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‘The Pleasure of Friction’ webinar Sept. 24 with Miriam Rasch "If we want to change something in our dealings with technology, it will help if the alternatives have something pleasurable to offer. What can we learn from writers and philosophers from the past and present about maintaining a positive outlook on friction?" https://futurebased.org/topics/sixty-minutes-back-to-the-future-the-pleasure-of-friction/

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Hey everyone! We're having our annual meeting tomorrow at Noon Eastern. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WoxFlwh0AR8Qd-xrKYedMAfaggdm6db08KzSAN-y0us/edit?pli=1#heading=h.a1ctrc13iksu We'd love to see you! Check out our updates on Data Use Agreements, Data Fields, and an updated http://datacommons.coop website. Give us feedback and ideas!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/datacommons/status/1306657447201968129

Data Commons Coop Annual Meeting tomorrow morning. Check out what we've been working on! https://twitter.com/datacommons/status/1306657447201968129

Journalists from Awl, Splinter, Gawker, Deadspin and more are looking to start the Brick House media cooperative. With 7 days left in their kickstarter campaign considering donating: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1478924964/the-brick-house-cooperative/

Just found out the penman who actually wrote the US Constitution was Jacob Shallus. He was paid $30. http://www.theindianreporter.com/historical_documents/archives/constitution_copies/ConstitutionFULL_p1.jpg

Before g**gle streetview, Ed Ruscha took 10,000’s of photos of LA starting in 1966. Esotouric picks some highlights, which is a good thing because the getty archive website is a doozy. https://esotouric.com/2020/09/05/ruscha/

New Tech Workers Coalition newsletter #10 https://twitter.com/atav1k/status/1301963655156621312

Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Visual UX Designer https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2282126

"Do you really believe those things you tell your children?... Because if you take these moral principles to their logical conclusions, you arrive at anarchism." - David Graeber https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-may-surprise-you

Sad to hear David Graeber died yesterday. Today I'm checking out this talk between 2 of my faves - Cory Doctorow interviewing DG in LA about Bullshit Jobs. https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/104801696584774133

this is your brain on neoliberalism "Divinity consultants are designing sacred rituals for corporations and their spiritually depleted employees."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/business/remote-work-spiritual-consultants.html

Recent tech labor organizing panels from NYC DSA Tech Action featuring Kickstarter, Glitch, Google and Amazon organizers. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgOLhX2zZkhx26lLn0sR1Cg

there's punching down and punching up, but most people punch at whoever’s in striking distance

Tech Workers Coalition newsletter #9: Call in Sick... https://news.techworkerscoalition.org/2020/08/21/issue-9/

post-capitalism is here (but not a good kind) https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2020/08/21/something-remarkable-just-happened-this-august-how-the-pandemic-has-sped-up-the-passage-to-postcapitalism-lannan-institute-virtual-talk/

#CriticalAxis by The Disabled List is an inspiring project that does the difficult work of changing frames on current representations or conversations that are problematic but seen as the opposite. https://social.coop/web/statuses/104725857053147434