Old Growth Guy
@oldgrowthguy.bsky.social
I build local internet infrastructure and I'm passionate about cooperative ownership and democratic control of the economy - I will insist that these two things go together
https://og.coop
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https://fbfiber.net
https://og.coop
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https://fbfiber.net
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM
January 26, 2026 at 10:35 PM
January 26, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Well, this sucks:
www.theverge.com/news/757538/...
@edzitron.com has produced a great body of context for this, so if you’re not familiar with the problem or his work, check him out
www.theverge.com/news/757538/...
@edzitron.com has produced a great body of context for this, so if you’re not familiar with the problem or his work, check him out
www.theverge.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Well, this sucks:
www.theverge.com/news/757538/...
@edzitron.com has produced a great body of context for this, so if you’re not familiar with the problem or his work, check him out
www.theverge.com/news/757538/...
@edzitron.com has produced a great body of context for this, so if you’re not familiar with the problem or his work, check him out
I’m excited to see prominent figures on the left discussing the importance of infrastructure and its role in social control by global capital over the last couple days. Last week I began publishing about this at open.substack.com/pub/oldgrowt..., and I’m writing a followup to my first article
The Old Growth Initiative | Substack
We can never be truly free until we can communicate freely | Builders of community-owned communications infrastructure. Click to read The Old Growth Initiative, a Substack publication. Launched 5 days...
open.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’m excited to see prominent figures on the left discussing the importance of infrastructure and its role in social control by global capital over the last couple days. Last week I began publishing about this at open.substack.com/pub/oldgrowt..., and I’m writing a followup to my first article
www.techdirt.com/2025/07/28/t...
When the state fails, the people don’t have to. The Old Growth Initiative is a call for the people to engage in direct action to build equitable, democratically-owned and -overseen infrastructure.
When the state fails, the people don’t have to. The Old Growth Initiative is a call for the people to engage in direct action to build equitable, democratically-owned and -overseen infrastructure.
August 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
www.techdirt.com/2025/07/28/t...
When the state fails, the people don’t have to. The Old Growth Initiative is a call for the people to engage in direct action to build equitable, democratically-owned and -overseen infrastructure.
When the state fails, the people don’t have to. The Old Growth Initiative is a call for the people to engage in direct action to build equitable, democratically-owned and -overseen infrastructure.
I've transcribed the 1915 memoir of Eliot J. Caldwell, covering his experience in 1880 starting the Fitchburg Telephone Exchange Company. After 1880, Fitchburg had no independent communications service until 2020.
@fitchhistsocy.bsky.social
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com/p/erly-telef...
@fitchhistsocy.bsky.social
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com/p/erly-telef...
Erly Telefony in Fitchburg
By Eliot L. Caldwell, co-founder of the first Telephone Exchange Company in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I've transcribed the 1915 memoir of Eliot J. Caldwell, covering his experience in 1880 starting the Fitchburg Telephone Exchange Company. After 1880, Fitchburg had no independent communications service until 2020.
@fitchhistsocy.bsky.social
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com/p/erly-telef...
@fitchhistsocy.bsky.social
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com/p/erly-telef...
In this Substack article, I introduce the Old Growth Initiative, a project to build a new generation of democratically-owned and -operated internet infrastructure to facilitate a healthier society. Thanks for checking it out!
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com/p/you-wouldn...
@edzitron.com
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com/p/you-wouldn...
@edzitron.com
You Wouldn't Download a Tree
An infrastructure-based, democratic project for a healthier society
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In this Substack article, I introduce the Old Growth Initiative, a project to build a new generation of democratically-owned and -operated internet infrastructure to facilitate a healthier society. Thanks for checking it out!
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com/p/you-wouldn...
@edzitron.com
oldgrowthinitiative.substack.com/p/you-wouldn...
@edzitron.com