Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr@social.coop

So great to hear @emi beautifully represent #Socialcoop in this great intro to moderation in the fediverse! https://conf.tube/videos/watch/d8c8ed69-79f0-4987-bafe-84c01f38f966

What if online groups ran on consensus by default, and mods and other hierarchies were adopted only with the consent of the governed?

I've been thinking about civil religion a lot since the insurrection. @BradleyOnishi nails why in @nytopinion: https://nyti.ms/3c0kCVH

Can someone spell out for me the advantage of a two monitor setup? Seems like a recipe for distraction and never getting anything worthwhile done.

I can understand the appeal for gaming at least.

Spending the evening learning to make my first Minetest mod, which I'll only admit here because geeks are forgiving.

Looking for social media with neither CEOs not fascists? Join us at Social.coop, a cooperative Mastodon instance, a friendly gateway to the fediverse.

Any Minetest players here?

The future of tech will be an old model: The co-op - https://www.mutualinterest.coop/2021/01/the-future-of-tech-will-be-an-old-model-the-co-op new from @austinrobey_

Interesting variant of #exittocommunity - exit to nationalization. What if startups aimed toward successfully being bought out by the state?

It may happen to Alibaba/Ant, tho wielded as punishment: https://www.ibtimes.sg/china-ccp-nationalize-jack-mas-alibaba-ant-group-54444

St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries (516) | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25715094

If this turned into a civil war, as some insurrectionists say they want, what would it be about?

Trump vs. not Trump? Q vs. something? Freedom vs. liberation? Bigotry vs. cancel culture? Unlike slavery last time around, every grievance seems to be mostly fictional.

My latest in @americamag on the legacy of legislature occupations.

The assault on the Capitol was horrific. But don’t let it give all occupations a bad name. https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2021/01/08/us-capitol-trump-riot-democracy-occupations-239677

As people resign, keep in mind that nobody deserves a medal for jumping from a sinking ship. The question is what you did when you could still gain from complicity.

We really need to get better at democracy cause this is getting silly and scary and sad.

Start in daily life: Work, neighborhood, online. Every day. Exercise. Practice commoning and cooperation. Build power the right way. Undermine demagogues. Live not by swords. And sleep well.

All this is to say: storming a legislature is a perfectly legitimate tactic. The illegitimacy here lies in the cause, not the act.

Another storming of a legislature: Hong Kong, 2019. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Legislative_Council_Complex

Another example in the recent history of legislature occupations: Taiwan, 2014. Done by antifascists, did some good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement