ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі @wxl@soc.ialis.me
libre-loving pedal-powered noise-making ping-ponging tea-sipping unicoding polymath geek
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It's not really an art project, it's just a thing I made. I'd call it #hacktivism, but academic journals seem to think that term means politically motivated cybre crime. It /does/ break the twitter TOS in a few ways, but those aren't the law.... yet...
There's nothing liminal, post-human, or techno utopian, but it does touch on migration and the alt-right and things that, like, matter in real life.
If there are no journals, I'd settle for a conference paper. Normally, I'm a musician, so I'm not sure where to send this....
#hactivism
I would like to announce a public server running #brutaldon: https://brutaldon.online/
Brutaldon is a brutalist, Web 1.0 web interface for Mastodon. You can use it as a client for any instance. Currently you do not need a separate brutaldon account. It is compatible with almost any web browser, including text-mode browsers like lynx, w3m, or eww.
Screenshots, issues tracker, and source code are available at https://github.com/jfmcbrayer/brutaldon.
Have fun!
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“20180531-0601_Desktop”
Compressed .7z file processed in various layers/tracks with #Audacity. i.e #databending #experimental #fuzz #noise
Friendly reminder: In terms of value stolen, the two largest forms of theft are wage theft and civil forfeiture. Wage theft alone accounts for more value stolen than all other forms of theft combined. The two most likely people to steal from you are your boss and the cops.
OMG #Krita has the cutest build instructions. These are actually referenced from their official documentation as the canonical way to build it.
How to build Krita... for cats!
http://www.davidrevoy.com/article193/guide-building-krita-on-linux-for-cats
my parents tell me they've never read Dune but
1. My name is Paul
2. My middle name is Duncan
3. If I'd been AFAB, I was going to be named Jessica
Sincerely hard to swallow.
Is anyone doing a #federated #OpenSource alternative to Meetup.com?
It's useful for local events, but very expensive for organisers ($15 a month for a basic events page). People pay purely because others use it, an open alternative would be 👍
Meetup's "network effect" might be overcome because it isn't a global network (e.g. someone in London is only going to care about meetups in London).
Also, an open alternative would be perfect fit for #federation, each community having its own instance.
Elon Musk
what he says: TRUST THE FREE MARKET
what he means: UwU subsidize me daddy
Hear Electronic Ladyland, a Mixtape Featuring 55 Tracks from 35 Pioneering Women in Electronic Music http://www.openculture.com/?p=1021166 https://t.co/mqqFJkOiCF
Brian Eno’s Advice for Those Who Want to Do Their Best Creative Work: Don’t Get a Job https://goo.gl/dsKpNv https://t.co/hl7CD9mGEx
That's pretty much how web 2.0 pushed out the earlier federated groupware systems.
Ways to work against this are:
* Make it easy to block bad instances
* Discourage very large instances with thousands of users, which will be the most attractive for colonization.
* Promote general awareness of the kinds of tactics which have been used in the past against federated systems
* Encourage users to value community above convenience. Colonizers will try to dazzle users with convenience and shiny/trendy features.
* Create a lot of noise if there is any company trying to subvert open protocols with their own extensions.
* Make it easy for users to switch instances, aka "nomadic identity" so that they can "vote with their feet" if an instance starts adopting bad policies. The difficulty of moving from one instance to another is definitely something which colonizers will try to exploit.
Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️🌈🎄
I've advanced from "you don't have the right libraries installed" to "segmentation fault" when I try to launch WOW under Wine.
I'm not sure if that's progress, but it's at least /different/.
RT @anarchismhub: CrimethInc.: **There's No Such Thing as Revolutionary Government : Why You Can't Use the State to Abolish Class**
"You can’t abolish class society without abolishing the asymmetry between ruler and ruled. That means abolishing the state."
“Time magazine concluded that the strike '. . . underscores the helplessness of government in the face of organized, even if nonviolent, lawlessness.'”
#USPS #PostalWorkers #StrikeHistory #1u
https://jacobinmag.com/2018/05/postal-strike-1970-wildcat-rank-and-file-unions/
Although Black unemployment is at its lowest level in decades (still double that of whites), the numbers can be deceptive. Participation in the workforce is lower than in the 1970s when many racial barriers were busted. #Immigrant #AfricanAmericans https://twitter.com/SolidarityUS/status/1000019909232025600
Finished the cat’s playground today! Some ikea shelves (+ bath mats) and a ladder made out of 20 meters of rope. As soon as I‘d finished with the rope the cat clawed his way right to the top (and shortly after was fast asleep on the uppermost shelf) :) https://social.coop/media/kofU5HiZ3VY8qZ0x410
I'll be hanging out with kittens tomorrow if anyone in #LosAngeles is near my side of town and wants to join. #cats
"This year's Open House is going to be extra special because it's doubling as the grand opening of our brand new Kitten Adoption Center, and the official unveiling of our improved FeLV room!"
https://kittenrescue.networkforgood.com/events/6328-kitten-rescue-s-pop-up-cat-cafe
Infoshop: **Kropotkin’s “Modern Science and Anarchy” published**
"via Anarchist Writers by Anarcho I am happy to announce that the final book published in Kropotkin’s lifetime – Modern Science and Anarchy – is now available in English translation, namely 1913’s La Science Moderne et L’Anarchie. I would like to thank the comrades of AK Pr…"
http://news.infoshop.org/anarchist-news/kropotkins-modern-science-and-anarchy-published/