ckohtala @ckohtala@social.coop
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#introduction #SocialCoop I'm a researcher based in Helsinki. my topics: #fablab, sustainable production, #sustainabledesign. interested in local economies and #PlatformCoops.
acknowledgements to Dmytri for the metaphor, who mentioned how 'transvestment' is used too easily and abstractly in proselytizing texts as if it is something applied like a magic ointment to capitalism - to make capitalism better.
I'd argue that the current rampant commons-wash operates the same way (as Daniel writes in his book review linked in this thread)
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When people narrow their relationships to hierarchical relations they risk to leave a large part of their brains inactive. They become blunt. The reason why hierarchical systems in history did lead to disasters is not only because of the stupidity of autocrats but also because of the brain laziness of their followers no longer practicing reverse dominance hierarchy. To step after a flag is that more easy than maintaining reciprocated relationships of trust and obligation.
https://bit.ly/2ZdSqEv
TL;DR: the 'commons' is not a mayonnaise you can slather on top of everything capitalist in order to magically turn it into a delectable, equitable and just horizontalism
C4SS Statement on the P2P Foundation
https://c4ss.org/content/52344
on the myth that peer-to-peer self-organizing can be conflict-free and inclusive because the people involved are reasonable, good and rational.
Dr Jedediah Walls, our activist collective and I write about designing community guidelines and Codes-of-Conduct here
https://blogs.aalto.fi/makerculture/2019/08/20/codes-of-conduct/
#EthicalP2P #commons #feministP2P #governance #intersectionality
SupercaliFRAGILElisticexpialidocious
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
If you ignore it long enough you'll always sound precocious
Super male-y fragile-istic expert á là nauseous
great project. air quality sensor that changes colour.
#OpenHardware
https://github.com/qubist/aqo
I'm 100% with @KevinCarson1 on this one.
https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqvt9h
Statement of Dissociation from the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives
'It grieves me to write this, but I...'
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Support the Laboratory of Sustainability!
"Zemljani (Earthlings) is an association dedicated to promoting the philosophy of permaculture through building and testing self-sufficient and sustainable systems in our Laboratory in Mostar."
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MANFRED MAX-NEEF:
One, the economy is to serve the people and not the [reverse].
Two, development is about people and not about objects.
Three, growth is not the same as development, and development does not necessarily require growth.
Four, no economy is possible in the absence of ecosystem services.
Five, the economy is a subsystem of... the biosphere, hence permanent growth is impossible.
...no economic interest, under no circumstance, can be above the reverence of life.
a manel with a woman as moderator, one of the manelists grabbing the microphone all the time and taking over the role of asking the other manelists all the questions
Field Ready has opened a makerspace / co-working space in Mosul after years of occupation, for the existing creative groups, self determination and autonomy
e.g. https://www.fieldready.org/single-post/2019/06/06/Makerspace-in-Iraq
thesis on #antifascist, #communist Métis organizing on the Canadian prairies 1930-60s
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/92c80d28-bc1e-4744-88bd-558441a16ec4/view/727ba824-a660-441d-9d5b-fbd0fba93e91/Swain_Molly_S_201809_MA.pdf
#coop #solidarity #selfdetermination
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I've updated the "Alternatives to Amazon Books" page to make it clearer.
If you're looking for alternatives to Amazon Books, or Amazon's book-related properties (Kindle, Goodreads, Audible), here are some suggestions:
https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-amazon-and-goodreads/
#Amazon #DeleteAmazon #Books #eBooks #Audiobooks
More #Alternatives:
https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/tagged/alternatives
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The Smithsonian Design Museum Digitizes 200,000 Objects, Giving You Access to 3,000 Years of Design Innovation & History
http://www.openculture.com/?p=1042570 https://t.co/Oi8HooSabk
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Beyond Participant Observation: Collaborative Ethnography as Theoretical Innovation http://bit.ly/2Z4nFTa
hey all, looking for links to #grassroots groups in #Cairo working materially on #sustainability issues, could be #feminists, could be maker-hackers, e.g. energy, community technology, water scarcity, urban agriculture
#Makers #hacking #environmentalism
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We are looking for a hands-on Senior Systems & Network Administrator to become part of our growing team of passionate people. If you are as excited as we are about creating positive change, then have a look at our vacancy below. ⬇️ https://fairphone.homerun.co/senior-systems-network-administrator/en
etymology of the word 'punk': https://www.etymonline.com/word/punk
as an adjective
"inferior, bad," 1896, also as a noun, "something worthless," earlier "rotten wood used as tinder" (1680s)...
as a noun
"worthless person" (especially a young hoodlum), 1917, probably from _punk kid_ "criminal's apprentice," underworld slang first attested 1904... "prostitute, harlot, strumpet," first recorded 1590s, of unknown origin.
'punk rock' first attested 1971
Joined Dec 2017
