As of today, the public swiss technical university @npub1d9cz...qm6y in Lausanne has its own Mastodon server – accessible to all members of the institution, including students (!), and directly linked to their institutional login system.

The EPFL community gets a Mastodon server

EPFL has set up a Mastodon server for the School community, allowing members to post and share content in a way that’s aligned with the values of...

A very warm welcome, EPFL, in the Fediverse, thank you for your efforts, and congratulations! #openscicomm #scicomm #fediverse #edufedi

🧵 Last weekend, the #FOSDEM took place at the Université libre de Bruxelles, bringing together around 8,000 people from the Free Software community. For the first time, there was a specific track on the ‘Social Web’ dedicated to the #Fediverse. I also gave a short - rather atypical, because non-technical ;) - talk on ‘Fediverse Fighters - The Role of Public Institutions’ (

Fediverse Fighters: The Role of Public Institutions FOSDEM 2025

Public institutions, such as universities, are uniquely positioned to act as trailblazers in the digital public sphere. As both users and providers...

). With these key points, already mentioned many times in different contexts: Picture: @npub1evtm...xdke 1/3