@robcinos likely good to focus on the people who put him in power...

@bee we use #boatineurope for our adventures. But now on the #thames, so maybe river or canal or city based?

#boating #oxford #boatinoxford

Yes, this is The Independent calling Osama Bin Laden an Anti-Soviet warrior who will bring peace. We are the makers of our own enemies.

@DemocracyMattersALot yes, it's a mess we do need to compost, as the Democratic Party is full of #deathcut ists, what's the plan, where is the shovel #omn

Building Networks (Ecosystems)

Balance means prioritising the roots - not exclusively, but deliberately - to counter the dominance of traditional and #ngo media.

The corporate #dotcons, the “social media” mess — we KISS use and abuse what's left as compost.

The #openweb, foundation of […]

We need to dig back into #diy media culture imperfect, chaotic, and beautiful, to when it worked. When it grew from the soil of the #openweb and from social trust, not from the mess of brands and algorithms.

What is grassroots media? It’s not “content creation.” It’s not “influencer culture.” It’s not another #NGO-funded project selling “voices from below” for grant money.
It’s the messy, local, real-world networks of people using tools to speak, share, and act together outside institutional control […]