We made major strides for #StopKillingGames in @europarl_en today!

We'll publish our press conference (thanks to the European Pirates & @marketkag !) to YouTube shortly. Enjoy the hearing and Ross's words in the meantime:
https://youtu.be/oXcogLmxnJw?list=PLheQeINBJzWa6RmeCpWwu0KRHAidNFVTB
https://youtu.be/xSla5vfGi3A?list=PLheQeINBJzWa6RmeCpWwu0KRHAidNFVTB&t=129

Thank you all for your groundswell of enthusiasm! This would be impossible without you!

Note: The Parliament YouTube upload is incomplete at the start. Here is the complete stream in all EU languages: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/Committee-on-the-Internal-Market-and-Consumer-Protection-Ordinary-meeting-Committee-on-Legal-Affairs-Committee-on-Petitions-European-Citizens%E2%80%99-Initiative-%22Stop-destroying-videogames%22_20260416-1100-COMMITTEE-IMCO-JURI-PETI

"Moms Club is a documentary film investigating one of the most consequential battles shaping the future of the United States: the organized, well-funded effort to dismantle public education and weaponize LGBTQ+ rights as a political tool"

The filmmaker is seeking to crowdsource to complete this project bringing the #CNP into the light, support it if you can! (& boost pls)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-finish-moms-club-documentary

#TransRights #uspol #MomsClub #documentary #CouncilForNationalPolicy

Fediverse, can you please help me?
In family matters, I'm searching for Edward J. Garth.

Most likely US soldier stationed in Germany at the end of / after WWII.
Picture taken by a Wiesbaden photo studio, unknown date. Signature: "Will You Remember Edward J Garth".

Does anyone know this man? His heritage? His relatives?

Any hint, any boost (esp. to US), any forwarding to helpful people is highly appreciated. DM me anytime!

Thank you folks ❤️

#genealogy #helpneeded #fedipower

Extremely local post! If you're on the east side of #PDX and interested in farm fresh eggs delivered to your door every two weeks, message me. Our farm has a couple slots open for egg delivery. They are, without a doubt, the best eggs you can get anywhere, from the happiest chickens.

(This is kind of a test to see if Masto works for local posing.)

UPDATE 4/17: I think we're all full now, but feel free to ping me to get on the waitlist. Masto works!

Mastodon, I need your help! As more European countries and orgs look to ditch US technology and move to sovereign or open source alternatives, I'm trying to track these efforts.

So far, I've found more than half a dozen government agencies, cities, orgs, that are embracing digital sovereignty but want to hear about other examples that I've missed. Who else should I be adding to this?

Here's a list of what I have so far:

*Edit: This list is now on Proton Sheets, as I should have seen that coming*

https://docs.proton.me/sheet?mode=open-url&token=EG60KWHEDG&linkId=JnZzdChtiOV5FlG3GkJNcuUXn55S6jH59La_pFtdHaC-A0Fu0I5v4vbOrD6zTZUa-x6JD-qG-C7AGIhus3pnhw%3D%3D#7P2AL5m6PPzT

#digitalsovereignty #opensource #europe #tech

https://notinourname.org.uk/petition/not-in-our-name-women-in-support-of-the-trans-community/

It's the one-year anniversary of the anti-trans supreme court ruling today. If you're a cisgender woman, please read this open letter and sign. They have 200 sigs to go to get to their goal of 100,000 on the anniversary.

If you can't sign, like me, please share if you can 💜

#trans #petition

The PSF is looking for a PyPI Sustainability Engineer to join the team! This is a full time, 1-year contract (with the possibility of renewal), globally remote position. If you love #Python, care about open source, and want your work to matter at infrastructure scale–consider applying! Please boost this post and share with your colleagues and networks. #PyPI #Python

https://pythonsoftwarefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/xz5k3X31UQ/Sustainability-Engineer-PyPI
https://pythonsoftwarefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/xz5k3X31UQ/Sustainability-Engineer-PyPI

The little devil on my shoulder wants me to tell you about https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/copilot-flex-routing

Apparently #Microsoft is not able to get enough compute within EU datacenters to handle #Copilot requests.

Instead, it will do "Flex-Routing", which processes some requests in non-EU datacenters. This is Opt-Out. The only notification was an e-mail to Admins. If they missed that, companies might be leaking PII outside of the EU from tomorrow on.

Get your GDPR Nightmare letters ready!

Belgium seizes arms shipment sent from Britain to Israel
Brussels has banned aircraft carrying military equipment for Israel from stopping in the country or using its airspace
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/belgium-seizes-arms-shipment-sent-britain-israel

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
April 15, 2026

Two shipments from #Britain of #military components bound for #Israel have been seized in #Belgium, which has banned aircaft carrying military equipment for Israel from stopping in the country or using its airspace.

Last month, the British news website Declassified, Belgian NGO Vredesactie, Irish news website The Ditch, and the Palestinian Youth Movement alerted authorities in Brussels of a shipment travelling from Britain to Israel through #Liege airport.

The consignments left Britain on 23 March and were seized at Liege airport in Belgium on 24 March.

#SanctionIsrael
#StopStarvingGaza
#FreePalestine
#BlockTheBombs
#StopArmingIsrael
#AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #politics