Lori Emersona 1990s-era Earthlink explainer that reminds us of a time when we still had the power (and the ability) to accept - or refuse #othernetworks (pic taken by @rose_alibi)
new bit of writing: "Liberation Radio(s) Beyond the Internet Imaginary"--the text of the paper I'm delivering at #scms2026 tomorrow #othernetworks https://loriemerson.net/2026/03/25/liberation-radios-beyond-the-internet-imaginary/
can I say at an academic conference that amateur radio in the US is too often dominated by cops, snitches, and libertarians? no? hmmm. #othernetworks
Dragan EspenschiedFrom the 1977 MIT Press book "The social impact of the telephone", a poem for the telegraph #othernetworks cc @loriemerson
"Imagine setting up a sleeper cell spy network and your communications get bricked at a crucial moment by windows updates." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZSThymsKyA #othernetworks
Iran's Mystery Numbers Station Is Being Targetted - Is It Really Iranian?
when I said "radio is the future" I wasn't exactly thinking of this but nonetheless: a new clandestine radio station, broadcasting numbers in Persian, appeared 2 weeks ago on the day Israel/US attacked Iran #othernetworks https://priyom.org/number-stations/other/v32
this Emerson transistor radio from 1958 needs to become part of my #othernetworks schtick
with the important difference now being that while it still seemed possible in the late 90s to think that we could use the internet against "corporate agendas", now we know this is indisputably no longer possible #othernetworks
I thought that the underlying principles of #othernetworks and the @mediaarchaeologylab were grounded in naive 60s principles - but actually, they are probably more offspring of a very 90s mentality. in short: let's bring back community media centers!
ety://glyphscribeJack in and join IRC. For the Aesthetic. For the Chooms. For the 'Net we were promised. 
#RetroNetworking #RetroComputing #IRC #OtherNetworks #Windows98 #Windows98se #Windows9x
