Using #Mastodon during #FOSDEM feels like what it would be like if the fediverse went mainstream: everyone asks you for your mastodon account, there is a constant avalanche of interesting posts, it feels so alive here rn!

Planning to leave #X but not sure where to go? #Blusky #Threads and #Mastodon are all options, but what if you could pick any one of these platforms and reach people on all the others? Now you can! Just follow the instructions on this site I made!

https://jmaris.me/socialmedia/

This is possible thanks to Threads & Mastodon being part of the fediverse, an interconnected network of social media sites, & by bridgy fed, a tool that connects Blusky to the #fediverse! ( Just in time for #FOSDEM)

@maris True of threads, for Bluesky we can reach bluesky if we opt in, but to reply to and follow bluesky users they have to opt in.

Also nice to meet another Maris on the fediverse :P

Congratulations to @bagder on the European Open Source Achievement Award for his outstanding work on #curl! 🎉 Bravo! #EOSA

No, #Deepseek is *not* #OpenSourceAI. The training data is not available, nore is the code used for training the model. Nore is the Data Information.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” (Orwell, 1984) #ElonMusk #NaziSalute

What Europe needs to do in the next 10 years:
🔫 Create a single #EUarmy and foreign policy by majority
⚡️ A real common energy policy, which, like the CAP, has the goal of energy abundance, backed by #nuclear, #renewables, and #EnergyStorage tech
🔽

📜 Simplify EU laws, keeping a high level of consumer protection and safety while streamlining compliance
💻 Support the development of #decentralised social media (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Loops) to replace US and Chinese services, which are prone to disinfo and propaganda.

@humanhorseshoes That simply isn't true at all. EU laws are enforced on a regular basis, the GDPR is a great example among many.

If we want to succeed, we have to stop electing idiots who promise the impossible to positions of power.

Vote on the basis of policies, not vibes. #SocialMedia #Politics #EUpol

https://jmaris.me/jekyll/update/2024/11/26/TikTokDemocracy.html

I've just tried the new #thunderbird Beta and... wow, I'm completely blown away. It looks amazing, seems to have threading, and is blisteringly fast on my terribly overloaded inboxes. Bravo to the @thunderbird team!

#QT - https://eupolicy.social/@euractiv_tech/111453829666035506

So glad to see the European Parliament has adopted the #RightToRepair proposal with a large majority #CircularEconomy

@abolitionniste @pmroman @elCelio @HistoPol @nooartur @Veza85UE honestly the issue with being concise in the EU is that involves leaving things out, the treaties are the best place to look.

What is not written: the European Council is also where important issues that could not be resolved in the Council of the European Union are resolved.

In fact, some (me) consider the EC to simply be a special configuration of the Council of the EU

@abolitionniste @elCelio @HistoPol @nooartur @pmroman @Veza85UE formal are legally recognised provisions of the treaties.

Informal are practices built around those provisions, but not formalised.

@abolitionniste They have none. The European Council is, however, supposed to provide the Commission with guidelines on policy direction.

Essentially it is equivalent to a Resolution of Parliament, but for member states

@elCelio @abolitionniste officially, yes. But declarations still serve as de facto guidelines.

I'm all for criticising #Meta and #Threads, but this post is seriously misleading.

The data described in the privacy policy is what is necessary to federate comments. Whether this implies they can then use this data for other purposes is still up for debate.

Doing so would likely be illegal in the EU though.

#QT - https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111585528118111249

Judge finds "reasonable evidence" Tesla new their autopilot was defective.

Surprise Surprise...

#QT - https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/111474193954851506

@aral I saw this. Just goes to show we have let Google accumulate way too much power over the web. We're lucky it is just chrome now, and not the chromium engine, but I suspect it is just a matter of time...

@aral that does sound like it is on purpose. Do we know if chrome communicates installed add-ons to any of Google's sites ? They might eliminate the wait when chrome reports no Adblock