Notices by Erik Kemp ???????? (erik@mastodon.utwente.nl)

Elected president Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to the European Parliament:

"We have a desire to see our children alive. I think it a fair one. [..]. Without you, Ukraine is going to be lonesome. We have proven our strength, we have proven that in our essence, we are exactly the same as you are. So do prove that you are with us. Do prove that you will not let us go. Do prove that you indeed are Europeans. Then, life will win over death and light will win over darkness."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ZtjT1Ydu4

NGOs urge EU legislators to ban unlawful tracking in online advertising. Great idea to mitigate #socialcooling!

https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/adtech-online-advertising-mep-letter/43450

“This is a terrific opportunity to install privacy by default in the online world. (...) We have the opportunity to create an internet that better serves users by stopping built in data harvesting and tracing methods. It’s important that the European Parliament realises it can stand up for people, and not defend the interests of the big tech platforms.”

@Gargron Mastodon has provided me a first step in more digital sovereignty. It is very refreshing to have a timeline that you can fully control.

Moving to Mastodon felt like moving into a new village. You start with an empty timeline, and you have to actively work on your first connections.

After some initial effort, you are rewarded with meeting interesting people. They welcome you in their communities, and you can keep on discovering amazing people through the messages they boost!

Signal:- centralised- funding: donations and grants- protocol: Signal- USA- non-profit

Element:- decentralised- funding: decentralised- protocol: Matrix

Sources:1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messaging_apps

2) https://privacytools.io/software/real-time-communication/

3) https://www.wired.co.uk/article/signal-vs-whatsapp

#realtimecommunication

Wow! Germany has had over 50% of its energy powered by renewable sources for the first time in 2021!

"Wind (27%), solar (10,4%), biomass (9,3%) and hydropower (3,7%) add up to 50,4%. Over 2019 this was still 45,9%. In 2010 it was 19,1%."

Chart source:https://energy-charts.info/charts/energy_pie/chart.htm?l=de&c=DE&year=2020- created by Prof. Dr. Bruno Burger, from the 'Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme'

Dutch source:https://www.wattisduurzaam.nl/31768/energie-opwekken/wind/duitse-stroom-in-2020-voor-50-duurzaam-bij-fors-dalende-export/