I also suggest checking out the Ancient Greek Philosophy section of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. There’s access to a lot of stuff, overviews of the different topics and approaches the different philosophers had, and if they don’t have something you want to read, it at least gives you some names to look up.
There are so many different philosophers to read, and where you start is really up to you. Pick someone you know, or pick someone who’s description interests you. It might be easiest to pick one of the well known philosophers and work from there, but you can get some very interesting perspectives from going beyond that.
Ancient Greek Cults by Jennifer Larson is a great resource for learning more about worship and how the Theoi were viewed in specific cult settings. It’s got some scholarly language in there, but for the most part it’s an easy read.
There’s a lot of big, wordy articles going around tumblr right now, and they’re all great. But I wanted to make a mastpost of sorts of all the actions you can take and sites/bots that are here to help.
battleforthenet – The main hub for all things net neutrality. Fill out a form in seconds to e-mail your rep, or enter your phone number and a prerecorded message will call you, tell you exactly what to do and provide a script before connecting you with your representative. You can also set up a daily call.
Verizon Protests – Protests are happening at Verizon stores across the country on Dec 14th.
5 calls – This site is my favorite for calls. They provide a script and directions for calling the FCC, senators, and local state rep.
Resistbot – A phenominal service for those who cannot call, this bot will contact your rep on your behalf. However, every time I try to use it, they are busy.
Many of you are hitting the same roadblock I am: Mailboxes are full. So what do we do at that point? We send letters. Go to WhoIsMyRepresentative.com and enter your zip code to find addresses for your senators and house reps. You can use the phone script from the sites above, or compose your own note, or simply write “I am your constituent and I want you to fight to keep net neutrality.”
I know a lot of this is very overwhelming and hopefully this makes things easy and straightforward. You can send an e-mail, make 4 phone calls, and write a letter in less than 10 minutes. Please take the time to do so.
40% of Detroiters have no internet access. The Detroit Community Technology Project and similar projects across the city are skipping over the telcos altogether and wiring up their own mesh broadband networks, where gigabit connections are transmitted by line-of-site wireless across neighborhoods from the tops of tall buildings; it’s called the Equitable Internet Initiative.
This is possible in part because of the ubiquitous abandoned dark fiber, which runs under the streets of Detroit, as it does across many US cities, unused and dormant. The project relies on “digital stewards” who undergo a 20-week training program that teaches them to pull fiber, configure routers, and install and service microwave antennas, as well as teaching their communities to use the services delivered over the internet.
Each local mesh is designed to wire together a neighborhood on an intranet that would continue to function even in the event of internet outages, providing a resilient hub for organizing responses to extreme weather, natural disasters, and other crises.
The FCC have already disregarded millions of emails in suspect of sent by fake bot accounts. If you want to fight, you need to call or message the FCC and your
Senators
yourself!
Ajit Pai – Ajit.Pai@fcc.gov
202-518-7399
Mike O’Rielly – Mike.ORielly@fcc.gov
301-657-9092
Brendan Carr – Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov
202-719-7305
Look up and contact your Senators and inform them why you don’t want Net Neutrality repealed.
And to anyone OUTSIDE the US, Tell your US friends and followers to fight this, but DON’T get involved yourself! They won’t listen to anyone who’s not a US citizen.
We have until DECEMBER 14TH, 2017 before the final vote goes through!
While the high-tech approach pushes the costs and energy use of the internet higher and higher, the low-tech alternatives result in much cheaper and very energy efficient networks that combine well with renewable power production and are resistant to disruptions.
If we want the internet to keep working in circumstances where access to energy is more limited, we can learn important lessons from alternative network technologies. Best of all, there’s no need to wait for governments or companies to facilitate: we can build our own resilient communication infrastructure if we cooperate with one another. This is demonstrated by several community networks in Europe, of which the largest has more than 35,000 users already.
Rebloggin because; holy shit; this is really cool and if there were some way to implement this in the US to get out of the thumb of big telecom…
Rebloggin because, if Net Neutrality is murdered, we need to start getting onto this locally…
Paul “The Thirst Order” Krueger @NotLikeFreddy Nov 21, 2017
Tweet 1: Hey. I know things look dark for Net Neutrality, but remember: this vote is three weeks away. We have three weeks to show everyone with a vote that this move is career suicide.
Tweet 2: We can’t control a megacorp toady like Ajit Pai. But we can make it clear to the people he answers to that this time next year, they’ll be out of a job if they back this play.
Tweet 3: You’ve been calling your reps all year, and it’s saved our healthcare three times. YOU did that. And you should lend your voice to this, too, because unregulated internet has become as vital to America’s future as socialized healthcare.
Tweet 4: In these times of staggering wealth inequality, the internet is one of the few levers of economic advancement left. It’s allowed the marginalized to shed light on issues we’ve spent generations ignoring. It may be the only avenue in which the American Dream is still viable.
Tweet 5: Call your congresspeople. Call your senators. Tell them that the key to securing your vote next November is a statement unambiguously condemning Pai’s actions, and affirming Net Neutrality.
The Carving Witch 