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#FOSS needs to take a social lead

This matters for #FOSS because as if it remains culturally trapped inside the #geekproblem, it becomes socially irrelevant at the exact historical moment it is most needed. Right now, most #FOSS energy still assumes that if you build complex tools, argue narrowly, and keep everything technically “open,” people will come. But only a tiny minority actually want to live the full-stack geek life: self-hosting, compiling, debating licenses, maintaining infra. That path selects for a […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/foss-need-to-take-a-social-lead/

#macro #photography #spiky #nature

Close-up of the spiky fruits of a burdock.

Can anyone tell me what these spiky balls on the west coast are? I sure don’t know #plants #nature #spiky #ouch

Canna Close-Up. #canna #cannas #cannalily #cannalilies #flower #flowers #flowering #fecund #summer #summertime #growing #growingseason #red #brilliant #crimson #spikes #spiky #bloom #blooms #blooming #bloomingseason #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #gardener #gardening

#Cannon 16mm 1.4 #fujinon 1.5x #teleconverter

#Lumix #GH5 #nature #closeup #sunfare #rainbow #flora #bokeh #暈け #hedge #spiky #texture #abstract
#photography #MFT #photo #vintagelens #rawtherapee

Progressive Mainstreaming

Most progressive #mainstreaming isn’t about ending the #deathcult - it’s about making its worship feel more fair, more inclusive, more polite. There is some real everyday value in this. Fewer people get crushed immediately, some suffering is reduced, that matters. But let’s be honest about what it does not do, it does not get people off their knees to challenge the altar to stop the sacrifice. It rearranges the seating in the temple, feeding the deeper problem, obedience. Progressive […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/progressive-mainstreaming/

#Fashionista #postmodern #blocking #spiky #fluffy - What is not real is pretending that violence is secondary to discomfort over language https://hamishcampbell.com/what-is-not-real-is-pretending-that-violence-is-secondary-to-discomfort-over-language/

What is not real is pretending that violence is secondary to discomfort over language

In my life, what is real is people being beaten and shot, blood on the walls, evidence fabricated, mass arrests, torture in prisons, borders closing, and fear becoming an everyday condition. Fear isn’t imagined. Fear is rational. What is real is watching a police officer chat casually one moment, then flip instantly into an instrument of state violence the next. A human being turns into a mechanism: boots stamping, braking toes, batons smashing heads, cameras destroyed, people dragged […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/what-is-not-real-is-pretending-that-violence-is-secondary-to-discomfort-over-language/

Super #thorny #rugosa rose tree branch with a #rosehip clinging to it.

#nature #thorns #spiky #spiked #botanical #PlantDefense #botanical #Autumn

Close-up of a dried rosehip and withered petals hanging from a thorny branch, set against a blurred background of greenery and overcast sky. The rosehip is round, with dark spots, and several curled stems extend from it. The branch is covered in sharp, brown thorns.

Keep your distance !

#Cactus #Cacti #Spikes #Spiky #Thorns #Kaktus #Kakteen #MonochromeMonday #Macro #PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #Photography #CloseUp #bnw #BlackAndWhite #Fotografie #Monochrome #Gardening #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MacroMonday #Flowers #NaturePhotography #Nature

Macro of cactus plant with long, sharp thorns.

The #OMN Path: Openness as Revolution

This is about revolution as regeneration, not only destruction. In an era built on tech dependency, revolution isn’t only about smashing the machines, it’s about liberating them. Turning tools back into commons, not commodities. It’s composting the toxic monoculture of the #dotcons into fertile ground for the #openweb to grow again. Revolution means reclaiming agency, not blindly rejecting technology, but re-rooting it into light, human-scale, transparent, and accountable […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-path-openness-as-revolution/

The Mess is Boiling

We're in a mess, our worship of the #deathcult has driven emissions to another record: the world’s CO₂ levels jumped by 3.5 parts per million from 2023 to 2024 the largest single-year increase on record. Our decision to leave the #nastyfew in charge - our short-sightedness and worship of greed - has pushed the planet beyond the stable ecosystem that supported human life. We have done this for nothing, only for big numbers to go up, for nothing. The one planet we know that can support life […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/the-mess-is-boiling/