Dear Fedi friends,

[usti@witter.cz]

@_elena I'm reading your newer blog post and the video from the AI Monaco Conference is no longer available because “This video has been removed by the uploader“. I guess they have seen your post and acted.

[tyil@fedi.tyil.nl]

@_elena@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

I cannot fathom why

Its not that difficult, these people don't give a single shit about you, freedom, or democracy. They are pure, unadulterated evil. They do not deserve more chances, they need to be eradicated.

[njyo@mastodon.social]

@_elena @floe

It’s not really a surprise, is it? The same @EUCommission that keeps talking about “consumers” instead of “people” and “markets” instead of “societies”?

The EU started as an economic union and until we force it to change into a true union of people and human values, it’s simply better than nothing.

[nini@oldbytes.space]

@passenger @_elena Turns out the most sovereign thing is to have your own poison generators, imagine if a different country was doing it.

[luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@_elena @EUCommission
Politics is about managing the largest group of individuals in a community with the smallest sense of reality in that community.

[kerplunk@mastodon.scot]

@_elena @EUCommission

The @EUCommission and its president Ursula von der Leyen have recently migrated their ATproto (Bluesky) accounts to W Social.

Der EU Komission ist von Mitglieder rechte Gruppierungen Dominiert.

Von der Leyen Priorität Rechte Mitarbeit.

Mastodon ist wohl zu Linksversifft.....

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@usti seriously?!?!? 🤯 I think I may have downloaded it, imagining this scenario. I need to look in my files if I can find it

[luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@_elena @EUCommission
It isn't any rule written anywhere. I'm just observing actual facts.
Having to mediate with large numbers, politicians try to choose the average sentiment for "something European". Which is in itself an aberration, like choosing the average of preferred colors by people, resulting in a dull tone that almost no one would like. Or choosing the average European food, putting all the local favorite ones in a blender, and pretending the result is a good choice.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@bitbraindev SPOT ON. They could easily bridge their Mastodon account to Bluesky using BridgyFed... a Mastodon account that is truly sovereign / their own

@EUCommission

[__ic@mastodon.social]

@_elena Strange name... It very sadly and unfortunately reminds of Perec's W.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W,_or_the_Memory_of_Childhood

[aimeemaroux@mastodon.social]

@_elena @usti I came here to say the same thing. If you have it, that'd be great. I guess it goes to show that we have to document everything, lest important sources are removed

[plexus@toot.cat]

@_elena hey @europeanspodcast , I know you talked about W Social after Davos, maybe it's time to revisit it with some more depth? It all smells fishy ️

[liaizon@social.wake.st]

@aslakr @_elena @Razemix oh wow thats bizarre. I wonder if Blacksky and W are federating at all?

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@_elena thank you for your work on this, and everything else.

[irelephant@app.wafrn.net]

@Razemix@mamutovo.cz @_elena@mastodon.social

You don't need a relay, with a cheap constellation instance and https://reddwarf.app you can use bluesky without touching blueskys infrastructure.

[irelephant@app.wafrn.net]

@Razemix@mamutovo.cz @liaizon@social.wake.st @aslakr@mastodon.social @_elena@mastodon.social

It's probably a bug on blacksky's end

[_elena@mastodon.social]

File under: #WSocial shenanigans

I was alerted by @usti that the video of the Monaco AI conference presentation by W Social CEO Anna Zeiter was removed from their YouTube channel. You know, the video that I referenced in my second exposé about W Social, quoted extensively (because some of her statements were truly shocking).

This is the only video that was removed from their channel. I thought I had downloaded a copy to my computer... but hey, proof from the Wayback Machine of its existence

[raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest]

@_elena@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
Politicians should have social media account on open free software platforms hosted by the government, this is so dumb.

[dzwiedziu@mastodon.social]

@_elena
> Do I have to write a THIRD article about W now? 🫠

Well, isn't what's “WWW” about?

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@bitbraindev And Mastodon would gain more reach if more politicians, journalists, etc would be here.

But meanwhile, with all bad developments coming with growing size, I'm quite happy about some cosy caves which are better protected against toxic profit crap or AISlop.

@_elena @EUCommission