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EDRi-gram, 10 July 2025

What has the EDRis network been up to over the past two weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter. In this edition: European Commission must champion the AI Act, EDRi pushes back against risky GDPR deregulation, & more…

Senolytic Update

A couple of years ago here I wrote about “senolytic” therapy (not for the first time, as links there will show). That’s the idea that there are populations of senescent cells that develop as organisms age, including humans (a species that includes so many…

How high and above what?

Measurement lies at the heart of many areas of science, where there is almost a fetish for ever more exact measurement. However, one thing that most people are not aware of is how much of the measurement that we use … Continue reading →

How to Mount a Balcony Awning

Hi Kris, I’ve been reading your website for quite a while. It’s one of my favourite blogs. Thank you for what you are doing! We are currently experiencing a heat wave in Germany, so I drew inspiration from Low-tech Magazine’s article “How to Dress and Undre…

Summary of changes for June 2025

Hey everyone!This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June. 100r.co, updated costs, hauling out, united states and teapot gelcoat. Added san juan islands. Rabbit Waves, added all content links to the main pa…

Amsterdam: squatters win courtcase!

In December 2024, a group of squatters decided to move into a vacant office building in the south east of Amsterdam. The owner, a real estate investment company related to infamous Blackstone, is not happy, faces them in court, and loses. The former datac…

webshit weekly

An annotated digest of the top "Hacker" "News" posts for the second week of August, 2021. One Bad Apple August 08, 2021 (comments) An Internet is mad about Apple (business model: "Uber for spyware") turning your phone…

Confessions of a Necromancer

Thirty-five years I've written code, a necromancer weaving spells to bring the dead to life. Hardware and electronics never held any charm for me. I've no love for chips and cables and solder. Give me a keyboard, a screen, and a language, and you …