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witchescauldronThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> is built on a simple, powerful truth: "This is the Internet."GET PUT POST DELETE –MERGE–These basic actions — close to the core HTTP verbs every website uses — are all you need to create, share, remix, and grow. (From RFC 7231 and RFC 5789.)Then you have the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a> which are about reclaiming the grassroots social power of the web: Open data Open source Open process Open standardsNo gatekeepers. No <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> middlemen. No closed silos. Just people, building together. This is what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> reboot looks like.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nothingnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nothingnew</a>

witchescauldronDev test work for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Makinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Makinghistory</a> application <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/</a> The logic and workflow are all based on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> project and have likely a 90% overlap with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> project

witchescauldron<a href="https://mastodon.design/@matlfb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@matlfb</a> were thinking of focusing on this project <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/</a> as a part of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a>

witchescauldronThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> is a simple but radical project to shift power decisively from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekproblem</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> back to the people who actually make media, the grassroots producers.From this shared “commons,” a new digital, economic, and social ecosystem can grow that is messy, open, and native to our needs.And as with everything human, what we do with that power is up to us.

witchescauldronThe problem we face is simple and brutal: the right-wing swallows anything we say, digests it through their machine, and spits it back as bland, weaponised social shit. Every radical idea gets stripped of meaning and served up as more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> slop.That’s why we need tools they can’t easily co-opt. Systems and language they can’t just regurgitate into empty right-wing talking points. This is where the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hashtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hashtag</a> storytelling come in — it makes ideological hijacking hard, stinky, and uncomfortable for them.This is real composting: breaking down the mess, feeding the soil, and growing native paths, that are grounded, and unpalatable to power plays of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nastyfew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nastyfew</a> and there worshipping acolytes.

witchescauldronA letter from the margins of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/a-letter-from-the-margins-of-the-openweb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/a-letter-from-the-margins-of-the-openweb/</a> I am still digging <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/makinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#makinghistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OGB</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RIPENCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RIPENCC</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/NLnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLnet</a>

hamish campbell<a href="https://benpate.dev/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ben</a> Hi Ben, we are looking at <a href="https://emissary.dev/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://emissary.dev/</a> coding project as a building block for one of our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> projects.<a href="https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/MakingHistory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/MakingHistory</a>Would be good to do a group video call to find out if this might work <a href="https://lecture.senfcall.de/omn-1fv-xrr-lui" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lecture.senfcall.de/omn-1fv-xrr-lui</a> do you have a bit of free time over the next week?

witchescauldronNext steps are technical evaluation, a review of the codebase to assess its quality, security practices, and suitability for the project’s needs. DEV of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> projects <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-of-the-omn-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-of-the-omn-projects/</a>

witchescauldronIf our current (stupid)individualism keeps <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/blocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blocking</a>, even if we don’t build any of this now, the work still matters. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> is not a product — It’s a path you walk <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-is-not-a-product-its-a-path-you-walk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-is-not-a-product-its-a-path-you-walk/</a>

witchescauldronThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> project is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a>, it only works if communities of people actually build it. This isn’t a path of passive consumption; it’s a participatory direction. If people choose to sit on their hands, or act the prat and critique from the sidelines, the system doesn’t collapse… but it doesn’t grow either.That said, even if the building doesn’t happen right away, there’s still deep value in the memory, the documents, the ideas, the patterns. It’s compost for future builders. If we can’t get our act together now, the next group will dig it up, learn from it, and build better.Right now, for me, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/makinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#makinghistory</a> archiving project is a still-doable foundation, a living memory layer that gives us something solid to stand on. Without memory, we spin in circles around the same old <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techshit</a> heap, repeating mistakes, retelling the same half-lost stories, and falling into the same traps. That’s not progress, it’s rot.We’re now working on bootstrapping this archive project as the first step. If we don’t remember soon, many of us, and our histories, will be lost in the storm of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climatechaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechaos</a>. In the end, if we don’t build, we don’t change.

witchescauldron<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@rooftopjaxx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rooftopjaxx</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@hamishcampbell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hamishcampbell</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/@MediaActivist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MediaActivist</a> Ah, the cockerel crows and the full moon glows, a fine moment to scratch at the compost pile.You’re right, most are merrily skipping through walled gardens, hashtagging selfies and feeding the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a>. But seeds don’t need mass attention, they just do need rich compost. That’s what we need to build. Slow, damp, a bit smelly, but fertile.The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sheeple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sheeple</a> and not my flock, they belong to the algorithmic shepherds. We’re feeding the stray goats and curious crows.You don’t convert people by preaching. You do it by making better paths, ones they choose when the old ones crumble. We don’t sell the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> like snake oil — we show it, live in it, fix it when it breaks, and compost the crap. It’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a>, not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drm</a> As for silos and skips, good compost needs oxygen, not airtight boxes. So yeah, a messy open pile — full of half-rotten ideas, posts, drama, even the occasional troll turd.We trust in tools not gatekeepers, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a> are the shovels, rakes, and sieves. The people bring the scraps, and over time, it breaks down into something usable.No army of mods, no paywalls, simple trust, process, and a lot of patience. Think rural anarchism, not startup governance.On scaling... Ah, the eternal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techshit</a> question, "Does it scale?" That’s the wrong frame. Nature doesn’t scale, it sprawls.We’re not building an empire. We’re nurturing a network. Think mycelium, not megastructure.The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> isn’t about numbers. It’s about resilience and agency. If it sprouts in some cracks, the monoculture breaks. And yes, nettles welcomeThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kolektivas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kolektivas</a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fashernista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fashernista</a> paradoxes, the semi-anarchic infighting, it all goes in the pile. Break it down, stir it up, give it time…And what do you get? Fluffy, fertile humus — ready for new growth. That’s the cycle. That’s the plan.

witchescauldronThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> serves as an example of a shift from centralized, profit-driven platforms toward community-based, participatory paths. Hope not hate, in tech <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/hope-not-hate-in-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/hope-not-hate-in-tech/</a>

rooftopjaxx<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@witchescauldron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@witchescauldron</a> OK, you post on this stuff almost as frequently as a clock chimes, more often than the cockerel crows. We'll bite seeing as it's full moon and allegedly the best time for sowing seeds. • Where are your audience, who are your <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sheeple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sheeple</a>? Most will be blithely hopping in and out of the various walled gardens, so how are they to discover, or be persuaded to, the joys of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenWeb</a>; that it's the (non-cancerous) <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#growth</a> (aka <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PostGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PostGrowth</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Degrowth</a>) they're truly looking for? How are they to be converted into disciples and evangelists? ° From the opposite POV, what sort of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/silo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silo</a> are you going to build for your composting needs. The sort of open skip that other people will opportunistically fill up rapidly with all sorts of shit and trash? And will you be relying on the rakes, forks and shovels of a huge team of mods? How will they be onboarded? Or a pay-what-you-can-or-will model where people can post all their shit until moved on? • And with respect to your pitch for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a>, just as inevitably, as the Esther Dysons of this word can never be unheard saying, "Does it even scale?"Would merrily go off on further tangents on the Peertube/Youtube dilemmas, what is to be done with an anarcho-silo like Kolektiva, and so on, but hey there's other nettles to be scythed. Does it all go into the mix and get broken down into some lovely fluffy and friable rich humus in the end?<wildcat emoji> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compost</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/shitposting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shitposting</a>cc <a href="https://todon.eu/@MediaActivist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MediaActivist</a>

witchescauldronIf we’re going to break out of this death spiral, we have to bypass the endemic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techshit</a>. This is where activist-led projects like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> come in—creating new spaces rooted in solidarity, shared stories, and collective action. The Urgent Need for Collective Action <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-urgent-need-for-collective-action/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-urgent-need-for-collective-action/</a>

Hamish CampbellThe <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OMN" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> path is about building the activist <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23openweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> infrastructure <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-path-is-building-the-openweb-infrastructure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-path...</a> The future of the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23openweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> is in our hands. Dig deep, embrace trust, and start building. <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-path-is-building-the-openweb-infrastructure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The #OMN path is about buildin...</a>

hamish campbellAlmost all our posting here and in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> in reflection to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> news is noise. We don't have much of a place for signal yet <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a>

Hamish CampbellRegime change in the west There’s a "normal" dangerous illusion still clinging to liberal democracies: that we’re in a time of political turbulence, but the foundations remain intact. That, somehow, we’ll "course correct." But this need to be seen as blinded thinking. What is obvious is that we’re actually experiencing is regime change, not in some distant land, but right here in the West. And it’s not coming from tanks or coups, but through the ballot box, boardrooms, social media algorithms, and #NGO […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/regime-change-in-the-west/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/regime-change-in-the-west/</a>

Hamish CampbellRebooting the #openweb in a good way The #Fediverse exists, and more than that, it’s alive and kicking. Sure, it might be a messy, chaotic, a bit fragmented, and yes, still niche. But let’s not underplay it, this is the healthiest corners of the internet we’ve got. Tens of million accounts, hundreds of thousands active people, sometimes talking about how we build our digital spaces from the bottom up. Yep, there are the cat videos, the #fluffys and the #spikys. But also an in-group debate is bubbling away about who […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-the-openweb-in-a-good-way/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-the-openweb-in-a-good-way/</a>

witchescauldronThis is a path to escape the bland, corporate-friendly language of the liberal web, we need to make it “common sense” that we need to reclaim radical, direct, and effective communication. Stepping away: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> through clear, grounded communication <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/stepping-away-from-mainstreaming-building-a-radical-omn-through-clear-grounded-communication/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/stepping-away-from-mainstreaming-building-a-radical-omn-through-clear-grounded-communication/</a>

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