hamish campbell
@hamishcampbell@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@Edent The chattering classes, I have bounced off this event for the last few years, and last year I did put some effert . I wrote a post about people and events like tis https://hamishcampbell.com/understanding-the-nastyfew-human-parasites-in-the-era-of-climatechaos-and-social-breakdown/ would be nice to bring this view to the "open" event... but bounce. Can kinda understand why but... but come on OPEN ;)
Terence Eden
@Edent@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@hamishcampbell I'm one of the organisers. No offence taken.

I don't think we've had any Bitcoin bros talking at previous events. We have had sessions on forcing government to open data. Similarly, several session about OSS in the global south, discrimination in data sets, community groups, radical action people can take.

You're very welcome to pitch a talk about whatever you like. We also have an unconference space if you'd like to do something more spur of the moment.
hamish campbell
@hamishcampbell@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@Edent the subject would be something uncomfortable like this "The careerist #NGO tech elitists: Yes, even the “good” sector can be captured. NGO professionals who endlessly hold conferences and produce whitepapers while blocking actual grassroots projects. They take seats at tables designed to exclude the people doing real, messy, transformative work. They don’t oppose the #nastyfew; they stabilise their control."