Today on #RIPE Labs: “ecosocialism…. with a strong anti-colonial and anti-capitalist sentiment that moves beyond private profit to socially useful and ecocentric production. Digital ecosocialism is the extension of ecosocialist ideals into the digital realm. It is ICT that embeds the values of planetary stability, social equity and agency throughout the sector”. https://labs.ripe.net/author/neil-mather/amazon-doesnt-care-how-you-heat-swimming-pools-ict-and-ecosocialism/ by @neil
Nice article @neil 💚
And it introduced me the "Digital EcoSocialism" term I hadn't come across (https://longreads.tni.org/digital-ecosocialism).
My sense is we need local groups that can support local digital needs within an understanding of this wider context.
I'm slowly brewing a sense of how to do this here, but takes a lot of connections to build up first I think.
@nick @neil try connecting with irrational.org & look for more resources here: https://wiki.techinc.nl/MeshNet#Community_Mesh_Network
@becha thanks! irrational.org is a parked godaddy domain, maybe a typo somewhere?
What potential do you see with community mesh networks out of interest?
In the next city over we had https://www.bristolwireless.net which used to run rooftop wireless stuff, but from their experience: "the rise of 4G mobile technology has resulted in reduced reliance on fixed broadband and home phones. One consequence of this is that fewer people are interested in networking in general."
