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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 4w ago

Results are looking good, but more help is needed --- As you may or may not know, I'm involved with a web-archiving effort re noblogs.org (longer story, suffice it to say: We know what we're doing & why) Right now, we need more people to help with QA (quality assurance); no technical knowledge required, only patience to click on links in an interactive archive. If you are interested, please DM me - more details via Signal or Matrix. Add. Probably best for US-based folks to steer clear

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 3w ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

I loath every article, blog, or post, that frames what happened with #AutisticiInventati as 'they folded, they gave up, they were destroyed in a couple of days.' No matter how well-meaning, this framing strips A/I of their agency and completely ignores the enormous amount of labour and care that went into a considered wind down. They made it possible for as much stuff to be moved out of their infrastructure as possible. From my perspective: This wasn't a defeat, but a tactical withdrawal 1/2

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 3w ago

Boosted by @fedicat@pc.cafe

At #FediDay, @julian@fietkau.social presents how multiple #SciOp-instances could federate via ActivityPub 💜 If you want to check it out, here is the FEP: https://fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fep/d8c8/ Talk is being recorded, I'll share the link here asap

fediverse.codeberg.page

FEP-d8c8: BitTorrent Torrent Objects - Fediverse Enhancement Proposals

The BitTorrent protocol is a p2p protocol for distributing data described as a series of hashes and file metadata contained in .torrent files. This FEP describes a JSON-LD representation of .torrent files as an extension of an ActivityStreams Object.

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

Amnesty International UK caved and removed two briefings:
- “Like a Snowball: The Growth and Impact of the Gender Critical Movement in the UK” (May 2026)
- “A Growing Threat – the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK.” (July 2026)

Both contain 'gender critical' as a new category, which prompted #TERF backlash.
While both PDFs are still in Internet Archive, I love seeing a torrent at #SciOp as well (just in case)
https://sciop.net/datasets/amnesty-uk-2026-anti-rights-reports

More info: https://www.transgendermap.com/issues/groups/amnesty-international/2026-uk-report/
#Transrights #TransRightsUK

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 1mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Fuck. https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/ "A/I is shutting down. The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of the services we provide." "Now turn off your PCs, get out of your homes, struggle, hug each other and keep on smiling. We are stopping, but the Resistance and ideas do not stop. Stay human." Reposting my follow-only post from August 30th: "1,281 - that's way more than I expected 😬"

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A/I Shuts Down Stay Human · Keep the Internet free

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 3w ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

RE: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/117248029115426575 The webarchiving effort of #noblogs I'm involved in (one of many independent efforts) is nearing completion. For a couple days now, the task is quality assurance to catch potential systemic issues. (Luckily nothing like this has manifested so far) It's 48h before noblogs.org goes down and we need more eyes - no technical knowledge required, only a browser and some patience to click on links. If you are interesting in helping, please DM me - more details via Signal or Matrix #AutisticiInventati

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Results are looking good, but more help is needed --- As you may or may not know, I'm involved with a web-archiving effort re noblogs.org (longer story, suffice it to say: We know what we're doing & why) Right now, we need more people to help with QA (quality assurance); no technical knowledge required, only patience to click on links in an interactive archive. If you are interested, please DM me - more details via Signal or Matrix. Add. Probably best for US-based folks to steer clear

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Henrik Schönemann: "Results are looking good, but more help is needed…" - FeDiHum

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

Replying to

https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/117004024280410659 This picture was originally shared by the Washington Post: "An image disclosed in court filings shows a book warehouse that was alleged to play a role in Anthropic’s Project Panama, its project to scan, digitize and destroy millions of books. (Obtained by The Post)" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/ Hell yeah, I found it: Exhibit 43 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69058235/555/13/bartz-v-anthropic-pbc/ (p. 5) It seems to be either from "book scanning vendor in Chicago" or "World of Books"

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DB 🌱💦

@dbattistella@mstdn.ca

This is the magnificent library Anthropic amassed, before destroying it because it gave them a legal copyright loophole. #Anthropic #AI #Books #Culture #Tech #LLMs #Civilization

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DB 🌱💦: "This is the magnificent library Anthropic amassed…" - Mastodon Canada

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

We (@AvSchroeder@fedihum.org & I) had a lovely chat with @jorgeluis@mastodon.pub.solar about https://openscience.network It's a particular flavor of @Bonfire, aiming to meet the needs of researchers and #OpenScience - in the early stages of development. I think it's a very worthwhile project (mostly for my potential second account more focused on academia). Time permitting, I may even contribute somewhat - that's the great thing: We can shape it the way we want! If that sounds good to you, follow #OpenScienceNetwork

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

Diese Nachricht des '(antiquarisch) Bücher Kaufens, für Trainingsdaten Scannens und dann Vernichtens' geht schon eine Weile durch meine Timeline: Vor kurzem auf deutsch, seit ein paar Tagen auf englisch Gibt es, vielleicht aus der Bibliotheks-/Archiv-Bubble, Texte dazu? Also ob/inwieweit das eine neue oder andere Dimension hat als das 'normale' Aussondern von Institutionen und das 'normale' Vernichten auf dem Buchmarkt. (Urheberrechtsaspekt außen vor) Sammlung hier: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/117013922546084070

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

Filtern & Muten sind Selbstschutz: https://fedi.tips/filtering-your-timeline-to-hide-posts-on-mastodon Sie können auch mit Ablaufdatum versehen werden & die Inhalte entweder hinter CW stellen oder ganz ausblenden. Das ist kein "Kopf-in-den-Sand" o.ä., sondern Selbstschutz. Jede*r verarbeitet unterschiedlich; bitte seid achtsam miteinander 💜💔🏳️‍🌈

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

For anyone interested in #OpenScienceNetwork, the flavor of @Bonfire, there is a matrix room now: https://matrix.to/#/#osn:matrix.org (thanks @ivan) For more context, see: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/117009903990716948 #OpenScience

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You're invited to talk on Matrix

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 3w ago

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@nelson@wetdry.world makes sense, but I still think upping the default to 10 would be good and proper :) Sadly, I'm currently strapped for cash - 10$ was the perfect amount I can spare on a whim

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 3w ago

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@nelson@wetdry.world yes! tbh the shrimps in a trenchcoat are worth more than the 10 I paid... How long did you work on it?

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 3w ago

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@nelson@wetdry.world Yeah, we need whimsical in the world - and I'm glad I contribute somewhat to that :)

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

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@fresseng@universites.social @AvSchroeder@fedihum.org Agreed :) Another possible avenue: Scientific associations could take on the costs & general responsibility for an instance. They might be less ... sluggish compared to universities It's what we are doing here at https://fedihum.org/about btw. For the record: I strongly believe we need (online) spaces where people can be part of a scientific community without the 'wall' of ORCID, Zenodo or institutional SSO. @UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org @Bonfire @pierre@universites.social @unif@universites.social

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About - FeDiHum

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

FIY, these two headlines have no direct link (contrary to what popular toots/boosts suggest): 1) "US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference" (2026-07-30) https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-government-map-africa-mislabels-every-country-global-conference-2026-07-30/ 2) "US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner" (2019-12-19) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50849559 They are indirectly linked by people in the higher positions inside the US government not caring about African nations and peoples. h/t @LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

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@AvSchroeder@fedihum.org hui, noch nie gehört - aber sieht spannend aus. In "What researchers are saying" sehe ich schon mal ein paar bekannte Gesichter :) cc @UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org @fresseng@universites.social

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

Update April 5th:
We got everything we can.
The amount of help has been very awesome - we did good 💜

If you think you can help with more than a few TB and/or with additional contacts etc. pp.
Please write an email to contact@safeguar.de

We (@SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org) need urgent help with archiving websites & datasets from NOAA, specifically the stuff on Amazon Web Services (AWS):
https://forum.safeguar.de/t/noaa-all-services-urgent/569

If you can contribute, please consider doing so.

#NOAA #SafeguardingResearch #Data #Weather

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

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@ProcessParsnip@mastodon.ie well, that's the current UK re anything related to trans for you :/ The "Like a snowball"-briefing puts it as: "The growth and influence of the GC movement have been worrying, made normal and supported by the media. Our research shows that the media has produced a disproportionate amount of coverage about trans people from 2020 to 2025 [...]. Most importantly, the voices of trans people have been almost completely absent." [1/2]

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

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@Life_is@no-pony.farm good thing it's still in the torrent :) Edit: But here it's still available with 19 captures? https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Like_a_snowball_final_.pdf Anyway, not needing ro rely on the Internet Archive is the whole point of having it as/in a torrent Edit2: Ah, that's the July briefing in the Wayback Machine. The URLs used to source the PDFs in the torrent both still work. See above for May briefing, here for July https://archive.org/details/report-a-growing-threat-the-anti-rights-movement-in-the-uk-july-2026_20260713

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

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@mia@hcommons.social spotted @toolregistry@nfdi.social at #DH2026 <3 cc @tillgrallert@digitalcourage.social see also https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10657608

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

"Today I want to talk about the teaching sex bot. If you’ve seen this news, you know exactly what I’m talking about and if you haven’t, well, you are probably appropriately horrified already but please, allow me to increase your horror substantially."
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NbceY_medYk
by @rebeccawatson@mastodon.social

See also @jonny@neuromatch.social: "causing the state to spend $60k per doll they don't have to perform generational damage to already marginalized kids."
@jonny@neuromatch.social

#AI #Education #dystopia

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 17mo ago

A collaboration between @webrecorder@digipres.club and @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org: a complete archive of covid.gov from April 11th 2025 (before the recent change)
https://app.browsertrix.com/explore/usgov-archive/collections/covid-gov

The whole data to download/seed: https://sciop.net/uploads/d216c004169fd0edba67ef248aff477778cba00ff68bd916525802dd6e99b087

#Covid #SafeguardingResearch

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 14mo ago

The slides of my talk at #WHY2025 "Safeguarding Research & Culture: Save public data from the digital bookburnings!" are now online:
https://hu.berlin/SRC-WHY2025

Recording here (27min):
https://media.ccc.de/v/why2025-238-safeguarding-research-culture-save-public-data-from-the-digital-bookburnings
(Wow, awesome work by @c3voc@chaos.social 💜)

More context: https://program.why2025.org/why2025/talk/B8DANE/

#SafeguardingResearch #SciOp @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@murphy1312@techhub.social only the first headline - the rot runs deeper than simply "AI Slop"

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@bazkie@beige.party Now after I finally found the original court filing & the context of the picture: It seems to me like a part of the global book-selling market that we usually never get to see... I totally agree re dystopian AI-company stuff; but this picture (and the video) feel a bit ... grandstanding(?)

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

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@tillgrallert@digitalcourage.social @Mareike2405@fedihum.org Update: https://hcommons.social/@kfitz/116997659370738545

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

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@fresseng@universites.social @AvSchroeder@fedihum.org I also see hcommons listed under "in collaboration with" - @kfitz@hcommons.social @mpe@hcommons.social Do you know more re a potential instance of openscience.network? @UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org @Bonfire @pierre@universites.social @unif@universites.social

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

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@tillgrallert@digitalcourage.social @Mareike2405@fedihum.org Ich auch noch nicht - vielleicht frage ich einfach mal. Btw., hier gibt es gerade etwas mehr Austausch darüber: 1) https://universites.social/@fresseng/116997307999754374 2) https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/116996761149699986

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 3mo ago

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@ztirfhtor@openbiblio.social congratulations! 🥳 (re door: I particularly like the @PGExplaining@mastodon.art postcard^^)

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 14mo ago

I will be at #WHY25 & give a talk about @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org:
https://program.why2025.org/why2025/talk/B8DANE/
(Saturday, 22:35 - 23:00; should be the last talk of the day^^)

Sadly, I need to leave Sunday before lunch :(

If you want to meet, feel free to ping me!

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 15mo ago

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@sonjdol bei uns an @DigitalHistory gibt es eine Blogreihe dazu: 1) https://dhistory.hypotheses.org/10423 2) https://dhistory.hypotheses.org/10594 3) https://dhistory.hypotheses.org/10765

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

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@OliviaVespera@spacey.space It's complicated. But yes, we got more time to get 'not as accessible' data backed up. A short reprise. And we got most (if not all) the public facing data. @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

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@loren@flipping.rocks I'm ... I'm sorry 😭😭

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

Replying to

@OliviaVespera@spacey.space @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org "Instead of ending at midnight, the contract will now expire on July 31"

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 15mo ago

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@sonjdol Generell ganz gut: Kersting, Kristian, Christoph Lampert, und Constantin Rothkopf, Hrsg. Wie Maschinen lernen: Künstliche Intelligenz verständlich erklärt. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-26763-6

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

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@OliviaVespera@spacey.space Yes - let's hope for the best. It's not on us, but on them to give access. We're standing by. And got some rest. But the next things are already there. We will write a general update soon. @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

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@meliimming@akademienl.social @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org @SURF@social.edu.nl yes, https://safeguar.de also of interest: the link in the my first post https://forum.safeguar.de/t/noaa-all-services-urgent/569

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 19mo ago

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@anja_g_werder@fedihum.org @nfdi4objects@nfdi.social bin auch dabei, falls mein "pong" untergangen sein sollte :)

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 14mo ago

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@asga@chaos.social @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org yes :)

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 15mo ago

Replying to

@sonjdol Short & thought-provoking from @tante 1) https://tante.cc/2025/03/16/its-all-hallucinations/ 2) https://tante.cc/2024/06/18/ethische-nutzung-von-ki-beim-tag-der-abschlussarbeit-am-kit/

Smashing Frames

It's all hallucinations

The discourse on “AI” systems, chat bots, “assistants” and “research helpers” is defined by a lot of future promises. Those systems are disfunctional or at least not working great right now but there’s the promise of things getting better in the future. Which is how we often perceive tech to work: Early versions might be […]

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

Replying to

@roadskater@mastodon.social yes, this is an overall issue - fighting with 403s is part of the daily work re bots: https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-bots-are-destroying-open-access.html?m=1 @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

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@meliimming@akademienl.social @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org yes, helpful thought! Would love to chat with someone from @SURF@social.edu.nl

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 19mo ago

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@anja_g_werder@fedihum.org die Gruppe macht es einfacher (momentan folgen ihr 17 Leute), wenn auch nicht als direkte mention... Gruppen in mastodon, das wäre was (ist in Arbeit afaik)

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 19mo ago

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@anja_g_werder@fedihum.org das geht auch :D btw. "pong"

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

Replying to

@isf@muenchen.social https://ci.noaa.gov/ & https://testbeds.noaa.gov/ both need an US-IP (my VPN works for that) @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 2mo ago

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@mainzed@fedihum.org Danke! Freue mich schon sehr :) Digitale Souveränität und "Wem gehören unsere Daten" ist up my alley^^ cc @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

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@fshwsprr@hachyderm.io @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org very weird, because it has worked for many people.. Follow up via DM

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus@fedihum.org

· 18mo ago

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@roadskater@mastodon.social totally - on many levels. Ans they destroy the whole Open Data / Open Access landscape @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org

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