@ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 3h ago

I hope everybody in Europe understands, if Ukraine goes down, we go down, in every way possible (security, economy, refugees etc). So Europe should do more then give money and weapons to Ukraine. Because it is clearly not preventing Putin attacking civilian targets, killing innocent people, everyday

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 3w ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Anne Applebaum: "Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia." https://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu/post/3mvgtchhsx22f #ukraine #russia

Bluesky Social

Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu)

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2w ago

Duitsland is een land waar nu nog miljoenen benzine auto's van de band rollen.... Die al verouderd zijn als ze in de showroom staan. Vervolgens moet je als Duitse overheid benzine gaan subsidiëren voor rijden in die auto's , geld dat je beter had kunnen stoppen in de transitie naar EV.

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 1w ago

A nice balanced, objective analysis and way forward by the Turing institute with regard to frontier AI, recommended reading (no hype whatsoever and easy to read). https://www.turing.ac.uk/news/publications/frontier-ai-risks-practical-way-forward #AI #frontierAI #turinginstitute

turing.ac.uk

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 3w ago

Well said, "Models will keep getting cheaper and better. Your competitor gets the same discount, so it buys you nothing. The durable edge is the data you have organized and can trust, testing you actually run, and people who can tell when a confident answer is still wrong." https://www.informationweek.com/machine-learning-ai/ai-models-everywhere-they-matter-less-than-you-think #AI

Information Week

AI models everywhere: They matter less than you think

Choosing the best AI model won

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

RE: https://social.coop/@rgulick/117036896090712423 "All systems based on chatbots can be prompt injected. You can always tell the bot to do things it shouldn’t. "

Quoting

Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑

@rgulick@social.coop

This is fun, eh? Copilot prompt injection goes viral in your documents; Microsoft doesn't know how to fix it. #AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/03/copilot-prompt-injection-goes-viral-in-your-documents/

Open quoted post

social.coop

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 1mo ago

So Trump has been humiliated by Iran and now Netanyahu also rejects his "peaceplan" with Hamas. Dangerous times because someone like Trump now desperately needs something to divert attention from his failures.... #trump #hamas #netanyahu #iran #geopolitics

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Nederland voedt de wereld niet – de wereld voedt ons vee https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/nederland-voedt-de-wereld-helemaal-niet?share=Ul2mnIOn5FeIyuHZbdIJh%2FxgIAqxnZJj4IMiVZwiQ69adDLM02Fp74KRlHjiZQ%3D%3D #ftm #boeren #veeteelt

Follow the Money - Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek

Nederland voedt de wereld niet – de wereld voedt ons vee

Boeren zien zichzelf vaak als onmisbaar voor de voedselvoorziening. ‘Nederland voedt de wereld,’ heet het dan. Nieuw onderzoek laat zien dat daar weinig van klopt: we importeren drie keer meer calorieën en ruim drieënhalf keer meer eiwitten dan we exporteren – allemaal om de veestapel in stand te houden.

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Not surprising but worrying, it increases the chance of a hard financial crash of the AI bubble. Which will not only hurt tech companies. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet #AI #bubble #financial #debt

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

Futurism

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Nice paper about why LLMs can never be fully protected against prompt injection. https://role-confusion.github.io/ #LLM #AI #Promptinjection #cybersecurity

role-confusion.github.io

Prompt Injection as Role Confusion

LLMs can

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Ontwikkelingen in batterij technologie gaan onverminderd door, https://www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-economie/nieuwe-type-batterij-staat-op-punt-europa-te-veroveren-niet-van-lithium-of-nikkel-maar-van-zeezout~b4ad1d30/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.bsky.app%2F #energie #batterij #accu #natrium

trouw.nl

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

UPDATE: RBFA statement regarding Folarin Balogun: FIFA doesn't want to explain it's decision to the RBFA. 😆 https://www.rbfa.be/en/news/update-rbfa-statement-regarding-folarin-balogun #Balogun #FIFA #Belgium #RBFA #USA #Trump #Infantino #Redcard #corruption #worldcup

rbfa.be

Royal Belgian FA

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Shocking but obvious, the US wants to force Ukraine to make some kind of (bad) deal by not providing weapons, paid by Europe (!), to defend itself... At the same time Europe and Ukraine can't afford to call this out too openly... #ukraine #eu #russia #usa #geopolitics

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Advies Uitrol M365 Belastingdienst, https://www.adviescollegeicttoetsing.nl/documenten/2026/6/29/advies-microsoft-365 #AcICT #M365 #Microsoft #Belastingdienst

adviescollegeicttoetsing.nl

Advies Uitrol M365 | Adviescollege ICT-toetsing

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

So rumors seem to confirm what everybody is thinking, the level of US airdefense interceptors/missiles other munitions is reaching dangerously low levels, for example with regard to possible conflicts in other theatres.. Iran knows this too and will take full advantage of it. #iran #usa #war #munitions #missiles #geopolitics

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

For me this age of AI is the time we should appreciate less polished handwritten texts for their authenticity. I see this happening during selection of job applications. https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jul/04/future-of-fiction-next-great-novel-ai-language-chat-gpt #AI #Language

theguardian.com

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@_elena@mastodon.social @eff@mastodon.social ...if i use a pseudonym , coupled to a specific provider (it can't be linked to another provider or transactions elsewhere) and i use Zero Knowledge Proof to show that i am above a certain age, privacy friendly solutions are possible i think, the problem remains however the implementation, who controls and audits it etcetera

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@je5perl@eupolicy.social @_elena@mastodon.social @eff@mastodon.social ...i agree it's problematic, even if it is possible to realize from a technical perspective which i think it is, personally i am not for these measures

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@tante@tldr.nettime.org ...just wondering if AI-assisted coding is also banned? At what point becomes AI vibe code and when is it still human-made with help of AI-tooling?

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Zomaar een eerste, niet complete verzameling accounts om te volgen op Mastodon, als je hier nieuw bent, rondom het domein van ICT & digitalisering bij de rijksoverheid. Suggesties voor aanvullingen zijn altijd welkom. https://mastodon.social/collections/117002350369422420 #mastodon #collectie #rijksoverheid #digitalisering #ICT #tips

mastodon.social

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@skyblitz@mstdn.social @fmn@mastodon.social @tante@tldr.nettime.org @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de ...strange reaction, many people i know, including developers, use AI with regard to coding for some boilerplate stuff and supporting tasks (different from writing the actual code). Some people are so dogmatic they wouldn't accept automatic spelling correction i guess 🙂

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@bert_hubert@eupolicy.social @nizmow@bitbang.social there are too many people here in full denial with regard to AI who regard proteïne folding as something minor 😃 https://deepmind.google/science/alphafold/

deepmind.google

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Boeiende plaat, ook als je rechts/liberaal bent qua politieke stroming dan is dit slecht nieuws voor de economie. Het vertekent ook allerlei economische indicatoren, een stijgend BNP, kan daar door minder betekenisvol zijn mbt welvaart. #economie #VS

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Trump already changed course about his 20% fee, now babbling about other fantasies. Nobody takes him seriously anymore. His words are becoming meaningless. #trump #hormuz #geopolitics

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Ik ben blij met deze reactie van Jesse Klaver. Wanneer volgt Rob Jetten @D66@mastodon.social https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jesseklaver_kabinet-zwijg-niet-een-woning-van-een-share-7488231957579931650-QV_l/ #Engelen #geweld #terreur #intimidatie #kabinet #politiek #robjetten

Kabinet, zwijg niet. Een woning van een Syrisch gezin die voor de vierde keer wordt vernield. Voor de vierde keer… Bewoners in Engelen die worden geïntimideerd, omdat ze zich uitspreken voor een… | Jesse Klaver | 377 comments

Kabinet, zwijg niet. Een woning van een Syrisch gezin die voor de vierde keer wordt vernield. Voor de vierde keer… Bewoners in Engelen die worden geïntimideerd, omdat ze zich uitspreken voor een menswaardige opvang. Huizen met een poster van Vluchtelingenwerk die worden beklad met scheldwoorden. Hoe haal je het in je kop om zoiets te doen? Het is te krankzinnig voor woorden wat we de afgelopen dagen hebben gezien. En bovenal gevaarlijk. Mensen die zich niet veilig voelen in hun eigen buurt.

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@brownhamer@mastodon.nl @_elena@mastodon.social @eff@mastodon.social true

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@fmn@mastodon.social @skyblitz@mstdn.social @tante@tldr.nettime.org @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de i respect everyone's opinion or standpoint, just trying to understand why technology like AI can not have an assisting/supporting role in coding (with proper guardrails, principles, rules etc.), the same discussion is going for written texts and other content by the way , so it is a broad subject.

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Mafia practices, typical Trump. Also completely unrealistic, illegal and probably impossible to implement... #Trump #Hormuz #Iran #geopolitics #USA #corruption

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@flyingpenguin/116891303370571171 So true....

infosec.exchange

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@olivia@scholar.social ...i have children that study at the university, how would you like to ban AI when most work is done at home? I fully understand/support banning AI for tests, exams, activities at the university. But AI is and will be used in a support role for most students i am afraid, whether we like it or not. Shouldn't we focus on how to use AI responsible and in a way that increases learning instead of all the "banning"?

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

I like Cory Doctorow's blogs and also this one, https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/supplemental-income/ But he is wrong in one of the first sentences in my view. "As a technology, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. ". The reason why the impact of GenAI is big is because it is "exceptionally good" in some (!) fields/aspects. If that was not the case there would be no hype, no nobel price etc. At the same time his remarks about the bubble good to read and think about. #AI #bubble

pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: AI solipsists and AI cynics (24 Jul 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

The "Board of Peace" is a corrupt and a fully Trump dominated body (has been published about before), so i don't have a lot of confidence in the Gaza deal. We used to have the UN for these kind of things.... Trump and his cronies can fully control all aspects of this deal. https://apnews.com/article/gaza-hamas-israel-deal-text-7347ef0f3b745f22c12b67f786b70f0f #Gaza #BoardofPeace #Trump #UN #geopolitics

apnews.com

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Great blog, read it https://chadbourn.substack.com/p/out-of-options #iran #usa #war #trump #geopolitics #China #Russia #Xi #Putin #eu #europe

chadbourn.substack.com

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@drwhax@infosec.exchange ...no apocalypse , just some companies going bankrupt, stockmarket crashing, after that AI just goes on...the models remain, the datacenters are there, applications remain etc. Everything will be a bit more rational however ( i hope)

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Some people are getting too dogmatic about AI use in coding, just as i can use (even before AI) grammar and syntax checking in texts, why would people not be allowed to use AI for improving code they have written. Coding/programming has always been supported by tools? 🤔 #AI #LLM #Coding #VibeCoding

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@nixCraft@mastodon.social ...AI is used by many coders for boring parts of code, to save time, so you won't necessarily see new apps

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@koen_hufkens@mastodon.social ...maybe that prediction is already true for many large companies, running (chinese) open weight models on their own infrastructure, still those local models also need a lot of compute so it will be more redirection of available resource. Ofcourse companies like Anthropic and OpenAI could suffer

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng ...would you like the EU to spend money on AI? Or totally not and if that's the case , how do we become less dependent?

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2w ago

Voor iedereen die het nog niet kent, OWASP AI exchange, "300+ pages of free, constantly-evolving, practical guidance on securing AI systems" https://owaspai.org/ #AI #owasp #security

owaspai.org

AI Exchange

Comprehensive guidance and alignment on how to protect AI against security threats - by professionals, for professionals.

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange or leave climate science to climate scientists...

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

"The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies have a new challenge on their hands: a 37-member team of civil servants working from a Brussels office building." https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-the-eu-team-going-up-against-big-ai-models/ #AI #EU

politico.eu

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Ofcourse Trump will start talking to Iran again in a few days/week, because the war is for him simply unwinnable, because of geography. Iran knows that. #Trump #Iran #USA #geography #geopolitics

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 1w ago

Think about the impact of this: "In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on ALL of its employees. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/us/politics/fbi-shinyhunters-damage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElE.UOIK.YQlaYZ_v8qvz&smid=nytcore-android-share #fbi #cybersecurity

nytimes.com

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Airbus & the cloud. "European aerospace giant Airbus has lined up on the runway and is pushing the throttles forward as it prepares to evict apps from America. Airbus has named French cloud services provider Scaleway as the destination for some 900 applications, with an initial 70 getting priority onboarding, as it seeks to put critical systems and data under European control." https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/07/20/airbus-takes-flight-from-aws-what-happens-next-is-critical/5274109 #cloud #airbus #EU

theregister.com

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Boosted by @tchambers@indieweb.social

This is how the rule of law dies https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y1A.aLnf.Rl0wNtaiWohG&smid=nytcore-android-share #trump #ice #fbi #usa

nytimes.com

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

So while Trump wants Iran to lose it's nuclear weapons, it helps to nuclearize Saudi-Arabia, that makes total sense.... 😂 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/saudi-arabia-would-enrich-uranium-under-reported-deal-with-us #Trump #Iran #SaudiArabia #Nuclear

theguardian.com

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

The US state department is actively undermining Europe with these funds, The State Department has put out a tender, offering funding of up to $3 million to European organizations who want to fight against "Supra-national institutions" https://www.state.gov/drl-nofo-developing-civilizational-bonds-democratic-resilience-and-rule-of-law-in-europe #usa #eu #geopolitics

state.gov

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@stiiin@infosec.space @waxle@mastodon.social @bert_hubert@mastodon.nl ...het op eigen hardware draaien van Chinese modellen zoals Kimi K3 , GLM 5.2 etc vraagt ook om forse infrastructuur, weinig bedrijven zullen dat echt "lokaal" gaan draaien, maar ook weer afnemen van een datacentrum, al dan niet als dienst.

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 1w ago

Replying to

@vandefiets@social.vivaldi.net ...maar dat is wel de belangrijkste actuele oorlog op ons continent, een dagje rijden... Ik vraag me af wat is dan het voorstel van XR hoe met Poetin's agressie om te gaan (meer wapens produceren/investeren in defensie niet vermoed ik) ? Een punt is pacificisme, anti-militarisme werkt niet als de andere partij het tegenovergestelde doet en geen democratische samenleving is, de tegenstander heeft ook een "stem" zeg maar...

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Erik Jonker @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

What i find very worrying is the very real chance that de AfD may be winning the next elections in Germany. It would be the comeback of fascism and nazism. There are no other words to describe it. It would severely weaken the EU at a minimum, destabilize europe. I know some state actors who would consider that a good outcome and will do everything to make that happen. #Fascism #AfD #Germany #geopolitics #nazism #russia #USA #EU

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