Movement Technology
Substack has helped people find each other. But it isn't built for the kind of futures our society needs. I started this blog using the Ghost platform because movement media needs infrastructure that aligns with our values, and enables us to keep building when corporations lock-in.
Post-2016 I muted my voice online to feel safe. I’ve since learned that true safety comes from connection with others. To effectively resist authoritarian threats we need to be able to share our stories safely by investing in foundational social web technologies that fight against corporate fascism.
This blog post by former government insider John Skiles Skinner shares an alarming firsthand account of the rushed rollout of a barely functional AI system by DOGE across public agencies.
I had a false start in 2013, and then my self-hosted ghost blog crashed last month, so I'm recreating it. In the meantime, I'm going to posting things and seeing what sticks. Work in progress. Under (re)construction.