ntnsndr

ntnsndr, 7 days ago to random

What is a good name for the inevitability that, in every field of inquiry, someone will eventually try to turn it into a theory of everything?

ntnsndr, 9 days ago to random

What is your search engine for scholarly publications?

ntnsndr, 11 days ago to random

The future of democracy doesn't lie just with Trump or Biden—it begins, I argue, in our everyday organizational lives, which we now live largely online: https://theconversation.com/why-the-future-of-democracy-could-depend-on-your-group-chats-229597

ntnsndr, 14 days ago to random

The glory of Open Educational Resources! A new edition of the textbook I use in my Intro to Social Media course is now out—and with a new chapter from me on "regulation," as well as an invitation to shared governance. https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/

ntnsndr, 17 days ago to random

Giving up on all the fancy stuff and just transitioned my newsletter back to a simple Mailman operation. There's a form at the bottom of my website: https://nathanschneider.info/

Bye, bye, tracking and formatting.

ntnsndr, 19 days ago to random

Just laid down a Bluesky thread on Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine, tech imaginaries, and cooperative history: https://bsky.app/profile/ntnsndr.in/post/3ktg5vrluac2z

ntnsndr, 20 days ago to random

I learned a lot from this great talk by Glen Coulthard on third-fourth-world solidarity: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/dene-self-determination-glen-coulthard-1.7208086?s=09

The role of Israel-Palestine conflict in shaping the 1970s stuggles—what a rhyme.

ntnsndr, 21 days ago to random

The only good thing AI does is help decipher whale language

ntnsndr, 22 days ago to random

It's out! On KGNU radio in Colorado and as a podcast, my interview with Anjali and James Young, founders of Collab.Land—on their #ExittoCommunity into a token-enabled co-op: https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/how-do-you-give-a-technology-to-its-community/

ntnsndr, 22 days ago to random

I haven't read this yet but I LOVE the title: "Legalize Global Co-ops"! https://ia800204.us.archive.org/24/items/santosh-kumar-icde-april-2-2024-submitted/SantoshKumar_ICDE_April2_2024_submitted.pdf

Via @platformcoop

ntnsndr, 23 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to random

So far, are AI chatbots saving you work or giving you more to do?

ntnsndr, 24 days ago to random

Maybe the question of whether a system is governable matters more than whether it is open.

Illustration by Darija Medic. More in #GovernableSpaces

ntnsndr, 26 days ago to random

Ooh I just noticed that the PolicyKit website is much improved—nice work @axz and team! https://policykit.org/

ntnsndr, 26 days ago to random

Turns out when you build a co-op news org, you get awesome coverage of co-ops.

New from the @coloradosun: A workers’ co-op rises from the remains of a Colorado mushroom farm https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/19/undocumented-workers-sand-dunes-mushroom-co-op/

ntnsndr, 27 days ago to random

If you wanted to build a database/website on Notion but then instead wanted to do it in a portable, FLOSS-y way, how would you do it?

ntnsndr, 30 days ago to random

I am noticing, in a discussion on indigeneity, how my own lineage of exile, migration, and diaspora makes me more comfortable trusting trans-territorial networks than territorial states.

ntnsndr, 1 month ago to random

Is the Apple backlash finally coming? Time fop The Year of the Linux Smartphone?

ntnsndr, 1 month ago to random

Is anyone worth following on Threads?

ntnsndr, 1 month ago to random

Awesome-looking new co-op alert!

ND Connect: A supportive space for neurodivergent people to connect and grow https://www.ndconnect.app/

ntnsndr, 1 month ago to random

If you're, say, occupying space somewhere with other people, you'll need to have a way to make hard decisions—like, say, how to face attacks by fascists or police.

That's why my lab is building CommunityRule.info, a tool for designing self-governance practices, grounded in mutual aid.

ntnsndr, 1 month ago to random

What would the US do if it simply didn't have gobs of weapons to send everywhere in the world?

ntnsndr, 1 month ago to random

I have never been to a protest that didn't have its moments of cringe, of awkwardness, of appalling ugliness. You must balance that with the beauty and the bigger picture. The mess of humanity comes out in force in struggles for justice.

The establishment news always tries to exploit that mess to drown out the truth. Don't let them. Don't do it for them. Don't self-police. Just focus attention on what you want to grow.

#CeasefireNow

ntnsndr, 1 month ago to random

One of the nice things about 24-hour time is that when it is 17:01, the workday is over.

This is a Star Trek reference.

ntnsndr, 1 month ago to random

When was the last time you had a meaningful in-person conversation with a stranger?

ntnsndr, 1 month ago to random

I'm quoted in a @CoinDesk report on the Bitcoin halving, in which I decry the longing for financial systems beyond human control: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/04/18/this-bitcoin-halving-is-different-but-is-it-priced-in/