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witchescauldronThe development of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndymediaBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndymediaBack</a>The reboot of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indymedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indymedia</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndymediaBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndymediaBack</a>) is about reclaiming grassroots, open, and radical media infrastructure outside of the control of corporate platforms and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a>. However, the development side has stalled due to the same issues that have stalled other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> projects, lack of sustained coder engagement, resistance in centralized funding, and the dominance of closed silos.The challenge is building tech that works for activists, not just developers. The original Indymedia relied on early open-source tools. This means moving beyond tech-fetishist projects that scratch a developer’s itch while ignoring real-world community.A trust-based federated publishing network is the goal. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> (Open Media Network) framework already outlines how to create syndicated media flows using <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a>. The stalled dev site at <a href="http://unite.openworlds.info" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://unite.openworlds.info</a> needs committed developers who care about media as a movement, not just a tech experiment.Without serious investment in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a>, people-friendly, open-source alternatives, activists will remain trapped inside the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> of social media platforms. The question is: can we finally push through the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekproblem</a> and make this happen?

Hamish CampbellWhat software do activists need? The core problem for the last 20 years has been that most activists were locked into #dotcons (corporate social media silos) because open alternatives were either too difficult to use, lack network effects, or fail to meet their practical needs. With the current reboot of the #openweb with the #fedivers based on #ActivityPub has already taken a step away from this mess. Here’s what’s needed from a software development perspective to break out of this mess. Open & accessible publishing […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/what-software-do-activists-need/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/what-software-do-activists-need/</a>

Hamish CampbellRebuilding Radical, Grassroots Media For too long, our digital spaces have been hijacked by corporate interests, turning the internet into a surveillance-driven wasteland where control, profit, and censorship push aside community, useful creativity, and communities autonomy. As a first step to reclaim our media and communication networks, we need to step away from the #mainstreaming mess and build self-organized, decentralized alternatives that resist capture. Creating and supporting decentralized codebase like the #OMN, we […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/rebuilding-radical-grassroots-media/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/rebuilding-radical-grassroots-media/</a>

Hamish CampbellVisionOnTV: A Lost Future of Grassroots Video Nearly 20 years ago, we built something radical. #VisionOnTV wasn’t just another platform, it was a #4opens movement. A bold attempt to break free from corporate-controlled media and give people the tools to create and share activist-driven, alternative television. We weren’t waiting for permission; we were building the future we wanted to see. Before #YouTube became the advertising surveillance monolith it is today, we had a different vision. One where video wasn’t just disposable […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/visionontv-a-lost-future-of-grassroots-video/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/visionontv-a-lost-future-of-grassroots-video/</a>

Hamish CampbellTrump and the tools of the old world order An example of this is The United States Agency for International Development (#USAID) which was presented as a humanitarian force for economic and social development worldwide. However, its origins and operations paint a different much darker path, of geopolitical manoeuvring and #neoliberal hegemony over the last 40 years. Now, with the hard shift to the right, USAID is being gutted, alongside other long-standing institutions of the U.S. "liberal" global order. Origins and the Cold War […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/trump-and-the-tools-of-the-old-world-order/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/trump-and-the-tools-of-the-old-world-order/</a>

Hamish CampbellThe left, right mess is on repeat This is at the heart of the contradictions and confusion in the political landscape today. The liberal and left muddle, where elements of economic populism are shared across ideological divides, is something we’ve seen before, especially in the 1930s, when fascist movements co-opted working-class grievances while pushing reactionary nationalism. #Bannon, like Röhm, plays a dangerous game by mobilizing working-class anger against neoliberal "elites" but steering it toward nationalism […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-left-right-mess-is-on-repeat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-left-right-mess-is-on-repeat/</a>

Hamish CampbellThis is how we compost failure into growth, instead of repeating mistakes We do need strong metaphors, gardens, compost, pollination, is all about creating ecosystems of hope, rather than rigid, industrialized movements that always collapse under their own weight. Instead of chasing the big factory model of change, we need 100s of small, interconnected projects, cross-pollinating, sharing what works and what doesn’t. The straitjacket of fear is real, and the left has been caught in it too, chasing purity, reacting rather than acting, and often forgetting to […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/this-is-how-we-compost-failure-into-growth-instead-of-repeating-mistakes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/this-is-how-we-compost-failure-into-growth-instead-of-repeating-mistakes/</a>

Hamish CampbellThese aren’t pointless projects #mainstreaming #liberalism has lost its way. For the past 20 years, many self-described liberals have spewed out bilge water disguised as "common sense." But when pressure mounts, they reveal themselves as dogmatic and intolerant, almost as if they aren't truly liberal at all. How did we end up in this mess? The #deathcult, #stupidindividualism, and the rise of #dotcons shaped the dominant version of "common sense," warping it away from collective care and into something narrow and […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/these-arent-pointless-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/these-arent-pointless-projects/</a>

hamish campbellFor grassroots projects like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OGB</a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> to thrive, they need exposure to mainstream resources without being consumed by them. And for the mainstream to evolve, it needs the disruptive energy of grassroots creativity. The bridge must go both ways.

Hamish CampbellHow #mainstreaming can meaningfully fund grassroots movements, they get the value from One of the biggest tensions in the fight to build an alternative, sustainable future is the relationship between mainstream resources and grassroots projects. The reality is stark: grassroots movements need resources to survive and thrive, yet the very act of receiving funding, if they can access it at all, drags them into the suffocating grip of #mainstreaming culture, where the radical edges that make them valuable are dulled and destroyed. So how can conscious mainstream actors support […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/how-mainstreaming-can-meaningfully-fund-grassroots-movements-they-get-the-value-from/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/how-mainstreaming-can-meaningfully-fund-grassroots-movements-they-get-the-value-from/</a>

Hamish CampbellFear, hope, and #climatechaos The path we are on, climate change, mainstream politics, and fear reveals a troubling pattern: in times of crisis, like #climatechaos, mainstream politics instinctively shifts to the right. It’s essential to understand the underlying role of fear in pushing this drift. Fear is a powerful political motivator. Right-wing ideologies thrive on it, whether the fear stems from economic instability, cultural change, or national security threats. In the current path of accelerating climate […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/fear-hope-and-climatechaos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/fear-hope-and-climatechaos/</a>

Hamish CampbellThe #fashernistas poisoned the well of alt-media This has been going on for ten years, at many steps, I meet defeatism and negativity. It’s frustrating, especially now, when the mainstream is visibly stepping away from the #dotcons and looking for a place to land. We should be building that landing space, but instead, we’re tangled in the wreckage of failed ideas and cynical inertia. Yes, stupid fashionable ideas have failed again and again, but that doesn’t mean the basics no longer work. The #openweb grew from simple, powerful […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fashernistas-poisoned-the-well-of-alt-media/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fashernistas-poisoned-the-well-of-alt-media/</a>

witchescauldronIn a world tangled in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> noise and digital enclosures the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> is a tool to compost the rot and nurture new growth. It’s not just about building tech; it’s about building trust, collective power, and vibrant grassroots communities.The mess we face is real. Years of bad faith, disempowerment, and corporate gatekeeping have left people burnt out, isolated, and cynical. But what if we could turn that decay into rich soil? What if we could shovel through the wreckage, expose the rot to air and light, and use it to grow something wild and beautiful?OMN is that shovel. A simple set of tools, publish, subscribe, moderate, rollback, edit, that lets people reclaim control over their digital lives. It’s a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a>, trust-based, human-moderated space where communities can shape their own narratives, free from the manipulation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a>. It’s messy, it’s organic, and it works.The path won’t be easy. When we push back against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a>, bad faith will come at us. But our good faith, our care for each other, our belief in collective power, is both our shield and our guiding light. OMN isn’t just a platform; it’s a shared practice of making and remaking the world together, learning from past movements, and carrying forward what works.This is an invitation. To pick up the shovel. To join a crew willing to do the hard work of turning shit into soil. To build a resilient, people-powered network where ideas can sprout, grow, and intertwine into a thriving ecosystem of change and challenge.Let’s make history, not as a monument to what was, but as a living, breathing forest of what could be.4opens <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/compostingthemess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compostingthemess</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KISS</a>

Hamish CampbellOpen Media Network (#OMN) is a Tool for Change and Challenge, Composting the Mess In activism and grassroots media, you inevitably face an ongoing, unpleasant truth: when pushing against #mainstreaming and the inertia of the #deathcult, bad faith comes at you like a storm. Your best, and often only, defence is to hold onto your good faith. But good faith alone isn’t enough, we need shared tools to compost the rot, turn the muck of broken movements and failed tech utopias into fertile soil where new paths can grow. That’s where the Open Media Network comes in. The […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/open-media-network-omn-is-a-tool-for-change-and-challenge-composting-the-mess/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/open-media-network-omn-is-a-tool-for-change-and-challenge-composting-the-mess/</a>

Hamish Campbell“Compost tending” the fabric of #openweb Let's look at what makes sense: it’s about collective dynamics, not individual blame. The focus is on mapping the social landscape, understanding the patterns of dysfunction, and then figuring out how to break through those blockages. The idea of switching between #spiky and #fluffy approaches as needed is powerful, rejecting rigid ideology in favour of practical, responsive action. Making the #blocking visible is essential. So much of the stagnation in #openweb and activist spaces comes […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/compost-tending-the-fabric-of-openweb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/compost-tending-the-fabric-of-openweb/</a>

Hamish CampbellWe need to break out of this cycle Funding structures are built for #NGO nonsense, not grassroots projects where actual value is created. The #OMN, #indymediaback, and #OGB challenge this, but funders can’t grasp it because they don’t understand value outside institutional framing.Fixing the funding #blocking, funders need to THINK, not just UNDERSTAND. Right now, they "understand" in the framework of existing institutions, which means they miss the metaphor-driven, emergent nature of the #OMN. Our #Hashtag story is for […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/we-need-to-break-out-of-this-cycle/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/we-need-to-break-out-of-this-cycle/</a>

Hamish Campbell#NLnet #EU #NGI #NGIzero – Will We Get It Right This Time? With the hard shift to the right in US tech, Europe can no longer afford to sit on the fence in tech dev. The illusion of neutrality has always been a convenient lie, if we don’t actively balance the scales, we will continue to see the collapse of everything we’ve built in the #FOSS and #openweb movements, which have a core role in the future of our society. For the past five years, I’ve been applying for funding for native #openweb projects—projects rooted in real, grassroots […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/nlnet-eu-ngi-ngizero-will-we-get-it-right-this-time/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/nlnet-eu-ngi-ngizero-will-we-get-it-right-this-time/</a>

witchescauldron<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NLnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLnet</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NGI</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIzero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NGIzero</a> With the hard shift to the right in USA tech, we need to balance this, we can't keep being "nurtural" we never were, let's try to be the balance this time please with funding flows.Have spent a lot of time over the last 5 years applying for funding for native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> projects, the problem seams to be that at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NLnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLnet</a> and the wider <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> they don't have anyone who is competent to judge <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> projects in this area <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com</a> my question for this round, is, has this changed?Acknowledgement of your proposal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Makeinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Makeinghistory</a>Acknowledgement of your proposal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a>Acknowledgement of your proposal Open Governance Body <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OGB</a>

hamish campbellI stopped going to "grassroots" tech events 15 years ago. A metaphor. Can we have less academic wanking and more social fornication at these events. Less metaphor, the needs to be a better balance between pointless and pointy in our grassroots tech <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OGB</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a>

Hamish CampbellThe difference between struggle and #fashernista ethics. The latter is comfortable. The former matters. Power in tech isn’t neutral, and our issue over the last 20 years is that we have allowed the #dotcons to hoarded and weaponised it. The answer to our failer isn’t to retreat or seek more "ethical" enclosures, it’s to reclaim our power through radical, commons-based networks like #indymediaback and the #OMN. This argument is #nothingnew, we don’t need endless reinvention, we need continuity. The #openweb isn’t about mimicking #dotcons; it’s about breaking their privatisation […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-difference-between-struggle-and-fashernista-ethics-the-latter-is-comfortable-the-former-matters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-difference-between-struggle-and-fashernista-ethics-the-latter-is-comfortable-the-former-matters/</a>

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