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Alexandre Roure of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose members include many Big Tech groups, says the debate about blunt market access restrictions for non-EU tech companies “only distracts policymakers from the real task: finally delivering a functioning digital single market with clear, simple and practical rules”.

In private conversations, several Big Tech lobbyists and executives also express confidence in their ability to continue dominating the European market given the paucity of homegrown alternatives and the lack of urgency among many consumers.

by Barbara Moens for FT: archive.is/20250725082920/http via @Ruth_Mottram 🧵

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Cloud migration converts universities “from being a source of technical innovation and knowledge distribution to consumers of services”—a fundamental shift that undermines academic independence and transforms knowledge-producing institutions into service-consuming clients.

@C__CS writes on tensions between public interest and tech: techpolicy.press/clouds-over-p 🧵

Tech Policy Press · Clouds Over Public Infrastructure: Rethinking Internet Governance in the Hyperscaler Era | TechPolicy.PressDutch resistance to Amazon Web Services storage highlights global risks of hyperscaler cloud dominance, writes Dr. Corinne Cath.
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How can organizations transition to open-source software?

Advices include:
• Start small with pilot programs.
• Rethink the procurement process.
• Invest in open-source education and training.
• Measure success in terms of the greater control over your digital infrastructure and the sustainable growth that open-source adoption brings.

xwiki.com/en/Blog/why-governme

xwiki.com10 questions (and answers) on using open-source software in public institutionsLearn how open-source software adoption in governments can foster European innovation, reduce Big Tech reliance, and strengthen digital sovereignty. Read more!
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"Decoupling"? It's possible but extremely unlikely (authors being politic here); "the post-growth field suggests taking a precautionary approach, given the historical record and the rapid narrowing of the window to prevent ecological breakdown. Post-growth, it should be emphasised, does not state that decoupling economic activity from emissions and getting to net zero emissions is impossible, just that it is made harder by economic growth. For energy and material use, which can only be reduced and never brought to zero, the necessary reductions are easier to achieve with post-growth."

#DeGrowth #PostGrowth #Decoupling

thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/

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so energy and the economy are intrinsically linked, and so are, currently, CO2 emissions.

when the economy grows so do emissions. when the economy is doing badly emissions plateau or even decline.

that is why we are talking about "#decoupling" GDP from emissions by using low-emission technology.

some people say there is a problem with this line of thinking, which i'll explain in a second.

#limitstogrowth
#overshoot
#climatechange
#collapse
#collapseology
#sustainability
#resilience

For nearly 200 years, economic #growth and #CarbonEmissions have been closely linked. Mainstream economists advocate for #decoupling, but is that possible?

While some evidence supports decoupling, it's not happening fast enough to meet climate targets.

Alternative proposals include reorienting economies towards human well-being and ecological sustainability, transitioning away from GDP-centric metrics and economic structures.

#climatechange #economy #degrowth
znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-t

ZNetworkHow To ‘Decouple’ Emissions From Economic Growth? These Economists Say You Can’t.For nearly 200 years, two transformative global forces have grown in tandem: economic activity and carbon emissions. The two have long been paired

In 》this《 context, I'm more appreciative of degrowth than what they say is decoupling.

"In this context, #degrowth is the proposal to intentionally shrink the physical size of wealthy economies, whereas #decoupling is the hope that growing economies will at last break free from growing #resource use and #environmental damage. The former renews #environmentalism as a #subversive political movement. The latter is firmly post-#environmentalist, often associated with support for #nuclear #energy, #industrial #agriculture, and artificial technologies. With my mentor #GiorgosKallis, we’ve spent three years working together on a critical analysis of this post-environmentalism that emanates from the Breakthrough Institute and their self-styled #ecomodernist friends."

undisciplinedenvironments.org/

Undisciplined Environments - the former entitled blog · Defending degrowth at ecomodernism’s homeby Sam Bliss In June, I was invited to speak at the eight annual Breakthrough Dialogue, an annual invite-only conference where accomplished thinkers debate how to achieve prosperity for humans and nature. The Breakthrough Institute, an ecomodernist think-tank, welcomed my presence as a provocateur. I was to participate in a panel called “Decoupling vs. Degrowth”. My role was the token “degrowther” making my case to a majority “decoupler” crowd. In this context, degrowth is the proposal to intentionally shrink the physical size of wealthy economies, whereas […]