Vesna Manojlovic @becha@v.st

Bullet point 1 is the funniest thing I’ve ever read about #ADHD. Also true.

Vesna proposes avenues for activism and change, including #permacomputing, digital rights activism, and scientific rebellion.
She suggests translating anarchist principles and awareness of power dynamics into interspecies cooperation, highlighting the interconnectedness of nature and the need for sustainable approaches to technology.

Her workshop tomorrow: https://art-meets.radical-openness.org/2024/program/internet-of-squirrels/

Vesna introduces various organizations and initiatives, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), EuroDig, and the Internet Society Foundation, that seek to increase diversity and promote grassroots participation in shaping internet policy. She underscores the importance of bringing awareness of climate justice into internet governance discussions, advocating for principles of reparations, limitations, and solidarity.

Delving into the technical governance of internet infrastructure, Vesna highlights the complexities involved, including domain name systems, IP numbers, and underlying protocols. She emphasizes the multi-stakeholder model of internet governance, which purportedly allows for open participation but often excludes marginalized voices due to power imbalances based on gender, economic status, citizenship, and other factors.

Vesna sheds light on the urgent need to address the environmental impact and governance issues surrounding internet infrastructure. She begins by acknowledging the pervasive sense of doom and gloom surrounding the current state of affairs, aptly described as a "poly-crisis," where various crises intersect and exacerbate one another.

#AMRO24 - Day 3 “Away from the “Internet of Ecocide”: inviting radically open participation in Internet protocols standardisation” with @becha

In this lecture, Vesna is going to both issue catastrophic warnings, and invite utopian hope; I will introduce IETF, ICANN, W3C, RIPE, DNS and many other acronyms - and invite you to “consider the squirrels”.

(https://art-meets.radical-openness.org/2024/program/away-from-the-internet-of-ecocide-inviting-radically-open-participation-in-internet-protocols-standardisation/)

@becha Drawing from her background in both tech engineering and multimedia arts, Vesna identifies influential women like Ursula K. Le Guin, Elinor Ostrom, Radia Perlman, and Lilla Watson as sources of inspiration for her work. Vesna questions whether we can survive with the current state of the internet: she critiques the internet's failure to live up to its emancipatory potential, as it has largely become a platform for frivolous content consumption and environmental degradation.

still a good meme!
@becha @320x200

#amro #permacomputing

You may wash it all away, but we'll remember

#PoliceViolence #Amsterdam #Netherlands #PalestineSolidarity #FreePalestine #Palestine

cc @RadicalGraffiti

Reverse Hunger games.

Every year, we reap 10 of the 100 wealthiest people to fight to the death. The odds of being chosen are proportional to their net wealth; they can surrender wealth to lower their odds.

The chosen have one week to prepare. If you can afford a giant killer robot, now's the time.

The losers' fortunes are donated to the poorest countries. The winner gets launched into space. If they did very well, they're inside the rocket instead of strapped to it.

Human who works a job, caregives for children, parents, pets, or relatives, cooks, cleans, shops, is on committees, volunteers, helps with family's extracurriculars, tries to make it to family and friend social events, exercise, eat right, and maybe even do a hobby they are interested in: Doc, I don't know why I'm so tired, and stressed all the time.

Billionaires and Politicians: The problem is people are lazy, and just don't want to work.

Yesterday, #Amsterdam had a violent crack down on #StudentProtests as there has been in Germany and America. The Dutch took to the streets in solidarity. What a difference when the community cares:

#AMRO24 - Day 2 "#BeYourOwnGlitchPlatformWithOthers” By Luka Prinčič

Luka Prinčič is a musician, sound designer and media artist. Luca is currently contributing to BeYourOwnPlatform.site, a movement exploring practical and philosophical ways of publishing art on the internet which strives to be radically independent of culture capital.
(https://beyourownplatform.site/)

If you are in Amsterdam, please read this (forwarded, like all of these requests):

‼️SPREAD AROUND‼️

The medics desperately need more supplies in order to help out at the demonstrations. The items we need most are for now:

- burn gel
- instant cool packs
- disinfectant/wound spray
- trauma scissors
- bandages
- markers/sharpies
- headlamps/flashlights
- dextrose energy
- asthma inhalers/salbutamol
- dishcloths
- yellow vests

If you have or can get any of these supplies, please bring them to Vrankrijk bar (Spuistraat 216).

Thank you!

#Amsterdam #UvA #Roeterseiland #demonstration #FreePalestine #Gaza #StopTheGenocide