RE: https://eupolicy.social/@hpod16/116538344713848285
That is very good news!
@hpod16 many thanks for posting!
CC @rstockm nice example of the +1 strategy!
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial]3d agoPluralistic: The three armies fighting for the post-American world (05 May 2026)
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EU waves through open source age-check tool to keep kids safe online
This extract reminds me so much of Trump:
> FAUST
> […]
> Who art thou, then?
>
> MEPHISTOPHELES
> Part of that Power, not understood,
> Which always wills the Bad, and always works the Good.
>
> FAUST
> What hidden sense in this enigma lies?
>
> MEPHISTOPHELES
> I am the Spirit that Denies!
> […]
Source: "Faust, Part One" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust,_Part_One
Trump's actions provoke backlashes, e.g. his actions against Europe / the EU made many governments and governmental institutions rethink their dependence on US software and services. France is switching to Linux, there are EuroStack, ZenDiS (with openDesk and openCode), …
#Trump #Goethe #Faust #Mephisto #Mephistopheles #Europe #EU #digitalsovereignty #EuroStack #ZenDiS #openDesk #Linux
Sovereign Tech Agency Launches New Initiative To Help Open Standards
>Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency (Sovereign Tech Fund) has provided critical financial resources to open-source software projects and maintainers the past several years. This has proven to be an incredible effort and today they announced their newest initiative as the Sovereign Tech Standards. > >Sovereign Tech Standards aims to support open-source maintainers working on open standards and improving interoperability. Sovereign Tech Standards covers standards via the IETF, W3C, and ISO.
The EU Seeks to Break Its Dependence on Visa, Mastercard Rails
There is an urgent need to push (ideal decentralized) secure communication technologies these days!!! 🔐
Nice overview here: https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/116443359149046046
In der Messenger-Matrix war die Verschlüsselung von TeleGuard von Beginn an »rot« - hauptsächlich daher, weil man die Versprechen aufgrund von Closed Source nicht prüfen kann. https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix.html /kuk
Europa zahlt 148 Milliarden Euro jährlich für digitale Infrastruktur, die nicht europäischem Recht unterliegt.
96% der deutschen Bundesbehörden. Ein Anbieter. Kein Backup-Plan — bis März 2026.
Der IT-Planungsrat hat entschieden: Deutschland-Stack ist jetzt verbindlich. Frankreich sperrt Teams und Zoom für 2,5 Millionen Beamte.
Dossier:🔗 1lr.de/stack
#DeutschlandStack #DigitaleSouveränität #openDesk #EuroStack #Fediverse #OpenSource #Verwaltung #FreieSoftware #Europas
Europa lleva años anunciando su independencia digital mientras firma contratos millonarios con los mismos proveedores que dice querer sustituir. Revisamos propuestas como EUCS, Gaia-X, EuroHPC y las iniciativas que funcionan (y las que no) para tratar de entender en qué punto se encuentra realmente la soberanía digital europea.
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