https://plinubius.de is the blog of Florian Dieckmann, Worms.

I use the name Plinubius as a pseudonym.

I hold a Magister degree in political and social sciences from Leipzig University and have many years of experience at the intersection of technology, society, and political organisation. I grew up in a small business engaged in technical product and order development as well as prototype and special-purpose machine construction. This brought me into early contact with sales, marketing, and digitalisation. During my studies, I was very active in the development, administration, and moderation of internet forums. After graduating, I worked for several years in the international solar industry in sales and marketing — first in the field of solar tracking systems, and later for a longer period on behalf of Chinese manufacturers of photovoltaic modules. After the provisional end of the solar industry in Germany, initiated in 2012 by Peter Altmaier (CDU), I refocused on digital tools that strengthen democratic processes and participation.

From 2015 to 2023, in an executive role in a company with up to 15 employees, my work centred on business development in the field of digitalising event-based participation processes, including the electronically supported conduct of votes and elections. The fields of application ranged from organisational conference formats in change processes, through party and trade-union work, to the public participation procedure in the search for a repository for nuclear waste. I currently work as an implementation consultant for Constituent Relationship Management based on CiviCRM, an open-source relationship-management system used mainly by non-profit organisations, but also by political actors and individuals.

Alongside my main professional work, I engage with the value chain of political work — in particular with the collaborative acquisition, processing, and provision of political information. My main interests here are questions of new political economy, political culture, media structure, and journalism, the development of concrete technical solutions, and independent, decentralised communication spaces in the Fediverse — both technically and, above all, economically.

I combine technological expertise, a hands-on approach, and commercial thinking with political analysis, and I work on solutions oriented towards transparency, participation, and digital sovereignty.