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you cant just sweep away structures and assume everything will turn out fine, you need structures in place to check individual power, address grievances, and develop unified strategy

"But any attempt to simulate an economy risks also simulating economics, which is what we call it when millions of individual, rational decisions act together to create utter madness on a grand scale. Now, unfortunately, economics has happened to Planet Zoo."

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/11/18/planet-zoo-is-temporarily-a-game-about-mass-producing-knackered-warthogs/

posting without honor or humanity

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The FidoNet chapter from BBS: The Documentary (2004) is I think required viewing for fediverse admins.

Bulletin board services (BBSes) were pre-web online communities with forums, mail, games, etc. FidoNet was/is basically a volunteer-run federation layer that let BBSes communicate with each other.

The video talks about FidoNet's growing pains, especially around governance & a mismatch between what users wanted and what the sysops felt was required to maintain the net.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cm6EFYktRQ

Medical examiner found traces of gasoline and crystallized fruit sugar. They're callin' it Vanilla Donut. It's an artisanal drug Donut from Seattle.

My bank just sent me an email asking for donations for a food bank.

I have an idea of who has plenty of money to donate.

One of the best things I ever did for my creative productivity was to realize how much easier it is to edit a rough draft that has been completed than to edit it as I draft it. This goes for most all creative endeavors, not just authoring.

Extreme Funkopops forever

sharpening my dick with a whetstone

if you're paid to work you're a worker

if you're paid to own property you are unnecessary

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