p.s. There is also a totally separate human rights body called the Council of Europe. You can follow their Commissioner for Human Rights at:

️ @commissionerHR

The European Union and Council of Europe share many common members, princples and symbols, but they are separate organisations.

When European citizens or residents take a human rights case to the European level, it is usually the Council of Europe that they take it to.

European Union official accounts to follow:

️ @EUCommission - European Commission, executive body of the EU
️ @Curia (English) & @Curia_fr (French) - Court of Justice of the EU
️ @EC_NGI - Funding free open online projects including Mastodon etc
️ @EC_OSPO - Initiative to transition EU to free open software
️ @REA - Funding body for research & innovation
️ @EC_DIGIT - Handles IT in the European Commission
️ @IHIEurope - EU public-private partnership funding health research

#XMPP / #Jabber accounts to follow (continued):

️ @thunderbird@mastodon.online (main) & @thunderbird@tilvids.com (videos) - Free open comms suite supporting XMPP, email, IRC, RSS
️ @pidgin - FOSS messaging app compatible with many standards including XMPP
️ @mellium - Co-op making Go-based resources for XMPP

You can discover even more technology and computing accounts to follow at https://fedi.directory/computing-technology (To follow an account, copy-paste its Fediverse address into the search box in Mastodon.)

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#XMPP / #Jabber accounts to follow:

️ @joinjabber - Collective helping ordinary people join and use XMPP/Jabber
️ @xmpp@fedigroups.social - Discussion group about XMPP/Jabber
️ @xmpp@fosstodon.org - Official account of XMPP standards foundation
️ @xmpp_providers - Site featuring curated list of XMPP providers
️ @gajim - FOSS XMPP app for Linux, Mac, Win
️ @Monal - FOSS XMPP app for iPhone, iPad, Mac
️ @kaidan - FOSS XMPP app for Linux, Android
️ @prav - Free open XMPP app developed by co-op in India

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Microsoft Office has been replaced by "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" (not a joke, see office.com)

Fortunately there are many good alternatives on the Fediverse:

️ @libreoffice - Free open source office suite, can be used entirely offline
️ @CollaboraOffice - Online fork of LibreOffice, upstream contributor
️ @nextcloud - FOSS personal cloud including collaborative office tools
️ @CryptPad - FOSS online office suite with maximum privacy
️ @ONLYOFFICE - FOSS online office suite

(via @jbz )

#StarTrek accounts to follow:

️ !@startrek - Discussion group about all versions of Star Trek
️ @nocontexttrek - Screenshots from Star Trek taken humorously out of context
️ @RikerGoogling - Riker searching the internet
️ @WorfEmail - Worf sending emails
️ @PicardTips - Picard giving management tips
️ @georgetakei - Actor, activist, author
️ @GoodAaron - Screenwriter, executive producer, showrunner, worked on Star Trek Prodigy

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#WebBrowser accounts to follow:

️ @timbl - Inventor of the World Wide Web
️ @librewolf - Soft fork of Firefox removing nasty features like AI etc
️ @Waterfox - Privacy-friendly soft fork of Firefox
️ @zenbrowser - Calm soft fork of Firefox
️ @torproject - Maximum privacy browser
️ @Vivaldi - Chromium browser by indie company
️ @WebKitGTK - GTK port of WebKit engine, official browser engine in GNOME
️ @servo - New experimental browser engine
️ @dillo - Browser for older & low power systems

#Crochet accounts to follow:

️ !@crochet - Crochet discussion group, follow to see posts, mention to post to group

️ @LittleBearCrochets@pixelfed.social (pictures) & @LittleBearCrochets@mastodon.art (text) - Designs crochet amigurumi patterns

️ @Ceefercrafts - Crochet & crafts enthusiast

️ @doomyflo - Crochet figures based on FOSS projects etc (in French)

️ @LaVisch - Knitting & crochet enthusiast, tutorials, patterns, designs

️ @thegiddystitcher (main) & @michellemay (videos) - Multicrafter & craft video maker

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There's a special Fediverse discussion group where you can go for friendly conversations about everyday things. It's meant as a way to connect socially isolated people with the rest of the world. You can follow at:

️ @joinin

You might want to also follow the hashtag:

️ #JoinIn

They are especially active at Christmas, but they can be used at any time of year. They're for anyone who is looking for calm friendly conversation.

#Christmas #Xmas