Finally had time to read up on the #Framework discussions. I hope that they will listen to the criticism. If there really aren't any suitable alternatives, I should hope that *at the very least* Framework will make the orgs they sponsor adhere to a strict Code of Conduct that prohibits sentiments that we've seen on Hyprland's discord and github.

Sometimes I think back on my time at university, learning about John Rawls' "Veil of Ignorance"; a thought experiment where we'd design a just society without knowing our future place in it, and watching grown-ass people discover empathy for the first time.

Welp. Despite the fact that our National Tax Office (the Dutch IRS) has an OSPO and despite them being "aware of privacy concerns" they're still going forward with moving their on-premise email and office software to Microsoft Office 365. 🫠 Why is this problematic? "Under the US Cloud Act, cloud service providers can be required by law to make information available to government authorities, even if the storage is located in Europe." ☁️🇪🇺

DutchNews.nl

Dutch tax office moves email to Microsoft despite privacy fears - DutchNews.nl

The Dutch tax office will move its email and office software to Microsoft’s cloud services despite concerns about privacy, junior finance ministe...

There was a slide in my presentation yesterday that showed #opensource initiatives at the European, national, regional and municipal level, to show that there are a lot individual initiatives happening already. And I included a bunch of #Nextcloud logo's because it's the solution everyone always discovers first and asks us about (not an endorsement btw). Afterwards I was asked if I knew of #OpenCloud? I didn't and will look into them, but good to see that there's healthy competition for NC. 🔥

About to give my talk on open source and digital sovereignty in The Netherlands 🥳 #osclux #opensource

On to the real star of the show; Schleswig Holstein's @npub13a3a...4gwr Sven Thomsen 🥳

Nothing like a 7 hr train ride to start the day. Omw to the Open Source Conference in Luxembourg 🚄 #osclux

Man I'm going to miss #TikTok

Me: "I'm preparing a talk that I have to give at a conference about putting digital sovereignty policy into practice, but I'm not sure if I can fill 20 minutes" 🥲🥲🥲 My friend: "What's digital sovereignty?" Me 50 min later: