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Martin Boller 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 :tux: :freebsd: :windows: :mastodon:<p>Very well said.</p><blockquote><p>Europe must actively engage in strategic digital independence planning. Embracing Open Source methodologies, mapping critical dependencies, and implementing gradual, sustainable change ensures we’re not only safeguarding today’s digital orchard but planting the seeds for tomorrow’s digital resilience.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://jurgen.gaeremyn.be/2025/04/21/securing-europes-digital-orchard-rethinking-our-critical-dependencies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jurgen.gaeremyn.be/2025/04/21/</span><span class="invisible">securing-europes-digital-orchard-rethinking-our-critical-dependencies/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DigitalResilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalResilience</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monopolies</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTech</span></a></p>
SquaredTech<p>Big news from Big Blue! IBM's massive $150 billion investment is set to revolutionize U.S. tech and turbocharge quantum computing in the next half-decade. A huge leap towards the future of technology is on the horizon! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QuantumComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FutureTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FutureTech</span></a><br><a href="https://www.squaredtech.co/ibms-150-billion-quantum-bet-shakes-up-u-s-tech?fsp_sid=2173" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">squaredtech.co/ibms-150-billio</span><span class="invisible">n-quantum-bet-shakes-up-u-s-tech?fsp_sid=2173</span></a></p>
Ruth Mottram<p>Danish newspaper <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://expressional.social/@informeren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>informeren</span></a></span> has a guide to leaving the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/UStech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UStech</span></a> giants in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> behind this weekend. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a><br>Edit: not just social media, also email, browsers, operating systems and navigation apps among other things. </p><p>They do make the point that much of the web is also on US infrastructure though too...</p><p>🎁<br><a href="https://www.information.dk/kultur/2025/04/guide-digital-afvaenning-usa-saadan-goer?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE3NDUyMzE2ODgsInN1YiI6IjIyMjUyMDo4MjkxNzUifQ.FC5axnfdUKYDuqFbAJfadw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">information.dk/kultur/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">guide-digital-afvaenning-usa-saadan-goer?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE3NDUyMzE2ODgsInN1YiI6IjIyMjUyMDo4MjkxNzUifQ.FC5axnfdUKYDuqFbAJfadw</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@jeffjarvis/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeffjarvis</span></a></span> PS The analysis was provided by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deepseek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deepseek</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a>, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> refuses to discuss the political situation in the US and be critical of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/White" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>White</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politicians</span></a>. So, we have to use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foreign</span></a> countries to get answers. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTech</span></a> is complicit as well.</p>
Athro Rob<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@theguardian" class="u-url mention">@<span>theguardian</span></a></span> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Starmer</span></a> should take a leaf out of the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> book. No <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/UStech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UStech</span></a> deals.</p>
Athro Rob<p>The other day on Mastodon I saw a poster, it was blue with the 🇪🇺 flag, it had some <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/EuropeanAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EuropeanAlternatives</span></a> to online platforms and <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/UStech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UStech</span></a> but I can&#39;t find the poster now. If anyone know what I&#39;m talking about can you let me know?</p>
Ruth Mottram<p>From EUmail to EuTube and Feuerfox, it's time for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> + national govt to put money where European tech development is and help wean the continent off <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/UStech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UStech</span></a> - fantastic, practical piece by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bert_hubert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bert_hubert</span></a></span>. </p><p><a href="https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/now-how-to-get-that-european-cloud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">berthub.eu/articles/posts/now-</span><span class="invisible">how-to-get-that-european-cloud/</span></a></p>
Ruth Mottram <p>From EUmail to EuTube and Feuerfox, it's time for <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23EU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> + national govt to put money where European tech development is and help wean the continent off <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23UStech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UStech</a> - fantastic, practical piece by <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/berthubert.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@berthubert.bsky.social</a>. <a href="https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/now-how-to-get-that-european-cloud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/now-how-to-get-that-european-cloud/</a><br><br><a href="https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/now-how-to-get-that-european-cloud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">But how to get to that Europea...</a></p>
PUPUWEB Blog<p>TikTok urges US Android users to sideload the app via APKs from its website, as it remains unavailable on Apple's App Store and Google Play in the US. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppStore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePlay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppSideloading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppSideloading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRegulation</span></a></p>
quangobaud<p>The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Zuckerberg </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarkZuckerbeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkZuckerbeg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>