So if you know an organisation that wants to get away from Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Dropbox, Salesforce, Zoom, Notion, AirTable, Adobe, Figma et al -- we're here to help!
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So if you know an organisation that wants to get away from Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Dropbox, Salesforce, Zoom, Notion, AirTable, Adobe, Figma et al -- we're here to help!
We draw from our 15+ year experience using F/LOSS software and managing our digital infrastructure in order to help other organisations do the same, with technical expertise that we know how to convey in clear and human terms.
Time to announce something new: we've set up a dedicated consultancy to help orgs migrate away from big tech platforms:
devicediversa.org
We help inform your decisions: we map requirements, present alternatives, list pros and cons, and give you support throughout the migration process. (cont.)
Outer Wilds, if you haven't played it yet, is one of the best games of all time. It's a fun space exploration game with a timeloop twist, and 90% of all game progress happens in your head, as you learn things about the universe and your situation.
Absolutely play it if you haven't yet.
Academia em 2006: Nada de usar a Wikipedia, não é fidedigna
Academia em 2026: É imperativo usar esta máquina de respostas aleatórias com fontes falsas, e quem não usar ficará para trás
https://www.engadget.com/ai/report-reveals-that-openais-gpt-52-model-cites-grokipedia-192532977.html
Pessoal nas mesas de voto, atenção à falsa informação sobre os boletins de voto: na segunda volta haverá novos boletins, os da primeira não vão ser reaproveitados
(na minha mesa achavam que era assim)
https://cne.pt/news/2a-volta-boletins-de-voto-com-dois-candidatos_8767
#presidenciais2026
Então, todos os jornais simplesmente reproduziram as palavras do Musk, ou houve algum jornalista que se tenha dignado a verificar?
www.theverge.com/news/862372/...
Renascença: «Opção editorial ou erro? Grok retira roupa a fotografias de crianças»
@rlafuente.bsky.social: "O facto de permitir isso é uma opção editorial, não é um erro e não é um bug".
rr.pt/noticia/amp/...
Espanha proíbe concursos de design especulativos sem remuneração: a externalização do risco criativo em troca da promessa de visibilidade, prestígio ou 'oportunidades futuras' passa a implicar até 2 anos de prisão
graffica.info/pedro-sanche...
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.
Captura de ecrã do site a apelar a assinatura da carta
Trabalhadores de tecnologia contra a precariedade
tech-contra-precariedade.pt
(Contratos sem termo não têm nenhuma desvantagem para o trabalhador em relação a contratos a termo certo. Não vi OCS a questionarem PM, nem patrões sobre as suas afirmações. Muito bem estes trabalhadores de tecnologia.)
It's got less spyware. It doesn't have a subscription. It has buttons. It generally works and if not is easier to repair. It's not as easy to get hacked. They don't get constant pop ups and ads.
They're fucking right too. Tech has just become rent seeking bloatware.
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
From local schools to national governance, Simona Levi advocates digital sovereignty as a path to a better democracy theurbanactivist.com/governance/d...
EUA: Lançou-se um produto que seria um "amigo" movido a IA. Criou polémica entre a opinião pública. Assim espalharam outdoors provocadores com muito espaço branco para ser fácil insultá-los com grafitti. Transformaram assim o ódio numa campanha de marketing que milhões não pagariam. Lembra alguém?
Gallery: Sorry, your art was not accepted for our exhibition, but thanks for applying.
Me: What? I never applied.
Gallery: Oops! [verbatim] "I was using an AI tool to organize a spreadsheet of exhibition submissions. It incorrectly invented a few names during the sorting process, and yours was one."
"Mesmo que a IA consiga impulsionar a produtividade nos próximos anos, é preciso perceber quem ganha com isso."
Neste artigo, Vicente Ferreira ajuda a enquadrar este momento e a perceber melhor a dimensão do fenómeno.
🔗 shifter.pt/2025/11/inte...
Cartaz vermelho com título amarelo "Aulas de Autodefesa Cultural", e fotos dos participantes. Para mais informação, consultar o link.
A Summit da Web que interessa.
Uma conversa sobre as redes nos dias atuais: das plataformas das Big Techs aos nossos direitos digitais, até às formas alternativas de conectar em rede.
eventos.coletivos.org/event/abando...
This 2006 #Wikileaks Diplomatic Cable discusses the Venezuelan government's #opensource law during Chavez's time. wikileaks.org/plusd/cables...
Almost twenty years ago, Latin American governments had a clear route and were working towards sovereignty, including digital sovereignty.
they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
É agora que nos passamos a referir ao Cristiano como o Banana da Madeira?
🚨The EU Commission wants to slash the pillar of our digital rights, all to prop up AI companies 🚨
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
No doubt the biggest winners will be US Big Tech that for years fought against our privacy rules and now stand to dominate AI development 👉 www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
Vêem as consequências de falarem mal da burocracia? Comissão Europeia prepara-se para dar cabo do RGPD, direitos dos consumidores, etc.
(tradução automática) #DigitalOmnibus EU Commission wants to grind out General Data Protection Regulation and AI regulation
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Contra esto luchamos:
@corporateeurope.org ha publicado un estudio que revela el poder sin precedentes del lobby de las BigTech en la UE.
-151 millones anuales en influir sobre las instituciones europeas (un 55,6% más en 4 años)
-900 lobistas a tiempo completo (más que eurodiputados)
There are signs that Morgan is becoming a cause célèbre for neo-Nazis in the United States. The white supremacist Paul Miller, who gained notoriety for making hate-filled videos while wearing Nazi garb, said on social media that he was working to secure Morgan’s release and directed followers to a crowdfunding campaign that he said was from Morgan directly. “I am in contact with @GasChambers_,” Miller tweeted on Sunday, referring to an X account that says it has raised money for Morgan. “We are going to pay the bail for Kenneth in the next few days he will be free. Gaschamber was very kind and gracious. We just spoke on the phone. We are going to get kenneth out very soon.”
From an article about the man in the SS uniform arrested for attacking the woman in Georgia. Just wild that we've accepted that there's a huge social media platform where an account called "@GasChambers" is allowed to openly do Nazi fundraising and that's fine, in fact all the reporters post there.
People are like “the problem with you leftists is you’re annoying” Yes. We know we are annoying. We annoy each other all the time. We are insufferable but we are also correct.
