This video of a Personal Introspective illustrates why I love conference facilitation and design
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/04/love-meeting-facilitation-design
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"There’s a certain dark irony in watching tech #billionaires who built their empires on the “democratizing power of technology” now actively working to dismantle #democraticinstitutions. The same figures who once championed #connection and #openness are now the architects of the most dangerous centralization of power in modern history."
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/the-de-in-decentralization-stands-for-democracy/
Techdirt · The “De” In “Decentralization” Stands For “Democracy”There’s a certain dark irony in watching tech billionaires who built their empires on the “democratizing power of technology” now actively working to dismantle democratic institut…
Being present is tough! Expanding our minds outside our brains enriches our lives. Negotiating the switch gives us the best of both worlds.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/connection-2/2018/10/being-present
“DIECI E LODE” is an experience open to everyone: ten days of #sharing, #reflection, and #discovery within our #community at the @gaiaterra ecovillage near #Udine (#FVG).
You can join us even for just one day—your presence will always be valuable.
Get ready for #volunteering, #guidedtours, #workshops, moments of #connection, and new #friendships. Whether you’re experienced, curious, or just starting out, you’re welcome.
Come join us—we can’t wait to meet you!
He is risen
Happy Easter 
This Easter, I invite you to reflect on resurrection not just as a moment in history, but as a living invitation. What if this Holy Day isn’t just about what happened then, but what we are called to do now—to regenerate?
“Growing academic research shows that our spiritual connection with the natural world is essential… If you’ve felt overwhelmed by climate change or grief for the world we’re losing, that sorrow comes from your connection.”
You are not alone in that sorrow. You are awakening.
"'We become immense,' writes Francis Weller. And from that immensity, we can build something new."
This is Easton’s moment. And maybe yours too. 
I wrote this reflection for The Cultural Easton: “Easton’s Regenerative Awakening”
If this resonates, I’d be honored if you shared it. 
https://theculturaleaston.com/2025/04/20/eastons-regenerative-awakening/
#connecticut #RegenerativeCulture #Easter #Catholic #LaudatoSi #ClimateChange #polycrisis #sytemchangenotclimatechange #XR #ExtinctionRebellion #Connection #Author #IndependentPublishing #Regen #Awake 
The Cultural Easton · Easton’s Regenerative AwakeningApril is known as Earth Month, and Easton has long been known as an Earth-focused community. Our town is shaped by its unique relationship with the reservoirs that supply clean drinking water to ou…
The Solution Room is a powerful conference session that engages & connects attendees, & provides peer advice on their most pressing problems
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/03/solution-room
On a #coding mission to improve my #poser lib 
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In the current implementation of #swad, I don't really like that I need an extra thread, just to control a child #process. A first piece to add to poser is generic "child process support", which I'm testing right now. I realized I could reuse my #Connection class, which was built for #sockets, but works just as well with #pipes 
TODO now is mostly testing. See screenshots for some mimimal testing code and its output ... would you like this kind of interface? 
Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l’alimentation is the open-access, online journal of the Canadian Association for Food Studies.
#OpenAccess #Food #FoodStudies #Environment #Connection #Community #Practice #Scholarship #FoodWays #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolitics
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat
Becoming Ungovernable
A Reassessment
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/nikita-shepard-becoming-ungovernable
The teenage rebels, black bloc anarchists, and Invisible Committee polemicists appear to have their finger more squarely on the pulse of contemporary rebellion than the academics and theorists…
Instead of paying for an app, use participant-driven and participation-rich design techniques to make your entire conference a braindate!
Supporting connection between participants at our events allows them to take full advantage of the collective wisdom in the room.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/04/supporting-connection
How can we make it easy for participants to be safely and truly heard and seen at meetings?
“Is your heart beating and do you plan to live? Then come this way and we will figure out the rest on the other side.”
The Guardian · The rise of end times fascism
The posts that @Brilliantcrank has been writing of late are meaningful and powerful — I highly recommend reading. Good lord, so good.
#wakeup #blogging #kindness #connection #humanity
> There’s nothing broken that needs fixing we simply need to abandon our bad habits and the dependence on technology for human connection. Stop defaulting to detachment, to quit the endless flicker of dopamine-driven interactions that leave no trace of meaning or humanity behind.
https://mastodon.social/@Brilliantcrank/114325212114204542
MastodonBrilliantcrank (@Brilliantcrank@mastodon.social)“Somewhere between the launch of the iPhone and the cultural fallout of the pandemic—we lost the human currency of kindness.”
Kindness feels radical.
https://brilliantcrank.com/kindness-feels-radical/
Happy dragon . recognising the ceramic dishes as food sources now . relaxing after some raw chicken mince (there's live crickets breeding in there too) . we were put on this planet to look after each other #wildlife #rescue #lizards #eastcoast #australia #connection
Currency Shift
When money moves, the whole world pays attention!
https://rafaelsalazar.com/featured/currency-shift-rafael-salazar.html
https://www.evshift.com/323370/discover-instant-connection-at-your-fingertips-%f0%9f%93%b8-%e2%9a%a1bmw-i4-m50-100-electric-shorts/ Discover INSTANT connection at your fingertips 
#BMW i4 M50 100% electric #shorts #bmw #connection #Discover #ELECTRIC #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #fingertips #Instant #M50 #shorts
In 2011, I wrote about why hybrid events "aren't going away". Tech has significantly improved since then…but the article is still relevant.
Naturism is a #celebration of #authenticity & #freedom, a recognition of the inherent #beauty of both the human body & the #natural world that surrounds us. In embracing our #nakedness, we rediscover a sense of #liberation & #connection that transcends societal constraints, allowing us to revel in the simple joy of being alive. #naturism #nudism #noclothes #FKK #nude #Naturetherapy
The words we use for meetings matter. By changing the words, we can change how we think about meetings. Here are three examples.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2022/07/words-we-use-for-meetings
