colombene @colombene@social.coop

Support Radix Media, a worker-owned union print shop in their graphics publishing kickstarter, ends in 3 days. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1407165453/radix-media-graphic-narrative-collection

@normandc I'm glad you liked it. Yes, I feel for your dad. Sometimes you can find a Repair Cafe to help fix things, but not sure if they still hold them these days https://repaircafe.org/en/visit/

The Prodigal Techbro: The tech executive turned data justice warrior is celebrated as a truth-telling hero, but there’s something a bit too smooth about this narrative arc. https://conversationalist.org/2020/03/05/the-prodigal-techbro/

'Remember My Forgotten Man' from Goldiggers of 1933 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzNcT7wfHj4

Meow Wolf workers (immersive/interactive experience shop) are organizing. Their website has info on how organizing can work for interdisciplinary creative workers https://www.unionformeowwolf.com/ #SolidarityForTheMultiverse

I wrote about "Designing for Longevity vs. Continuous Consumption" - lemme know what you think. https://beneluxe.net/2020/10/12/designing-for-longevity/

@pluralistic Love McAlevey. I can't even get through reading that 😡 😭

still waiting for the urban dictionary to add a thesaurus

@BillSeitz called it unfortunately. So "Who out there in SaaS is looking for a brilliant & empathetic customer success/product trainer?" https://twitter.com/nandoodles/status/1313518984227160064

Interesting talks from Architecture Lobby, Another Possible Imaginary and more - "Organizing as Architectural Labor" https://6degrees.la/materials-applications

Solidarity Club is reading Entreprecariat by Silvio Lorusso. If you wanna too, join us Wed. 9/30 8p PT. https://solidarityclub.org/now-reading/

social media gets the goods

(subjective takeaways) Frictionless design and automation will inherently be devoid of ethics, but also pleasure. It is empty for the privileged and horrifying for the marginalized. Pleasure gets attacked on both sides. It is too inefficient for capitalists but gets co-opted by them for profit. That is then cancelled by critics.

Ethics resides in moments of friction - Miriam Rasch http://www.miriamrasch.nl/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SFq-vS7SR8Kabn-yIgJkMI6f_3B9h0incQTjm_8Eu9Y/edit

Flamethrowers and Fire Extinguishers – a review of “The Social Dilemma” https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2020/09/17/flamethrowers-and-fire-extinguishers-a-review-of-the-social-dilemma/

‘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/

@jalcine She's been writing about this stuff on her blog... http://adriennemareebrown.net/2020/07/17/unthinkable-thoughts-call-out-culture-in-the-age-of-covid-19/

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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!

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