Trump didn't start new wars directly. But he invited Turkey to invade and destroy the fledgling feminist cooperative economy development among the US's military allies against ISIS. This is heartbreaking. https://rojavainformationcenter.com/2020/11/explainer-cooperatives-in-north-and-east-syria-developing-a-new-economy/
Know anyone passionate about defending an open #Internet? Nominations are open for the Internet Society Board of Trustees: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20201110-internet-society-seeks-nominations-for-2021-board-of-trustees/
A new reading & practice group dedicated to Sri Aurobindo’s “The Synthesis of Yoga” starts on 4/22. If you are interested in #integralyoga #integralphilosophy or #integralspirituality, consider joining us. Sessions will be recorded.
https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/synthesis-of-yoga-practicum-april-22-2020-week-1/3912
Ed Mahood on Infinite Conversations is organizing a reading and discussion group dedicated to exploring some recent consciousness-based theories of reality. Anyone interested in philosophical alternatives to scientific materialism (aka physicalism) may want to check it out.
Specifically, the group will be reading Bernardo Kastrup’s (2019, Iff Books) The Idea of the World: A multi-disciplinary argument for the mental nature of reality.
Learn more: https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/an-ideal-world-whos-up-for-a-n-ontological-quest/3750
Does #SocialCoop have a user count bot? I feel like that would be quite useful for the instance
"Even if relatively few people actually #DeleteFacebook, as more people start spending more of their time elsewhere, three powerful and synergistic feedback loops will start to kick in. Too bad for Facebook. Good news for everybody else!"
There's a paragraph talking about #Mastodon as an alternative, and links to posts by @Gargron and @creatrixtiara .
We’re hosting a talk about the Democracy.earth white paper in our 2/13 Cosmos Café:
https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/cosmos-cafe-democracy-earth-white-paper-2-13/1726?u=madrush
#socialcoop peeps are welcome to join us live or comment in the forum.
(Note: this event is not affiliated with the Democracy Earth Foundation—but we’re interested in discussing the ideas and their practical implications. @care_save will be leading the discussion.)
Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labelled utopian.
-- Emma Goldman
Here’s some I hope #inspiring #music for everybody out there who feels like they’re swimming upstream in this life.
May our struggle—at least sometimes—be ecstatic!
Our second Trumpocalypse conversation starts at 8 pm EDT tonight. Here's the info you'll need to join us live:
https://www.infiniteconversations.fm/episode/trumpocalypse-2-meme-power/
New topic on #InfiniteConversations:
“On Sexual Harassment: A Queer Perspective” by John Davis
https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/on-sexual-harasment-a-queer-perspective/1520
@cstanhope Oregon is nice, though! I do love all the green, and being not far from the shore.
To accompany @care_save’s essay series “Transmuting the Trumpocalypse,” we are hosting live conversations on 10/26, 11/2, and 11/9 to foster learning, co-operation, and praxis.
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/trumpocalypse
Here, we will not be focusing on the essays, nor even really talking about Trump...so much as about power's multidimensionality.
This event is being produced by our start-up, Cosmos.coop. So come support us and bring your most brilliant selves and...LET’S TRANSMUTE!
Caroline Savery (@care_save here on social.coop) has written a major series of essays on consciousness and collective action titled *Transmuting the Trumpocalypse: Reclaiming Power in a Memetic Warzone*, which we’ve just published on Metapsychosis.com
https://www.metapsychosis.com/trumpocalypse/
We'd love to have sensitive, critical, and co-operative readers —who could also add some thoughtful commentary in our forum.
Please check out the page and if you feel so moved, join the conversation...and toot widely!
@risabee Comcast did the same thing in Longmont, CO, where I live. They won the first time; then city leaders banded in support and the public got educated. The next time the ballot came up, it passed overwhelmingly. (We already own our own electric utility, as well.)
Back in July, I had my NextLight (city-owed gigabit fiber) installed. $50/mo for 1 Gbps—price for life, which stays with the house or carries with us if we move.
They will fight it. But it can be done by activist cities.
Aspiring poet & artist. Co-founder & CCO @ Cosmos.coop. Editor @ Metapsychosis.com. Interlocutor @ InfiniteConversations.com. Writer @ TheoryofEverybody.com.