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adamgreenfield

@adamgreenfield@social.coop

Endurance athlete, heavy-music fan, compulsive greeter of cats. My next book is “Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in A World on Fire,” coming from Verso mid-'24. #syndicateofinitiative

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Em0nM4stodon, to random

Older Millennials and GenX
have a unique perspective on the before and after world.

We use (and build) them now, but we grew up without IoT, without social media, without "smart" phones. When cameras were big and privacy was some sort of the default.

We have an important responsibility to fight for privacy rights so that younger generations will also know the freedom given by these rights.

We cannot let society
make them think this is normal and that nothing else is possible.

We must fight for for them too ✊🔒

adamgreenfield,
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@Em0nM4stodon Honestly, some of us have been fighting this fight from before the beginning, and are now bone-tired. People run toward their chains, for little more than the promise of a little convenience, and I’m no longer sure anyone even has the right to try and stop them.

adamgreenfield, to random
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Toujours des sujets, jamais des citoyens.

acousticmirror, to random
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At daybreak tomorrow, I’ll be once again joining the programme of Reveil 10: a 24+1 hour global stream following the Dawn Chorus around the planet.

This year marks a special occasion, since this is Reveil’s 10th anniversary.

https://acousticmirror.tumblr.com/post/716466329403703297/soundcamp-reveil-10

Logo of this year's Reveil project.

adamgreenfield,
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@acousticmirror This is one of the best things to happen every year. I remember how excited I was when I learned about it, how sad I was the year I forgot about it.

adamgreenfield,
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@acousticmirror I find it very powerful, full of mystery and grace (and also the complete opposite of mystery: spring comes, the grass grows by itself, etc.).

adamgreenfield,
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@acousticmirror BOOMSHAKALAKA

acousticmirror, to random
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Is it "Dawn Choruses" or "Dawn Chori"?

Asking for a little birdie friend. 🐦

adamgreenfield,
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@acousticmirror “dawn choridae”?

theblockchainsocialist, to random

Why do the mastodon / twitter crossposter keep not working??

adamgreenfield,
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@theblockchainsocialist A hint from the universe?

adamgreenfield, to random
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Last night I dreamed I was in a St. Marks- or Camden High Street-ish tat shop trying to find a replacement for my (third) worn-out Unknown Pleasures t-shirt, and being frustrated to find only parodies, rip-offs, pastiches and references thereof.

adamgreenfield, to random
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Happy May First, beloved. Solidarity forever.

adamgreenfield, to random
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My proposition to you: gay men, particularly if they identify as leather daddies, know how to age carefully and without surrendering their sexuality better than your average straight man does, and I could learn a thing or two from them.

adamgreenfield,
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Not unrelatedly! A dressing tip I’ve gleaned from careful observation of men my age and older in London is that hard-mod/early skinhead is a look you can get away with into your seventies. An outfit of Fred Perrys, Clarks desert boots, the right raincoat, something like that: neat, crisp, composed and clean. It indicates you haven’t given up.

adamgreenfield,
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Actually, let’s talk for a bit, shall we? I don’t believe in fashion and I don’t care for vanity, but I do believe that dress is an expressive medium and that there’s nothing wrong with conveying a sense of elan through the clothes you wear and how you choose to accessorize. Me myself, while I admire all the usual men’s style icons (Steve McQueen, Miles Davis, Alain Delon, Michael Caine et al.), I have four basic modes, though they sadly and inappropriately tend to blur into one another:

adamgreenfield,
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They are ‘90s Minimalist Architect, Monochrome Modernist, Ultralight Hiker (the most technical) and Monastic Post-Metal. You would be forgiven for being able to discern much of a distinction between any of these, and I’m too casual, really, to keep up the rigor associated with the first two of them. So what I’m trying to do is pare these down to one consistent daily mode of showing up, easy-wearing enough for comfort and the way I really live, and crisp enough to convey some verve.

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Happily, this mostly means getting rid of things rather than having to buy anything new. In any event I’m always trying to wear things that are consistent with my values: durable, hard-wearing, good value for money, modern but vaguely timeless. I’m curious how you go about approaching the way you dress, especially if you think of it as a medium of expression, and doubly so if you find it difficult to talk about in your communities, circles or friend groups.

adamgreenfield,
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@inquiline @dkompare There are circumstances under which I am sure a fleece vest is appropriate, I’m certain of it, but I cannot currently imagine any.

adamgreenfield,
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@seachanger @dkompare @inquiline See, I knew there was a context.

adamgreenfield,
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@inquiline @seachanger @dkompare lololololol it was good. i am actually still chuckling.

adamgreenfield,
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@seachanger @inquiline @dkompare welcome to my life.

adamgreenfield,
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@acousticmirror Oh crikey, where has this essay been my whole life? I am going to reread and savor it over coffee in the morning. It’s especially apropos as I was preëmptively framing my response to a challenge I expected to this line of inquiry, and haven’t yet received, i.e. how do I reconcile my formal concerns with my politics? How dare I care about style when/don’t-you-know-about-[insert crisis here]?/isn’t this just a marker of extreme privilege? I think it’s only since ‘68

adamgreenfield,
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@acousticmirror that we’ve conflated looking abject with politics that are further to the left than, say, AOC; maybe there’s some Sierra Maestra chic in there too. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I am to demonstrate that even a confirmed degrowthist can look sharp, and can do so without betraying their other commitments.

adamgreenfield, to random
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Please enjoy this introduction I've written for the forthcoming tenth-anniversary Italian edition of "Against the Smart City," coming this fall from GOG Edizioni. It's wonderful to see this in print, but saddening to me that we're still trying to put a stake through the heart of a decade down the road. https://speedbird.wordpress.com/2023/04/29/against-the-smart-city-introduction-to-the-2023-italian-edition/

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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Caution. Very violent video. A vicious yellow hoard of baby dinosaurs mob a kitten. Then some sort of round mammals join in. Watch with caution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyfx9FwmHMY

adamgreenfield,
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@futurebird ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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    (Hahaha, this one’s taken off like wildfire, and now I feel guilty because it seems like the most recent science points to the fact that some beaches may be able to migrate up-shore. Ah well: you will, I hope, forgive me.)

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    @acousticmirror That vision fills me with nothing but fear, which I hear is a mind-killer.

    adamgreenfield,
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    @acousticmirror Well, that’s certainly very kind of you to say. But how’s it going to help me with this charred, smoking stump where my hand used to be?

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