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People of #Mastodon & #Fediverse , how can I find out where the servers of the main #instances are located? I don't want my #data to be stored in specific #countries .

"A record 47% of the #EU ’s #electricity now comes from #solar and other #renewableenergy , a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing #gap between the bloc’s push for #clean #energy and the new U.S. administration’s pursuit of more #fossil fuels."

#USA #Trump #oil #gas #windpower #divide

https://apnews.com/article/europe-renewables-climate-change-solar-wind-fossil-fuels-4a6ff96bbde3251cb42109e1d9d4b399

Not 100% sure anymore that #Proton is a 100% #secure #email , #cloud & #VPN provider. Fortunately, there are alternatives.

#Trump #bigtech #Swissmade #politics

https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/

"We live in a #world in which #algorithms controlled by #American and #Chinese #oligarchs choose the messages and images seen by millions of #people ; in which #money can move through #secret #bank accounts with the help of #crypto schemes; and in which this dark money can then boost anonymous #socialmedia accounts with the aim of shaping #public #opinion .In such a world, how can any #election rules be enforced?"

#democracy #EU #Canada #Australia #Japan #politics

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/musk-tech-oligarch-european-election-influence/681453/

Klaus-Gerd Giesen boosted:

Powering the future with...#lavender oil?🌸Max Planck scientists have created a material from linalool - a key component of lavender oil - & sulfur to improve sodium-sulfur batteries, making them more durable & powerful - talk about flower power!😉🌿 https://www.mpg.de/24073565/sodium-sulfur-batteries-service-life

Klaus-Gerd Giesen boosted:

This was Berlin last night. About 100,000 protesting against the rise of the far right in Germany and Europe.

Germans don't like Nazis. Again.

#HopeAndResistance

@squaremaple Je crois que sur Mastodon il n'est pas possible de filtrer le contenu par langue. En revanche, en suivant des hashtags comme #France , #Québec , #Montréal , #Français , #Belgique , #Suisse, etc. on peut voir au moins une partie du contenu en langue française.

Klaus-Gerd Giesen boosted:

Did you know that there is comparison chart for
- #linux distributions
- #browser
- #android distributions
- linux desktop environments
- #messenger
- #mail providers

Take a look https://eylenburg.github.io/
it's regularly updated

#opensource #foss #development #developers #programming #coding #ubuntu #opensuse #fedora #freebsd #archlinux #arch #gentoo #nixos #Alpine #redhat #debian #grapheneos #CalyxOS #iodeos #lineageos #firefox #vivaldi #brave #signal #deltachat #element #matrix #TIL

Klaus-Gerd Giesen boosted:

Fediversians. I just spent three weeks blogging EVERY SINGLE NIGHT to give you a COMPLETE list of instructions to RECLAIM YOUR DATA. Go dark, scatter your traces, stay secure, erase your data footprint. Accessible to all.

Just in time too. Data sovereignty and protection are no longer a luxury but a MUST.

Data traces are political traces. History teaches us that data by you and about you can and will be used against you and those you love.

For you, your neighbors, your families. #optout NOW, and help others to do so too.

https://www.optoutproject.net/the-cyber-cleanse-take-back-your-digital-footprint/

En #France , l' #eau de robinet est massivement contaminée par les #polluants éternels. Malgré cette présence généralisée, ces concentrations en #PFAS restent conformes à la législation française... bien moins stricte que celles d’autres pays.

#France #environnement #santépublique #santé #écologie

https://reporterre.net/Dans-l-eau-du-robinet-une-contamination-massive-par-les-polluants-eternels

#Emergency use of Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid #pesticide highly #toxic to #bees ,to be outlawed in #UK in line with #EU :

#environment #ecology

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/23/government-decision-not-to-authorise-pesticide-is-sweet-as-honey-for-pollinators

President #Trump has pardoned Ross #Ulbricht , the creator of the #drug trafficking related #SilkRoad #platform in the so-called #darkweb ,who was serving a double-life sentence without the possibility of parole in the #USA for drug trafficking #crimes as well as #conspiracy to commit #computer #hacking and #moneylaundering .

https://techcentral.co.za/trump-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht/257990/

I still have a #Facebook account because some close #friends & #family don't (yet) want to move to #Mastodon .Today I got on my timeline this #publicity.

#Zuckerberg #Meta #Trump #oligarchy #USA

#France 3 #Occitanie revient sur le record du #monde de #plongée de Gaëlle Giesen:

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/haute-garonne/toulouse/mon-but-etait-d-aller-au-dela-des-200-metres-elle-devient-la-premiere-femme-au-monde-a-plonger-a-une-telle-profondeur-en-mer-3093052.html

@toaskoas
Dafür ist #OrganicMaps viel einfacher zu benutzen. Mit #Osmand bin ich leider nie zurechtgekommen.

Klaus-Gerd Giesen boosted:

Meta tracks your activity across millions of websites and apps, regardless of whether you use its platforms, and profits from that data through targeted ads. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to harvest and profit from your personal data, here’s what you need to know. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/mad-meta-dont-let-them-collect-and-monetize-your-personal-data

The new U.S. secretary of state and the foreign ministers of #Australia , #India and #Japan will meet in #Washington on Tuesday, the day after President Donald #Trump 's inauguration. The early meeting shows the priority in Trump's #foreignpolicy agenda : #containment #strategy against #China.