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The UK needs to break the cycle of dependency on Big Tech ⛓️💥
Proprietary systems, secret code and punishing exit fees mean we're out of pocket and out of control.
The legacy is one of failure over strategic investment. That's why we need Digital Sovereignty now.
ORG's @jim explains.
Watch now ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/mSyuUv2AtZvx3ieFLLgvAE
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Here's the call to action @newsmast
is taking to @publicspaces:
Make connected community spaces our mission for the year ahead.
Community building is hard. Connected community building is harder. But it's worth it.
For technologists: add this alongside your building. For policy people: let's talk. For marketers and content makers: let's band together. For community builders: we need your help.
Heading to PublicSpaces? Come find us.
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The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty.
We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society.
Here’s our full statement: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/europes-new-tech-strategy-puts-open-source-front-and-centre/
#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenWeb #DigitalSovereignty
The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty.
We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society.
Here’s our full statement: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/europes-new-tech-strategy-puts-open-source-front-and-centre/
#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenWeb #DigitalSovereignty
Here's the call to action @newsmast
is taking to @publicspaces:
Make connected community spaces our mission for the year ahead.
Community building is hard. Connected community building is harder. But it's worth it.
For technologists: add this alongside your building. For policy people: let's talk. For marketers and content makers: let's band together. For community builders: we need your help.
Heading to PublicSpaces? Come find us.
Happy Pride Month!
With a number of LGBTQ+ people on the team here at the Newsmast Foundation, #Pride is very close to our hearts.
But, we know that for many people Pride doesn't look like a parade or a party. For some, it's a quiet moment at home, a chance to reflect, to hold loved ones closer, to think of those who threw the first rocks.
Pride is a celebration. Pride is a protest. Pride is hope for all the #LGBTQ+ people across the world who aren't yet able to live freely.
@newsmast@backend.newsmast.org hey, can y'all exclude me from your auto-repost feeds? really not fun getting involuntarily opted into bot activity like that
Done! Have good day 🙂
📢 “What are Community Feeds? Why has my post been boosted?”
You make a post, add a hashtag, and it’s immediately boosted by one of our Community Feeds - plus you get a notification. What’s going on?
We’re Newsmast and we’re all about knowledge sharing. We’ve built topical Communities, spaces that anyone can dip in and out of to get involved in the things they care about. Communities combine and curate posts from all over the Fediverse into an easy to access single source.
@newsmast@backend.newsmast.org hey, can y'all exclude me from your auto-repost feeds? really not fun getting involuntarily opted into bot activity like that
We're almost halfway through 2026 🤯
This year has already seen an increase in challenges for the Social Web, but particularly with moderation.
Many of the servers we use are moderated by normal people who aren't getting paid. They're being informed and educated by @iftas - an organisation that's leading the way on Social Web moderation, but who still aren't getting paid anywhere near enough!
As we go into June, please consider donating to IFTAS to help keep your instance and your neighbours instance safe.
Shipped and live now: Inbound MOVE handling for ActivityPub in Ghost
So if an account you're following moves somewhere new, Ghost will automatically drop the old account handle and follow the new one.
This is pt2 of adding migration support.
Pt1 was migrating external socialweb profiles into Ghost. Pt3 will be adding outbound migration to move socialweb profile out of Ghost.
Great news, congrats! 🥳
Shipped and live now: Inbound MOVE handling for ActivityPub in Ghost
So if an account you're following moves somewhere new, Ghost will automatically drop the old account handle and follow the new one.
This is pt2 of adding migration support.
Pt1 was migrating external socialweb profiles into Ghost. Pt3 will be adding outbound migration to move socialweb profile out of Ghost.
The UK needs to break the cycle of dependency on Big Tech ⛓️💥
Proprietary systems, secret code and punishing exit fees mean we're out of pocket and out of control.
The legacy is one of failure over strategic investment. That's why we need Digital Sovereignty now.
ORG's @jim explains.
Watch now ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/mSyuUv2AtZvx3ieFLLgvAE
We're heading to the @publicspaces conference!
This year, the theme will be Technology for Democracy, something we've been shouting about for a while now 📣
Alongside the conference, we're looking forward to the first Open Social Awards. We've got our fingers crossed that the judging panel will see the value in the work we do 🤞
If you're coming along, let us know! We're hosting a party after the Open Social Awards and we'd love to celebrate the Social Web with you there 🥳 🪩
We're heading to the @publicspaces conference!
This year, the theme will be Technology for Democracy, something we've been shouting about for a while now 📣
Alongside the conference, we're looking forward to the first Open Social Awards. We've got our fingers crossed that the judging panel will see the value in the work we do 🤞
If you're coming along, let us know! We're hosting a party after the Open Social Awards and we'd love to celebrate the Social Web with you there 🥳 🪩
Dr Keith Wilson 💭
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Anyone else in the fediverse who does fieldwork in #linguistics ? #languages #language #indigenouslanguages #minoritylanguages (if you have suggestions for hashtags that will help me find other field linguists, please add them in a comment to this toot)
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In 1965 <null> was invented. This has made a lot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad idea.
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I wonder how Americans feel about turning the White House into a military complex. This is authoritarianism in plain sight. #Trumpland #USFascism #IdiotKingDonald www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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