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Auroral Hummingbird over Norway

Image Credit & Copyright: Mickael Coulon

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250210.html #APOD

UPDATED = February 10, 2025

List of service providers outside the United States jurisdiction. 😉

🔍 Web Search Engine =

* Qwant, located in France, Europe
https://www.qwant.com

* Ecosia, located in Germany, Europe
https://www.ecosia.org

* Mojeek, located in England, Europe
https://www.mojeek.com

* Swisscows, located in Switzerland, Europe
https://swisscows.com


🔑 Password Manager =

* Heylogin, located in Germany, Europe +
https://www.heylogin.com
It is tied to your hardware.

* pCloud, located in Switzerland / Bulgaria, Europe +
https://www.pcloud.com/pass.html
Use a VPN when first signing up to ensure your data is saved on their Europe Servers. You can see a copy of the documentation here: https://docs.pcloud.com/


🔏 Privacy Focused E-mail =
NOTE: Proton was rejected, because they fall under US-jurisdiction.

* Tuta, located in Germany, Europe
https://tuta.com/

* Soverin, located in the Netherlands, Europe
https://soverin.com/

* Startmail, located in the Netherlands, Europe
https://www.startmail.com/

* Mailfence, located in Belgium, Europe
https://mailfence.com/

🌐 Public DNS =

* CIRA Canadian Shield, located in Canada, North America
https://www.cira.ca/en/canadian-shield/configure/

* Mullvad DNS, located in Sweden, Europe
https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls

* DNS0, located in France, Europe
https://www.dns0.eu


🌐 Managed DNS =

* AdGuard DNS, located in Cyprus, Europe
https://adguard-dns.io/

* ClouDNS, located in Bulgaria, Europe
https://www.cloudns.net/

* deSEC, located in Germany, Europe
https://desec.io/

🤫 VPN =
NOTE: Proton was rejected, because they fall under US-jurisdiction.

* iVPN, located in Gibraltar, Europe (UK territory)
https://www.ivpn.net/

* Mullvad VPN, located in Sweden, Europe
https://mullvad.net/

* Goose VPN, located in the Netherlands, Europe
https://goosevpn.com/

* Xeovo VPN, located in Finland, Europe
https://xeovo.com/

* Winscribe, located in Canada, North America
https://windscribe.com

🌍 Domain Registration / Web Hosting =
NOTE: Hetzner was rejected, because of their homophobic policies.

* Scalewy, located in France, Europe
https://www.scaleway.com/

* OVH, located in France, Europe
https://www.ovhcloud.com/

* Jottam located in Norway, Europe
https://jottacloud.com

* Aruba, located in Italy, Europe
https://aruba.it

* Hosting Dot NL, located in the Netherlands, Europe
https://hosting.nl

* Bahnhof, located in Sweden, Europe
https://bahnhof.cloud

* Glesys, located in Sweden, Europe
https://glesys.com/

🌍 CDN =

* Key CDN, located in Switzerland, Europe
https://www.keycdn.com/

* Ipv64, located in Germany, Europe
https://ipv64.net

#Vpn #Dns #Cdn #Email #WebHosting #SearchEngine #PasswordManager #RuleOfLaw #Justice #FreedomOfSpeech #Project2025 #Facism #Nazis

So over the past week I've been researching and putting together a list of Canada-made art supplies. 🎨 🇨🇦 (thanks to everyone who reached out with their favourite brands! 🙏)

Thread to follow 🔽

#MastoArt #canada #illustration #canadianartists #canadamade #cartooning #artistsonmastodon #tradewar #buycanadian

Help out, #birding #birdphotography mastodon!

roll but also tails

late night drawing of Nashu (my only reason to play the hildibrand quests).

i just wish her stalker wouldn’t be a comedic accessory. there’s nothing funny about being stalked.

#FanArt #FinalFantasy14 #ffxiv #DigitalArt #Procreate

Just a reminder, especially in this wild time we live in. DO NOT INSTALL WORK MDM ON YOUR PERSONAL DEVICE.
If your work requires Microsoft Intune or similar MDM, to get email/teams/slack. don't accept it. It opens your device up for them to access private data and disable/delete your phone (even if they say they wont, they can)

https://blog.cdemi.io/never-accept-an-mdm-policy-on-your-personal-phone/

#privacy #android #iphone #work #email #outlook #microsoft

Stonewall was in no way passive resistance

puts you in a tamagotchi

Today for #blackhistorymonth , let us honor Jerry Lawson, video game hardware innovator and inventor of the video game cartridge.

Jerry, gamers everywhere salute you 🫡

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lawson_(engineer)

Just gonna throw this out there... I wouldn't mind finding some IRL social connections with other artists or creative types in the Greater #Toronto Area. I love the online community here, but I have no in-person interactions at all, and that kinda stinks!

Not looking for professional networking or educational groups, more just friendly get-together stuff for people connected by a common interest or shared experiences. Any locals who might be into that or in the know, toss me a line?

Cool that you're sharing a CIA manual about disrupting orgs, now share Riot Medicine with that same "just in case" energy you weirdos

https://riotmedicine.net/

I am gonna try another shout out for local folks (every 6mos another pile of people join the fediverse)

I am looking for meatspace friends in the #guelph area. Super low key, hang out, walks, errands, watch movies, drink tea.

Added bonus if you like cooking/baking and/or are interested in #intentionalCommunities - I need some help zhuzhing up the kitchen heart of the nascent community I'm now in.

Am in a satellite town just east of Guelph propper, #kitchenerWaterloo folks might work too.

Great idea: Canada's response to the Trump tariffs should be to back out of the Intellectual Property law that America foisted on them as part of NAFTA. That would allow Canadian companies to offer third party app stores and jailbreaking services. This would hurt the profits of America's biggest companies and the billionaires supporting Trump, and benefit literally everyone else in the world. @pluralistic is a genius.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/beauty-eh/#its-the-only-war-the-yankees-lost-except-for-vietnam-and-also-the-alamo-and-the-bay-of-ham