#fashionistas — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fashionistas, aggregated by home.social.
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Compost “digital sovereignty”, build working commons
The #KISS secret about the noise in “digital sovereignty” is very simple - Ignore most of this branding and build commons tech instead. That’s the path, not another layer of management, another funding bureaucracy for a glossy strategy document. Not another NGO conference circuit explaining why nothing can happen without another round of funding. Just build working commons. This matters because much of the #EU “digital sovereignty” conversation is simply more churn inside the same […] -
Compost “digital sovereignty” build working commons
The #KISS secret about the noise in “digital sovereignty” is very simple - Ignore most of this branding and build commons tech instead. That’s the path, not another layer of management, another funding bureaucracy for a glossy strategy document. Not another NGO conference circuit explaining why nothing can happen without another round of funding. Just build working commons. This matters because much of the #EU “digital sovereignty” conversation is simply more churn inside the same […] -
Compost “digital sovereignty” build working commons
The #KISS secret about the noise in “digital sovereignty” is very simple - Ignore most of this branding and build commons tech instead. That’s the path, not another layer of management, another funding bureaucracy for a glossy strategy document. Not another NGO conference circuit explaining why nothing can happen without another round of funding. Just build working commons. This matters because much of the #EU “digital sovereignty” conversation is simply more churn inside the same […] -
Compost “digital sovereignty” build working commons
The #KISS secret about the noise in “digital sovereignty” is very simple - Ignore most of this branding and build commons tech instead. That’s the path, not another layer of management, another funding bureaucracy for a glossy strategy document. Not another NGO conference circuit explaining why nothing can happen without another round of funding. Just build working commons. This matters because much of the #EU “digital sovereignty” conversation is simply more churn inside the same […] -
We were all Fashionistas in the 1970s, Baby, and don't you forget it! Christmas, 1973. #fashionista #fashionistas #fashion #modernfashion #1970sfashion #fashiontrends #couture #moderncouture #trendy #hipclothes #hipthreads #coolclothes #coolthreads #christmas #xmas #wintersolstice #yule #boxingday #stluciaday #saturnalia #solstice #winter #cold #snowy #streisand #theowlandthepussycat #twentiethcentury #technology #oldtechnology #outdated
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We were all Fashionistas in the 1970s, Baby, and don't you forget it! Christmas, 1973. #fashionista #fashionistas #fashion #modernfashion #1970sfashion #fashiontrends #couture #moderncouture #trendy #hipclothes #hipthreads #coolclothes #coolthreads #christmas #xmas #wintersolstice #yule #boxingday #stluciaday #saturnalia #solstice #winter #cold #snowy #streisand #theowlandthepussycat #twentiethcentury #technology #oldtechnology #outdated
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We were all Fashionistas in the 1970s, Baby, and don't you forget it! Christmas, 1973. #fashionista #fashionistas #fashion #modernfashion #1970sfashion #fashiontrends #couture #moderncouture #trendy #hipclothes #hipthreads #coolclothes #coolthreads #christmas #xmas #wintersolstice #yule #boxingday #stluciaday #saturnalia #solstice #winter #cold #snowy #streisand #theowlandthepussycat #twentiethcentury #technology #oldtechnology #outdated
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We were all Fashionistas in the 1970s, Baby, and don't you forget it! Christmas, 1973. #fashionista #fashionistas #fashion #modernfashion #1970sfashion #fashiontrends #couture #moderncouture #trendy #hipclothes #hipthreads #coolclothes #coolthreads #christmas #xmas #wintersolstice #yule #boxingday #stluciaday #saturnalia #solstice #winter #cold #snowy #streisand #theowlandthepussycat #twentiethcentury #technology #oldtechnology #outdated
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We were all Fashionistas in the 1970s, Baby, and don't you forget it! Christmas, 1973. #fashionista #fashionistas #fashion #modernfashion #1970sfashion #fashiontrends #couture #moderncouture #trendy #hipclothes #hipthreads #coolclothes #coolthreads #christmas #xmas #wintersolstice #yule #boxingday #stluciaday #saturnalia #solstice #winter #cold #snowy #streisand #theowlandthepussycat #twentiethcentury #technology #oldtechnology #outdated
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The #encryptionist detour
Let’s look back to before the #Fediverse, to be honest about the last two decades of #openweb failure, for a long time we got pulled off the path. Not only by enemies, but by a mix of fear, fashion, and half-understood technical “solutions” that felt right to fearful people at the time. The rise of the dogmatic, blinded #encryptionist mindset came out of real conditions of mass surveillance revelations (Snowden era), common sense #neoliberal distrust of states and corporations and the […] -
The #encryptionist detour
Let’s look back to before the #Fediverse, to be honest about the last two decades of #openweb failure, for a long time we got pulled off the path. Not only by enemies, but by a mix of fear, fashion, and half-understood technical “solutions” that felt right to fearful people at the time. The rise of the dogmatic, blinded #encryptionist mindset came out of real conditions of mass surveillance revelations (Snowden era), common sense #neoliberal distrust of states and corporations and the […] -
The #encryptionist detour
Let’s be honest about the last two decades of #openweb failure, for a long time we got pulled off the path. Not only by enemies, but by a mix of fear, fashion, and half-understood technical “solutions” that felt right to fearful people at the time. The rise of the dogmatic, blinded #encryptionist mindset came out of real conditions of mass surveillance revelations (Snowden era), common sense #neoliberal distrust of states and corporations and the real harms of our worship of the (same […] -
The #encryptionist detour
Let’s look back to before the #Fediverse, to be honest about the last two decades of #openweb failure, for a long time we got pulled off the path. Not only by enemies, but by a mix of fear, fashion, and half-understood technical “solutions” that felt right to fearful people at the time. The rise of the dogmatic, blinded #encryptionist mindset came out of real conditions of mass surveillance revelations (Snowden era), common sense #neoliberal distrust of states and corporations and the […] -
The #encryptionist detour
Let’s look back to before the #Fediverse, to be honest about the last two decades of #openweb failure, for a long time we got pulled off the path. Not only by enemies, but by a mix of fear, fashion, and half-understood technical “solutions” that felt right to fearful people at the time. The rise of the dogmatic, blinded #encryptionist mindset came out of real conditions of mass surveillance revelations (Snowden era), common sense #neoliberal distrust of states and corporations and the […] -
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The Baseball Bandwagon
The Toronto Blue Jays amazing run to the world series (and their almost win!), created some odd new baseball supporters. We would like to showcase some of them today.
There are new fans who are fashionistas who might be a bit off on their terminology. “Yes,” said one, “I really am struggling to understand how runs can be good. In fashion a run is a very bad faux pas where you need to bring in brand new stockings.”
“And I’m wondering about runs batted in,” says a second fashionista. “How can one bat one’s eye and cause even one run? Some of these players are causing multiple runs with one bat of the eye! The carnage in stockings is terrible!”
Then the original fashionista jumps back in, “But home runs make sense. They are the best of all the runs. The run happens at home. So one can easily switch the stockings with that horrible run for good stockings. No one is the wiser.”
We even found some medical workers who were new to the game of baseball. We chatted with some personal support workers (PSWs) about baseball.
“Who thinks that runs are good?” asked one. “They cause a stinky mess that needs to be cleaned, Then again, I’ve heard from a doctor myself, they’re usually not that bad for health as long as the patient stays hydrated.”
“As for runs batted in,” continues the first PSW, “I find it disgusting that someone would play with their own runs. It makes a horrible mess. Who do you think will have to clean it up? Me.”
But their friend has a different take on home runs. “Home runs are really better than normal runs. They happen at home so, I , as an in hospital PSW, do not have to clean it up. In fact, home implies that they might even make it to the toilet for this run. Even my in house PSW friends might not mind this one.”
We talked with a producer at a record label. She said “ I can’t understand how a hit isn’t everything. Sometimes it doesn’t even count on the scoreboard. But for me, a hit means future business. It means a small fortune on its own. It can even mean a good career.”
We also talked with someone who wouldn’t give his occupation. He said, “I always wondered about bats in baseball. Everyone talks about them but they are very rare at a baseball game. I’ve heard of a seagull getting hit but never a bat. But they (and baseball) become more important in October. I was not surprised that they were mentioning bats a lot on Hallowe’en when the Jays and Dodgers played. But I was a bit puzzled why they kept up the talk on the November 1st game. I mean, honestly. Hasn’t everyone moved on to Christmas by that date?”
#baseball #bats #Christmas #fashionistas #HalloweEn #hits #HomeRuns #hospital #LADodgers #personalSupportWorkers #producer #PSWs #RBIs #recordLabel #runs #stockings #TheTorontoBlueJays #WorldSeries
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OMN: Broken Institutions, and the Need to Rebuild the Commons
For progressive and radical people, one of the central political questions of our time is simple to ask but hard to answer - Why is it so difficult to rebuild the institutions that were destroyed in our #deathcult worship of the 1980s and 1990s? And more importantly why does the impossibility of rebuilding them make it so hard to change the needed balance of power in society? These question matters for working on the future of the society and most importantly the grassroots part of this: […]https://hamishcampbell.com/omn-broken-institutions-and-the-need-to-rebuild-the-commons/
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OMN: Broken Institutions, and the Need to Rebuild the Commons
For progressive and radical people, one of the central political questions of our time is simple to ask but hard to answer - Why is it so difficult to rebuild the institutions that were destroyed in our #deathcult worship of the 1980s and 1990s? And more importantly why does the impossibility of rebuilding them make it so hard to change the needed balance of power in society? These question matters for working on the future of the society and most importantly the grassroots part of this: […]https://hamishcampbell.com/omn-broken-institutions-and-the-need-to-rebuild-the-commons/
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I could never have retired at age fifty, had I not discovered Goodwill as the source for all my teacher clothing in early middle age. PARSIMONY PAYS. 1995. #goodwill #goodwillstore #secondhand #usedclothing #secondhandclothing #secondhandclothes #cheap #parsimonous #thrifty #savingmoney #finances #goodfinances #saving #savings #comfortable #worn #wearing #threepiecesuit #threepiecesuits #stylish #fashionista #fashionisto #fashionistas #coiture #1990s #pennsylvania #publicschools
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Fascism, treats collaboration as weakness.
Fascism, treats collaboration as weakness. Something you only (pretend to) do when you’re not strong enough to dominate outright. In the fascist worldview, cooperation isn’t power, it’s a temporary tactic until hierarchy and force can be re-asserted. That’s why fascists can never be trusted. Not tactically, not strategically, not “just this once.” They don’t believe in shared outcomes, public goods, or mutual care. They believe in command, obedience, and extraction. We also […]https://hamishcampbell.com/fascism-treats-collaboration-as-weakness/
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Digital Detox Is Urgently Needed
Fighting #fashionistas with fashion. We have an app outline for that: iPhone or android. Not as a lifestyle tweak, not as wellness branding, not as another individual “better habits” story. These proposed apps and the wider projects have nothing to do with self-optimisation, productivity hacks, or personal purity. Framing it that way is already defeat - that’s #stupidindividualism doing the work of the #dotcons for them. What we’re facing in our digital mess isn’t only a failure […]https://hamishcampbell.com/digital-detox-is-urgently-needed/
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The importance of words and ideology
We need to think of how words shape our thoughts, and how common understandings of these words are essential for any coherent and effective communication. Ideologies form the basis of all thinking, whether unspoken and #mainstreaming or articulated and minority. The challenge is to #KISS transition creative minority ideologies to the less working mainstreaming thinking.There is a plan: Using Common Hashtags and Syndication To achieve this transition, we need to use common hashtags and […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-importance-of-words-and-ideology/
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We can’t keep repeating the same #TechShit over and over again. #TechCurn is a dead end.
The #OMN is the only positive path I know forward.#Mainstreaming #fashernistas are dangerously consumptive. Our alt #fashernistas are utterly pointless. We need to disrupt social norms and make #4opens fashionable to salvage any value from these people and pull them out of their vacuous existence.
From a grassroot #DIY #tech perspective, we are witnessing a problematic trend among many of our #openweb #fashionistas. Their impact is negligible, but the space they occupy stifles genuine progress. To combat this, we need to address the overwhelming #techshit and curb the ongoing #techchurn. The Problem, the centrist #mainstreaming approach is failing us, and the persistence of these misguided efforts is disheartening. We need to find a practical path forward, moving beyond pity and hate to actionable solutions. We need to open up this path.
The Solution: Embrace the #4opensThe #4opens—open source, open data, open standards, and open processes—provide a foundational framework for building sustainable and effective projects. By prioritizing these principles, we can cultivate a thriving “native” ecosystem.
Action Plan
* Education and Awareness: Promote understanding of the #4opens and their importance. This can be achieved through workshops, online tutorials, and community discussions.
* Community Building: Foster a community of like-minded people committed to the #openweb, create paths for collaboration.
* Project Audits: Regularly evaluate projects to “judge” they adhere to the #4opens. Offer support and guidance for those struggling to meet these basic standards.
* Highlight Success Stories: Showcase projects that exemplify the #4opens. Use these as case studies to inspire and guide others.
* Address Tech Churn: Identify and mitigate the causes of #techchurn. This involves simplifying tools, improving documentation, and mentorship to grow contributors.
* Challenge #Fashionista Trends: Actively push back against the unthinking pursuit of new trends that do not align with #KISS #openweb values. Advocate for stability and sustainability rather than novelty.
* Policy Advocacy: Work towards policies that support the culture of the #openweb at organizational and governmental levels. This includes promoting open licensing, funding open projects, and ensuring access to open standards.Moving Forward, we need to gather to reclaim the space occupied by ineffective projects and redirect it towards meaningful initiatives. By committing to the #4opens and fostering a supportive community, we can overcome the current challenges and build a more resilient and humanistic path. It won’t be simple to overcome the inertia of the #mainstreaming to create lasting, positive change in the #openweb path. Are you ready to push to make this happen? Let’s work together to navigate this “common sense” mess and find a useful path forward, please.
https://hamishcampbell.com/the-solution-embrace-the-4opens/
#4opens #diy #fashernistas #fashionista #fashionistas #KISS #mainstreaming #OMN #openweb #tech #techchurn #techcurn #techshit
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The Baseball Bandwagon
The Toronto Blue Jays amazing run to the world series (and their almost win!), created some odd new baseball supporters. We would like to showcase some of them today.
There are new fans who are fashionistas who might be a bit off on their terminology. “Yes,” said one, “I really am struggling to understand how runs can be good. In fashion a run is a very bad faux pas where you need to bring in brand new stockings.”
“And I’m wondering about runs batted in,” says a second fashionista. “How can one bat one’s eye and cause even one run? Some of these players are causing multiple runs with one bat of the eye! The carnage in stockings is terrible!”
Then the original fashionista jumps back in, “But home runs make sense. They are the best of all the runs. The run happens at home. So one can easily switch the stockings with that horrible run for good stockings. No one is the wiser.”
We even found some medical workers who were new to the game of baseball. We chatted with some personal support workers (PSWs) about baseball.
“Who thinks that runs are good?” asked one. “They cause a stinky mess that needs to be cleaned, Then again, I’ve heard from a doctor myself, they’re usually not that bad for health as long as the patient stays hydrated.”
“As for runs batted in,” continues the first PSW, “I find it disgusting that someone would play with their own runs. It makes a horrible mess. Who do you think will have to clean it up? Me.”
But their friend has a different take on home runs. “Home runs are really better than normal runs. They happen at home so, I , as an in hospital PSW, do not have to clean it up. In fact, home implies that they might even make it to the toilet for this run. Even my in house PSW friends might not mind this one.”
We talked with a producer at a record label. She said “ I can’t understand how a hit isn’t everything. Sometimes it doesn’t even count on the scoreboard. But for me, a hit means future business. It means a small fortune on its own. It can even mean a good career.”
We also talked with someone who wouldn’t give his occupation. He said, “I always wondered about bats in baseball. Everyone talks about them but they are very rare at a baseball game. I’ve heard of a seagull getting hit but never a bat. But they (and baseball) become more important in October. I was not surprised that they were mentioning bats a lot on Hallowe’en when the Jays and Dodgers played. But I was a bit puzzled why they kept up the talk on the November 1st game. I mean, honestly. Hasn’t everyone moved on to Christmas by that date?”
#baseball #bats #Christmas #fashionistas #HalloweEn #hits #HomeRuns #hospital #LADodgers #personalSupportWorkers #producer #PSWs #RBIs #recordLabel #runs #stockings #TheTorontoBlueJays #WorldSeries
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The Baseball Bandwagon
The Toronto Blue Jays amazing run to the world series (and their almost win!), created some odd new baseball supporters. We would like to showcase some of them today.
There are new fans who are fashionistas who might be a bit off on their terminology. “Yes,” said one, “I really am struggling to understand how runs can be good. In fashion a run is a very bad faux pas where you need to bring in brand new stockings.”
“And I’m wondering about runs batted in,” says a second fashionista. “How can one bat one’s eye and cause even one run? Some of these players are causing multiple runs with one bat of the eye! The carnage in stockings is terrible!”
Then the original fashionista jumps back in, “But home runs make sense. They are the best of all the runs. The run happens at home. So one can easily switch the stockings with that horrible run for good stockings. No one is the wiser.”
We even found some medical workers who were new to the game of baseball. We chatted with some personal support workers (PSWs) about baseball.
“Who thinks that runs are good?” asked one. “They cause a stinky mess that needs to be cleaned, Then again, I’ve heard from a doctor myself, they’re usually not that bad for health as long as the patient stays hydrated.”
“As for runs batted in,” continues the first PSW, “I find it disgusting that someone would play with their own runs. It makes a horrible mess. Who do you think will have to clean it up? Me.”
But their friend has a different take on home runs. “Home runs are really better than normal runs. They happen at home so, I , as an in hospital PSW, do not have to clean it up. In fact, home implies that they might even make it to the toilet for this run. Even my in house PSW friends might not mind this one.”
We talked with a producer at a record label. She said “ I can’t understand how a hit isn’t everything. Sometimes it doesn’t even count on the scoreboard. But for me, a hit means future business. It means a small fortune on its own. It can even mean a good career.”
We also talked with someone who wouldn’t give his occupation. He said, “I always wondered about bats in baseball. Everyone talks about them but they are very rare at a baseball game. I’ve heard of a seagull getting hit but never a bat. But they (and baseball) become more important in October. I was not surprised that they were mentioning bats a lot on Hallowe’en when the Jays and Dodgers played. But I was a bit puzzled why they kept up the talk on the November 1st game. I mean, honestly. Hasn’t everyone moved on to Christmas by that date?”
#baseball #bats #Christmas #fashionistas #HalloweEn #hits #HomeRuns #hospital #LADodgers #personalSupportWorkers #producer #PSWs #RBIs #recordLabel #runs #stockings #TheTorontoBlueJays #WorldSeries
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The Baseball Bandwagon
The Toronto Blue Jays amazing run to the world series (and their almost win!), created some odd new baseball supporters. We would like to showcase some of them today.
There are new fans who are fashionistas who might be a bit off on their terminology. “Yes,” said one, “I really am struggling to understand how runs can be good. In fashion a run is a very bad faux pas where you need to bring in brand new stockings.”
“And I’m wondering about runs batted in,” says a second fashionista. “How can one bat one’s eye and cause even one run? Some of these players are causing multiple runs with one bat of the eye! The carnage in stockings is terrible!”
Then the original fashionista jumps back in, “But home runs make sense. They are the best of all the runs. The run happens at home. So one can easily switch the stockings with that horrible run for good stockings. No one is the wiser.”
We even found some medical workers who were new to the game of baseball. We chatted with some personal support workers (PSWs) about baseball.
“Who thinks that runs are good?” asked one. “They cause a stinky mess that needs to be cleaned, Then again, I’ve heard from a doctor myself, they’re usually not that bad for health as long as the patient stays hydrated.”
“As for runs batted in,” continues the first PSW, “I find it disgusting that someone would play with their own runs. It makes a horrible mess. Who do you think will have to clean it up? Me.”
But their friend has a different take on home runs. “Home runs are really better than normal runs. They happen at home so, I , as an in hospital PSW, do not have to clean it up. In fact, home implies that they might even make it to the toilet for this run. Even my in house PSW friends might not mind this one.”
We talked with a producer at a record label. She said “ I can’t understand how a hit isn’t everything. Sometimes it doesn’t even count on the scoreboard. But for me, a hit means future business. It means a small fortune on its own. It can even mean a good career.”
We also talked with someone who wouldn’t give his occupation. He said, “I always wondered about bats in baseball. Everyone talks about them but they are very rare at a baseball game. I’ve heard of a seagull getting hit but never a bat. But they (and baseball) become more important in October. I was not surprised that they were mentioning bats a lot on Hallowe’en when the Jays and Dodgers played. But I was a bit puzzled why they kept up the talk on the November 1st game. I mean, honestly. Hasn’t everyone moved on to Christmas by that date?”
#baseball #bats #Christmas #fashionistas #HalloweEn #hits #HomeRuns #hospital #LADodgers #personalSupportWorkers #producer #PSWs #RBIs #recordLabel #runs #stockings #TheTorontoBlueJays #WorldSeries
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The Baseball Bandwagon
The Toronto Blue Jays amazing run to the world series (and their almost win!), created some odd new baseball supporters. We would like to showcase some of them today.
There are new fans who are fashionistas who might be a bit off on their terminology. “Yes,” said one, “I really am struggling to understand how runs can be good. In fashion a run is a very bad faux pas where you need to bring in brand new stockings.”
“And I’m wondering about runs batted in,” says a second fashionista. “How can one bat one’s eye and cause even one run? Some of these players are causing multiple runs with one bat of the eye! The carnage in stockings is terrible!”
Then the original fashionista jumps back in, “But home runs make sense. They are the best of all the runs. The run happens at home. So one can easily switch the stockings with that horrible run for good stockings. No one is the wiser.”
We even found some medical workers who were new to the game of baseball. We chatted with some personal support workers (PSWs) about baseball.
“Who thinks that runs are good?” asked one. “They cause a stinky mess that needs to be cleaned, Then again, I’ve heard from a doctor myself, they’re usually not that bad for health as long as the patient stays hydrated.”
“As for runs batted in,” continues the first PSW, “I find it disgusting that someone would play with their own runs. It makes a horrible mess. Who do you think will have to clean it up? Me.”
But their friend has a different take on home runs. “Home runs are really better than normal runs. They happen at home so, I , as an in hospital PSW, do not have to clean it up. In fact, home implies that they might even make it to the toilet for this run. Even my in house PSW friends might not mind this one.”
We talked with a producer at a record label. She said “ I can’t understand how a hit isn’t everything. Sometimes it doesn’t even count on the scoreboard. But for me, a hit means future business. It means a small fortune on its own. It can even mean a good career.”
We also talked with someone who wouldn’t give his occupation. He said, “I always wondered about bats in baseball. Everyone talks about them but they are very rare at a baseball game. I’ve heard of a seagull getting hit but never a bat. But they (and baseball) become more important in October. I was not surprised that they were mentioning bats a lot on Hallowe’en when the Jays and Dodgers played. But I was a bit puzzled why they kept up the talk on the November 1st game. I mean, honestly. Hasn’t everyone moved on to Christmas by that date?”
#baseball #bats #Christmas #fashionistas #HalloweEn #hits #HomeRuns #hospital #LADodgers #personalSupportWorkers #producer #PSWs #RBIs #recordLabel #runs #stockings #TheTorontoBlueJays #WorldSeries
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It's the first Friday of the month!
Which means one thing.
NEWSLETTER TIME for all #preloved #secondhand #sustainable #fashionistas
Have a read, tell us what you think: https://mailchi.mp/greenheartcollective/february-2023-newsletter
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Software licences and the #geekproblem
There are meany online exchanges about software licences that can help to highlight the #geekproblem. Yep, these conversations can sound radical at first glance: “Software licences won’t destroy capitalism, but if they can be even slightly annoying to capitalists in the meantime, I’ll take it.” Fair. Nobody sensible thinks a licence clause will end capitalism. Making exploitation harder while working on the material conditions that allow it to exist is reasonable. But after this, […]https://hamishcampbell.com/software-licences-and-the-geekproblem/
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“But the principal objection will doubtless refer to the plain language used. My excuse, if indeed excuse be needed for saying just what I mean, is, that it is impossible to clothe in delicate terms the intolerable nastiness which I expose, and at the same time to press the truth home to those who are most in need of it; I might as well talk to the winds as veil my ideas in sweet phrases when addressing people who it seems cannot descry the presence of corruption until it is held in all its putridity under their very nostrils.”
On the of alt-tech path, I’ve been navigating this messy terrain of decentralized, grassroots technology for a long time. From this experience, I can say with some authority that we have taken a step away from the current mess with the growing #activertypub open web reboot. But we still need to mediate some of the ongoing #fashionistas #blocking, which is not helping us compost this mess into fertile soil for the fresh shoots of alternative technology that we so desperately need. This ongoing mess needs more composting, if we leave this in place to continue down this path, we risk strangling the growth we’re trying to cultivate.
The #4opens is a useful tool to recognizing the parasite #NGO and #Fashernista tech projects, that we keep stumbling over. The way genuinely grassroots tech projects—those born from communities, those driven by necessity and vision—are repeatedly being pushed aside by parasite tech projects. These feed from our grassroots efforts, taking the buzzwords and aesthetics without understanding or respecting the underlying principles and socially embedded paths.
This isn’t a fringe occurrence; it’s a pattern that has repeated itself over the last 30 years in meany cases I’ve come across. From social media alternatives to community-focused platforms, time and again, well-intentioned grassroots efforts are overshadowed by the glossy, polished facades of #VC funded or #NGO-backed, fashion-driven tech initiatives that lack, depth and commitment to the actual communities they purport to serve. These projects can be seen as they are more concerned with optics, funding, and their own visibility than with fostering genuine, sustainable alternatives.
There is a role for the #4opens in composting this #techshit, this is a framework that helps to expose and compost this kind of mess at its source. For those unfamiliar, the #4opens are:
- Open Data: Data must be accessible, reusable, and modifiable.
- Open Source: Code should be freely available for anyone to use, modify, and share.
- Open Standards: Interoperability is key; data and code should work together, not against each other.
- Open Process: The decision-making process should be transparent and inclusive, not hidden behind closed doors.
By applying the #4opens in grassroots tech projects, we can help to make visible the manipulations and shortfalls of parasitic NGO and fashernista power grabs. This works best when the process is open, so people see who is contributing to the ecosystem and who is simply feeding off it. This visibility is crucial because, without it, these actors are allowed to thrive unchecked, feeding off our work and energy while providing little in return. The open process serves as a powerful tool to expose those who claim to be fostering change but are merely replicating the same hierarchical and closed structures that led us into the current tech mess. It’s about shining a light on the hidden agendas and pushing for accountability and transparency in what this reveals.
How can our #NGO crew actually help? This is harder than it seems as the is strong #blocking to overcome, so the first step is overcoming this blocking, need ideas please?
My idea: Celebrate the mess, understanding that change is messy, and in this mess that new ideas form, where unexpected connections are made, and where real, lasting change takes root. We need to change and challenge the world dominated by the #dotcons and take our alternatives out of the hands of stale paths of dead-end NGO and fashernista tech. We do need composting as a regenerative path.
Motivation for moving away from this mess. The fact that people are rebooting the #openweb by building the #fediverse in a #DIY, grassroots way, without millions in VC funding, is one of the most remarkable feats of contemporary digital resistance. It’s not about “winning” in the capitalist sense—dominating the market, scaling endlessly, or achieving monopoly status in the image of the #dotcons and big tech path. The fediverse powerful from being built on #4opens principles of decentralization, community effort, it’s a native path, outside the norms that capitalism dictates to us as essential.
#NGO platforms like #Bluesky can be fertilised by $12 million in backing and a fully-paid team, the fediverse is growing grassroots from the ground up. It’s powered by people and communities working in their spare time, without corporate salaries and benefits. The coding and creating is driven by belief and belonging, not because a corporation paying to hit growth targets. That’s a different motivation, and it has strength.
The thing we need to see here is that the fediverse exists and thrives, standing as a living counter culture to the idea of competition, capital and centralized control. It’s running against the grain of what’s considered “necessary” in tech, it’s rewriting the rules back to the “native” #openweb path. This openweb reboot shows that people can build non #mainstreaming alternatives, with no paywalls, no ad-tracking, no surveillance, just open collaboration and shared values.
That it’s running at all, while not on the capitalism’s, path and ignoring its “rules”, is the victory. It doesn’t have to become the dominant social media platform. It’s already proved that another way is possible. And that, in itself, is a powerful statement that we need to build from #OMN
https://hamishcampbell.com/the-activist-history-of-the-web-lessons-we-can-learn/
https://hamishcampbell.com/parasite-ngo-and-fashionista-tech/
#4opens #activertypub #blocking #bluesky #diy #dotcons #fashernista #fashionistas #fediverse #mainstreaming #NGO #OMN #openweb #techshit #VC
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Me encantó hacer este post en 2016 tras el #documental 'Fabulous Fashionistas' y adentrarme en sus biografías y vidas activas con la #moda como nexo común.
La más gamberra de todas, esta semana ha muerto Baddie Winkle a los 97 años (18 de julio de 1928 - 4 de septiembre de 2025).#171 (Senior) Girls who run the world 🐺 https://domandoallobo.blogspot.com/2016/04/171-girls-who-run-world.html #blog #mastoblog #mastobloggers #fashionistas #mastobloguers #fashion #fashionista #fashionista #fashioninspo #PersonasMayores #EnvejecimientoActivo
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Parking Garage
Model: Elli_Dings666
now live on my Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/taste_of_taboo#fashionforward #edmlife #fasionlover #enlightenment #fasionaddict #gothstyle #fashiontrend #gothicstyle #fashionlove #fashiondesign #fashionistas #fashionkilla #emogirl #alternativegirl #goth #gothic #gothgirl #gothicgirl #gothmakeup #dark #fashionstatement #fasionstyle #fashioninspiration #witchcraft #fashiondiaries #fashionoftheday #fashiondaily #summertime
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Parking Garage
Model: Elli_Dings666
now live on my Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/taste_of_taboo#fashionforward #edmlife #fasionlover #enlightenment #fasionaddict #gothstyle #fashiontrend #gothicstyle #fashionlove #fashiondesign #fashionistas #fashionkilla #emogirl #alternativegirl #goth #gothic #gothgirl #gothicgirl #gothmakeup #dark #fashionstatement #fasionstyle #fashioninspiration #witchcraft #fashiondiaries #fashionoftheday #fashiondaily #summertime
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Parking Garage
Model: Elli_Dings666
now live on my Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/taste_of_taboo#fashionforward #edmlife #fasionlover #enlightenment #fasionaddict #gothstyle #fashiontrend #gothicstyle #fashionlove #fashiondesign #fashionistas #fashionkilla #emogirl #alternativegirl #goth #gothic #gothgirl #gothicgirl #gothmakeup #dark #fashionstatement #fasionstyle #fashioninspiration #witchcraft #fashiondiaries #fashionoftheday #fashiondaily #summertime
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Parking Garage
Model: Elli_Dings666
now live on my Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/taste_of_taboo#fashionforward #edmlife #fasionlover #enlightenment #fasionaddict #gothstyle #fashiontrend #gothicstyle #fashionlove #fashiondesign #fashionistas #fashionkilla #emogirl #alternativegirl #goth #gothic #gothgirl #gothicgirl #gothmakeup #dark #fashionstatement #fasionstyle #fashioninspiration #witchcraft #fashiondiaries #fashionoftheday #fashiondaily #summertime
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Parking Garage
Model: Elli_Dings666
now live on my Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/taste_of_taboo#fashionforward #edmlife #fasionlover #enlightenment #fasionaddict #gothstyle #fashiontrend #gothicstyle #fashionlove #fashiondesign #fashionistas #fashionkilla #emogirl #alternativegirl #goth #gothic #gothgirl #gothicgirl #gothmakeup #dark #fashionstatement #fasionstyle #fashioninspiration #witchcraft #fashiondiaries #fashionoftheday #fashiondaily #summertime
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Parking Garage
Model: Elli_Dings666
now live on my Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/taste_of_taboo#fashionforward #edmlife #fasionlover #enlightenment #fasionaddict #gothstyle #fashiontrend #gothicstyle #fashionlove #fashiondesign #fashionistas #fashionkilla #emogirl #alternativegirl #goth #gothic #gothgirl #gothicgirl #gothmakeup #dark #fashionstatement #fasionstyle #fashioninspiration #witchcraft #fashiondiaries #fashionoftheday #fashiondaily #summertime
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Parking Garage
Model: Elli_Dings666
now live on my Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/taste_of_taboo#fashionforward #edmlife #fasionlover #enlightenment #fasionaddict #gothstyle #fashiontrend #gothicstyle #fashionlove #fashiondesign #fashionistas #fashionkilla #emogirl #alternativegirl #goth #gothic #gothgirl #gothicgirl #gothmakeup #dark #fashionstatement #fasionstyle #fashioninspiration #witchcraft #fashiondiaries #fashionoftheday #fashiondaily #summertime
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Parking Garage
Model: Elli_Dings666
now live on my Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/taste_of_taboo#fashionforward #edmlife #fasionlover #enlightenment #fasionaddict #gothstyle #fashiontrend #gothicstyle #fashionlove #fashiondesign #fashionistas #fashionkilla #emogirl #alternativegirl #goth #gothic #gothgirl #gothicgirl #gothmakeup #dark #fashionstatement #fasionstyle #fashioninspiration #witchcraft #fashiondiaries #fashionoftheday #fashiondaily #summertime
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For millennials lost after the mess of 9/11, the wars, economic upheaval, digital division, and social atomization, #TED was an appealing #mainstreaming alternate vision—of a society where ideas had currency, and a wider group of people could identify with the intellectual vanguard. This vision was delusion, but it easily overtook the norms of drift and disconnection in our failed alternative culture.
To have been young and thoughtful in the late 2000s was to be a citizen of TED nation – a community of dreamers more than doers, united by a common creed: that ideas matter, that inspiration is power, that the future belongs to those who can capture imaginations. This naivety was an easy path to take for the children of the #deathcult. TED’s prominence shaped the aspirations of a generation, it shaped how we thought about ourselves. This #stupidindividualism pushed the blinding possibility: you, too, could have an idea worth spreading. You, too, could be special.
TED defined the poverty of the blinded intellectual spirit of an era, a profoundly millennial idea: that we are each of us main characters and have an individual calling and a mission to “change the world” in some vaguely indefinable generally pointless way. And while the reality fell well short of the rhetoric, the animating spirit was strong and likely sincere for most people.
The priests of the #deathcult pushed #TED as class war, it was not a youthful indiscretion of a generation—a rite of passage on the road to hard-earned intellectual growth. Rather, it was a smoke and mirror mess pushed by a “progressive” #fahernistas class. In the post TED world we are back to where we were 20 years ago, the messy reality of class war, unfriendly and unwelcoming.
#MillennialZeitgeist #IdeasWorthSpreading #TEDTalks #Dotcons #Intellectualpoverty #liberal #mainstreaming
PS. it’s interesting to remember that #TED tried to be #openweb native at the start, they only turned to #dotcons when that path was abandoned by our #fashionistas and lead to the mess we are in today, what a mess.
https://hamishcampbell.com/ted-a-community-of-delusions/
#deathcult #dotcons #fahernistas #fashionistas #IdeasWorthSpreading #Intellectualpoverty #liberal #mainstreaming #MillennialZeitgeist #openweb #stupidindividualism #TED #TEDTalks
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#fashionistas describes individuals or groups who adopt trends or ideologies in activism, for the sake of appearance or to align themselves with what is currently popular or socially acceptable. In the realm of activism, this phenomenon often manifests in the behaviour of NGOs and advocacy organizations who prioritize "chasing the buzzword" over meaningful action.
The problem with "fashionistas" in activism, particularly among NGOs, is multifaceted:
* Superficial Engagement: NGOs adopt trendy causes or issues without any understanding or committing to them. This results in superficial engagement with complex social problems, leading to tokenistic gestures rather than substantive change.
* Lack of Authenticity: When prioritize appearing progressive or aligned with popular movements without commitment to the cause, it undermines trust and authenticity within the community.
* Mainstreaming: prioritize activism that is palatable to #mainstreaming audiences and funders, sacrificing radical or grassroots voices in the process. This mainstreaming tendency dilutes the effectiveness of activism and reinforces existing power structures.
* Misaligned Priorities: By chasing buzzwords or trends #fahernistas divert resources and attention away from pressing issues that are less visible or popular but more important. This can perpetuate injustice and inequality in actavist communities.
* Reactive Rather Than Proactive: #Fashionista activism is reactive, responding to the latest trend or crisis rather than addressing systemic issues in a sustained and strategic manner. This approach leads to short-term gains but fails to create lasting change.
* Rectonery: Adopting trends without a commitment to the underlying values or principles leads to performative activism or "rectonery" – actions that serve to maintain the status quo rather than challenging oppressive systems.
To address the problems associated with fashionista activism, it's essential for NGOs and advocacy organizations to prioritize authenticity, long-term commitment, and meaningful engagement with the communities they are a part of. This involves centering the voices of active grassroots groups, challenging #mainstreaming narratives, and pursuing strategies that address root causes rather than superficial symptoms. By doing so, activists can work towards creating genuine, transformative change and challenge rather than simply following the latest trend.
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The is a hopelessness in most talk about alt tech.
Our #fashionistas feed this back into #BLOCKING
This is the verbal side of #techcurn
And adds to the mess.
Hopeless.
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Composting the #techshit, planting the future
We have been stripped morally naked by the last 40 years of the #deathcult. Every assumption that we lived in a tolerant, “good” world is slipping away. The growing #classwar was historically balanced to stop the possibility of a socialist takeover, as blinded liberals see this, two accidents: a temporary ecosystemic surplus and a temporary post-WWII settlement. Both have been rapidly dismantled. And when this safety net, foundations are gone, the liberal illusions fall with them. What […]https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-techshit-planting-the-future/
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What should be closed? And what should never be?
We need a better conversation about ideology, sociology, and the #openweb. A good place to start is with a basic liberal framework: “Most social interactions should happen in the open. Some personal interactions should remain private.” Seems reasonable, right? That’s the position many of us think we agree on. Yet when we look at how our technology, and by extension, our society, is being built, that balance is totally out of whack. Today, more and more of life is CLOSED: Closed […]https://hamishcampbell.com/what-should-be-closed-and-what-should-never-be/
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Gemischte Resonanz auf „Fashion around the Church“
Am Vormittag standen die Zeichen noch auf Regen und Stur…
#Duesseldorf #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Düsseldorf #Bilker #Church #Concept #Event #Eventkonzepten #Fashion #Fashionistas #Germany #Hot #Konzept #Loretto #Lorettostraße #Mode #Models #Modenschau #Moderatorin #Nordrhein-Westfalen #Outdoorevent #Spot #Straße #Straßenstück #Stück #Unterbilk
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The OMN path, building the activist openweb infrastructure
The #OpenMediaNetwork (#OMN) offers a clear, practical path to (re)building the #openweb, grounded in #4opens. It does this by leveraging common open protocols like #ActivityPub (#AP) and #RSS, alongside existing #FOSS software, to create a distributed network of media platforms where people and groups can join, participate, and contribute. This, like the #Fediverse, is a challenge to the centralised, corporate-dominated structures which define so much of the current internet landscape.How to […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-path-is-building-the-openweb-infrastructure/
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What do you think? Do we need more practical tools, or is it more about mindset shifts? How do we balance this? Why are our #fashionistas so poisonous? https://hamishcampbell.com/why-are-fashernistas-so-poisoning/
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The #blocking wall, the #dotcons built to dam this flow, just might be crumbling, but I don’t think people realize just how much defeatist noise we had and still have to break through The #fashionistas poisoned the well of alt-media https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fashernistas-poisoned-the-well-of-alt-media/