A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @babetteknauer@mastodon.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @babetteknauer@mastodon.social Babette Knauer - #communications #MassMedia #library #academia #OpenScience #DigitalAutonomy #politics #PopCulture Working at the University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris she/her 16 April 2026 AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @babetteknauer@mastodon.social

#communications #MassMedia #library #academia #OpenScience #DigitalAutonomy #politics #PopCulture Working at the University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris […]

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The Digital Architect: How Mel (M.E.L.) Built a Lifeboat for the Sex Industry — Siya Mchunu Post by Siya Mchunu

@redefine.luxury
Meet the digital "Coyote" who hand-coded a lifeboat for an industry facing online erasure.
#DigitalAutonomy #OurSky
buymeacoffee.com/siyamchunu/the-digital-architect-how-mel-m-e-l-built-lifeboat-sex-industry

The Digital Architect: How Mel (M.E.L.) Built a Lifeboat for the Sex Industry In the sanitized, corporate history of the internet, the “disruptors” are usually men in hoodies in Palo Alto.

@redefine.luxury Meet the digital "Coyote" who hand-coded a lifeboat for an industry facing online erasure.
#DigitalAutonomy #OurSky
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Confessions about #DigitalAutonomy - sharing my progress, hint: it's collective.

10 years ago with @fkinstitute we figured that moving off of Google's drive required a collective effort, so we assembled an alliance and initiated CommonsCloud.coop @ @femprocomuns

So my/our email and files are […]

Amsterdam chooses open source Municipality of Amsterdam’s three-phase digital sovereignty strategy to kick off in 2026 with open source workspace, national cloud and improved public procurement

Amsterdam chooses open source | Interoperable Europe Portal
interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-o...

#foss #amsterdam #digitalsovereignity #DigitalAutonomy !

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Reworking @publicspaces Spoelkeuken self-assessment into Limesurvey CE - a self-hosted survey tool.

My experience thus far: it's simple to create a simple questionnaire form, but it becomes a lot harder when you want to calculate, hide/show questions and allow respondents to download their […]

Digital sovereignty is the wrong phrase. Digital autonomy works much better. Works on many more levels.
#digitalsovereignty #digitalautonomy

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Just to not forget the economic extraction that we're suffering from BigTech. Only the cloud services business in Europe extracts some 264B €, as calculated in the Asterès Report.

That generates an estimated 2 million jobs in the US instead of generating them in our local communities.

That's […]

A summary table of the 3 deployment models discussed.

Here's a summary table of the three discussed deployment strategies. For smaller scale deployments, of a few hundred to a few thousand users, the @coopcloud method with abra and docker swarm seems a very reasonable approach, one that different tech operators can […]

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Everyday people ask us where to start with their transition towards #digitalautonomy. And there is no easy answer, unfortunately. Well, the fundamental aspect with autonomy is that many people and communities are working it their way, addressing the specific needs of their community, and that is […]

A yellow background with the phrase “Let’s build something else” in black text, accompanied by screenshots of the content highlighted in the thread.

In a deeply extractive digital environment, there is power in saying: We can build something else.

Building technological alternatives grounded in people and the planet was one of the key themes in our most-read content of 2025. Follow the thread to discover some highlights.
#Recap #DigitalAutonomy

Introducing Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter: Reclaim your digital autonomy 🎯 Nextcloud Spotlight What’s new in Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter: 🌐 Growing sovereignty: new federation features, improved data export and import 💬 Nextcloud Talk: live translations, pinned messages, scheduling 🔎 Office…

If your organization wants to reclaim its #digitalautonomy... this is where to get started!

Discover how #NextcloudHub 26 Winter pushes digital sovereignty and resilience.

Watch the main highlights of our latest release in the Nextcloud Spotlight vid. 👇

EU Tech Map | European tech alternatives Find European tech, software, and service alternatives that respect your data sovereignty, are GDPR compliant, and store data in Europe.

Another nice useful website with #European #tech alternatives.
It lacks some alternatives that are shown on other websites, but on the other hand, it also has many alternatives that are not mentioned on most other websites.
eutechmap.com
#BuyEuropean #DigitalSovereignty #DeGoogle #DigitalAutonomy

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I love helping civil/civic organizations move away from #bigtech & deploy alternatives.

The urgency is clearer than ever. #DigitalAutonomy has become a mainstream media topic. Yet thus far it has been mostly empty words.

The pace of actual change is either 'pre-climate-change glacially' slow […]

#Office365 #AISlop #VendorLockIn #DigitalAutonomy #Surveillance #Enshittification
Da werden wirklich alle Schlagworte in einem Beitrag abgerufen.
Bitte mal dieses kurzweilige Video von CT anschauen ... 🎯💯🤌 kudos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPLW...

#palantir #vendorlockin #digitalmonopoly #thiel
It will be virtually impossible to achieve #digitalautonomy if you make decisions without even asking the market to supply new solutions. Not to mention the truly abysmal political implications and background. 👀

bird.makeup - Tweet BREAKING: U.S. Department of Homeland Security requests Google, Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook to provide names, phone numbers, and other identifying information of users who criticize ICE.

ojojoj... się narobiło
bird.makeup/users/globeeyenews/statu...

What Munich Revealed About the New Geography of Tech Power At the  2026 Munich Security Conference , the most explosive revelations weren't found in the predictable headlines regarding tank battalions or NATO budgets, but in the strategic subtext of Ursula...

What Munich Revealed About the New Geography of Tech Power - www.komaitis.org/write-share-...

#MunichSecurityConference2026 #TechSovereignty #Geopolitics #DigitalAutonomy #EuropeanTech #TransatlanticRelations #Cybersecurity #StrategicAutonomy #MSC2026

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Ok, så hur kan vi bli mer digitalt oberoende av USA? Här några tankar:
Mail, kalender (mm): Proton
X/Bluesky: Mastodon
AI: Mistral
Office: LibreOffice
Signal/WhatsApp: Olvid, Threema.

Knepigare:
Webbläsare: Vivaldi. Men helst vill jag att Mozilla flyttar Firefox-utvecklingen till Europa […]

Unhook tip #3: move your “to read” bookmarks out of the browser.

Use a read-later app (e.g. Instapaper).
Offline. Clean view. Cross-platform.

Don’t let your reading list be locked to one browser.

#UnhookTip #DigitalAutonomy

Unhook tip #2: move your passwords out of the OS or browser.

When credentials live inside one ecosystem, your identity is tied to that vendor. Use an independent manager (e.g. Bitwarden) to stay portable and in control.

Reduce lock-in. Increase digital autonomy.

#UnhookTip #DigitalAutonomy

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France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the U.S.

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@WorldNews #France #digitalautonomy #Europe #datasovereignty #privacy

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FediMTL.ca A brief note: the Social Web Foundation, Qlub and FediHost are presenting a day-long Fediverse conference in Montreal, Canada on February 24, 2026. FediMTL features speakers from across ...

#Uncategorized #Canada #digitalautonomy […]

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Mozilla Adds One Click AI Disable Option
Read More: buff.ly/CgW5aEF

#MozillaFirefox #AIGovernance #UserChoice #BrowserPrivacy #AIControls #DigitalAutonomy #PrivacyTech #TechPolicy

Eerste Digital Autonomy Fair

Eerste Digital Autonomy Fair

Eerste Digital Autonomy Fair

Eerste Digital Autonomy Fair

De eerste 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿 @rug.nl trok gisteren meer dan 100 bezoekers. Met inspirerende gesprekken en voorbeelden van tools die nu al #digitaleautonomie voor medewerkers en studenten ondersteunen. Stap voor stap op weg naar #digitaleautonomie!💪

edu.nl/un8fk

#hardgaan #digitalautonomy

Europe ditching US tech: Not just 'security fears,' but a calculated move for digital sovereignty. Billions in contracts shift to EU firms, exposing the CLOUD Act's reach and post-Snowden trust deficit. #DigitalAutonomy

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France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives.

🚩France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US 🤙🏻
apnews.com/article/euro... #Zoom #Microslop #DigitalAutonomy

I am here once again asking you to switch to #decentralized solutions, the answer is never centralization

if you are going to leave #WhatsApp switch to #ArcaneChat, #DeltaChat, #XMPP, #Matrix, etc.

#Signal #SignalAppp #digitalindependence #digitalautonomy

Stand of digital competence center at the University of Groningen digitaal autonomy fair

Come find the @ug-dcc.bsky.social stand at the @rug.nl #DigitalAutonomy fair!

What could be more digitally autonomous than writing your own FAIR and #OpenSource research software!

Also nice to to see so many collegues from @citrug.bsky.social !

New year, new digital you? Join the UG Digital Autonomy Fair! | Library | University of Groningen Start 2026 with a resolution that matters: Take back control of your digital academic life.Join the first University of Groningen Digital Autonomy Fair on...

The @rug.nl is aiming for complete #digitalautonomy by 2030 🕊️ Looking forward to discussing this ambitious plan at tomorrow's autonomy fair. www.rug.nl/library/cale... #science #bigtech @citrug.bsky.social