🇩🇪✅ Gute Nachrichten: Kein "schmutziger Deal" zur #Chatkontrolle 2.0 im Trilog gestern! 🎉 Parlament blieb standhaft – auch dank eurem Druck. Aber: Gefahr bleibt, nächster Showdown wohl im November. Update […]

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/117333536146547561 Ik hoor nu ook van andere velden dat mensen op zo'n smeltende ijsschots zitten. Waaronder advocaten omringd door mensen die hun denkwerk inmiddels aan AI uitbesteed hebben....

Bert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦@bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 2w ago

"En inmiddels zit ik met een klein groepje programmeurs op een steeds verder smeltende ijsschots. Als een soort zielige ijsbeer. Met mensen die nog zelf dingen programmeren en die dat leuk vinden." - https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/kunsten92-paradiso-2026/

After two years diving into EU institutions, digital rights activism & open-source communities, we're thrilled to share our findings! 🎉 Our study "A Fantastic Circus – Fediverse Integration into Public Administration" looks at the challenges & benefits of decentralised social media for public […]

Funding #quest... Despite support from our NOAW #unconference attendees sponsors and partnership with the criticalinfralab.net (#uva, #uu), our #ScaleDem Piloting 2026 (#EUhorizon) #application #call got rejected… ;( —Suggestions of #grant #fund to drop our #proposal? Check out #blueprint […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@FediVariety/117002744630261050 please boost! —we could definitively use a little help from our friends here... ;)

There is too much tech/features talk and too little UI/UX or just “beauty” talk in the Fediverse. Let’s please take some time to appreciate how gorgeous @Bonfire’s interface and the design choices are. The article sharing the Jacobin case study is _so cool_! #UI #UX #beauty #Fediverse […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/116832838691672843 The @fsfe volunteer @nicolef did an amazing analysis! Was so much fun to work with her, @ber and others from FSFE on it. 🥰 Also love that I could buy a commercial loudspeaker that follows the #FreeSoftware and #OpenHardware spirit and is a […]

Years ago I built a People Directory for the fediverse, to help you find people based on topics aka hashtags in their bio. https://fediverse.info/explore/people Spread the word! #fediverse #findPeople

#Mastodon 4.6 is here! It's been a long time in the works, but it's finally ready. In this release, we're introducing Collections—a way to share curated collections of profiles to help old and new users discover more of the #Fediverse. We're also updating the look of profiles, alongside many […]

If you were in charge of social media industrial policy in the European Union, and you had complete freedom to decide, what would it be? Or what would your advice be to them? #EU #SocialMedia #Policy #FediForum #FediForumFriday

RE: https://backend.newsmast.org/@michael/116737250305358675 Amazing, how fast we can make things better if we only help each other and actually DO things.

My latest FOSS Academic post is a doozy. It's "Reading the Digital Safety Act with My Mastodon Admin Hat On": https://fossacademic.tech/2026/06/11/reading-digital-safety-act.html I'm reading Canada's proposed Digital Safety Act. My conclusion is that the proposed regulations could be very […]

Really honoured we could participate in a STOA workshop (=Panel for the Future of Science and Technology of the European Parliament), woohoo! Thank you! Billions of euros flow out of the #EU every year to shape how we communicate. What if we redirected that into a #EuropeanSocialStack instead? […]

Jan Penfrat, a senior policy adviser for European Digital Rights @edri, a network of NGOs, experts, and advocates campaigning for #DigitalRights across Europe, sees #Apple’s latest moves as a means of putting pressure on the @EUCommission to allow it to break the #DMA. “It’s very much a […]

I love the statement in this picture. I am so happy that they did it, and I am grateful for all the anti-fascists who lost and risked their lives, then and now. #Antifa #AntiFascist #Fascist

Just launched at Public Spaces in Amsterdam, The European Social Stack Open Declaration! A set of common principles agreed by complementary technology leaders 🫶 Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: european.social #EUSocialStack #Europe