Neil BrownNew blogpost:
"Musings on 'digital sovereignty'"
I wanted to jot down some of my thoughts, before I forgot them.
The more I think about it, the less clear the whole thing seems...
https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/03/musings-on-digital-sovereignty/
advokatt@neil i've written some pieces about this in norwegian, from the perspective of a state's digital sovereignty and free software as a component to contribute to more digital sovereignty, i.e. more own control -- and less of others' control -- on the state's digital infra. and that is a spectrum.
the entire country of norway runs on #microslop, and a lot runs in the "cloud", so there's a lot to do.
but costs and knowledge and costs to obtain and maintain knowledge are there.
Chaddicus@wombatpandaa @neil maybe not replacing #microslop entirely, but introducing some more diversity. i often hear people discussion e.g. #nextcloud. so there's hope