All Europeans 🇪🇺

screenshot of "what we stand for" section on Ecosia website text: "Why choose Ecosia? What we stand for 100% of profits for the planet We use all our profits for climate action, with the majority going into tree-planting projects around the world. Collective climate action The Ecosia community is the planet's largest tree-planting movement, making a difference every day. No greenwashing We tell you transparently how much money we make each month, and how much we spend on tree planting and climate action. Beyond neutral Our solar panels produce enough energy to power your searches twice over, meaning more renewables (and fewer fossil fuels) in the energy grid."

It looks like Ecosia 🇩🇪 has activated their Mastodon profile. They also have the Mastodon icon on the main page of their website. (although the icon does not appear on other pages yet, such as the blog)

With 500,000 followers on Instagram, it'll be […]

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SWITCH TO SIGNAL Left a WhatsApp icon. Right a Signal icon. Inbetween an arrow from left to right.

Viral news in the Netherlands: tagging @metaAI in a WhatsApp group DISABLES end-to-end encryption. I.e. Meta AI can then read the whole history of a group conversation! #SwitchToSignal #DeleteWhatsApp #DeleteWhatsAppInstallSignal
Article in Dutch […]

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screenshot of "what we stand for" section on Ecosia website text: "Why choose Ecosia? What we stand for 100% of profits for the planet We use all our profits for climate action, with the majority going into tree-planting projects around the world. Collective climate action The Ecosia community is the planet's largest tree-planting movement, making a difference every day. No greenwashing We tell you transparently how much money we make each month, and how much we spend on tree planting and climate action. Beyond neutral Our solar panels produce enough energy to power your searches twice over, meaning more renewables (and fewer fossil fuels) in the energy grid."

It looks like Ecosia 🇩🇪 has activated their Mastodon profile. They also have the Mastodon icon on the main page of their website. (although the icon does not appear on other pages yet, such as the blog)

With 500,000 followers on Instagram, it'll be […]

[Original post on social.vivaldi.net]

#European search index is live now! 🙌

Staan¹ (Search Trusted API Access Network) is a joint venture between @ecosia and @Qwant:

> We’ve started delivering search results from our new European-based search index to #ecosia users! This will help us build the kind of ethical and fair Internet we […]

Auf dem Screenshot des verlinkten PDF sind auf der linken Seite die Logos von Mastodon, Bluesky und X zu sehen. Daneben jeweils hellblaue Balken in unterschiedlicher Länge. Der Mastodon-Balken ist am längsten und mit 0,3 % beschriftet. Der Bluesky-Balken ist etwa halb so lang undmit 0,14 % beschriftet. Der X-Balken ist sehr kurz und mit 0,014 % beschriftet. Neben den Balken, auf der rechten Seite des Screenshots, steht dieser Info-Text: 0,3 % Interaktion auf Mastodon mit 10.100 Followers: 18 Mal geteilt und 12 Mal favorisiert [1] 0,14 % Interaktion auf Bluesky mit 9.700 Followers: 5 Mal geteilt, 1 Mal zitiert und 8 Mal favorisiert [2] 0,014 % Interaktion auf X mit 187.000 Followers: 7 Mal geteilt und 20 Mal favorisiert [3] [1] https://wisskomm.social/@maxplanckgesellschaft/114754038844546815 [2] https://bsky.app/profile/maxplanck.de/post/3lsl2e3bzek2g [3] https://x.com/maxplanckpress/status/1938280579255898382

Mehr Interaktion & #Reichweite im #Fediverse als auf #X!

Wir haben dazu ein anschauliches Beispiel: Die @maxplanckgesellschaft hat mit ihrem Post zum Jahrbuch 2024 auf #Mastodon eine 21-fache Interaktionsrate im Vergleich zu #X erreicht.

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Hey tech friends. I'm wondering about alternatives to stripe, specifically to stripe connect for split payouts. Anybody have any opinions about these European alternatives? https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/stripe

I see others like these but many of them have U.S. headquarters […]

Here's a thread to document my gradual exiting of anti-democratic tech, sometimes staying there, but inactively, and in other cases by eliminating my profile and data fully and leaving altogether. As I'm part of many networks (like you?), this is generally not something I can do in one day and […]

Le Netflix français, l'histoire d'un naufrage : SALTO
(French Netflix, a story of failure: SALTO)

Interesting video explaining the reasons why the French Netflix, Salto, failed.

Salto, a French subscription streaming service, was launched in 2020 as a joint venture between France Télévisions […]

I left my email provider for providing a chatbot in my mailbox to another email provider who just added a chatbot in their mailbox....

Pffft... any recommendations? Should i just give up and self-host my email too?

@rop.gonggri.jp

This campaign is not only in Germany but in different other countries, like France.

From their marketing website:

"The "Produit Par" campaign was the summer's big idea, starting on July 1 and supported by a plan to make it visible in every way possible:
- Advertising on […]

Coca Cola ist jetzt deutsch! In einer Kampagne versucht sich das USA-Getränk schlechthin von seiner Heimat zu lösen – wohl ein Versuch, auf Image-Distanz zu Trumps Amerika zu gehen.

Coca Cola just started a "made in Germany" campaign on the German market. Now say of that company what you will, but they do their market research. Which means they understand just how well and truly long-term fucked the image of America in the world is.

#askfedi (where our tax consultant followers at?)

We are looking for a German tax consultant (Steuerberater) that is able to provide a one-off consultation related to how to invoice correctly and deal with taxes for some small amount of one-off money (<1000€) related to our legal status (fiscal […]

Help us :fsfe: to connect with representatives!

Developed by the FSFE,
MP Explore is a #FreeSoftware tool to
help us reaching out to representatives in Parliaments across Europe.

🔥 We need your help! Contribute by adding your local, regional, and national
parliament! […]

ETH Zurich and EPFL will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the “Alps” supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the new LLM marks a milestone in open-source AI and multilingual excellence.

"The model will be fully open […]

European project Eurosky aims to reduce reliance on US tech giants A group of European technology entrepreneurs has unveiled the Eurosky initiative, a government-backed project to create infrastructure for social media offerings and reduce reliance on U.S. tech giants.

Reuters reports on our Eurosky initiative whose goal it is to establish a full, legally compliant #ATProto stack in Europe. But not only that - we’re working on a commons moderation service that can act as an incubator for smaller ATProto devs.

Eurosky will EU digital souveräner machen Ein Bündnis aus Unternehmen, Technik-Experten und Zivilgesellschaft hat das Projekt Eurosky vorgestellt. Es soll eine Social-Media-Infrastruktur in der EU aufbauen.

Das Projekt Eurosky will eine europäische Infrastruktur schaffen, auf der Social-Media-Startups aufbauen können. Kernstück ist ein gemeinnütziger, DSA-konformer Moderationsservice. Darüber schreibe ich im Bluesky-Briefing. 1/3

Was die kleine Suchmaschine #Ecosia neben dem plakativen Pflanzen von Bäumen noch alles tut, um die Welt zu retten… https://youtu.be/7JZEWzezOrE?si=tcZJtD7jzjtdV4bc

Tolle Arbeit, grandiose Grundeinstellung für ein Tech-Unternehmen! Da geht einem echt das Herz auf 🫶🏻

I’m looking for anyone in my circles who:

• is a front-end web developer
• has some design sense
• understands the allure of buying a Linux computer
• is open to paid work

A Linux computer company reached out asking if I was available for paid work on their website and while I would love to […]

Mistral shared what look like the most detailed numbers yet for the environmental impact of training a frontier LLM - their Mistral Large 2 used 20,4 ktCO₂e and 281,000 m3 of water

I'd love to see numbers like that provided in context though, hard to evaluate alone […]

Hey Mastodon folks, I'm looking for a (preferably European) alternative to Google Photos. Mainly cloud backup from my phone (Android) and organization, maybe some private photo/album sharing, but not an image-based social media app as such. Free or reasonably priced. Any recommendations? […]

#ArteConcert is so amazing! I don't remember who on Mastodon first pointed me to it but it's *so good*. Thanks to whoever you are.

If you don't know it, Arte is a a European public service channel and the Arte Concert is their live music channel. The live concert performances are top quality […]

Do you think publicly funded software should be #FreeSoftware?

Make your voice heard!📢

✍️ sign our open letter and help push for fair, transparent, and accessible digital infrastructure!

🔗 https://publiccode.eu

#publiccode

Europe's AI #gigafactory push attracts 76 bids, EU tech chief says

"Seventy-six companies have bid to develop Europe's artificial intelligence gigafactories, the EU's tech chief said on Monday, hailing a bigger than expected response to the bloc's push to catch up with the U.S. and China in […]

Hi all. It's been a while since I've asked, but I'm here again asking for you to support your local fediverse instance. I know many instance operators struggle to make ends meet each month, and there does seem to be a downward trend on donations across the board. If you love this place and are […]

A new world order is redirecting capital from the U.S. toward Europe, says Goldman Sachs' former commodity chief

"Desperation is the mother of innovation" […]

El santo y el mastodonte En las redes sociales públicas, los mensajes de las instituciones no dependen de la voluntad de una empresa. Allí es donde deben estar

Dedicado en especial a toda esta gente muy seria que dice que en @el_pais no se puede hablar bien del Fediverso porque algo algo de medios corporativos y todo eso

#autobombo 🪘

https://elpais.com/opinion/2025-06-25/el-santo-y-el-mastodonte.html

Mastodon is happy to be recognised as a #DigitalPublicGood by @dpgalliance - alongside many other incredible #OpenSource projects. Find out more in our blog post. #UNOpenSourceWeek

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/mastodon-dpga

Pourquoi le Danemark abandonne-t-il #Microsoft Office et #Windows pour #LibreOffice et #Linux ?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-denmark-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-libreoffice-and-linux/

Avant que le gouvernement danois n'annonce sa décision, les plus grandes villes du […]

Mein Daten-Umzug nach Europa.
Die Nutzung von Werkzeugen, die keine Telemetrie haben und vorzugsweise aus Europa stammen.

#Facebook, #Instagram und #Whatsapp Accounts sind nicht mehr.

Die Trennung von #Meta ist vollzogen. Zugegeben, diese Accounts lagen schon 8 Jahre brach.

Und so wird es […]