„Das queere Regenbogennetzwerk der Bundestagsverwaltung hat seine Anmeldung bei der Berliner CSD-Demo kurzfristig zurückgezogen. Das teilte der Trägerverein der Pride-Veranstaltung am Montag mit.

Die geplante Fußgruppe, die bereits in den Jahren 2023 und 2024 am Berliner CSD teilgenommen hatte, musste nach Informationen der Organisator*innen auf Weisung der Verwaltungsspitze zurückgezogen werden.“

https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=53956

Die zentrale Passage der Rede im Stenografischen Protokoll. (Für die Bezeichnung der Abgeordneten als „Politpapageien“ erhielt Pracher-Hilander einen Ordnungsruf durch NR-Präsidentin Bures.)

WhatsApp is officially getting ads https://www.theverge.com/news/687519/whatsapp-launch-advertising-status-updates

Listen up Mastodonians, because this is important:

Right now we have a unique chance to rise up and hit back against Zuckerberg and Musk. Because italian filmmaker @_elena and her friends have made an OUTSTANDING short film, which explains why people should quit the fascist social networks and come join us in the fediverse.

Hit the fascists where it hurts — make this go viral by watching it and liking it on YouTube, then hit the share button and share it everywhere!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJHIJy5Nno

such an adorable picture of Gaius standing up (pic from April)
#cats #catsofmastodon #fedicats #catsofpixelfed #mainecoon

Imagine if we could stop offshore drilling at the dawn of the oil age.

This is exactly where we’re at with the deep sea mining industry.

We must not let history repeat itself.

Let’s #StopDeepSeaMining

🎨 Max Gustafson

Really, @EUCommission? It's great that you are here on Mastodon, but why not show it proudly instead of linking out only to those Big-Tech-Silos?

@_elena, me and other people at #PubConf25 thought, you should change that please.

Will you?

„Welt am Sonntag“ erzählte am Wochenende eine Geschichte von „Geheimverträgen“ und angeblichem NGO-Lobbyismus. Wir klären auf:

Seit Monaten versuchen Union und rechte Medien einen Skandal zu stricken, wo keiner ist.

Ja, NGOs bekommen Gelder von der EU, um der Lobbymacht mächtiger Konzernlobbys etwas entgegenzusetzen. Und nein, die EU-Kommission sagt ihnen nicht, was sie konkret tun sollen!

Das Magazin Politico hat die Verträge bereits im Februar eingesehen und keine Belege für die Behauptungen gefunden.

👉 https://www.politico.eu/article/fact-check-european-commission-ngo-lobby-green-deal-activist/

Ja, es gibt auch NGOs, die den Klageweg nutzen - warum auch nicht! Aber auch das tun sie aus eigenem Antrieb, nicht auf Vorgabe der EU-Kommission!

Der europäische Rechnungshof hat im April trotz eingehender Prüfung keine Beweise für den Missbrauch von Geldern durch NGOs gefunden.

👉 https://transparency.eu/eca-report-no-scandal-but-the-commission-needs-to-invest-in-a-more-understandable-database/

Die Kampagne gegen NGOs wird weitergehen. Es ist ganz offensichtlich das Ziel von konservativen Politiker*innen sowie rechten Medien und Parteien, sie zu schwächen.

Apparently, if you have facebook or Instagram installed on your phone, #Meta was able to track your browsing habits and link them to your real identity even if you never logged in on the web, used incognito mode or a VPN. I hope Meta gets hit with every fine in the book.

https://www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-tracking-explained-it-could

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

Edit/update: THANK YOU for all the people who volunteered to have their avatar show up in the last shot. There were 750+ submissions and only 135 spots - sorry I couldn't include everyone 🥲

#TheFutureIsFederated

Truth Social has crashed from the traffic surge and in so doing accidentally created a hauntingly poignant image.

#FediForum premiere for my Fediverse promo film = done.

How did it go? So well that I've been fighting back tears for the past half hour.

Getting such warm, positive comments from builders and champions of the fediverse is EVERYTHING ❤️ Thank you @j12t for this opportunity.

I'm almost tempted to "deploy on a Friday" and share the link to the video now 😅 But nah, I know better. Tuesday it is! (Monday is a public holiday here)

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

#EleFediVideos

We are in the middle of the #FediForum speed demo track.

A New Social just announced Bounce, the first-ever migration tool of accounts between #AtProto and #ActivityPub. You can keep your followers across networks!

https://anew.social/

Der ORF-Publikumsrat soll das Publikum vertreten. Bei der NR-Wahl kamen ÖVP+SPÖ+Neos auf knapp 57%. Diese 3 Parteien bestimmten nun 100% der Publikumsräte, für den (mächtigeren) ORF-Stiftungsrat. Im Stiftungsrat besetzt die Regierung künftig 77% der Mandate. #Entpolitisierung

ORF-Publikumsrat bestellt Stif...

Edit: Demo posted! https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114630057595469062

Building the new Pixelfed compose UI for web, it solves nearly every issue I’m aware of!

Boost and like if you want me to post a demonstration ✨

@iFixit thanks :)
Yes, I've bought a carbon filter for use in winter (and will use flexible tubing hanging out of the open window while it's warmer outside).

Currently working on a DIY solder fume extractor for my new @iFixit #FixHub soldering station. As a soldering novice I'm actually quite proud of what I've done so far :)

Stay tuned for another post once I've finished the project (currently still waiting on a USB-PD Trigger board tho so I can try powering everything directly from the FixHub's second USB-C port)...

[Project inspired by YouTuber "DIY Perks"]

#diy #DIYPerks #soldering #ifixit #ifixittools #fumeextractor #diytech #diyprojects

Das muss ein Weckruf an die Regierung sein: Klimaschutz darf nicht aufs Abstellgleis geraten - weder bei uns, noch in der EU! Jedes Zehntelgrad macht einen Unterschied für Mio. Menschen auf unserem Planeten und kann entscheiden, ob ganze Landstriche bewohnbar bleiben oder nicht.

Schlechte Nachrichten für uns alle: Das 1,5-Grad-Ziel wird wohl schon 2028 dauerhaft überschritten. Der globale Temperaturanstieg ist deutlich stärker und schneller als gedacht. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

1,5-Grad-Schwelle wird wohl sc...

You don't need to use weird spellings or algospeak for any topics on the Fediverse ("unalived", "seggs" etc). There is no automated moderation or algorithm on here, moderation happens entirely through human beings and posts are shown in chronological order.

In fact it's better that you use the correct spellings for difficult topics so that people with genuine traumas related to them can filter them more easily.

#FediTips