digitalsovereignty

<p>The alliance ‘ Open Networks and Democratic Public Spheres. <a href="/tags/decentralised/" rel="tag">#Decentralised</a>, sovereign and for the <a href="/tags/common/" rel="tag">#common</a> good!’ <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a>👋 </p><p>Our alliance of digital organisations would like to actively contribute to the development of concepts for <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#digitalsovereignty</a> on the occasion of the 🇪🇺 ‘<a href="/tags/european/" rel="tag">#European</a> Summit on Digital Sovereignty’ hosted by <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> and <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> on 18 November 2025 in <a href="/tags/berlin/" rel="tag">#Berlin</a>.</p><p>You can find the video of our press conference with 26 language translations here: <br><a href="https://displayeurope.video/w/1xijkEtEd4dMnvJD386s7C" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="displayeurope.video/w/1xijkEtEd4dMnvJD386s7C"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">displayeurope.video/w/1xijkEtE</span><span class="invisible">d4dMnvJD386s7C</span></a></p>

<p>The news that <a href="/tags/x/" rel="tag">#X</a> has suspended the <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a>&#x27;s advertising account on the platform after it issued a 120m EUR fine against X for breaking the <a href="/tags/dsa/" rel="tag">#DSA</a> is beyond hilarious.</p><p>And it might even be kind of good in the sense that politicians in Europe maybe finally realise how shitty it is to depend on such a lunatic for its public communications.</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/x-axes-european-commissions-ad-account-after-e120m-eu-fine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.politico.eu/article/x-axes-european-commissions-ad-account-after-e120m-eu-fine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.politico.eu/article/x-axes</span><span class="invisible">-european-commissions-ad-account-after-e120m-eu-fine/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/digitalservicesact/" rel="tag">#DigitalServicesAct</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/ruleoflaw/" rel="tag">#RuleOfLaw</a></p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115689198997943088" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115689198997943088"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@Mastodon/1156</span><span class="invisible">89198997943088</span></a></p><p>I’m proud to share my first blog as <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span>’s Community Director. Well the first one posted under my name at least 😉</p><p>Digital social networking is one of the most important threads in the fabric of our societies. Right now, we’re letting that thread be controlled by social media platforms that let advertisements for scams stay up because they’re profitable, and that use their algorithms to run human research experiments on us without our consent. That’s not the society I want.</p><p>“By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter; the people and their public institutions. It is critical that those voices not be silenced forever. The promise of the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> is the promise of a better way forward: free from ads and manipulative algorithms, a place built by and for people like you, where <a href="/tags/socialsovereignty/" rel="tag">#SocialSovereignty</a> is a right and not a privilege.”</p><p>In this thread, we asked folks to crowdsource a list of resources so you can find your local representative. Find them, contact them, and tell them this: if you care about a free and just future, and if you care about <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a>, you must leave X and join the fediverse.</p>

<p>Dear Fedi friends,</p><p>I just hit &quot;publish&quot; on my blog post &quot;A newbie&#x27;s guide to <a href="/tags/selfhosting/" rel="tag">#selfhosting</a> with <a href="/tags/yunohost/" rel="tag">#YunoHost</a>. Part 1: reasons + requirements&quot;. It&#x27;s here if you wanna read it:</p><p>🔗​: <a href="https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-1-reasons-requirements/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-1-reasons-requirements/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbie</span><span class="invisible">s-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-1-reasons-requirements/</span></a></p><p>This guide is intended for true newbies who are curious about self-hosting some essential digital services. I&#x27;m hoping to dispel some myths about self-hosting and make it appear accessible to all. Well, at least to people curious about it but hesitant to get started because they think it&#x27;s too complicated. That was me up to a year ago.</p><p>Special thanks and shout-out to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ilja.space/users/ilja" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ilja</span></a></span> for setting my journey in motion. And eternal gratitude to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@yunohost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yunohost</span></a></span> for the way they are empowering us all with the tools to self-host</p><p><a href="/tags/mysocalledsudolife/" rel="tag">#MySoCalledSudoLife</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="/tags/rebellion/" rel="tag">#rebellion</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#digitalsovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/nextcloud/" rel="tag">#NextCloud</a></p>

<p>Following the success (sarcasm!) of my previous post &quot;Battle of IMs&quot;, I decided it&#x27;s time to write another post where I try to articulate in a technical but snarky way my view on the wonderful world of social media, and which one is best among the mainstream and non-mainstream ones. This is a long post, reviewing 14 different &quot;socials&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://gagliardoni.net/#20250818_battle_of_socials" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gagliardoni.net/#20250818_battle_of_socials"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gagliardoni.net/#20250818_batt</span><span class="invisible">le_of_socials</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/social/" rel="tag">#social</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/selfsovereignty/" rel="tag">#selfsovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#digitalsovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/nostr/" rel="tag">#nostr</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/ssb/" rel="tag">#ssb</a> <a href="/tags/securescuttlebutt/" rel="tag">#securescuttlebutt</a> <a href="/tags/facebook/" rel="tag">#facebook</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#meta</a> <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#tiktok</a> <a href="/tags/threads/" rel="tag">#threads</a> <a href="/tags/x/" rel="tag">#x</a> <a href="/tags/twitter/" rel="tag">#twitter</a> <a href="/tags/diaspora/" rel="tag">#diaspora</a> <a href="/tags/friendica/" rel="tag">#friendica</a> <a href="/tags/linkedin/" rel="tag">#linkedin</a> <a href="/tags/xing/" rel="tag">#xing</a> <a href="/tags/instagram/" rel="tag">#instagram</a></p>

<p>5,000 Jolla Phones pre-ordered in one week, driven by the community.</p><p>People showed there’s real demand for a European Linux phone built differently. The Jolla Phone reached 5,000 pre-orders organically, through community sharing and word of mouth. Thank you. We couldn’t have done this without you.</p><p>Next stop: 10,000 pre-orders to unlock The Other Half and open source the modular hardware &amp; software interfaces.</p><p>👉 Pre-order the Jolla Phone: <a href="https://jolla.com/phone" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>jolla.com/phone</a><br>📰 Read the press release: <a href="https://jolla.com/content/uploads/2025/12/Jolla-pre-order-campaign-sold-organically-5000-phones-in-a-week.pdf?x26973" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jolla.com/content/uploads/2025/12/Jolla-pre-order-campaign-sold-organically-5000-phones-in-a-week.pdf?x26973"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jolla.com/content/uploads/2025</span><span class="invisible">/12/Jolla-pre-order-campaign-sold-organically-5000-phones-in-a-week.pdf?x26973</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jolla/" rel="tag">#Jolla</a> <a href="/tags/sailfishos/" rel="tag">#SailfishOS</a> <a href="/tags/degoogle/" rel="tag">#DeGoogle</a> <a href="/tags/european/" rel="tag">#european</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/communitypowered/" rel="tag">#CommunityPowered</a></p>

<p>⏳ One week left!</p><p>Atlassian just announced the end of Data Center by 2029. For many orgs, that means a forced migration.</p><p>Most webinars explain why to leave Confluence.<br>This one shows you how teams already did it.</p><p>On Sept 17 we’ll demo a real Confluence migration with XWiki + <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> building a full open-source alternative to Atlassian’s stack.</p><p>📅 Sept 17, 3:00pm CEST<br>🔗 <a href="https://go.nextcloud.com/r/20it" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>go.nextcloud.com/r/20it</a></p><p><a href="/tags/confluencemigration/" rel="tag">#ConfluenceMigration</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/atlassian/" rel="tag">#Atlassian</a> <a href="/tags/datacenter/" rel="tag">#DataCenter</a></p>

<p>Today, I had the pleasure of meeting <span class="h-card"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@HennaVirkkunen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HennaVirkkunen</span></a></span> , the <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> Commission Vice President in charge of Tech Sovereignty, <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a>, at the invitation of the Austrian Chancellery and Digital State Secretary Alexander Pröll, at their summit on 🇪🇺 <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#digitalsovereignty</a> </p><p>Together with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@c3wien" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>c3wien</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.wikimedia.de/@WikimediaAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WikimediaAT</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@epicenter_works" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>epicenter_works</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dpgalliance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dpgalliance</span></a></span> we are calling for open protocols &amp; <a href="/tags/interoperability/" rel="tag">#interoperability</a> to be strengthened when building public digital infrastructure ✨ <br> <br><a href="/tags/fedidiplomacy/" rel="tag">#Fedidiplomacy</a><br><a href="/tags/fediforum/" rel="tag">#Fediforum</a></p>

<p>Great news today the French government have launched their own Visio video conferencing tool <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#digitalsovereignty</a> </p><p>But the PR stories, while explaining it is French built, don&#x27;t mention it is Open Source and based on LiveKit - so any government can reuse what they have done.</p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/27/france-to-ditch-us-platforms-microsoft-teams-zoom-for-sovereign-platform-amid-security-con" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/27/france-to-ditch-us-platforms-microsoft-teams-zoom-for-sovereign-platform-amid-security-con"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/</span><span class="invisible">27/france-to-ditch-us-platforms-microsoft-teams-zoom-for-sovereign-platform-amid-security-con</span></a></p><p><a href="https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>github.com/suitenumerique/meet</a></p>

<p>America sneezes. We catch a cold.</p><p>And the UK is overexposed.</p><p>As long as foreign tech runs our digital infrastructure, our systems can be used as leverage or disrupted on Trump&#x27;s say so.</p><p>Tell your MP to support the motion for <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-devise-uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-devise-uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/tel</span><span class="invisible">l-government-devise-uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/sovereignty/" rel="tag">#sovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#nationalsecurity</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a></p>

<p>Atlassian is sunsetting its Data Center products. For Confluence users, the question is no longer whether to migrate, but how.</p><p>Together with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> ,we ran a webinar, “Break free from Confluence”, covering:<br>✔ Live migration demo<br>✔ Preserving hierarchies, macros &amp; permissions<br>✔ Migration strategies with minimal disruption</p><p>Recap 👉 <a href="https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/Webinar-overview-break-free-from-Confluence/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="xwiki.com/en/Blog/Webinar-overview-break-free-from-Confluence/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xwiki.com/en/Blog/Webinar-over</span><span class="invisible">view-break-free-from-Confluence/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/xwiki/" rel="tag">#XWiki</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/confluence/" rel="tag">#Confluence</a> <a href="/tags/datacenter/" rel="tag">#DataCenter</a> <a href="/tags/atlassian/" rel="tag">#Atlassian</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#Technews</a></p>

<p>🇦🇹 Austria&#x27;s Armed Forces have replaced MS Office with LibreOffice on 16,000+ workstations 📄</p><p>This shift began in 2020 to avoid mandatory cloud reliance ☁️<br>Their goal? Digital sovereignty—not cost saving 🔒<br>They even contributed 5+ person-years of code 🛠️<br>EU trend toward open-source grows 🇪🇺</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>libreoffice</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>itsfoss</span></a></span></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forces-ditch-microsoft-office/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forces-ditch-microsoft-office/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forc</span><span class="invisible">es-ditch-microsoft-office/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/libreoffice/" rel="tag">#LibreOffice</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/cloud/" rel="tag">#Cloud</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/innovation/" rel="tag">#Innovation</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>

<p>Welcome to Mastodon, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HennaVirkkunen</span></a></span> !</p><p>As Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, you have highlighted how the Fediverse plays an important part in protecting the EU&#x27;s <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> and supporting European alternatives.</p><p><a href="/tags/newhere/" rel="tag">#NewHere</a></p>

<p>Every time I install a new piece of infrastructure for my homelab as part of becoming more independent from Big Tech, I see a hint on the homepage of that new piece of infrastructure that mentions they received sponsorship from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nlnet</span></a></span> almost as if NLNet has been silently preparing Europe for <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> with Open Source projects ;) I like!</p>

<p>✨ New blog post: &quot;Growing My Own Little Fediverse: The Joy of Going Further Down the Rabbit Hole&quot;<br>Turns out, the future of the internet might just be federated. 💜<br><a href="https://laurahargreaves.com/growing-my-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=autopost" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="laurahargreaves.com/growing-my-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=autopost"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">laurahargreaves.com/growing-my</span><span class="invisible">-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=autopost</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/openweb/" rel="tag">#OpenWeb</a> <a href="/tags/selfhosting/" rel="tag">#SelfHosting</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a></p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen/115912190359711231" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen/115912190359711231"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ec.social-network.europa.eu/@H</span><span class="invisible">ennaVirkkunen/115912190359711231</span></a></p><p>Imagine how powerful it would be if von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas made their statements first on a EUROPEAN open, free, non-algorithmically distorted social media network. 🇪🇺✌️</p><p>And then later with a 60 minute delay on the account-registration-requiring, data-collecting, algorithmically-distorted US networks? <br><a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#digitalsovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/goeuropean/" rel="tag">#goEuropean</a> <a href="/tags/eupol/" rel="tag">#EUpol</a></p><p>(Borrowing ideas from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://heath.social/@carl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>carl</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.nu/@bike4climate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bike4climate</span></a></span>)</p><p>CC: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HennaVirkkunen</span></a></span></p>

<p>Announcement: The 3rd Berlin <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> Day will take place again in Berlin from September 11 to September 13, 2026. 🚀 We are very excited and more information will follow as soon as possible. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 </p><p>- - <br>Ankündigung, der 3. Berliner Fediverse Day findet vom 11.09.-13.09.2026 wieder in <a href="/tags/berlin/" rel="tag">#Berlin</a> statt. 🚀 Wir freuen uns schon sehr und weitere Informationen kommen, asap. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 </p><p><a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#digitalsovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/fosdem/" rel="tag">#FOSDEM</a> <a href="/tags/fosdem2026/" rel="tag">#FOSDEM2026</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialwebfosdem/" rel="tag">#SocialWebFOSDEM</a> <a href="/tags/socialwebfosdem2026/" rel="tag">#SocialWebFOSDEM2026</a></p>

<p>New information on W social:<br>* Bluesky and W: &quot;posts and comments made on one will be visible on the other&quot;<br>* Ingmar Rentzhog of We Don&#x27;t Have Time owns 25%, other investors also have shares in that company<br>* Received €2.5m in funding and the team is 25 people<br>* Eurostack chair Christina Caffarra and other politically well connected individuals on board of advisors (see full list below)<br>* Monetization through ads and microtransactions for paywalled content</p><p><a href="/tags/wsocial/" rel="tag">#wsocial</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#digitalsovereignty</a></p>

<p>This is a link to an article written by someone else, not me:</p><p>&quot;I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure. Here&#x27;s the stack I landed on, what was harder than expected, and what you still can&#x27;t avoid.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.coinerella.com/made-in-eu-it-was-harder-than-i-thought/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.coinerella.com/made-in-eu-it-was-harder-than-i-thought/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.coinerella.com/made-in-eu-</span><span class="invisible">it-was-harder-than-i-thought/</span></a></p><p>We need more stories like this being shared in the open. You can criticise some parts of the decisions made here, but that&#x27;s not the point. Someone tried, learned and shares the result. *That&#x27;s* the point.</p><p><a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/cloudless/" rel="tag">#Cloudless</a></p>

<p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/mastodon.de/alerta.gif" class="emoji" alt=":alerta:" title=":alerta:"> I <a href="/tags/didit/" rel="tag">#DIDit</a> </p><p>Today I published my very last post on Instagram! </p><p>It took me some time to prepare this sad moment, but I am happy it&#x27;s here now. </p><p>I shared <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@_elena" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>_elena</span></a></span> great introduction video and wrote in the captions about how the Fediverse is such great place for creatives, artists, hobbyists, tinkerer, writer, art lovers, photographers, blogger, nerds and just everybody. And how one can find interesting people to talk to, original artworks, diverse communities and discover great music and journalism... and all this without annoying ads or stupid algorithms. <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/mastodon.de/blobcatheartbongo.gif" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatheartbongo:" title=":blobcatheartbongo:"> </p><p>💪 I&#x27;ve even (hello non tech person here!) made a little website for my friends with some info and links to help them switch to the Fediverse.</p><p><a href="/tags/thefutureisfederated/" rel="tag">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> 💜 <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/mastodon.de/fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":fediverse:" title=":fediverse:"> </p><p><a href="/tags/diday/" rel="tag">#DiDay</a> <a href="/tags/did/" rel="tag">#DID</a> <a href="/tags/digitalindependenceday/" rel="tag">#DigitalIndependenceDay</a> #<a href="/tags/globalswitchday/" rel="tag">#GlobalSwitchDay</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/dutgemacht/" rel="tag">#DUTgemacht</a></p>

<p>Trump threatens allies with retribution for not bending the knee.</p><p>UK digital infrastructure can be used as leverage or disrupted on his say so.</p><p>We need interoperable open-source systems, so we&#x27;re not locked in to services owned and controlled by foreign tech firms.</p><p>Sign the petition for <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions</span><span class="invisible">/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/starmer/" rel="tag">#starmer</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> <a href="/tags/petition/" rel="tag">#petition</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#opensource</a></p>

<p>📝 New post 🚀</p><p>&quot;Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse&quot;</p><p>🔗 : <a href="https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.elenarossini.com/openness</span><span class="invisible">-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/</span></a></p><p>mentioning <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@europeanspodcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>europeanspodcast</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@haubles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>haubles</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@tferrer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tferrer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@rstockm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rstockm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@samvie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>samvie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/socialsovereignty/" rel="tag">#SocialSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/thefutureisfederated/" rel="tag">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> <a href="/tags/rss/" rel="tag">#RSS</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>