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"Now Witness the Firepower of this fully Armed and Operational Telescope." - Astronomer Palpatine. 🙂

"Alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments."

blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/04/28…

#Telescopes #Astronomy #Space #JWST

NASA’s Webb In Full Focus, Ready for Instrument Commissioning – James Webb Space Telescope

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#space #astronomy #telescopes #JWST

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This is a better link for you for my new weekly (Thursdays) column on writing now on Medium. writingcooperative.com/a-diffe…

A Different Way to Write Online - The Writing Cooperative

A weekly column on writing tips to improve your writing online. Genres: digital storytelling, fiction, non-fiction, journalism, photography, audio. Writing tips. Writing examples. Writing prompts.
Geoffrey Gevalt (The Writing Cooperative)

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After two years of working from home, yesterday I escalated myself from minor VPN problem to massive total everything fail. “You’ll have to bring it in,” they said. So I put the whole thing carefully into a bag and I drove to where technically I do still work, slinking in like a thief. It felt wild and bright, and the tall trees were even taller than I remembered.
Trunk of eucalypt against bright blue sky, framed by campus library, and more trees.
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Fredrik Graver 🎥🥌
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Fredrik Graver 🎥🥌
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Our study programme has been spared the worst ravages of covid. Only a couple have had it, and that happened after they had 2 vaccine doses. Thankfully mild cases. Due to the nature of our programmes (fine arts filmmaking), we've been able to have the students on campus far more than most, and our precautions have been so strickt that people seem to have been spared. @kenbauer @katebowles
@Kate @Ken Bauer
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Geoffrey Gevalt
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I live in Vermont. My friend is a professor at University of Vermont which, strangely, has tried its damnedest to "return to normal." Almost a marketing thing, she says. But her classes have been a mess. And extremely stressful. I am glad your uni kept strict precautions. I think covid has become so so political here in the States it has made many administrators (not to mention political "leaders") crazy. Be well. Be healthy.

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#Introductions

I'm Gwenfar, and I love plants. :plantmage6:

P.S. I love sharing other people's plant pics, but I only share those that have image descriptions 😀

Using the American Chopper meme... Two white guys arguing about plants. Whisker-beard guy: I’m gonna buy more plants. Black cap guy: You already have too many plants. Whisker-beard guy: What do you mean I have too many plants? Black cap guy: he is totally losing his temper and throwing a chair, and says - FFS. Too. Many. Plants! Whisker-beard guy: stands up, points and yells, and says - There is NO SUCH THING AS TOO MANY PLANTS.
#introductions

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Day 856 🌧 finders keepers
Daily #cycling photos; found a #prawn on #mycommute and nearly crashed when I braked too hard on the wet path
#cycling #mycommute #prawn
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David de Groot 𓆉
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David de Groot 𓆉
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Indeed. I get the pineapple ref, it's big (so are pineapples, and yellow), but yeah prawn is pushing it a bit.
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ajft
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pinkish and related to the lobster ($20). A little too forced. Anyway, #theftbyfinding is a thing
#theftbyfinding

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#meme redraw, #cockatiel problems~
#MastoArt #art
Meme redraw of a cockatiel not understanding object permanence
#art #mastoart #meme #cockatiel

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Conversatorio virtual «Avanzar hacia la Soberanía y la Autonomía digital»

#InternetCiudadana en el #ForoSocialMundial

4Mayo por Jitsi

¿Te unes a la conversa?

sursiendo.org/2022/04/conversa…

Conversatorio virtual «Avanzar hacia la Soberanía y la Autonomía digital»

MIÉRCOLES 4 de Mayo. una actividad promovida conjuntamente con algunas de las organizaciones que impulsan el espacio de Internet Ciudadana.
Sursiendo
#InternetCiudadana #ForoSocialMundial

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Mastodon, una alternativa de Twitter de código abierto, está teniendo un aumento de cuentas

#fediverso #privacidad #RedesFederadas

Mastodon, an open-source Twitter alternative, is having a moment

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The Morning After: Mastodon, an open-source Twitter alternative, is having a moment

An open-source Twitter alternative is having a moment, someone made a GameBoy demake of 'Elden Ring', and inefficient light bulbs are on their way out, again..
Mat Smith (Engadget)
#fediverso #privacidad #redesfederadas
in reply to Paloma

Sursiendo
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tiene un continue reading al final... capaz es eso? engadget.com/energy-department…...

The Energy Department will block sales of inefficient light bulbs

New efficiency standards may help reduce carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons..
Kris Holt (Engadget)
in reply to Sursiendo

Paloma
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Paloma
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Pueeees... los que dicen "Continue reading" son los demás articulillos de más abajo 🤔, mira, así me aparece el artículo, y bueno, no sé si así es o yo no lo puedo ver todo.
Captura de pantalla de un artículo en inglés que habla sobre Mastodon y dice, en pocas palabras, que somos minúsculos.

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My new weekly column on writing has begun: “A Digital Writer” offers free tips, stories, challenges, techniques based on nearly 50 years experience as a professional. Free. Enjoy.

writingcooperative.com/a-diffe…

A Different Way to Write Online - The Writing Cooperative

Thank you Ted Nelson. Writing on the Web is different. Actually, it should be different. It is a medium that accords us opportunities to do more with our words, to incorporate images and sound and…
Geoffrey Gevalt (The Writing Cooperative)
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Algot
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Algot
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Thanks for the project.
I hope I will be vigilant for Thursdays.

Good luck with the novel.

in reply to Algot

Geoffrey Gevalt
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Geoffrey Gevalt
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thanks so much. I'll put out weekly links to remind.

And thanks for your best wishes on my novel. I have samples here, if you'd like to see: geoffreygevalt.com/hiramfalls ... I'm having so much fun, though it's the most difficult, complex project I've ever tackled. Be well.

Head-on close up of osprey swooping down towards camera. Text highlights publication of the novel, Hiram Falls, in 2023 with a link to more info at https://geoffreygevalt.com/hiramfalls

HIRAM FALLS — Geoffrey Gevalt Tells Stories

Hiram Falls is a free serial novel in by Geoffrey Gevalt that will be presented online in both text and audio formats in mid- to late-2022.
Geoffrey Gevalt

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@Curator Pretty sure only Australians will get this, but here goes.
A sketch of a much loved Australian children's show figure.
@Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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David de Groot 𓆉
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I don't think so. It's a children's show from the 1960's through to the 1990's involving a puppet that turns viewer submitted squiggles in to pictures.

youtube.com/watch?v=7ks797n8B9…


Mr Squiggle Part 2

Mr Squiggle, Miss Jane and Blackboard. Mr Squiggle was created by Norman Hetherington. The first show went to air on ABC TV in Australia on the 1st July 1959...
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party frog and a soft little bear character!! 🐸 #mastoart #illustration
A collection of doodles coloured in soft greens, red and oranges. A bear wearing a beret, a frog in a party hat, a bird in a bowler hat and also duck, giraffes, dog and lots of plants!
#illustration #mastoart

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How I see attempts to force #backdoors in E2E #encryption...

#drawing #comic #geek #government #privacy #security

#Comic #drawing #Security #government #privacy #encryption #geek #backdoors

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Emoji to express platonic, low-pressure condolence :rhizome:

I saw this on a Slack and I'm so happy we could add it here. The rhizome :rhizome: (can) denote rooting for someone, possibly gingerly, caring without connotations.

Read more about it below web.archive.org/web/2018010612…

Thanks @socrates for getting it added :success: :BlobCatCoffee:


Planting Seeds: Expect rhizomes

What do you do when you want to virtually communicate to someone that you care, but hugs are uncomfortable, spoons are appropriative, hearts are loaded, an...
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@Administrative account
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Danny (he/they)
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I did it as a courtesy for the local timeline so it didn't take up too much space, the details on providence weren't as important as the announcement imo
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irtapillarsaurus
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rambling verbosity

Thanks. That makes sense now; I'm glad I asked.

It showed up as a content warning, and I couldn't fathom why, so I worried there must be some people who are very easily distressed in ways I definitely don't understand.

But I understand now.

If there are people who get easily annoyed by clutter I am likely to annoy them a bit sometimes, but that is a much less stressful social situation for everyone than what I was imagining.

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Mastodon Admins this week:
#mastoart #krita #ccby
A colored digital painting showing two pinguin building their home on a ice floe while a giant wave made of many blocks with media icons is ready to fall on them. The tone is humoristic. License: Creative Commons Attribution. Originally this artork is a comission for Framasoft's blog at the start of the COVID19 pandemic to explain how their services were massively used suddently.
#mastoart #krita #ccby

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El coste de la utopía digital

¿Y si el coste que conlleva el ceñirse a la agenda del «no hay alternativa» del tecnocapitalismo es notablemente más alto de lo que habíamos previsto?

Evgeny Morozov

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El coste de la utopía digital | CCCB LAB

Evgeny Morozov (CCCB LAB)

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This Thursday, on Medium.com, I start a new weekly column on writing, A Digital Writer. I will share things I've learned (often from mistakes) from nearly 50 years as a professional journalist, writer, editor and photographer. Comes out every THURSDAY. Prequel here: writingcooperative.com/buildin…
I hope the column will be of service.
Flock of thousands of snowgeese taking off against a blue sky.

Four Ways to Build Community - The Writing Cooperative

There are, in my mind, four kinds of responses to a story: 1) none; 2) a clap (or highlight); 3) a comment; and 4) a sprout. A sprout is an idea devised by Jonathan Harris at the now-archived site…
Geoffrey Gevalt (The Writing Cooperative)

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Crosslabs in Tokyo runs a monthly online event where they invite people to talk about various talks on #artificialintelligence, #artificiallife, #consciousness and related topics.

The livestreams are usually around 30 minutes, followed by a 30 minute invite-based discussion.

They just announced the topic for this week "Would you shut off a robot that might be conscious?". Seems interesting!

Link:
youtu.be/HXZh_cNyaZk


Cross Roads #33: "Would You Shut Off A Robot Who Might Be Conscious?" with Prof. Eric Schwitzgebel

Cross Roads is a monthly speaker series bringing together experts from across academia and industry to talk about the latest research in intelligence science...
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#artificialintelligence #Consciousness #ArtificialLife

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Hmm, my loaf seems to be a cyclops with a nose but no mouth.

#fruitBread #breadPosting #anamorphicPersonification

#breadposting #fruitBread #anamorphicPersonification

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#introduction

G'day! I'm Conal Tuohy. I'm a NZer who's lived in Australia for years, with my Aussie partner. We live in Brisbane.

I'm a freelancer, doing software development, specialised consultancy (Web APIs, XML, linked data, text encoding) & training for a bunch of clients, especially #GLAM organisations and digital humanities people in universities. Always on the lookout for new & interesting work!

During the pandemic I've become an unpaid publicist for a bunch of local water dragons.

#introduction #glam
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David de Groot 𓆉
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Hello fellow Brisbanite (ok, I'm not technically in Brisbane, but I work there).

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Colored floppy disks. Yay or yay? #Floppydisk #Diskette #Retrocomputing #MagneticMedia
Hand holding a red 5.25 inch floppy disk with a blue label
#retrocomputing #floppydisk #diskette #magneticmedia

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We're now also on Mastodon and we come bearing good news.

#PINE64 EU launches May 10th.

#Pine64

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Conversatorio «Tecnología y el horizonte de la autonomía»

Mañana encuentro presencial en Cráter Invertido #CDMX #México

27Abril - 5pm

Info:
sursiendo.org/2022/04/conversa…


Conversatorios abiertos: tecnología y lucha social en Abya Yala

Durante el mes de abril y mayo de 2022 diversas colectivas realizarán una serie de conversatorios sobre tecnologías en América Latina. El objetivo de estos encuentros es convocarnos a reflexionar…
Sursiendo
#mexico #cdmx

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Mañana estaremos por acá platicando sobre posibilidades, ensayos, propuestas, acciones, pensares, sentires... sursiendo.org/2022/04/conversa…

Conversatorios abiertos: tecnología y lucha social en Abya Yala

Durante el mes de abril y mayo de 2022 diversas colectivas realizarán una serie de conversatorios sobre tecnologías en América Latina. El objetivo de estos encuentros es convocarnos a reflexionar…
Sursiendo

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Intoxicados: ¿qué hacer ante los discursos de odio?

Las redes sociales potencian los discursos de odio porque los capitalizan: contenidos “intensos” atraen más atención y esto se traduce en permanencia en los sitios y monetización.

#GAFAM #fediverso

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Intoxicados: ¿Qué hacer ante los discursos de odio?

Cómo operan los discursos de odio en redes sociales y por qué las iniciativas locales que intentan regularlos parecen condenadas al fracaso.
Sebastián Ortega (Revista Anfibia)
#GAFAM #fediverso

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Lab glassware: can anyone ID?
Unpacked some glassware and found some strange pieces. I doubt anybody has used these before rather they're likely salvage from some lot of chemistry stuff. Not sure what they are though, neither nurdrage or nile red have prepared me for this. I suspect the piece with the stoppers is some sort of distillation apparatus, but that's all I can guess.
Two pieces of glassware. One is a long necked round bottom flask with a thin off-shoot from the neck slanted downwards. The other is a stoppered thin straw that balloons into a a small bulb where a thin offshoot begins in the bulb and slants downwards. This offshoot also has a stopper.

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Jnoptik IntraBACH, un proyecto de apropiación tecnológica para comunidades tseltales

#Chiapas

#Apropiacióntecnológica #ComunalidadDigital

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Jnoptik IntraBACH, un proyecto de apropiación tecnológica para comunidades tseltales

*En Jnoptik IntraBACH, ubicaron información sobre diferentes iniciativas sin fines de lucro, que buscan motivar la creación de contenidos digitales, promoviendo la conservación de lenguas y cultura…
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#chiapas #comunalidaddigital #ApropiaciónTecnológica

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Started working on these for this year's coaster show submissions, wish me luck!! 🤞🏼😊

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Conversatorios abiertos: tecnología y lucha social en Abya Yala

Este miércoles 27abril en #CDMX

#Tecnopolitica #Hacktivismo #ComunalidadDigital #DerechosDigitales

info:
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Conversatorios abiertos: tecnología y lucha social en Abya Yala

Durante el mes de abril y mayo de 2022 diversas colectivas realizarán una serie de conversatorios sobre tecnologías en América Latina. El objetivo de estos encuentros es convocarnos a reflexionar…
Sursiendo
#derechosdigitales #tecnopolítica #hacktivismo #comunalidaddigital #cdmx

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Anzac biscuits with added macadamia nuts. Bit late in the day, but it’s still the “correct” day to make them.

#biscuit #food #baking

#food #baking #biscuit

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Guess who is going home today?

This sleepy fellow, that’s who.

#cat #catsOfMastodon

#cat #CatsOfMastodon

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Worked out a mounting system for the long forge (the bolts pictured, which will sit on two rails from my Regular forge), and welded up the air intake and ash dump.

Currently waiting for the rails to cool as I had to forge in a lip so they’ll attach to the regular forge frame.

All this is so I can heat treat the cutlass blade, but will be a handy long term addition to the workshop.

#blacksmith #metalwork #fabrication

#blacksmith #metalwork #fabrication
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David de Groot 𓆉
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Hmm, it sort of works. I’m not happy with the mating of the rail to the frame. Might need to think of a more sturdy fitment.

#blacksmith #forge #fabrication #metalwork

#blacksmith #metalwork #forge #fabrication

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In a field, on a mountain, over a river, comes PineTalk Season 2 Episode 7!

pine64.org/2022/04/23/s02e07-p…


S02e07: Pine in a Field, on a Mountain, Over a River

Two months worth of content In this episode Brian and Justin talk in length about the newly announced PINE64 line of audio products.
PineTalk Podcast

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Good news for privacy fans: European data protection authorities make Google add a 'Reject all' button to their cookie banner! 😀👇
blog.google/around-the-globe/g…

New cookie choices in Europe

Cookies on Google Search and YouTube, and a new choice in Europe.
Sammit Adhya (Google)

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Useless Witcher Senses

by Viva La Dirt League

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Useless Witcher Senses

Are Geralt's Witcher senses really as good as he thinks?BUY RAZER SWAG AND SUPPORT US! https://razer.a9yw.net/VLDLSUPPORT ON PATREON - http://bit.ly/VLDLpat...
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Fake: Azov Regiment Attacks Humanitarian Convoy stopfake.org/en/fake-azov-regi… - source : Vika Romanyuk

Fake: Azov Regiment Attacks Humanitarian Convoy

The video which allegedly shows an attack on a humanitarian convoy, in fact shows an attack on the Russian military. This is clear from the distinguishing letter “Z” painted on vehicles, soldiers in Russian camouflage and the weapons they carry.
StopFake

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Fake: Ukrainian Military Using Ambulances for Own Safe Transport stopfake.org/en/fake-ukrainian… - source : Vika Romanyuk

Fake: Ukrainian Military Using Ambulances for Own Safe Transport

The full version of an Al Jazeera television story shows the Ukrainian military to be actively involved in the evacuating people from liberated Irpin, to the capital Kyiv.
StopFake

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Comunalidad Digital: una aproximación desde la ética permacultural

#DíaDeLaTierra
#TecnologíayJusticiaClimática

Una investigación de Sursiendo sobre procesos sociotécnicos y límites naturales, sobre preguntas y posibilidades, realizada con personas y colectivos que trabajan en lo local

Descarga:

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Comunalidad Digital: una aproximación desde la ética permacultural

Una investigación de Sursiendo sobre procesos sociotécnicos y límites naturales, sobre inercias, narrativas, preguntas y posibilidades, realizada con personas y colectivos que trabajan en lo local.
Sursiendo
#DiaDeLaTierra #TecnologíayJusticiaClimática

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Excitement for a regional gathering on autonomy and survival in NYC

woodbine.nyc/buildingautonomy

This year I was contemplated going to the DWeb Summit and Dinacon but I don't think I will have the capacity to travel to these events and would prefer to linger around BwoB this summer. So I am absolutely thrilled to learn about this gathering in NYC where I hope to meet both very local organizers and well as organizers around the Northeast who are thinking about/working in the solidarity economy


Building Autonomy — Woodbine

a regional gathering on autonomy and survival
Woodbine

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En 2005 particé de la loca idea de organizar festivales de instalación de #SoftwareLibre de manera simultanea en toda América Latina. Ese primer año participaron más de 100 ciudades y este sábado será la edición 18 del #FLISOL
Conoce más sobre los inicios de este evento
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pyk64wxe…

Experiencias de FLISoL en América Latina - T2E1

Arranca la 2ª temporada de "Experiencias de FLISoL en América Latina", un espacio donde conocer a los protagonistas de este importante festival y compartir c...
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#softwarelibre #flisol

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