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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 27/08/2026

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Join the team! We are looking for a Director of Technology to lead and shape the Sovereign Tech Agency’s technology and research strategy. 1/6

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Bridging my personal website on Bluesky now: bsky.app/profile/flam...

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New on the blog. Codeberg's members voted to stop hosting mostly AI-generated projects. The freedom worth defending is not the freedom to be taken from, it is the freedom to refuse. tarakiyee.com/open-source-is-indefe… #OpenSource #OpenSourceGovernance #ReformvsTransformation

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Nodes Of Resistance @noderesist.de · 27/07/2026

We will kick off on 30 September with a session on “Is there Technology without Extractivism?” @tarakiyee.bsky.social will talk about ”What the Machine is Made Of“, walking us through the layers of the technological stack.

Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 21/07/2026

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This week at #IETF126 in Vienna, the Sovereign Tech Standards network is on the ground, working on standards that keep internet traffic from being misdirected, make encrypted email trustworthy and usable, bring secure connections to small devices, and improve how data travels across the modern web.

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

New on the blog. "Fork it" too often just means there's the door. But exit isn't the only tool we have. tarakiyee.com/fork-it-or-walk-away #OpenSource #Essay #Rant

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

New on the blog. TOTP is an open standard for 2FA, but the app I chose over a decade ago locked me in anyway. Getting out took a whole afternoon of tedium. tarakiyee.com/an-afternoon-of-tediu… #SelfHosting

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Happy Autonomy Tuesday. I left Gmail after 21 years, but instead of going for another mail provider, I decided to self-host (what I can). tarakiyee.com/i-cannot-be-trusted-t… #AutonomousStack #BigTech #InternetInfrastructure

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

New on the blog. At Cables of Resistance, I ran a workshop asking if we can build hardware without capitalism. I was grieving what AI is doing to open source. Technologists need to see there's no innocent ground under the machine. It was… tarakiyee.com/i-get-no-ideas-inside…

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 02/07/2026

Verstärke unser Team als Leitung der Kommunikation! Wir sichern digitale Infrastruktur im öffentlichen Interesse – stärken das #opensource-Ökosystem und gestalten dessen Zukunft mit. Bewirb Dich bis zum 15. Juli. #Hiring #OpenSource #PublicInterestTech

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 02/07/2026

Join us as Communications Lead! Our mission is to secure digital infrastructure in the public interest, strengthening the #opensource ecosystem and shaping its future. If you'd like to support us on this mission, apply by July 15. #Hiring #OpenSource #PublicInterestTech

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Happy Autonomy Tuesday. A VPS, a reverse proxy, a password manager, and a DNS zone full of forgotten history. The autonomous stack begins to take shape. tarakiyee.com/laying-the-first-ston… #AutonomousStack #DigitalSovereignty #Cybersecurity

Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 28/04/2026

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NEWS 📣 The Sovereign Tech Agency is launching the Sovereign Tech Standards network today, a new program designed to bring open source maintainers directly into global standards development. www.sovereign.tech/news/join-so...

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 30/03/2026

The DC EDIC was established in October 2025 by the European Commission as an initiative of five founding Member States: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Luxembourg. It has since grown to twelve participants and remains open to all EU Member States. www.sovereign.tech/press/edic-d...

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 02/07/2023

bluesky is twitter rebooted into an earlier stage of development where they seem deeply committed to learning nothing from what happened the first time

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weird little whale guy @tumblesweed.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Thank you for sharing this. In case anyone is interested, Audre Lorde's speech can be read here awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/communicatio...

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The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House - Oct. 29, 1979 - Archives of Women's Political Communication

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 23/03/2026

Building on the success of Sovereign Tech Resilience since 2023, we're expanding the program to focus on areas where we see the greatest need and the clearest opportunity for impact. ➡️ Read more in a recent blog post www.sovereign.tech/news/call-fo...

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Today on the Autonomous Stack series: Frustrated with the slop, I finally mapped every service, every account, to try and map a way out. What I found changed the scope of the whole project. tarakiyee.com/the-inventory-i-should-have-done-years-ago/ #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #SelfHosting

The Inventory I Should Have Done Years Ago

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This week on the Autonomous Stack series: why I'm doing this whole thing. I strive for digital autonomy but somehow I ended up with all these dependencies I don't control. I want to document how I'm changing that. tarakiyee.com/why-im-doing... #DigitalSovereignity #OpenSource #Selfhosting

Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 23/02/2026

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In our latest blog post, we provide some background on the Sovereign Tech Resilience Program and its results thus far, outline its core objectives, and explain the reasoning behind the most recent call for tenders. ℹ️ Please note that the submission deadline for the current tender has been extended!

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 18/02/2026

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reads: This idea, that large-language models merely produce statistically plausible word sequences based on training data, without having any idea about what the words refer to, has become the baseline across much of the left-intellectual landscape. Thanks to it, fundamental questions about AI’s capabilities, now and in the future, are considered settled.

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I'm renaming my blog: Do Flamingos Know They're Pink. 🦩 Flamingos aren't born pink, they become pink because of their diet. We're all being shaped by the technologies we consume: the question is whether we notice. tarakiyee.com/welcome-to-do-flamingos-know-theyre-pink/

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This blog has a new home. After years on WordPress shared hosting, it now runs on self-hosted infrastructure. Ghost on a VPS I manage, backed up to encrypted offsite storage, federated via ActivityPub...

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 06/11/2025

We're #hiring a new Head of the Sovereign Tech Fund! 🚀 The #SovereignTechFund is the flagship program of the Sovereign Tech Agency. Since 2022, we've invested in critical #opensource infrastructure—from curl to FreeBSD to technologies like DNS powering the web—to strengthen #digitalsovereignty. 1/3

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 14/08/2025

Wir sehen uns auf der #FrOSCon! Sa, 16.8., 14:30 Uhr – Inside the #SovereignTechFellowship mit Sarah Hoffmann (@openstreetmap.bsky.social‬, Nominatim), Stefan Eissing (curl, httpd) & Mirko Swillus (Sovereign Tech Agency). Sie sprechen zusammen über Arbeit & Alltag als Open-Source-Maintainer*in 1/3

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 06/03/2025

Today at 17:30 for the Bits & Bäume Policy Lab, @kattascha.bsky.social, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, @alexandrageese.bsky.social & Sovereign Tech Agency CEO Adriana Groh are discussing how to build resilient digital infrastructure — as the economy, society, and technology are inextricably linked. 1/2

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📅 6. März 17:30 Uhr – Bits & Bäume Diskussionsabend zu resilienten digitalen Infrastrukturen.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 30/01/2025

What can Open Source do for Europe? Open source is the basis for Europe’s critical digital infrastructure, from public services to cybersecurity. To keep it reliable and secure, we need sustainable support and long-term investments.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 29/01/2025

Last autumn in Berlin, we celebrated the launch of our research report, Bug Bounties and FOSS, under the Sovereign Tech Resilience program. Now, we’re excited to share the keynote and panel videos, the German report, and a new job opening for the program!

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Do you love FOSS and want to work to support public digital infrastructure? Come work with us! We're looking to strengthen the team through a couple of really interesting positions! Check them out below, and share this with your networks. #FOSSJobs #Hiring

Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 28/11/2024

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Reminder 🔔 We’re hosting a devroom at @FOSDEM 2025! The "Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" devroom is for developers to gain insights into funding strategies, encourages funders to better understand and support developer needs in FOSS projects.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 18/10/2024

Today, the Sovereign Tech Fund turns two years old. Since our first anniversary, so much has happened: new programs, more investments, and even more ways to strengthen the digital infrastructure and software that we all rely on. We would like to thank SPRIND, @bmwk.de ... 1/3

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 19/09/2024

How effective are bug bounties in making open source critical infrastructure safer? Join us on the evening of 30 Sep 2024 in Berlin for the presentation of Dr. Ryan Ellis’ research, a keynote by Sabine Grützmacher (MdB), and an expert panel, exploring FOSS, security, and the public interest. 1/3

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 07/08/2024

With five new software projects on the YesWeHack platform, for a total of seven, there’s a lot of code to look at. Find and report potential vulnerabilities responsibly, in exchange for a bug bounty. 2/2

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 07/08/2024

We’re calling on security researchers to help enhance the resilience of open digital infrastructure. Participate in the bug & fix bounties of seven critical software projects. 1/2 www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/calling...

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Calling All Security Researchers: Help Make Our Digital…

Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 06/08/2024

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STF technologist @tarakiyee.bsky.social will be speaking about memory safety and our Bug Resilience Program's approach to vulnerability management in open digital infrastructure this week with the Charter Of Trust in Braunschweig, Germany, hosted by Siemens Mobility: www.linkedin.com/events/3rdch...

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3rd Charter of Trust Meetup Braunschweig together with ASRG | LinkedIn

We will meet for the 3rd time to listen to Cybersecurity related talks and afterwards discuss the topics in a relaxed atmosphere. 🗓️ 7th of August 2024, 06:00 PM 📍 Siemens Mobility GmbH, Ackerstraße ...

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 15/06/2024

If you haven't been aware of the recent discussion about the Open Source AI definition, in this post I try to to share some initial links and give my take. Warning: there's an angry rant about "AI" in general at the beginning, feel free to skip. tarakiyee.com/what-on-eart...

What on Earth is Open Source AI?

I want to talk about a recent conversation on the Open Source AI definition, but before that I want to do an acknowledgement. My position on the uptake of “AI” is that it is morally unc…

Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Do you maintain a critical Open Source component and wondering how a Bug Bounty Program might add value to your project and what the effort level might be? Feel free to reach out and I'll happily answer any questions you might have about our OSS friendly approach to bug bounties! bugresilience.de

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

Beim @sovereigntechfund.de kommunizieren wir mit verschiedenen Stakeholdern über die Wichtigkeit offener digitaler Infrastrukturen. Wenn das nach einem interessanten Job für dich klingt, dann mach mit in unserem Kommunikationsteam! www.sovereigntechfund.de/de/stellenan...

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Job: Kommunikations-Manager*in (m/w/d/x) | Sovereign Tech Fund

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Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

Was Munich city's Linux phase really that bad? The Open Source Observatory released a case study that tells the whole story, and I wrote a blogpost about how it applies to Open Source in Public Administration efforts today: tarakiyee.com/lets-talk-ab...