Gina

I'm slightly nervous about the US mid term elections. 🇺🇸

#USpol #midterms2026 #eupolicy

My car needs to go on a diet 💀 #PookieAndWessie #CatsOfMastodon

Sunday is a day of rest 😌

I say as I take out my chore list that is longer than my will to live.

Someone asked me yesterday what they could do to be a better ally to women, POC, trans people etc in IT.

My answer: ✨ be a Jeroen ✨

Earlier this year I was a guest on a podcast where some vulgar misogynist jokes were made at me. It visibly threw me off. I was there to talk about my work.

I left with a not great feeling and received many questions and comments afterwards. I really appreciated people like

and

and a few others calling it out.

Jeroens are good people.

Lol.

#php #php2shell

In honor of #FOSDEM rejecting our Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Belonging (DEIB) track, and time permitting, I will be posting numbers about diversity in tech and my personal experiences in IT today.

Feel encouraged to share numbers and experiences as well ❤️

I'm actually a bit upset about this. 🙁

, @_elena and I, and a whole coalition of open source orgs were hoping to organize a track at #FOSDEM27 about Diversity, Equality, Inclusivity and Belonging (DEIB) in #FOSS.

It got rejected.

https://fosstodon.org/@RosannaSibora/117475238625142335

If anyone is at the @Nextcloud Enterprise Day in Copenhagen today, come say hi! 👋

#nextcloud #nextcloudconf2026 #opensource #openproject #conference

I need to buy a new headset for work. Full honesty plz: will I still be taken seriously if I rock up with a pink headset? 🌸

Me after 2 seconds at a party tonight.

I made an oopsie by assuming I was driving on the autobahn (130km/h) while apparently it was a regular road (100km/h?) and I saw the flash of a speed camera 😭

Do I:

Today's fun little activity 🚗

RE: https://nrc.social/@MarloesdeKoning/117443878800925446

Dutch bank ABN Amro (one of the big 3) is at risk of being hit by US sanctions, because of services it provides to the ICC.

Worst case scenario ABN AMRO would be excluded from the international banking system, which would be the "corporate death penalty" and has already caused another bank, the Amsterdam Trade Bank, to go under.

#digitalsovereignty #opensource #ICC #USpol

RE: https://nrc.social/@NRC/117439326530971500

Amsterdam police seized a server belonging to Autistici/Inventati (A/I) from a data center at Amsterdam Science Park, acting on a US legal assistance request. Police digital experts are making an image of the drive, which goes straight to the US.

A/I spent 25 years providing free web hosting and email to about 20,000 left-wing and anti-capitalist groups. In August the US branded it a terrorist organization.

#digitalsovereignty #opensource #EUpolicy

Lol talk about sovereignty washing. "The sovereign workspace" based on... Google.

#sovereigntywashing #opensource #sigh

My first official conference on behalf of

. Come say hi if you're at the Smart Country Conference in Berlin 👋🥳

#opensource #openproject #SCCON #Berlin

Oh nooo... someone recreated Adobe's entire suite.. and it's all free and open source. So sad, won't someone think of the shareholders... 🥲

https://getartcraft.com/apps

#foss #opensource #adobe #fuckadobe #AI

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@Gina/117236161241462079

The US is going to impose new sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC). These sanctions would prevent companies from providing services to the ICC.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-imposes-sanctions-international-criminal-court-hours-after-former-judge-wins-2026-10-09/

Dutch newspaper

wrote an article a month ago about IT suppliers of the ICC, such as

, who worry about getting hit by US sanctions as well.

[04:51 am]: my last 2 braincells and I at a random gas station in southern Germany, ordering kaffee in my best German.

🗣"Sind Sie Niederländer??" 🗣

[04:52 am]: singing happy birthday in Dutch into the gas station lady's phone because her neighbors sister's brother in law (?) is Dutch and it's their birthday.

We're at the final talk of the Decentralized and Federated track at

The amazing @_elena talks about the state of social media, her Fediverse experience, and the importance of moving EU public institutions towards ethical, decentralized platforms. 🔥🔥

#OSCL26 #Oscl #digitalsovereignty #opensource #mastodon #pixelfed #fediverse #eupolicy

The Open Source Conference Luxembourg has started! 🥳🥳

@_elena and I are organising the Decentralized and Federated track. It's in Building D, come say hi! 👋

This years

brings together governments, lots of open source projects, and even the UN!

Compliments to

for the excellent organisation! 👏

#opensource #oscl26 #OSCL #luxembourg #FOSS #digitalsovereignty

"I don't know how much German I still remem- OOH BRÖTCHEN" 🗣🇩🇪

Goodmorning from #Berlin ☕️ Omw to make new friends at

🥳

You've heard of hostile architecture, but what about hostile technology?

Example:

Hurray I am even older today 🎂🎉 #birthday

Sweden is also choosing

for their digitally sovereign government codeplatform, just like the Dutch code.overheid.nl 🥳🥳

https://github.com/diggsweden/ena-kodsamverkansplattform-poc

This is a nice step towards less dependence on US big tech, aka Github.

In my last days at the

I hope to set up a working group with other EU governments, to work towards a federated network of codeplatforms 🇪🇺

#codeplatform #forgejo #ospo #digitalsovereignty #opensource #foss #govtech

Canada could become the EU's first associate member!! 🇪🇺🇨🇦

🍁 How aboot that eh. 🍁

https://www.euractiv.com/news/canada-offered-status-as-eus-first-associate-member/

#eupolicy #USpol #eurovision #Canada #EU #goodnews #aww

Nice work Switzerland! 👏👏

European governments are starting to support alternative mobile app stores, such as

, for their government-built apps.

Next up, government issued (fair)phones for civil servants that come with an open OS and open app store? 🚀

https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20267146

#digitalsovereignty #opensource #foss #mobile #fdroid #eupolicy #switzerland

I'm so excited about my 'The Future is Decentralized and Federated' talk that I will give at the

conference on Oct 7th in Luxembourg 🥳

📢 Tickets are still available!! 📢

For a sneak peak: https://pretalx.com/open-source-conference-luxembourg-2026/talk/review/CHKGS7FZ9QPHSFV7YZNA8REAXAHHRPTV

#OSCL26 #opensource #conference #luxembourg #FOSS #digitalsovereignty #eupolicy

Just another Monday morning ☕️

Ah so my dream has a name. #solarpunk

..but do we think we're worth a Switch 2? 👀 #zelda #ocarinaoftimeremake https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/117/242/582/168/771/514/original/f9446311c8ad67ec.jpg

Excellent article written by

about the effect of US sanctions on the EU tech sector, after the targeting of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Italian internet provider A/I.

Quoted is

, director of

, who have had to limit the IT services that they provide to the ICC out of fear for US sanctions.

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/09/08/amerikaanse-sanctiebeleid-jaagt-europese-internetsector-angst-aan-a4936144

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy #USpol #opensource

Left a bank card in Spain, but brought a nice snack into France. You win some you lose some 🤷🏼‍♀️ #Biarritz

Excuse me, when was someone going to tell me about Bilbao?!

This city is STUNNING 🤯🤯

I'm bored. Who's your favorite tv character and why?

Just thinking of how fun Rednote was when everyone fled there from TikTok. I miss my Chinese spy.

Goodmorning ☕️ #TheNetherlands #TheHague

I'm not advocating for AI, but I genuinely wouldn't mind some occupations to get replaced.

@_elena and I looking at all the talks submitted for the Decentralized Technologies track at the

🌊

#oscl26 #opensource

So uhm has anyone here ever moved abroad by themselves? And by any chance to a much smaller town?

I feel like I'm about to commit social su*cide 🥲 #moveabroad

RE: https://social.lol/@macmanx/117141574509979712

Eyy keep it up #Fosstodon 👏👏

Our local plumber Wessie at work. 🔧

#PookieAndWessie #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

TIL about

/ #Amiko, a human friendly fork of Ruby on Rails, in response to DHH's politics.

I'm actually learning a bit of Ruby atm to understand OpenProject's back-end code a bit better.

(And yes, I live under a rock)

https://mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy/116997766777309382

#foss #rubyonrails #ror

Me after taking 3 days and half a mental breakdown to book accommodation for one night.

I'm having a lot of feelings about the state of the world today.

Sigh.. I thought I'd try Scaleway to move my OpenProject instance to, but since when do cloud providers require you to identify yourself with your government ID?! And of course they use some third party company...

Any recommendations for a good cloud hoster based in Europe that isn't Hetzner?

Reminder: 8 days left to submit talks! 🚀

This years

on Oct 7th has a new track named “Decentralized Technologies for Digital Sovereignty!" 👏

🔗: https://conference.opensource.lu

We are looking for speakers interested in discussing: • Federated technologies in the public sector • Decentralized platforms for video, chat, communications, code, etc. • Fediverse successes and challenges • Self-hosted solutions • Interoperability for resilience

Apply here: 🔗: https://pretalx.com/open-source-conference-luxembourg-2026/cfp

@_elena

The actual solar eclipse.

Alright now that I shared my awesome new job, I can finally share with you how moving abroad is going.

Currently I'm at "OH GOD OH NO WHERE SHOULD I MOVE TO AND WHAT IF I CHOOSE WRONG AAAH" 😭😭😭😭😭

Also it's nice having an empty house.

Dear #fediverse friends, I HAVE SUCH AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!!

🥳🥳 Per Oct 1st, I'll be starting as Head of GovTech at the best #opensource company:

🥳🥳

And best of all, it's a 100% remote role, SO I'LL FINALLY GET TO MOVE ABROAD 😭🌞

It's bittersweet leaving

. I've had a great time there with

,

,

,

,

,

and many others. Fortunately we'll still see each other at conferences ❤️

Blog: https://ginaplat.com/en/posts/20260810-goodbye-ospo-hello-openproject/