I just visited the website of the European Data Protection Supervisor @EDPS and noticed that they have a @Mastodon icon / link in their social media navigation bar in the upper right side of the screen.

This is simply AMAZING!!!

Thank you so much for being here on the #fediverse and for raising awareness about it with your website visitors ❤️

@EUCommission can you please be next? I argued for this in my latest article: https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/

#progress #GoodNews #TheFutureIsFederated

📝 New post 🚀

"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/

mentioning @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission

#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #RSS #SocialWeb

Dear Fedi friends,

Thank you for all the boosts of my message about the poll by the test instance of the French Ministry of Culture... 493 boosts so far... and many entries. I'm really grateful for your help 🙏

🔗 : https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116176941679791513

It makes me really happy to see so much interest and enthusiasm for this initiative... and I hope it will be replicated in many countries around the world.

#TheFutureIsFederated

So, ditching Google is a gargantuan project - it's insidious - and I'm finding a lot of sites are making it difficult for me to change my email address from the gmail one.

Wondering if I shouldn't just abandon some of these sites and start afresh!

#digitalsovereignty #thefutureisfederated #deGoogle

My experience of the #fediverse :

Year 1 (2023):
It feels a little lonely as 99% of my friends stayed on Big Tech platforms.

Year 2 (2024):
I start a blog - #TheFutureIsFederated - to explain the fediverse to "normies"... and I make a lot of new (techie) friends.

Year 3 (2025):
My techie friends encourage me to start self-hosting with #YunoHost... and I do! (GoToSocial, PeerTube, NextCloud...) I LOVE it.

Year 4 (2026):
I plan to buy a Heltec to try out off-grid mesh radio communication 💁‍♀️

 I #DIDit

Today I published my very last post on Instagram!

It took me some time to prepare this sad moment, but I am happy it's here now.

I shared @_elena great introduction video and wrote in the captions about how the Fediverse is such great place for creatives, artists, hobbyists, tinkerer, writer, art lovers, photographers, blogger, nerds and just everybody. And how one can find interesting people to talk to, original artworks, diverse communities and discover great music and journalism... and all this without annoying ads or stupid algorithms.  

💪 I've even (hello non tech person here!) made a little website for my friends with some info and links to help them switch to the Fediverse.

#TheFutureIsFederated 💜  

#DiDay #DID #DigitalIndependenceDay ##GlobalSwitchDay #DigitalSovereignty #DUTgemacht

Frau @alexandrageese und Frau #VeronikaCifrováOstrihoňová,

es gibt eine #Europäische alternative und die nennt sich #Mastodon!

#Eurosky und #W sind KEINE alternativen zu den schon vorhanden Netzwerken...
#TheFutureisFederated
https://www.zeit.de/digital/2026-01/eu-abgeordnete-kommission-offener-brief-europaeischs-netzwerk-grok-alexandra-geese

Coletivo Ação Libertária também está no Fediverso...

@acaolibertaria

#vemproFediverso #thefutureIsFederated