David Meyer

Tech journalist and presenter of Tech Gets Real. Covers digital sovereignty quite a lot these days. Sings and plays guitar in a band called The Board. Signal: superglaze.66

Very cool
Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
This ‘Wallace and Gromit’ Lego Set Is Almost as Enticing as Cheese gizmodo.com/this-wallace...
ChatGPT designated by Commission as a Very Large Online Search Engine, something that's been very controversial: pragmatic but not a long-term solution for all generative AI. Imagine a challenge will follow.
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social
EU tech law

EU Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox as having additional obligations under the Digital Services Act
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Press release. Full text in the link.
So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it.
Until the US implements any form of regulation on the build out of data centres, the rest of the world is going to hate them.

I'd rather pay more for AI because it's scarce than have this climate disaster happen.
Floodlight @floodlightnews.org
NEW: Thermal drone footage shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne AI data center in Vineland, NJ is running dozens of gas generators.

None of them have permits.

A Floodlight visual investigation with
@us.theguardian.com:
with a bit of perspective, I wanted to write this post which reintroduces spaces as a new primitive for atproto!

spaces are a deeply social & "atmospheric" primitive & I kinda think they uniquely thread the needle on our design goals
Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. 

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.
In recent days, nuclear plants have been hobbled by jellyfish in France and sardines in South Africa www.bbc.com/news/article... www.news24.com/business/cli...
West American Ocean. East American Ocean. Not American Indian Ocean. North American Ocean. South American Ocean.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com
Trump says he might change the names of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans next
A high-altitude landslide and a collapsed glacier.

Scientists now estimate that 400 million metric tons of rock and ice came down the mountain.

That's like having a million 747s crashing down at the same time.

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
Genuinely pathetic.
Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs order directing interior secretary to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' as Canada trade war persists.
This week, the Trump admin announced they stopped 2 platforms behind a Chinese hack...

...while supporting a budget set to cut 100s of jobs from the people who stopped it.

Disrupting the hack was a real victory. Gutting America’s cyber defenses when we need them most is senseless. (Link in reply)
In case you wanted about 3,700 words on the problems with today's "settlement" that gives Meta way more power over how the internet works than it should have.
Next week, at Ireland's request, a Royal Navy warship will provide air defence during a meeting of EU ministers in Wicklow. But, to comply with the Irish Constitution, the ship must remain outside Irish territorial waters

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Did a video about how AI and new laws are both about to have a big impact on the longevity of smart devices youtu.be/pbY5P5-h08w
Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3416):
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
The US Dept of Education, everyone.
Ich hab für @digitalrechte.bsky.social den Meta-Vergleich und die 17 Milliarden Strafe analysiert und wie die Auswirkungen auf unsere EU-Debatte sein könnten:

Der Verg­leich, den Meta selbst mitgesc­hrieben hat. Meta geht als Gewinner raus.

digitalrechte.de/news/der-ver...
randomly giving out genuine compliments is such an easy way to make the world a little nicer, i'm always surprised more people haven't figured that out and have a ton of respect for those who have
Screenshot of tweet by Eminem. Text of Eminem's post reads: 

I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it.  Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.

Attached is an image of a classy and generous letter Dolly Parton sent to Eminem after missing a chance to meet him at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.

want to email me? that will be david at dmeyer dot eu

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