Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO

#EU Policy Analyst for the #OpenSource Initiative. Former EU Parliament Assistant. Expert in 💻Digital, 🚄Transport, and 🧪Research Policy. #fedi22 #EU #tech #ukraine #foreignpolicy Find out about my work at OSI Policy Team (npub1mz7…pq08)

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2026-06-03 11:29:43 UTC

The #EU is about to release its #Tech #Sovereignty package. You can listen to @npub1k2l…dvmj 's press conference here.
I'll be livetooting in this thread as soon as it gets started 🧵 ⬇️
https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/grid?ebs=yes&ebsplus=yes&date=20260603
#EUpol #OpenSource

2026-05-15 08:22:29 UTC

Comrades Donald & Elon
#China #USpol
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2026-05-13 09:04:38 UTC

Years of fear-mongering about what the #Mercosur deal would mean for our food supply, and then reality hits: when Brazilian meat doesn't meet our standards, we don't import it.
#EUpol
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2026-05-09 19:52:44 UTC

His Majesty the king or Belgium cordially invites you to the Europe Day rave at the royal palace
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2026-05-09 16:21:22 UTC

Euro maxing in honour of Europe Day
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2026-04-27 10:47:23 UTC

Crazy how low #electricity prices are on the EU market today (deeply in the negative): this just shows how #renewables can drive down prices.
If we keep a bit of nuclear and get the hang of energy storage and transmission, we can have cheap, carbon-free electricity continent-wide.
#EUpol
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2026-04-27 08:20:46 UTC

The west irreversibly diminished its own military industry for cost savings. Now it is doing the same to its software Industry.
https://techtrenches.dev/p/the-west-forgot-how-to-make-things

2026-04-22 06:03:17 UTC

The indominable Timothy Snyder
#Ukraine #Russia
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2026-04-12 21:16:16 UTC

The vibe in Brussels rn. Another L for Putin & Trump!
#EUpol #Hungary #RuszkikHaza
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2026-04-12 20:11:35 UTC

My friend from #Hungary right now: "This is a historic day and a great victory. I think that now I need to get as drunk as possible!" 😂 😂 😂

2026-04-10 09:08:11 UTC

France to move to Linux!
This is outstanding news!
https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/
#EUpol #OpenSource #Sovereignty #Linux

2026-04-08 18:22:22 UTC

The narriative that #Europe
is "falling behind" has become increasingly popular among its detractors, usually calling for deregulation, or trying to label Europe as a failed leftist project.
While Europe does face some challenges, what they are saying couldn't be further from the truth, so in this thread, let's discuss why Europe isn't falling behind 🧵 ⬇️
#EU #Europe #EUpol
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2026-04-03 18:48:41 UTC

No energy crisis in France
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2026-03-31 18:22:51 UTC

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2026-03-27 12:37:31 UTC

Outstanding Comms
#EU #Australia
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2026-03-26 11:35:02 UTC

The #EuropeanParliament has again rejected #chatcontrol v1 in a dramatic vote today. This means that the current chat control regulation will expire on April 3rd.
The fight continues over chatcontrol V2!
#DemocracyInAction

2026-03-26 09:57:43 UTC

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as I said, they can just not fill out the field.

2026-03-25 22:04:19 UTC

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again, you are under no obligation to provide it. It isn't 'opt out". At worst there will be a field at install time to input it, just like there is a field for full name, and if you don't fill it in, sobeit. Also we are talking about open source here. It is specifically resilient to this kind of bullshit.

2026-03-25 21:45:36 UTC

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systemd is not just an init daemon at this point. And again, if you don't want to fill in the field, simply don't fill it in. Problem solved.

2026-03-25 19:20:27 UTC

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the patch literally adds a date of birth field to user data, that is all. It's not an API for age verification. In addition the information is set by the user.

2026-03-25 18:49:54 UTC

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your understanding of what systemd is doing is totally flawed.

2026-03-22 13:03:11 UTC

The capability gap.
#USpol #Ukraine #Iran
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2026-03-19 15:55:43 UTC

"Operation Blind Fury" - The Economist
#USpol #Iran
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2026-03-14 12:08:20 UTC

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@hpod16/116227339858911689
One of the things I love about the EU is that they enable these rights without ever falling into the trap of engaging in the right's “culture wars”.
Their reasoning is simple: the EU has given people rights, our job is to make sure citizens can exercise those rights.
For LGBT citizens to exercise their rights, we need to recognise same-sex marriage and gender reassignment across the Union.
Simple, indisputable, and difficult to argue against.
#EUpol #TransRightsAreHumanRights
#note183a…ql0f

2026-03-12 13:49:26 UTC

What's "gotten into #Zelensky is that 4 years later his people are still facing daily bombings, no support from the United States, and backstabbing and underwhelming support in Europe, all while Ukrainian soldiers die on the frontline defending the continent.
Meanwhile, #Ukraine is now giving more military aid to the US than the US does to them, while the Americans are shocked and amazed that they themselves can't counter Shahed drones.
Idiotic article
https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-viktor-orban-ukraine-frustration/
#USpol #EUpol

2026-03-09 12:37:47 UTC

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Meanwhile, it appears a significant proporition of the US media is reading from the same hymn sheet: “short-term pain for long-term gain”.
But what is the path out of this conflict?
#USpol #EUpol
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2026-03-09 10:46:20 UTC

It is unclear how any action will bring the cost of oil down reliably to below $100 because there is absolutely no plan on how to end the war that the US and Israel have started.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/09/g7-release-emergency-reserves-oil-price-us-middle-east-war

2026-03-07 11:50:08 UTC

So let me get this straight, after launching another war in the middle east with absolutely no plan, to counter a threat that doesn't exist, the US is now strengthening the only country who actually does pose a threat, undermining European security.
Absolutely shambolic, these people are not our allies.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/07/us-considers-lifting-more-sanctions-on-russian-oil-as-iran-conflict-sees-global-prices-surge
#USpol #EUpol #Ukraine #Russia #Iran

2026-03-05 12:57:59 UTC

Presented without comment:
"I dont think Zelesnky should provide Interceptor Drones to the United States Government.
It would cross Irans red lines and we wouldnt want to upset them as it may escalate the conflict.
I propose the US Negotiates and agrees to give New York and Chicago to Iran for Peace."
#EUpol #Ukraine #USpol #Iran
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2026-02-28 14:37:06 UTC

ASML, Airbus, Mistral, Spotify, Vinted, NextCloud, Siemens, Phillips, Ericsson, SAP, Bosch, Wix, Deliveroo, Bolt, Ubisoft, CDprojekt, Zalando, Wise, Revolut, and a government not run by oligarchic pedophile billionaires.
#EUpol #USpol
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2026-02-27 17:47:26 UTC

There are two important but severely underestimated skills you need to be successful in life: the first is being able to politely tell someone that they do not know enough about a topic to form an informed opinion, the second is accepting that you don't know enough about something to form an informed opinion.

2026-02-27 17:11:37 UTC

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yup

2026-02-27 15:54:23 UTC

Filed under: Insane AI-bro content
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2026-02-26 12:13:22 UTC

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@jmaris/116136455667388957
I lost the bet. Not a single mention of Open Source... It's like talking about construction without mentioning concrete! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
#note1qa2…kt99

2026-02-26 10:27:59 UTC

Made a bet with a Brussels journalist: will Open Source be mentioned at all in this panel on Europe's Cyber Resilience challenge, hosted by @npub12mx…7kh4 ?
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2026-02-22 12:53:50 UTC

On the fourth anniversary of the war, Brussels has a very important message for European diplomats. #Ukraine
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2026-02-20 14:05:37 UTC

Loving this passive-aggressive response from Bedford Borough Council.
#islamophobia
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2026-02-18 09:05:59 UTC

"I vibe coded an AI app with no foreseeable profit possible, that had security flaws that leaked thousands of users API keys, and now I'm leaving Europe for the US, where frivolous things like profitable business and cyber security are not considerations" - this guy, probably
https://www.businessinsider.com/openclaw-creator-slams-europe-regulations-move-us-openai-2026-2
#EUpol

2026-02-12 16:55:05 UTC

All the more reason to build a European Payment provider and European alternatives!
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2026-02-12 11:16:43 UTC

Europe doesn't abandon its allies.
#EUpol #USpol #Ukraine
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2026-02-06 10:11:03 UTC

RE: https://nomenloony.com/@nomenloony/116019280517956996
I've always said: the best way to get people to realise how flawed #ChatGPT is, is to get them to ask it something about a topic they are experts in.
#AI
#note188q…lhy9

2026-02-01 15:49:09 UTC

Live images of me gesturing reverently to the projector screen as if it was some kind of eldritch horror
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2026-02-01 14:11:59 UTC

How it feels to turn on the CO2 Meter #FOSDEM #OpenSourceEUpolicy
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2026-02-01 12:45:28 UTC

Now we have Sylvain Le Bon talking to us about EU Data Spaces and how #OpenSource can benefit!
#OpenSourceEUPolicy #FOSDEM
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2026-02-01 11:46:00 UTC

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The incredible [@marcel_kolaja](https://mastodon.pirati.cz/@marcel_kolaja ) is now speaking on how the commission is planning to break encryption now! #OpenSourceEUPolicy #FOSDEM
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2026-02-01 10:36:03 UTC

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The amazing Denise from Element is talking about how the EU's upcoming omnibus reforms in tech are going to impact Open Source! #opensourceeupolicy #fosdem
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2026-02-01 10:14:35 UTC

An awesome talk ongoing right now about the EU cloud Sovereignty framework from Suse's Emile Brock! #opensourceeupolicy #fosdem
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2026-02-01 09:59:27 UTC

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2026-02-01 09:59:16 UTC

We still have a few seats left if you ask nicely 🤫
#OpenSourceEUPolicy #FOSDEM
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2026-01-30 10:21:55 UTC

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Open Source maintenance is "unseen unglamorous and completely indispensable" says Felix: we should treat Open Source as critical infrastructure!

2026-01-30 10:20:56 UTC

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"In 2025 alone, EU-based software projects on GitHub received millions of contributions from abroad. So what makes Open Source European is not a passport or a border, what makes it European is that it is used in Europe and trusted in Europe."
"Open Source is not a fortress, it is a bridge, and the benefits flow in both directions"

2026-01-30 10:19:41 UTC

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Some "assume you can divide Open Source neatly into European and not European. This is not the case", highlights Felix.
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2026-01-30 10:18:30 UTC

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Former MEP and GitHub Senior Director of Developer Policy at GitHub, Felix Reda is speaking now: "When it comes to contributions to Open Source, Europe doesn't just participate, we lead!"
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2026-01-30 10:16:54 UTC

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Ruth from Apache raises the importance of collaboration across communities, companies, OSPOs and governments, and across borders. James closes with: when it comes to Open Source "instead of made in, we should talk about 'contributed from' "

2026-01-30 10:13:58 UTC

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Deb Bryant from #OSI closes with a warning against isolationism: "Please remember that Open Source has always been a global community, it brings me a lot of hope that we can collaborate together". Daniel Stenberg agrees: "With Open Source there are no borders".
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2026-01-30 10:12:17 UTC

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Drupal board chair, Baddy Sonja Breider closes by thanking the European Commission as both a big user and participant in the Drupal community!

2026-01-30 10:11:01 UTC

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Fabrizio Benini of the European Commission highlights the vital role of the Open Source Community in Europe in her closing statement
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2026-01-30 10:09:25 UTC

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#OSI's ED, Deb Bryant is now talking, "The best way to extract value from Open Source is to participate in it", says Deb.
Deb also highlights the financing challenges, in particular given layoffs in OSPOs at corporations who previously contributed significantly to Open Source projects, and highlights the need for changes in procurement to incentivise participation!
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2026-01-30 10:02:05 UTC

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"The CRA is a floor for community not a ceiling for development" says Ruth! I couldn't agree more!

2026-01-30 10:01:04 UTC

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Ruth Suehle is talking about the CRA, pondering it create new funding or business models for Open Source, talking specifically about the voluntary security attestations for Open Source in the CRA!
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2026-01-30 09:57:31 UTC

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And now for a panel provocatively titled "Europe as the world's home for Open Source", moderated by the venerable James Lovegrove from Red Hat. #OSI is very well represented with our ED, Deb Bryant and board member and Apache President Ruth Suehle!
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2026-01-30 09:34:48 UTC

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"We don't need one software giant, we need 10, 20, 30 giants, ideally all competing with each other!", says Frank

2026-01-30 09:34:02 UTC

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Frank highlights a fear: if we build the infrastructure without the software, the infrastructure will just be a small-margin European host for big-margin software from abroad.

2026-01-30 09:32:21 UTC

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FYI: The event is livestreamed here! You just have to register! https://summit.openforumeurope.org/

2026-01-30 09:31:30 UTC

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We are now hearing from Frank Feldmann, the chief strategy officer at #SUSE!
"Developers and policy folk have one thing in common: if you write code, you probably have trouble understanding what policy does, and if you write policy, you probably have trouble understanding what code does!"
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2026-01-30 09:22:03 UTC

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Of the AI bubble, Daniel Glazman says "Juniors are let go, seniors are unharmed for now. Software engineers are moving to studying AI, putting Open Source at risk because we are losing software engineers"
Could this be a place for Europe to shine ?

2026-01-30 09:14:48 UTC

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When asked how Europe can strengthen and scale it's Open Source ecosystem, @npub1p82…v0qt replies: more contributions to Open Source software. Reforming procurement can achieve that by mandating upstream contributions. Governments could take the approach or "if you don't contribute back to the software you've built on, I won't buy from you"
She also highlights challenges for developers to go from a project to a business, and the need to push for interoperability to break down switching barriers!
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2026-01-30 09:10:33 UTC

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On resilience, Daniel Glazman, CTO of Thales, says "being resilient in software is not easy. Change doesn't't happen overnight. Even if you use one component in VMware, switching is extremely complicated and costly. Because of that cost, very often we aren't making that move"
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2026-01-30 09:04:39 UTC

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"A multi-supplier strategy enables healthy competition between suppliers, leading to taster innovation and competitiveness" says Andrea Galio of #RiskV
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2026-01-30 09:03:08 UTC

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Of Europe's dependence on proprietary tech, "anyone can understand today that the threat is actually real" says Element CEO @npub1p82…v0qt
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2026-01-30 08:48:34 UTC

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Moving on now to a panel bringing together politicians and business leaders. Member of the European Parliament, Aura Salla opens with a bombshell: (paraphrased): "If the US threw a kill switch our public authorities would collapse within the hour". 😱😱
#EUpol
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2026-01-30 08:32:12 UTC

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The first in person speaker today is Dirk Schrödter, Minister of Digitalisation of #schleswigholstein, which recently completed a transition to #OpenSource software!
Telling us: "Sovereignty today depends on the ability to understand, control & develop digital infrastructure. When the government doesn't control the software its IT systems rely on, it loses control of the ability to govern". "It cannot be right that we export public money and import foreign dependency"
What a start 🔥
#EUpol
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2026-01-30 08:26:47 UTC

Good morning from #brussels #euopensourceweek #EUOpenSourcePolicySummit, opening with an address from the executive vice president of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and democracy (The EU's digital minister), Henna Virkkunen
#EUpol #EUOpenSourcePolicySummit2026
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2026-01-29 17:55:49 UTC

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Back to Thibaut who is now saying 'Technology is not neutral: the way you design it defines how it impacts you. With Open Source that design is transparent, so you know how it will impact you", and accepting that "our dependence has become a risk"
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2026-01-29 17:52:00 UTC

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Side point: there is an amazing quartet (who are unfortunately inaudible on the video)
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2026-01-29 17:49:20 UTC

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Now listening to Thibaut Kleiner of the @npub1m96…ag4y, telling us "code can be a form of art, just like Open Source can become a real industry"
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2026-01-29 17:40:59 UTC

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And a welcome by the amazing @npub1cm0…enqe ! President of the European Open Source Academy (Who is looking very dapper, I must say!)
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2026-01-29 17:39:24 UTC

Delighted to be at the @npub16a8…rljc this evening In the historic Solvay Library in my home town of #Brussels! Tonight is about recognising the amazing work of Open Source Devs here in Europe ❤️
#EUpol #OpenSource
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2026-01-23 10:30:50 UTC

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I don't represent the organisation, but i'm just saying that they have a limited amount of funding for hundreds of projects, and getting mad at them because they didn't have enough for your project is counterproductive.

2026-01-23 08:47:12 UTC

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They are irrelevant to you individually, but not to the wider community.

2026-01-23 08:31:17 UTC

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Perhaps rather than writing an angry rant about failing to secure extremely sought-after EU funding, you could write some feedback saying more money is needed for vital projects?

2026-01-22 19:55:05 UTC

RE: https://social.opensource.org/@policy/115940134797418877
Even if you just send feedback saying "I really like (funded project) thanks for supporting it", that is the kind of thing that really makes a difference!
The commission struggles to measure the value of Open Source funding, so we have to speak up so they know it makes sense!
#OpenSource #EUpol #FOSS #OpenSourceSustainability
#note12u8…eswp

2026-01-22 18:21:47 UTC

RE: https://social.opensource.org/@policy/115940134797418877
Your feedback is vital to ensure cool #OpenSource projects keep getting #EU funding!
#EUpol #OpenSource #funding #NGI #NGI0 #Mastodon #PixelFed #Fediverse #selfhosted #NextCloud
#note12u8…eswp

2026-01-22 17:31:38 UTC

It's difficult to understate European's anger following #Trump's latest absurd comments.
European Leaders are meeting right now in Brussels. Despite Trump backing down, the atmosphere is grim, it feels like there is no going back from this.
#EUpol #USpol #Brussels
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2026-01-20 15:47:19 UTC

Extremely cool concept from #Wero: use the #DMA to role out a alternative contactless payment solution based on Wero instant SEPA transfers, with fallback to card payments for incompatible terminals.
An entirely independent, European payment solution.
#EUpol
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2026-01-18 22:22:02 UTC

Reportedly in Copenhagen...
#EUpol #USpol
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2026-01-18 16:27:24 UTC

I'm sorry, Charles de Gaulle, you were right all along.
#USpol
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2026-01-17 22:48:44 UTC

Idle vapourings of a mind diseased.
Trump still doesn't understand that imposing tariffs on Denmark means imposing tariffs on the whole EU.
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2026-01-09 11:02:21 UTC

It isn't limited to paid subscribers because people were undressing women and generating child porn with it.
It's limited to paid subscribers because this gave them excuse to curtail use of an extremely expensive AI.
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-x-grok-chatbot-limits-access-image-generator-women-bikini-deepfakes/
#X #twitter #EUpol

2026-01-08 17:13:10 UTC

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COMMON EXCUSES FOR NOT BUYING A C15:
"THIS CAR WILL BE SHIT IN WINTER"
Allow me, if you will, to tell another story: I have friends who live in a deep valley. It snowed a lot. They own an SUV, could not drive out of the valley.
The entire village was resupplied by C15.
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2026-01-08 17:13:09 UTC

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CREDITS:
Baptiste Pitois for the incredible off-roading video (Check out his YouTube channel): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=78WQz6foOVw
Unknown for the cows, I downloaded it years ago from FB and can no longer find the post. EDIT: Commenters tell me it is Spanish Farmers 🇪🇸 so I credit them!

2026-01-08 17:13:09 UTC

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So ladies & gentlemen, if you really need a fast car to traverse the perils of the countryside, that can go off-road, carry multiple cows, and make you feel better about your manhood, don't buy an oversized pedomobile, or the overcompensator9000.
Get a Citroen C15.
Goodnight 🚙

2026-01-08 17:13:08 UTC

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There is, of course, one final criteria to consider. Many men feel insecure about their manhood, so how does the C15 fare in addressing this problem ?⬇

2026-01-08 17:13:08 UTC

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For this, I conducted a peer-reviewed scientific investigation taking into account the following criteria:
- Percieved penis size of owner
- Increase to general sex appeal
- Number of couples who can have sex in the back privately.⬇
Again, the numbers speak for themselves
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2026-01-08 17:13:08 UTC

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In addition to these flagrant examples of the C-15s supremacy, there are several other perks:
- So many were built that any French garage can replace the entire engine for the price of a croissant.
- Space for multiple cows
- Convenient cup holders
- Heating⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:07 UTC

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... achieving such a speed would likely result in your vehicle being embedded into a tree and parts of your internal organs no longer being on the inside of your body. This is not an optimal outcome, so I consider this limitation a bonus. ⬇

2026-01-08 17:13:07 UTC

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But what if you're an environmentally conscious mother who needs to drive the 5 minute walk to your kids' school? Surely, a modern car must be less polluting?
Again, dear reader, you are wrong.
CO2 emissions/km:
C15: 151.5 g/km
Ranger: 178 g/km
Discovery: 397 g/km⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:06 UTC

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Slowly, you enter the second stage of grief: anger.
"A VAN LIKE THAT WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO OFF ROAD, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN DIRT TRACKS".
Allow me to tell you a story. I was in a C15 at the bottom of a steep, muddy track. Then I was at the top of the track.
The End.⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:06 UTC

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In fact, one of my first experiences with a C15 was herding multiple cows inside one. Ask yourself, reader, do you need to carry anything larger than multiple cows?
If not, then the C15 is for you.
There are also convenient benches for humans.⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:06 UTC

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"BUT WHAT IF I NEED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE SIZE OF MY MANHOOD BY DRIVING FAST?!" I hear you say.
Dear Sir, fear not: though the C-15's top speed of 150km/h is vanquished by the slightly faster Ranger (170km/h) and Discovery (200km/h) ...⬇
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