2026-04-16

• [[Read]]:
  • [[What is and how do we achieve a resilient digital democracy?]]

2026-04-13

• [[Read]]:

  • [[How the left can win back the internet – and rise again]]

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • After soaring 2,200%, DDR4 RAM prices finally fall — but don’t get too excited
    • "We’ve witnessed another hint that the RAM crisis is deescalating — at least a touch — along with an interesting move by the Korean government to try to protect consumers from the worst excesses of PC component price hikes."
    • [[global memory shortage crisis]]
  • Old public PCs for vulnerable groups amid chip price surge
    • "[[South Korea]] will increase the reuse of computers previously used by public agencies and expand support programs for vulnerable groups in response to rising prices of semiconductors"
    • [[global memory shortage crisis]]
  • ‘Computers are no longer a bicycle for the mind’: Frameworks founder says the Steve Jobs era is over and PCs are now a ‘self-driving car that takes you directly to the destination’
    • "[[Framework]], the computer company fixated on letting you define and endlessly update your PC, is now taking a stand against the cloud, AI, and the lack of PC [[ownership]]"
  • Google’s Free Windows PC Upgrade Offer—Millions Must Act Before Deadline
    • "Google has simplified this with “a new ChromeOS Flex USB Kit," available through its partnership with Back Market to “help you install our fast, secure and free operating system.”"
    • According to this article, uptake of BackMarket’s ChromeOS Flex USBs (as a means to come off Windows 10) has been ‘huge’ and now sold out. Disappointed they chose to push Flex rather than Linux.
  • Report - A repair voucher scheme for London: an overview of different models and their potential impact
    • "This report summarises research exploring the feasibility of a regional [[repair voucher scheme for London]] that covers both textiles and electricals and electronics by examining the possible delivery models, enabling conditions, and the benefits of such a scheme."
  • Resistance in the data-driven society
    • "This essay explores the possibility of individual and collective resistance vis-à-vis datafication, drawing on examples from across the globe. It shows how infrastructure, political agency, and tactics have changed in response to datafication. It reviews six resistance tactics, distinguishing between “defensive resistance” and “productive resistance”: self-defence, subversion, avoidance, literacy, counter-imagination, and advocacy campaigning. Investigating them offers insights on the ability of social actors to contribute to innovation in mobilising practices amidst intrusive surveillance."
  • What is and how do we achieve a resilient digital democracy?
    • "the paper introduces a holistic approach to resilient digital democracy that spans environmental, technological, economic, political, and cultural domains, and advances strategies such as public-commons digital infrastructures, platform co-operatives, public service Internet platforms, free/libre open source software (FLOSS), participatory innovations, and hybrid offline/online democratic practices"
  • Introduction to the special issue on Digital Solidarity Economies
    • "Drawing on traditions of the [[social and solidarity economy]], free and open-source cultures, and feminist and decolonial technoscience, the special issue explores how communities across the world build [[technological sovereignty]] from below"

• [[Zettled]]:

  • [[A lot of people use Meta products]]
  • [[The world uses Meta products for some positive functions]]

• Structured:

  • [[Why and how to move away from Meta]]

• Wrote:

  • [[Reminder: abolish Meta]].

2026-04-12

• [[Read]]:

  • [[Working with the end in sight]]
    • Interesting critique of Zettelkasten.
    • Gist is: just take reference notes and use search; abstracting out atomic ideas into reusable pieces is unnecessary friction.

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • Digital Fascism and Digital Capitalism
    • "theorises [[digital fascism]] as a contemporary form of right-wing authoritarianism rooted in capitalism and reorganised through digital infrastructures."
    • [[tripleC]] newsletter
  • Keep Android Open
    • "In August 2025, [[Google]] announced that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the [[Android]] platform without first registering centrally with Google"
    • [[F-Droid]]
  • With developer verification, Google’s Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android’s open legacy
    • "This might make your phone a little safer, sure, but it won’t stop people from getting scammed. At the same time, it could rob the [[Android]] ecosystem of what made it special in the first place."

• I’m still sick but [[KM]] came over and we did a short bike ride to a Greek cafe nearby I didn’t know about and spent some time together and with [[Lady Burup]], it was great!
  • We lighted a grungy [[candle]] I made long ago.
• [[social coop]]

2026-04-11

• [[Zettled]]:

  • [[We should resist, regulate and recode Meta]]
  • [[The triad of digital transition strategies]]
  • [[Work within the system, against the system, and beyond the system]]
  • [[The global memory shortage crisis is caused by the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure]]

• Ecosocialism would clearly make use of a [[Multi-criterial economy]].

• [[Future Histories International: Jason W. Moore on Socialism in the Web of Life]]

• [[tet]]

2026-04-10

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • ‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel
    • "Ruling that [[Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products]] marks possible watershed moment for social media"

• [[Zettled]]:

  • [[Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products]]
  • [[Meta is bad for the world]]

2026-04-09

• [[Read]]:

  • [[Why You Should Buy a Laptop Now - The Looming Supply Chain Crisis of 2026.]]
    • A bad take on the [[global memory shortage crisis]].
    • Counterpoint: No, don’t ‘buy a laptop now’. Do what you can to keep the one you already have lasting longer.
  • [[Global Memory Shortage Crisis: Market Analysis and the Potential Impact on the Smartphone and PC Markets in 2026]]
    • Background to the [[global memory shortage crisis]].
  • [[Amazon is cutting off support for older Kindles]]
    • An example of [[software obsolescence]] and [[premature obsolescence]].
    • You might be tempted to resist via jailbreaking and installing [[koreader]], and trying to dedrm your books via [[Calibre]], or just re-download via [[Z-Library]].

• [[Listened]]:

  • [[Beyond Capitalism II]]
    • More details on Benanav’s plan.

• [[death and suffering]]

• [[in memoriam]]

2026-04-07

• [[Bookmarked]]:
  • Why Ecosocialism: For a Red-Green Future
    • "environmentalists and socialists will need to recognize their common struggle and how that connects with the broader “movement of movements” seeking a Great Transition."
    • Google Scholar alert
  • We just released the industry’s first ever nature report.
    • "Businesses need to start seeing [[biodiversity loss]] as a core business risk. We need to think beyond just lowering emissions"
      • Via: [[Fairphone]] newsletter

• [[Stapelberg]] told me about [[MQTT]], classic pubsub that works (tm)! Nice.
• [[Jonas]] told me about [[Lissajous curves]]!
• [[EC 2026]]

2026-04-06

• [[Read]]:

  • [[How a Collaborative Zettelkasten Might Work: A Modest Proposal for a New Kind of Collective Creativity]]
    • Sound likes… [[Agora]]!

• [[Zettled]]:

  • [[The value of an idea is determined by its relationship to others]]
  • [[Don’t spend too much time on a main note]]

• I had a great long weekend so far with [[KM]] and [[Lady Burup]] and friends!
• Met [[June]], [[MS]] and other friends on Friday.
• We biked a lot with [[KM]] and it was great :)
• Then tonight I came over to [[ZW]] ~ [[ZWZ]] with [[MS]]
• [[digital garden]]
• [[tailscale]]

2026-04-04

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • How a Collaborative Zettelkasten Might Work: A Modest Proposal for a New Kind of Collective Creativity
    • "a preliminary framework for people wanting to experiment with a [[collaborative zettelkasten]]"
    • [[Bob Doto]]‘s website

• [[Read]]:

  • [[The Difference Between Hub Notes and Structure Notes Explained]]

• I’m going to experiment with refactoring some of my overstuffed concept notes.

  • Into smaller main notes, hub notes, and structure notes.
  • I think I’ll start with [[ecosocialism]] and [[digital ecosocialism]].
  • [[Refactoring some of the notes in my garden]].

2026-04-03

• [[Read]]:
  • [[Crafting the Information You Capture in Main Notes]]
    • On crafting [[main note]]s in [[zettelkasten]].
    • The description of different [[types of information]] might be helpful.
    • As a way of avoiding calling every main note a ‘claim’ - which is kind of what I’ve been doing, insofar as I’ve been doing zettelkasten.

2026-04-02

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • Germany Stack: Only Free Software Enables Digital Sovereignty
    • "The “[[Germany Stack]]” is a central digital-policy project of the German federal government. The FSFE calls for the Stack to be planned in close coordination with European partners and to be implemented entirely as [[Free Software]], since only the four freedoms enable [[digital sovereignty]]."
  • Crafting the Information You Capture in Main Notes
    • "we’ll zoom in on the [[main note]] itself: a brief look at its components, followed by thoughts on how to craft the primary unit of information it contains, and how to reinforce it with additional information"

• I am doing a bit of a rejig to my site.

  • I’m deprecating the WordPress side of things and moving those bits to Emacs/org.
  • WordPress has served me very well for the ‘stream’ side of my online presence in the past, but I don’t have the time or need to use WordPress right now.
  • So I’ve set https://doubleloop.net to currently redirect straight to https://commonplace.doubleloop.net.
  • Commonplace I’ve always referred to as my digital garden, but it also contains elements of the stream, and long-form articles, within it.
  • I’ll make those a bit more easily discoverable.

2026-03-31

2026-03-30

• [[Read]]:

  • [[The state of Right to Repair in 2026 (and a recap of our work last year)]]

• [[Listened]]:

  • [[Beyond Capitalism]]

2026-03-29

• [[Read]]:

  • [[Is capitalism dead?]]:
    • About [[the end of capitalism]].
    • Unfortunately, it’s all about the end of capitalism in the bad sense - of it being replaced with something worse.
    • Surveys [[McKenzie Wark]] and [[Capital is Dead]], Varoufakis and [[Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?]], Mason and [[Post-capitalism]].
    • Also [[Wolfgang Streeck]] and [[Richard Westra]] and [[Karen Hao]] who I had not come across before.

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • The rise of end times fascism
    • "The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them"
    • [[Is capitalism dead?]]

• Wrote:

  • Going to start writing latest [[Emacs Carnival]] post today.
  • [[Emacs Carnival: Mistakes and Misconceptions]]

• Seen a couple mentions of [[Readeck]] lately.

  • Someone recommending it over [[Wallabag]].

2026-03-28

• [[Bookmarked]]:
  • Think You’re Digitally Sovereign? Red Hat Built a Tool to Find Out
    • "a tool to help organizations figure out where they stand when it comes to [[digital sovereignty]]."
    • It’s Foss newsletter
  • Is capitalism dead?
    • "it is now easier to imagine [[the end of capitalism]] than the end of the world"
  • Digital Colonialism, Ecological Crisis and the Limits of Techno-Primitivism
    • "examines the intertwined dynamics of [[ecological crisis]], [[digitalisation]], and [[techno-primitivism]] through a genealogical and syncretic lens."
    • [[tripleC]] mailing list

2026-03-27

• [[Bookmarked]]:
  • How the left can win back the internet – and rise again
    • "how infighting has ripped [[the left]] apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning the tide"
    • The Guardian newsletter
  • What technology takes from us – and how to take it back
    • "Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort"
  • modal.cx
    • "Modal is a new independent collective Building [[emancipatory software]] for an uncertain world"
• I wonder whether I should use for example Betula for my bookmarks.
  • Maybe, maybe not. I’ll think about what the benefits might be.
  • But I’m fine with them living messily in my garden for now.

• [[Straight as an arrow]] -> [[Straight like an arrow]]

2026-03-25

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • A World First: Community Wealth Building legislation in Scotland
    • "The [[Community wealth building]] agenda in Scotland might be growing, but incoming legislation will solidify gains and ensure that activity is not done in isolation"
    • web search
  • The Library of Things Toolkit (2.0)
    • "This expanded guide will help you plan, start, and grow a [[Library of Things]] in your community."
    • [[Shareable]] newsletter

• [[Systemic change is a combination of reformist, alternative-building and revolutionary logics]].

• I met [[Aaron]], [[Jonas]].
• I met [[Marlon]] for the first time.
• I met [[Tim]] on the rooftop!

2026-03-21

• [[Listened]]: [[Future Histories International: Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell on Radical Abundance]]
  • The book sounds like a great contribution - very hands on ideas and practice for transition from people who fully understand the bigger picture.
  • Plenty of [[commoning]] talk and I’m happy that all the to see the [[commons-public partnerships]] stuff from [[Free, Fair and Alive]] and [[DisCO]]s here in another light.

2026-03-20

• [[Bookmarked]]:
  • Popular Protagonism in Venezuela’s Transition to Socialism: A Conversation with Michael Liebowitz
    • "[[socialism]] involves people transforming themselves"
    • search for [[popular protagonism]]

2026-03-19

• [[Listened]]:

  • [[ACFM Microdose: The Green Party]]

• [[Listened]]:

  • [[Future Histories International: Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell on Radical Abundance]]

• [[Work]] is… tough but interesting/exciting/interesting?
  • This applies to the node as well, in particular its [[Agora context]].
  • Which reminds me I wanted to rename [[Full search]] -> [[Agora search]] in the UI :)
    • And led me to do some work on demo mode plus onboardig experience with Gemini :)

• We went to the [[Velobörse]] with [[KM]] and we got a nice bike for a good price! It was great.
  • It was quite cold and rainy and we felt so-so physically at several times in the day but it’s been a beautiful weekend so far!
  • We reunited with [[Lady Burup]] around 2PM.
• I did some work for G, sending out a document for review, and it felt great.

2026-03-14

• [[Bookmarked]]:
  • Gen Z 212 and Youth Protests in Morocco: From the Digital Sphere to the Street
    • "Here the relationship between the Moroccan experience and the concept of “[[the electronic left]] and electronic struggle” is manifest, where a tangible social dimension meets a technological-organizational one to produce a new form of political action"

2026-03-13

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • Ecosocialism at the Limits of Capitalism: The Climate Politics of the Democratic Socialists of America
    • "analyzes the [[climate politics]] of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA) as a diagnostic case for the structural limitations facing [[eco-socialist]] movements under capitalism"
    • Google Scholar alerts

• [[Are the Green Party of England and Wales ecosocialist?]]

• Get back to Neil more on the order of pushes!
• Meet [[VK]] and [[SZ]] after work :)

2026-03-11

• [[Listened]]:
  • [[ACFM Trip 55: Parties]]

2026-03-10

• [[Bookmarked]]:
  • The Rise of the Techno-Tyrants | Transnational Institute
    • "[[Silicon Valley]] has thrown much of its support behind [[Trump]] for reasons of opportunism, appeasement or fear. But the roots for its fascist turn were laid long before by a culture steeped in racial hierarchies, jingoism, and militaristic utopian visions"
    • [[Transnational Institute]] newsletter
  • The Digital Tech Broligarchy’s Interest in Left-Wing Science Fiction: A Critical Reading of the Culture of Techno-Libertarianism
    • "A slew of recent articles has asked what the connection might be between right-wing libertarian [[Silicon Valley]] billionaires and left-wing [[science fiction]]"
    • [[tripleC]] mailing list

2026-03-09

• I am finding the performance of [[Thunderbird]] to be terrible.
  • Connecting it to Zoho Mail via IMAP.
  • I’m just going through my inbox and deleting emails and it regularly takes a CPU to 100%.
  • Might try Betterbird… but will just stick with the webmail for this for now. Something clearly not right when a webapp is performing better than a desktop app.

• Great Saturday!
• We had a great morning and went to the gym with [[KM]] and then I took a nap with [[Lady Burup]] and met [[VK]], then…
• I met [[Claudia]] and [[Andreas]] at [[KM]]‘s home for dinner and then we went to their flat and to [[ZW]], it was great.
• I also found a note of interest in [[ZW]], and when I turned it around I found:
  • [[Urs + Miranda]]
  • [[Gaudi Labs]]
• [[Agora demo]] :)

2026-03-08

• In the absence of time to do much in the way of [[knowledge commoning]] at present, I figure the least I can do is more consistently share my bookmarks.

  • A small contribution, but still better than them sitting privately locally.

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey _ What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works
    • "In The Story of Capital, the world’s foremost Marxist geographer and economist takes us by the hand on a tour of contemporary capitalism"
    • [[Christian Fuchs]]

2026-03-07

• [[Bookmarked]]:
  • Mapping the Red-Green Future: A Theoretical Analysis of the Works of James O’Connor, Joel Kovel, and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro
    • "a critically important foundation for advancing interdisciplinary research that integrates Marxism (red) and ecology (green)"
    • Google Scholar Alerts
  • Exporting org-roam notes to Hugo and Quartz
    • "how we can export our existing org-roam notes to Markdown, which can then be served by a static-site generator like Hugo or Quartz"
    • [[Emacs News]]
  • Migrating website to orgmode
    • "port the website over to orgmode, simplify the css, and bring it over to a new host"
    • [[Emacs News]]
  • Ollama Buddy - Web Search Integration
    • "fetching current information from the web and injecting it into your conversation context"
    • [[Emacs News]]

2026-03-06

• Listened:
  • [[ACFM Trip 57: Ecology]]

• "[[I’m just a curious guy]]…"

2026-03-04

• [[Listened]]:

  • [[This Machine Kills: 437. Do Socialists Dream of Electric Institutions, Part 1 (ft. Aaron Benanav)]]

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • Beyond Capitalism
    • "If there is ever to be a left break beyond the current political impasse—the liberal-capitalist establishment locked in a wrestler’s embrace with the ultra-capitalist right—it will ultimately require the elaboration of an economic system [[beyond capitalism]] itself."
    • [[This Machine Kills]]

2026-03-03

• [[Bookmarked]]:
  • Ripple Effect
    • "Communicational expertise, practical tools, honest analysis of earth system collapse and technological chaos to help social movements win the day"

2026-03-01

• Managed to submit a post for the February carnival: [[Emacs Carnival: Completion]]
  • Quite a rush, but I learned a lot in the process.

• Of any assertion, it can be asked: is it
  • [[True to self]]?
    • Which self?

2026-02-28

• Now that I’ve got Emacs back up and running on my phone, I can try and get an entry in for the February Emacs Carnival.
  • [[Emacs Carnival: Completion]]

2026-02-27

• I had to get a new phone, as my Pixel 5a spontaneously bricked itself.

  • I got a [[Fairphone 6]].
  • I usually get second hand or refurbished phones, but here’s [[My rationale for getting a Fairphone 6]].

• Going through the process of getting things set up on a new phone.

  • My notes in my digital garden are massively helpful for this. Well done past self!
  • They’re a bit scattered though - I’ll try and update them into one page about it..
    • [[Setting up a new phone]].

• Trying out Vulpea.

The things you don't write are left unwritten
The things you don't say, unsaid
The things you don't show, unseen

For how long, maybe?
Until when?

• We had such a beautiful day with [[KM]]! And [[Lady Burup]].
• We went to the gym together for the first time in the morning, and then did a great walk through Zürich hopping from coffee place to coffee place and enjoying the [[sunshine]].
• Yesterday: [[2026-02-23]]

Algún día, algún día
Algún día haremos la revolución
Pero si no ahora, cuándo?

The things you don't say are left unsaid
The things you don't write unwritten
Until one day, maybe?

Las cosas que vimos:
Sucederán, sucederán…

Lo que dijimos:
Sucederá, sucederá…

Las jaras!
Las jaras, qué jaras?

Las de Avalokiteshvara
Las de Maitreya
Y Tara...

Tare tuttare ture
Tuttare tuttare ture
Soha

2026-02-23

• [[The Build & Fight Formula Part 6: Social Digital Infrastructure]]

2026-02-22

• [[Ecosocialism 2024: How capitalism ruined the internet]]
  • [[Lizzie O’Shea]] discusses [[historical materialism applied to technology]].

2026-02-14

• Listened to [[Ian Angus: Why We Need An EcoSocialist Revolution - Socialism 2013]]

• [[stony caramel]]

• Noding this in my new laptop [[avalokiteshvara]] while visiting [[ZWZ]] :)
  • Last visit before going on a trip, likely starting on Tuesday night.
• Earlier this weekend I spent time with [[KM]] and [[Lady Burup]] and it was wonderful, even though I woke up with a headache (hopefully the last in this cluster) on Saturday morning.