Enjoyed the [[social.coop]] member gathering. Learning a bit about how social.coop is operated, discussing how members might get more involved in governance, and raising the question of whether it might move from network of likeminded individuals to a community of practice(s).
Author: Neil Mather
Live streaming of little isolated pockets of nature.
I’m currently enjoying Pond, South Walney:
http://acousticommons.net/streams/pond_south_walney.html
"Acoustic Commons is dedicated to building resilient networks across sites, distributing creative technical resources and cultural know-how and contributing to the long term cultivation of knowledge commons."
Listened: ‘The government failed’: Dominic Cummings takes aim at No 10’s Covid response
Hard to know how much of Dominic Cummings to actually believe. But some incredible stuff if true. Including the deputy cabinet secretary apparently in March(!): "there is no plan; we’re in huge trouble. […] I think we’re absolutely fucked."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/26/dominic-cummings-timeline-of-coronavirus-crisis
Listened: Can the US avoid another Trump?
Sad the part where they said Trump wouldn’t have been elected if Obama hadn’t. That the election of a Black man scared the right and moved them further rightwards.
Also how Trump’s election followed essentially a right-wing populist playbook – almost identical to Viktor Orbán.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/may/31/can-the-us-avoid-another-trump-podcast
Listened: A state-sponsored ‘hijacking’ – the arrest of Belarus blogger Raman Pratasevich
Pretty awful. State-sponsored hijacking of a plane to arrest a 26 year old blogger.
Bookmarked: The Women of Raqqa Are Rebuilding Their Future
"Four years since Raqqa was liberated from ISIS, women are playing a leading role in rebuilding the Syrian city. Their activism shows that socialist feminism isn’t just about gender parity in top jobs — it’s about women taking control of their own lives."
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/05/raqqa-women-blooming-in-the-desert-film/
Elon Musk Unveils Urban Slingshot System Able To Move 6 Pedestrians Across Street Per Hour
https://www.theonion.com/elon-musk-unveils-urban-slingshot-system-able-to-move-6-1846702819
Well this sounds pretty terrible. Amazon Sidewalk – the upcoming automatic enrolment of Amazon devices in to an Amazon mesh network. And I bet you can’t connect to it from a non-Amazon device.
This human-readable summary of the Peer Production License is handy.
"The peer production license is an example of the Copyfair type of license, in which only other commoners, cooperatives and nonprofits can share and re-use the material, but not commercial entities intent on making profit through the commons without explicit reciprocity"
https://civicwise.org/peer-production-
licence-_-human-readable-summary/