#Deathcult dilemma, over the past 40 years, #mainstreaming society has been driven by a choice between the “nice” and “nasty” facets of a #deathcult, with fear often pushing people towards the latter. This has led to catastrophic consequences, over the next ten years millions of deaths and billions of people displaced. With our society’s focus…
Working with the #mainstreaming to compost the current mess.
#mainstreaming people are always limited in their options, the is a strong pushing for them to see other people from their #neoliberlism and #postmodernism, these 40 years of “common sense” is mess making. Their behaviour tends to be vile when this “common sense” is challenged, trying to get them to work in or even see…
Now, where is my shovel?
A lot of current #mainstreaming arguments that are treated as left and right are actually not. They are arguments between modernism and postmodernism. This is a mess that the postmodernists have pushed over the last 40 years. We need tools for composting this mess, shovels come to mind. But it’s hard to grasp a shovel…
Navigating Grassroots Evolution in Tech Communities: Challenges and Paths
The landscape of technological evolution often traverses a spectrum between grassroots innovation and mainstream integration. Within this spectrum walks #Socialhub, a space that was born as a grassroots alternative—a bastion of the activertypub reboot’s integrity within its “native” framework. This trajectory from its inception in #activertypub is a distinctive approach in the technological path. The…
What is Socialhub – in the activertypub world
#Socialhub originated as a grassroots alternative space specifically designed to maintain the integrity of the activertypub reboot within its inherent framework. Initially stemming from #activertypub itself, this forum embarked on this trajectory. The emergence of the current #openweb reboot was more serendipitous than deliberate. Amidst the #WC3 proceedings, the absence of the typical mainstream participants…
Can This Platform Survive? Governance Challenges
papers.ssrn.com Can This Platform Survive? Governance Challenges for the Fediverse 8 A paper on the Fediverse by Thomas Struett, American University – School of Communication, Aram Sinnreich, American University – School of Communication, Patricia Aufderheide, American University – School of Communication, Rob Gehl, York University. Interesting #mainstreaming look, that bypasses the grassroots it’s actually talking…
Mess making is a breakdown in communication – ideas please
Interesting #mainstreaming look, that bypasses the grassroots it’s actually talking about, this is a common issue with academic writing, am at Oxford this winter so have every day “organic” expirence of this. For governance, we have a widely discussed project on this forum that is “native” to address all the issues outline in the article…
Official launch of the special issue on “Change in Armed Conflict”
Join the Minerva Global Security Programme for the official launch of the special issue on “Change in Armed Conflict,” as featured in the International Political Science Review.This publication establishes a new agenda in the examination of change in armed conflict. It approaches the theme as a dynamic social phenomenon, employing a shared conceptual framework that…
Best not to go down this path
I have been in Oxford for the last month, attending university talks and seminars on subjects of interest. And I am seeing the normal issues of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannerism this is an “art” way of expressing the issue but it’s a good description of much inward looking thinking. Their answers when questioned on this are https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Panglossianism#English in…
Cyber capacity and strategic advantage: resilience, influence, and control
Julia Carver is a DPhil candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford and Nuffield College. Her work explores cyber-foreign policymaking and strategic thinking in the current era of great power competition, particularly the relationship between digital infrastructure, capacity building, and strategic advantage. In 2021, she founded the Changing Character of War Centre’s Cyber…
A draft to buy for a solar install on a narrow boat
YOU SHOULD GET TWO OF THESE AS THEY ARE VERY CHEAP https://www.bimblesolar.com/410w-canadian-solar-panel-great-size?tracking=590efad7b3ead ONE OF THESE https://www.bimblesolar.com/batteries/12vbatts/12v-lithium-batteries/Archibald-12Vlifepo4-200Ah?tracking=590efad7b3ead 40A 12V-24V-48V MPPT charge Controller – EPever XTRA 4415N – 150VOC PV – LCD Meter – 48V Model https://www.bimblesolar.com/40a-mppt-48v-epsolar?tracking=590efad7b3ead but it needs a cable or screen to set the lip04 setting Think it’s this one, but need to check…
Why the Russian constitution matters: the dark arts of constitutional law
Professor Partlett’s forthcoming book challenges the conventional view that Russia’s Constitution is a sham. It will show instead that this constitution is a critical foundation of Russian authoritarianism today that carries important broader lessons for the world. In the ruins of the Soviet Union, President Boris Yeltsin—with the full backing of the West—dabbled in the…