"A new generation which has grown up with a fresh sense of involvement will make radical alterations in the overall character of the music scene. The symphony hall and the opera house will be treated for what they are: museums for keeping the treasures of the past. The real musical life will be governed again by music of its own time."
β #UdoKasemets, Canavangard: Music of the 1960s and After (Toronto: BMI Canada, 1967)
#musicians #musicvenues #thefutureislocal #supportyourlocalmusicians
Imagine if the #fcc #notam warning network ran on distributed #Fediverse servicesβ¦
This also isn't centralized industrial networking's first wake up call π
@caton @adspar @pashdown @KWT @cameronkroetsch
Community hubs will be the future. Scale was the problem and this is the fix, so no worries, it will happen. #thefutureislocal π
@m4th31st @feditips @homegrown
You can move your account, taking your followers, but your content stays behind. If the old site exists I believe content redirects, but if they close, be aware of keeping backups.
Or run your own service! Talk to @stux if you need hosting. There is no crime in having a one person or household node, in fact its the future!
There is clearly an opportunity to build a better future, one that commits to digital spaces that enhance our social and civic life; one that gives communities control over where and how they come together online.
#civics #distributedchoice #thefutureislocal
Welcome to Smalltown
an Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure
https://publicinfrastructure.org/2022/09/28/welcome-to-smalltown/
@jalefkowit@octodon.social here's another trend line converging on #thefutureislocal and the inevitable emergence of that opensource personal home cloud appliance:
This mini-rant about distributed perceptions strikes me as an good endorsement for the #Fediverse, letting people be who they are where they are, and granted #distributedchoice. #thefutureislocal
#justice #equity #diversity #inclusion #jedi
https://medieval-canadian.tumblr.com/post/691482216014938112
"To love the little platoon we belong to in society is the first principle of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind."
#society #locality #equity #diversity #identity #belonging #ortegrity #democracy #distributedchoice #thefutureislocal
https://iai.tv/articles/hobbes-is-wrong-about-society-auid-2181
(tip:12ft.io can help scale any paywalls)
More evidence #thefutureislocal?
Microsoft wheels out Cloud for Sovereignty β’ The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/20/microsoft_cloud_for_sovereignty/
@galaxis If @elonmusk really wants to foster microblogging where folks can make their own rules about what is or is not allowed, maybe he could toss some VC at the #Fediverse? Way cheaper than trying to reform the entrenched! #distributedchoice #electiveaffinities #thefutureislocal
"Imagine a music industry which, instead of investing in a single massive star called Elvis, distributed ten thousand stars, all recording for a dollar, in totally different styles, all appealing to small, highly self-conscious cults in a fragmented society. A society in a state of fabulous confusion, exploding into fragments. Our society, now."
- Momus, 1991
#fame #popculture #distributedchoice #electiveaffinities #thefutureislocal #peoplegetready #fediverse
The essay that just won't go away...
Momus, 1991: "In the future everyone will be famous to fifteen people."
#medialiteracy #internetliteracy #fame #popculture #distributedchoice #electiveaffinities #thefutureislocal #peoplegetready #fediverse
Ok, I admit it, I grew tired of upgrades, security and spam right when the Platforms launched, and I thought yeah, wouldn't it be nice to just think about the content? Super-keen high-paid tech kids keeping the shop open 24-7, no more hot-swapping drives, no more sifting Kijiji for a compatible replacement for a 2yo 'vintage' CPU... What could possibly go wrong?
#scaleistheproblem #thefutureislocal
#smalltoolsartfullycombined #decentralization
Always Own Your Platform
http://www.alwaysownyourplatform.com/
@st3fan many will be too young to remember, but we used to have these things called "Local Newspapers", often anything larger than a village might have two or more! What's more is they were all independently owned and operated, as weird as that might seem today.
Wouldn't it be fab if we had this sort of thing on the Fediverse?
