Leander Lindahl 🇪🇺

Switch to a European messenger: Delta chat, Element
Advice #008
Digital Sovereignty Council

#DeltaChat #Element #DigitalSovereignty #diday

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"We have been incredibly naïve in entrusting our democratic space to […] social networks, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
Emmanuel Macron, President of France

#leaveX

Here's a friendly reminder to donate to #DeltaChat – the secure decentralised open source messenger from Europe – in case you have the means to do so and enjoy the app. It can be just ¢50 / month (€6/y) or something. Lots of good stuff in their roadmap.

https://delta.chat/en/donate

#DigitalSovereignty #diday

I would like to 3 good European Password Manager alternatives to tell people about. Hit me!

(Remember Bitwarden, although popular, is US based, so don't tell me about Bitwarden)

#EuropeanAlternatives #digitalSovereignty

"Society is the product of humans. If something is wrong, we can change it"
Olof Palme (1927-1986)

I was a bit sad to see that @HennaVirkkunen@ec.social-network.europa.eu is posting less and less frequently on Mastodon. It brought so much hope to me when she arrived here.

That combined with German parliament and government using the Fediverse for coms and some government officials of the Netherlands arriving here recently.

I had a look at one of the US tech bro data harvesting algorithmic socials and there she seems to have posted four times the last 24 hours if I understand their UI correctly. #mastodon

🥺 🇪🇺

"Unregulated technology has not only become a forceful instrument for autocrats around the world, but also for Big Tech CEOs themselves. The ‘tech bros’ have spent billions to help elect and appease the Trump II administration.

As French President Emmanuel Macron says: “We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to […] social networks, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
by @AliceStollmeyer@eupolicy.social

https://defenddemocracy.eu/how-not-to-defend-european-democracy/

"Sadly, we must conclude that the EU is still doing too little to defend our democracies against foreign interference […] Worse, it doesn’t seem to acknowledge that these threats are interconnected and are now converging. […] Now that Putin, Trump and “tech bros” seem to share similar goals, how many more wake-up calls do we need? Are we going to “wait and see” until, one by one, all European democracies are captured?"

Important by @AliceStollmeyer@eupolicy.social
CC: @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

https://defenddemocracy.eu/how-not-to-defend-european-democracy/

Jag blev utsedd till ägarombud (medlemsombud) för Coop Syd fr o m 1 Maj fram till 2028. Men samtidigt fusionerar Coop Syd (ca 500 000 medlemmar) och Coop Östra (ca 1,1 miljon medlemmar). Följden blir att ägarombuden och därmed 500 000 medlemmar från Syd förlorar sin rösträtt fram till 2028, då nya ombud utses.

Coop behöver ha mindre föreningar, inte större.
Coop behöver mer medlemsinflytande, inte mindre och vara mer lokalt förankrat.

Vet inte om jag ska avsäga mig uppdraget?

#coop #konsum

RE: @leanderlindahl@social.folkdata.se

Iterum mittens, si cui forte utile sit.
#lingualatina @lingualatina@fedigroups.social

I saw yesterday that apparently our President, Madame von der Leyen is totally fine with posting on US based VC owned social Bsky in addition to far right X. 🥺

But posting on the open free 🇪🇺 European Fediverse isn't possible for some reason. 😿

CC:
@DanaSpinant@ec.social-network.europa.eu
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

#honte #fediverse #mastodon

Tomorrow is Thursday: a good day to delta someone.

In the mean time here's a friendly reminder to donate to #DeltaChat if you have the means for that and want to see it evolve.

https://delta.chat/en/donate

Delta chat is a secure distributed open source messenger from Europe.

God digital självständighetsdag!
Happy digital independence day!
#DiDay #Swedid #danmarkskifter

Är du i #Lund med omnejd ses vi på stadsbibliotekets café 14-16 idag.

https://dslund.codeberg.page

Does anyone know of schools using something other than #GoogleClassroom for schools and education? Maybe in #SchleswigHolstein Maybe in #Österreich? (you seem progressive in digital sovereignty). Or maybe my next door neighbour #Danmark?

It'd be nice to have some exchange of experiences between the board of education for the municipality of #Lund (we need to learn) and some other city.
If there is one? 😀

#DigitalSovereignty #DigitaleSuveränität #LibreClassroom

För dig som är i närheten av #Lund startar nu en studiecirkel om Digital Suveränitet med fem träffar. Första träffen är redan nu på tisdag 24/2 18.00. Det är helt och hållet nybörjarnivå. Du förväntas inte vara "en hejare på data". Du behöver bara vara intresserad av frågan om makten över de digitala medlen i vårt samhälle och våra liv. #digitalsuveränitet

Edit - lagt till länk: https://www.abf.se/mittskane/nyheter/digital-sjalvstandighet-kursstart-24-februari-anmal-deltagandet/

I struggle to understand why the EU commission is recommending people to use X. How else should the fact that the X logo is plastered all over their (our) web site be interpreted. It's a deeply irresponsible and harmful use of their power of influence.

After all that's happened and after all the pleading and campaigning by citizens. This is the kind of thing that truly makes you lose faith.

I can't even bring myself to tag them in this post. There's no point anyway.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/02/11/nearly-half-of-europeans-would-back-banning-musks-x-if-it-keeps-breaking-eu-law-new-poll-f

RE: https://ohai.social/@noujoum/116079099458521416 "Chancellor of the Exchequer: 'Since the 1960s, we, the state and local government, have been using Microsoft products.' The fact that the US company was only founded in April 1975 seems to have escaped the Chancellor's attention." --- This says a lot about what kind of people are the decision makers for these contracts worth hundreds of millions. And on what grounds those decisions are made. #DigitalSovereignty #lobbyism $$$

#DeltaChat is a great decentralised 🇪🇺 messenger alternative to #WhatsApp and #Signal. @delta@chaos.social

The onboarding of a new user is ridiculously easy. Suitable for messaging w friends and family as well as security conscious users.

Just wanted to mention that. 🙂

https://delta.chat/en/

#DigitalSovereignty #diday #goeuropean