@BjornW@mastodon.social

Just donated to @peertube.

If you'd like PeerTube the ability to livestream and have the means, please donate to their fundraising campaign as well.

The campaign is running for another 33hrs, but I'm sure @Framasoft doesn't mind if you continue to support them with donations after this period :)

https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/

#PeerTube #BigTech #OpenSource #Tech #PublicValues #DigitalSovereignty #Fediverse

Looking forward to seeing @bjoernsta @_elena @andypiper @babetteknauer @wendyhk @lavaeolus @aikvaneemeren @RonaldHuizer @bert_hubert @manfredzielinski @tsongloong @wlaatje @Jurjenvdb @cubicgarden and many more including **you** at the @publicspaces conference in Amsterdam tomorrow!

For more info:
https://conference.publicspaces.net/

See you all tomorrow!

#PubConf2025 #PubConf #NL #Fediverse #OpenSource #Tech #TechPolicy #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech #PublicValues

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Wie o wie kan een stuk schrijven in reactie op dit artikel in de NRC:

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/04/25/autoriteit-persoonsgegevens-burgers-hebben-nu-nog-de-keuze-om-nee-te-zeggen-tegen-meta-a4891182

🤔 Waarom?

😤 Het is van de pot gerukt dat de AP de verantwoordelijkheid bij burgers legt om te te voorkomen dat hun gegevens door Meta worden misbruikt!

Het heeft ook weinig zin.

🤯 Als iemand jou fotografeert, terwijl je geen Meta gebruiker bent & dus geen bezwaar kan maken (hoezo opt-out?) dan kan Meta nog steeds je foto misbruiken.

@bitsoffreedom
@waag
@marleenstikker
@publicspaces
@acm

Ik zit dit te kijken:
https://debatdirect.tweedekamer.nl/2025-04-23/digitale-zaken/thorbeckezaal/digitaliserende-overheid-15-00/video

Verbaas me over het 'paling in een emmer met snot' gewiebel van dhr Buijsse om te pogen dat wat krom is recht te praten.

De VVD lijkt willens en wetens niet de benodigde stappen te willen nemen om digitale autonomie te waarborgen.

Ondanks meerdere pogingen van andere Kamerleden om hem hierin mee te krijgen.

Opmerkelijk. Wiens belang dient de VVD?

#DigitaleZaken #Politiek #OpenSource #Privacy

Had to leave @librewolf Matrix group due to it getting spammed & people participating in this group getting invite spam including myself.

Apparently there is no option to counter this in @element or in the @matrix specs? Maybe it could be a bit less annoying if the room was invite only?

Anyways, I'm not willing to deal with this abuse & my only option was to leave this room for now. Pretty sad & angry about this type of behaviour still happening.

#Spam #Abuse #Matrix #OpenSource

Well, that was quick!

I wrote about about my disappointment with @mozillaofficial changes:

https://mastodon.social/@BjornW/114032743031437841

Seems they were just starting 🙄

Read
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-terms-of-use/

Check
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/#notice

Consider other Open Source apps you may use: aren't you sad that these lack ToS & Privacy legalese?

My advise: move away from Mozilla.

They have lost my trust.

1/N

#Tech #OpenSource #Mozilla #FireFox #Privacy #Surveillance #Security #CyberSecurity

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Today is #ILoveFS Day!

https://ilovefs.org

It is the day to appreciate all the people involved in #FreeSoftware & #OpenSource.

Not just developers & maintainers, but also designers, translators, documentation contributors etc

Personally I'd like thank:
@AntennaPod @inkscape @libreoffice @openstreetmap
@omgubuntu
@joplinapp
@LineageOS
@openandroidinstaller
@GIMP
@Mastodon
@thunderbird
@Wikipedia

Thank you all for your work! It is much appreciated!

#Commons #Volunteers #Tech

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Hi @andypiper, great to have met you at Open Forum. We spoke about PublicSpaces.net & Fediscovery. Hopefully I may convince PublicSpaces to invite you for the PublicSpaces Conference. Let's stay in touch, & perhaps we'll bump into each other at Fosdem again.

Paid my overdue dues @Codeberg.
It's a non-profit association in Germany providing Open Source code hosting.

https://codeberg.org

When discussing the Commons, I'd point towards Codeberg & @MakerTube as examples of Commons based digital infrastructures.

If you're able to, please do not forget to donate to the people of your favourite FLOSS application or Commons based services before the end of the year. It's a good tradition I try to keep myself adhering to.

#OpenSource #Commons #Tech

Dutch public broadcasters umbrella organisation NPO ends their Mastodon experiment writes @Dylan: https://social.npo.nl/@Dylan/113555207155168681

The press announcement sadly lacks numbers:

https://npo.nl/innovatie/projecten/decentrale-sociale-media

So I've gathered some public-available info from social.npo.nl, the server used for this experiment:

https://cryptpad.fr/sheet/#/2/sheet/view/MY+JZgprswdNf9wPilxa1ZEBmtjI9NYg5sCX47fQ-Ac/

This might be useful for those interested in this experiment.

@bjoernsta
@sl007
@mho
@darius
@kissane

#NPO #Mastodon #Fediverse #Media #SocialMedia #FediForum

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