#open-web — Public Fediverse posts
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Mozilla published a Firefox roadmap outlining upcoming privacy, productivity, AI, and performance features as the browser continues losing market share. 🦊📋
Planned updates include mobile VPN, customizable shortcuts, HDR support, and optional AI tools designed to keep users in control. 🔐⚙️🔗 https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
#TechNews #Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #Privacy #WebBrowser #HDR #FOSS #Browser #Browsers #Performance #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #OpenWeb #Linux #VPN
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Mozilla published a Firefox roadmap outlining upcoming privacy, productivity, AI, and performance features as the browser continues losing market share. 🦊📋
Planned updates include mobile VPN, customizable shortcuts, HDR support, and optional AI tools designed to keep users in control. 🔐⚙️🔗 https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
#TechNews #Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #Privacy #WebBrowser #HDR #FOSS #Browser #Browsers #Performance #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #OpenWeb #Linux #VPN
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Google is testing a webcam-based reCAPTCHA that maps 21 hand landmarks for human verification, though the limited trial was quickly bypassed. ✋📷
Google says recordings are deleted after verification, while privacy questions remain and Private Access Control Tokens are proposed as an alternative. 🔐🌐#TechNews #Google #reCAPTCHA #Privacy #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #WebSecurity #OpenWeb #Technology #Authentication #Browser #AI #DigitalRights #FOSS
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Google is testing a webcam-based reCAPTCHA that maps 21 hand landmarks for human verification, though the limited trial was quickly bypassed. ✋📷
Google says recordings are deleted after verification, while privacy questions remain and Private Access Control Tokens are proposed as an alternative. 🔐🌐#TechNews #Google #reCAPTCHA #Privacy #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #WebSecurity #OpenWeb #Technology #Authentication #Browser #AI #DigitalRights #FOSS
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Which Nature Are We Growing?
A draft using #OxfordBoaters as an example Today I was half joke about ducks and geese, but there's something underneath the joke if you lift the lid. After Darwin, many nineteenth-century elitists became fascinated with cataloguing nature. Too often, though, they also saw their own society reflected back at them. Hierarchy, competition, borders and domination weren't simply political arrangements any more, they were presented as "natural laws". Social Darwinism grew out of this way of […] -
Happy Sunday! Today's #DailyBlogroll features stories by Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Cliffski, Joar, Aywren, Wes, Shintar, Warner, Tobold, @[email protected], Thomas, David and more!
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Happy Sunday! Today's #DailyBlogroll features stories by Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Cliffski, Joar, Aywren, Wes, Shintar, Warner, Tobold, @[email protected], Thomas, David and more!
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Happy Sunday! Today's #DailyBlogroll features stories by @davew, @wilhelm_arcturus, Cliffski, @Joar, @Aywren, Wes Fenlon, @WarnerCrocker, @zarfeblong and more!
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Happy Sunday! Today's #DailyBlogroll features stories by @davew, @wilhelm_arcturus, Cliffski, @Joar, @Aywren, Wes Fenlon, @WarnerCrocker, @zarfeblong and more!
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This is a pattern well beyond #Oxfordboaters it’s visible across the #openweb, activist organising, and politics generally. #StupidIndividualism: How We End Up Fighting Over Nothing https://hamishcampbell.com/stupid-individualism-how-we-end-up-fighting-over-nothing/
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This is a pattern well beyond #Oxfordboaters it’s visible across the #openweb, activist organising, and politics generally. #StupidIndividualism: How We End Up Fighting Over Nothing https://hamishcampbell.com/stupid-individualism-how-we-end-up-fighting-over-nothing/
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Stupid Individualism: How We End Up Fighting Over Nothing
One of the biggest problems we face isn't technology, politics or even money. It's #stupidindividualism. By this I don't mean individual freedom, freedom matters. I mean the habit of seeing every issue only through "my" immediate circumstances, with no memory of how we got here and no thought for the wider community. A small example from Oxford boaters illustrates this perfectly. The generator argument - A discussion recently started about extending generator hours beyond the long-standing […]https://hamishcampbell.com/stupid-individualism-how-we-end-up-fighting-over-nothing/
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Stupid Individualism: How We End Up Fighting Over Nothing
One of the biggest problems we face isn't technology, politics or even money. It's #stupidindividualism. By this I don't mean individual freedom, freedom matters. I mean the habit of seeing every issue only through "my" immediate circumstances, with no memory of how we got here and no thought for the wider community. A small example from Oxford boaters illustrates this perfectly. The generator argument - A discussion recently started about extending generator hours beyond the long-standing […]https://hamishcampbell.com/stupid-individualism-how-we-end-up-fighting-over-nothing/
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The #4opens are practical tools for building grassroots collaboration.
Open Data → share knowledge.
Open Source → share code.
Open Standards → make projects work together.
Open Process → build trust through transparency.The result? Less duplicated effort, more interoperability, stronger communities, and shared learning. A common path that helps projects recognise each other, collaborate, and grow outside closed corporate #dotcons platforms.
The #4opens build the trust and shared values we need to create a resilient #openweb.
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The #4opens are practical tools for building grassroots collaboration.
Open Data → share knowledge.
Open Source → share code.
Open Standards → make projects work together.
Open Process → build trust through transparency.The result? Less duplicated effort, more interoperability, stronger communities, and shared learning. A common path that helps projects recognise each other, collaborate, and grow outside closed corporate #dotcons platforms.
The #4opens build the trust and shared values we need to create a resilient #openweb.
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Things are accelerating. From the global lurch toward authoritarianism to deepening #climatechaos, it's understandable to feel overwhelmed.
The answer isn't trying to fix everything. It's staying grounded and building the social and technical infrastructure that can hold the line, nurture trust, and grow what's needed.
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Things are accelerating. From the global lurch toward authoritarianism to deepening #climatechaos, it's understandable to feel overwhelmed.
The answer isn't trying to fix everything. It's staying grounded and building the social and technical infrastructure that can hold the line, nurture trust, and grow what's needed.
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There’s a lot of pointlessness in the world. Open up any space and it tends to flood in.
Meanwhile, what we call “meaning” is often just noise that holds for a moment before it fades.
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There’s a lot of pointlessness in the world. Open up any space and it tends to flood in.
Meanwhile, what we call “meaning” is often just noise that holds for a moment before it fades.
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If you see the political spectrum as a question of social instincts, the right tends towards fear and control, while the left tends towards trust and openness.
Which makes you wonder... where is the "left" in mainstream US politics?
Maybe the debate is happening inside a much narrower space than people like to admit.
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If you see the political spectrum as a question of social instincts, the right tends towards fear and control, while the left tends towards trust and openness.
Which makes you wonder... where is the "left" in mainstream US politics?
Maybe the debate is happening inside a much narrower space than people like to admit.
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Best not to keep feeding the churn. It's #KISS #openweb and #closedweb. The rest is #fashernista guff that'll need composting when the next buzzwords arrive in a year or two.
Keep it simple. #KISS
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Best not to keep feeding the churn. It's #KISS #openweb and #closedweb. The rest is #fashernista guff that'll need composting when the next buzzwords arrive in a year or two.
Keep it simple. #KISS
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We need to start calling pointless things pointless. In the era of #climatechaos, too many people are still on their knees worshipping the #deathcult instead of facing reality.
If the idea of saying this out loud fills you with fear, ask yourself: what is your head bowed to?
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We need to start calling pointless things pointless. In the era of #climatechaos, too many people are still on their knees worshipping the #deathcult instead of facing reality.
If the idea of saying this out loud fills you with fear, ask yourself: what is your head bowed to?
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The #fashernistas need to get off their knees and start calling out pointless things.
Pick up the #4opens as a shovel. There's a mountain of #techshit that needs composting before anything healthy can grow.
In the era of #climatechaos, too many people are still kneeling before the #deathcult. If this idea fills you with fear, ask yourself: who or what is your head bowed to?
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The #fashernistas need to get off their knees and start calling out pointless things.
Pick up the #4opens as a shovel. There's a mountain of #techshit that needs composting before anything healthy can grow.
In the era of #climatechaos, too many people are still kneeling before the #deathcult. If this idea fills you with fear, ask yourself: who or what is your head bowed to?
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All thinking is critique. If you're not looking for faults, you're probably not looking at the thing at all.
Don't be afraid of the mess. Pick up the #4opens and start gardening #techshit. There's plenty of compost to plant seeds of hope in this era of #climatechaos.
Lift your head. Look around. See what's really growing.
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All thinking is critique. If you're not looking for faults, you're probably not looking at the thing at all.
Don't be afraid of the mess. Pick up the #4opens and start gardening #techshit. There's plenty of compost to plant seeds of hope in this era of #climatechaos.
Lift your head. Look around. See what's really growing.
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The language we use isn't neutral. Most #mainstreaming terms carry assumptions about hierarchy, control, competition and #deathcult "common sense". If we keep speaking normal language, we keep reinforcing the normal worldview.
If you want progressive outcomes, start by questioning the words you're using. Different language opens up different possibilities.
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The language we use isn't neutral. Most #mainstreaming terms carry assumptions about hierarchy, control, competition and #deathcult "common sense". If we keep speaking normal language, we keep reinforcing the normal worldview.
If you want progressive outcomes, start by questioning the words you're using. Different language opens up different possibilities.
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#OMN needs your help. All our projects are grassroots, #DIY efforts to rebuild the #openweb. If you have time, skills, or know someone who does, we'd love to hear from you.
We're looking for people interested in web development, hosting, sysadmin, documentation, testing, outreach, and community building. Every contribution helps.
Let's build public-first media and infrastructure together. #4opens #FOSS #Fediverse #Grassroots
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#OMN needs your help. All our projects are grassroots, #DIY efforts to rebuild the #openweb. If you have time, skills, or know someone who does, we'd love to hear from you.
We're looking for people interested in web development, hosting, sysadmin, documentation, testing, outreach, and community building. Every contribution helps.
Let's build public-first media and infrastructure together. #4opens #FOSS #Fediverse #Grassroots
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#Mastodon and the wider #Fediverse are native #openweb projects built on the #4opens. Attempts to "harden" and "secure" them by closing them down miss the point: openness is the core strength, not the weakness.
* Use #ActivityPub for public media and publishing.
* Use encrypted P2P chat for private communication.
Mixing these roles, or spreading #FUD to justify unnecessary security layers on public media, doesn't make activists safe, it undermines the very openness that makes grassroots organising possible.
Use the right tool for the right job. #FOSS
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#Mastodon and the wider #Fediverse are native #openweb projects built on the #4opens. Attempts to "harden" and "secure" them by closing them down miss the point: openness is the core strength, not the weakness.
* Use #ActivityPub for public media and publishing.
* Use encrypted P2P chat for private communication.
Mixing these roles, or spreading #FUD to justify unnecessary security layers on public media, doesn't make activists safe, it undermines the very openness that makes grassroots organising possible.
Use the right tool for the right job. #FOSS
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“The thing is, when working on decentralized tech, I always believed it was important because we had serious risks from centralization, surveillance, etc from governments and corporations, potentially co-conspiring. But what I hadn't anticipated is that as things became more centralized, the will to fight for the internet as something in the public interest too would evaporate.
When I have conversations with family members and friends who haven't yet thought much about the age verification and similar bills and their consequences, they've said "well, someone has to hold corporations like Meta" responsible. To which I say, "but what about all the smaller, non-corporate parts of the internet?" To which, many people are surprised, because they've simply forgotten about those things.
When the internet and computing becomes five corporations to most people, they begin to treat it as the concerns of reigning in five corporations.“
https://dustycloud.org/blog/what-happened-to-the-fight-for-the-internet/
#AgeVerification #Surveillance #OpenWeb #Decentralization #DigitalRights #Oligopolies #Fediverse #Privacy
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“The thing is, when working on decentralized tech, I always believed it was important because we had serious risks from centralization, surveillance, etc from governments and corporations, potentially co-conspiring. But what I hadn't anticipated is that as things became more centralized, the will to fight for the internet as something in the public interest too would evaporate.
When I have conversations with family members and friends who haven't yet thought much about the age verification and similar bills and their consequences, they've said "well, someone has to hold corporations like Meta" responsible. To which I say, "but what about all the smaller, non-corporate parts of the internet?" To which, many people are surprised, because they've simply forgotten about those things.
When the internet and computing becomes five corporations to most people, they begin to treat it as the concerns of reigning in five corporations.“
https://dustycloud.org/blog/what-happened-to-the-fight-for-the-internet/
#AgeVerification #Surveillance #OpenWeb #Decentralization #DigitalRights #Oligopolies #Fediverse #Privacy
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🔒 Reddit chiude la vecchia interfaccia dietro al login: un altro passo verso piattaforme più controllate e meno web aperto. #Reddit #OpenWeb
🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/reddit-blinda-oldredditcom-servira-il-login-per-entrarci
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Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦! Enjoy some Timmy's and the latest from TAGN, Dave Winer, Pixel One, David, Joar, Tofutush, Shintar, @[email protected], Juhis, Andrew Plotkin, Tobold, Thomas and more!
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Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦! Enjoy some Timmy's and the latest from @wilhelm_arcturus, @davew, @Joar, Tofutush, @rogeredwards, @hamatti, @zarfeblong and more!
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Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦! Enjoy some Timmy's and the latest from @wilhelm_arcturus, @davew, @Joar, Tofutush, @rogeredwards, @hamatti, @zarfeblong and more!
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The culture of #FOSS
Three years ago I wrote: “I get the feeling we are running on dregs on the #fediverse dev side. Social movements come in waves; this one is ebbing into the #mainstreaming. No bad thing, but not, I think, what any of us want for ‘our’ #openweb.” Looking back, I wonder what has actually changed - and more importantly, what have we learned? The #Fediverse has grown, more people know about decentralised social media, more organisations are paying attention, and the ideas that once lived […] -
Politics isn't simply "left vs right". A better lens is trust vs fear. The right is driven by fear and control. But parts of the left follow the same path. Think of the Bolsheviks historically, or groups like the #SWP more recently.
The same pattern shows up in tech. Much of the #encryptionists discourse, on both the right and the left, is rooted in fear, suspicion and control.
The alternative is to build from trust, openness. That's the harder path, but it's native to the #openweb.
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Politics isn't simply "left vs right". A better lens is trust vs fear. The right is driven by fear and control. But parts of the left follow the same path. Think of the Bolsheviks historically, or groups like the #SWP more recently.
The same pattern shows up in tech. Much of the #encryptionists discourse, on both the right and the left, is rooted in fear, suspicion and control.
The alternative is to build from trust, openness. That's the harder path, but it's native to the #openweb.
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The last 40 years of worshipping the neoliberal #deathcult has driven us into #climatechaos and social breakdown.
One thing few people talk about is the biggest obstacle isn't only the small elitist crew profiting from this mess. It's the huge middle that keeps defending the failing "common sense" of #mainstreaming liberalism. This is the #blocking force.
Real change won't come from asking those in power to be nicer. It comes from shifting this middle towards the commons, community and the #openweb.
That's the work of #OMN. It's also why movements like #XR have had an impact: they challenge the "there is no alternative" story.
We don't need better management of collapse. We need to build something different.
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The last 40 years of worshipping the neoliberal #deathcult has driven us into #climatechaos and social breakdown.
One thing few people talk about is the biggest obstacle isn't only the small elitist crew profiting from this mess. It's the huge middle that keeps defending the failing "common sense" of #mainstreaming liberalism. This is the #blocking force.
Real change won't come from asking those in power to be nicer. It comes from shifting this middle towards the commons, community and the #openweb.
That's the work of #OMN. It's also why movements like #XR have had an impact: they challenge the "there is no alternative" story.
We don't need better management of collapse. We need to build something different.
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Mozilla created Mozilla.org, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit to steward the Mozilla Project by coordinating funding, brands, and long-term strategy. 🦊
All Mozilla organizations remain under the Mozilla Foundation, with Mozilla.org operating the portfolio while nonprofit ownership and the mission remain unchanged. 🔓🔗 https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/announcing-mozilla-org-new-non-profit/
#TechNews #Mozilla #OpenSource #Privacy #AI #Firefox #Nonprofit #OpenWeb #UserChoice #DigitalRights #Technology #Innovation #Internet #FOSS #Browser
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Mozilla created Mozilla.org, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit to steward the Mozilla Project by coordinating funding, brands, and long-term strategy. 🦊
All Mozilla organizations remain under the Mozilla Foundation, with Mozilla.org operating the portfolio while nonprofit ownership and the mission remain unchanged. 🔓🔗 https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/announcing-mozilla-org-new-non-profit/
#TechNews #Mozilla #OpenSource #Privacy #AI #Firefox #Nonprofit #OpenWeb #UserChoice #DigitalRights #Technology #Innovation #Internet #FOSS #Browser
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We are living through a dangerous moment
The nasty side Let's look at a #fluffy positive view of the path we need to be on. We are living through a dangerous moment, the systems around us are failing, but the dominant response is still denial at worst or to try to repair the existing structures that created the crisis at best. But, the problem is not one bad policy, one bad company, or one bad government. The problem is a whole way of organising society around extraction, scale, speed and distance. A system that measures success […]https://hamishcampbell.com/we-are-living-through-a-dangerous-moment/
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The early #openweb grew from a #DIY culture. People did not wait for permission. They built websites, shared code, created independent media, made tools, organised communities and experimented with new ways of communicating.
The power was not just in the technology. It was in the surrounding culture:
Do it yourself.
Share what you learn.
Build with others.The problem is that DIY can stop at the first step. A lot of radical spaces become focused on identity, aesthetics and scene-building - the #fashernista layer - while missing the second part - Organisation.
The challenge is creating structures that survive. The #OMN idea is about reconnecting these two things: DIY + organisation.
The creativity of the #openweb with the practical need to build networks, memory, trust and shared infrastructure.
A living commons, the future needs people who make things, maintain things and connect things. The internet was never just about tools. It was about people building together.
#OMN #openweb #4opens #commons #fediverse #DIY #indymediaback
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The early #openweb grew from a #DIY culture. People did not wait for permission. They built websites, shared code, created independent media, made tools, organised communities and experimented with new ways of communicating.
The power was not just in the technology. It was in the surrounding culture:
Do it yourself.
Share what you learn.
Build with others.The problem is that DIY can stop at the first step. A lot of radical spaces become focused on identity, aesthetics and scene-building - the #fashernista layer - while missing the second part - Organisation.
The challenge is creating structures that survive. The #OMN idea is about reconnecting these two things: DIY + organisation.
The creativity of the #openweb with the practical need to build networks, memory, trust and shared infrastructure.
A living commons, the future needs people who make things, maintain things and connect things. The internet was never just about tools. It was about people building together.
#OMN #openweb #4opens #commons #fediverse #DIY #indymediaback
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Today's #DailyBlogroll has all new stuff straight from the virtual pens of @[email protected], Wilhelm, Azuriel, Luna, @[email protected], Bruce Schneier, Scopique, Stargrace, Warner, Emily, Jamie Zawinski, Michael and more!
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Today's #DailyBlogroll has all new stuff straight from the virtual pens of @davew, @wilhelm_arcturus, Azuriel, Luna, Bhagpuss, @scopique, @stargrace, @WarnerCrocker, @monsterladysdiary.com, @virtualmoose.org and more!
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Today's #DailyBlogroll has all new stuff straight from the virtual pens of @davew, @wilhelm_arcturus, Azuriel, Luna, Bhagpuss, @scopique, @stargrace, @WarnerCrocker, @monsterladysdiary.com, @virtualmoose.org and more!
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The anarchist stream has always had a problem with too many #fashernistas - focused on style, identity and performance, but missing the second half:
A + O = anarchism needs organisation.
Without the building, maintaining and connecting, “scene” anarchism becomes a loop of the same conversations, the same conflicts and the same dead ends.
The point is not just to look radical.
The point is to create useful commons, networks and alternatives.
Get out. Build something. While we still can.
