“.....Unlike the apartment complex of Big Tech, the Fediverse is a neighborhood of houses with different rules,” he said. “It’s built on open protocols. People there talk about commons, about collective responsibility for the infrastructure.”

The emotional tone is different too: not cynicism, but care. “There is a shared ethic of attentiveness, interdependence, and persistence in disagreement. That’s what sustains collective well-being.......”

🫠

@bbeijnon

#fediverse #commons

“.....Unlike the apartment complex of Big Tech, the Fediverse is a neighborhood of houses with different rules,” he said. “It’s built on open protocols. People there talk about commons, about collective responsibility for the infrastructure.”

The emotional tone is different too: not cynicism, but care. “There is a shared ethic of attentiveness, interdependence, and persistence in disagreement. That’s what sustains collective well-being.......”

🫠

@bbeijnon

#fediverse #commons

Someone wants to delete a photo I took in Palestine, graffiti that says more about life there than words ever could. It’s one of my favorites because it mirrors what I saw soldiers doing to people every day.



At this point in 2025, I don’t have the energy for copyright debates. Especially not about removing a photo I took myself, showing a political reality that should be seen, not hidden.



https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banksy_in_Bethlehem.jpg



#Banky #Palestine #copyright #Wikipedia #Commons

Someone wants to delete a photo I took in Palestine, graffiti that says more about life there than words ever could. It’s one of my favorites because it mirrors what I saw soldiers doing to people every day.



At this point in 2025, I don’t have the energy for copyright debates. Especially not about removing a photo I took myself, showing a political reality that should be seen, not hidden.



https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banksy_in_Bethlehem.jpg



#Banky #Palestine #copyright #Wikipedia #Commons

Wouldn’t it be something to see this rolled out to people working on free (as in freedom) technology for the common good so we didn’t have to bake in ways of surviving under the current capitalist system into the tech we’re designing just so we can pay the “cost of living?”

“Sustainable” under capitalism has a very different meaning – it means making a profit (even if you’re a not-for-profit) whereas “sustainable” in general has no such connotation.

#UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #BasicIncome #PostCapitalism #tech #freeAsInFreedom #commons #commonGood https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/115376591388986978

Wouldn’t it be something to see this rolled out to people working on free (as in freedom) technology for the common good so we didn’t have to bake in ways of surviving under the current capitalist system into the tech we’re designing just so we can pay the “cost of living?”

“Sustainable” under capitalism has a very different meaning – it means making a profit (even if you’re a not-for-profit) whereas “sustainable” in general has no such connotation.

#UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #BasicIncome #PostCapitalism #tech #freeAsInFreedom #commons #commonGood https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/115376591388986978

DIE KOMETIN BRAUCHT DEINE HILFE! ☄
@die_kometin

Die #Kometin ist ein nicht-kommerzieller Freiraum in Graz. Ein Raum für alle, die Raum brauchen, ohne darin Geld verdienen zu wollen. Hier wird gemalt, geschrieben, gelernt; es werden Gruppentreffen, Lesekreise und öffentliche Veranstaltungen abgehalten. Dabei gibt es keine festen Mitgliedsbeiträge, sondern wir teilen Verantwortlichkeiten und Kosten solidarisch untereinander auf.

Eine Gasnachzahlung von guten 3000 € (ohne tatsächlich mehr geheizt zu haben), bringt unseren Verein ins Rudern. Wenn du dich bei unserer #gofundme -Kampagne beteiligen kann, würde uns das riesig helfen! ❤️

https://www.gofundme.com/f/gasrechnung-der-kometin

Und abgesehen davon: Do you need space? Wir sind in #Graz, St. Leonhard, und haben noch ausreichend Kapazität für neue Menschen! Melde dich einfach bei uns oder komm zu einem Open Doors − mail steht auf der Website:

https://kometin.at

#freiraum #help #funding #commons

DIE KOMETIN BRAUCHT DEINE HILFE! ☄
@die_kometin

Die #Kometin ist ein nicht-kommerzieller Freiraum in Graz. Ein Raum für alle, die Raum brauchen, ohne darin Geld verdienen zu wollen. Hier wird gemalt, geschrieben, gelernt; es werden Gruppentreffen, Lesekreise und öffentliche Veranstaltungen abgehalten. Dabei gibt es keine festen Mitgliedsbeiträge, sondern wir teilen Verantwortlichkeiten und Kosten solidarisch untereinander auf.

Eine Gasnachzahlung von guten 3000 € (ohne tatsächlich mehr geheizt zu haben), bringt unseren Verein ins Rudern. Wenn du dich bei unserer #gofundme -Kampagne beteiligen kann, würde uns das riesig helfen! ❤️

https://www.gofundme.com/f/gasrechnung-der-kometin

Und abgesehen davon: Do you need space? Wir sind in #Graz, St. Leonhard, und haben noch ausreichend Kapazität für neue Menschen! Melde dich einfach bei uns oder komm zu einem Open Doors − mail steht auf der Website:

https://kometin.at

#freiraum #help #funding #commons

The #fashernista crew take and dispoal anything that starts to grow in the alt.
That’s the pattern: spot the spark, capture it, smooth the edges, and sell it back as lifestyle.

They move fast - faster than we do - and by the time you notice, what was radical has been turned into content, branding, and funding portfolios.

If you’re working on something that matters, an alt tech project, a grassroots network, a commons, mediation before they move in.
Defend your work, your world, and your dreams before they’re commodified into polite irrelevance.

Because make no mistake, it’s happening to something you care about right now.

#OMN #openweb #4opens #mainstreaming #trust #commons

The #fashernista crew take and dispoal anything that starts to grow in the alt.
That’s the pattern: spot the spark, capture it, smooth the edges, and sell it back as lifestyle.

They move fast - faster than we do - and by the time you notice, what was radical has been turned into content, branding, and funding portfolios.

If you’re working on something that matters, an alt tech project, a grassroots network, a commons, mediation before they move in.
Defend your work, your world, and your dreams before they’re commodified into polite irrelevance.

Because make no mistake, it’s happening to something you care about right now.

#OMN #openweb #4opens #mainstreaming #trust #commons

Recently we've been thinking about how we share code (and other design files) for our #OpenSource projects and products.

@span amcewen has written about the flaws in centralized options like Github and Gitlab, and why self-hosting isn't the answer.

Maybe we need some #CodeCommons?

https://mcqn.com/posts/code,-sharing-and-single-points-of-failure/

#OSHW #git#Github #commons #weeknotes

Recently we've been thinking about how we share code (and other design files) for our #OpenSource projects and products.

@span amcewen has written about the flaws in centralized options like Github and Gitlab, and why self-hosting isn't the answer.

Maybe we need some #CodeCommons?

https://mcqn.com/posts/code,-sharing-and-single-points-of-failure/

#OSHW #git#Github #commons #weeknotes

Like, I get why not everyone is set up to be those things – but every time I sit through a conversation ostensibly about the #commons that accedes to structures of market or state or both, something in me howls for at least some trace of that spirit.

Here’s the back cover text for my forthcoming book, Defund Culture: A Radical Proposal –Why the Arts Are So White, Male, and Middle-Class and What We Can Do About It

https://openbookcollective.org/view/package/11/summary/

https://openbookcollective.org/books/book/5679981/

Calls to expand public investment in the #arts often treat the existing cultural and institutional landscape as a given. In Defund Culture, Gary Hall challenges this assumption.

The book foregrounds the structural inequalities that shape Britain’s #creative and intellectual life, producing culture that is safe, homogeneous, and anti-intellectual. ... Hall shows how the dominance of white, male, middle- and upper-class voices ... is sustained through longstanding funding arrangements and institutional hierarchies.

... Hall proposes redistributing resources away from elite institutions and toward more collective, #commons -oriented, and radically relational alternatives grounded in redistribution, institutional transformation, and epistemic pluriversality.

Here’s the back cover text for my forthcoming book, Defund Culture: A Radical Proposal –Why the Arts Are So White, Male, and Middle-Class and What We Can Do About It

https://openbookcollective.org/view/package/11/summary/

https://openbookcollective.org/books/book/5679981/

Calls to expand public investment in the #arts often treat the existing cultural and institutional landscape as a given. In Defund Culture, Gary Hall challenges this assumption.

The book foregrounds the structural inequalities that shape Britain’s #creative and intellectual life, producing culture that is safe, homogeneous, and anti-intellectual. ... Hall shows how the dominance of white, male, middle- and upper-class voices ... is sustained through longstanding funding arrangements and institutional hierarchies.

... Hall proposes redistributing resources away from elite institutions and toward more collective, #commons -oriented, and radically relational alternatives grounded in redistribution, institutional transformation, and epistemic pluriversality.

Treffen Bäuerlicher & Ländlicher Kämpfe
(Meeting of agricultural and rural struggles)

1.9 (tomorrow!) til 7.9 (Sunday) in #Taucha, not far from #Leipzig

> In the face of all the escalating crises worldwide, be it the shift to the political right in society or the ongoing destruction of our livelihoods, instead of despairing alone, we want to create a space to encourage each other, recharge our batteries and form plans for the future.

https://www.baelaekae.org/

#commons #csa #antifa

Treffen Bäuerlicher & Ländlicher Kämpfe

1.9 (morgen!) bis 7.9 (Sonntag) bei #Taucha, nicht weit von #Leipzig

> Angesichts all der sich zuspitzenden Krisen weltweit, sei es der Rechtsruck in der Gesellschaft oder die fortschreitende Zerstörung unserer Lebensgrundlagen, wollen wir statt alleine zu verzweifeln, lieber einen Raum schaffen zum gegenseitigen Bestärken, Kraft tanken und Pläne schmieden.

https://www.baelaekae.org/

#solawi #rechtsruck #selbstorganisation #allmende #commons

The #WikiCite2025 is on-going since yesterday in hybrid-format. If you are interested in #Wikidata, #KnowledgeGraphs, #LinkedOpenData, #OpenKnowledge, #Commons, #Wikibase, #Metadata, #BiographicData, #Citation, #ScholarlyPublishing, #OpenScience, #SemanticWeb and much more - you can join online. The talks are streamed via #BigBlueButton:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2025

#WikiCite

The #WikiCite2025 is on-going since yesterday in hybrid-format. If you are interested in #Wikidata, #KnowledgeGraphs, #LinkedOpenData, #OpenKnowledge, #Commons, #Wikibase, #Metadata, #BiographicData, #Citation, #ScholarlyPublishing, #OpenScience, #SemanticWeb and much more - you can join online. The talks are streamed via #BigBlueButton:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2025

#WikiCite

I'm looking for examples of platforms where privileges or memberships of users expire after a term or some inactivity threshold. I'm thinking it could be a useful feature to have in forge platforms (like #forgejo, #gitlab or #github) and seek design inspiration. Any ideas? @douginamug @ntnsndr
#digitalGovernance #commons