my most unpopular (yet pretty basic) opinion: things that people blame capitalism for in the current era are facets of humankind that in fact vastly pre-date the rise of capitalism in society, an will require a far greater re-engineering effort, whose shape is possibly hidden from sight by strictly anti-capitalist stances
The world ends not with a bang, but with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srs6DDQoRJ8
This week's episode of FOSS & Crafts is dissertation-adjacent! @cwebber and I talk about how textile production has been used historically to frame the narrative of a nostalgic past! Plus, I give the basic rundown of the process it takes to get from sheep to sweater.
https://fossandcrafts.org/episodes/3-textile-production-and-a-nostalgic-past.html
[Full-time] Senior Software Engineer: Anti-Harassment Tools at Wikimedia Foundation https://www.fossjobs.net/job/10231/senior-software-engineer-anti-harassment-tools-at-wikimedia-foundation/ #jobs
Introduction to Worker-owner cooperatives -- Saturday 7/11
https://community.coops.tech/t/introduction-to-tech-worker-cooperatives-by-micky-metts/2183
CAREER CHANGE??? I changed my life by learning to build Drupal websites. It was a dooorway to freedom and learning more.
Starting on July 7th!!! Agaric offers FREE trainings on Drupal 9 site building.
https://agaric.coop/blog/free-drupal-9-webinars-site-building-migrations-and-upgrades
Just clicked an interesting autocomplete suggestion and came across "Network Structure and Governance Performance: What Makes a Difference?" by Hongtao Yi. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/puar.12886
In case you missed it, POTUS has declared anti-fascism a terrorist group and is running an anti-anti-fascist ad campaign using the Nazi symbol for political prisoners. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/18/trump-campaign-runs-ads-with-marking-once-used-by-nazis-designate-political-prisoners/ #IAmAntiFascist
PhD candidate at @UMSI. Networks, decentralization, civic tech, cats, bad puns. Formerly @civicMIT @medialab @i3detroit.