Social fabric: The Price of What Survives
Some reflections on the social fabric (which we've taken to calling 'social capital')

Interesting paper by @rutgerclaassen.bsky.social about the genealogy of the corporation H/t @the-syllabus.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14748851261463198
The corporation—a return to origins? - Rutger Claassen, 2026
journals.sagepub.comLab knowledge base on Semble spotted in the wild 👀 @stamina-workgroup.bsky.social
For reference, this is the same Martin Sellner whose work Anna Zeiter, CEO of W Social, posted admiration for, and when called out on it…
Two of the documents are heavily redacted, like some sort of CIA stuff or the Epstein files. Like, seriously? What is W Social and the EC…
These records show W Social actively lobbying, specifically on age verification, not just hosting accounts. “W Identity and the EU Age Verif…
If I were piggybacking on years of other people’s work without contributing a shred of innovation myself, I’d feel embarrassed rather than…
W Social has a page where they tracked European MPs accounts: europetalking.wsocial.news It's a cool study, but they have an indicator sayin…

Just 18 unverified VIP accounts produce more than half of all W Social content. | W Don't Have Time | Offprint
Folk Tech – tech for life

Conflict Systems

Cayuga Heights trustees vote not to renew Flock contract - 607 News Now
cayugaheights.gov
Project 2025 Tracker

PalantirWatch — Tracking Palantir Technologies
‘No plate? No problem’: High-tech cameras capture more than license plates

Binghamton Flock License Plate Reader Foes Want Devices Turned Off
nissenbaum.tech.cornell.edu

1. History of programming and why it matters today

Consequences of prescriptive technology

The Telephone

Concepts of Hand and Technology

AI Science Fiction Versus Reality
How to: Use Signal

Signal, the secure messaging app: A guide for beginners

12 Commonsense Safeguards - staffny

Flock + Surveillance Talking Points - staffny

ACLU Recommendations - staffny

It’s Not Polarization; It’s the Radicalization of the Political Right

The Leftist Manosphere and Identity Politics

Postcard · Paste a post, get a clean image
ZonePane - マルチSNSクライアント
marcomaroni.it/twitter-to-bluesky

Ente Space

Roster — Your relationships are yours
j4ckxyz/tweets-2-bsky
part of technocracy - a limit to its power - is a structural inability to be emotionally vulnerable
Technocracy References
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
Toward a Critical Technical Practice

Analog Resistance: Why Mechanical Simplicity Matters in an Increasingly Digital Cycling World
gandt.blogs.brynmawr.edu

A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions

The AI Resist List
What is the Atmosphere? - Leaflet Lab Notes

Collective action strategies in the age of AI w/ Nick Vincent from Data Leverage - The Blockchain Socialist

Roundabout
How to: Migrate away from Substack
Research – Open Heart Mind
Agora Citizen Network
Polis

Science Communication as a Collective Intelligence Endeavor: A Manifesto and Examples for Implementation

'Generative CI' through Collective Response Systems

The knowledge layer for collective intelligence

The DEATH of Third Places: How Consumerism Killed Community

Why You're Bored and Lonely: The Death of Third Places

Third Places Aren’t Gone. We Just Stopped Going.

The Disappearance of Third Places

Nowhere to Go: The Loss of Third Places
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social media
Neurotech (by Teon) — Semble
Neuroscience, Cognition & Psychology (by Sébastien) — Semble
2e (by Bee 🐝) — Semble