The Netherlands has launched a pilot self-hosted Git platform using Forgejo, a fully free and open source Git forge under GPLv3+ governance 🐿️
Multiple ministries and municipalities are onboarding to ensure code sovereignty and government-wide collaboration 🔐

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/netherlands-forgejo-migration/

#TechNews #Forgejo #Git #GitHub #OpenSource #FOSS #Government #Politics #Privacy #Transparency #UserControl #Sovereignty #Collaboration #Software #DevTools #Programming #Netherlands #Public #Dutch #Europe #EU

#MMLifers Happy birthday to Stan Cullimore, 64 today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLOyF50wlBU

RE: https://twit.social/@mainmeister/116526145189651579

Go DeepMind!

“In a vote of Google DeepMind’s CWU workers, 98% backed the move to seek recognition. In a press release, the workers said they were unionizing to end use of their technology by Israel, via the Project Nimbus cloud computing project, and the U.S. military”

@dimregnier
Merci.

Sadly, this is the reality of our life in Gaza. 💔
For three years, we have endured pain, loss, and uncertainty. The most painful question remains: will we live like this for the rest of our lives?
Today, suffering is not only from war, but from what it leaves behind. Scabies and other painful skin diseases are spreading rapidly through overcrowded displacement camps, where there is little water, no proper hygiene, and no access to treatment.
This is not just a crisis—it is a slow, ongoing tragedy affecting every part of our lives.
We are not numbers. We are human beings trying to survive. Please do not look away.
https://chuffed.org/project/133500-support-diyaa-a-home-a-future-and-hope-lost-in-gaza
@aral
#Gaza #GazaVerified #mutualAid #MutualAidReques #Humanity #SaveChildren #StopGenocide #gazaverified #palestine

war is ecocide

yes yes, i have too many fluff

We’re here to tell you that there is a middle ground. Since the beginning, XR has felt strongly that there is a place for everyone in the movement, no matter your skills or constraints. That’s why this month, we are introducing a new Suggested Monthly Action, aimed to give all of us a chance not only at activism, but at community building resilience. So if you’re feeling stuck, conflicted, or hopeless, but you have just a few more spare minutes, read on
#climateaction
https://rebellion.global/blog/2026/04/15/global-newsletter-106/

Market failure

The world’s most powerful country has managed to get 2 out of probably more than 1,000 major freight ships through the Strait of Hormuz and oil markets see this as a sufficient win to lower prices.

And Andreessen has raised over $2 billion to invest in dead-end technologies.

Pretty astonishingly fucked

Chokepoints

"The age of assuming someone else’s energy will always be available, at a price we can afford, through a route we don’t control, is over.

Solar and wind require no imports from unstable regions, no transit through chokepoints. Every energy minister on earth grasps this now in a way they did not nine weeks ago."

https://www.semafor.com/article/05/05/2026/the-largest-energy-crisis-in-modern-history-is-only-beginning

@juergen_hubert @maddin @JochenLingelba1 @tazgetroete Oh, ich wusste gar nicht, dass das nicht geht, und hab das bisher dementsprechend nicht als Warnung mitgegeben. Gerade wenn jemand eine Instagram-Alternative sucht, wo ja ein kuratierter Feed auch immer Teil der eigenen Präsentation ist, sehe ich das als ziemlich großes Problem. Dann sollte die erste Instanz schon sehr gut passen.

@juergen_hubert

"- Ein Verständnis für das dezentrale Konzept entwickeln."

Wer das nicht tut, kann hier trotzdem einfach durchstarten. Multiple Instanzen sind optional, kein Muss.

"- Eigenständig den Feed zu füllen"

Same. Wer das nicht will, hat die instanzübergreifende algorithmische "Im Trend" Timeline und personalisierte Folgevorschläge

@JochenLingelba1 @tazgetroete

@patrickhadfield
Am I allowed to say on the Fediverse that Nigel Farage is a trouble-making deceitful wanker?

@sebsauvage évidemment c'est payant mais franchement pour le service rendu c'est top et David, le développeur de Blot est très gentil et très réactif.

We’re kicking off a new series: Community Spotlights.

Through these stories, we celebrate the people who make the #SocialWeb a wonderful place to connect.

Our first subjects are @Tzipporah & @Yehuda, the grandfather & grandkid duo that admin #TurtleIsland, a server focused on building community with Native/Indigenous people, other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) people, and allies.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/05/community-spotlight-tzipporah-and-yehuda-of-turtle-island-social/

#Mastodon #Fediverse

@oblomov esatto

In an interview with BBC News, Nigel Farage said "I have been the most attacked, physically, politician of modern times".

I think Jo Cox and David Amess might disagree.

#UKpol #Reform

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jv8xl17l8o

Mentre gli Stati Uniti sembrano smantellare gli strumenti che gli hanno permesso di organizzare l’economia mondiale in base ai propri interessi, la Cina difende istituzioni e princìpi che ha sempre contestato o violato. L'articolo di Stefano Feltri.

L’ordine cinese

@imanijoy @Mastodon can we get proper dual stack support from Mastodon software and mastodon.social please!

Currently this is leading to a great fragmentation of the Fediverse.

Maybe also a test instance for admins to debug and validate?