EFF is Leaving X After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

France to ditch US technology. "The State can no longer simply acknowledge its dependence; it must break free. We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. .. Digital sovereignty is not optional." Daniel Amiel, ministre de l'Action et des Comptes publics

Academics in Norway: Sign this petition asking for research-based discussions of how to use AI in universities I just signed a petition calling for Norwegian universities to use research expertise on AI when deciding how to implement it, rather than having decisions be made mostly administratively. ,  If yo…

If you're a researcher in Norway who is concerned with the uncritical implementation of LLMs in universities, please consider signing the petition Maria Danielsen, Knut Ørke and Holger Pötzsch at UiT have written. I wrote more about the background on my blog. nettskjema.no/a/602234#/pa...

Re-Make Re-Model, by Lasse Marhaug / Bruce Russell 16 track album

My collaborative book/2CD set with Bruce Russell, Re-Make Re-Model, is available from my bandcamp + SoundOhm, Discreet Music, Record Grouch etc. Digital version also, but the book looks much nicer in physical form.

marhaug.bandcamp.com/album/re-mak...

Convoy title image, featuring that world in chocolate brown over a tan sky and birds in flight

Pleased to share Convoy, a new course in #selfhosted infrastructure.

Participants are fully supported in the build up of a sovereign email server in 8hours.

Dozens of accounts can be given to family, friends & colleagues to help them off predatorial email providers.

courses.nikau.io/convoy

EFFecting Change: Privacy's Defender Livestream on Thursday, March 19th at 11 am PT. EFF and 404 Media take on digital surveillance.

Join EFF Exective Director Cindy Cohn and @404media.co Cofounder Jason Koebler for an in depth conversation about Cindy's new book "Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance" live on March 19 at 11 am PT eff.org/livestream-...

Screenshot of a desktop browser showing the website “TheWrong Returns.” On the right, large white text on a black background reads “TheWrong Returns,” with smaller text below: “Where art, pixels, AI and people meet. Everything blue is a link.” A bright blue and green highlighted banner says “Happening now. Join live stream.” Below are section headings like “I. Genesis” and blue link titles such as “Fragments of Nowhere” and “Anything But This.” On the left, a cinematic image shows two people in light-colored clothing walking down a misty street at dusk, with palm trees, power lines, and glowing rectangular light panels suspended overhead. At the bottom right, small video thumbnails show three people in a live-stream interface.

The Wrong Walkthrough: @thewrongbiennale.bsky.social (23 January 2026), Gallery Surfing Session with S()fia Braga, Matthias @pitscher.bsky.social and Sakrowski

Part 1:
youtu.be/jR4f3Sdcfb0
(1:07:46)

Part 2:
youtu.be/K2RVhlmraHk
(1:37:20)

Gallery Surfing:
youtube.com/@gallerysurf...

Copyright Kills Competition Copyright owners increasingly claim more draconian copyright law and policy will fight back against big tech companies. In reality, copyright gives the most powerful companies even more control over

Copyright policy should empower everyone—not just giant corporations. Let’s rethink copyright to truly promote innovation, opportunity, and creativity. eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Black hardcover book shown at a slight angle against a dark background. The title reads “REVERSE CONTRADICTIONARY” with the subtitle “Dictionary of New Worlds.” In the center is a white laboratory beaker icon with the text “We hate used words.” At the bottom are the authors’ names: Vuc Ćosić, IOCOSE, and Vladan Joler. The spine also reads “Reverse Contradictionary.”

Open book spread on a black background. The left page is mostly blank, with “K” and “Keyote Presentation” at the top and the page number 104 at the bottom next to the title “Reverse Contradictionary.” The right page shows a black silhouette illustration of a drone holding a mobile with hanging icons, including a thumbs-up, a cloud, a ChatGPT-style knot logo, a Mickey Mouse–like shape, and a Bitcoin symbol. Below the illustration is a dictionary-style entry titled “Laissez Fairy Tale,” followed by phonetic spelling and a satirical definition about citizen-control propaganda, markets, and bailouts.

Reverse Contradictionary – Dictionary of New Worlds by @vukcosic.bsky.social · @iocose.bsky.social · Vladan Joler: Berlin book launch, part of Vorspiel 2026

panke.gallery/event/revers...

📍 panke.gallery, Tuesday, 27 January, 7 PM (Gerichtstr. 23, Hof 5, 13347 Berlin)

reverse-contradictionary.net

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators

At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about the tech used by police and authorities to spy on you while you’re going about your everyday life, like cell-site simulators (CSS). Rayhunter is a tool we’ve created that we hope empowers everyone to help search out CSS. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Two people in light-colored clothing walk along a foggy street at dawn. Tall palm trees and utility poles line the road. Overhead, a large, irregular reflective surface or structure hangs above them, mirroring bright rectangular lights and fragments of the sky, creating a surreal, dreamlike scene in blue and gray tones.

A wet, brown horse stands still inside an arched interior space filled with dense red mist. The floor is wet and reflective. Through the archway, faint silhouettes of buildings are visible in the background, adding depth and an eerie, theatrical atmosphere dominated by red and orange hues.

Today! Live Gallery Surfing Session: The Wrong Walkthrough
panke.gallery/event/the-wr...

FRI 23 JAN, 1 PM Berlin Time
🔴 panke.gallery/streaming
🔴 twitch.tv/pankegallery

On the occasion of @thewrongbiennale.bsky.social:
thewrong.org/walkthrough

~ with S()fia Braga, @pitscher.bsky.social, Sakrowski

DECENTRALIZED AESTHETICS AND DIGITAL FREEDOM/PIKSEL 25 :: interfront.no A hungry man arrives at a foreign village, asking its inhabitants for food. They refuse, claiming to have very little themselves. And so, the man places stones in a pot to make stone soup, telling the...

Every year in Bergen, artists and scholars from across the world gather to perform, lecture, and exchange ideas under the banner of Piksel Fest. Their focus is experimental; the collision of digital and natural worlds, and the decentralization of tech.
www.interfront.no/l/decentrali...

"BEYOND THE FUNCTION/ VISUAL_PUNK_LTD"

visual_punk_ltd at PIKSEL25

The Spain based multidisciplinary artist Lena Plotnikova, also known as visual_punk_ltd, uses JS scripts to turn the Amazon website upside down.
www.interfront.no/l/applied-de...

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Getting off US tech: a guide
disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

Neural [book review] RYBN.ORG – ALGOFFSHORE, The Art of Automating Tax Evasion - Set Margins’ - neural.it/2026/01/rybn...
#newmediaart #hacktivism

Piksel24 is supported by

@kulturradet

@kulturdir

@bergenkommune_ung

@vestlandfylke

@Stiftelsen Sophies Minde

In collaboration with

@pikselfest

@studio207

@ostrebergen

@altgarbra

@universitetsmuseet_i_bergen

@unibergen

🔌✨ Join us to explore the intersection of art, open source, and free technology at one of Europe’s most innovative festivals.

📍 Bergen, Norway
📅 November 20–23

#Piksel25 #ElectronicArt #FreeTech #Bergen #ArtFestival #AudiovisualArt #NewMediaArt #PikselFestival

This year’s venues — Alt Går Bra, Østre, Studio 207, the Natural History Museum, and Piksel HQ — will host a vibrant mix of experimentation, technology, and creativity.
We've added online and streaming activities to our Twitch channel and FRIKANALEN TV!

Welcome to the 23rd edition of the Piksel Festival for Art and Technological Freedom! 💫
From November 20th to 23rd, Bergen transforms into the stage for cutting-edge electronic art, with 3 days of workshops, artist presentations, audiovisual concerts and exhibitions across the city.

Piksel Festival – Volunteers Needed!

Piksel25 is taking place November 20-23, and we need volunteers to help make this electronic art festival a success!

To apply: Please send an email to info@piksel.no with the subject line "Volunteer Piksel25" or sign up here: piksel.no/2025/10/31/p...

SUPERSILENT are working all week at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and will perform a new commissioned piece at on November 1 at 2 pm. Join us! It will be something rather special.

A metal mouse trap is placed on a shelf in front of a row of books. Inside the trap is a miniature green potted plant and a small keyboard arranged neatly on a reflective metal base. White text in the upper left corner reads "Mariborka 26|11 – 04|12|2025." The composition appears precise and slightly ironic.

A white exhibition wall displays several framed artworks containing various electronic components such as circuit boards, processors, and mechanical parts. The frames are arranged in an irregular pattern. Black text in the upper left corner reads "nGbK Berlin 28|11|25 – 15|02|26." The scene has a clean, modern aesthetic.

Two humanoid robots with mechanical backs walk hand in hand into a red-tinted sea under a soft pink sky with two suns on the horizon. The image is heavily color-graded in red. In the upper part, bold red text reads "CoFestival Ljubljana Kino Šiška 28|11|2025." The mood is surreal and cinematic.

The image is split into two parts. The top half shows a man with a short beard and serious expression standing in front of a brick wall. The text "nGbK Berlin 11|12|25" appears beside him. The bottom half shows another man wearing round turquoise goggles, a black gas mask, and a black helmet with antennas, standing against a plain white wall.

[Nov+Dec]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, solo show, Mariborka, 26 Nov – 4 Dec

𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗨𝗻𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰, group show, 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, nGbK Berlin, 28 Nov – 15 Feb
+
𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 w/ Sakrowski, 11 Dec

𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙤 𝙚𝙭 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖, CoFestival Ljubljana, 28 Nov

Piksel25 - Open Call for Projects

!! Deadline -- October 31st 2025 !!

#opencall #electronicarts #Piksel #bergen #festival #diyelectronics #LiveCoding #noisemusic #soil #permaculture #solarpunk

.:*~ 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝟰𝟲.𝟯𝟱𝟯𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟮, 𝟭𝟱.𝟭𝟮𝟯𝟭𝟮𝟮𝟲 by #LaraŽagar on 𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 ~*:.
> aksioma.org/46.3532182-15.1231226 <

This fictional research project focuses on the accumulation of limescale — a compound of calcite, magnesite, and other minerals...

*:. part of U30+ programme
*:. curated by #EmaOgrajenšek

Friction Blender Kdenlive Pipeline - Animation Workflow YouTube video by Nuxttux Creative Studio

New video from Nuxttux on motion graphics (workflow) with FOSS.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeP...

#animation #mograph #motiongraphics #libregraphics

Piksel25 open call for projects

Piksel25
November 20-23 2025
Bergen, Norway

Dear friends,

We are excited to announce the call for projects for the 23nd edition of the Piksel Festival!

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

!! Deadline -- October 31st 2025 !!
Please use the online submit form at:
pretalx.com/piksel25/

Poster with a gradient blue background. Large text reads “the web we’ve built.” Smaller text says “Celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived.” Pixelated 3D icons of a floppy disk, magnifying glass, cursor arrow, computer window, and others radiate outward from a bright starburst in the center. On the right, text lists event details: “Wednesday, October 22, 5–10PM PT. Live stream: 7–8PM PT. 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco.” The Internet Archive logo appears in the bottom right corner.

1 trillion pages saved on the #WaybackMachine! 🌐
Next week, join the Internet Archive for events celebrating this milestone and the future of digital memory.
ℹ️ & 🎟️ blog.archive.org/trillion/

🧵 More details ⬇️

#Wayback1T @InternetArchive

Piksel25 open call for projects

Piksel25
November 20-23 2025
Bergen, Norway

Dear friends,

We are excited to announce the call for projects for the 23nd edition of the Piksel Festival!

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

!! Deadline -- October 31st 2025 !!
Please use the online submit form at:
pretalx.com/piksel25/

STWST84x11 | diy_thread ---------- Maite Cajaraville & Gisle Frøysland DIY Thread: Piksel by Maite Cajaraville & Gisle Frøysland Red Thread of New Media Art Online und 1. Stock Schaukasten Online und als Teil der Exhibi...

PIKSEL DIY Thread presentation today 5:30 @ stwst, Linz. Don't miss it!
stwst84x11.stwst.at/diy_thread

#PikselFestival #stwst ##arselectronica

Podcast Episode: Protecting Privacy in Your Brain The human brain might be the grandest computer of all, but in this episode, we talk to two experts who confirm that the ability for tech to decipher thoughts, and perhaps even manipulate them, isn't j...

Neuroscientist @rafaelyuste.bsky.social and international human rights lawyer Jared Genser join “How to Fix the Internet” to discuss setting solid legal guardrails to ensure neurotechnology serves people, not vice versa.