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AI didn’t break the web. The dotcons did – AI just turned up the volume

Every few months another AI company executive suggests that their latest Large Language Model possess values, ethics, judgement, emotions, or even a form of consciousness. The latest example is claims around Claude, where discussion has drifted toward the idea that the system possess “a functional version of emotions or feelings.” This is a good moment … Continue reading AI didn’t break the web. The dotcons did – AI just turned up the volume →

How we built the neoliberal #Deathcult

For most people, the crisis feels recent. Housing costs. Energy bills. Food prices. Debt. Insecure work. Growing inequality. Endless wars. Ecological breakdown. The #mainstreaming story is that these are separate problems with separate causes. COVID. Ukraine. China. Immigration. Technology. Bad politicians. The reality is simpler, these crises grow from the same roots – the moment … Continue reading How we built the neoliberal #Deathcult →

Closed systems protect individuals, but they rarely build movements

People fight against or/and ignore the #KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach in tech because simplicity exposes power. Complexity, jargon, and process give cover – they make control look like competence. When paths are simple and transparent, everyone can see who’s blocking, who’s hoarding, who’s acting in bad faith. Many “experts” and institutions are emotionally … Continue reading Closed systems protect individuals, but they rarely build movements →

Trust and fear – the spiky/fluff debate – OxfordBoaters

People fight against or/and ignore the #KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach to social movements because simplicity can expose power. Complexity gives cover, making control look like competence. When paths are simple and transparent, everyone can see who’s blocking, who’s hoarding, who’s acting in bad faith. Many “experts” and institutions are emotionally and professionally invested … Continue reading Trust and fear – the spiky/fluff debate – OxfordBoaters →

Why you should help

The internet’s public square is privatised, algorithmically controlled for “engagement” over any idea of truth, and placed under the control of a handful of American corporations with no accountability to European citizens or values. The #Fediverse is the most credible existing alternative – but it lacks the shared infrastructure to function as a native commons … Continue reading Why you should help →

A Minimal, Governable Infrastructure for Trust-Based Media Flows

Human Tech: The Open Media Network (#OMN) is a proposal for human-scale, federated media infrastructure built on standard #FOSS practices and the #4opens: open data, open source, open process, open standards. It does not attempt to invent a new platform. It defines a minimal, interoperable framework for how content flows through networks, in ways that … Continue reading A Minimal, Governable Infrastructure for Trust-Based Media Flows →

The #NastyFew Are Not Hidden – They’re Integrated

The #NastyFew are not hiding in the shadows, they’re integrated. The so-called “Epstein files” are not the record of one predator. They are a snapshot of how #mainstreaming works at elitist levels, a map of proximity around the people who default-run the mess we call society. Billionaires. Prime ministers. Cabinet officials. Tech founders. Bankers. Cultural … Continue reading The #NastyFew Are Not Hidden – They’re Integrated →

Composting the myths: power, hidden religions, and why the #openweb matters

Let’s look at an example of how belief systems shape political reality. Some people still deliberately conflate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. This confusion isn’t neutral, it shapes how discussions are framed, who gets silenced, and which political paths remain possible. Let’s be clear: Much of the current framing is not about honest thinking, it is about … Continue reading Composting the myths: power, hidden religions, and why the #openweb matters →

How our “mainstreaming” people understand what they’re doing

The new #NGO generation are in the process of the second sell-out of the #openweb. These people are eather new or are coming back to this “native” space, stepped straight into running the current reboot after the original grassroots path burned out and was pushed aside. This new “NGO generation” holds strong views, their perspective, … Continue reading How our “mainstreaming” people understand what they’re doing →

Reclaiming the Meaning of “Common Sense”

The #OMN is a good-faith project, so let’s begin from that assumption. I don’t value the mainstreaming direction of this podcast, but it is still a useful thinking point when considering our project outlines. It highlights the pressures and narratives that open projects eventually have to navigate when we deliberately choose a diversity of paths … Continue reading Reclaiming the Meaning of “Common Sense” →