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Clark Parsons

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CEO of European Startup Network. MD of Innovate Europe Foundation. Partner at iconomy. GP 2 B at United Founders. Former MD of Berlin School of Creative Leadership. Journalist at ❀️. Expat πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έin πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ. Into tech, Bundesliga, half marathons & LPs. Views private.

40 Followers  |  59 Following  |  14 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024  |  1.54

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Each country does a national lead up show and a post one too. Germany is always live from Hamburg in front of a huge crowd

17.05.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last Monday 100 CEOs of European digital/tech companies wrote to EC to offer support for a #digital_sovereignty strategy.

This the time to move. #EuroStack. 1/

22.03.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6
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Opinion | DeepSeek Serves as a Warning About Big Tech The arrival of DeepSeek shows us the competitive weaknesses of America’s tech giants.

DeepSeek is β€œwarning us that when there isn’t enough competition, our tech industry grows vulnerable to its Chinese rivals, threatening U.S. geopolitical power in the 21st century,” writes Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission in the Biden administration.

04.02.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 10

No or now? Agree with you. The apps + proprietary data are going to drive the value creation going forward.

30.01.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great point from Andreas Mundt of Bundeskartellamt: the key to Europeβ€˜s growth will be entrepreneurial freedom. We need a growth agenda. @bruxconf2025.bsky.social

30.01.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Even though there are no legacy Republicans left, I'll send this out into the ether like a radio call into outerspace looking for life

30.11.2024 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 466    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8
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Now I keep getting more bot followers on Twitter. Maybe my declining engagement there is triggering something.

25.11.2024 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Iβ€˜ve now surged up to 10 followers within weeks of joining BlueSky. Must be bots.

24.11.2024 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bluesky Firehose (live)

It's finally happened, the internet now looks exactly the way 90's movies thought the internet looked back then.

firehose3d.theo.io

23.11.2024 06:08 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
don _hertzfeldt

Not to sound like a curmudgeon, but when I was a teenager, I took the train to go to the record store to find rare stuff. Spotify is way more convenient, but that wasn't the point. The point was to get out and to feel like you're hunting, to feel like you're living your life. I'm going to the movies, I'm going to this show. What streaming has done-it's very convenient, but it's taken the feeling of going hunting and turned it into we're all just being fed. We're all farm animals that are just being fed, and we're being fed content. You can just stay home. Just stay home. We'll just feed it to you. No wonder everyone's depressed.

don _hertzfeldt Not to sound like a curmudgeon, but when I was a teenager, I took the train to go to the record store to find rare stuff. Spotify is way more convenient, but that wasn't the point. The point was to get out and to feel like you're hunting, to feel like you're living your life. I'm going to the movies, I'm going to this show. What streaming has done-it's very convenient, but it's taken the feeling of going hunting and turned it into we're all just being fed. We're all farm animals that are just being fed, and we're being fed content. You can just stay home. Just stay home. We'll just feed it to you. No wonder everyone's depressed.

This hit my weak point for massive damage

22.11.2024 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7866    πŸ” 2279    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 549
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I guess I never realized that Europe & NATO have a direct land/river border with Russia. Seeing it today in the Estonian border town of Narva was really powerful. Amazing to see the NATO flag flying too. The fortress in the background was on the Russian side.

19.11.2024 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi everyone! DCN is now on bluesky and happy to be here. We’re just getting going but first want to post some starter packs we’ve discovered to get you to the amazing journalists and creators at DCN’s members. First up, spotlight on the BBC: go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD

14.11.2024 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 10
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As Sarah Palin would say, you can see Russia from here. At the river-meets-the-sea border between Estonia and Russia.

18.11.2024 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really impressed by the Estonian Founders Society and their Defense Tech meetup tonight in Tallinn. Packed house and amazing learnings straight from the Ukranian front lines. This is tech innovation with a purpose. Don’t count Europe out yet.

18.11.2024 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello Tallinn! My first selfie here.

18.11.2024 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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16.11.2024 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The French have now innovated the chocolate chip cookie. πŸͺ Made to match hotel room sizes.

16.11.2024 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! You were honestly the first person I searched for. ;-)

16.11.2024 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally got off the hellscape site. Nice to clean the palate. Hoping to interact with some humans over here.

16.11.2024 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wishing a good one to all those who observe it.

16.11.2024 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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