Hi all,

Just a reminder that 2 weeks ago I announced that d25.community will be shut down today.

In case you haven’t had a chance to backup your followers list, I’m going to give a grace period until end of day (CET) on Sunday (Dec 17th).

To backup your followers, please go to Settings (https://d25.community/settings/preferences) → Data export and use the CSV link to download your followers list. You can then import them into any other Mastodon instance. https://d25.community/media/yx6uKEPN8hKsKMV_Oro https://d25.community/media/JEv215AWyPMIeOPXXNo

I’ve never wanted to kick a piece of forum software in the teeth before. This is a wholly new sensation. Thanks, phpBB.

https://d25.community/media/FK3tPBsGggohho2Z41U

Proposal: We should add a disclaimer to the DiEM25 Facebook page (as a pinned post) stating that we are using a surveillance-based platform monopoly under protest to reach people we might not otherwise be able to reach in the short-term. This is what we do with the Better (https://better.fyi/) Facebook page (see screenshot).

For more info on our pragmatic approach to using current platforms, see: https://ar.al/notes/spyware-vs-spyware/

Thoughts?

https://d25.community/media/7SzK5sYmmxi9uPAUJwE

Just had a chat with the folks planning Urban Tech Republic – a project commissioned by the city of Berlin to plan the future of Tegel airport.

Hopefully, it will help get them to think about how they can do things in a different way instead of merely mimicking surveillance capitalism.

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Our proposal to add a 7th pillar to DiEM25’s Progressive Agenda for Europe – the Internet of People; a progressive technology policy for Europe – was approved by the Validating Council by 95.65% of the vote.

I look forward to working with all of you to draft a compelling democratic, decentralised, and progressive counter-narrative to Silicon Valley’s #SurveillanceCapitalism

https://internal.diem25.org/en/vc/view_vote/26

#InternetOfPeople https://d25.community/media/2hYWz4SIZxWSTDkug64

Constructive Disobedience

“To be progressive and constructive, disobedience must be accompanied by counter-proposals fully outlining alternative policies to the ones that we disobey.”—Srećko Horvat

Join us for an evening of constructive disobedience at the G20. Starts 19:30 on 7 July, 2017 at the Audimax lecture hall on the University of Hamburg campus. No RSVP necessary.

https://ar.al/notes/constructive-disobedience/

https://d25.community/media/SJTbDbc6Y_e0UYU0BqY

📰 d25.community Stats: Week 1

Keep in mind that we’re still unofficial, been going a week, and haven't been announced to the membership base. By word of mouth, we have:

57 people, 216 statuses, and we’re connected to 43 other instances.

The last statistic is awesome: it means our conversations are being seen on the federated timelines of 43 other communities. 43 communities that will be hearing about DiEM25 and our efforts 🤗
https://d25.community/media/Mz18k3LqjUrOdnyInc8

DiEM25@G20: Constructive Disobedience! Resistance in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

On July 7, DiEM25 invites all progressives, all our fellow activists, everyone who is ready to join us to the biggest auditorium in Hamburg for an evening of “Constructive Disobedience”

I’ll be there! Will you? Spread the word & join us :)

https://diem25.org/event/diem25g20-constructive-disobedience-resistance-in-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/

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