🔥 We're back with our final hot takes for the new EU Commissiners.

In a few minutes, MEPs will scrutinise the nominee for Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen.

Virkkunen is up for one of the biggest portfolios, full of #digital and #tech topics. Follow along...🧵

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.12 👩‍🚀

"Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 2)"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/beyond-technical-features-why-we-need-to-talk-about-the-values-of-the-fediverse-part-2/

mentioning: @alttexthalloffame @Gargron @FediTips @ivory @IceCubesApp @Tusky @Simx72 @phanpy @jon @mathi_gwithyas @rysiek

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog #accessibility #AltText #CW #ContentWarnings #Phanpy #Ivory #Tusky #Mastodon #IceCubes

Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 2)

A deep dive into the mindful, considerate culture of the Fediverse, focusing on the use of alt text and content warnings

^{Elena Rossini}

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.11 👩‍🚀

"Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 1)"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/

with shout-outs to: @bengrosser @rysiek @phanpy @pixelfed and all the lovely people I've been interacting with on here ❤️

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #privacy #consent #Matrix

Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 1)

The Fediverse has a different value system than commercial social media: striving for genuine connections, protecting privacy and championing accessibility

^{Elena Rossini}

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.10 👩‍🚀

"My Fediverse summer & the top 3 lessons I learned"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/

with shout-outs to: @poliverso @phanpy @ivory @MonaApp @pixelfed @Tusky @MoogleMaestro

#TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #Fediverse #Mastodon #Wordpress #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #Firefish #Ivory #Phanpy

My Fediverse summer & the top 3 lessons I learned

The 3 biggest lessons I learned this summer about the Fediverse as I went from 1 account to 9!

^{Elena Rossini}

ICYMI: I wrote about what it's like to be a member of the LAST generation that grew up offline, without the internet... plus raising a small child screen-free in 2024: https://newsletter.therealists.org/the-in-betweeners/

#technology #tech #parenting #screenfree #genX #genY #genZ #education #TheRealists #digitalliteracy #mindfulness

My first post on @pixelfed — it’s awesome to see it pop up in my #Mastodon feed, it feels like magic.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the #Fediverse and #ActivityPub
✨🌳✨

🔗 https://pixelfed.social/p/elenarossini/716551270199376476

#thefutureisfederated #tech

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.9 👩‍🚀

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/

with shout-outs to @informapirata @Bro666 @dansup @phanpy @fedidb @vjprema @neblem @FediTips

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #threadiverse #mbin #kbin #piefed #lemmy #reddit #activitypub

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)

An exploration of Fediverse content aggregators as an alternative to Reddit, with a twist: the magic of ActivityPub, allowing communication with other Fediverse projects

^{Elena Rossini}

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.8 👩‍🚀

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: #Friendica)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/

with shout-outs to @anubis2814 @dansup @fedidb @heidilifeldman @tchambers @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @ryanbroderick @caseynewton @ferrante @informapirata @russandro @hankg @tio

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #activitypub #diaspora #bluesky #tumblr

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)

A "show and tell" of my favorite features of Friendica, which has fast become my favorite place in the Fediverse

^{Elena Rossini}

Today we at @fattoquotidiano run a story on a protest which will change the world: #Google's rebels #NoTechForApartheid

In the 21st century, #War would be almost impossible without #Tech and #BigTech

[Italian]https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2024/05/01/gaza-i-ribelli-di-google-non-aiutiamo-israele/7532149/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1714545384-2

Gaza, i ribelli di Google: “Non aiutiamo Israele”

“Due pesi: stop ai software alla cina, sì all’Idf”

^{Stefania Maurizi (Il Fatto Quotidiano)}