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  RE: https://waag.social/@douwe/117354360203789811 My favorite talk from Berlin #FediDay 2026 - of course I had to immediately re-watch it. Bravissimo again Douwe 🙌 I can’t recommend this video enough: this presentation gave me so much hope for the future and I’m in awe of the city of Amsterdam and how it’s championing communications on the Fediverse 🚀💖

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  I heard that the server #theForkiverse may shut down soon. No surprise, its admins have stopped communicating on it MONTHS ago. A moment of gratitude to the #Forkiverse for bringing 10k new people to the Fediverse... and with 750+ sticking around 🥳 (Please backup your account and move to a new server ASAP) I'm especially grateful for @jonassmith@mstdn.dk who tried out the Forkiverse, loved it so much that he brought the place where he works - the National Gallery of Denmark! - on the Fedi...

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  I'm feeling IMMENSE gratitude towards you, the people of the Fediverse, today and every day. Thank you for caring about: 💜 privacy ❤️ alt text / accessibility 🧡 digital sovereignty / self-hosting 💛 the indie web 💚 human creativity 🩵 the environment and also for: 💙 rebelling against Big Tech Here I feel like I found a community of like-minded people... Thank you for making me feel part of a great mission. #GratefulForYou

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  I'm currently OBSESSED with @Ultramorbidi's song "No Bro" - I must have already listened to it on loop 10x this morning 😂 🙌 🔗 : https://ultramorbidi.bandcamp.com/track/no-bro The lyrics are pure fire. Aside from "say no to the tech bro" there is also: "feminism stands for repair break the blockchain, breathe the air they invest but we don't stress running on our own hardware con fuerza, resistencia! the revolution will be decentralized dancing in the ru...

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  Dear Fedi friends, I want to share a discovery that made my MONTH. 10 days ago, while I was putting together the slides for my presentation at Berlin #FediDay, I noticed a new entry in the @cercle@reseauculture.fr directory (the Mastodon instance set up by the Service Numérique of the French Ministry of Culture): ✨ @MuseeOrsay@reseauculture.fr ✨ Ouiiiiii! Paris' super prestigious museum - that welcomed 7.3 million visitors last year - is now on the #Fediverse !!! 🥳 Let's give Mu...

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  @randahl@mastodon.social @paulk@writing.exchange Sheeran’s statement on this was awful - a total cop out, doubling down on his desire to remain apolitical. Just terrible all around, considering we are dealing with a genocide. Please look up statements by the bands that dropped out - they restored my faith in humanity. Fuck Sheeran forever and ever (and I never say the F word, but damn)

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  Does anyone have any insights / scoops about the upcoming #EUKidsAct, set to be introduced this Thursday to "age gate" access to social media platforms across the EU? (Thus forcing every citizen to upload their government ID to establish their age) I'm super worried about the impact on the #OpenSocialWeb and the Fediverse in particular. 🔗 : https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-propose-new-legislation-on-minors-protection-on-thursday/ I wish they would share a clear description...

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  Me: "I want to learn German." Them: "Why would you do that? Don't bother!" Me: "Because I spend half my time on the Fediverse clicking on the 'Translate' button." I can't help it if so many of the awesome accounts I follow are in German. And I want to be able to understand their messages without clicking on 'Translate' 50+ times a day. Plus this way I would understand / could attend ALL the talks at Berlin #FediDay. I'm putting this h...

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  Good morning Fedi friends! Yesterday was such an incredible, energizing day of presentations at Berlin #FediDay. And very intense! I simply wanted to give a shout-out to the people doing incredible things on the Fediverse, whose stories I shared in my presentation: 💙 @aral@mastodon.ar.al and @gazaverified@mastodon.ar.al 💚 @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe and @admin + @littlefedi_official@littleone.littlefedi.social 💛 @jonassmith@mstdn.dk and @smk@expressional.social ❤️ Christine, @imacrea@mamot....

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  ✨ HOPE ✨ with @samvie@chaos.social 💖 #FediDay

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  Dear Fedi friends, I've been quiet around here as I'm putting the finishing touches to my presentation for Berlin #FediDay (happening this Saturday!!!) I hope my love for the Fediverse and its people will come through 💖 Fun fact: while doing research for slides I came upon an AMAZING discovery that I hope I can mention in my presentation. Very very good news (sorry for being a tease, but I need to ask permission first!) Have a great day/week everyone! Offline I go to work on my slid...

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  Earlier this week I unsubscribed from #1Password and moved to #Bitwarden... due to their donation of 300k to DHH's #Omarchy. I made sure to let them know about the reason, so that hopefully the company would notice those kind of decisions have an impact. Day one I got messages from their AI system. But today I got a response by a real human at 1Password (or so it appears). If you are curious about the company's official response to the backlash, check out the screenshot (and/or #Alt...

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  Good morning Fedi friends! I'd like to create a custom #Fediverse t-shirt for my upcoming talk at #BerlinFediDay. I thought of maybe using the Fediverse logo as the "O" for "HOPE". What do you think? Trying to gauge if it's cheesy or not, I'd love some external opinion 😅

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  Good morning Fedi friends! A routine reminder that @oscl@mastodon.opencloud.lu has a #Fediverse track this year: you can submit your proposals for talks up to August 23rd. Apply here: 🔗 : https://pretalx.com/open-source-conference-luxembourg-2026/cfp I'm honored and excited to help organize this with the amazing @Gina@fosstodon.org 🦸‍♀️ Come join us! 🚀 📍 Belval, Luxembourg 📆 Wednesday October 7th, 2026 #OSCL26 #DigitalSovereignty

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  Experiments with #MeshCore = just an excuse to play with #LEGO (and buy little accessories for my minifigs).

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  Special day today: the home screen of my jailbroken e-reader informed me I hit a 100-day reading streak. This week's average reading time has been 42 minutes a day 🥳 I owe it all to #KOreader and #SimpleUI - somehow having visible metrics motivated me to pick up my #Kindle every day. I wrote more about it on my #GoToSocial account: https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01KR0PEJEZ00Y7506QFE60TKA3 If you are interested in doing something similar, the website https://kindlemodding.org is...

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  The scariest thing about new #AgeVerification laws being introduced in Europe (France, I was expecting more from you) is to see the positive reactions of my family members, who have fallen hook, line and sinker for the arguments discussed in the media. "It's to protect the children!" No it isn't. I'm sending this superb article by the @eff@mastodon.social to all of them: 🔗: https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification Now is the time to #resist and speak up and educate tho...

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  Good morning Fedi friends, I have been feeling a rising anxiety over the state of the open web and the fediverse - after seeing efforts by politicians all over the world (in Europe too!) to introduce age verification laws for social media. My way of coping? Teaching people how to self-host their own Fediverse profile (using the superb #GoToSocial) via #YunoHost. Chapter 1 in this series is available here: 🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-gotosocial-part-1-i...

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116165003587967912 Good morning Fedi friends. I just updated this post from March. It used to say: "Year 4 (2026) I plan to buy a Heltec to try out off-grid mesh radio communication" Since I am fully invested in mesh experiments, I thought it deserved a refresh. Spoiler alert: Year 5 will probably be about learning #FreeBSD 😅

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  Day 2 of #MeshCore experiments, let's go! 🚀 First I'll try to see if I can send any messages with just my companion unit and if that fails, I will set up my second unit as a repeater on my parents' balcony... Thanks to everyone who sent in pics of their cute pets yesterday to cheer me up (after hours of failing to send any messages). Much appreciated! 💖

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@Smidgybit/116897093475205584 Dear Fedi friends, Can you please join me in giving a warm welcome to @Smidgybit@mastodon.social - today is their second day on the fediverse. They're here in an attempt to "leave behind all things Meta." And if you have recommendations about photographers who shoot on film and share tips, do let them know! Thank you 🙏 P.S.: Smidgybit you should know that Mastodon's founder @Gargron@mastodon.social is a superb photo...

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  The amazing folks at @yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr are running a fundraising campaign to cover their operating costs for 2026. I personally make a monthly recurring donation to them but wish I could give more 🥲 If you use their services and you can afford it, please consider donating to their project. Every Euro / Dollar / Yen counts: 🔗 : https://yunohost.org/donate.en.html #NotAllHeroesWearCapes #SelfHosting #empowerment #resist #YunoHost

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  Not gonna lie, reading this passage from @pluralistic@mamot.fr’s book #TheInternetCon on a jailbroken #Kindle (running #KOreader!) felt like a deliciously affirming act of resistance 💁🏻‍♀️ #KindleJailbreak #resist #BigTech #Calibre #SimpleUI

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  Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform. Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders. My exclusive: 🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/ #SocialM...

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  #WSocial: "We want to promote European digital sovereignty. We're made in Europe, for the world!" @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu: "A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. Today, we’re expanding our presence to W." W Social: "You need to verify your identity. Please download our #WIdentity app from Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store" No further comment necessary. Check for yourselves (04:30): https://inv.nadeko.net/Vcq4Miabp...

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  #WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source! This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected! My full article - with a great analysis by @aral@mastodon.ar.al: 🔗: https://blog.elenaross...

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  Dear Fedi friends, It may be time for a re-introduction. In this post on my #GoToSocial account (glorious 5000 character limit) I have articulated why I have been spending so much time writing about #WSocial lately. Spoiler alert: it's connected to the Fediverse and my activism. 🔗 : https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01KVQ9ZHB7AEYWE7V04W69EY06 And ICYMI this weekend, the European Commission has changed its footer and replaced the Bluesky logo with a W. But the link doesn't work as...

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  Dear Fedi friends, Apologies for another toot about #WSocial but I am genuinely shaking right now. The @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu and its president Ursula von der Leyen have recently migrated their ATproto (Bluesky) accounts to W Social. I cannot fathom why they would pick a private enterprise whose leaders didn't even have ATproto accounts 3 months ago... and who are so open to having their users' data mined to train European AI models. My articles on them: 🔗 : https...

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  Dear Fedi friends, I need your help. If by any chance any of you have saved the video of #WSocial CEO Anna Zeiter's presentation at the Monaco AI conference (uploaded to YouTube on May 21) I would be ETERNALLY grateful. OG URL: https://youtu.be/xDNGHaISqs4 The 35 minute video included priceless quotes like: "Yes we have a business model, it's not a philanthropy, we are not a B corp, we actually want to make money." Following the publication of my exposé, the video has been...

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  The following thought isn’t original - I’ve read echos or this on here and happy to edit to credit the source. IMHO the most serious threat to the open social web is corporate capture. I’ve seen examples up close of C-suite types driven by greed and power, who are exhibiting grossly unethical behavior. Can’t disclose specifics because people on the sidelines shared info on background. Not sure what to do, I’m just really worried, that’s all. We are at a pivotal point and can’t mess this up #EEE