Composting the#techshit funding

Not surprised. This is probably the 10th time we've applied to the #NLnet / #NGI fund over the years. Just heard back: our proposals for #OGB (Open Governance Body), #indymediaback, and #MakeingHistory were not selected - again. “We are very sorry that we cannot offer you support for your good efforts.” Sure, I, appreciate the polite brush-off again. But after so many rejections for solid, urgently needed tech projects that actually fit the funding goals, it's time to name what's […]

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OMN, best not to get distracted, this isn’t about purity, it’s about direction

DRAFT The current wave of #mainstreaming is less about progress and more about manipulating the human condition. It doesn’t offer real solutions, it pushes pacifiers. We live in a world where "common sense" alienation, loneliness, and meaninglessness are manufactured at scale, then sold back to us as control wrapped in empty promises. Porn is loneliness sold as sex. Alcohol is escape sold as fun. Fast food is poison sold as nourishment. Luxuries are emptiness sold as joy. Video […]

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Let’s stop being polite about this. The #closedweb is a crime scene. The platforms we rely on are bonfires of common culture, feeding the engines of the next wave of control. Enclosure of the #openweb hamishcampbell.com/enclosure-of...

Enclosure of the openweb – Ham...

Let’s stop being polite about this. The #closedweb is a crime scene. The platforms we rely on are bonfires of common culture, feeding the engines of the next wave of control. Enclosure of the #openweb https://hamishcampbell.com/enclosure-of-the-openweb/

Enclosure of the openweb

DRAFT This spirit of the early anarchist inspired internet and #WWW - sharing, remixing, collectively creating - is the heart of what we once called the #openweb. It wasn't perfect, but it was a space of possibilities, commons, where you could take what you needed and leave something behind, hyperlink by hyperlink. The tools were open - #RSS feeds, #APIs, #XMPP, #indymedia were built to bridge between ideas, not walls of monetized algorithmic sludge we have today. But the #dotcons came. […]

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The West, Russia, and the madness of mutual sabotage

DRAFT Let’s look at the mess clearly, with the hard move to the right, we’re watching the slow-motion implosion of geopolitical sanity, driven by a feedback loop of paranoia, expansionism, and elitist delusion. The Russian neo-monarchy we installed with the fall of the #USSR is authoritarian and insulated from reality, it harbours a deeply ingrained - but not entirely unfounded - fear, that the West wants to partition and neuter Russia, to finally break its imperial spine and sideline […]

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We do need tools to share to help people the path back onto the #openweb

The struggle to grow the #Fediverse and this #openweb reboot has never been about technology alone - it's always been about narrative, framing, and belonging. If we want people to step away from the toxic silos of the #closedweb and #dotdons to step into something better, we need more than protocols and servers - we need invitations. That’s why it's good to see the redesigned onboarding experience at Fedidb.com/welcome. I had a quick look at it, and it seems to be a "native" practical […]

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Bridging alt and mainstreaming: A note on the shape of resistance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE There’s a nice post by Elena Rossini’s, “This is what resistance to the digital coup looks like.” she is commitment to the #Fediverse, #FOSS tools, and open publishing solutions, and her critique of #VC-funded platforms like #Substack and #Bluesky is needed. At the same time, it’s worth pausing to reflect on how we talk about these things, particularly when we’re speaking to an emerging audience, still navigating the gap between […]

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Change is happening. The centre isn’t holding, the choice is left or right. The #openweb is the radical, collective path in this choice. Marking the difference between the #openweb and #closedweb hamishcampbell.com/clearly-mark...

Marking the difference between...