, 5 Following, 35.4K Followers · Demokratie. Besser machen. Frageplattform, Recherchen, Petitionen. Datenschutz: https://www.abgeordne...
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abgeordnetenwatch.de
Abgeordnetenwatch API Dokumentation | abgeordnetenwatch.de
 They don't provide emails or social media in their API end points. However, I could check the politicians' social media profiles on the profile pages of this project. I still need to check what's the best solution. The image is the first draft with the data I got now using Wikidata. #LeaveX #Germany #brainstorming #OpenData #Wikidata image
A new year full of self-knowledge, politics, science and, mainly, art. #Philosophy #Politics #Science #Art
How do you handle gifts in a relationship? My place is small, and honestly, I already have what I need. My partner and I agreed to skip random Amazon knick-knacks. I’d rather get a gift on a random day: tickets to theatre, cinema, dance, invitation to a party, a book I actually want, or something handmade. Less stuff. More meaning. #Christmas #Capitalism #Art #BoycottAmazon
Brazil, the most diverse country in the world: Study reveals eight million new genetic variants
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Brazil, the most diverse country in the world: Study reveals eight million new genetic variants
The results will allow progress in precision medicine for people with Black or Indigenous ancestry who until now have been underrepresented in scie...
 Article on Science: Admixture’s impact on Brazilian population evolution and health https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl3564 #Brazil #Immigration #genetics #colonization #Africa #Europe #Indigenous
After reading about a major #Funkwhale instance shutting down, I'm wondering whether I should keep my podcast on open.audio.
libertadmin
It's Over for Liberta Audio
Liberta Audio, one of the largest and longest-running Funkwhale instances, is no more. We have decided to shut it down permanently. Happ...
 However, the idea of an audio app that uses #ActivityPub to be part of the #Fediverse is excellent. Any suggestions on where to host a #podcast? P. S. I just discovered @Castopod :podcasting2: , an alternative to @Funkwhale I want to inspect which one is more stable, and if there are good servers as well. Feedback welcome!
When the AfD comes to power, I wonder which Germans will finally speak up, or preferably act, about these so-called “problems in the city landscape.” I still hope to meet them. So far, most seem far more comfortable looking away. Oder nicht? #noafd #germany #farright #WirSindDasStadtbild
An alle Deutschen mit Migrationshintergrund: Könnt ihr eure Erfahrungen mit Rassismus in der Schule beschreiben oder Literatur dazu empfehlen? Und gibt es hier im #Fediverse überhaupt Menschen mit einem solchen Hintergrund? #rassismus #WirSindDasStadtbild #deutschland
I’m convinced that if most Europeans truly understood how high their living standards are, they’d fight harder to protect what’s been achieved. (For context: I grew up in a country that was once colonized by a European power.) #Europe #FarRight #Democracy #Disinformation
The White House just joined BlueSky. What does that mean? It means BlueSky is gaining political traction, especially among American activists and the wider public. If the Fediverse ever reached the same level of attention, they’d likely try to undermine it too. Maybe that day will come. #BlueSky #Fediverse #USPol