Stream
*planted: 02/04/2026last tended: 02/04/2026
My stream, a companion to the garden.
1. Daily logs
(A list of all can be found at the Journal index).
1.1. 2026-04-02
- Bookmarked:
- Germany Stack: Only Free Software Enables Digital Sovereignty
- "The “Germany Stack” is a central digital-policy project of the German federal government. The FSFE calls for the Stack to be planned in close coordination with European partners and to be implemented entirely as Free Software, since only the four freedoms enable digital sovereignty."
- Crafting the Information You Capture in Main Notes
- "we’ll zoom in on the main note itself: a brief look at its components, followed by thoughts on how to craft the primary unit of information it contains, and how to reinforce it with additional information"
- Germany Stack: Only Free Software Enables Digital Sovereignty
- I am doing a bit of a rejig to my site.
- I'm deprecating the WordPress side of things and moving those bits to Emacs/org.
- WordPress has served me very well for the 'stream' side of my online presence in the past, but I don't have the time or need to use WordPress right now.
- So I've set https://doubleloop.net to currently redirect straight to https://commonplace.doubleloop.net.
- Commonplace I've always referred to as my digital garden, but it also contains elements of the stream, and long-form articles, within it.
- I'll make those a bit more easily discoverable.
1.2. 2026-03-30
1.3. 2026-03-29
- Read:
- Is capitalism dead?:
- About the end of capitalism.
- Unfortunately, it's all about the end of capitalism in the bad sense - of it being replaced with something worse.
- Surveys McKenzie Wark and Capital is Dead, Varoufakis and Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?, Mason and Post-capitalism.
- Also Wolfgang Streeck and Richard Westra and Karen Hao who I had not come across before.
- Is capitalism dead?:
- Bookmarked:
- The rise of end times fascism
- "The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them"
- Is capitalism dead?
- The rise of end times fascism
- Wrote:
- Going to start writing latest Emacs Carnival post today.
- Emacs Carnival: Mistakes and Misconceptions
- Seen a couple mentions of Readeck lately.
- Someone recommending it over Wallabag.
1.4. 2026-03-28
- Bookmarked:
- Think You're Digitally Sovereign? Red Hat Built a Tool to Find Out
- "a tool to help organizations figure out where they stand when it comes to digital sovereignty."
- It's Foss newsletter
- Is capitalism dead?
- "it is now easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of the world"
- Digital Colonialism, Ecological Crisis and the Limits of Techno-Primitivism
- "examines the intertwined dynamics of ecological crisis, digitalisation, and techno-primitivism through a genealogical and syncretic lens."
- tripleC mailing list
- Think You're Digitally Sovereign? Red Hat Built a Tool to Find Out
1.5. 2026-03-27
- Bookmarked:
- How the left can win back the internet – and rise again
- "how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning the tide"
- The Guardian newsletter
- What technology takes from us – and how to take it back
- "Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort"
- modal.cx
- "Modal is a new independent collective Building emancipatory software for an uncertain world"
- How the left can win back the internet – and rise again
- I wonder whether I should use for example Betula for my bookmarks.
- Maybe, maybe not. I'll think about what the benefits might be.
- But I'm fine with them living messily in my garden for now.
1.6. 2026-03-25
- Bookmarked:
- A World First: Community Wealth Building legislation in Scotland
- "The Community wealth building agenda in Scotland might be growing, but incoming legislation will solidify gains and ensure that activity is not done in isolation"
- web search
- The Library of Things Toolkit (2.0)
- "This expanded guide will help you plan, start, and grow a Library of Things in your community."
- Shareable newsletter
- A World First: Community Wealth Building legislation in Scotland
- Systemic change is a combination of reformist, alternative-building and revolutionary logics.
1.7. 2026-03-21
- Listened: Future Histories International: Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell on Radical Abundance
- The book sounds like a great contribution - very hands on ideas and practice for transition from people who fully understand the bigger picture.
- Plenty of commoning talk and I'm happy that all the to see the commons-public partnerships stuff from Free, Fair and Alive and DisCOs here in another light.
1.8. 2026-03-20
- Bookmarked:
- Popular Protagonism in Venezuela’s Transition to Socialism: A Conversation with Michael Liebowitz
- "socialism involves people transforming themselves"
- search for popular protagonism
- Popular Protagonism in Venezuela’s Transition to Socialism: A Conversation with Michael Liebowitz
1.9. 2026-03-19
1.10. 2026-03-04
- Listened:
- Bookmarked:
- Beyond Capitalism
- "If there is ever to be a left break beyond the current political impasse—the liberal-capitalist establishment locked in a wrestler’s embrace with the ultra-capitalist right—it will ultimately require the elaboration of an economic system beyond capitalism itself."
- This Machine Kills
- Beyond Capitalism
2. Microblogs
Not a lot happening in these, but for reference:
- Fediverse: https://social.coop/@neil
- Org Social: Neil's Org Social stream
