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Did you know that the European Union had an official Mastodon instance where only official EU institutions could open an account?

https://social.network.europa.eu/explore

No need to pay for a blue checkmark, accounts on this instance are, by definition, officials.

That’s Fediverse done right!

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Nov 2, 2022 at 2:55pmWeb
Show threadJustinas DūdėnasNov 2, 2022
@ploum has, in present tense
Show threadTrinsec @QotoNov 3, 2022
@dudenas @ploum Thanks, that bugged me too.
Show threadploumNov 3, 2022

@dudenas : sorry about that, that was only a typo (s and d are close on my Bépo keyboard) and it sadly changed the meaning.

It was obviously intended to be in present tense.

Show threadChris. R. 🎧🎼☕🍍Nov 4, 2022
@dudenas @ploum fortunately we do have an edit button here :-)
Show threaddotmatrixNov 3, 2022
@ploum I'm so bummed (but not surprised), that the ECHA does not have an account yet. Their information strategy is atrocious. Recently shut down a critical API and only announced the date to the members of ... *drumroll* ... a closed LinkedIn group.
Show threadAntalNov 3, 2022

@ploum Seems still to be active.

So not ‘had’, but ‘has’.
Right?

Show threadploumNov 3, 2022
@antal : yes, an unfortunate typo
Show threadAustin Kocher, PhD 🌎Nov 3, 2022
@ploum See, now that’s really cool.
Show threadEth4nZNov 3, 2022
@ploum that's sick
Show threadnichtsicherNov 3, 2022

@ploum "had"? So they moved to twitter? 🙈

(wouldn't be surprised)

Show threadploumNov 3, 2022
@nichtsicher : no, it’s a very unfortunate typo. I mean "has" in present tense.
Show thread@[email protected]Nov 3, 2022
@ploum Also makes it very easy to know who to block and/or bully.
Show threadheineNov 3, 2022

@ploum German Government Organizations can found at https://social.bund.de/explore

That's so awesome :)

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Show threadploumNov 3, 2022
@heine : that’s nice! German are always one step beyond when it comes to free software ;-)
Show threadNils WeisenseeNov 3, 2022
@ploum And because it's the EU, they created the longest and most unwieldy sub-subdomain to host it, just to make sure only true bureaucrats bother typing it out ;)
Show threadploumNov 3, 2022

@nw : that’s part of the european joke ;-)

https://ploum.net/the-european-joke/

The Official European Joke | ploum.net

Show threadMartin Fitzpatrick Nov 3, 2022
@nw @ploum and it moves to a different domain for 4 days in each month.
Show threadMarci HarrisNov 3, 2022

@ploum

cc #congress nerds
Anyone know of any US MoCs who have Mastodon accounts?

Show threadSimon DückertNov 3, 2022
@ploum they also have a peertube instance for videos: https://tube.network.europa.eu/videos/recently-added?s=1
EU Video

EU Video is the official ActivityPub video platform of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs). Together with EU Voice, it is part of an alternative social media pilot program proposed, and provided by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). The pilot program contributes to the European Union’s strategy for data and digital sovereignty that aims to foster Europe’s independence in the digital world.

Show threadStephNov 3, 2022
@ploum Wow. I hope this is just the beginning!
Show threadConductiveInsulationNov 4, 2022
@ploum does anyone here know how to save posts for future reference? Don't want to follow all of them but it could be useful to look them up sometimes.
Show threadTijs Teulings 🦑Nov 4, 2022
@ploum had or has?
Show threadwhonose123Nov 4, 2022
@ploum That is just fascinating.. Thanks
Show threadCiourte PiailleNov 6, 2022
@ploum Est-ce qu'un jour on verra une telle chose sur un site gouvernemental français ? Non ! (malheureusement 😅).