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@dennyhenke@social.coop

Totally agree.

But, to be fair, #European #history is full of violence and resource theft, too.

And while I'm not much deep into #Chinese and #Russian internal history, I guess they are not much better (even excluding the last century, I mean).

To dismantle the #US-led world order is urgent.

But we should be careful to not just replace them with another oppressive empire.

Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸

@dennyhenke@social.coop · 17 hours ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116029489613320355

100% agreed with the sentiment of a boycott of the US.

But, let's acknowledge that the violence of the US started 250 years ago (really 534 years w/ Columbus) with genocide of the indigenous people of these continents. Then continued in slavery and violent foreign interventions as far back as the 1800s.

Violence and resource theft is a foundational element of US domestic and foreign policy. Trump is just being more open about it. Let's be totally honest about this history!

Any boycott, to be honest, needs to go far beyond Trump and acknowledge what came before and what would come after. Trump and his regime is a big red, pussy zit that's rupturing all over itself and everyone else.

Now is the time for a full reckoning with 70+ years of US hegemony. The global community, Northern and Southern nations, have an opportunity to begin a re-balancing of the global order.

A better, more fair and sane world will be one where the US is demoted. No better, no more powerful than any other.

Giacomo Tesio

@giacomo@snac.tesio.it replied · 17 hours ago

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Irbenes

@irbenes@mastodon.social · 18 hours ago

😍 💚 Our customer-centered #design #process explained with an infographic ℹ️ ! 🌱 We are #fair, #reliable, #European. We support European businesses 💼 . You can count on us ✨ ! Brand design, visual identity from the #EU 🇪🇺 🇫🇮 !

#company #business #Europe #Europa #Finland #graphics #lahti #visual #identity #graphicdesign

our customer-centered design process infographic

Irbenes

@irbenes@mastodon.social · 18 hours ago

#company #business #Europe #Europa #Finland #graphics #lahti #visual #identity #graphicdesign

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Liberapay

@Liberapay@mastodon.xyz · 3 days ago

@europeanspodcast The original #European equivalent of #Patreon is #Tipeee: https://en.tipeee.com/

It's been around since 2013, same year Patreon launched.

The @snowdrift project has long maintained a wiki page describing and comparing many crowdfunding platforms. You might want to take a look at it if you haven't already: https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/other-crowdfunding

Snowdrift Wiki - Other Crowdfunding / Fundraising Services

The Europeans

@europeanspodcast@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

We're investigating European-based Patreon alternatives. Does anyone have any experience with any of them? We're looking at Steady but it appears that they process their payments through Paypal which kinda defeats the point of trying to use a European platform...
#madeinEurope

Liberapay

@Liberapay@mastodon.xyz replied · 3 days ago

@europeanspodcast The original #European equivalent of #Patreon is #Tipeee: https://en.tipeee.com/

It's been around since 2013, same year Patreon launched.

Snowdrift Wiki - Other Crowdfunding / Fundraising Services

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Ricardo Harvin

@ricardoharvin@mstdn.social · last week

The new social media platform, W, is a privately held business based in Europe (Switzerland), it is NOT an EU project or platform, as I've seen erroneously and irresponsibly posted here on Mastodon.

#link: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/29/fact-check-is-the-eu-launching-a-social-media-platform-called-w

#W #corporate #SocialMedia #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #EU #Switzerland #Proton #Mastodon #Fediverse

euronews

Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called 'W'?

Viral posts claiming the EU is launching its own social media platform to counter X, in the wake of various scandals, are misleading. #TheCube

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@uk@pubeurope.com · 4 days ago

https://www.europesays.com/uk/742211/ Opportunities for industry in Europe #Alternative #American #background #based #CellBased #ECO #EU #Europe #European #fake #Free #Product #round

@uk@pubeurope.com · 4 days ago

https://www.europesays.com/uk/742211/ Opportunities for industry in Europe #Alternative #American #background #based #CellBased #ECO #EU #Europe #European #fake #Free #Product #round

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Richard Michael Blaber

@rmblaber1956@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-13-million-living-at-risk-of-poverty/live-75779558. In a wealthy #European country like #Germany? My goodness! So much for the alleged "success" of #capitalism.

dw.com

Germany news: 13 million living at risk of poverty

The share of people living at risk of poverty has increased to 16%, up a percentage point from the year earlier. Meanwhile, authorities have questioned the moderate stance of the AfD's new youth wing.

Nicolas Borboën

@nborboen@social.epfl.ch · 4 days ago

David Amiel, ministre délégué de la fonction publique : « Nous allons sortir de la dépendance aux outils américains » — https://www.latribune.fr/article/la-tribune-dimanche/politique/73157688099661/david-amiel-ministre-delegue-de-la-fonction-publique-nous-allons-sortir-de-la-dependance-aux-outils-americains

· https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet
· https://lasuite.coop/applications/visio/
· https://apnews.com/article/europe-digital-sovereignty-big-tech-9f5388b68a0648514cebc8d92f682060

#Visio #French #DigitalSovereignty #European #Meet #dataPrivacy #NoKillSwitch #EuropeanAlternatives

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https://lasuite.coop/applications/visio/

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Irbenes

@irbenes@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Ecosia

@ecosia@mastodon.social · last week

💁 November was a good month

Here's a breakdown of how your Ecosia searches are funding climate action 💚

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ecosia/115979318410855553

💚 Congratulations! We love your #impact 😍 . In fact, we are a part of it as #Ecosia is the only search engine of our choice 🌱 . We love it. We chose #European 🇪🇺 and #sustainable ✨ .

#Europe #EU #company #business #marketing #branding

Irbenes

@irbenes@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Ecosia

@ecosia@mastodon.social · last week

💁 November was a good month

Here's a breakdown of how your Ecosia searches are funding climate action 💚

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ecosia/115979318410855553

💚 Congratulations! We love your #impact 😍 . In fact, we are a part of it as #Ecosia is the only search engine of our choice 🌱 . We love it. We chose #European 🇪🇺 and #sustainable ✨ .

#Europe #EU #company #business #marketing #branding

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Diogo 🇪🇺

@diogop@ieji.de · 3 weeks ago

@ecosia

Out of curiosity, I analysed Ecosia's infrastructure (through IPs and ASNs) to find out whether it is #European or not.

I was surprised to find that it relies on #AWS S3 for financial data reports (stored .json data), #Amazon Cloudfront for the Ecosia.org search, Fastly for blog.ecosia.org, #Cloudflare for the Ecosia.org homepage, #Google Ads and probably others.

In July 2025, they posted on their blog that 'digital #sovereignty is just #oneclickaway', stating that Europe's digital backbone is dependent on the US and all the problems this entails, such as a lack of control.

They also said, 'We've always believed that where you search matters' and 'Digital #sovereignty is climate action too', despite the fact that they depend on Big Tech themselves and use almost no EU infrastructure in practice.

As Ecosia is a signatory to the #EuroStack initiative, why haven't you migrated your infrastructure to #European solutions?

It is worrying to know that, by switching to Ecosia, practically 100% of my traffic goes through non-EU companies. I would like to see more independence on your part.

'Building and using local infrastructure means reducing transatlantic data traffic, increasing energy efficiency, and cutting down on the carbon footprint of cloud computing. Plus, tech companies that are based here are more likely to be held accountable to EU environmental standards. It's a win-win.’ – Ecosia Blog https://blog.ecosia.org/digital-sovereignty-is-just-oneclickaway/

#eu #ecosia #eurostack #sovereignty #privacy #bigtech #sustainability

The Ecosia Blog

Digital sovereignty is just #oneclickaway

We’ve joined the #oneclickaway campaign: a call to invest in Europe’s own digital infrastructure. Here’s why we’re supporting it - and what you can do.

Richard Michael Blaber

@rmblaber1956@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-13-million-living-at-risk-of-poverty/live-75779558. In a wealthy #European country like #Germany? My goodness! So much for the alleged "success" of #capitalism.

dw.com

Germany news: 13 million living at risk of poverty

Firefox for Web Developers

@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

AI Controls (formerly 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.

For the full details, see the Firefox blog https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/

Giacomo Tesio

@giacomo@snac.tesio.it replied · 5 days ago

@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social

#AI enhancements being enabled by default is a #DarkPattern abuse from #Firefox.

Please make these #privacy violating tools opt-in, as #European law requires.

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Irbenes

@irbenes@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

😍 Our new #blog is out live 💚 ! Some of you were concerned that we will be reliant on #American #tech, posting solely on #LinkedIn, but no! We are devoted to be as #European 🇪🇺 and #opensource 🔓 as possible, so we created our main blog on the #fediverse - on #writefreely ✨ . It is seamlessly integrated in our whole social media presence 🌱 , you can find the link in our bio or here: paper.wf/irbenes 💚