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@Chanders feel like I need something more Graeber-y--finding the "well the pope had this idea and then it became part of european common law and then" explanations I'm finding a bit too simple in the vein of "money happens because barter complicated"

anyone have recommendations on the historical emergence of the corporation and the concept of property? legal theory tends to assume both as givens

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having a normal one where I'm stressed out about Pope Innocent IV's role in the history of corporate personhood

We know that teaching young people about repair is essential to ensuring a healthier future for our environment and global communities 🌍

We've compiled a few great resources aimed at youth engagement, including kits by us, and friends in Europe! 📖✏️

https://therestartproject.org/education/teaching-repair-resources-for-young-people/

#repair #education

buttondown.email/perfectsenten this week in sentences: dignity, ebb and flow, a brief pause, the greedy appetite of my mind, heckles, multibillion-dollar faith

obligatory "ChatGPT does not actually provide a correct answer for a question concerning my particular niche field of inquiry" screenshot

really not handling the coexistence of a Baby Gronk and a Baby Groot well

re-reading The Overstory because I realized that if I am trying to write from the perspective of minerals that it is probably the thing I'll get compared to the most and GODDAMN there are so many bangers in that novel!!

update: it is apparently mostly favs from other people who think stallman and co are big babies, phew

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oh no, ramsey antagonized the free software babies and now there is an endless cascade of little masto notification pings playing in our apartment

*to the tune of boygenius' "Not Strong Enough"

I don't know why I am / the way I am / ten thousand tiny spiders, man

A year late to this but I'm so sad that the mayor reorganized and rebranded the NYC office of IT stuff from Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications ("DoITT") to the "Office of Technology and Innovation", DoITT was such a cute acronym and vibe

But the point is: It is MUCH easier to be a participating reformer. That's where the resources are. "Building better tech" is what's gets you grants, papers, and a fancy jobs in big tech.

Abolitionist community groups get scraps. Advocating to not build is less comfy.

famous person death shitpost, i'm sorry 

@shashashasha and yet kissinger lives

live in such a way that the NY Post will make a stupid pun headline about your death

famous person death shitpost, i'm sorry 

looks like cormac mccarthy reached the end of...the road

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