I'm a tech worker building radical systems from the bottom up.
I'm always down to talk about:
- #decentralization
- #sustainability
- #freesoftware
- #animalrights
- #opensource
- #socialcoop
- #veganfood
- #healthcare
- #autonomy
- #infosec
- #privacy
- #oregon
- #offgrid
- #node
- #coop
- #linux
- #tech
- #p2p
- #pdx
- #dat
- #sar
Twitter was not bad because "hashtags this" or "trends that". Twitter was bad because:
1. Centralized.
2. They forced you to ID yourself with a phone number.
3. They hand your data to third party companies.
4. Most governments were using it to ID people saying bad things about them.
5. Ads and corporative campaigns.
Anyone have a view on #GitBook vs #MediaWiki as a public way of developing a collection of informative documents, and presenting a view of a system (organisation, campaign, movement). Open to continuous collective (re)writing.
Look&feel of GitBook seems so much cleaner, MediaWiki typography IMHO is not pleasing.
But what's under the hood? What are they like to manage & maintain? How easy is it to put a different skin on MediaWiki?
GitBook costs, but offers a not-for-profit free option.
.@mhall119 is developing an ethical alternative to #MeetUp called #GetTogether.
There's already a flagship site up and running:
https://gettogether.community/
The dev is working on #ActivityPub support and is requesting feedback on what more needs to be done:
https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether/issues/60
If you're interested in helping federate GetTogether, join the discussion at the link above.
After living in the city for a few years I completely understand why people want to move far the fuck away from society and never come back.
I really thought searching "white on black vs black on white" would return a ton of useful info on the accessibility of text on backgrounds.
Nope. Don't type those words into a search engine unless you're looking for very racially specific porn.
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3 considerations for any political action:
1. If your action couldn't possibly have negative consequences for you, it is of no consequence
2. If your action requires media attention to have any impact, it has no impact.
3. Working in the realm of ideas and symbols is not worthless, but working exclusively at that level is.
Where can I buy the whole album?
For anyone thinking about reducing or removing animal products from their life: it's good.
I don't talk about it very often in an effort to avoid being That Guy, but the "what the hell do I eat" learning curve is surprisingly not bad and I feel great without animal products.
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Godwin about the 'Godwin law'
PSA: I'm sure this isn't a huge surprise, but the TV show "Cops" is universally bad:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cops_%28TV_series%29#Targeted_subjects
Top 5 ways to stop illegal immigration:
- stop illegalising immigration
- stop illegalising immigration
- stop illegalising immigration
- stop illegalising immigration
- stop illegalising immigration
Maybe it's just me, but are any other #SocialCoop folks feeling overwhelmed at the number of votes and discussions and "please respond" type emails from Loomio?