Mastodawn

Well, maybe there's hope after all: https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/14/datacentre-boom-is-uk-ai-bubble-about-to-burst

Invisible datacentres and capricious chips: is UK’s AI bubble about to burst?

Datacentre investment boom is one of the biggest infrastructure gambles of this era, and Britain may be uniquely exposed

The Guardian

Guilherme Rios 3d ago

OpenForum Europe 3d ago

The Municipality of Amsterdam launched its “Multiyear Digital Autonomy Strategy (2026–2035)”, aiming to reduce dependence on large technology companies for digital services and achieve full digital autonomy by 2035.

This article from the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory (OSOR), examines Amsterdam’s initiative.

Read the full article: https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/amsterdam-chooses-open-source

Guilherme Rios 5d ago

Michael Downey 🧢6d ago

🇺🇳 After reaching the incredible escape velocity needed to get it off the ground, our UN Open Source website is finally live in its first iteration. Much more to come for this resource.

https://opensource.un.org

#UN #UnitedNations #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware

Guilherme Rios Jan 16

Henna Virkkunen Jan 15

With the SAFE initiative, we are building our defence readiness at record speed.

The Commission submitted a proposal to the Council to approve financial assistance for Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Portugal and Romania.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_111

Guilherme Rios Jan 14

Metin Seven 🎨Jan 14

Want to move from US-based apps and services to Europe-based ones?

Useful links…

https://european-alternatives.eu

https://euroalternative.co

https://www.switch-to.eu/en

https://www.goeuropean.org

https://eutechmap.com/map

https://www.eupedia.com/forum/threads/%F0%9F%87%AA%F0%9F%87%BA-european-alternatives-to-american-apps.46070

https://www.privacytools.io

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools

https://eurotechguide.com

https://switching.software

https://codeberg.org/ADHDefy/delightful-creative-tools

Big freeware / open source list:
https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/3tPYpALSRBVZ5od-0YfEKp+l

#EU #europe #USA #apps #software #tech #tips #FreeSoftware #free #FOSS #OpenSource

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Guilherme Rios Jan 12

FediFollows Jan 11

🇪🇺 European Union official accounts to follow:

➡️ @EUCommission - European Commission, executive body of the EU
➡️ @Curia (English) & @Curia_fr (French) - Court of Justice of the EU
➡️ @EC_NGI - Funding free open online projects including Mastodon etc
➡️ @EC_OSPO - Initiative to transition EU to free open software
➡️ @REA - Funding body for research & innovation
➡️ @EC_DIGIT - Handles IT in the European Commission
➡️ @IHIEurope - EU public-private partnership funding health research

Guilherme Rios Jan 11

Florian Jan 11

I finally found the time to write a new blog article - and also move it over to a new instance, using #ghost

https://blog.floriank.dev/the-joys-of-a-home-lab/

The joys of a home lab

In my "return to blogging" post I examine the steps to build a basic home server which I can use as a lab as well as some musings about what services from the US which we use in the EU and what alternatives might exist on the horizon.

Notes from the Ground

Guilherme Rios Dec 18

Zentrum Digitale Souveränität Dec 17

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an das Land Berlin zu seiner Open-Source-Strategie 🎉

Das Land Berlin hat eine eigene Open-Source-Strategie beschlossen. Nach Gründung des eigenen Open-Source-Kompetenzzentrums ist das der nächste konsequente Schritt in Richtung Digitaler Souveränität. Mit Schleswig-Holstein und Thüringen ist Berlin nun das dritte Land, das seine digitale Infrastruktur auf offenen Standards aufbauen will.

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