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   Mike Olson (mikeolson@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 03:29:11 JST Mike Olson

   "The Bezzle," @pluralistic's new book, is out today. My local independent bookseller will get a visit this afternoon.

   By coincidence, yesterday was the 4th anniversary of his self-hosted, self-published blog. He's written an interesting retrospective on that project. This is the open web many of us thought we were building in the 1990s:

   https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/20/fore/#synthesis

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   CrimethInc. Ex-Workers (crimethinc@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 25-Dec-2023 02:42:08 JST CrimethInc. Ex-Workers

   On December 24, 1914, during the First World War, German and British troops stationed across from each other in Belgium concluded an informal truce in defiance of their commanding officers.

   The Germans began by singing; the British responded with English carols, and both sides shouted Christmas greetings across the wasteland between them. A few soldiers stuck their heads above the fortifications and, not being fired upon, made their way to meet in the middle. Soon the enemy combatants were exchanging gifts and embraces.

   The truce enabled both sides to recover the bodies of their slaughtered comrades, which had been rotting where they had fallen in No Man’s Land. Soldiers of both armies mourned the dead together. The next day, everyone gathered for a football match. We can imagine how senseless the war must have felt to them that afternoon.

   By January, the commanding officers had regained control and the young men who had laughed, sang, cried, and played together were once again shooting, stabbing, and bombing each other.

   It is not insubordination that is dangerous—it is obedience that is dangerous.

   https://crimethinc.com/contradictionary