Activist history is often marred in sectarianism. This fragmentation means that often the most contentious and least effective voices dominate the narrative, overshadowing the efforts of those who were diligently work on the ground. Addressing the Challenges To tell the story of activist history accurately and fairly, it is crucial to overcome the following challenges:…
Images of protest posters
Thalia and Ian Campbell have been #makinghistory throughout their life’s, by collecting an amazing collection of posters that we have divided into categories below: Peace Postershttps://photos.app.goo.gl/Csvttwcur7hzkH6HA Labour and Trade Union Postershttps://photos.app.goo.gl/Csvttwcur7hzkH6HA Feminist Postershttps://photos.app.goo.gl/LMCQHpJYkj4GUXog8 Counter Culturehttps://photos.app.goo.gl/8V4S2skG15EDcrBh9
The mess we made with the dotcons
An example of this mess is the devolution of #Twitter from a neoliberal space to one with fascist tendencies under Elon Musk’s, this serves as a stark reminder of the pitfalls of unchecked corporate #dotcons power and the susceptibility of these platforms to authoritarian control. One key aspect is the complicity of #neoliberal actors in…
A positive view of Postmodernism in tech
In the postmodernist mess of the last 40 years, this is a balanced positive from the negative view. In the context of projects of the #OMN (Open Media Network), #OGB (Open Governance Body), #indymediaback, and #makinghistory. Postmodernism/modernism influences the approach to media, governance, and historical narratives: Overall, postmodernism shapes the philosophy and approach of these…
Digital waste – shouting into the void
Interesting links on “digital” waste https://gerrymcgovern.com/world-wide-waste/ https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/digital-waste-polluting-the-planet/ https://theconversation.com/dark-data-is-killing-the-planet-we-need-digital-decarbonisation-190423 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/power-grab-hidden-costs-of-ireland-datacentre-boom https://digitaldecarb.org/ This is true. With the #OMN we are building tools for use, not for distraction, shouting into the void is not the project. Community, talking to community, is the core mission. The “personal” is not a part of our core project. This is alien to…
Funding Proposal: Archiving the “Commons” with #MakingHistory and #OMN
Funding Proposal: Archiving the “Commons” with #MakingHistory and #OMN Project Overview: The #MakingHistory project, spearheaded by the Open Media Network (#OMN), aims to create a decentralized and community-driven archive of the “commons” – a collection of grassroots, activist, and historical material shared across a wide network of people and community groups and organisations. By leveraging…
Archiveing the “commons” the #makeinghistorys project.
The #OMN are building this into the archiving nodes (see the #makinghistory project https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/MakingHistory) you can then choose to archive hashtags, and you can get a “lossy” view of what is backed up across the network you can see, so you can choose what to focus on your archiving then we rely on “institutions like…
Next step in the #OMN
The majority of #mainstreaming #openweb tech projects have the assumption that human nature is a fixed thing and that every project has to be built in reaction to the 40 years of neo-liberal #deathcult that we all live in now as this is the “only” human nature visible. They completely miss/ignorer the social nature of…