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Looking for suggestions how to defend your democracy?
Some great suggestions here. Keep talking to strangers, participate in society and, for Europeans, *Keep Regulating #UStech"
Intro in Danish, Interview with @… in English starts at 6 mins.
#DigitalSovereignty #SovereignSocialMedia
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/115401865282856120
Langsomme samtaler: Timothy Snyder: Trump forestiller sig et militært diktatur, hvor han selv skal være diktatoren
Episode webpage: https://samtaleromusa.podbean.com/e/timothy-snyder-trump-forestiller-sig-et-militært-diktatur-hvor-han-selv-skal-være-diktatoren/

No #digitalsovereignty without #opensource, warns OSBA
https://www.

And now for something completely different, what are all you European Linux people using for secure automatic cloud backups of docs and pictures on your linux laptops?
Asking for a teenager used to onedrive.
#DigitalSovereignty
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This is very cool, those awesome crazy Danes have launched a #UStechGiant free platform for finding and promoting live music events in Copenhagen. Check out how to use it here
And the best thing is you can follow it in your #Fediverse feeds.
#DigitalSovereignty
https://floor.tips/p/Workshop-learn-to-use-floor-tips-and-find-your-next-dancefloor-nFpfCdj56CbjAjMr92c5jJ

I couldn’t scan my Tim’s reward today because their system was down. I blame the #AWSOutage and thus demand Digital Sovereignty for all Canadian Businesses*!
HOW DARE AN AMERICAN MEGA-INTERNET PROVIDER DEPRIVE ME OF MY TIMMY POINTS!!
This shall not Stand!
*or Brazilian-Canadian conglomerate-things that operates mostly in Canada.
🇨🇦 🍁 🧊 ☕️
#canpoli #cdnpoli #aws #timhortons #digitalsovereignty

Yesterday I listened to the excellent Danish @krigskunst.dk podcast, about the need for #DigitalSovereignty in Denmark and the creation of a new organisation to promote the concept - it appears China agrees.
China curbs use of Nokia and Ericsson in telecoms networks - https://on.ft.com/3IQCTY2 via @FT

#DigitalSovereignty

In case we needed more warning against #BigTech a push towards #DigitalSovereignty...
@… on scorching form.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115130382805060633
pluralistic@mamot.fr - William Gibson famously said "Cyberpunk was a warning, not a suggestion." But for every tech leader fantasizing about lobotomizing their enemies with Black Ice, there's 10 who wish they were Darth Vader, force-choking you while grating out, "I'm altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/#i-am-altering-the-deal
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