Brian Fitzgerald

@brianfit
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Unapologetic believer in PeaceLove&Understanding. Digital rabble rouser. Story teller. Code Monkey. Director, Dancing Fox. US Expat in Amsterdam. Sustainable staker: brianfitzgerald.eth
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/brianfit
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Oh, and of course, as an added bonus, it distracts from the story that the Narcissist in Chief is a PDF file.
Retaliatory Tariffs? Better strategy: legalize jailbreaks to target the Enshitification Barons that put Trump in power and liberate the internet from America's Monopolist Tech industry. Cory Doctorow's call to adversarial interoperability arms. https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet#t=4
A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet

media.ccc.de

Beyond amazing panel by @pluralistic about a post-American, enshittification-resistant internet.

Especially good if you are in the need of a spark of hope.

Also: I need that modem in the thumbnail.

https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet

Trump has staged an unscheduled, midair rapid disassembly of the global system of trade. Ironically, it is this system that prevented all...

media.ccc.de
The Journalist who originally broke the Epstein story was being tracked by the DOJ of Trump the First. Somebody needs to explain why.
BREAKING: We won an Anthem Award for the #SpoonfulOfLaughter campaign!! Co-created by Dancing Fox and diaTribe: Curiosity, compassion, and connection are kryptonite to diabetes stigma; comedy is the Trojan Horse that gets all three inside the city gates. https://www.anthemawards.com/winners/list/entry/?utm_campaign=anthem5_winner_notifications_1118&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#health/awareness-categories/spoonfuloflaughter/620050
Entry - Anthem Awards

Brought to you by The Webby Awards, The Anthem Awards honors the purpose & mission-driven work of people, companies, and organizations worldwide. By amplifying the voices that spark global change, we’re defining a new benchmark for impactful work that inspires others to take action in their own communities.

Anthem Awards
"The Stories we Share" was my subject for the Stronger Roots Conference in Prague yesterday. Incredibly inspiring to hear so many stories of hope from these champions of democracy, freedom, and a just and empathetic civil society.

And now for something completely different. The wonderful Hilary Barrett interprets an I-Ching reading I cast in 1982, which nudged (or shoved) me to join Greenpeace. Who knew a 3,000 year old book could say "DUH!?!?"

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7d0MRiw5iZwCMj2JC81vt8?si=F0ydsMmeRfq5hRADqF14Ag

Yi’s companionship

I Ching with Clarity podcast – I Ching with Clarity · Episode

Spotify

Today I learned: About the "Millennial Pause." A Tik Tok phenom that separates people who grew up on video as a staged, prepared, analogue, professionally shot and unspontaneous form and the Gen-Z ers for whom immediate-on phone video is a native format.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdayRxdU/

TikTok - Make Your Day

Trump's Government is corrupt. Shut it down, Dems, shut it down.
@chuckschumer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-0SpkF-V0

Stop Acting Like This is Normal | The Ezra Klein Show

YouTube

On the train home from working with teen Junk Food activists Bite Back I discover Oli, who was in my workshop yesterday, in my news feed today via the BBC. That's Culture Jamming.

@BiteBack2030
#CommercialBreak

https://share.google/vocKElWz3mO0YmV7Z

Leatherhead teen calls for Surrey council junk food advert ban

Oli Porter, 18, says he wants to see junk food adverts removed from Surrey County Council property.