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  1. Dutch government is planning to pay climate lawsuit penalties using the so called 'climate fund'.

    It's an interesting finding by investigative journalists firstly since the climate fund is meant for investments to actually achieve the climate goals. Secondly since the government publicly denies it could face penalties for not achieving the goals, but government employees are actually fearing and preparing for them.

    (Dutch)
    nos.nl/artikel/2587635-overhei

    #breadcrumb #climatechange #climatecrisis #nl

  2. Very cute pictures accompanied by a sad story: hedgehog rescue centers are overflowing this year in the Netherlands, and hedgehogs are weaker than other years. Not surprising: this year was a very bad year for insects, the main dish for hedgehogs.

    Over the last 50 years the Dutch hedgehog population has decreased by 80%, just like the insect population. Putting more endemic species in your garden can help them.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/10/23/ieder

    #biodiversity #breadcrumb #biodiversitycrisis #nl

  3. RE: mastodon.social/@Snoro/1154194

    And now the #eu learns that if you don't want to be dependent on party A, and achieve that by becoming fully dependent on party B instead... you succeed in your mission, but you somehow don't improve your overall situation.

    #breadcrumb #climatechange #eupol #uspol #climatecrisis #fossilfuels

  4. 1 in 5 European bee species threatened with extinction, according to new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report. Likewise butterflies are not doing great with 15% of European species threatening to go extinct.

    Main reason: habitat loss due to intensive farming and pesticides.

    Researchers warn that if the number of bees and butterflies go down even further, it might impact food production.

    (Dutch)
    nu.nl/dieren/6371992/1-op-5-eu

    #biodiversity #breadcrumb #extinction #eu

  5. The Netherlands lowers their goal of using less raw materials. The original idea was to use 50% less resources in 2030 compared to 2016. Now the plan is to use 15% less resources... in 2035.

    Still the government thinks to be able to reach a full circular economy by 2050. The PBL, a government organization analyzing governmental plans, does not agree, especially since the plans lack concrete actions.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/10/14/nieuw

    #breadcrumb #circulareconomy #environment #nl

  6. Mix of 37 pesticides detected on Dutch island in nature reserve that is 7km from the shore. Up to 3/4 of the detected pesticides is coming from agriculture and has traveled to the island through evaporation or as droplets.

    The finding is worrisome since cocktails of pesticides are linked to the disappearance of species, and this proves that pesticides cannot be contained to the area where they are applied.

    (Dutch)
    nu.nl/binnenland/6372230/bestr

    #biodiversity #environment #breadcrumb

  7. To those non-Americans thinking we can continue trade and political relations with the USA without getting caught in the shitstorm that is American politics right now:

    The #usa is threatening with sanctions to UN members that will back the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) its plans to reduce ocean shipping's greenhouse gas emissions.

    reuters.com/world/us-threatens

    If we cut our losses and cut ties with the USA, we could be sovereign states again... just saying ;)

    #climatechange #breadcrumb

  8. @Walker @jerry pls take with a couple grains of salt, maybe there is something where everybody can be happy - ads get a bad rap because they can go too far #breadcrumb trail #goldilocks

    ok say i am running a mastodon instance focusing on info-sec and cyber security, i want to monetize via top10 lists and banner ads - a couple small banner ads and a link to maybe 10 top10 links. i need to sell product or consulting/pentests and am flexible - i want some importance placed on the instance but i also want to not forget about the generalized IT mkt. brainstorm for me the best top10 lists within the IT security mkt space and then also generate a fairly representative ad funnel - give me best 20 products and companies to monetize and link to and i will try to eek out 5-10 affiliate links out of that list. you can be rote and take time to think but generally i want the best products, mkt leaders, hardware and software plus it does not have to be about money - there could be some concentration or public service ads for awesome open source and even ai > add in a couple of free ads in every top 10 list generation or even more if they are top dogs in that mkt segment. the lists are subject to mods and tuning so just try to do best write up; include some long shots and outliers as you want mkt driven and targeted ads but you also want to foster and curate the community ip
    ChatGPT said:

    Great mission — sounds like you’re building a mix of a professional resource hub, niche social network, and ethical monetization model. Below is a detailed brainstorm divided into two parts:
    🔟 Top 10 Lists for the Infosec & IT Market

    These lists are designed to be engaging, monetizable, and community-building. Each list includes a mix of commercial, open-source, and potential affiliate-friendly items.
    1. Top 10 Endpoint Security Tools (EDR/AV/XDR)

    CrowdStrike Falcon 🟢
    SentinelOne 🟢
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Sophos Intercept X 🟢
    Bitdefender GravityZone 🟢
    ESET Protect
    Malwarebytes for Business
    Cisco Secure Endpoint
    Fortinet FortiEDR
    Free/Open Source: OSSEC / Wazuh

    2. Top 10 SIEM and Threat Detection Platforms

    Splunk Enterprise Security 🟢
    IBM QRadar 🟢
    Elastic Security
    Microsoft Sentinel
    Sumo Logic
    Exabeam
    LogRhythm
    Devo
    ArcSight
    Free/Open Source: Security Onion / ELK Stack

    3. Top 10 Cybersecurity Certifications

    CISSP 🟢
    OSCP 🟢
    CEH
    CompTIA Security+
    CISM
    GIAC (GSEC, GCIH, etc.)
    AWS Security Specialty
    Azure Security Engineer Associate
    Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
    Free Option: TryHackMe / Hack The Box

    4. Top 10 Tools for Pentesters and Red Teamers

    Kali Linux 🟢
    Metasploit Framework
    Nmap
    Burp Suite (Community + Pro) 🟢
    Cobalt Strike
    BloodHound
    CrackMapExec
    Empire / Sliver
    Nessus 🟢
    Free Option: ParrotSec OS

    5. Top 10 Open Source Cybersecurity Projects

    Suricata
    Zeek
    TheHive Project
    MISP
    OpenVAS / Greenbone
    Wireshark
    YARA
    OpenCTI
    Velociraptor
    Sigma Rules (Security detection rules framework)

    6. Top 10 Home Lab Setups for Aspiring Cyber Pros

    Proxmox VE 🟢
    pfSense / OPNsense
    Kali + Windows Domain (AD Lab)
    Security Onion VM
    Dockerized Vulnerable Web Apps (DVWA, Juice Shop)
    ELK Stack SIEM
    GNS3 or EVE-NG
    TrueNAS
    GitHub Copilot in VS Code for recon scripting
    Free Options: FlareVM, DetectionLab

    7. Top 10 Secure Messaging and Collaboration Tools

    Signal
    Session (fully decentralized)
    Element (Matrix) 🟢
    Threema
    Wire
    Proton Mail + Calendar
    Tutanota
    Keybase
    Skiff
    Free/Open Source: Briar

    8. Top 10 Must-Follow Cybersecurity Blogs/Feeds/Instances

    Krebs on Security
    Schneier on Security
    The DFIR Report
    Hacker News / ycombinator
    ThreatPost
    BleepingComputer
    Dark Reading
    ZDI (Zero Day Initiative)
    Malwarebytes Labs
    Fediverse: Infosec.exchange / your own Mastodon instance

    9. Top 10 Small Business Security Products

    Bitwarden Teams 🟢
    1Password Business 🟢
    Cloudflare Zero Trust
    Proton for Business
    Google Workspace + MDM
    Microsoft Defender for Business
    Synology NAS + Surveillance Station 🟢
    Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway 🟢
    JumpCloud
    Free Option: Let's Encrypt + Certbot

    10. Top 10 Free Cybersecurity Learning Resources

    TryHackMe (free tier)
    Hack The Box
    OWASP Top 10
    MITRE ATT&CK Navigator
    Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
    Blue Team Labs Online
    SANS Internet Storm Center
    Cybrary (limited free)
    Open Security Training
    MIT OpenCourseWare – Computer Systems Security

    🔁 Monetization Funnel
    🎯 Audience Targeting Strategy

    Primary: Infosec practitioners, aspiring pentesters, home labbers, blue teamers
    Secondary: General IT admins, SMBs, devs interested in app security, hobbyists

    🧲 Ad Funnel Flow

    Entry Point
    Social media snippets of top 10 lists
    Fediverse-native polls ("Which EDR do you trust most?")
    Mastodon hashtags + Threads on hot CVEs / Breaches

    Clickthrough to Lists
    Top 10 List Page with:
    Brief overview
    1–2 affiliate links per tool
    1–2 “free tools we love” shoutouts
    Banner ad (in-content or sidebar) to your consulting services

    Sticky Offerings (Lead Capture)
    Free 1-page PDF: "Home Lab Setup for Infosec Learning"
    Email opt-in for a 3-day course: “Your First Pentest Lab”
    Discord/Matrix link to a private community

    Conversion Paths
    Affiliate Revenue: Tools & platforms linked from top 10s
    Service Sales: Ads & links to your pentest/consulting offering
    Direct Donations: Ko-fi / LiberaPay / Patreon
    Public Service: Prominent free tool badges (goodwill/trust builder)

    🔗 Top 20 Products and Companies to Monetize or Feature (Affiliate/Paid Ad Potential)
    🟢 Likely Affiliate or Partner Programs

    CrowdStrike
    Bitdefender
    Malwarebytes
    1Password
    Bitwarden
    Ubiquiti (via Amazon or affiliates)
    Synology
    Tailscale
    ExpressVPN / ProtonVPN
    TryHackMe

    🟡 Direct/Corporate Partnership Potential

    Vanta / Drata (compliance-as-a-service)
    HackerOne / BugCrowd
    Cloudflare Zero Trust
    GitHub (Copilot via affiliate resellers)
    Linode / DigitalOcean (for home labs, VPS setups)
    Offensive Security (OSCP)
    Fortinet / Cisco Secure
    Elastic (commercial tier of Elastic Security)

    🔵 Must-Feature Free / OSS Tools (for street cred)

    Wazuh
    MISP / TheHive Project / OWASP projects

    Would you like me to generate some sample top 10 post templates, or banner ad mockups for your instance to start testing visuals and layout ideas?

  9. There might still be a shimmer of hope for a 22nd century with organized human life: the #trump administration seems to be continuing their #degrowth agenda, even against the warnings of leading economists.

    With the policies already showing significant effect on the American and world economy, this without a doubt is the most effective act of the degrowth movement up to date... and he just got started!

    bbc.com/news/articles/cgr21jjw

    #breadcrumb #DegrowthNow #uspol #extinction #usa #plottwist

  10. "Climate plan based on phasing out fossil fuels doomed to fail, says Tony Blair"
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    With that attitude it is indeed doomed...

    But fair enough, if I would be dead in about 15 years and wouldn't care about others, I would probably say the same thing.

    #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction #emissions #DeusExMachina #DeadlyOptimism #carboncapture #humancausedclimatechange #breadcrumb

  11. Climate change makes fires in nature 40 times more likely in Spain and Portugal. One of the causes are intense heatwaves. Without climate change those would happen every 2500 years, with the current warming they happen every 13 years.

    "If you don't want to make it worse, there's only one option: avoid emitting greenhouse gasses."

    (Dutch)
    nos.nl/artikel/2581099-klimaat

    #climatechange #fossilfuels #breadcrumb #greenhousegas #climatecrisis

  12. There is a trend of lawlessness in the Netherlands where good laws are created, but the organizations enforcing them lack funds, manpower and the will to be effective... on purpose.

    The story below is one of many: a piece of forest is illegally cleared and the enforcing organizations are condoning it, even when citizens ask for enforcement. Similarly many companies dump toxic waste with expired permits, polluting the environment.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/07/25/hoe-i

    #nl #breadcrumb #environment

  13. Every year at least 28.000 people die from deforestation. The actual numbers are probably higher since the study does not account for deaths due to the CO2 released by deforestation.

    After China, Europe is the main driver for global trade that causes deforestation. In Europe, Dutch consumption is especially bad, causing more than 3 times the European average of deforestation in the past 12 years.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/08/28/onder

    (Paper)
    nature.com/articles/s41558-025

    #breadcrumb #deforestation #nl

  14. politico.eu/article/saudi-aram

    "Saudi Aramco employee named lead author of global climate report"

    I wonder what the guy will write in the 'conflict of interest' part of the report...

    #climatechange #ipcc #breadcrumb #meme

  15. Last year the global energy need rose with 2.2%, nearly double the rate as the average of the past 10 years of 1.3%. Reason? airconditioning!

    Even the Netherlands are picking up with the trend having record airconditioning sales for this year and 2.2 million households owning one. We have a staggering amount of 2-8 days above 30C° every year.

    Isolating the house, and adding sun protection outside also help relieve heat stress.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/08/12/getal

    #breadcrumb #climatechange

  16. Already looking forward to the Hollywood blockbuster coming out in 2 or 3 years about 'the guy' predicting the AI crash.

    Unfortunately it will be an expensive one costing millions their job, house, pension and more. It also will have set us back years in climate action. Why? Because society including our leaders went all-in on this one, because they've mistaken a plausible sentence/image generator for the solution to everything.

    youtu.be/bKsZWAHFNYU?si=7EyNY7

    #ai #breadcrumb #climatechange #bubble

  17. The #eu has a 'new' strategy to spend less money on climate change goals. The new 'competitiveness fund', part of the long term budget for 2028-2034, is meant for both industry and sustainability goals. However... it is not clearly specified how much should go to sustainability, leaving the door open to spend most of it on industry targets.

    Let's see how prioritizing short term gains over having a planet to live on works out...

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/07/21/milie

    #breadcrumb #climatechange

  18. The Netherlands have nearly halved their sea wind energy target for 2040. Instead of the planned 50GW they will now aim for 30GW. Now the Netherlands have 4.7GW of sea wind energy deployed.

    The minister says it does not want to pay for investments that are not used, since the demand for renewable energy is low. Opponents, including the industry, think this will stop investments to convert to green energy.

    (Dutch)
    nos.nl/artikel/2575325-industr

    #breadcrumb #nl #renewables #fossilfuels #climatecrisis

  19. The European Union has presented its new accounting measures in the battle against climate change. Instead of actually having to reduce the last 3% of the emissions, member states may pay countries outside of the EU to do so in their name.

    At the same time Emmanuel Macron wants to take the time to discuss the emission goals for 2040 in order to make them pliable for the competitive power of the #eu.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/07/01/eu-zw

    #climatechange #breadcrumb #carboncredits #climatecrisis

  20. Shell and BP want out if agreements with the Dutch government to make their operations more green.

    Shell thinks the plans were not worked out enough. It also quotes increased costs, a bad market situation and delays on expanding the electrical infrastructure.

    BP has emitted more instead of less CO2.

    To reach the climate goals for 2030, industry needed to reduce 17Mtonnes of CO2. The agreements with Shell and BP accounted for 5.1Mtonnes.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06/30/shell

    #breadcrumb #climate

  21. Last year has seen a record of anti-climate cases in the #us according to the British Grantham Institute.

    A climate lawyer from Urgenda: "The fossil industry is cornered, fears that it cannot sell it's oil anymore, and is activating it's war fund to break down climate policies. These companies are grasping every last straw in order for them to earn as much money as possible in an, in practice, dying industry."

    (Dutch)
    nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/25729

    #climatechange #climatecrisis #breadcrumb

  22. Dutch parliament in favor of abandoning national CO2 tax for companies, but it will probably be the next government to decide on its future.

    The change would bring the Netherlands even further from reaching its climate goals. Current 'ambitions' are already 16-24 mega tons behind on the goal. Abandoning the CO2 tax would set the target a few extra mega tons behind.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06/25/gaat-

    #breadcrumb #climatechange #fossilfuels #nl #politics #climatecrisis #climate #nlpolitics

  23. So America bombed Iran, a country that did not pose an imminent threat to them. The orange potato immediately 'sort of' demanded peace. Unless those 6 bombs killed everyone in Iran, I think that's very unlikely. So there must be an escalation step to punish Iran for not accepting peace.

    What will it be? More bombing? Setting an example? I'm getting a little sweaty knowing that this 'mastermind' has executive power over the nuclear arsenal.

    wagingpeace.org/protocol-u-s-n

    #uspol #breadcrumb

  24. In the Netherlands the financial damage due to air #pollution was 50% higher in 2022 than in 2015, totaling to 4.5% (€43bn) of the gross domestic product.

    Damages range from damage to buildings, to ecological impact and early deaths (8000/year!). Causes include things like #climatechange and particle matter pollution.

    Biggest cause of damage is animal husbandry (€8.5bn), especially cows.
    Second highest cause of damage is road traffic (€6.7bn).

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06/19/rappo

    #breadcrumb #nl

  25. EU weakens goals for use of recycled plastic in new cars: in 10 years 25% of their plastic needs to be from recycled materials, as opposed to achieving that goal already in 6 years.

    Interesting step to take when plastic recycle companies are already slowly going bankrupt due to not being able to compete with the old way of doing business. Luckily all other green policies are going great. /s

    euractiv.com/section/eet/news/

    #breadcrumb #circulareconomy #eu #europe #eupolitics #eucommission #bigoil

  26. A lot of countries seem to argue that an increase in military spending is the way to avoid a new world war (you know, the one ending all wars... this time since it will end us).

    But maybe, just maybe, a bigger threat to world peace is the international community not capable of holding countries accountable for breaking international laws.

    One of the many articles arguing that Israël its attack on Iran is illegal:
    swedenherald.com/article/israe

    #politics #israel #iran #breadcrumb #warmongering

  27. CW: Profanity, climate change

    "If we fuck with the ocean, the ocean will fuck with us"

    Did you know? More than 75% of the plastic pollution in the ocean is caused by fishing? And 9% is from car tires?

    I didn't.

    Also microplastics cause plankton to absorb less CO2.

    As for protecting the ocean, we are far from the "30 by 30" goal. We only actually protect 3% of the ocean now, and in 5 years will have to protect 30%.

    (Dutch, video)
    nos.nl/op3/video/2571150-is-de

    #breadcrumb #climatechange #biodiversity

  28. In the Netherlands the amount of people worrying about #climatechange has never been so low since 2019.

    About young adults:
    "They know it can have disastrous consequences, but they find it 'abstract' with 'still little tangible impact on their direct environment'..."

    Their worries are instead focused on daily life and global conflicts.

    At the same time more people are aware how their behavior impacts the climate, but don't know how to act.

    (Dutch)
    nos.nl/artikel/2570824-nederla

    #nl #breadcrumb

  29. Dutch parliament in favor of abandoning national CO2 tax for companies, but it will probably be the next government to decide on its future.

    The change would bring the Netherlands even further from reaching its climate goals. Current 'ambitions' are already 16-24 mega tons behind on the goal. Abandoning the CO2 tax would set the target a few extra mega tons behind.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06/25/gaat-

    #breadcrumb #climatechange #fossilfuels #nl #politics #climatecrisis #climate #nlpolitics

  30. Dutch parliament in favor of abandoning national CO2 tax for companies, but it will probably be the next government to decide on its future.

    The change would bring the Netherlands even further from reaching its climate goals. Current 'ambitions' are already 16-24 mega tons behind on the goal. Abandoning the CO2 tax would set the target a few extra mega tons behind.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06/25/gaat-

    #breadcrumb #climatechange #fossilfuels #nl #politics #climatecrisis #climate #nlpolitics

  31. Dutch parliament in favor of abandoning national CO2 tax for companies, but it will probably be the next government to decide on its future.

    The change would bring the Netherlands even further from reaching its climate goals. Current 'ambitions' are already 16-24 mega tons behind on the goal. Abandoning the CO2 tax would set the target a few extra mega tons behind.

    (Dutch)
    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06/25/gaat-

    #breadcrumb #climatechange #fossilfuels #nl #politics #climatecrisis #climate #nlpolitics