Henrik Hemrin @hehemrin@librem.one

We may never be able to match the incredible achievements of #JohnMastodon, but the European Union still plays its part!

We are proud funders of Mastodon through the Next Generation Internet initiative (@EC_NGI).

Open,
Interoperable,
Decentralised,
Trust based.

More info: https://www.ngi.eu/blog/2022/11/24/how-ngi-supports-open-interoperable-decentralised-and-trust-based-internet-applications-through-fediverse-projects-like-mastodon/

Vattenfall bygger just nu världens största havsbaserade vindkraftspark i Nederländerna. Nederländerna har en tydlig plan, för att få tio gånger så mycket el från vinden som idag redan 2030, 21 Gigawatt. Hör mer om hur det ska gå till i mitt reportage i Studio Ett. https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/har-byggs-varldens-storsta-havsvindkraftpark

The reason Mastodon and the Fediverse is spread out on so many servers is it protects it from being taken over by anyone. Not even the richest can buy this place.

Centralised services like Twitter are incredibly easy to buy out. If you move from Twitter to another centralised service, sooner or later that will get bought out too.

The point of the Fediverse is to break this buyout cycle, to let people be permanently in control of their accounts. More info here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/mastodon-and-the-fediverse-beginners-start-here/#whyisthefediverseonsomanyseparateservers

Football governing body FIFA is set to earn US$ 7.5 billion in revenue from the #WorldCup.

Host Qatar spent some US$ 220 billion on it.

Yet many of the migrant workers who built the stadiums and tournament infrastructure have not been paid.

And thousands of them died or suffered injuries while working, yet they & their families received no compensation.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/16/fifas-best-world-cup-ever-came-migrant-workers-loss

The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN and Associated Press have all posted guides to using Mastodon, which in turn have been syndicated by numerous local news outlets. That matters. We're rapidly approaching a situation where the media will refer to things happening "on Mastodon" the way they referred to Twitter in, say, 2013.

Jaha, nu har Twitter skrivit ut exakt vad som är förbjudet. Bland annat är det förbjudet att på något sätt nämna sitt konto på Mastodon. Seröst...
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy

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Veckans #lördagstanke går till alla som lever under den osäkerhet och rädsla det innebär att vara på flykt och inte veta om man får stanna eller inte.