A great conversation, well worth a listen.

#FrontiersofCommoning , with David Bollier: Rabble Evan Henshaw-Plath: How Network #Protocols Enable Digital #Commons & Open Marrkets

Episode webpage: https://david-bollier.simplecast.com/episodes/rabble-evan-henshaw-plath-how-network-protocols-enable-digital-commons-open-marrkets-PtH3_vfS

Media file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/1e16d50b-81e2-4e26-a349-8f138c33a180/episodes/4a60b07a-cf0b-4ef4-bb1c-fbab0820b886/audio/8c7e9a5f-0e15-4607-9487-4f7e339f0a6b/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=A07gKiN8

#rabble @rabble

A great conversation, well worth a listen.

#FrontiersofCommoning , with David Bollier: Rabble Evan Henshaw-Plath: How Network #Protocols Enable Digital #Commons & Open Marrkets

Episode webpage: https://david-bollier.simplecast.com/episodes/rabble-evan-henshaw-plath-how-network-protocols-enable-digital-commons-open-marrkets-PtH3_vfS

Media file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/1e16d50b-81e2-4e26-a349-8f138c33a180/episodes/4a60b07a-cf0b-4ef4-bb1c-fbab0820b886/audio/8c7e9a5f-0e15-4607-9487-4f7e339f0a6b/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=A07gKiN8

#rabble @rabble

People specialize. There are countless 'tip of spear' #Activism pieces of the puzzle and even more 'part of the shaft' #Solution pieces. All in a chaotic pile, still in the box, seeking connection.

We need a flat organized underground where with patience and creativity puzzle piece connectors put them together, an united #commons to let a new picture appear until the puzzle is complete and - to step out of the analogy - we moved post- #hypercapitalism as a species.

One can hope. And #dream. :D

People specialize. There are countless 'tip of spear' #Activism pieces of the puzzle and even more 'part of the shaft' #Solution pieces. All in a chaotic pile, still in the box, seeking connection.

We need a flat organized underground where with patience and creativity puzzle piece connectors put them together, an united #commons to let a new picture appear until the puzzle is complete and - to step out of the analogy - we moved post- #hypercapitalism as a species.

One can hope. And #dream. :D

> A viable community is where enough of its members care enough for its continued existence.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/ap/object/57a3b83c62f3337725b3002710163485

#community #governance #commons#ActivityPub#SocialHub

> A viable community is where enough of its members care enough for its continued existence.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/ap/object/57a3b83c62f3337725b3002710163485

#community #governance #commons#ActivityPub#SocialHub

> And it is an understandable dynamic.. devs have invested much time to 'eat' their way through the complexity of building federated apps, and afterwards when they are unlocked, gained the expertise, they want to focus on their app. They are likely to even resist major changes to the spec, even if they'd be ultimately beneficial to them.

This pragmatic approach that often works very well for individual #FOSS projects, is detrimental to formation of healthy #commons.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/layered-activitypub/5449/6?u=aschrijver

Just heard in #ActivityPub related chat (because I typed it) ..

> Btw, the ad-hoc code-first show-dont-tell mentality is an interesting social dynamic in FOSS, but esp. in the AS/AP open standards based ecosystem, a chaotic grassroots #commons.

https://matrix.to/#/!xfLXShcTEkELTDxuTq:matrix.org/$mmcqJmTVRzrfVEPXhn38VDLNlA8NcEJpHRF-XVM3HCc?via=matrix.org&via=d3v0.me&via=ellis.link

The researchers were surprised to find that the loss of #water on the continents has grown so dramatically that it has become one of the largest causes of global #SeaLevel rise.

Moisture lost to evaporation and drought, plus runoff from pumped groundwater, now outpaces the melting of glaciers and the ice sheets of either Antarctica or Greenland as the largest contributor of water to the oceans.

#extractivismo #capitalism #degrowth #commons

https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels

The current media system is stacked against us. It’s rigged, exclusive, and hostile to alternatives.

That’s why we need the Open Media Network.

Because without an open, trust-based infrastructure for communication and coordination, we’re just shouting into silos.

Let’s build something different.
Let’s make history — together.

#OMN #4opens #metadata #trustnetworks #openweb #anarchism #postcapitalism #decentralization#DIYtech #commons #grassroots#foss #geekproblem #dotcons#KISS

The current media system is stacked against us. It’s rigged, exclusive, and hostile to alternatives.

That’s why we need the Open Media Network.

Because without an open, trust-based infrastructure for communication and coordination, we’re just shouting into silos.

Let’s build something different.
Let’s make history — together.

#OMN #4opens #metadata #trustnetworks #openweb #anarchism #postcapitalism #decentralization#DIYtech #commons #grassroots#foss #geekproblem #dotcons#KISS

What is the future of #ActivityPub#SocialHub? Who leads our #commons onwards? 🤔

> Like @ps I have dedicated enough of my commons janitoring contributions to SocialHub in a role of community facilitator for 5 years. While this is often frustrating, largely unseen and unthankful work, I did it with pleasure, and gained a ton of experience, valuable skills and insights about the social dynamics of grassroots communities, technology ecosystems and tech advocacy in general.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/socialhub-community-values-policy/1391/108?u=aschrijver

What is the future of #ActivityPub#SocialHub? Who leads our #commons onwards? 🤔

> Like @ps I have dedicated enough of my commons janitoring contributions to SocialHub in a role of community facilitator for 5 years. While this is often frustrating, largely unseen and unthankful work, I did it with pleasure, and gained a ton of experience, valuable skills and insights about the social dynamics of grassroots communities, technology ecosystems and tech advocacy in general.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/socialhub-community-values-policy/1391/108?u=aschrijver

Ask not what you can do for the commons, but what the #commons can do for you. #sx

The report leaves no doubt: the negative impact of the datacenters is not an (energy) efficiency issue, is about effectiveness: most of the resources are used for private data capture and processing for advertisement and control.

The environmental cost (in lives) is about #SurveillanceCapitalism: again, the appropriation and privatization of the #Commons (everyone), robbed and concentrated in a few hands.

@sutty @mayfirst @sursiendo

The report leaves no doubt: the negative impact of the datacenters is not an (energy) efficiency issue, is about effectiveness: most of the resources are used for private data capture and processing for advertisement and control.

The environmental cost (in lives) is about #SurveillanceCapitalism: again, the appropriation and privatization of the #Commons (everyone), robbed and concentrated in a few hands.

@sutty @mayfirst @sursiendo

Since 2016 we have been working on the Five Pillar framework for commons-based business models. And while it has greatly evolved through practice in commons-collaborative economy programmes and platform coops and #SSE courses, we hadn't published too much about it.

Now here's an introduction with the necessary references: https://freeknowledge.eu/five-pillar-model-commons-business-models

thanks to @femprocomuns, Labcoop & many cooperative commons businesses

#businessmodels #opensource #commons #democratictech #sustainability

I am whipping up a #commons introduction workshop for @kanthaus since I realized a lot of people come and go without hearing about it - shame!

Anyone got any I can copy/adapt/get inspired by? Preferably ones that see the political power of the commons and/or have interactive stuff?