Sherif Elsayed-Ali

We’ll sort something out. *looking at his to-do list* 😅

Banner announcing Alexandra Geese as a speaker for the Eurosky Live conference. Alexandra Geese is Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA Group. Eurosky Live takes place in Berlin on 19 Noember. Further details available at eurosky.social/eurosky-live

We're delighted to announce @alexandrageese.bsky.social, Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA Group, as a speaker for Eurosky Live in Berlin this November.

#EuroskyLive #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanTech

www.eurosky.social/eurosky-live

All we ever said was that there is interest from some European governments, which is true. When there is something concrete we’ll be the first to announce it. There is nothing that’s not out there in public in terms of funding or orgs involved.

Hey there, not sure where you got that impression. Some of the folks with Free our Feeds are US based and some are Europe based. Most of the folks involved in Eurosky are Europe-based but of course we collaborate with people in the US, Canada and elsewhere.

Maybe that’s too much for what PDS were designed for and something like that should be built off protocol?

Ha yeah! Too private data can defintely be a problem 😂. I am thinking of PDS as a Google Drive with a public section that feeds all the various ATProto apps and a private section that’s just a cloud drive for all kinds of files with granular sharing features.

Yeah, when there is private data, it could become a substitute

I was thinking of PDS visualized as a drive for the regular user. Is that something you’re thinking of?

Join us! 19 November, the day after the French-German Digital Sovereignty Summit in Berlin.

Do we need a second web? — Sherif Elsayed-Ali Is the World Wide Web too broken to be fixed? What if instead of patching it, we built a second web - one where you can tell a human from a bot, you control your data and you have choice? A place wher...

Is the web broken beyond repair? I’ve been wondering if it makes sense to keep trying to fix all the problems or whether we should start again.

www.sherifea.com/blog/do-we-n...

But this is exactly the plan @rudyfraser.com - set up shared moderation infrastructure up and running to reduce the cost for everyone. Would be great to chat about your needs. cc @erikologic.bsky.social

Europe Can Build Its Own Social Media Sebastian Vogelsang thinks policymakers are overlooking the potential for developing platforms on decentralized, open protocols.

European policymakers should designate open-source frameworks like the AT Protocol, the foundation for Bluesky, as critical infrastructure and invest in developing social-media apps on them, argues Sebastian Vogelsang.

The original excuse for my trip to London was to meet my friend @sherifea.bsky.social — we had not seen each other in five years!

« There’s this person I’d like you to meet, what about we record a podcast? », he said.

That’s how I met Vib. A collision I will remember for a long time.

(Links next)

Special Episode - The Next Social Wave System Change · Episode

🎙️ New System Change episode – the podcast version of our webinar: The Next Social Wave. Hear from @marietjeschaake.bsky.social, @emilyliu.me and @robin.berjon.com on the future of open social media, euro tech sovereignty, and the infrastructure we need.

open.spotify.com/episode/3qDc...

I don't know if decoupling as in not suing US platforms is needed. I think choice and real, competitive alternatives are very much needed though.

And for good measure we also talk about how Apple nearly killed webapps because when you have so much power you can do outrageous things.

Here's some of what we covered:
• Why AWS, Azure, GCP dominance is a problem
• The myth of “sovereign cloud”
• The gaps in Europe’s cloud stack
• Why procurement and patient investment are necessary
• The case for a European AWS vs. federated cloud
• The hopeful path forward

Can Europe build it own AWS? John Ozbay (Crypt.ee) had a chat about this. TL;DR European cloud is a good 10-15 years behind and it will be a hard lift, but it can and must be done. #tech #European #Eurostack

Listen here open.spotify.com/episode/7h0c...

& podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

Just dropped a new ep of SYSTEM CHANGE 🎙️

talked w/ John Ozbay (Cryptee) about cloud monopolies, European tech sovereignty, and if a euro-AWS is possible?

🎧 listen: open.spotify.com/episode/7h0c...

#systemchange #cloudsovereignty #interoperability #crypty

Digital ads pays for the internet. But the system is broken, and one company - Google - is at the center of it all.

The digital ad market is monopolised, extractive, and harmful — to users and to the web itself.

I discuss with @robin.berjon.com & @coricrider.com
open.spotify.com/episode/5m7v...

After 5 days, 102 hours of live streaming, 19 guests & over 10,000 viewers, I've finished my portrait of Elon Musk.

And I think I've captured the psychology of the man.

#WeNeedToTalkAboutElon

We talk about the significance of ad tech, the implications of Google's monopoly, the challenges faced by the media industry and the need for structural changes.

If you like it please leave a review, subscribe and share.

Here @coricrider.com talking about how Google became a convicted monopolist

The Dark Side of Adtech System Change · Episode

Hey everyone, so I have a new podcast all about the tech industry, the changes we need to have better tech, big innovation & competitive markets. New episode now out on adtech and Google’s monopoly with the superb @coricrider.com and @robin.berjon.com open.spotify.com/episode/5m7v...

“In Elon’s case… he's more of...a vulture capitalist mind than a technology mind.” - @alexwinter.com

Livestream continues today at 4pm BST with Brian Eno, Jon Ronson and more! Join us at IanPaintsElon.com

Ian's back, tell a friend.

Yesterday, the wonderful @kuminaidoo.bsky.social and I discussed how Apartheid may have been the original algorithm in Musk's life.

I'm going live with @alexwinter.com at 3.15 BST over at IanPaintsElon.com!

Free Our Feeds Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.

Please join me for this collective moment to pause and protest.

I will be asking people to donate to freeourfeeds.com - and for the first 1,000 people to donate, I will be writing their names into the portrait itself as a symbolic means of saying "We can wrest control back from the billionaires."

We Need To Talk About Elon I’m a portrait artist, fascinated by what Elon Musk is doing to our online and offline worlds. Join me as I spend a week, alongside special guests, exploring...

So, Internet, we really do need to talk about Elon. How did we get to a place where a single billionaire with daddy issues could take over and control our global public square?

I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.

How the web became unreadable, an article obscured by medium's pop up asking you to sign up to read the words that have already loaded.

Lmao

I’m doing something very exciting next week - delving into the psychology of the world’s richest man while talking to some incredible guests.

I’ll be live from 3pm UK time on Monday at IanPaintsElon.com

#WeNeedToTalkAboutElon #FreeOurFeeds