Howard Silverman
@hsilv.bsky.social
waymaking with faulty maps amidst evolving territories
"Mimetic innovation became the Anglo-Atlantic world’s final comparative advantage: shaping how the world imagined itself." - Chor Pharn
thecuttingfloor.substack.com/p/the-treaty...
thecuttingfloor.substack.com/p/the-treaty...
The Treaty of the Machine Century
After the Hero
thecuttingfloor.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Mimetic innovation became the Anglo-Atlantic world’s final comparative advantage: shaping how the world imagined itself." - Chor Pharn
thecuttingfloor.substack.com/p/the-treaty...
thecuttingfloor.substack.com/p/the-treaty...
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While we wait for the polls to close, check out my interview with Ivan Pardo, who built the technology that the Mamdani campaign has used to organize its way to City Hall. open.substack.com/pub/theconne...
Solidarity Tech: The Platform Powering Zohran Mamdani's Movement
A conversation with Ivan Pardo, the founder of Solidarity Tech, on how a platform built for "deep organizing" of workers building unions is being used to take power in New York City.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
While we wait for the polls to close, check out my interview with Ivan Pardo, who built the technology that the Mamdani campaign has used to organize its way to City Hall. open.substack.com/pub/theconne...
"It's when we understand love-desire-intimacy as a force for transformation that we see more clearly why love, desire and intimacy are met with anxiety and regimes of control that aim to curtail and contain this transformative potential."
Meredith Whittaker
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Meredith Whittaker
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Feelings are Facts: Love, Privacy, and the Politics of Intellectual Shame
A debut of new research and analysis, focused on emotions and the affective register—love! shame! intimacy!
What happens when we put lov...
media.ccc.de
August 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"It's when we understand love-desire-intimacy as a force for transformation that we see more clearly why love, desire and intimacy are met with anxiety and regimes of control that aim to curtail and contain this transformative potential."
Meredith Whittaker
media.ccc.de/v/38c3-feeli...
Meredith Whittaker
media.ccc.de/v/38c3-feeli...
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The monetary commons is an idea whose time has come! monetarycommons.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The monetary commons is an idea whose time has come! monetarycommons.com
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Wild - in a good way - that these extraordinary posters on indigenous futurisms by Dr Ambelin Kwaymullina were commissioned by (and shown at) a School of Cybernetics @ourANU. They're a must-read. cybernetics.anu.edu.au/projects/Ind...
June 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Wild - in a good way - that these extraordinary posters on indigenous futurisms by Dr Ambelin Kwaymullina were commissioned by (and shown at) a School of Cybernetics @ourANU. They're a must-read. cybernetics.anu.edu.au/projects/Ind...
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Open access edition of "Principles of Biological Autonomy" can be found here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Principles of Biological Autonomy
A new, updated edition of the 1979 classic from one of the foremost authors in cognitive science and theoretical biology, with the original text as well as
direct.mit.edu
May 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Open access edition of "Principles of Biological Autonomy" can be found here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
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New ep: Quinn Slobodian on Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. Anarcho-capitalist/paleo-libertarian mutant neoliberals promoting IQ as measure of value; hard borders for humans w free trade for capital; gold as only true currency www.thedigradio.com/podcast/haye...
Hayek’s Bastards w/ Quinn Slobodian
Featuring Quinn Slobodian on his book Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. MAGA and its far-right populist siblings around the world aren’t just a backlash to neolibe...
www.thedigradio.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New ep: Quinn Slobodian on Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. Anarcho-capitalist/paleo-libertarian mutant neoliberals promoting IQ as measure of value; hard borders for humans w free trade for capital; gold as only true currency www.thedigradio.com/podcast/haye...
"tacit knowledge transmitted as tacit knowledge, so that people can understand and feel it in a non-explicit, experiential way"
more brilliant interviews by @davidbollier.bsky.social
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more brilliant interviews by @davidbollier.bsky.social
david-bollier.simplecast.com/episodes/com...
Commoning within Arts Collectives, Episode #61 | Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier
What are some of the distinctive ways that precarious arts collectives share resources, support each other, and make art? This episode hears from artists' collectives in three countries to learn how t...
david-bollier.simplecast.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"tacit knowledge transmitted as tacit knowledge, so that people can understand and feel it in a non-explicit, experiential way"
more brilliant interviews by @davidbollier.bsky.social
david-bollier.simplecast.com/episodes/com...
more brilliant interviews by @davidbollier.bsky.social
david-bollier.simplecast.com/episodes/com...
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"If it wasn’t for these fish I wouldn’t be here today. My people would have died off a long time ago. We can’t walk away from this and we will not walk away from this.”
Excellent reporting by @ahofschneider.bsky.social / Jake Bittle, co-pub'd @gristnews.bsky.social / @underscore-news.bsky.social:
Excellent reporting by @ahofschneider.bsky.social / Jake Bittle, co-pub'd @gristnews.bsky.social / @underscore-news.bsky.social:
How the Klamath Dams Came Down - Magic Canoe
Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This is their story.
magiccanoe.org
April 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"If it wasn’t for these fish I wouldn’t be here today. My people would have died off a long time ago. We can’t walk away from this and we will not walk away from this.”
Excellent reporting by @ahofschneider.bsky.social / Jake Bittle, co-pub'd @gristnews.bsky.social / @underscore-news.bsky.social:
Excellent reporting by @ahofschneider.bsky.social / Jake Bittle, co-pub'd @gristnews.bsky.social / @underscore-news.bsky.social:
“poverty deepens as wealth increases, and wages are
forced down while productive power grows, because land, which is the source of all wealth and the field of all labour, is monopolised.” -Henry George, 1879
Taiwan experience w Georgist land reform >>
forced down while productive power grows, because land, which is the source of all wealth and the field of all labour, is monopolised.” -Henry George, 1879
Taiwan experience w Georgist land reform >>
Open access publication! My book is now available open access for everyone to read and download free on the @ucpress.bsky.social website: www.ucpress.edu/books/in-the... A brief thread about the book /1
In the Global Vanguard by James Lin - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
April 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“poverty deepens as wealth increases, and wages are
forced down while productive power grows, because land, which is the source of all wealth and the field of all labour, is monopolised.” -Henry George, 1879
Taiwan experience w Georgist land reform >>
forced down while productive power grows, because land, which is the source of all wealth and the field of all labour, is monopolised.” -Henry George, 1879
Taiwan experience w Georgist land reform >>
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March 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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🚨New Paper🚨 (hi law reviews!)
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
March 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
🚨New Paper🚨 (hi law reviews!)
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
"If we want to keep open our option to buy food grown
near where we live, we must buy from local farmers--
whether or not they are organic. We have to save them first
and reform them later." -- Joan Dye Gussow, 1999
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...
near where we live, we must buy from local farmers--
whether or not they are organic. We have to save them first
and reform them later." -- Joan Dye Gussow, 1999
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...
Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96
An indefatigable gardener, she was concerned, a colleague said, with “all the things that have to happen for us to get our food.”
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"If we want to keep open our option to buy food grown
near where we live, we must buy from local farmers--
whether or not they are organic. We have to save them first
and reform them later." -- Joan Dye Gussow, 1999
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...
near where we live, we must buy from local farmers--
whether or not they are organic. We have to save them first
and reform them later." -- Joan Dye Gussow, 1999
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...
values: fair, prosperous, plural, free
drivers: Economic Precarity, Ingenuity Gap, Message Distortion, Epistemic Fragmentation
drivers: Economic Precarity, Ingenuity Gap, Message Distortion, Epistemic Fragmentation
As Canada faces U.S. tariffs and threats of annexation, the Cascade Institute presents a strategic framework to revitalize and defend our democracy.
cascadeinstitute.org/technical-pa...
cascadeinstitute.org/technical-pa...
March 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
values: fair, prosperous, plural, free
drivers: Economic Precarity, Ingenuity Gap, Message Distortion, Epistemic Fragmentation
drivers: Economic Precarity, Ingenuity Gap, Message Distortion, Epistemic Fragmentation
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It took me longer than I hoped to finish but I'm really happy about the outcome: My big picture piece about Musk and Trump visiting Fort Knox. The headline tells you what you need to know but its also a very accurate summary of every step of my argument
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
A Scam Built Atop an Accounting Gimmick Wrapped in Bullshit: Why Visiting Fort Knox Is Not About Selling Gold but is About Buying Bitcoin
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Twenty Two
Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Par...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It took me longer than I hoped to finish but I'm really happy about the outcome: My big picture piece about Musk and Trump visiting Fort Knox. The headline tells you what you need to know but its also a very accurate summary of every step of my argument
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
WHAT IS ELON MUSK'S ENDGAME? | That Trippi Show
YouTube video by Resolute Square
www.youtube.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Acting with the World: The Choreography of Agency
Conversation to explore an unfamiliar but important pattern of environmental action attuned to the agency of nature and wicked problems
📅 Sunday, March 16, 2025
⏰ 9:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM CEST
👉 Register now: https://buff.ly/4gWeVFX
Conversation to explore an unfamiliar but important pattern of environmental action attuned to the agency of nature and wicked problems
📅 Sunday, March 16, 2025
⏰ 9:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM CEST
👉 Register now: https://buff.ly/4gWeVFX
February 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Acting with the World: The Choreography of Agency
Conversation to explore an unfamiliar but important pattern of environmental action attuned to the agency of nature and wicked problems
📅 Sunday, March 16, 2025
⏰ 9:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM CEST
👉 Register now: https://buff.ly/4gWeVFX
Conversation to explore an unfamiliar but important pattern of environmental action attuned to the agency of nature and wicked problems
📅 Sunday, March 16, 2025
⏰ 9:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM CEST
👉 Register now: https://buff.ly/4gWeVFX
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WHAT NOW? With Trevor & Christiana: youtu.be/1VRCfuKEGdo?...
RIP… D.E.I. with Ruha Benjamin | What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast
YouTube video by What Now? with Trevor Noah
youtu.be
February 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
WHAT NOW? With Trevor & Christiana: youtu.be/1VRCfuKEGdo?...
"the good food movement ... has primed us for MAHA"
S7 - Ep#2 - Helena Bottemiller Evich from Food Fix shares her views on Trump nominees RFK Jr. & Brooke Rollins and the striking possibility of realignment around food policy in Washington DC - Roots o...
www.rootsofchange.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"the good food movement ... has primed us for MAHA"
"What I like about Rortian irony is ... the essentially literary task of seeking better and better descriptions of what it is like to be alive"
thepointmag.com/politics/lef...
thepointmag.com/politics/lef...
Left-Wing Irony | The Point Magazine
How should the left counter right-wing irony, if not by adopting the same destructive rhetorical strategies as Trump, or else slipping back into its own contemptuous habits?
thepointmag.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"What I like about Rortian irony is ... the essentially literary task of seeking better and better descriptions of what it is like to be alive"
thepointmag.com/politics/lef...
thepointmag.com/politics/lef...