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nemobis

@nemobis@mamot.fr

Plant-based thoughts [it/en/fi] from #Helsinki, #EU on #copyleft, #commons, #DigitalRights, #OpenScience, #libraries, #climatecrisis, #peace. #Queer.

More #wiki, #GNU, #Linux and #FreeSoftware updates occasionally at #Wikimedia Italia (https://framapiaf.org/@wikimediaitalia).

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Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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Let's talk about my role as "perspective-bringer."

I think I am wasting my time responding to each new outrage by offering explanations and perspective.

Let's do some math.

(I know you all, and almost all of you are better at math than I am 😂 )

Editing back because I found it: only 15% of people like seeing social media posts about politics.

Just over 66.6 % of the voters voted in 2020.

People who are highly engaged vote in high numners. . .

1/

nemobis,
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@Teri_Kanefield "Whenever a half dozen people ask me the same question [...]": nice illustration that the supposed faults of social media are either originated or amplified by traditional media, as nothing else makes so many people believe the exact same thing as the same time.

As Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris and Hal Roberts found in #NetworkPropaganda:
https://www.techdirt.com/2019/01/18/splinters-our-discontent-review-network-propaganda/

rysiek, to Bulgaria
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Well that sucks.

https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en

> The EDPS pilot project of EU Voice and EU Video has proved that public bodies, like EUIs, can offer social media platforms that respect individuals’ fundamental rights

> Unfortunately, despite our efforts to find a new home for EU Voice and EU Video in other EUIs, we have been unable to secure new ownership to maintain the servers and sustain operations at the high standards that EUIs and our users deserve

#EU #Fediverse

nemobis,
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@gunchleoc That's for legislative proposals usually. There's always some ongoing consultation you can use though, for example right now https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/participation/processes/tackling-hatred-in-society/f/39/?toggle_translations=true seems active.

nemobis, to Brussels
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The #coop which owns the #EuropeanSleeper company is raising 3 M€ in capital to fund the #NightTrain service from #Brussels to #Barcelona and #Prague.

I bought a few shares because their success would help me #StayGrounded. (Also, how cool is it to own a #train [lease, fraction of]?)

It's a high risk investment. No profits expected for years with favourable track prices. No membership/voting rights under 26 k€ invested. Check bylaws etc. in "legal" and "community" tabs.
https://platform.eyevestor.com/eyeventures/NL_EUS?tab=rules

nemobis, to mastodon
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What happened when I emailed 3000 admins about a critical vulnerability
https://federicoleva.eu/en/posts/2023/mastodon-vulnerability-emails/

nemobis, to fediverse
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Social issues require social solutions. Technology alone never suffices.

Wannabe #Wikipedia "competitors" always failed to learn this simple lesson. Now proprietary "alternatives" to the #fediverse make the same mistake.

rysiek, to fediverse
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Huh, I had no idea that @wikimediafoundation set up an official Wikimedia instance back in July!

Wonderful.
https://wikimedia.social/explore

nemobis,
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@rysiek We have several official #Wikimedia instances. :)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mastodon

nemobis, to random
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The #OpenStreetMap meetup at #CCCamp23 is starting! Find us at the Linked Open Data village in U11.
https://map.events.ccc.de/camp/2023/map/#20/53.03133/13.30996

#OSM

Gate 2 near the LOD village
OpenStreetMap meeting announcement for 11 at the Linked Open Data village

nemobis, to mastodon
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"#Mastodon is thriving: new users stick with it, finding it extraordinarily easy and delightful to use"

What do you say? That's not the headline you've read?

Arguably, of some 3 million new users in November-December, 2 million were still active a month later. That would be a new user retention some four times higher than Twitter's on Android (16 %), as we just learnt from Similarweb.
https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/social-media-news/threads/

Where are the UX experts trying to figure out this incredible success?

#FediStats

the-federation.info chart showing total registered users went from about 4600k in October to 7700k at the end of December, and added 300k more in January (which is the minimum amount to be decremented from the MAU of the end of January for comparison with one month before). The figure hopefully doesn't include daystorm.netz.org which starts its stats in May.

nemobis, to fediverse
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How many candidates in the upcoming #EuropeanParliament elections are on the #fediverse?

#Wikidata knows about 10 so far:
https://w.wiki/9QtY

#EU #EP #EP2024

stefan, to fediverse
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Does anyone know what the most favorited/boosted posts in the fediverse are? Anyone keeping track of this?

#fediverse #SocialMedia

nemobis,
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@stefan Also note that favorites and boosts decay over time because the so-called "data retention" setting deletes them.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/19260

nemobis, (edited ) to random
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On 2024-03-05 the #CJEU will rule whether law-like standards are subject to #copyright (C-588/21 brought by PRO/ @carlmalamud on CEN HTS).
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2023-06/cp230110en.pdf

In case of a victory for the #PublicDomain, how to celebrate?

I just realised that night I'll be in a crowded theatre, so maybe I can cry: "EN 2:1992/A1:2004 Classification of fires"? (Or just distribute a few copies.)

nemobis, to random
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Iolanda Pensa is presenting "#Wikimedia projects and #OpenStreetMap as an Open Research Infrastructure" in a full room at #FOSDEM.
https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2797-wikimedia-projects-and-openstreetmap-as-an-open-research-infrastructure/

#FOSDEM24 #FOSDEM2024 #OpenScience #CitizenScience #OpenData #WikiLovesMonuments #GLAM

nemobis, to vegan
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The legendary #vegan sandwiches of #FOSDEM are available at bar foyer (entrance next to the F1 doors on U side). Ensure it's the (v) and not (vg) option.

Entrance to bar foyer, past the clouds of grilled burger smoke

nemobis, to VintageOSes
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Today in funny hotel wifi #ToS.

  • We won't tell you what we log.
  • You'll pay for our laywers' fees.
  • We assert copyright on anything you transmit.
  • But don't transmit porn.

(I've not yet tried the room's ethernet port.)

#wmhack

nemobis, to Scotland
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#Scotland is an interesting laboratory for #rewilding, some under community ownership.

Tarras Valley has most of the ingredients I'd expect for carbon sinks preservation, including a focus on peatland restoration and a pragmatic decision to cut down mature commercial forests. They delayed action on the sheep farm side: I wonder how long that's sustainable.
https://www.tarrasvalleynaturereserve.org/projects/

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #forestry #livestock #commons

nemobis, to Facebook
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#Facebook Inc. tries to go on processing «personal data unlawfully in violation of mentioned IE Decisions indefinitely. [...] However, compliance with legally binding orders is not a matter of negotiation. [...] The only way to ensure data subjects' rights and freedoms [...] is to urgently impose a temporary ban».
https://www.datatilsynet.no/contentassets/36ad4a92100943439df9a8a3a7015c19/urgent-and-provisional-measures--meta_redacted.pdf

Using the recent #GDPR ruling by the #CJEU, Norway's DPA bans behavioural advertising on FB and #Instagram by urgency procedure. EDPB can extend the order.

nemobis, to random
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First apple harvest of the season from the two trees in my building's courtyard in #Helsinki. These are just some of the apples precipitated by the recent rains.

Don't worry, I've left plenty for the little birds and big bunnies who visit us every night.

nemobis, to solar
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Apparently «global #solar panel prices have collapsed due to a wave of new Asian production capacity in recent months» and we're supposed to believe this is a bad thing.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-solar-panel-manufacturing-boom-threatened-by-cheap-imports-2023-11-03/

#renewables #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #IRA

nemobis, to Bulgaria
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#CJEU:

«a harmonised standard, adopted on the basis of a directive [...] forms part of EU law»

«the rule of law, which requires free access to EU law for all natural or legal persons of the European Union»

«there is an overriding public interest [...] justifying the disclosure of the requested harmonised standards»

«As is apparent [...] the Commission should have acknowledged [...] the existence of an overriding public interest»

https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=283443&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=6375509

#EU #copyright #PublicDomain

nemobis, to random
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I loved this article on Apple repairs by @matdevdug because it shows how capital allocation really works in our economy. An entire secret society and parallel supply chain got set up so that the CEO doesn't get phone calls from rich people who can't bear to live with the same economic system inflicted on the unwashed masses.
https://matduggan.com/fixing-macs-door-to-door/

nemobis, to Wikipedia
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Unofficial exchange at buildings UA1 and F1 (by the stairs). Get some and add yours!

Stickers exchange table at UA1

awinkler, to random

Does anybody know of reasonably efficient workflows to bulk upload bibliographic metadata to ? Adding items via GUI is annoyingly repetitive and slow. Reconciling and uploading via is probably one possibility, but that's not trivial. Has anybody come across tutorials or descriptions of workflows? There are also tools such as "Author Diesambiguation" (https://author-disambiguator.toolforge.org/) that would have to be combined with other services. Help appreciated!

nemobis,
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@awinkler Ok, so it's a small import which can be done with personal accounts without too much bureaucracy.

Assuming we're talking about books...

Personally I'd start from an #Inventaire library and see what happens. I'm not sure what's the status of import/export, but it will reduce the chances of wasting time on duplicate work.
https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/Guides/en

See also discussions at
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Books

nemobis, to random
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@davidgerard Nice. It will be interesting to track longitudinal Similarweb data.

I noticed a few days ago that #InstagramThreads traffic has pretty much peaked on 2023-07-08 according to #Tranco.
https://tranco-list.eu

This figure is probably still dominated by DNS requests according to Cisco, so I wouldn't rely on it yet. (I'm not even sure what domain names the mobile app is contacting.)

nemobis,
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Meanwhile at #InstagramThreads.

Facebook's app uses push notifications to promote some local posts. Likely self-preferencing, hi #DMA.

threads.net still a top 5k domain comparable to mastodon.social in size.

One happy user in Japan got a lot of interactions thanks to a boost from the fedibird.com admin. (No mention of considering moving there.)

Several people confused by nameless comments. (No moral rights for the authors of the comments, it seems? Have fun, #copyright lawyers.)

#FediMeta

A post at https://mastodon.social/@vng.lxvi@threads.net/112226809199299412 showing a screenshot of an earlier post with a reply from an unnamed author. A post showing a push notification from a "Threads" app https://mastodon.social/@reckless1280@threads.net/112221659328275414 A post https://mastodon.social/@itskeisha_nicole@threads.net/112208480668101229 "Got my first fediverse reply, it’s a shame you can’t respond to them 😭"
Happy Japanese user: «またたくさん通知が！何事！？と驚いたら、Mastodonサーバー『fedibird』の管理者でいらっしゃるのえる様 @noellabo (Threads @noellabo34 )に当店をご紹介いただいたようです。ありがとうございます！！ 昨日の投稿をfedibirdの皆様に拡散していただき、サーバーを越えて想像以上に多数のFediverseの皆様にご覧いただきリアクションもたくさんで、当店HPのアクセス数がたいへん伸びた一日になりました。お店を知っていただけるチャンスになりまして本当にありがたく思っております🙇 Fediverseは各サーバーのローカルタイムラインに流れる機会もありますし、実際にかなりの方に見ていただけたと想像しております。フォロー関係や検索の力なしで多くの方に見ていただく可能性があるのでフェディバースにシェアするのはお店としてとてもメリットがあるなぁと思いました。 あと暖かいリアクションをたくさんいただけるのが嬉しい…🥰 また当店ケーキのご紹介なども投稿いたしますのでぜひ見てみてください〜。 あらためてよろしくお願いいたします！»

anticomposite, to random
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It seems like a lot of software project managers spend a lot of time focusing on metrics other than user sentiment.

Even when they're part of a non-profit writing software for the public good.

nemobis,
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@anticomposite At a work event we had a former Amazon VP come talk to us about .

When asked how to deal with the McNamara fallacy, he answered with a Jeff Bezos quotation:

«We have so many metrics that we monitor. The thing I've noticed is that when the anecdotes and the data disagree the anecdotes are usually right.»

(Now added at https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bezos&diff=3495220&oldid=3464023 .)

nemobis, to random
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What the learnt from 40+ years of in : let's replicate the experiment on the eastern border of the EU.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/us/politics/us-sanctions-russia-ukraine.html

nemobis,
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Apparently the #war in Ukraine is a "win" for Biden. If this is winning, imagine losing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/us/politics/biden-immigration-ukraine.html

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