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anarcho-convivialist 🌱

cofounder of @web3privacy, ETHBrno, Gwei·cz (2020-2025)

“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
― Terry Pratchett

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@BillandtedTracy Research into the laws and news shows that Australia has a score of 22/100, while the ACT has a score of 39/100. That doesn't sound so bad.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

Hey fellow cannabis lovers!
Need your stoner wisdom. I'm putting together the State of Cannabis 2026 survey. Tell me how things really are in your corner of the world 🙏

https://t.co/wM7SIqD7OK
#cannabis

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

No account or email is required. Submissions are signed with a random key generated in your browser, encrypted, and stored on the distributed Nostr network.
https://t.co/OxovQWLrdW

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@LandraceBureau @breeder_steve I’d like to hear your feedback

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

I redesigned https://t.co/pqj7Cml4h3 and added a ton of additional resources.. aiming to make world's most comprehensive chronicle of cannabis laws and regulations.

Never thought digging through the history of criminalizing a plant could be so fascinating.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

Everybody loves democracy. The powerless because it gives them the illusion of control. The powerful because it gives them the means of control.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

I met an interesting person... but then I found out it was someone who owns a company and pays taxes

[koeppelmann @koeppelmann]

I hate this so much. The top Google result (an ad) leads to a well-made scam version of @safe. Given how often legitimate crypto projects get suspended from ad programs, fkn @Google still happily sells its top spot to scammers after all these years.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall I mean, even Bitcoin and Ethereum began as centralized. It's about the direction and targets.
Founders should be making themselves progressively less necessary, distributing knowledge, responsibility and power rather than accumulating them.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

Anarchy isn't guaranteed by the absence of rulers. It depends on a culture that refuses to produce them.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall We absolutely need parallel societies. But not another generation of leaders, founders and followers.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall Network States are, in a way, just a new playground for domination. They turn dissatisfaction with existing governments into an opportunity to build new ones, preserving the same concentration of power under the language of freedom and voluntary association.

[Lenkla (meraki) @LenklaH]

Reading through @Logos_network zine, I came across samizdat. Back where I come from, this was the best kept secret you would share only with those you trusted unconditionally. Being busted with a samizdat could mean ruined life.

1/3

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall ZephCore, for instance, is interesting; it uses Zephyr RTOS https://t.co/XWsnztZPcy

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall What I like about the MeshCore firmware is that its much simpler than Meshtastic... its basically just library and few tools. It leave much more creativity on the people, there is lot of great opensource clients or firmwares around.
https://t.co/IWCp6V8kCN

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall I dont see it that black & white... It’s true MC has a proprietary client and leaders with centralizing tendencies, but Meshtastic is already dominated ecosystem as an institution, with more structure, more gatekeeping, more market power.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall Nice! This is what Ivan Illich meant by convivial tools: technology that expands our autonomy and reduces dependence on institutions. I think Ethereum and self-hosting are great examples of that potential.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall Start small, but scale fast :) ... Every tax we pay, every order we follow without question, every skill we outsource, every leader we cheer, every minute of our time we sell...

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall Liberals built constitutions, Marxists built revolutions, libertarians and ancaps build markets and exit. All useful tools, but all trying to fix the system from outside. Almost none asked why people keep wanting rulers in the first place.

[tree 木 @convivialtree]

@benwoodall Kings, priests, experts, institutions trained us for centuries to submit to those above and to dominate those beside us. Every family, office and movement reproduces it. The ruler lives in our habits, and that’s where it must die.