#makinghistory — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #makinghistory, aggregated by home.social.
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A story about our normal path
I have to be clear about where I’m coming from, as I’m standing in what might generously be called an undefined position. Not because I have no position, but because I’ve spent a very long time in the messy path of history that nobody has ever managed to define: grassroots DIY direct action. It’s a long history, a lot of people have been building things, breaking things, occupying things, squatting things, filming things, publishing things, arguing about things and occasionally […]https://hamishcampbell.com/a-personal-story-a-universal-path/
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A story about our normal path
I have to be clear about where I’m coming from, as I’m standing in what might generously be called an undefined position. Not because I have no position, but because I’ve spent a very long time in the messy path of history that nobody has ever managed to define: grassroots DIY direct action. It’s a long history, a lot of people have been building things, breaking things, occupying things, squatting things, filming things, publishing things, arguing about things and occasionally […]https://hamishcampbell.com/a-personal-story-a-universal-path/
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A story about our normal path
I have to be clear about where I’m coming from, as I’m standing in what might generously be called an undefined position. Not because I have no position, but because I’ve spent a very long time in the messy path of history that nobody has ever managed to define: grassroots DIY direct action. It’s a long history, a lot of people have been building things, breaking things, occupying things, squatting things, filming things, publishing things, arguing about things and occasionally […]https://hamishcampbell.com/a-personal-story-a-universal-path/
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Don't only try to convince people about the #OMN in the abstract, show them.
If a #fashernista sees shiny stuff growing on real soil, they'll drift toward it because it works.
If the #geekproblem finds a simple tool, they'll tinker because they can get their hands dirty.
The #mainstreamers will wait until it looks inevitable. Fine, don't build for them, build something useful. Build it in the open.
That's the #4opens: open data, open source, open standards, open process.
A working #OMN node. A working #MakingHistory flow. News moving. Archives useful. Trust built through participation.
We don't need better marketing, we need better examples.
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Don't only try to convince people about the #OMN in the abstract, show them.
If a #fashernista sees shiny stuff growing on real soil, they'll drift toward it because it works.
If the #geekproblem finds a simple tool, they'll tinker because they can get their hands dirty.
The #mainstreamers will wait until it looks inevitable. Fine, don't build for them, build something useful. Build it in the open.
That's the #4opens: open data, open source, open standards, open process.
A working #OMN node. A working #MakingHistory flow. News moving. Archives useful. Trust built through participation.
We don't need better marketing, we need better examples.
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Don't only try to convince people about the #OMN in the abstract, show them.
If a #fashernista sees shiny stuff growing on real soil, they'll drift toward it because it works.
If the #geekproblem finds a simple tool, they'll tinker because they can get their hands dirty.
The #mainstreamers will wait until it looks inevitable. Fine, don't build for them, build something useful. Build it in the open.
That's the #4opens: open data, open source, open standards, open process.
A working #OMN node. A working #MakingHistory flow. News moving. Archives useful. Trust built through participation.
We don't need better marketing, we need better examples.
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Don't only try to convince people about the #OMN in the abstract, show them.
If a #fashernista sees shiny stuff growing on real soil, they'll drift toward it because it works.
If the #geekproblem finds a simple tool, they'll tinker because they can get their hands dirty.
The #mainstreamers will wait until it looks inevitable. Fine, don't build for them, build something useful. Build it in the open.
That's the #4opens: open data, open source, open standards, open process.
A working #OMN node. A working #MakingHistory flow. News moving. Archives useful. Trust built through participation.
We don't need better marketing, we need better examples.
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Don't only try to convince people about the #OMN in the abstract, show them.
If a #fashernista sees shiny stuff growing on real soil, they'll drift toward it because it works.
If the #geekproblem finds a simple tool, they'll tinker because they can get their hands dirty.
The #mainstreamers will wait until it looks inevitable. Fine, don't build for them, build something useful. Build it in the open.
That's the #4opens: open data, open source, open standards, open process.
A working #OMN node. A working #MakingHistory flow. News moving. Archives useful. Trust built through participation.
We don't need better marketing, we need better examples.
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#NLnet we are still waiting for an opportunity
#NLnet is the BEST of the terrible #openweb tech funding in Europe, likely the world. Over the last 10 years we've put around a dozen funding applications in to #openweb funders with real-world social and technological value projects. All were dismissed at the first round. So this time we brought in a professional fundraiser to help write the application. They did an impressive job, and finally, our #OMN #makinghistory proposal - Trust-Based Media Flows for the #Fediverse - made it through […]https://hamishcampbell.com/nlnet-we-are-still-waiting-for-an-opportunity/
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#NLnet we are still waiting for an opportunity
#NLnet is the BEST of the terrible #openweb tech funding in Europe, likely the world. Over the last 10 years we've put around a dozen funding applications in to #openweb funders with real-world social and technological value projects. All were dismissed at the first round. So this time we brought in a professional fundraiser to help write the application. They did an impressive job, and finally, our #OMN #makinghistory proposal - Trust-Based Media Flows for the #Fediverse - made it through […]https://hamishcampbell.com/nlnet-we-are-still-waiting-for-an-opportunity/
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The old system is already compost, the question is what we grow from this mess
We need to stop talking about “climate change” as though we are discussing a slightly inconvenient change in the weather. Climate change is too soft, too neutral. Climate change makes it sound as though something simply happened to us. It didn't, we pushed this mess, we built an economic system that treats the living world as raw material, turns everything into property, pushes everything through markets and then calls the resulting destruction “growth”. The next twenty years will be […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-old-system-is-already-compost-the-question-is-what-we-grow-from-it/
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The old system is already compost, the question is what we grow from this mess
We need to stop talking about “climate change” as though we are discussing a slightly inconvenient change in the weather. Climate change is too soft, too neutral. Climate change makes it sound as though something simply happened to us. It didn't, we pushed this mess, we built an economic system that treats the living world as raw material, turns everything into property, pushes everything through markets and then calls the resulting destruction “growth”. The next twenty years will be […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-old-system-is-already-compost-the-question-is-what-we-grow-from-it/
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The old system is already compost, the question is what we grow from this mess
We need to stop talking about “climate change” as though we are discussing a slightly inconvenient change in the weather. Climate change is too soft, too neutral. Climate change makes it sound as though something simply happened to us. It didn't, we pushed this mess, we built an economic system that treats the living world as raw material, turns everything into property, pushes everything through markets and then calls the resulting destruction “growth”. The next twenty years will be […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-old-system-is-already-compost-the-question-is-what-we-grow-from-it/
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The old system is already compost, the question is what we grow from it
We need to stop talking about “climate change” as though we are discussing a slightly inconvenient change in the weather. Climate change is too soft, too neutral. Climate change makes it sound as though something simply happened to us, it didn't. We built this, we built an economic system that treats the living world as raw material, turns everything into property, pushes everything through markets and then calls the resulting destruction “growth”. The next twenty years will be the […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-old-system-is-already-compost-the-question-is-what-we-grow-from-it/
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#OMN isn't social media, this distinction is important. Projects like #MakingHistory are not another social-media platform, they are primarily about news and archiving, with governance further down the road.
The basic model is closer to the old #Indymedia newswire, but rebuilt as a federated archive. Media objects come into the system. Communities curate those objects into Stories. Those Stories become objects that can flow back through the network.
This means the system doesn't need to revolve around individual posting and popularity. The important objects are the news events, stories and the relationships between them.
That changes the whole architecture.
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#OMN isn't social media, this distinction is important. Projects like #MakingHistory are not another social-media platform, they are primarily about news and archiving, with governance further down the road.
The basic model is closer to the old #Indymedia newswire, but rebuilt as a federated archive. Media objects come into the system. Communities curate those objects into Stories. Those Stories become objects that can flow back through the network.
This means the system doesn't need to revolve around individual posting and popularity. The important objects are the news events, stories and the relationships between them.
That changes the whole architecture.
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#OMN isn't social media, this distinction is important. Projects like #MakingHistory are not another social-media platform, they are primarily about news and archiving, with governance further down the road.
The basic model is closer to the old #Indymedia newswire, but rebuilt as a federated archive. Media objects come into the system. Communities curate those objects into Stories. Those Stories become objects that can flow back through the network.
This means the system doesn't need to revolve around individual posting and popularity. The important objects are the news events, stories and the relationships between them.
That changes the whole architecture.
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#OMN isn't social media, this distinction is important. Projects like #MakingHistory are not another social-media platform, they are primarily about news and archiving, with governance further down the road.
The basic model is closer to the old #Indymedia newswire, but rebuilt as a federated archive. Media objects come into the system. Communities curate those objects into Stories. Those Stories become objects that can flow back through the network.
This means the system doesn't need to revolve around individual posting and popularity. The important objects are the news events, stories and the relationships between them.
That changes the whole architecture.
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#OMN isn't social media, this distinction is important. Projects like #MakingHistory are not another social-media platform, they are primarily about news and archiving, with governance further down the road.
The basic model is closer to the old #Indymedia newswire, but rebuilt as a federated archive. Media objects come into the system. Communities curate those objects into Stories. Those Stories become objects that can flow back through the network.
This means the system doesn't need to revolve around individual posting and popularity. The important objects are the news events, stories and the relationships between them.
That changes the whole architecture.
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So the mess we've made doesn't have to define us. We can learn from it, reuse it and turn it into fertile ground for something better.
A world where communities are connected and empowered, where the web is open, where technology serves people rather than extracting from them.
The mess is real, so is our capacity to compost it. Let's get the shovels out.
#OMN #openweb #4opens #MakingHistory #FOSS #Fediverse #commons #socialtechnology #decentralisation #OGB #indymediaback
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So the mess we've made doesn't have to define us. We can learn from it, reuse it and turn it into fertile ground for something better.
A world where communities are connected and empowered, where the web is open, where technology serves people rather than extracting from them.
The mess is real, so is our capacity to compost it. Let's get the shovels out.
#OMN #openweb #4opens #MakingHistory #FOSS #Fediverse #commons #socialtechnology #decentralisation #OGB #indymediaback
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So the mess we've made doesn't have to define us. We can learn from it, reuse it and turn it into fertile ground for something better.
A world where communities are connected and empowered, where the web is open, where technology serves people rather than extracting from them.
The mess is real, so is our capacity to compost it. Let's get the shovels out.
#OMN #openweb #4opens #MakingHistory #FOSS #Fediverse #commons #socialtechnology #decentralisation #OGB #indymediaback
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So the mess we've made doesn't have to define us. We can learn from it, reuse it and turn it into fertile ground for something better.
A world where communities are connected and empowered, where the web is open, where technology serves people rather than extracting from them.
The mess is real, so is our capacity to compost it. Let's get the shovels out.
#OMN #openweb #4opens #MakingHistory #FOSS #Fediverse #commons #socialtechnology #decentralisation #OGB #indymediaback
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So the mess we've made doesn't have to define us. We can learn from it, reuse it and turn it into fertile ground for something better.
A world where communities are connected and empowered, where the web is open, where technology serves people rather than extracting from them.
The mess is real, so is our capacity to compost it. Let's get the shovels out.
#OMN #openweb #4opens #MakingHistory #FOSS #Fediverse #commons #socialtechnology #decentralisation #OGB #indymediaback
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This is the Web 1.5
This is the web 1.5 idea, with the #OMN people ask whether this is just rebuilding Web 2.0, the answer should be no. We are trying to undo some of the damage Web 2.0 did to Web 1.0 while keeping the useful things we learned from it. Web 1.0 openness.Web 2.0 UX.Fediverse federation.#4opens process.Community trust.News and archives first.Governance further down the road. That is the rough shape of Web 1.5, it isn't about making another giant platform, it is building infrastructure where media […] -
This is the Web 1.5
This is the web 1.5 idea, with the #OMN people ask whether this is just rebuilding Web 2.0, the answer should be no. We are trying to undo some of the damage Web 2.0 did to Web 1.0 while keeping the useful things we learned from it. Web 1.0 openness.Web 2.0 UX.Fediverse federation.#4opens process.Community trust.News and archives first.Governance further down the road. That is the rough shape of Web 1.5, it isn't about making another giant platform, it is building infrastructure where media […] -
This is the Web 1.5
This is the web 1.5 idea, with the #OMN people ask whether this is just rebuilding Web 2.0, the answer should be no. We are trying to undo some of the damage Web 2.0 did to Web 1.0 while keeping the useful things we learned from it. Web 1.0 openness.Web 2.0 UX.Fediverse federation.#4opens process.Community trust.News and archives first.Governance further down the road. That is the rough shape of Web 1.5, it isn't about making another giant platform, it is building infrastructure where media […] -
The expertise problem
Technical expertise matters, the problem begins when technical expertise is treated as the only legitimate way of understanding a social problem. This is the trap of technocracy: taking a useful tool for understanding parts of the world and turning it into a complete worldview. The expertise problem "We need more technical expertise in government." But that is half the answer. The mistake is to jump from "politicians need technical expertise" to "technical experts should make decisions." That […] -
The expertise problem
Technical expertise matters, the problem begins when technical expertise is treated as the only legitimate way of understanding a social problem. This is the trap of technocracy: taking a useful tool for understanding parts of the world and turning it into a complete worldview. The expertise problem "We need more technical expertise in government." But that is half the answer. The mistake is to jump from "politicians need technical expertise" to "technical experts should make decisions." That […] -
The expertise problem
Technical expertise matters, the problem begins when technical expertise is treated as the only legitimate way of understanding a social problem. This is the trap of technocracy: taking a useful tool for understanding parts of the world and turning it into a complete worldview. The expertise problem "We need more technical expertise in government." But that is half the answer. The mistake is to jump from "politicians need technical expertise" to "technical experts should make decisions." That […] -
The expertise problem
Technical expertise matters, the problem begins when technical expertise is treated as the only legitimate way of understanding a social problem. This is the trap of technocracy: taking a useful tool for understanding parts of the world and turning it into a complete worldview. The expertise problem "We need more technical expertise in government." But that is half the answer. The mistake is to jump from "politicians need technical expertise" to "technical experts should make decisions." That […] -
The Politics of Ignorance
One of the important ideas in the sociology of science is also one of the easiest to misunderstand: knowledge is socially produced. This does not mean that scientists simply make things up, it means something much more practical. Science is a human activity, it requires people, institutions, money, equipment, archives, universities, laboratories, communities and time. What we choose to investigate - and what we choose not to investigate - is therefore shaped by society. That means there is […] -
The Politics of Ignorance
One of the important ideas in the sociology of science is also one of the easiest to misunderstand: knowledge is socially produced. This does not mean that scientists simply make things up, it means something much more practical. Science is a human activity, it requires people, institutions, money, equipment, archives, universities, laboratories, communities and time. What we choose to investigate - and what we choose not to investigate - is therefore shaped by society. That means there is […] -
The Politics of Ignorance
One of the important ideas in the sociology of science is also one of the easiest to misunderstand: knowledge is socially produced. This does not mean that scientists simply make things up, it means something much more practical. Science is a human activity, it requires people, institutions, money, equipment, archives, universities, laboratories, communities and time. What we choose to investigate - and what we choose not to investigate - is therefore shaped by society. That means there is […] -
The Politics of Ignorance
One of the important ideas in the sociology of science is also one of the easiest to misunderstand: knowledge is socially produced. This does not mean that scientists simply make things up, it means something much more practical. Science is a human activity, it requires people, institutions, money, equipment, archives, universities, laboratories, communities and time. What we choose to investigate - and what we choose not to investigate - is therefore shaped by society. That means there is […] -
The Politics of Ignorance
One of the important ideas in the sociology of science is also one of the easiest to misunderstand: knowledge is socially produced. This does not mean that scientists simply make things up, it means something much more practical. Science is a human activity, it requires people, institutions, money, equipment, archives, universities, laboratories, communities and time. What we choose to investigate - and what we choose not to investigate - is therefore shaped by society. That means there is […] -
The language around #climatechaos is changing
For years, climate breakdown was treated as distant, a problem for activists, scientists, future generations or places somewhere else. That blinded view is now harder to sustain. Heat, fires, floods, crop failures, infrastructure disruption, rising insurance costs and the growing difficulty of simply keeping homes and communities safe are making climate disruption part of our everyday life. As we are talking about tech on this site - the important question for the #OMN is therefore not only […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-language-around-climatechaos-is-changing/
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The language around #climatechaos is changing
For years, climate breakdown was treated as distant, a problem for activists, scientists, future generations or places somewhere else. That blinded view is now harder to sustain. Heat, fires, floods, crop failures, infrastructure disruption, rising insurance costs and the growing difficulty of simply keeping homes and communities safe are making climate disruption part of our everyday life. As we are talking about tech on this site - the important question for the #OMN is therefore not only […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-language-around-climatechaos-is-changing/
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The language around #climatechaos is changing
For years, climate breakdown was treated as distant, a problem for activists, scientists, future generations or places somewhere else. That blinded view is now harder to sustain. Heat, fires, floods, crop failures, infrastructure disruption, rising insurance costs and the growing difficulty of simply keeping homes and communities safe are making climate disruption part of our everyday life. As we are talking about tech here - the important question for the #OMN is therefore not only how do […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-language-around-climatechaos-is-changing/
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Religion, mystery and the #openweb
I am not religious, but that does not mean religion is something that can only be dismissed as irrational, stupid or obsolete. There is a useful distinction between believing in a religion and understanding the social, cultural and philosophical work that religion has historically done. This matters for the #OMN because we are interested in how human beings make meaning, build communities and organise themselves when they don't have complete knowledge of the world. We don't know everything - […]https://hamishcampbell.com/religion-mystery-and-the-openweb/
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Religion, mystery and the #openweb
I am not religious, but that does not mean religion is something that can only be dismissed as irrational, stupid or obsolete. There is a useful distinction between believing in a religion and understanding the social, cultural and philosophical work that religion has historically done. This matters for the #OMN because we are interested in how human beings make meaning, build communities and organise themselves when they don't have complete knowledge of the world. We don't know everything - […]https://hamishcampbell.com/religion-mystery-and-the-openweb/
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OMN: Activity, culture and why Soviet experiments matter
One of the interesting things about the history of the #Fediverse is how many of its ideas come from places that, at first glance, seem completely unrelated to social media or network technology. #ActivityPub is a good example - the word activity carries a much older intellectual history, including the work of Soviet psychologist Alexei Leontiev, who developed what became known as activity theory. His work grew out of the cultural-historical psychology of Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria, and […]https://hamishcampbell.com/omn-activity-culture-and-why-soviet-experiments-matter/
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OMN: Activity, culture and why Soviet experiments matter
One of the interesting things about the history of the #Fediverse is how many of its ideas come from places that, at first glance, seem completely unrelated to social media or network technology. #ActivityPub is a good example - the word activity carries a much older intellectual history, including the work of Soviet psychologist Alexei Leontiev, who developed what became known as activity theory. His work grew out of the cultural-historical psychology of Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria, and […]https://hamishcampbell.com/omn-activity-culture-and-why-soviet-experiments-matter/
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OMN: Activity, culture and why Soviet experiments matter
One of the interesting things about the history of the #Fediverse is how many of its ideas come from places that, at first glance, seem completely unrelated to social media or network technology. #ActivityPub is a good example - the word activity carries a much older intellectual history, including the work of Soviet psychologist Alexei Leontiev, who developed what became known as activity theory. His work grew out of the cultural-historical psychology of Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria, and […]https://hamishcampbell.com/omn-activity-culture-and-why-soviet-experiments-matter/
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The individual, is not, the starting point for the #OMN
One of the most useful ways to understand the mess we are in today is to ask a deceptively simple question - what comes first - the individual or the network? #Mainstreaming economics startes with the individual, were sociology, anthropology and related traditions start somewhere else - with relationships, institutions, communities and the social structures into which individuals are born. This difference matters enormously, when we start thinking about technology, politics, economics and […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-individual-is-not-the-starting-point-for-the-omn/
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The individual, is not, the starting point for the #OMN
One of the most useful ways to understand the mess we are in today is to ask a deceptively simple question - what comes first - the individual or the network? #Mainstreaming economics startes with the individual, were sociology, anthropology and related traditions start somewhere else - with relationships, institutions, communities and the social structures into which individuals are born. This difference matters enormously, when we start thinking about technology, politics, economics and […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-individual-is-not-the-starting-point-for-the-omn/
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Here is an excellent, thoughtful look at the chances of Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez getting elected as the next president of the United States:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/opinion/aoc-president-woman-egg-freezing.html
Spoiler: her chances look good. One more quote:
"As we learned in 2008, when history says it’s your time, it’s your time."
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #MakingHistory #progress -
Here is an excellent, thoughtful look at the chances of Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez getting elected as the next president of the United States:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/opinion/aoc-president-woman-egg-freezing.html
Spoiler: her chances look good. One more quote:
"As we learned in 2008, when history says it’s your time, it’s your time."
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #MakingHistory #progress -
Here is an excellent, thoughtful look at the chances of Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez getting elected as the next president of the United States:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/opinion/aoc-president-woman-egg-freezing.html
Spoiler: her chances look good. One more quote:
"As we learned in 2008, when history says it’s your time, it’s your time."
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #MakingHistory #progress -
Here is an excellent, thoughtful look at the chances of Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez getting elected as the next president of the United States:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/opinion/aoc-president-woman-egg-freezing.html
Spoiler: her chances look good. One more quote:
"As we learned in 2008, when history says it’s your time, it’s your time."
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #MakingHistory #progress -
The #KISS #OMN path is about building practical, commons-based media tools now, not waiting for the perfect future.
Much of the mess - and endless #blocking - comes from ownership and control. We can sidestep some of this by putting media infrastructure firmly in the commons under the #4opens.
It won't fix #mainstreaming overnight, but it gives us space to build alternatives before the old systems catch up.
If you have resources, fund development. If you're technical, code. If you know UX, design. If you make media, tell the story.
This isn't theory. It's practical work for better social outcomes. Keep it simple. Keep it open. Build and use it.
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The #KISS #OMN path is about building practical, commons-based media tools now, not waiting for the perfect future.
Much of the mess - and endless #blocking - comes from ownership and control. We can sidestep some of this by putting media infrastructure firmly in the commons under the #4opens.
It won't fix #mainstreaming overnight, but it gives us space to build alternatives before the old systems catch up.
If you have resources, fund development. If you're technical, code. If you know UX, design. If you make media, tell the story.
This isn't theory. It's practical work for better social outcomes. Keep it simple. Keep it open. Build and use it.
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The #KISS #OMN path is about building practical, commons-based media tools now, not waiting for the perfect future.
Much of the mess - and endless #blocking - comes from ownership and control. We can sidestep some of this by putting media infrastructure firmly in the commons under the #4opens.
It won't fix #mainstreaming overnight, but it gives us space to build alternatives before the old systems catch up.
If you have resources, fund development. If you're technical, code. If you know UX, design. If you make media, tell the story.
This isn't theory. It's practical work for better social outcomes. Keep it simple. Keep it open. Build and use it.
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The #KISS #OMN path is about building practical, commons-based media tools now, not waiting for the perfect future.
Much of the mess - and endless #blocking - comes from ownership and control. We can sidestep some of this by putting media infrastructure firmly in the commons under the #4opens.
It won't fix #mainstreaming overnight, but it gives us space to build alternatives before the old systems catch up.
If you have resources, fund development. If you're technical, code. If you know UX, design. If you make media, tell the story.
This isn't theory. It's practical work for better social outcomes. Keep it simple. Keep it open. Build and use it.
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The #KISS #OMN path is about building practical, commons-based media tools now, not waiting for the perfect future.
Much of the mess - and endless #blocking - comes from ownership and control. We can sidestep some of this by putting media infrastructure firmly in the commons under the #4opens.
It won't fix #mainstreaming overnight, but it gives us space to build alternatives before the old systems catch up.
If you have resources, fund development. If you're technical, code. If you know UX, design. If you make media, tell the story.
This isn't theory. It's practical work for better social outcomes. Keep it simple. Keep it open. Build and use it.
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The #openweb needs diversity, not monoculture
The problems we face in the #openweb are often presented as technology problems. Which protocol, platform, licence, federation path, software? Which standard? These questions matter, but they are not the foundations of the problem. A lot of what we are seeing is really a cultural clash. Different parts of the alternative tech world have different ideas about what technology is for, who it should serve, how much control is acceptable, how open something needs to be, and how much compromise is […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-openweb-needs-diversity-not-monoculture/
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The #openweb needs diversity, not monoculture
The problems we face in the #openweb are often presented as technology problems. Which protocol, platform, licence, federation path, software? Which standard? These questions matter, but they are not the foundations of the problem. A lot of what we are seeing is really a cultural clash. Different parts of the alternative tech world have different ideas about what technology is for, who it should serve, how much control is acceptable, how open something needs to be, and how much compromise is […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-openweb-needs-diversity-not-monoculture/
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The #openweb needs diversity, not monoculture
The problems we face in the #openweb are often presented as technology problems. Which protocol, platform, licence, federation path, software? Which standard? These questions matter, but they are not the foundations of the problem. A lot of what we are seeing is really a cultural clash. Different parts of the alternative tech world have different ideas about what technology is for, who it should serve, how much control is acceptable, how open something needs to be, and how much compromise is […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-openweb-needs-diversity-not-monoculture/
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The #openweb needs diversity, not monoculture
The problems we face in the #openweb are often presented as technology problems. Which protocol, platform, licence, federation path, software? Which standard? These questions matter, but they are not the foundations of the problem. A lot of what we are seeing is really a cultural clash. Different parts of the alternative tech world have different ideas about what technology is for, who it should serve, how much control is acceptable, how open something needs to be, and how much compromise is […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-openweb-needs-diversity-not-monoculture/
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The #openweb needs diversity, not monoculture
The problems we face in the #openweb are often presented as technology problems. Which protocol, platform, licence, federation path, software? Which standard? These questions matter, but they are not the foundations of the problem. A lot of what we are seeing is really a cultural clash. Different parts of the alternative tech world have different ideas about what technology is for, who it should serve, how much control is acceptable, how open something needs to be, and how much compromise is […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-openweb-needs-diversity-not-monoculture/