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Will Mastodon, the platform that keeps the #Fediverse alive, miss a strategic opportunity to bring official institutions on board at scale? By watching how #EuroSky is being marketed compared to #Mastodon, it certainly seems that way. I wish the folks at Mastodon would invest in more professional marketing, similar to what we're seeing from its rival, Bluesky. There was a major meeting in the EU Parliament focused on this topic, yet there was no announcement or microblog post from Mastodon. Zero engagement. Compare these two approaches:

Bluesky Social

Sebastian (@seabass.bsky.social)

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#ActivityPub #ATProtocol #EU #lobby

#Berlin: If you don't have ice grips for your shoes, then stay home. The whole city is like a basic physics I lab where you can learn about friction - or the lack thereof. Take care! #Winter #Blackice #Glatteis #Winterglätte

Do you know any politicians who are participating in #FOSDEM? I would like to give them my letter and encourage them to #LeaveX:

Leave X - Protect Democracy

An Open Letter to All European Politicians and Leaders to Abandon X/Twitter

Protect Democracy

Tomorrow we will have the MEP @Alexandra Geese joining an interesting panel The Fediverse and the EU's Digital Services Act: solving the challenges of modern social media?

FOSDEM 2026 - The Fediverse and the EU

#EU #Fediverse #DSA #SocialMedia

Why is the @European Commission not posting anything about the biggest open source conference in Europe? Cc @Hannah Grace #FOSDEM #DigitalSovereignty

I just landed in Brussels to attend my first #FOSDEM. I think this is a pivotal year for open source in Europe. I hope to connect with nice people and projects. I also hope to find contributors to expand the statistics on European politicians who still use X.

Leave X - Protect Democracy

Leave X - Protect Democracy

#LeaveX #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #EU

Someone suggested using Wikidata to get the data from politicians in other countries on the Leave X project. Here is the first query for German politicians

GitHub

leavex-tools/wdqs_bundestag_mps_current.sparql at mps-de · everton137/leavex-tools

Tools to get data for the Leave X campaign. Contribute to everton137/leavex-tools development by creating an account on GitHub.

It get's 855 MPs, which is clearly wrong - it should be 735. 📃.json The problems I see with using Wikidata are that it has too many duplicates and there is no email address. Also, likely the social medial links are less likely to be up to date. I will possibly have to scrape the Bundestag data, mainly to get the email addresses. Another reliable data source could be the endpoint of [@a_watch](

bewegung.social

abgeordnetenwatch (@a_watch@bewegung.social)

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abgeordnetenwatch.de

Abgeordnetenwatch API Dokumentation | abgeordnetenwatch.de

They don't provide emails or social media in their API end points. However, I could check the politicians' social media profiles on the profile pages of this project. I still need to check what's the best solution. The image is the first draft with the data I got now using Wikidata. #LeaveX #Germany #brainstorming #OpenData #Wikidata

A new year full of self-knowledge, politics, science and, mainly, art. #Philosophy #Politics #Science #Art

How do you handle gifts in a relationship? My place is small, and honestly, I already have what I need. My partner and I agreed to skip random Amazon knick-knacks. I’d rather get a gift on a random day: tickets to theatre, cinema, dance, invitation to a party, a book I actually want, or something handmade. Less stuff. More meaning. #Christmas #Capitalism #Art #BoycottAmazon

Brazil, the most diverse country in the world: Study reveals eight million new genetic variants

EL PAÍS English

Brazil, the most diverse country in the world: Study reveals eight million new genetic variants

The results will allow progress in precision medicine for people with Black or Indigenous ancestry who until now have been underrepresented in scie...

Article on Science: Admixture’s impact on Brazilian population evolution and health https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl3564 #Brazil #Immigration #genetics #colonization #Africa #Europe #Indigenous

After reading about a major #Funkwhale instance shutting down, I'm wondering whether I should keep my podcast on open.audio.

libertadmin

It's Over for Liberta Audio

Liberta Audio, one of the largest and longest-running Funkwhale instances, is no more. We have decided to shut it down permanently. Happ...

However, the idea of an audio app that uses #ActivityPub to be part of the #Fediverse is excellent. Any suggestions on where to host a #podcast? P. S. I just discovered @npub19jkp...pymw , an alternative to @npub1txrr...50md I want to inspect which one is more stable, and if there are good servers as well. Feedback welcome!