🚀 Exciting to see the Swedish govt 🇸🇪 demonstrating what #DigitalSovereignty looks like! Försäkringskassan and Trafikverket have leveraged Matrix’s interoperability and showcased seamless comms while using respectively @element and Rocket.Chat!

💡 eSam, the digitalization working group “has the intention to recommend the public sector to establish the Matrix as a common standard"!

➡️ Learn all about it here: https://www.esamverka.se/aktuellt/nyheter/nyheter/2026-05-22-federation-i-praktiken---nu-kopplas-myndigheters-chattar-ihop.html

capitalists: "without a profit motive, nobody would do anything. society would collapse."

my friends & acquaintances: "I implemented a SPARC emulator in pure CSS"

So why do builders install fire safety systems?

I'll give you a hint: it isn't because they feel a strong need to protect you and your possessions from burning. When you figure that out, apply the same logic to this question: why don't online companies provide really strong security and privacy? I have some thoughts on that topic, and I'll encourage you to follow the link and read them.

https://www.between-two-firewalls.com/why-do-builders-install-fire-safety-systems/

#Cybersecurity
#Privacy

Today, we hit the streets with a major "And Then?" campaign in the UK, despite having faced strong opposition.

First, our TV ad "And Then?" was banned on British television.

And then, the outdoor ad campaign meant to criticise the TV ban was largely halted.

Here, you can watch the banned ads and explore the entire campaign.

https://mullvad.net/and-then/uk

25 years ago today, Bad_CRC posted the primordial meme video "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" on Newgrounds.

In honor of this important anniversary, I downloaded the original Flash SWF file from Internet Archive, played it using Ruffle in a full-screen window, and replaced the audio with the original MP3 of "Invasion of the Gabber Robots" by The Laziest Men on Mars. So this is probably the highest fidelity encoding possible, without going back to the original forum GIFs.
https://jwz.org/b/yk3i