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#OMN (Open Media Network)Talking about grassroots media as a step away from the current #techshit Hamish Campbell on the #openweb and rebooting indymedia Hamish Campbell, a veteran of radical media for more than 30 years, argues that mainstream technology and culture are failing us. The rise of the #dotcon platforms has commodified our lives: closed silos like #Facebook and #Instagram harvest our attention and data, locking us into systems that serve profit, not people. Attempts to build alternatives around an #encryptionist agenda have gone nowhere. As a result, the tech giants […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/talking-about-grassroots-media-as-a-step-away-from-the-current-techshit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/talking-about-grassroots-media-as-a-step-away-from-the-current-techshit/</a>

witchescauldronShould we apply again?Yes, not because they’ll suddenly “get it,” but because persistence itself is part of the composting, a record, a point of pressure.Apply and simultaneously build a parallel path of community support, donations, partnerships, volunteer time. That way, the inevitable <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NLnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLnet</a> rejection doesn’t kill all the momentum.Shifting the blocking? Maybe translate native ideas into their language. Bureaucracies like “deliverables,” “impact metrics,” “alignment with EU digital policy.” Wrap your radical <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4opens</a> core in a frame they can recognise: resilience, digital sovereignty, anti-disinformation, democratic participation. That’s harder for them to ignore and strengthens the “native” path.Expose the bias. Not in a bitter way, but in a constructive one: point out the repeated rejection of grassroots-native projects while funding flows to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geekproblem</a>/NGOs. This pressure helps them re-balance (and others will maybe notice).If you want to help, share the 3 projects (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MakingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MakingHistory</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndymediaBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndymediaBack</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OGB</a>) in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> channels. Frame this positively: “If we want a living <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openweb</a>, we need to fund and support native projects, not just corporate/NGO clones.” make it harder for them to keep sidelining.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KISS</a>

hamish campbellIf you would like and example of what real <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DIY</a> activist grassroots media looks like <a href="https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/climatecamp/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/climatecamp/</a>We need to reboot this project <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a>

#OMN (Open Media Network)The stubborn few who show up with shovels, laptops, and trust DRAFT In the tech world of social change and challenge, we’re living with a strange imbalance. Too often, the spaces we use and try and build are crowded with useless, self-destructive prats – people more interested in ego, control, or clout than in making anything grow. And when they do act, their “help” is so often poison: it blocks, slows, and derails. At the same time, the number of people doing truly useful, collective, grounded work feels small. You can see this in every […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-stubborn-few-who-show-up-with-shovels-laptops-and-trust/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-stubborn-few-who-show-up-with-shovels-laptops-and-trust/</a>

#OMN (Open Media Network)Looking at working with legacy media thinking – silo vs flow Every so often I answer the out reach calls from more traditional alt/progressive media orgs, let’s look at some of the very illustrative “common sense” knock backs. The recent examples are Freedom’s reaction and Good Internet’s submission call – As their reaction is useful to illustrate the fault line of “radical publishing” in a federated media path. Here’s a sketch of how it can (and arguably should) work if we’re serious about, #openweb, and soft-communing […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/looking-at-working-with-legacy-media-thinking-silo-vs-flow/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/looking-at-working-with-legacy-media-thinking-silo-vs-flow/</a>

#OMN (Open Media Network)In tech, it is really important, to see the unit of measure Most software today = individualist. Even “collective” tools (Fediverse servers, enterprise SaaS, etc.) are just abstractions that aggregate individuals. The default assumption is the liberal subject: the sovereign individual. The infrastructure is built for self-expression, personal feeds, private chats, me, me, me. That’s why for example, when you step into libertarian codebases like #nostr, the smell of #stupidindividualism is everywhere.Communities are treated as “groups of […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/in-tech-it-is-really-important-to-see-the-unit-of-measure/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/in-tech-it-is-really-important-to-see-the-unit-of-measure/</a>

#OMN (Open Media Network)The real blockages in activist tech It’s not just the tech, we’ve had working #FOSS tools, protocols, and infrastructure for decades. What kills movements is social, it’s the politics. Fractionalism – ideological vanguards fighting to capture and control. Authoritarian “protection” – censorship framed as security, silencing criticism. Shrinking ghettos – small groups defining themselves by exclusion, not expansion. On the so-called radical paths, whether Trotskyist, Stalinist, or anarchist, the pattern is the […] <a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/mastodon?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fthe-real-blockages-in-activist-tech%2F&linkname=The%20real%20blockages%20in%20activist%20tech" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/reddit?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fthe-real-blockages-in-activist-tech%2F&linkname=The%20real%20blockages%20in%20activist%20tech" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fthe-real-blockages-in-activist-tech%2F&linkname=The%20real%20blockages%20in%20activist%20tech" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/threads?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fthe-real-blockages-in-activist-tech%2F&linkname=The%20real%20blockages%20in%20activist%20tech" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/bluesky?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fthe-real-blockages-in-activist-tech%2F&linkname=The%20real%20blockages%20in%20activist%20tech" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/x?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fthe-real-blockages-in-activist-tech%2F&linkname=The%20real%20blockages%20in%20activist%20tech" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fthe-real-blockages-in-activist-tech%2F&linkname=The%20real%20blockages%20in%20activist%20tech" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-real-blockages-in-activist-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-real-blockages-in-activist-tech/</a>

witchescauldron<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@yianiris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@yianiris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Fat_Farang" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Fat_Farang</a> I think the is general agreement of broad issues <a href="https://libretooth.gr/@yianiris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@yianiris@libretooth.gr</a> I talk about a lot of the issues you bring up on the site. Yep, liberals have been hard blocking, but the right is now crushing them, which means they will be less <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/blocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blocking</a> for the left as well. It's naked class war ongoing. So it's more possible to build real affinity group radical progressive projects and infrastructure like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> using the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> as a good path to do this (with bridging to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/p2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#p2p</a> for repression and the more paranoid) <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMN</a>

witchescauldron<a href="https://mastodon.social/@davew" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@davew</a> that would be usefully, at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMN</a> we need codebases to push out <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordPress</a> with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activertypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activertypub</a> plugin would work if it also supported "ethical" <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSS</a> in aggregation. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hashtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hashtag</a> based news feeds, and some consensuses' wiki info pages for process.Keep me in the loop of what you're up to.

Hamish CampbellWithout trust and working flows, there’s no value at all, no matter how secure, encrypted, or elegant the tech stack. The <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OMN" target="_blank">#OMN</a> with <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23indymediaback" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> and <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23makeinghistory" target="_blank">#makeinghistory</a> are paths <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-with-indymediaback-and-makeinghistory-are-paths/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-with...</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-with-indymediaback-and-makeinghistory-are-paths/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The OMN with indymediaback and...</a>

hamish campbellWithout trust and working flows, there’s no value at all, no matter how secure, encrypted, or elegant the tech stack. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMN</a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/makeinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#makeinghistory</a> are paths <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-with-indymediaback-and-makeinghistory-are-paths/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-with-indymediaback-and-makeinghistory-are-paths/</a>

#OMN (Open Media Network)The OMN with indymediaback and makeinghistory are paths On the #OMN with #indymediaback and #makeinghistory paths – We’re not talking about a single bridge, but a federated ecosystem, with both #DAT and #ActivityPub running on the same server, sharing a common database of media objects. As the data flows, text and metadata are redundantly stored in the open (#4opens). That way, if one server gets hacked, it can simply be rolled back and restored from the wider pool. #KISS We aim to solve technical issues with human-understandable social paths, […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-with-indymediaback-and-makeinghistory-are-paths/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-with-indymediaback-and-makeinghistory-are-paths/</a>

witchescauldron<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indymediaback</a> using the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMN</a> framework is a strategic move to revive a vital platform for grassroots media. <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/indymedia-based-on-the-omn-framework/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/indymedia-based-on-the-omn-framework/</a>

#OMN (Open Media Network)Understanding the #nastyfew: human parasites in the era of #climatechaos and social breakdown In this accelerating collapse – where #climatechaos spirals and #neoliberalism guts the very idea of society – we urgently need to confront a painful truth: it’s simple, the #nastyfew are a parasite class. And that this class feeds on the very foundations of well-being, survival, and joy that the majority of the global population desperately needs. They are the ones who keep the engines of destruction humming, not out of necessity, but out of greed and fear of irrelevance. These people and […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/understanding-the-nastyfew-human-parasites-in-the-era-of-climatechaos-and-social-breakdown/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/understanding-the-nastyfew-human-parasites-in-the-era-of-climatechaos-and-social-breakdown/</a>

witchescauldron<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indymediaback</a> InfrastructureReboot the radical media commons. Bring back trust based publishing, peer moderation, and local focus.Why? Because <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreamin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mainstreamin</a> media isn’t neutral — it mainstreams the crisis while making resistance invisible. We need native alternatives.

#OMN (Open Media Network)Dig, Plant, Grow. Compost the #Techshit, Repeat Let’s be honest, much of the so-called “alternative” tech scene is still stuck. We fled the #dotcons for something better, but ended up with copies of the same broken models. The Fediverse, with all its potential, is still dominated by “mainstreaming meta” chat (“Twitter refugees incoming!”) or conspiracy-laden, #fashionista rabbit holes. It’s little wonder that even the nerdy privacy crowd struggles to find meaningful content or community. And no, shouting “fuck the system!” […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/dig-plant-grow-compost-the-techshit-repeat-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/dig-plant-grow-compost-the-techshit-repeat-2/</a>

#OMN (Open Media Network)Hopelessness is a deeply conservative reaction to change and challenge In the face of mounting crisis – social breakdown, political polarization, ecological collapse – many people turn inward. And in this turn, they mistake passivity, irony and detachment for resistance. But hopelessness is not radical, it’s deeply conservative. It says: “Nothing can change.” “Everything is corrupt.” “Why bother?” This isn’t rebellion, it’s surrender. And it’s the exact emotional state that power systems – what we call the #deathcult of neoliberalism – […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/hopelessness-is-a-deeply-conservative-reaction-to-change-and-challenge/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/hopelessness-is-a-deeply-conservative-reaction-to-change-and-challenge/</a>

#OMN (Open Media Network)Talking about the #geekproblem in #openweb funding Let’s be honest: we have a real and ongoing #geekproblem in how funding is allocated in the alt-tech and #openweb space, and it’s holding us back. The current push for infrastructure Is important, but it’s not enough. Yes, backend infrastructure is vital. You can’t build sustainable alternatives to #dotcons without solid plumbing. Funding projects like mesh networks, free firmware, and decentralised protocols, as #NLnet and others often do, is necessary work. BUT… If no one uses […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/talking-about-the-geekproblem-in-openweb-funding/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/talking-about-the-geekproblem-in-openweb-funding/</a>

#OMN (Open Media Network)What Do We Do With Our #Mainstreaming Alt-People? This is an old and familiar problem: people who say they want change but consistently choose the path that neutralises it. Welcome to the “common sense” #NGO worldview, currently being repackaged in the #Fediverse as things like the Fedi Foundation. It’s not new. It’s not empowering. It’s a tired institutional gravity that drags every radical project into a fog of bureaucracy, branding, and paid careers. In contrast, we have the “nativist” #openweb crew – grassroots people […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/what-do-we-do-with-our-mainstreaming-alt-people/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/what-do-we-do-with-our-mainstreaming-alt-people/</a>

Hamish CampbellIn today’s tech-social landscape, even the slightest structural changes can lead to rips and tears. And once those start, the momentum of destruction escalates. Bringing <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23indymediaback" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a>: A Gentle Revival of Radical Media <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/bringing-indymediaback-a-gentle-revival-of-radical-media/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">hamishcampbell.com/bringing-ind...</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/bringing-indymediaback-a-gentle-revival-of-radical-media/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bringing #indymediaback: A Gen...</a>

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