Digital #Sovereignty Index
As always…
“The DSI is a simple metric to illustrate how much locally hosted applications are used across the measured countries. It represents the relative amount of deployments of self-hosted productivity & collaboration tools per 100K citizens, compared to other countries.”
#Brazil is not about to announce reciprocal #tariffs, #Lula said. Nor will his govt give up on cabinet-level talks. But Lula himself is in no rush to ring the White House.
"The day my intuition says #Trump is ready to talk, I won't hesitate to call him," Lula said in an interview from his presidential residence in Brasilia. "But today my intuition says he doesn't want to talk. And I'm not going to humiliate myself."
#geopolitics #law #sovereignty #economy #trade #extortion #MafiaState #Bolsonaro
Exclusive: #Lula rejects 'humiliation' of calling #Trump
As #US #tariffs on Brazilian goods jumped to 50% on Wednesday, #Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Reuters in an interview that he saw no room for direct talks with Trump which he believes would turn into a "humiliation" for him.
#geopolitics #law #sovereignty #economy #trade #extortion #MafiaState #Bolsonaro
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-rejects-humiliation-calling-trump-over-us-brazil-tariff-2025-08-06/
#Wabanaki group restoring 245-acre farm in #SwanvilleME as food hub
#Niweskok, a Wabanaki-led #FoodSovereignty organization, recently bought the farm to aid its work reinvigorating traditional crops and land management.
by Gillian Graham, May 8, 2025
"A Wabanaki-led food sovereignty organization recently acquired a 245-acre farm in Swanville, marking the return of Wabanaki stewardship to ancestral lands in the Penobscot Bay region.
"Niweskok: From the #StarsToSeeds, a collaboration of Wabanaki #FoodAndMedicine providers, has focused for years on reinvigorating #TraditionalCrops and #LandManagement strategies, distributing #TraditionalFoods and hosting workshops. But they did not have a permanent land base until buying the farm.
" 'Now, with this land, we have permanency of place — and the ability to continue this work for generations to come,' said #AliviaMoore, a #PenobscotNation citizen and Niweskok co-director.
"Niweskok (which translates to 'dried seeds for planting' in the Penobscot language) raised more than $1.8 million in just three months to buy the farm, which had been used to raise cattle and board horses. The group continues to raise money toward its $3 million capital campaign goal.
"Acquiring the land in January was a major step toward restoring the #PenobscotBay region as a Wabanaki food hub and allows Indigenous communities to reconnect with #TraditionalFoodways, #medicines and #ecological #stewardship. Niweskok sees the land as an intergenerational center where Wabanaki values of care, reciprocity and sustainability can flourish.
Moore said the land will allow Niweskok to go much deeper in its food production work. The group’s plans for the land include educational programming, #SeedSaving, #WildHarvesting and cultural camps.
"Moore said the land itself would determine the name of the farm. The farm was selected because it is close to the ocean and Penobscot territory.
'Penobscot people have been, through the process of #colonization and #genocide, thoroughly removed from coastal access,' Moore said. 'So for us to truly have healthful economies, healthful social structures and political systems, we need to be able to engage in our coastal ecology.'
"The land, with access to the #GooseRiver, includes agricultural #fields, 140 acres of #forest, #wetlands and ponds. There are miles of riding trails through the woods, which Niweskok staff will map and decide which to maintain and whether more are needed for waterway access.
"Niweskok staff members have been preparing the soil for future planting and harvesting. Moore has been working on a 1-acre welcome garden that includes #perennials, #FruitTrees, #SweetGrass, #blueberries and other plants. Last week, she planted 70 #asparagus seedlings and 35 #rhubarb plants.
"Plans also are underway to spruce up a #farmstand where Niweskok will share #FreeProduce with neighbors.
"Moore has also been focused on working to restore the forests as #FoodForests — a process that will take years — and has started selective cutting to support existing #hazelnut groves and #BlackCherries.
"Niweskok will also create outdoor classrooms for community members to engage with the land, including demonstrations on plantings and #agroforestry techniques.
" 'An outdoor kitchen is one of our high-priority areas because so much of our time and how we want to support our community is being with our foods and outside as much as possible,' Moore said. 'Cooking over open fire is not only a way we want to engage with folks, but an important, culturally significant and really beautiful way to be together.'
"Niweskok this month was awarded the #EspyHeritageAward from the #MaineCoastHeritageTrust, an annual award that recognizes those who make outstanding contributions to #LandConservation while inspiring others. It was the first time the award was given to an #Indigenous-led group.
"Angela Twitchell, director of partnerships and public policy for Maine Coast Heritage Trust, said Niweskok’s work to restore the Penobscot Bay region as a Wabanaki food hub is 'an inspiring example of how land conservation is evolving.'
"For decades starting in the 1950s, land conservation was centered on ecological and species protection and protecting lands from people and development. It has since evolved to center its work in community, Twitchell said.
" '(Niweskok’s) work embodies resilience and a deep commitment to healing and nourishing both the land and the community,' she said. 'The collaborative work between #LandTrusts and Niweskok stands as a model to be replicated.'
"Moore said the award acknowledges the leadership of Niweskok, and added that other incredible Wabanaki-led land work is happening in the region. Moore hopes the award indicates that Maine conservation groups will continue to find ways to support Wabanaki leadership in conservation.
"Having the land has been a 'beautiful invitation' for the #NonWabanaki community 'to support Wabanaki food sovereignty and be in support of our leadership in care of the land,' Moore said."
Archived version:
https://archive.md/Ii0au
#WabanakiConfederacy
#MaineFirstNations #LandBack #FoodSecurity #FoodSovereignty #sovereignty #Wabanakik #WabanakiAlliance #Decolonize #SolarPunkSunday #LandStewards #stewardship #NatureEducation #Foraging #Maine
In that post I talk about the importance of governance for projects that aim to solve social problems
https://ergaster.org/posts/2025/02/28-prosthetics-that-dont-betray/
Here I write about why I want to own my music and play it locally without depending on a service provider that could take it away from me, and how I do it
At the individual scale, self-hosting is not a good way to “be in control of my data.”
It’s like saying I do a vegetable garden to be in control of my food. I need much more than I can grow, it’s an inefficient use of my time, and I’m one bad season away from losing it all.
Resilience and transparency are key to be in control of my data and I can’t achieve this alone. This is a social problem, we need to bring solutions as a society.
Any company or government with a relationship to a USA vendor needs to rethink this relationship NOW.
The Statute of Westminster (1931)
Even after 1867, Canada was legally subordinate to Britain. The Statute of Westminster in 1931 allowed Canada full legislative independence. It formally confirmed that Canadian laws could no longer be overturned by the British Parliament; Canada became a self-governing nation in its own right. It was the country's quiet declaration of legal independence. #Canada #CreationOfCanada #History #Sovereignty
"This project would slice through the range of the Bathurst #caribou herd which is at a critically low level of about 6,240 animals, down from about 470,000. This project would cause irreversible and detrimental impacts to the herd that is already on the brink of #extinction." https://cabinradio.ca/251369/news/politics/former-mla-dismayed-by-yk-council-vote-supporting-nunavut-road/
Israel launches heavy airstrikes across Lebanon amid ceasefire strain https://www.byteseu.com/1246431/ #Airstrikes #ceasefire #Conflicts #disarmament #Hezbollah #Israel #IsraeliMilitary #Lebanon #Sovereignty