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Now, this is the kind of gritty, apocalyptic, doomscroll content I came here for!
Extinction level events!!
But let's focus on migrants !
Really hot weather here in confirmation. Plus violent storms. Had a lightning strike about 30’ feet away. Fascinating effects from it.
36 forecast for London on Tuesday.
When we're meant to be singing with a brass band in a church in Central London.
Cool (literally not) stuff
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Genuine question that I didnt get from the article.
What counts as the "record" here? Are we talking modern direct measurements (c100yr) or the longer (ice core?) proxy measurements that are >800ka?
Thanks for what you do on here.
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A few years ago we took a chunk of our lawn and seeded it with a mix from Minnesota Native Landscapes. mnlcorp.com/native-seeds-and-p…
After two years of mowing, we got to let it go this year. I'll just add to this thread through the summer/fall. It's already amazing to see every day.
@dimpase The yellow flower is one of the ways to tell whether it is Potentilla indica. Super common in lawns in the US (but not native). Two white flowered and native strawberries in the US are Fragaria vesca and Fragaria virginica. @Guillotine_Jones @idropyou
There are also some mock strawberries in there too!
Awesome!
Thank YOU so much for providing context, Isaac!
Thank YOU so much for providing context, Isaac!
Pleez don't mock the strawberries, they're quite fragile.
@Guillotine_Jones in the US wild strawberries have no taste 😠
@Guillotine_Jones I merely meant to say that's a bug in the Matrix - identically looking berries have a wonderful taste and smell in Europe, but none of this in US
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Makes me wonder about the history and travel of European and North American strawberries and how closely related they may be historically.
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Nice pics!
Have a general view you'd be willing to share, Isaac?
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A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
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W like WTF? Y'all don't really seem to get it - or - you do and your integrity is failing.
Please don't promote this. Mastodon first, Eurosky for ATProto.
Disappointed in you...
w-w-w-what is this nonsense?
W...like in What... centralized again? 🤯
@makeratschool @NatureMC @WIRED That is an *extremely* disappointing thing to read about Kallas. I thought much better of her.
Una llàstima que ja existeix la plataforma on ara ho comuniqueu. A, espera, si esteu plantejant una xarxa social de codi tancat (misteriosament ha desaparegut el codi de GitHub...) i amb el petit detall del control...
PD: Espero que rectifiqueu i reconegueu a Catalunya, almenys els 8 segons.
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well, you're making such an embarrassment of yourself, @EUCommission
it's astounding you can fall to such low and in such a stupid trap as W..
it's astounding you can fall to such low and in such a stupid trap as W..
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What an absolutely peculiar thing to do. Nope!
no thanks. Fediverse is miles ahead in every aspect. Never will join your wrong network.
well I'll be staying following you on Mastodon, rather than a techbro startup. So hope you continue on and further develop your Mastodon presence, and maybe give it as big a plug you're giving W Social!
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Nobody wants European X. People want something better
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@Gormfull @ayo @Gargron
Because Y means, they're always behind X.
Too bad that W means, they're desperately striving to be one step ahead of X.
Amazing how they put their obsession with X even into their brand name.
Oh and @EUCommission: Congratulations. You have become a totally ridiculous shit show.
Why are you promoting a closed-source, for-profit network?
W? The for profit, enshitification-prone, mandatory ID platform? Why? Just fund Mastadon....
does „W” stand for „What a piece of crap”?
This is just sad
@RLRVivaldi Holy shit..
That's a massive no no
You can go with Ursula Von Der Liar and her nazi friends from vulture capital to hell.
vmst.io/@jalefkowit/1167673481…
How long for a "human error" in W will have a breach in users data? It will happen... Misteriously but it will happen.
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Why are you promoting a closed-source, for-profit network?
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Yeah another X/Twitter/BSky kind is being promoted, but something sovereign and decentralised for ages is not. How nice.
Yeah another X/Twitter/BSky kind is being promoted, but something sovereign and decentralised for ages is not. How nice.
l sure hope someone's getting decently bribed for this. Otherwise it would just be pathetic.
A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
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I think you got the letter upside down 
this EU account is half troll account and half serious account. 😂
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Ah ... "...the European Commission has factually migrated their data from an open source platform (Bluesky) into a closed source platform (W Social)."
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Ah ... "...the European Commission has factually migrated their data from an open source platform (Bluesky) into a closed source platform (W Social)."
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a) it's controlled by a private company; b) they forked an open source project and took it private. Where exactly does the sovereignty come in?
it's not decentralized.
Deal with it.
The only decentralized SN, right now is the fediverse.
Deal with it (and fund it).
Als ob irgendwer die Kommentare hier lesen würde.
By law you must disclose when a post is sponsored!
They are better in lobbying.
@Gargron I called it 🤷
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@andycarolan@social.lol @_elena@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social failed to cozy up to them in Davos 🤷Claudius (darmstadt.social)
@brembs @hvdsomp @jalefkowit right! Plus the EU naturally tends to prefer centralised control structures in general, I guess.
Unlike most reactions, I'm rather positive about the introduction of W Social. Every effort that breaks the network effect of less desirable (American/Chinese) social media is a plus in my book. W might be closer to what the average social media consumer wants.
Now, most users on Mastodon are more principled than the target audience of W. That's why we chose this network in the first place. Bear that in mind for your next toot.
Can you please explain why you chose W over Eurosky?
While W might have great potential, requiring ID is a red line for me. I've made sacrifices not to have my ID in any leak. I'm not changing my stance on cybersecurity just because now it's a EU company that's asking
Talks about independence, but depends on capitalism... 🙄
@gargron I guess that there isn't any lobbyist who's dining with eu commision people to talk about mastodon.
do you guys ever listen to EU citizens? Mastodon is that platform. W is company owned. What could possibly go wrong?
Probably you don’t read this message and don’t respond either.
Sure. I think you just want mandatory ID and it will be harder to make that happen with the fediverse. Promoting W conflicts with supporting decentralised web.
What happened to the Tech sovereignty package which was recently announced?
Are you aware W is now closed source, and the package you just announced includes the EU open source strategy?
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/…
Strengthening Europe’s Tech Sovereignty
Tech sovereignty is Europe’s ability to act independently in the digital world by developing and controlling key technologies, data, and infrastructure, while reducing reliance on non-EU providers.Shaping Europe’s digital future
I think you are a bit too enthusiatic about W, like european media too yesterday.
The only good point I see is, that its superficially Europeans cloning a US business model. I don't see any more improvements or innovations there. It also doesn't treat me as customer, it treats me as a product in their shelf.
once again, fuck off
Hi @t3rcermillenium! Opening an account on W helps us diversify our presence on social media platforms and reach out to as many Europeans as possible. We also welcome the development of European social media platforms. Opening an account on a new platform does not exempt it from its obligation to comply with EU legislation.
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That’s what Mastodon provides. You’re exactly the same as X or Threads, just happen to be EU-based.
Still a big no.
@smallcircles We surely need reforms in the EU!
But I'm not sure if this fishy W-scandal happens due to "old' politics. I doubt if there's even politics behind ... but money, promises, lobbyism only. Many of these politicians even don't know social media, their employees fill their accounts.
In France, we have a TV series about EU politics, Parlement: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlemen…
It's a mix of comedy and disaster, horribly near to reality. I think, the whole platform
How about also giving €2.5M to Mastodon, are you working on that?
Who are you kidding, Bluesky in a new dress?
You should re-imburse the tax payers who funded this crap...
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W Social, Public Institutions and the Theater of European Digital Sovereignty
European public institutions are betting big on digital sovereignty and open source software. And yet they recently moved their Bluesky accounts to W Social, a private, for profit network owned by Swedish entrepreneurs that has quietly gone closed-so…Elena Rossini
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Literally just an X knockoff, but with more uploading your ID. Gotta be pretty uncreative to get your name name from fucking copying "X" lmao.
Literally just an X knockoff, but with more uploading your ID. Gotta be pretty uncreative to get your name name from fucking copying "X" lmao.
Are you also promoting your Mastodon account on W?
just drop W and X and BlueSky and use only open source. The tech is there (i.e. here) and free and open.
corrupts!
The choice of using W is clearly not about reaching audience, is about favouring friends of former Commissioners and likely of current of Commissioners.
The choice of using W is clearly not about reaching audience, is about favouring friends of former Commissioners and likely of current of Commissioners.
Une application Web privatrice développée par une société privée ? Je préfère une application Web libre développée par une organisation non mercantile.
Apparemment je ne suis pas seul à détester les boîtes noires.
Ceci écrit l’arrière-plan du site d’accueil du réseau social W me plaît bien, même si une application en WebGL devient vite gourmande en ressource.
this is just sad.
@smallcircles story happened like this. (I worked some yrs for EU projects and was shocked how near the comedy of this TV series came to reality 😁 ).
Yea, I guess you are right. I think in this case I was thinking more of mentality, boomer stance, what is the right word. Gov-corporate mindset. Where if something has the right buzzword mix, well-connected people behind it, it has already won half the race, regardless whether it is any good. That mentality then influences policy approach. FOSS is having a hard time anyway, severely looked down upon as a bunch'a amateurs, and starts a step behind anything else. (Well, here I think FOSS can do much better, btw. But that's a different story).
Absolutely not. This is not the right way to go. Why are you doing this? This goes against everything you have been saying lately. W is just more closed-source garbage, and is just another Nazi bar. Why must you keep disappointing us? How about instead of wasting billions of Euros on this, you send some to Ukraine, so that Russia doesn't start invading Poland sooner?
Also, side note, this is the most replies I have ever seen on a single Mastodon post, and from the ones I have read, 98% of them are negative. Read the room. We don't need a European Elon Musk. No more Nazis!
Also, side note, this is the most replies I have ever seen on a single Mastodon post, and from the ones I have read, 98% of them are negative. Read the room. We don't need a European Elon Musk. No more Nazis!
Mastodon ir pieejams un ES digitālās suverenitātes principiem atbilst labāk. "Atbilstība ES tiesību aktiem" nav tas pats, kas atbilstība ES vērtībām .
W is not the way forward.
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great to see the commission embracing decentralised alternatives! since W is built on AT protocol, you can actually be present across W, Eurosky, and Bluesky simultaneously with the same account, no duplication needed
if true digital sovereignty is the goal, it's worth asking: what's the commission's position on Eurosky specifically? it's a non-profit, fully transparent, european-governed ATproto network that's been quietly building this infrastructure since before w was announced
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both can coexist, but a few things are worth knowing about W before institutions endorse it: it's a private swedish for-profit startup (not EU-funded or backed), and it recently deleted its code from github without explanation, quietly going closed-source after presenting itself as open. that's the opposite of digital sovereignty
public institutions backing open, non-profit infrastructure sends a stronger signal than joining a private platform
Independent like in what? You need Apple or Android to even register. And then its all closed source and very dubios persons behind this site. Trash move. Payed actors I guess?
@ocelot221 I was about to post the same thing. Having an ATProto account as well as an ActivityPub one seems fine to me, but Eurosky (or probably better yet, running their own PDS) would be so much better than .... well just read Elena's post I won't try to elaborate.
I guess the W is for Wilders (Geert), your envisioned next president?
wsocial.sozial ;)
the last line was the most important.
I hope you will learn and leave #wsocial to gain trust yourself again.
The ATproto protocol is a technically bad protocol, inferior to the protocol that Mastodon/Fediverse uses, and it's developed by shady cryptocurrency scammers with anti-government views.
Add to that the death of anonymity plus advertisements/tracking and the tolerance of literal neo-nazis, and you have W Social.
Why would any sane person join W?!?
Ursula von der Leyen joining W on launch day, but having no presence on Mastodon despite Mastodon existing for over a decade, sends a conflicting signal that is opposed to the EU Commission claiming to want to continue their presence on Mastodon.
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@davidculley I'm afraid it aligns perfectly with the "conservative" interpretation of "digital sovereignty".
I am confused:
1) open endorsement & straight up advertising (in many ways) of a privately owned company whose oversight includes lots of politicians and dubious private actors. How is this is not a conflict of interest?
2) the EU commision feed on W is not openly visible (or hard to find, same same). How is that "staying connected"?
3) does the commission advertise Mastodon just as much on W as vice-versa? Can't check, see 2).
4) ad monetizing w/ state IDs. Really? It's 2026
"Staying connected" should mean engaging in constructive dialogue with the community, not just dropping bombshells like this on social media and then ignoring the comments.
A warm hug to everyone who works in the European Commission’s communications department.
#SendingLove
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seems like an apt representation of the EU
seems like an apt representation of the EU
is this a joke?
Why are you advertising here for a venture-capital funded platform that requires people to upload their ID documents?
Why are you prominently displaying their logo?
Did you get paid for this advertising, or did you receive other benefits?
What can owners of other platforms do to receive similar promotion activities? What's the amount to pay, per commissioner?
This is a formal request to the maintainer(s) of the account @EUCommission (as is mandatory before filing a complaint with the European Ombudsman):
Assuming Article 2 (1) of the ECGAB applies to you:
The promotion of W Social AB, a company incorporated under the laws of Sweden, is a violation of Article 8 (1) of the ECAG:
»Article 8 - Impartiality and independence
- The official shall be impartial and independent. The official shall abstain from any arbitrary action adversely affecting members of the public, as well as from any preferential treatment on any grounds whatsoever.«
Why is the company W Social given a prohibited preferential treatment, including the presentation of their logo, and a direct call to action ("Connect with us on W")?
Have competent people run the executive branch? Challenge level impossible
Private for profit enerprise closed solution should never be chosen as the tool of communication with citizens. But it is a perfect to communicate the ordnance to subjects.
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Great visualisation.
Meanwhile, sea surface temperatures across the wider tropical Pacific have set new daily record high levels since April, including a new *all-time* record for this region. 🔥
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Surface air temperature for May 2026
May 2026 was the second-warmest May globally. Europe experienced its seventh-warmest May and its third warmest spring, with an unusually early and intense heatwave affecting western Europe towards the end of May.climate.copernicus.eu
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Think about this vs having the first Trillionaire who does nazi salutes. Maybe, just maybe we are not in the smartest timeline.
Off the charts.
This line is now in international waters.
This line is now in international waters.
Stunning. Somewhat related: This El Niño will be a whopper I would think.
Wasn't 2016 the "warm blob" year? This is very bad, for salmon, for gray whales, pelagic birds, for lots of species.
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