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Interesting history I only half new www.unsw.edu.au/news/2019/11/on-the-batt... but it's missing the bike delivered live-streaming media centre that was set up for J18 in by undercurrents and other UK alt media groups for the huge […]

@shoq there are a few people working on this #OMN #indymediaback :)

The #OMN, #OGB, and the #indymediaback reboot aren’t nostalgia — they’re the next generation of the commons defending itself.

UK Indymedia - Climate Camp 2006

If you would like and example of what real #DIY activist grassroots media looks like www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/climatec...

We need to reboot this project #indymediaback #OMN #Fediverse

The OMN with indymediaback and makeinghistory are paths – Hamish Campbell

Without trust and working flows, there’s no value at all, no matter how secure, encrypted, or elegant the tech stack. The #OMN with #indymediaback and #makeinghistory are paths hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-with...

The OMN with indymediaback and makeinghistory are paths On the #OMN with #indymediaback and #makeinghistory paths – We’re not talking about a single bridge, but a **federated ecosystem** , with both #DAT and #ActivityPub running on the same server, sharing a common database of media objects. As the data flows, text and metadata are redundantly stored in the open (#4opens). That way, if one server gets hacked, it can simply be rolled back and restored from the wider pool. #KISS The P2P side works much like #nostr in that it can have a list of flows in and out to servers and can use any of these to **publish and receive media on the#openweb**. The advantage of the #p2p app side is that each local app in a resave for the online servers, which as critics say can be, and will be, taken down some times. Also, they will work in their own right for people who need a more locked down path, and this will be needed in more repressive spaces and times. The clear advantage is this still gives them outflows to the wider #mainstreaming client server media outreach, to what matters, effect, so it ticks both boxes. We aim to solve technical issues with **human-understandable social paths** , not hard tech for its own sake. Yes, in a minority of cases hard tech will be needed – but that’s for the #geeks to solve _after_ the working social paths are clear, not before. We fix problems through #KISS social processes and #4opens transparency, not by defaulting to encryption and lockdown. Hacking is outside the focus scope of the #OMN. What we’re building is about **trust and flows** , not code as an end in itself. Hacking belongs on the #geek paths – useful, but only _after_ the trust and flows are established. The code should be there to secure what’s been built, not to block it before it exists. Without trust and working flows, there’s **no value at all** , no matter how secure, encrypted, or elegant the tech stack. If the campaigns, activism, and people aren’t using it, the system is pointless. And being pointless is something we need to be more honest about. Building for the sake of building, while ignoring the social, community layer, feeds the #geekproblem and starves the movement. * * * ### Discover more from Hamish Campbell Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

Without trust and working flows, there’s no value at all, no matter how secure, encrypted, or elegant the tech stack. The #OMN with #indymediaback and #makeinghistory are paths hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-with-indymediaba...

Bringing #indymediaback: A Gentle Revival of Radical Media – Hamish Campbell

In today’s tech-social landscape, even the slightest structural changes can lead to rips and tears. And once those start, the momentum of destruction escalates. Bringing #indymediaback: A Gentle Revival of Radical Media hamishcampbell.com/bringing-ind...

#Indymediaback Funding Application 2025-02-036 indymediaback received – Hamish Campbell

#Indymediaback Funding Application 2025-02-036 hamishcampbell.com/indymediabac... we still need help and focus on this programming project. Currently, we are working on the #makinghistory side of the common codebase.

Indymedia based on the #OMN framework? – Hamish Campbell

#Indymediaback using the #OMN framework is a strategic move to revive a vital platform for grassroots media. hamishcampbell.com/indymedia-ba...

Dev test work for Makinghistory application – Hamish Campbell

Dev test work for #Makinghistory application hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-wor... The logic and workflow are all based on the #OMN project and have likely a 90% overlap with the #indymediaback project

A letter from the margins of the #openweb – Hamish Campbell

A letter from the margins of the #openweb hamishcampbell.com/a-letter-fro... I am still digging #makinghistory #OMN #indymediaback #OGB

#RIPENCC #NGI #NLnet

For grassroots projects like #OMN, #OGB, and #indymediaback to thrive, they need exposure to mainstream resources without being consumed by them. And for the mainstream to evolve, it needs the disruptive energy of grassroots creativity. The bridge must go both ways.

I stopped going to "grassroots" tech events 15 years ago.
A metaphor. Can we have less academic wanking and more social fornication at these events. Less metaphor, the needs to be a better balance between pointless and pointy in our grassroots tech #OMN #OGB #indymediaback

Thinking about news on the #fediverse – Hamish Campbell

Thinking about news on the #fediverse hamishcampbell.com/thinking-abo... revitalizing #indymediaback as a platform for meaningful, community-driven media.

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Radical liberal view of a path out of the news mess pluralistic.net/2024/12/12/the-view-from...

What we actually need to balance this is working grassroots #DIY media like #indymediaback but a working liberal media would also be a step.

Please don't just be a […]

Thinking about news on the #fediverse – Hamish Campbell

The roadmap for #indymediaback and what do we mean by a #newswire. Looking at the current use of #AP on the #Fediverse with this in mind. Thinking about news on the #fediverse hamishcampbell.com/thinking-abo...

We need native #openweb media – Hamish Campbell

We need native #openweb media hamishcampbell.com/we-need-nati... #indymediaback had a setback during COVID, but with a fresh crew it’s can be ready for another reboot

As #climatechaos hits, our #mainstreaming politics will move more to the right. As right-wing politics is driven by FEAR, this is the future we need to build for now. #OMN #OGB #indymediaback #makeinghistory

It's hard for our #mainstreaming alt people to understand that what they are building in tech is mostly irrelevant from what is need in alt tech. Ideas please on how to get this across.

Composting needs people with shovels.

#makeinghistory #indymediaback #OMN #visionontv

Build a bridge or be pointless, or more likely dead in the long term.

#OMN #indymediaback #makeinghistory #OGB are bridges.