Robin Berjontweets archive

August 2024

31 tweets

Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
American friends! Thank you for having me over for a whole 9 years. It's been wild, I made lifelong friendships, and grew in ways I wouldn't have guessed. I hope I brought you the right kind of trouble. Come visit - I know I'll be back! ♥
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @mishmosh

Very soon I'm sure 😁
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
What few people know is that things were perfectly fine with AI initially. It's actually customer support chatbots that triggered the Butlerian Jihad.
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
Did you want to read Rewilding in print? Now's your chance!
Quoting a tweet by @NoemaMag ↗
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @LMSacasas

Yup! Nothing you wouldn't know comes to mind: Mandy Brown, the resilience literature, Brett on infrastructure neutrality.
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
GOOGLE FOUND GUILTY! 🤩😍🥲 The details and the follow-up will matter but the web takes a step closer to freedom today! Tonight, those of us who side with democracy can take some time off to party. Gift link: nytimes.com/2024/08/05/tec…
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @s_yoncourtin and @TheJusticeDept, @JusticeATR, @JonathanKanter_, @MerrickGar

Enfin!
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
When a rules system is autocratic, it only applies when you want it to 🤷🏼‍♂️
Quoting a tweet by @MarietjeSchaake ↗
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
The most newsworthy part here is that Ireland has a data regulator! More please! 🇮🇪
Quoting a tweet by @adrianweckler ↗
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
Great piece from @FascinatingTech on the role of Chrome in Google's monopolistic practices. promarket.org/2024/08/08/chr…
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @johnnyryan

I *so* believe this.
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
Leaked Google strategy doc shows how much they love Chrome Sync because of how good it is at tracking people. Remember that next time someone on the Chrome team boasts about putting users first.
Quoting a tweet by @jason_kint ↗
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
Google is a monopolist — what happens next? @Caffar3Cristina and I dive into what remedies now stand a chance of establishing competition in search. Hint: given the size of the problem, it's more than one! techpolicy.press/google-is-a-mo…
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @mattecapu

Thank you! Delighted you liked it.
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
"Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises" by @JonathanSBlake & @nils_gilman Reading isn't to gain knowledge but to sharpen imagination. This book certainly does the trick. Unshackle your idea of governance and sovereignty from nation states!
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
Ever wonder what Rewilding social media would look like? @arcalinea shows the way.
Quoting a tweet by @bluesky ↗
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @nils_gilman

Thanks for writing the book! For the internet, I'm less interested in the grand vision things and more in properties like the ability to create a functional equivalent of local, generally facilitating the creation of institutions of all sizes and scopes.

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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
In case you missed it over the weekend: check out this @techpolicypress piece I wrote with @Caffar3Cristina about the wrong and right ways remedies to use now that Google Search is officially a monopoly! techpolicy.press/google-is-a-mo…
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @RIngthorss and @Routledge_Phil

Do you know if there might be an open access version?
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @nothumean and @usach

The title is very intriguing and appealing! Will it be recorded or will some written version be available?
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @nothumean and @usach

My Spanish might indeed not be up to metaphysics indeed 😂 Subtitles would help, but the article will be easier. Looking forward to it!
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
Love this deceptive pattern from @Microsoft in which they bundle something many want (listing better jobs) with something else few people care about (ads). Are you ready for the same lack of enforcement with DMA consent that we are getting with the GDPR?
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @gateklons and @Microsoft

The two listed purposes and a third unlisted one (!) that you can pick independently.
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @gateklons and @Microsoft

Learning. It's in settings. Not listing something that you're consenting to isn't great. The deceptive patterns are more about an unreadable interruptive prompt structured to get you to agree to something you don't want unless you pay specific attention.

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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @1lucabelli and @X

If Twitter gets blocked, where should one read you? You don't seem to be on Bluesky?
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @1lucabelli and @X

Ah right! I find LinkedIn harder to follow but maybe I should try harder. Come to Bluesky, it's nice!
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @s_yoncourtin and @Europarl_EN

Peut-on donc compter sur le parlement pour rejeter ce choix?
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @wheresaddie and @SwiftOnSecurity

Surprised gooning took long?