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 […]

Happy to see my tax money well-spent 😊🥳 Apparently accessibility fixes in Mastodon were largely sponsored by the Dutch government. Public money funding public code benefitting us all, regardless of where you live or your nationality. Awesome! #OpenSource […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@Gina/116766449227732173 Well done @manfredzielinski 💪

If I understand it correctly a lot of people might be unknowingly invest into questionable companies like SpaceX via their pension fund: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/msci-confirms-early-index-inclusion-rules-ahead-spacex-ipo-2026-06-08 It also seems environmental, social, and […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116735947449480607 A warning from Elena on W Social & @EUCommission. Why would an institute like the European Commission ever want to 'rent' a social media account instead of owning their own server is beyond me. If you're not the owner you do not control […]

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

@j12t.org - Enforce current laws. Result: total ban on X & fines for others - Enact new laws. Ban surveillance ads & gathering of personal data. Still allow contextual ads. - Ban opaque algorithms. Algorithms should be transparent & user changeable - Forbid penalizing out-bound links - Enforce […]

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 […]

VPRO's 3voor12 website heeft blijkbaar nieuwe vormgeving. De laatste keer dat ik keek had het nog een eigen smoel. Nu is het ontwerp van de style '13 in een dozijn'. Maar dat is smaak & over smaak valt te twisten. Waar niet over getwist kan worden is dat het […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@doeidag/116708870013848907 Voor de mensen die mij volgen & nog gebruik maken van platformen zoals LinkedIn, Instagram en anderen. Wellicht wil je helpen om #doeidag bekender te maken door hier aandacht op die platformen aan te besteden?

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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

Next week the very first Open Social award will be awarded to a deserving winner. And two deserving runners-up. How I know they are deserving? I'm on the jury but I'm not telling yet :-) To find out, consider going to the ceremony on June 5 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands […]

The EuroStack Solutions Directory which allows you to "Discover Sovereign European Digital Solutions" needs anyone reading this to submit additional solutions. Scroll down to suggest new entries or request updates on existing entries […] [Original post on toot.wales]

‘No Regulation Alone will Safeguard Democratic Debate —It all depends on A Collective, Collaborative & Coordinated Effort!’ Thank you, #eurodig for the chance to present a 2 minute pitch on the topic 'Platforms’ Accountability to Strengthen the Digital Public Sphere’! #fediverse #Eumans […]

super article again, laurens! think you'll deserve the pope's blessing for sure! 🔗 https:// connectedplaces.online/reports/fr164-the-pope-on-defederation/ —and great work from the pope as well..! Makes me think he warns us to just drop in once in a while to see what condition our condition is […]

🔗 https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr164-the-pope-on-defederation/ 🧵 3/3

…sure there are a lot of servers, but the collaboration between instances on things like moderation is virtually nonexistent. There is no form of federated diplomacy, or even a mental framework on how servers should interact, besides defederation when you get too annoyed with another server […]

A keen observation from Laurens, and the #opensocialweb needs both of these: "If you read that statement with the fediverse and the atmosphere in mind, this is almost a diagram of the two ways the project can fail. Subsidiarity without solidarity is fragmentation: a thousand instances each […]

Gisteren vroeg een bestuurder van een grote organisatie me "Wat kunnen we NU doen voor meer digitale autonomie". Ik had wel wat suggesties en heb die vandaag uitgewerkt in dit artikel. Hier een aantal dingen waar vandaag mee begonnen kan worden, en die de transitie naar autonomere IT kunnen […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116645486985827346 @_elena took it upon herself to explore W Social. I got weird vibes when W Social was announced at Davos. Elena's piece confirmed these feelings. In my words: W Social seem to be opportunists looking for a way to benefit from the need for […]

Druk bezig met de laatste puntjes op de i voor de @publicspaces conferentie. Tussendoor ook nog even de #doeidag stickers besteld. Ben super benieuwd hoe ze er in het "echt" uit zien. Ik zal een klein stapeltje meenemen naar de PublicSpaces conferentie, dus mocht je een sticker willen...

In the olden days, we curated the Web for each other, sharing our bookmarks with identifying tags. I wrote about social bookmarking in 2017. I just looked over it for the first time in years.. A few of the tags that lead to hundreds of bookmarks each: #onlinecommunity Online Facilitation […]

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116651733534611734 It's great that the European Commission take another #DSA non-compliance decision. There is so much infringement of the law out there, this is very necessary. But a 200m EUR fine is laughable. That's worth less than a few […]

💡 Why is archiving web pages only a kludge, and why do we need forkable, git-style architecture for websites? 📹 Watch @brewsterkahle share his vision at the DWeb Meetup at @cbase, and come to discuss it with him at #dwebcamp on July 8–12! […]

RE: https://social.publicspaces.net/@publicspaces/116619084584111675 Who will join me at @publicspaces #pubconf2026 this year?

I can't explain how excited I am to be able to speak with @[email protected] tomorrow, May 27th at 14:00 US Eastern time (UTC-4). If you don't know Evan, he is co-editor of ActivityPub, the W3C standard for decentralized social networking used by platforms such […] [Original post on btfree.social]

So. At the @EUMANS' Civic AI Webinar, we made the case for a European Social Stack. Check it out! “The fight for open digital infrastructure isn't a technical debate —it's a fight over power. Every time a European posts online, value flows to a handful of mostly non-European platforms. The tech […]

Why not tonight... Wed 20 May, 18:30 CET? "Is there an Alternative to Big Tech?" A message about how we wanna Shape our Digital Commons. —Shaken & Stirred btw ;) —Your Bartenders: @RookieNerd & @zzepposs Tune in! Grab a drink, enjoy the talk, & dive in the discussion! Register here […]

Currently checking out activitypub.academy/ . It's an emphemeral #Mastodon instance that can show you #ActivityPub#Mastodonflows. This is so cool! 😁 Anyone know how makes or manages this? It says it's administered by @[email protected] , but I don't think that's active. Maybe it's […]

@[email protected] any chance we can get a federated calendar of events for the Events page? fediforum.org/events/ There's Mobilizon and Gancio that I know of right now. I'd love to be able to get notifications for this. I konw a million things to do, and not enough time. 😊 But it's […]

Tonight 20:00 #utrecht Public Library Why the current internet sucks. Media scholar Michael Stevenson (UvA) looks back at the web’s utopian ideals. #socialmedia researcher Catalina Goanta (UU) examines how influencer culture and platform economies have reshaped our identities & attention […]

Als je net als ik moeite had het rapport vh Commissariaat vd Media ‘Naar democratisch gezonde feeds’ te vinden omdat de meeste nieuwsmedia het niet linken...dan bij deze: https://www.cvdm.nl/nieuws/nieuw-rapport-commissariaat-naar-democratisch-gezonde-feeds/ Met dank aan nu.nl die de […]

Wow! Two days, lots of post-its, one bakfiets, and a sailing ship in the background. The #fedivariety #NOAW #unconference brought together #PublicInstitutions and #fediverse enthusiasts in #amsterdam for #open conversations, shared #roadmaps, and the start of a real #community ! What a crowd! […]

Thanks to everyone who attended the #NOAW unconference, & @manfredzielinski & @douwe from the @gemeenteamsterdam for all their support! It was a pleasure to be a harbour for a great variety of space ships in the #fediverse Main takeaway: We ALL want to see […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ohyes.. Before we forget it.. At #FOSDEM, we attended a workshop on the European Social Web organised by @evan#fosdemof @SocialWebFoundation. The group agreed that social sovereignty in Europe depends on interoperability, decentralisation, open standards, and open source. A vision paper is in progress […]

Thanks so much to @TechSoup and @vandergiessen.ca for inviting me to present a live webinar yesterday about our work at @newsmast We had a full house and lots of engagement! It was a pleasure watching the lightbulbs going off in people’s heads. We can make change, creating new digital homes […]

My latest blog post in the "Million Fediverses" series: https://jaz.co.uk/2026/05/12/there-are-a-million-fediverses-some-of-them-are-louder-than-others/

Arnold Schrijver (@smallcircles) just published a fairly long thinkpiece on the future of ActivityPub and the fediverse and how we could achieve a grassroots improvement of the standards. It's well worth a read! https://coding.social/blog/grassroots-evolution/#fediverse-tomorrow #activitypub […]

The #Fediverse now has its own link-in-bio, with new project FediProfile. Share links, collect badges, and own your online presence – no corporation in the middle. Maho Pacheco demo'd it last week at #FediForum. https://spectra.video/w/hBLR8YT3NrX1yEdjezToRh /cc @mapache#fediverse#fediforum@maho.dev

At #2MR our founder, @michael.eurosky.social, and Björn Staschen introduced the Hamburg Declaration - a shared set of principles, across protocols, focused on growing European social media alternatives. watch.2mr.social/w/mSkBvuNN2R... #EuropeanSocial #DigtialSovereignty