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It’s here! ISSUE 02: Inoculate, hot off the distributed press. This issue contains eight creative pieces—(non)fiction, interactive media, and stories from the front lines of alternative networks built on care & solidarity.

Read it on the World Wide Web: https://two.compost.digital/

"Collectively managed servers enable the creation of local digital territories, where services can be curated, created, and hosted by the community itself."

Read Luandro of Digital Democracy on how can communities can build networks for indigenous empowerment: https://two.compost.digital/uncivilizing-digital-territories/

📣 hey! We got COMPOST stickers! 📣

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are you digging Issue 02?

Then maybe you'll want to check out the playlist we curated to go along with it, with song additions from our Issue 02 contributors.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/56WzY7sqD3bVr2CwMWTTgI?si=13c5234e93b24017

(We know that Spotify is deeply problematic for artists, as they pay out almost nothing for each play they get per song. We'd like to explore other platforms in the future -- if you have suggestions for alternatives, we'd love to hear them!)

Heartbeats, dripping faucets, and the patterns of the stars… What are the life rhythms we take for granted in a world so tethered to networked, universally coordinated clocks?

An interactive visual piece by Benny Lichtner https://two.compost.digital/clock-basket-no-1/

The story of a low-tech, slow motion art project to pass a blue marble through the hands of everyone on Earth, as told by Andi Wong and Margaret Warren, through a nonlinear personal exploration of the waters that have shaped their lives. https://two.compost.digital/a-confluence-of-waters/

A gentle choose-your-own-adventure story by Celine Nguyen about mushroom foraging, the weight of Indigenous history, and sustaining online community.

What happens when an online forum absorbs you into greater intimacy with nature and digital connection? https://two.compost.digital/logging-off/001/

our Issue 02 Release Party is tomorrorrorrow, sat SEP 25. There'll be some readings and short talks about the ideas in the issue, an open story sharing/discussion time, then we hang out on Gather.

registration (is free!): https://opencollective.com/issue-02-release-party-45becfdf/updates

What does it look like to work closely with indigenous cultures of the Earth to develop communication and information technologies that work for them?

Luandro of Digital Democracy on what it means to build collective, autonomous networks for local empowerment https://two.compost.digital/uncivilizing-digital-territories

psssst...don’t forget to check out the Killjoy Cooks Recipe Book. Vegetarian recipes with gorgeous photos and drawings, all which came out of this budding network of intimate food stories.

Scroll down the page to download the PDF https://two.compost.digital/re-sister/

The Killjoy Cooking Network, a space for mutual gratitude and honoring those who care for us and feed us by sharing their recipes and stories through letters.

Eeshita and Mrinalini ask you to consider: Who has fed, nourished, and nurtured you? https://two.compost.digital/re-sister/

Kurt, a bored cybersecurity specialist, goes through the motions until a routine job in Raleigh, North Carolina goes far off-script and makes him confront his very conscience.

Read Qubit Guarantee, a short speculative fiction piece by Kola Heyward-Rotimi https://two.compost.digital/qubit-guarantee/

This issue is about how we Inoculate networks with our consideration and attention, against the flattening, homogenizing forces of the internet.

We're taking a step back; widening our scope to probe how we shape digital networks and how they shape us back.

two.compost.digital/

From the marbles that traverse and connect across continental distances to the families that share memory-laden recipes, in our second issue, we imagine networks—online and offline—that resist the global internet clock. https://two.compost.digital/

It’s here! ISSUE 02: Inoculate, hot off the distributed press. This issue contains eight creative pieces—(non)fiction, interactive media, and stories from the front lines of alternative networks built on care & solidarity.

Read it on the World Wide Web: https://two.compost.digital/

hey friends. Our second issue is out tomorrow (!), but you can already register for our release party happening this Saturday Sep 25.

Come hang out with us: https://opencollective.com/compost/events/issue-02-release-party-45becfdf