Action Jay 🐾 
Friends over at @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty are keeping track of governments that ditch Twitter. Check out the roundup and feel proud and/or shame depending on where you live https://elbowsupdigital.ca/news/governments-that-have-left-x/
ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereigntyRunning down the rest of the country shows some progress in Ontario, but only a little progress elsewhere.
Ontario:
- Whitby
- Cambridge
- St. Catharines, Ontario
Quebec:
New Brunswick:
- New Brunswick Provincial Government
Prince Edward Island:
Nova Scotia:
- Halifax
Newfoundland and Labrador:
- St. John's
- Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries
National/Federal:
- Supreme Court of Canada
#MastoCanadaGOV
https://globalnews.ca/news/11654700/new-brunswick-leaving-x-premier-says-concerns-about-it-deeply-troubling/
RE: https://kamloops.social/@fname/116214063829840335
Bouncing on this idea and had the thought, what if municipal Mastodon instances were run by your local libraries? Hardware and hosting by the provincial consortium and then local admin duties shared by staff?
To pitch it you'd probably need a fully priced out setup guide and a bit of training ready to go out the gate.
Hey Saskapeeps!
We want to convince politicians and governments at all levels to get their asses over on the fediverse, yeah?
One other step will be to prove to them that we're here waiting for em.
Tag yourself and your faves, get listed on @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty 's follow list builder!
I signed, and so can you!
This is a step, proving there's a want for municipalities to consider open social media in their communications. Should be easy enough to repeat on a town by town basis and see if traction can translate to larger cities. Let's do this!
Similarily, here's my city of Saskatoon's chosen platforms for essential dispatches. Yelling into the void while a good bunch of their potential audience is over here 🤷♂️
https://www.saskatoon.ca/services-residents/connect-your-city/contact-us-social-media
Working on a spreadsheet, because I'm that kind of a nerd. Would you look at all these essential city services and information channels that rely on american oligarch owned platforms? Anyone in Regina feeling a little ignored by your city?
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Teaser:
This #Plushtodon, a recent immigrant to Canada, is checking out our Mastodon feed. How did they get my password?
They are excitedly looking for updates on how our community is convincing politicians to dump U.S. based social media and join the #Fediverse. It's almost like they have a vested interest in your activities and efforts. Hmm....
#MastodonCanada #MastoCanadaGOV #DigitalSovereignty #Technology
I really, really wish my friends in the #SaskNDP were posting these to open social networks. Jordan McPhail does such a great job here but it is, like, physically painful to click through to Facebook to watch it
2.5K views · 41 reactions | Help me solve the puzzle... Why won't the SaskParty debate our bills on the floor of the legislature?? Let's recap this week in the Sask Legislature. #skpoli #SaskNDP #TimeForChange #SaskParty | Jordan McPhail
Help me solve the puzzle... Why won't the SaskParty debate our bills on the floor of the legislature?? Let's recap this week in the Sask Legislature. #skpoli #SaskNDP #TimeForChange #SaskParty
Over the course of today, at a leisurely rate, I think we'll do a roundup of European efforts regarding #DigitalSovereignty and #DigitalIndependance. Europe and Canada have both struggled with this issue, but it's fair to say our allies across the Atlantic have been far more progressive and Digital Sovereignty has far more awareness with citizens and individual governments.