Man With Sign, April 17, 02026

It's raining lightly this morning, enough so that I take an umbrella, but not enough that I leave my foam-core signs at home. I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:30, set up my big sign but leave my speaker in its cloth bag to keep it from the damp, and hold up CLIMATE CHAOS INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE NEXT PANDEMIC. Craige arrives about 7:35 or so.

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Closed systems protect individuals, but they rarely build movements

People fight against or/and ignore the #KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach in tech because simplicity exposes power. Complexity, jargon, and process give cover - they make control look like competence. When paths are simple and transparent, everyone can see who’s blocking, who’s hoarding, who’s acting in bad faith. Many “experts” and institutions are emotionally and professionally invested in keeping things complicated; simplicity threatens their authority, their funding, and […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/closed-systems-protect-individuals-but-they-rarely-build-movements/

Man With Sign, April 16, 02026

It's cooler outside this morning as I walk up to Roosevelt Circle, arriving at 7:30 and setting up. No Craige today. I get my big sign clamped to the post, my speaker coupled, and my butt resting on the guardrail as I hold up EVERY DISASTER MOVIE STARTS WITH A SCIENTIST BEING IGNORED. There was a little rain last night, and everything's damp and cool.

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Man With Sign, April 15, 02026

It's pleasantly warm out here, a little over 60 F. I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:30 exactly and set up my stuff, then rest on the guardrail holding up WE MUST BE BETTER ANCESTORS. Craige arrives a few minutes later, and we touch base briefly. He's got all his equipment in a little cart, including a folding chair. Why shouldn't we be comfortable while we're uncomfortable?
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Man With Sign, April 15, 02026

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Man With Sign, April 14, 02026

Ooooh! It's warm outside! In the upper 50s F, and I'm overdressed in a down winter coat. I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:31, set up my big sign, couple my speaker, and hold up the data-heavy 2021 IPCC REPORT: "CODE RED" FOR HUMANITY. Craige is out today, so I am a soloist here on the roadside under an actual blue spring sky. Not bad at all.

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Man With Sign, April 13, 02026

Monday is a little warmer, in the mid-40s F, and I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:31. After clamping my big sign to the guardrail post, with the matte black side facing traffic, I connect my speaker and hold up my ALL-BLACK foam-core board as my personal grim greeting to the week. Craige arrives about fifteen minutes late, having overslept.

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Man With Sign, April 13, 02026

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Toward Healthier Digital Public Spaces: A Cultural and Structural Challenge

From a practical perspective, the challenges in digital and social technology are not technical, they are cultural. This may seem obvious, but it is often overlooked in policy and implementation. At a basic level, there are two broad approaches to handling disagreement and complexity in online spaces: Exclusion-focused approaches (e.g. blocking, filtering, silencing), which reduce immediate friction but reinforce fragmentation and polarisation. Engagement approaches (e.g. dialogue, […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/toward-healthier-digital-public-spaces-a-cultural-and-structural-challenge/

Memory As A Form Of Resistance

Long eco-poem by Gerry McGovern inspired by his last essay 99th Day: A Warning About Technology.

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Man With Sign, April 10, 02026

Friday morning and it's 7:30 as I walk up to Roosevelt Circle. The weather is lovely — pleasantly cool but above freezing, with blue skies above — and I set up my stuff and lean on the railing, holding up THINK IN EONS — ACT NOW! At first I think Craige's not going to show, but he gets here a little after 8 in the company of John Gallagher.

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Man With Sign, April 10, 02026

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