https://objectivejournalism.org/2023/06/business-outsider-strike-publications-offer-a-glimpse-of-worker-owned-media/
During their strikes, journalists at Business Insider and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette continued writing – just for not for their own publications.
you know the drill i'm sure, let's not waste time. many of you have already noticed we've created the first batch of our six new communities, which are:
other three communities should drop about next week, so be on the lookout for those.
as noted in the other announcement we're also taking mod applications. we're taking them for both new and old communities, so please feel free to apply over there if you're interested. thanks
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-06-28/learning-from-david-graeber/
First published in 2011, the late David Graeber’s Debt: The First 5000 Years was transformative in understanding what debt is and why we should push for debt cancellation.
quick dual announcement
we've tabulated the easiest part of the survey (other results coming NOW) and we're pleased to announce that, in the future, we'll be creating six new communities. these six choices can be stratified as:
most popular, community picks
hand picked, also popular with our community
hand picked, base exists in our community for it and distinct enough to take a chance on
in the specific case of World News, the !news@beehaw.org community will be converted into the "World News" section, and a separate !usnews community will be spun off for US-centric news.
these communities will be created in batches of three. you'll see WN+US news conversion/AB/TG first, then A&M/V&V/P about a week after that.
as for communities that didn't make it, these are best fits for now:
this also means we're taking on new Community moderators. as with last time: this is not a full time job and we don't want it to be, but this is also not a completely trivial commitment either, so please only apply if you're comfortable with making that commitment. (if you think it's becoming overwhelming or too much for you at a later point, that's different and we can discuss that then.) our community mods haven't had many issues though, so i doubt you will either.
I'm sure you can surmise, but to be specific:
You'd be expected to use these responsibly, obviously:
We generally encourage a compassionate approach to moderating, though. Unless someone is clearly unproductive, we encourage you as a mod to engage in constructive dialogue before banning. And if you don't have the energy for this, you can flag a post to bring it to our (or another mod's) attention.
Additionally: blatantly misusing these or using them maliciously will be instant grounds for demotion, and in the latter case likely permanent banning from the site. Do not do that, please and thank you.
On site, you can flag it and leave it for us to deliberate. You can also reach one of us by DM on here.
If you need to immediately contact us for mod stuff, our main hubs of operation are Discord (where we have a specific channel for community mod reports) and Matrix (which is pretty relaxed and easy to follow). You can also use a DM on Beehaw itself.
Hand selection. In the future we may supplement hand picking mods with another method—any mods selected by that method would most likely serve on a temporary basis (and that would be made clear to them on appointing).
because i've already seen moderately concerning posts w/r/t to this: please do not make us regret this community. it is currently this grouping or nothing. ↩
we are working on a non-Google platform here but our first alternative failed to materialize today and there are easily half a dozen other things we need to prioritize right now (including the big 0.18 update, which had its timing on here derailed by a crippling bug). we'll get to an alternative when we do. if you do not want to use the form, DM me and we can arrange something. ↩
https://restofworld.org/2023/indigenous-land-map-tech/
In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations.
https://prospect.org/labor/2023-06-26-workers-rail-unions-public-pressure/
Freight rail unions have gradually achieved their key demand from the labor dispute last year.
https://youtu.be/nhapXNTzdQI
The same song, stomping on a human face. Patreon reaction here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84728359/More info and sources at bottom.Find me elsewhere:Inst...
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/north-climate-change-as-newtok-alaska-crumbles-residents-are-left-in-a-dangerous-limbo
The town is supposed to move, but federal funding and complex logistics mean most residents are stuck.
https://truthout.org/articles/atlantas-attack-on-cop-city-protesters-should-be-a-warning-to-us-all/
The fight against the militarized police training center dubbed “Cop City” is one of the great struggles of our time.
https://theworld.org/stories/2023-06-21/engineer-bolivia-reviving-ancestral-nutritious-grain-21st-century
An Indigenous woman in Bolivia has earned international recognition for her work in the production, transformation and commercialization of cañahua, a resilient crop and nutritious grain with the potential to reach international markets.
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