Man With Sign, June 16, 02026

I wake with the alarm and head downstairs for pre-vigil coffee, completing various small domestic tasks along the way, as wife & (now adult) kid return from India this afternoon, so the house should be looking good. Hit the road, arrive at Roosevelt Circle at 7:29, set up big sign & speaker, lean on rail holding MOTHER NATURE DOESN'T CARE WHAT YOU BELIEVE. No Craige today.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbLHAa7rwp0
#ClimateChaos #GlobalWarming #HindustaniMusic #CitizenActivism

Man With Sign, June 15, 02026

Monday and I wake before the alarm, gather myself for the morning, and stagger downstairs for pre-vigil coffee. I head out to Roosevelt Circle, arriving at 7:30, and set up my various accoutrements. Today being the beginning of the week, I am as usual holding up ALL-BLACK signage for the duration of our national nightmare. Craige arrives about 7:35 or so.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH4OlxEFj3I
#ClimateChaos #GlobalWarming #HindustaniMusic #CitizenActivism

Rethinking Grassroots Tech Funding

https://hamishcampbell.com/rethinking-grassroots-tech-funding/

In the era of #climatechaos, people #blocking social change in tech are not just slowing things down - they are helping maintain systems that are driving social and ecological breakdown.

The question is - what do we build instead?

Different paths already exist. #4opens #openweb #OGB #indymediaback #OMN are examples of social tech trying to move away from the failures of #mainstreaming and towards more open, collective ways of organising.

The challenge is mediation: separating signal from noise, building alternatives, and creating space for change.

Take a moment. Think. Then act.

Don’t become part of the blockage. Thanks.

Man With Sign, June 12, 02026

Friday finds me waking before the alarm, reading a few pages, sleeping again, finally waking with the buzzer and drinking my morning cuppa before heading out to Roosevelt Circle, arriving at 7:31. I greet Craige, set up my big sign & speaker, and hold up my most frequent end-of-the-week message, the piously hortatory WE MUST BE BETTER ANCESTORS.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eUh_m3dHak
#ClimateChaos #GlobalWarming #HindustaniMusic #CitizenActivism

Rebuilding Shared Meaning in a Fragmented World

https://hamishcampbell.com/rebuilding-shared-meaning-in-a-fragmented-world/

Man With Sign, June 11, 02026

It rained last night in the wee hours, and everything is warm and damp this morning as I set out to Roosevelt Circle a minute or two behind, arriving at 7:33 and setting up. Craige is out today so I am a soloist. I set up my big sign, couple my speaker, and take my seat on the railing. The hand-held sign for today is 2021 IPCC REPORT: "CODE RED" FOR HUMANITY.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ4fMTJFbLw
#ClimateChaos #GlobalWarming #HindustaniMusic #CitizenActivism

Man With Sign, June 10, 02026

I wake with the alarm, cut two thin slices of bread for toast, and have a few quiet minutes with my coffee before hitting the road, arriving at Roosevelt Circle at 7:30 precisely. Craige arrives a couple of minutes later after I'm set up and singing. Today's hand-held message is CLIMATE CHAOS INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE NEXT PANDEMIC.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IB5geSKASU
#ClimateChaos #GlobalWarming #HindustaniMusic #CitizenActivism

In my life, I’ve help make thousands of videos about social and environmental issues.

After all that time working with moving images, I thought it was time to try a different medium - short stories.

This is a small experiment in using storytelling to explore #climatechaos, place, and the everyday realities of where we live.

A story about my local city, #Oxford, and going with the flow.

https://hamishcampbell.com/stories/

#OMN #openmedia

Man With Sign, June 9, 02026

It takes me a while to wake up properly this morning once the alarm goes off. I stare groggily at the room, cudgel my wits into a semblance of order, and lurch downstairs for pre-vigil coffee. Heading out, I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:31, greet Craige, and set up my various signs. Today's hand-held message is EVERY DISASTER MOVIE STARTS WITH A SCIENTIST BEING IGNORED.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7_-z-pWIfs
#ClimateChaos #GlobalWarming #HindustaniMusic #CitizenActivism