[All states are violent by their creation and maintenance because it's intrinsic to their nature.]

Every redundant availability zone, every warm standby in a second region runs on physical servers drawing real power and real water from those same irreversible natural systems.

communication and collaboration as tuning: all parties responsible for the interaction and supporting it to bring the best out of each other without overloading anyone

replace "doing it wrong" with "doing as learned"

[An EU-hosted cloud governed by a non-EU parent company is just "data residency" not "data sovereignty".]

iCloud's unpredictable sync means the engine is "trust Apple magic somehow"

"non-technical users" → "jargon-free people"

noticing a reflexive relationship between publishing a website with tools, and then wanting tools to consume what was published as objects

LLMs have made me smarter because my distrust in them increasingly causes me to figure things out for myself

i have an impression that ai-assisted coding is so far most enjoyed by either people who can't debug anything, or, people who can debug absolutely everything

if ai-generated open-source code is incomprehensible to review, does that effectively make it closed-source?

I see every one's project, and purpose, to be connected to all others as a piece of a grand puzzle. And my job in the last 2 years has been looking at each person, and finding where they fit, and when it works, they thrive, and the world thrives. Because the world needed them, and they needed it

and now I'm trying to see if I can create a container where people understand this is what I'm doing, how I'm doing it, and for others to help me do it

projects solve the creator's need.

products are the intersection of the creator's capacity to build a solution, solving other people's needs, and their means to compensate the work. no intersection, no product.

[I appreciate that they shared this in a public space and not via direct message or email because it enables others who might find the information useful to discover it.]

[Direct messages can contribute too, but the risk is higher that no one will see it.]

learning and teaching are two sides of the same coin, so caring or not caring about one implies the same about the other

technical or nerdy ones mind might enjoy "reading the docs/spec/manual" while everyone else looks for "show me how to be amazing"

new to me: when the mind wanders while reading, skip ahead instead of going back

[All communities need a mind programmer they trust. Today we call it "memetic engineer", "influencer", or "political leader", whereas before it was "priest" or "shaman".]

Choosing to 'skip over parts' is reading because reflects a choice about what's being processed.

If I've absorbed something through my own lived experience or heard of it in another context, I'm still "reading" the idea as I recognize it well enough to skip over.

Cultural or self-inflicted frowning upon 'screens causing us to skim rather than read' creates pressure to do things 'properly', but comparisons are not relevant: set your own objectives and make your own meaning.

Skipping is about feeling when you're not connected so that you can move to yes.

The average entrepreneur faces mild shame and maybe bankruptcy proceedings if their venture doesn’t work out, but even then they tend to maintain strong networks, saved money and cultural clout.

the greatest risk-takers in our society aren’t the tech bros on the cover of Wired Magazine, or the person with a Forbes profile.

A person who takes really hardcore risk might face starvation, destitution or deportation if their gamble doesn’t work.

if a project evolves continuously, it may be worth tracking changes for who the audience is: it currently serves X, Y, and Z people, but new possibilities or priorities would trigger different messaging.

coming from the question "who can benefit while this is incomplete?"

a bridge goes both ways

nobody can take away your files

atproto, nostr, webxdc, solid, remotestorage, and 'dApps' each have a different focus and data flow.

but i can't help but see them as collections of "web apps".

and think it'd be possible and cool to give each web app the combined user base of the others.

might not share the network, but you can share the gui.

is it naive to wish that their web apps could support multiple or all of these instead of rebuilding similar apps per platform? isn't it made of the same stuff/standards but just read/writing data differently?

when i see "writing, photos, bookmarks, todos" rewritten because "platform", i can't help but think of "5 networks of screenshots posted from the other 4".

The Left looks for traitors, the Right looks for converts.

the hard thing about starting a habit is often unclarity on how to integrate, more so than the action itself.

i find this counterfeit money logic a bit weird where the seller avoids accepting large bills for small purchases, but if they accept them for large purchase it seems equally bad

beautiful to think about the long life trajectory of steps that led to meeting someone you love, and how the whole world played a part

"having a platform profile is like living in a single-room apartment, whereas having your own site is a castle with unlimited rooms."

i learn from everyone, but the teacher is myself

grouping these together:

• military's "never give a command that won't be obeyed"
• teacher anti-pattern of "instructions that the student can't follow"
• basic-minded "using a foreign language to feel superior with someone who doesn't know it"

related to communication fails creating a false sense of authority and effectiveness. somehow everyone loses, but the speaker doesn't know.

i continue to be blown away by local community centers all over the world and how they offer so much that isn't legible or relevant to technological systems – the underrated potential of not needing platforms to care for or live with your neighbours.

the rep is to confront and deal with instead of ambiguously avoiding.

"I don't read PDFs."

think, move, listen, cook, hydrate, breathe, music, people, play – every day

there are too many problems i've solved with nail clippers

composing (to place/put together) becomes necessary when you don't have everything

a kenyan woman got out of her rickshaw as I walked past, looked at me and spoke in english, "hi jesus!"

you can spend half an hour on projects or goals that intimidate you, and progress even if you just observe your discomfort and where it might come from.

the idea that "practice must be in sessions" keeps us from using space between the cracks. remind yourself to hang for 1 second, do 1 pushup, handstand while waiting for a file to download.

psa to please help your friends setup tech alternatives as a social event: switch together so everyone transitions successfully with known contacts on the new platform. lone profiles leave momentum on the table.

like a paywall requires money to access, a nerdwall requires technical knowhow

from observing what you see to observing how you watch

when heading somewhere people ask "have everything you'll need?" and as a backpacker i respond "i took everything i have".

when someone uses a different system of understanding than yours, responding with "try my system instead" is not convincing.

there is no language without a listener who can understand what is being said.

mocking your opposition without reducing their power is not a flex.

learn to teach so others can learn

whichever side you take, someone profits from the merch

When does it make sense to focus on not liking someone's approach versus accepting and appreciating diverse ways?

I was told a long time ago that 'modeling your classical music performance on recordings can ruin your artistic integrity because it distracts you from finding your own interpretation'. Only now have I considered how this can parallel in improvised music, where playing 'like the recording' leads me to be detached from my current needs and capacity. It's more honest to understand a song from the recording, but without using it as an excuse to skip over dealing with current challenges, which might mean performing it in a way that bears little resemblance to the original, and this can be constructive.

[Scoping out a scene that isn't aware of itself.]

[Having things implies responsibility, and giving them away implies giving away responsibility.]

leftovers are also for project work: best to ensure them as a goal so that we have a way back in, but also so that we can combine unsuspecting components into a spontaneous composition.

[Compare something unfamiliar with the familiar can nudge us toward taking care for our safety.]

Leftovers are the requisite variety I need to feel comfortable cooking at home, so I should consider it the goal instead of avoiding it like an efficiency issue.

[Most people who use Facebook or Twitter don't know what protocol they're using.]

Stop travelling when you feel good somewhere.

Write when hungry. Read when fed.

Programming require you to reify anything in order to act on it, whereas in the physical world you can directly engage with your environment.

It may be easier to change analog than digital.

As one can observe their own thoughts and feelings, the same with how we relate to one another.

attachment to a specific strategy is not strategic

People think that co-living community rules are whatever the first person told them.

memeable action

No need to own my data when it's okay to lose things.

Social media keeps the locus of attention on small formats, which makes it easy to weaponize for misinformation.

"don't want to do tech but doing it anyway"

following the signs toward an imminent hopeful cybernetic future.

agency over platform

in it, but not of it

If it's obvious to you, it's for someone else.

Asymmetry might be a synonym for power.

Listing your options sensitizes you to notice them.

I enjoy being around people with big hearts.

A common tech perspective that 'integrating one project at a time isn't "scalable" and therefore we need a protocol' undervalues a relational approach that builds community first and on the way.

More useful than agreeing is to hear why we come to our conclusions.

Reducing psychological burden via '"they shouldn't need to consider that" versus 'bringing them along your process'.

Changing state policy is like repurposing parts of a warship to build a sewing machine.

Inflation means: after working to earn money, you need to work again so that "your money works for you".

It's all about appearing nice so they never have to be kind.

Make time for flowers.

Spreadsheets are like functions with built-in visualization of meaningful inputs and outputs.

What incentivizes a business to treat existing customers better than new ones?

Profound difference in approach between recreating something familiar and the curiosity of relating to where you currently are.

Who does it serve when an economy costs you more and more over time?

Money is not timeless.

A great way to solve problems to not have them.

The more we need to represent our own interests (because 'representatives' won't), the more power decentralizes.

Language compresses thoughts into a lossy format, like blurry images.

It's okay to want what you want, even if you don't know why.