ErikJonker

ErikJonker, 9 months ago to climate Dutch

For those of you who are interested in statistics, this is a five-sigma event. So it's five standard deviations beyond the mean. Which means that if nothing had changed, we'd expect to see a winter like this about once every 7.5 million years."It's gobsmacking."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/antarctic-sea-ice-levels-nosedive-five-sigma-event/102635204?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web
#climate

ErikJonker, 1 month ago to Ukraine

Heartbreaking.
Zelensky: ""The Tripilska power plant, electricity in the Kiev region depends on it. Eleven missiles were headed towards it. The first seven we took down. Four destroyed Tripilska. Why? Because we had zero missiles. We ran out of all missiles."
#Ukraine

ErikJonker, 10 months ago to Canada

A graph that illustrates how bad Canadian wildfires are...
#Canada #Wildfires #climatechange

ErikJonker, 4 months ago to Iceland

Mastodon is getting much better , following the hashtag #iceland gives me all the news about the latest volcanic eruption there, no reason to look on X

ErikJonker, 10 months ago to Netherlands

The dutch government now has an official Mastodon instance, this gives government organisations and institutions the chance to have an official account in the fediverse. The instance is not for all citizens wanting to join Mastodon. I hope more governments will follow because the fediverse gives them the possibilty to fully control the data , no advertising etc.
https://social.overheid.nl/public/local
#Netherlands #Mastodon

ErikJonker, 8 months ago to TeslaMotors

"Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet, according to an excerpt adapted from Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the eccentric billionaire titled “Elon Musk.”As Ukrainian submarine drones strapped with explosives approached the Russian fleet, they “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly,”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html
#Musk #Starlink

ErikJonker, 2 months ago to Russia

If you let the vice-chairman of the security council present this map, we can all agree Russia has an expansionist view with regard to Ukraine. So please ignore all people saying Russia wants peace etc.
#Medvedev #Russia #Ukraine #geopolitics @geopolitics

ErikJonker, 24 days ago to Bulgaria

Apparently even the European Data Protection Supervisor #EDPS , can't find the funds for it's mastodon servers. Which is bizar if you think about all the "talk" about not relying on #bigtech , a more independent EU, open standards, security, importance of reliable information etc.
#EU #EDPS #Bigtech #digitalEurope #fediverse #mastodon #privacy
https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en

ErikJonker, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Ukraine

If the rumours are true and #Ukraine really downed an A-50U , an Arboirne Early Warning & Control plane, that is a big blow to Russia, it has a very limited number (less then 10) of those planes operational.
#ukraine #russia #A50

ErikJonker, 9 months ago to random

Just no words...Where are the checks & balances in the USA for letting this happen...
A supreme court justice should lead by example and should prevent any hint of being compromised. Clarence Thomas is the opposite of all that.
#ClarenceThomas
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court

ErikJonker, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Russia

The possibilities for the Moscow attack are in my view the following,
#moscow #russia #geopolitics @geopolitics
please vote what you think is most likely:

ErikJonker, 8 months ago to TeslaMotors

So #Musk played around with Ukrainian lives when he didn't get paid (article in New Yorker). Warning for governments with regard to being dependent on commercial companies for critical communications. #Ukraine
#Starlink

ErikJonker, 5 months ago to random Dutch

Extremely scary...how some people in the US view the holocaust.

ErikJonker, 28 days ago (edited 28 days ago) to security Dutch

I hope the UN can make it work but the federated decentralised approach makes sense. The United Nations ditches Big Tech in a bid for security | TechRadar
https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-united-nations-ditches-big-tech-in-a-bid-for-security
#security #encryption #element #matrix #UN #IT #decentralized #federated

ErikJonker, 6 months ago to Signal Dutch

Very interesting blog by #Signal which describes their expenses, much more then I expected, worth reading
https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/

ErikJonker, 8 months ago to Signal

Please people, leave Whatsapp, join Signal, the monetization of Whatsapp is inevitable... "Meta mulls putting ads in WhatsApp as it seeks revenue boost"
https://www.ft.com/content/41f334a5-856c-4512-b550-eb6062036224
#whatsapp #signal

ErikJonker, 4 months ago to random

This is good news. Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long COVID Risk. Several new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms.
#covid #vaccinations #longcovid
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccination-dramatically-lowers-long-covid-risk/#:~:text=Now,%20that%20protection%20appears%20to,reduced%20it%20by%2073%20percent

ErikJonker, 3 months ago to OpenAI

Horrible but not unexpected... As a user only share data with ChatGPT you are willing to share publicly....
#OpenAI #ChatGPT #privacy #security
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/ars-reader-reports-chatgpt-is-sending-him-conversations-from-unrelated-ai-users/

ErikJonker, 3 months ago to Russia

Regardless whether you agree with all his views or not, Navalny was a true russian patriot, he didn't even flee his country while he probably knew he would die in captivity. A sad day. Let's remember what he fought for and who killed him (Putin).
#Navalny #Russia #Putin
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68315943

ErikJonker, 3 months ago to random

Don't believe misinformation about right-wing extremist beliefs of Navalny. He fought against corruption and for democracy in Russia. He gave his life for this cause, could have fled from Russia multiple times but never did, out of principle. A true hero.
#navalny

ErikJonker, 2 months ago to Ukraine

With regard to discussions about the war in Ukraine i always remember this quote from General Mattis, "No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote." , as long as Russia's intentions are agressive, both in words and deeds, we simply have no choice but to prepare for war, keep supporting Ukraine. With the goal to prevent a widening conflict.
#Ukraine #Russia #War #Europe

ErikJonker, 5 months ago to geopolitics Dutch

Excellent article why it's very cost effective to keep supporting Ukraine, this is the argument for the US , for the EU it's even better.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/high-price-losing-ukraine
#geopolitics #ukraine @geopolitics

ErikJonker, 5 months ago to random Dutch

Dus de VVD heeft een kabinet willens en wetens onnodig laten vallen op asiel/immigratie , met deze uitslag als resultaat.

ErikJonker, 1 month ago to Signal

Can't be repeated enough, quit whatsapp where you can, use signal. It's great, very secure, opensource, not tied to #bigtech , non-profit etc.
https://signal.org/download/
#signal #chat #messenger #opensource #security #privacy

ErikJonker, 1 month ago to Israel

Good analysis by @Bellingcat of the #WCK attack in #Gaza
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/02/strike-that-killed-world-central-kitchen-workers-bears-hallmarks-of-israeli-precision-strike/
#Israel #bellingcat