Political technologist, bringing democracy to the internet. Brussels, 🇪🇺. • tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns • DASL, Eurosky/Mu, Modal • ex W3C, NYT • Signal robin.77https://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3muytmg6emc2yRead the thread indeed, and once you're done read this. Our democracies need a programme of deradicalisation of conservatives. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/its-not-polarization-its-the-radicalization-of-the-political-right/B01570A31EABBC4AB78A6368FD3DD88E [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3muytmg6emc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3muynkubwmk2zThe idea of "policy relevance" is part of a wider intellectual pathology which holds that seriousness cannot be prescriptive, must be neutral in tone and recommendation, that nuance is mild-spoken. It's well past time we ran those people out of town. (Read the post, it's good.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3muynkubwmk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3muyjpbzohk2rThe idea that you can't talk about immigration in Germany is nothing short of demented — it's basically all politicians talk about. And when you reinforce a far right framing, you reinforce the far right. What an idiotic take, where do they even find these people. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyjpbzohk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3muyfqk6nvc2rThe authoritarians are winning, we can all see that. Maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't be the worst thing if pro-democracy people stopped being ridiculously naive about social media. berjon.com/media-media/ https://berjon.com/media-media/08 Sep 2026 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyfqk6nvc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3mux7xb6u7k2lHey internet people, is inline LaTeX something you'd be interested in? #experimunt [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mux7xb6u7k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3mupdwhhafk2tNew meme template just dropped ❤️‍🔥 (Broken link — you want https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1093/bjps/50.2.231) [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupdwhhafk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3mupdssowus2tWEEKEND DROP!!!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupdssowus2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3muoq6wegwk2oA reminder that advertisers suffer from the current adtech system just as much as publishers and people do. The only winners are the intermediaries. The economic impact of fixing digital advertising would be *huge*. If only we had leaders with the brains & spine for it. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/08/ftc-states-sue-amazon-over-secret-ad-surcharge-scheme04 Sep 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoq6wegwk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3muop3v7t6c2mMu keeps growing — we now have verification in Spain as well! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3muop3v7t6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3mum5nbtkdk2qGET IT WHILE IT'S HOT [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum5nbtkdk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3mulurircpk2uI very strongly recommend reading this latest from @anildash.com, especially if you're not in tech, especially if you work in policy on issues of tech and innovation. Most tech entrepreneurs don't want this and need alternatives. https://www.anildash.com/2026/09/02/cancer-capital/03 Sep 2026 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulurircpk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/robin.berjon.com/post/3mukndxu25s2vThe US judicial system has failed, despite finding Google guilty twice, and the European Commission will only sit on its thumbs and do nothing. We're on our own. We can do this, though, if we're more strategic and less confused and cowardly than our leaders. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/technology/google-ad-tech-remedies.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/technology/google-ad-tech-remedies.html?smid=nytcore-android-share02 Sep 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:izttpdp3l6vss5crelt5kcux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukndxu25s2v