Notices by Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)

Absolutely wild that a book can be $42 as a phyiscal copy and $0.75 as an Ebook from Amazon and Google.

#ebooks #bookstodon

heh. I didn't know the *USDA* invested in broadband tech for rural America. Reminds me a little of the NEA. https://digitalmarketingdegree.org/fiber-revolutionizing-agricultural-technology/

I like the combat in #Avowed - it feels chunky, there's a sense of weight.

There's a saturday long seminar on land use law for municipalities and... I'm considering it? https://www.ctbar.org/events-education/events/event/2025/03/22/default-calendar/2025-ct-land-use-law-for-municipal-land-use-agencies-boards-commissions-spz250322-1910999

I consider our electric car journey a success, even though we had a bit of a detour and a few charging scares.

We are still at the ragged beginning of the charging network building out, and there was plenty of demand for the fast chargers that are critical for cross-state travel.

But we did it! We drove from Connecticut to Vermont with only a single charge on the way (stopping over at a restaurant). Our hotel charged the car. The journey back was longer but successful. I'm happy.

@marsiposa yes and yes! Also, two chargers didn't work and one charger was exclusively for Tesla users.

Home safe. We've used eight chargers today. 😮💨

@mcg they can try. Market forces are going to be too strong.

The charging infrastructure in the U.S. is getting better. But it is not there yet. 😮💨

@GuerillaOntologist Ooph.

Techies, you can be helpful to organizers. My town DTC had an old GoDaddy site. I upgraded us to WordPress and now we can do more complex stuff, like an events calendar and an action board.

#techfordemocracy #uspol

@Krisss I absolutely love it. Those thick, chunky paint strokes have so much color.

Listen to: States aim to cut energy costs for low-income households with community solar projects - https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5116561:nx-s1-5356174-1

@leogaggl Some day...

Also, kitty.

Had a good organizing night tonight. My town had a speaker from another town's DTC, who also worked on a USAID contract that was canceled. A third town's organizer was present. We've got a blog and a commitment to organize a book club.

This is how we start the change. Actions will come, we first just need to work together.

@leogaggl Great, please do take a look. If you need inspiration, here's a sample story map we collaborated to build: https://app.terraso.org/tools/story-maps/8c0df6eb/the-mud-that-makes-us

Please let me know if you have any questions - happy to meet and give some pointers. :)

I'm so proud of my team for this. We have a fraction of the resources of Esri but we've built a really slick, free tool for environmental story telling. And THIS feature was built because we did field work and listened to our partners about what was most important to them. It feels good.

https://fosstodon.org/@terraso/113992699987142175

#opensouce

@JTinMI @toddo Erica Chenowith is so cool. Her book on why civil resistance works is super eye opening.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/02/11/katherine-clark-trump-democrats