Felix Hlatky

@mellifluousbox
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‪🚨 Save the date:
I will be speaking about @offene_netzwerke at Digital Humanism Conference on the 26th of June in #Vienna

@katjamat is moderating our #dighum26 panel on "Sustaining Digital Commons. The future of open knowledge stewardship" together with @mellifluousbox , Claudia Garád @WikimediaAT & @festal

Come and join us!
🔗 https://dighum.wien/

#digitalcommons #openknowledge #wikimedia #mastodon #fediverse #mastodon #stewardship #open #digitalhumanities

We are proud to announce that IFTAS is an organisational signatory on the European Social Stack Declaration.

IFTAS is dedicated to fostering safe, resilient, and thriving online communities, and we stand alongside the other signatories in supporting a Social Web built on shared values, vision, and voice.

We invite like-minded individuals and organisations to join us. Add your signature and support the initiative at https://european.social/

Let's continue building #BetterSocial together!

The European Social Stack — An open declaration

I suggest to check out this link to everyone interested in the fascinating intersection of art, politics, and technology at the Vienna Festival:

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/jun/07/milo-rau-turned-tribunals-into-theatre-now-his-own-moral-judgement-is-on-trial

Milo Rau turned tribunals into theatre. Now his own moral judgement is on trial

The Swiss director has staged court cases against Pussy Riot, mining companies in Congo and Gisèle Pelicot’s abusers. But after his invitation to tech billionaire Peter Thiel caused a scandal in Vienna, is Rau’s method eating itself?

The Guardian

ICYMI here is the excerpt from a powerful talk by @anneapplebaum I attended three weeks ago.

"We can fight back, not just by talking but by building. We can begin to collaborate on the construction of alternative technologies that would suit not just Europe but the entire democratic world. So instead of getting our information from platforms that are designed to divide and exploit us, we could found and fund new companies. We could change the rules that govern them."

https://www.youtube.com/live/WEnUruup9YQ?si=uApJdF6-Jza1aG5H&t=2192

A Speech to Europe 2026 by Anne Applebaum

YouTube
After individually meeting @rose.bsky.team in April and @seboslaw in May, it felt great to meet both again with @rude1.blacksky.team at #pubconf2026 This is still a competitive situation. Our protocols and the incentives they create matter. Our backgrounds influence what we build. Our financing models bind and enable us. But I felt all of us belonging to "Team Open" very strongly in Amsterdam. I am excited to see where this will bring us and what we can do together.

Stronger together.
Watch out, Big Tech.

https://european.social

#SaveSocial

The European Social Stack — An open declaration

We are mingling at @publicspaces

Look for @tommi if you want to chat or if you have questions/ideas about DWeb Camp (actually, ¾ of the Open Social Web track speakers are here) 💕

#Amsterdam #DWeb #DWebCamp #PublicSpaces #Technology #TechnologyForDemocracy

Who made this illustration? I'd like to use it for a talk about the fediverse I'm asked to hold in two weeks. Please RT. =)

I dunno, *can* we build #European alternatives to #Facebook and co?
The #EU community managers are at it again with promoting the EU instance on #Mastodon!

PS: the community management team (that's my team) are up for an award. Any chance you'd give us a vote? Project 32 on this link: https://enonet.eu/survey/index.php/227332?lang=en