“[open social] must be funded like infrastructure, not consumer apps. In fact, given the scale of hybrid threats, it should be funded from defense budgets, not innovation leftovers.
The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced.” @seabass.bsky.social
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Glacier loss to accelerate, with up to 4,000 disappearing each year by 2050s #glacier
On IoT Communications Backhaul (2015) - How small Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices should talk to one another. #IoT #comms - https://www.
«Digital commons is a bigger call than digital autonomy. It’s a better call because digital commons gets you digital autonomy, but not always the other way around. Almost everything we do today is Digitally Uncommon.»
Really great talk by @… on where much of the tech is currently stuck and how commoning can be away out – if paired with the right focus on delivering quality!
#commons
Time for a social experiment. I have 5 questions:
- What should we work towards as a society?
- What's one thing that doesn't exist now in your community but should?
- What's one action you could take in the coming year to align your life with that goal?
- What's one thing you could achieve in the coming year to get closer to making that thing exist?
- Imagine that we changed everything and you're living in the world you want to see exist. What does the world look like?
I've asked variations of these already (and am still getting great responses), but this time there's a catch. Get together some of your friends (3-5 people) and ask these questions of the group. Come up with *one* answer that everyone in the group agrees on and post it here, then write a bit about your experience.
If you don't know people locally (or otherwise can't do this in person), tag some folks in here or wherever your people are at digitally. Just add some info on if it's online or in person.
For anyone bold enough to actually do this, let me know if you'd be OK with me putting this in an upcoming entry (https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/).
Ripple acquires GTreasury, a platform used by Fortune 500 companies for managing cash, foreign exchange, and risk, for $1B, set to close in the coming months (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/10/
He’s coming to Vancouver as well: #enshittification
On IoT Communications Backhaul (2015) - How small Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices should talk to one another. #IoT #comms - https://www.
Spotify unveils 2025's top 50 most popular US podcasts, led by The Joe Rogan Experience for the fifth consecutive year; 24 of the top 50 now offer video content (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/