jgaehring

jgaehring, 9 days ago to bookclub

I'm facilitating the first ever GOAT (Gathering for Open Ag Tech) Book Club this Saturday (5/18), open to any and all! 📚🤓🐐

Session #1 is on "Networks, Peers & the Virtual Class," with readings from Yochai Benkler, Richard Barbrook, Michael Bauwens, and others. More session details in the link below. #bookclub #foss #reading #p2p

https://forum.goatech.org/t/goat-book-club-session-1-on-sat-may-18/1612

luis_in_brief, 15 days ago to random

This makes me steaming mad.
https://www.threads.net/@renee.diresta/post/C6sBiWlRluJ

jgaehring, 27 days ago to random

A Global Map of Encampments and Demands
https://students4gaza.directory/

jgaehring, 2 months ago to random

So glad to see @workingclasshistory is back to regular posting here. Their podcast, Stories app & On This Day (OTD) posts are invaluable for their reach across SM platforms. I know of no other source that so thoroughly catalogs & retells the overlooked histories made and written by working class people in their struggle for a more just world. As a powerful tonic against big man history, a pitfall even for leftists, the breadth & depth of their coverage astounds me. Some examples of recent posts:

tzimmer_history, 2 months ago to random

Weekend reading: I wrote about how conceptions of what it means to “defend democracy” have shifted in Joe Biden’s major speeches.

Is the liberal center embracing the idea of transforming America rather than just restoring pre-Trump “normalcy”?

A thread, based on this week’s piece:

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https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-does-defend-democracy-actually

mcc, 2 months ago to random

Today is my birthday!

If you'd like to do something for me for my birthday, would you please reply to this with—or by other means send me— something with colors you liked? Like an image or a video or a link. Music would also be acceptable if it gives you a strong synesthesiac association with color.

If this request confuses you, here are some examples of images with colors I found striking [Artists: Laurie Barmore, Vian Borchert, Erica Aurahack]. But your reply can be whatever colors you like.

Abstract art by Vian Borchert
Abstract art by Vian Borchert

jgaehring, 3 months ago to activitypubblueskybridge

Catching up on the vigorous debate re: the Bluesky/Mastodon bridge, via @activitypubblueskybridge this AM. There's an ineluctable tension between protocol vs license: both powerful but separately coordinated means of governing content, privacy, permissions & safety in the fediverse, or in any digital space for that matter. How best to balance state regs, CoC's/moderation, and protocol dev as overlapping forms of governance? It gets really sticky when put into practice.

jgaehring, 3 months ago to random

Wow. UAW is openly calling for a general strike May 1, 2028, which is the day they negotiated their contracts to expire, and they're encouraging other unions to do the same.

Fain: "Back in 1980 when Reagan at the time fired PATCO workers, everybody in this country should have stood up and walked the hell out. We missed the opportunity then, but we’re not going to miss it in 2028."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/autoworkers-uaw-shawn-fain-may-2028-national-strike

jgaehring, 6 months ago to random

The scale of this didn't hit me until I saw the multiple corrections buses and multiple MTA accordion buses taking the righteous folks from Grand Central to Central Booking. #CeaseFireNow #FreePalestine #EndApartheid 🍉 ✊🏻 🇵🇸

via https://twitter.com/

A 90's/00's style New York City articulated transit bus turning into One Police Plaza, filled with arrested protesters maybe 20 or more, standing restrained and under police guard.
A newer 2010's/20's style New York City articulated transit bus, also filled with protesters under arrest and cops. The LED sign that usually displays the bus's route number has been changed temporarily to read "POLICE BUS"

evan, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

What's your favourite DNA nucleotide?

#EvanPoll #poll #GroupsOfFour

luis_in_brief, 7 months ago to random

This is pretty damn amazing. Reading letters no one has seen in 1950 years. Our increasing (and good!) awareness of all the world’s hardships makes it easy to forget that we also live in a time of wonders. https://scrollprize.org/firstletters

Are0h, 7 months ago to random

Currently, #TheBadSpace does not use any Javascript. I wanted to make it as simple as possible.

But as more data becomes available, I want to do some cool stuff to show this data in a fun way.

So I might, MIGHT, add a bit of JS for the sake of some slick interactivity.

MAYBE.

(and no, there won't ever be any weirdo tracking nonsense that bloats it to a standstill. )

jgaehring, 8 months ago to random

If you or someone you know is in BK and wants to start a worker-owned food biz, links below to register for an info session and apply for the course:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ8sZwd2-lfpXJjVUg6MZPhN6D6Q-G_vrXC15ltGQ5A7yYUg/viewform

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXKVz9NLGMvtQWKwiIBmWgU6NZsODluLNaiYA6MYXCJFN06w/viewform

luis_in_brief, 9 months ago to random

Pondering what reusable governance tools built for communities (and/or commons?) look like, specifically in contrast to licenses, which are often individualistic (especially in the culture space).

A lot of what I'm thinking about would probably be encapsulated in a license → governance mindset shift: static → dynamic; individualist → collective. But not all?