Paxus Calta
@paxus0.bsky.social
funologist
memeticist
communard
funologist.org
memeticist
communard
funologist.org
Call out to the collective mind. What decision support software does your collective use. Twin Oaks uses Discord for internal communication- but we have no decision support system like gather.town or loomio. Have you tried these or other systems designed to help cooperative groups make decisions??
Gather | Virtual Workspace for Remote Teams
Bring your remote team closer together. Communicate, collaborate, and feel more connected in a persistent space that reflects your unique team culture.
gather.town
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Call out to the collective mind. What decision support software does your collective use. Twin Oaks uses Discord for internal communication- but we have no decision support system like gather.town or loomio. Have you tried these or other systems designed to help cooperative groups make decisions??
We need new political leaders. We need folks charismatic enough to draw attention, fearless enough to take on the authoritarians and clever enough to embrace politics that take care of people. NYC has this in Mamdani.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/n...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/n...
November is Mamdani Wins
This blog occasionally predicts things i believe are happening inside the coming month. Recklessly, i name a month in advance after a prediction. In March 2023, i predicted Trump would be indicted…
paxus.wordpress.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We need new political leaders. We need folks charismatic enough to draw attention, fearless enough to take on the authoritarians and clever enough to embrace politics that take care of people. NYC has this in Mamdani.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/n...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/n...
I got to tell you “anti-ICE” on the shell casing sounds like something a discount AI would come up with instructed to incriminate antifa. And then the FBI would report it.
September 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I got to tell you “anti-ICE” on the shell casing sounds like something a discount AI would come up with instructed to incriminate antifa. And then the FBI would report it.
There is an open question about Kirk's killers motives - but what is clear is he was influenced and inspired by these video games.
September 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There is an open question about Kirk's killers motives - but what is clear is he was influenced and inspired by these video games.
We are creating sanctuary spaces, designing original art and building the infrastructure for this years Twin Oaks Communities Conference. If you have not found the community you are looking for, this might be the event for you.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/w...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/w...
Wearable Art and Creating the Sankofa Space
Bubbles pointed out i was asking for the wrong thing. “You say you want a logo, but you really want a screen printing” They observed. I will spare you the more critical portion of their…
paxus.wordpress.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We are creating sanctuary spaces, designing original art and building the infrastructure for this years Twin Oaks Communities Conference. If you have not found the community you are looking for, this might be the event for you.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/w...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/w...
You don't have much money, you want to go to the communities conference, you can do work exchange, but you don't want to miss out of the event itself - well this build camp and dumpster dive might be just your ticket.https://paxus.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/helping-out-dumpster-dives-and-build-camps/
August 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You don't have much money, you want to go to the communities conference, you can do work exchange, but you don't want to miss out of the event itself - well this build camp and dumpster dive might be just your ticket.https://paxus.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/helping-out-dumpster-dives-and-build-camps/
My clever comrades Harvey Wasserman and Karl Grossman are reporting on how European heat waves are shutting down nuclear reactors. And no surprise, the grid is being supported by record solar power plant production.
www.nationofchange.org/2025/07/13/n...
www.nationofchange.org/2025/07/13/n...
Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool | NationofChange
www.nationofchange.org
July 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My clever comrades Harvey Wasserman and Karl Grossman are reporting on how European heat waves are shutting down nuclear reactors. And no surprise, the grid is being supported by record solar power plant production.
www.nationofchange.org/2025/07/13/n...
www.nationofchange.org/2025/07/13/n...
What is the difference between a presenter and a convenor? It is the difference between a workshop and a lecture.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/c...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/c...
Convenors not Presenters – deadline July 15
The best part about organizing a well established and somewhat high profile event is you get to work with some great people. Community maven and Where’s Waldo look-a-like Raines Cohen has bee…
paxus.wordpress.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
What is the difference between a presenter and a convenor? It is the difference between a workshop and a lecture.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/c...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/c...
Perhaps you should present a workshop at the Twin Oaks Communities Conference (Aug 29 thru Sept 1, 2025). Submission Deadline 7/15/2025.
communitiesconference.org/communities-...
communitiesconference.org/communities-...
Communities Conference 2025 Call for Presenters – Twin Oaks Communities Conference
communitiesconference.org
July 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Perhaps you should present a workshop at the Twin Oaks Communities Conference (Aug 29 thru Sept 1, 2025). Submission Deadline 7/15/2025.
communitiesconference.org/communities-...
communitiesconference.org/communities-...
Our friends at Cambia Community and a group of UVa students did a survey about punishment. They compared progressives with conservatives and the answers were surprising.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/w...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/w...
What is the Political Left and What it Isn’t:
This is an exploratory study. We (a group of UVA students and I, their internship director) took on a challenge of finding the differences between people on the left and those on the right in new w…
paxus.wordpress.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Our friends at Cambia Community and a group of UVa students did a survey about punishment. They compared progressives with conservatives and the answers were surprising.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/w...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/w...
We are bouncing back from last years serious fire. THis post is about a replacement outdoor kitchen and the new pottery business.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/t...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/t...
The best price is “free” and free
The Fire of 2024 destroyed both the conference site infrastructure and the hammocks business. This year has been about rebuilding. In place of the hammocks business we are looking at a number of ne…
paxus.wordpress.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We are bouncing back from last years serious fire. THis post is about a replacement outdoor kitchen and the new pottery business.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/t...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/t...
Working on the Mamdani campaign put me in the orbit of great orators. And last nigth with AOC it begged the questions "What makes a great speaker and how far might these populist progressives go?"
AOC versus Mamdani
Last night, a major campaign rally unfolded at Terminal 5 in Midtown Manhattan. Both AOC and Zorhan Mamdani delivered speeches. This event truly begs the question: “What defines a great polit…
paxus.wordpress.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Working on the Mamdani campaign put me in the orbit of great orators. And last nigth with AOC it begged the questions "What makes a great speaker and how far might these populist progressives go?"
Communards engaged in national politics. In this case the tight race for the NYC mayor. People often assume communards are disengaged from outside politics, hiding out on out "compound" and ignoring the world at large. Tempting as that might be, a bunch of us are quite engaged.
June 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Communards engaged in national politics. In this case the tight race for the NYC mayor. People often assume communards are disengaged from outside politics, hiding out on out "compound" and ignoring the world at large. Tempting as that might be, a bunch of us are quite engaged.
Curious what you might do beyond marching in the streets. These community organized events take on issues of resistance and resiliance. If you are serious about intentional community, it means you need to meet people face to face - and these are excellent opportunities.
5 Events at Louisa Communes
There are 5 exciting and currently relavent events happening in Louisa all hosted by intentional communities. Click thru on the links for more details and ticketing options. Roots and Resilience: B…
paxus.wordpress.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Curious what you might do beyond marching in the streets. These community organized events take on issues of resistance and resiliance. If you are serious about intentional community, it means you need to meet people face to face - and these are excellent opportunities.
Call for Presenters - Twin Oaks Communities Conference
Aug 29 thru Sept 1 - Central Virginia.
You got a brilliant intereactive workshop for intentional communities? Let us know and if accepted we will comp your ticket to this event.
communitiesconference.org/communities-...
Aug 29 thru Sept 1 - Central Virginia.
You got a brilliant intereactive workshop for intentional communities? Let us know and if accepted we will comp your ticket to this event.
communitiesconference.org/communities-...
May 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Call for Presenters - Twin Oaks Communities Conference
Aug 29 thru Sept 1 - Central Virginia.
You got a brilliant intereactive workshop for intentional communities? Let us know and if accepted we will comp your ticket to this event.
communitiesconference.org/communities-...
Aug 29 thru Sept 1 - Central Virginia.
You got a brilliant intereactive workshop for intentional communities? Let us know and if accepted we will comp your ticket to this event.
communitiesconference.org/communities-...
Today the Chernobyl Catastrophe is 39
I wrote a depressing piece about it.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/c...
I wrote a depressing piece about it.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/c...
Chernobyl’s Hidden Impact: Disinformation and Nuclear Politics
Chernobyl explosion was “perhaps the real cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union.” According to Mikhail Gorbachev who was the last leader of the Soviet Union and was in power during the meltdown…
paxus.wordpress.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today the Chernobyl Catastrophe is 39
I wrote a depressing piece about it.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/c...
I wrote a depressing piece about it.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/c...
What a strange coincidence
April 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
What a strange coincidence
Doing a workshop in NYC of Friday on ReEvisioning Resistance. If that sounds like your thing check otu this post.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/n...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/n...
NYC Re-Envisioning Resistance Workshop 4/25
Re-Envisioning Resistance Workshop Join us for a dynamic workshop designed to explore impactful ways to resist the erosion of rights and liberties in the U.S. under rising authoritarianism. While s…
paxus.wordpress.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Doing a workshop in NYC of Friday on ReEvisioning Resistance. If that sounds like your thing check otu this post.
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/n...
paxus.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/n...
Because things are just too depressing, here is an old post about a charming young person in Madison WI who challenges people to do things they want to do, but somehow do not do (like write real letters to friends, or spend 3 days without spending money).
paxus.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/m...
paxus.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/m...
Muffin Memetics
One of my favorite things about living at Twin Oaks is that all manner of interesting folks come to us to look for clever solutions they are chronicling to share with the world. Sometimes that is …
paxus.wordpress.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Because things are just too depressing, here is an old post about a charming young person in Madison WI who challenges people to do things they want to do, but somehow do not do (like write real letters to friends, or spend 3 days without spending money).
paxus.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/m...
paxus.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/m...
Join us for the Roots and Resilience: BIPOC Farmers & Intentional Communities Conference, a transformative gathering designed to empower, connect, and inspire BIPOC farmers, land stewards, and intentional community builders.
events.com/r/en_US/regi...
events.com/r/en_US/regi...
BIPOC Farmers and Intentional Communities Conference
Join us for the Roots and Resilience: BIPOC Farmers & Intentional Communities Conference, a transformative gathering designed to empower, connect, and inspire BIPOC farmers, land stewards, and int...
events.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Join us for the Roots and Resilience: BIPOC Farmers & Intentional Communities Conference, a transformative gathering designed to empower, connect, and inspire BIPOC farmers, land stewards, and intentional community builders.
events.com/r/en_US/regi...
events.com/r/en_US/regi...
Is Gossip the Fabric of community? This blog post actually proposes a definition of gossip, and then digs into how it can be damaging to community.
What are your thoughts on gossip in community and how or if it should be controlled?
paxus.wordpress.com/2018/02/20/g...
What are your thoughts on gossip in community and how or if it should be controlled?
paxus.wordpress.com/2018/02/20/g...
Gossip is the Fabric of Community
I co-moderate a large diverse facebook group on intentional communities. Recently someone posted: Gossip gets embellished as it travels. Things heard second hand should be verified with the speake…
paxus.wordpress.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Is Gossip the Fabric of community? This blog post actually proposes a definition of gossip, and then digs into how it can be damaging to community.
What are your thoughts on gossip in community and how or if it should be controlled?
paxus.wordpress.com/2018/02/20/g...
What are your thoughts on gossip in community and how or if it should be controlled?
paxus.wordpress.com/2018/02/20/g...
Best graphic design poster from Richmond Hands Off rally
April 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Best graphic design poster from Richmond Hands Off rally