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Jan Penfrat

@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

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Policy guy @edri, working on platform regulation, content moderation, data protection and surveillance ads in Europe. For 15+ years in the Brussels maze.

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@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 8:40 PM

So proud of my city today: Over 60,000 people in #Brussels came out on the streets today to protest the Belgian government's climate inaction.

#ClimateCrisis #MarchePourLeClimat #Bruxelles #Brussel #ClimaatCoalitie

Photo with protestors marching down Rue de la Loi in Brussels. Above the street, activists have put up large yellow banners that read "We won't forget this summer" and "We won't forgive their silence".
@brenttoderian.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:45 AMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

“Results show that approximately 414 million metric tons of carbon emission could be reduced if everyone in the world cycled 1.6km every day like the Danes…This climate benefit could be increased to 686 million metric tons if the Dutch cycling pattern was followed with daily cycling of 2.6km.”

@randovelo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 3:18 PMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

11/10 MARCHE CLIMAT 2026 | Tout le monde y va !
+infos: https://MarcheClimat.be | https://CoalitionClimat.be

11/10 MARCHE CLIMAT 2026 | Tout le monde y va !
+infos: https://MarcheClimat.be | https://KlimaatCoalitie.be
@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 11:43 AM

This is one of the dumbest fediverse server rules I have seen. Equating politics and religion and discouraging people to speak up about injustice because it might make others feel uncomfortable ("plaster it in other people's faces") is such a stupidly […]

[Original post on eupolicy.social]

Rule 8 of a Belgium-based Mastodon server: "Politics and religion is tolerated but discouraged. Please us a Content Warning if you do post them. Whatever your political or religious view may be is your concern but we'd appreciate if if you wouldn't us this platform to plaster it in other people's faces."
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 3:47 PMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

Ich habe gerade in der Bekanntschaft einen Notfall.

Hat hier jemand eine Ahnung, wer in #Düsseldorf und Umgebung unentgeltlich zum Thema #Visum beraten kann?

Bitte boosten!

EDIT: Danke für das Feedback.

Kurzer Umriss der Situation: Sie ist auf dem Weg der Einbürgerung, aber die […]

@ruari.velocipederider.com.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 5:59 PMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

My neighbour mentioned that they needed a new front for one of the cabinets in their kitchen but was not sure how to pick it up as it would not fit in their (small) car.

So I offered to pick it up for him. He then said, "How? You don't even have a car?" […]

[Original post on velocipederider.com]

A cargo bike with a long cardboard box strapped on top. In the background are more bikes and a parked car.
@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 3:22 PM

Please tell the #AIoffice I used the frontier command "rm -r /" on my Linux machine the other day and it instantly broke out of containment as I experienced a complete loss of control.

This advanced #Linux algorithm nefariously took over my computer and, without telling me, went rogue across my […]

@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 7, 2026, 8:40 PM

And I just love the unofficial French reaction quoted by The Guardian:

"A diplomatic source at #France’s foreign ministry said “there’s absolutely no reason for us to change our commitments” when it came to supporting the conference."

“We stick to supporting #CivilSociety. It’s not just […]

@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 7, 2026, 8:35 PM

After #RightsCon26 it's the second time this year that authoritarian governments attack and (here: attempt to) shut down a #CivilSociety conference and it's another massive warning shot for Europe.

Excellent reporting about the #Disinfo2026 scandal from The Guardian […]

@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 7, 2026, 8:30 PM

I have been somewhat critical of the (what I perceived to be) overly strong #Russia-only focus of last year's edition but it seems I was wrong given @DisinfoEU's brave programme of the #Disinfo2026 conference (Unfortunately I am unable to attend this year.)

I can feel with a small and […]

@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 8:43 PM

Fun times as a #FediModerator when people start reporting each other for "hate speech" in a debate over who is the biggest #Nazi: the Ukrainian, the US, or the Russian government. 😂

#ContentModeration #FreeExpression

@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 6:15 PM

Dear journalists, repeat after @ploum : "There is no such thing as rouge software."

#AI

@ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 12:33 PMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

A software always runs on a computer. A software always do what its creator wants it to do. If the software doesn’t do what its creator wanted, it is a mistake from the coder, a bug. If the software runs without the consent of the computer’s owner, it is a malware/virus. Stopping a software […]

@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 6:04 PM

With all due respect, I really don't think the "next #ViktorOrban" will come from new #EU member states but hey what do I know.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/06/eu-plans-15-year-probation-period-new-member-states-viktor-orban

#MartaKos #EUenlargement #probation

@erik-marquardt.euOct 6, 2026, 11:15 AMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

Offensichtlich haben auch relevante Teile der CDU-Fraktion in Sachsen-Anhalt zum 1. Mal seit der Shoa einen Rechtsextremen an die Spitze eines deutschen Parlaments gewählt. Die CDU kann das „Nie wieder“ nie wieder glaubwürdig vertreten, wenn sie das jetzt schulterzuckend hinnimmt.

Screenshot eines deutschsprachigen Artikels. Die Überschrift lautet: „Mit mir wird es eine Brandmauer zur AfD geben“ – Merz droht CDU-Mitgliedern mit Parteiausschluss. Darunter steht, Friedrich Merz halte vor seinem Start als CDU-Chef einige parteiinterne Ansagen für nötig: Wer mit der AfD kooperiere, fliege aus der Partei.
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@politicalbeauty.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:28 AMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

BREAKING: Gleich wählen Russlandfreunde, Ex-Pornodarsteller, Abiturfälscher, völkische Ideologen, Vetternwirtschafter, Sellner-Fangirls, Ex-Stasioffiziere, rechte Kampfsportler die Demokratie in Sachsen-Anhalt ab und sich den ersten faschistischen Landtagspräsidenten seit 1945. Draußen geht nix.

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@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gyOct 5, 2026, 1:59 PM

I'm pretty certain #SteveJobs did not leave this planet @heiseonline.

#MachineTranslation ( #AIslop ?)

@bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 5, 2026, 6:32 AMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

"Google freezes open-source bug bounty program amid flood of invalid AI slop submissions" […]

@atroxus.social.cologne.ap.brid.gyOct 4, 2026, 3:15 PMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

"Die CDU wird zur Schande für Deutschland

Hätte man mir vor fünf oder zehn Jahren gesagt, das Internationale Auschwitz Komitee wird sich einmal genötigt fühlen, sich wegen (in den Zuständigkeitsbereich der #CDU fallende) Angriffe auf eine Organisation von […]

[Original post on social.cologne]

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 4, 2026, 11:25 AMReposted by @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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