this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive.

when you’re inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn’t.

Excited to announce that the @EUCommission has updated it's follow buttons on the website footer!
What's that first platform there? Could that be #Mastodon?
And where did the link to #X go?
All the posts and comments here on Mastodon calling for this, trust me we read them!

#SocialMedia #EU #EuropeanCommission #FollowUs

One of my biggest regrets from the past few years was losing the habit of reading books. All the usual excuses: child to look after, too tired, not enough time…

I didn’t read a ton, but I had an average of 30 books a year. Last year I must have read 6. This year in early April I was at 0… and the realization shook me to my core.

Something had to be done.

I found out about KOreader and SimpleUI - having on an e-reader homepage a bar with reading stats would be an incredible motivator… I thought.

Jailbroke my #Kindle, installed #KOreader and #SimpleUI. And 18 days later I have… an 18 day reading streak and I’m averaging 43 minutes of reading time per day. I’m just so happy! 😊

(Unrelated but #Technofeudalism is REALLY GOOD - off to go resume reading it for another 20 minutes or so).

#books #reading #habits #KindleJailbreak

The @EUCommission published its first #DMA review on April 28.

We welcome that the EC has recognised our calls for greater transparency and accountability in the enforcement process. This is a step in the right direction.

We also welcome the recognition that #interoperability by design is important for fair digital markets.

#Heliboard is gathering gesture typing data, so that we can implement a #FOSS alternative to the closed gesture typing library Heliboard currently relies on. The data we collect will be released under the CC BY-SA 4.0

I also made a video including details & instructions.

Boosts Please! The greater the diversity of people & languages in the data, the better we can test for correctness.

PT: https://makertube.net/w/cQECfDkuLGR9eUQquUEo4K

YT: https://youtu.be/CyjumVTWtJA

Text (instructions only):
https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard/wiki/Tutorial:-How-to-Contribute-Gesture-Data

"Free" in English is almost a double entendre when it comes to software. While we know what F in #FOSS means, we need to reach users out there who don't. #FLOSS was created so the focus is moved from monetary value back to "freedom".

Software is not created in a void, it takes contributor time and attention to be able to maintain, update and improve it.

The #OTF grant allowed #FDroid to explore how to get sustainable funding and report our findings to all.

Read more: https://f-droid.org/2026/04/20/exploring-sustainable-funding.html

75 years ago, the path to the European Union began. 🇪🇺

On 18 April 1951, the Treaty of Paris was signed, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.

🇧🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹🇩🇪🇳🇱🇱🇺 joined forces to build a shared market, choosing cooperation over conflict.

Born from the desire for peace and a united Europe after WWII, this treaty laid the foundation for the Union we know today.

If it’s funded with public money, it should be public code.

That means guaranteeing the 4 freedoms:
🔓 Use the code
🔍 Study how it works
✏️ Modify it
🔁 Share it

Do you agree?
✍️ Sign the open letter
📢 Share it with your network
🏛️ Call on decision-makers to invest in public code

💻 https://publiccode.eu

#PublicCode #DigitalSovereignty #FreeSoftware