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StrypeyNew Disintermedia blog post, on 25 Years of Indymedia.org and the Independent Media Centres, and what it suggests about independent media in the fediverse and beyond;<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/indymedia-stories-2-another-anniversary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/indymedia-stories-2-another-anniversary</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Indymedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indymedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a>

StrypeySo I'm on the hunt for a new blog host for Disintermedia.I'm living on a disability benefit, so I can't really afford to pay. But I'm happy to volunteer as a quid pro quo, and promote your service (if I didn't dig it, I wouldn't use it, which is the other reason I want to leave SubStack). Or you might just dig what I do, and want to support it.Bonus points for a blogging engine that publishes over ActivityPub too, so people can follow it with their fediverse account. <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a>

StrypeyJust over a year ago, in a piece I wrote for the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog, I said of TVNZ;"If left to limp along as a for-profit, the few really useful things it still owns (free-to-air broadcast infrastructure, studios, etc) are at risk of neglect and asset stripping."<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/reimagining-public-media-in-aotearoa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/reimagining-public-media-in-aotearoa</a>Called it.This is what happens when you corporatise public infrastructure. The professional-managerial class run it into the ground.(2/3)

Strypey"If videos don't load, it's becuase Youtube partly blocked me. This is a depressing day."<a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=CrGHGwH2wlg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=CrGHGwH2wlg</a>Official statement from the Disintermedia DataFarming Abolition Committee.For immediate release.Disintermedia spokeshuman Danyl Strype says "F%&k this shit."Ends.<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DataFarming</a>

StrypeyHeavily updated (recent) <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog post entitled 'Invasion of the MOLE Trainers'. Enjoy!<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/invasion-of-the-mole-trainers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/invasion-of-the-mole-trainers</a>Anyone who’s talked to me over the last couple years about the technological flea circus the impressionable SillyCon Valley business press have been calling "AI", will have noticed that I pointedly refuse to call it “AI”. Instead I refer to it as “MOLE” and talk about “MOLE training”. I thought it was about time I wrote about why, in some detail.<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MOLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MOLE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>

Strypey<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> supports the open letter from Petites Singularités callling on the EU to keep funding Next Generation Internet (NGI):<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/open-letter-the-european-union-must" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/open-letter-the-european-union-must</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NGI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PetitesSingularit%C3%A9s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PetitesSingularités</a>

StrypeyMy latest <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> piece explores the way some social strategies that work in-person don't always work as well online, or at all, and vice-versa; <a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/social-environments-and-their-malcontents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/social-environments-and-their-malcontents</a>

StrypeyNew <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog post on the product stewardship model; making sure manufacturers and retailers pay for the ecologically wise end-of-life disposal of the products they make and sell;<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/internalising-the-costs-of-waste" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/internalising-the-costs-of-waste</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/WasteManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WasteManagement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Recycling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ProductStewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProductStewardship</a>

StrypeyI just reworked these ShowerThoughts about what makes television unique into a new Disintermedia article;<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/a-future-for-television-in-aotearoa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/a-future-for-television-in-aotearoa</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TV</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#television</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicMedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NewsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewsMedia</a>

StrypeyNew <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog post, on the challenges of building digital network infrastructure as commons;<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/re-democratising-the-internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/re-democratising-the-internet</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DigitalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalInfrastructure</a>

StrypeyNew <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog piece about the lack of affordable, persistent online ID, and one way governments could provide one to every citizen;<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/a-free-online-birth-certificate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/a-free-online-birth-certificate</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ID</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/identification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#identification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DNS</a>

StrypeyI published a new <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog post this morning;'SATIRE: Taylor Swift Generated by AI'<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/satire-taylor-swift-generated-by" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/satire-taylor-swift-generated-by</a>Please note: this piece is satire, intended to be laughed at or ignored, not taken seriously. It was definitely written by an actual human and *not* an AI. Seriously.<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satire</a>

StrypeyDespite having a bunch of archived pieces that need updating, I managed to miss posting to the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog last week. So I popped in this bonus piece, a tongue-in-cheek short story that I call 'You people think you have good security on your websites, don't you. Don't you?'<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/you-people-think-you-have-good-security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/you-people-think-you-have-good-security</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortStory</a>

StrypeyI just published a new <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog piece;<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/hey-activists-dont-be-a-mailchump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/hey-activists-dont-be-a-mailchump</a>It's another old favourite from the original CoActivate version of the blog, encouraging activists and other community groups to stay in control of our mailing lists, instead of outsourcing it to for-profit companies that may well use it to <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DataFarm</a> our members and supporters.

StrypeyIf you appreciate the stuff I share here, one way you can support my work is to take out a paid subscription to the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog;<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/</a>Everything I publish there, like here, will always be free to access, under a CC license. Taking out a subscription is a way of buying me a coffee. If enough people buy me a coffee in a year, I can pay my rent in coffee ; )

StrypeyJust republished one of my pieces from the original <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog on CoActivate.org, which made a case against political blocks in software and networks;<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/ethical-technology-and-political" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/ethical-technology-and-political</a>I'm aware this is a contentious one, but it's something I feel strongly about. I'm open to discussion it and even changing my mind, but you're going to need some very rigorous arguments and an ability to maintain a respectful dialogue.Trolls from either side of the aisle will be ignored.<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TechEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechEthics</a>

StrypeyI just republished an old favourite from the dead CoActivate version of the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog. The hardy annual about about why sending HTML as email is a bad idea:<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/get-your-html-email-off-my-lawn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/get-your-html-email-off-my-lawn</a>Now that I've got 3 proper pieces posted (not including the intro) in under a month, I feel confident to turn on the thing that allows paid subscribers (hint, hint!).<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HTML</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#email</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HTMLEmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HTMLEmail</a>

StrypeyNew <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog post, a Comparison of the Indymedia network and the fediverse:<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/indymedia-and-the-fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/indymedia-and-the-fediverse</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/IndyMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndyMedia</a>

StrypeyLast night I published my first proper piece on the Disintermedia blog (ie about something other than housekeeping). This one is my thoughts on the future of public media in Aotearoa:<a href="https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/reimagining-public-media-in-aotearoa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/reimagining-public-media-in-aotearoa</a>I wrote it a few months ago for Pundit, but AFAIK they never published it. It's become even more relevant in the light of the recent job cuts at TVNZ:<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018907385/tvnz-tightens-its-belt-citing-ad-revenue-slump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018907385/tvnz-tightens-its-belt-citing-ad-revenue-slump</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicMedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicBroadcasting</a>

StrypeyI'm pleased to announce I've just published the first piece on the new <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Disintermedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disintermedia</a> blog. I'm hoping to post a long form piece at least once a week:<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/disintermedia/p/there-is-no-spoon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/disintermedia/p/there-is-no-spoon</a>When I haven't got anything new to write about, I can update and republish something from the years of writing on the original version of the blog, which can currently only be read on archive.org:<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200125112124/https://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/blog/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200125112124/https://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/blog/</a>

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