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* Free Space Optics links https://dev.wlan-si.net/wiki/KORUZA
 
* Free Space Optics links https://dev.wlan-si.net/wiki/KORUZA
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* "Environmental Sustainability in Tech" https://wiki.techinc.nl/Sustainability
  
 
==Documentation==
 
==Documentation==
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_community_network
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_community_network
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* https://giswatch.org/2018-community-networks
  
 
* March 2016: IRTF research group “Global Access to the Internet for All (GAIA) draft: “Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, characterization, technologies and architectures”  
 
* March 2016: IRTF research group “Global Access to the Internet for All (GAIA) draft: “Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, characterization, technologies and architectures”  
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Twitter, March 2016: @conflictmedia @sifrwahid @pranesh @spideralex @elektra_42
 
Twitter, March 2016: @conflictmedia @sifrwahid @pranesh @spideralex @elektra_42
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Mr Colby Hollenbaugh, Esther. He is the new exec director at  Meta Mesh Wireless Communities, and a Public Interest Tech Masters student at ASU.
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Esther Jang, Paul G Allen School for Computer Science and Engineering -> seattlecommunitynetwork.org (SIGCAS 2022) / https://www.sigcas.org/events/sigcas-showcase-2022/
  
 
==Events==
 
==Events==
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* Members make the rules
 
* Members make the rules
  
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* Categorization: "Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, characterization,  technologies and architectures" https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-irtf-gaia-alternative-network-deployments-04.txt
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* Categorization: "Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, characterization,  technologies and architectures"  
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https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7962
  
 
* Evaluation of mesh routing protocols for wireless community networks  http://dsg.ac.upc.edu/eval-mesh-routing-wcn
 
* Evaluation of mesh routing protocols for wireless community networks  http://dsg.ac.upc.edu/eval-mesh-routing-wcn
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==HW==
 
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* 2021: (elektra's) Independent Solar Energy Mesh System : https://isems.netlify.app/en/                                 
  
 
* Green WIFI: A volunteer organization dedicated to the spread of solar powered wireless networking equipment. http://www.greenwifi.org
 
* Green WIFI: A volunteer organization dedicated to the spread of solar powered wireless networking equipment. http://www.greenwifi.org
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* Federated protocols, old-school: https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/18511/federating-social-networks-the-technology
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* https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/dream-job-alert-senior-fellow-decentralization-eff
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==Federation==
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* https://friendi.ca
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* Open Meetup -> https://cryptpad.fr/code/#/2/code/edit/2ky-MS-kYiGm26dHUjm1derA/
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===Mastodon===
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* https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/
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* https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/
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* https://www.fediverse.to
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* https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network
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* ActivityPub for Interoperable Messaging (ietf draft) https://bifurcation.github.io/mimi-aim/draft-barnes-mimi-aim.html
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* "distributed forum" might already exist!  https://www.fediverse.to/#browse-sw
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* https://forum.mattermost.com/t/does-mattermost-support-the-activitypub-protocol/12646
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* there are *chat* implementations in/of ActivityPub: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub#Notable_implementations
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* Experience https://rixx.de/blog/on-running-a-mastodon-instance/
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* Positive example! https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/2024/mastodon-for-all-university-employees/
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* Guide: https://about.iftas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSA-Guide-Decentralised-Servers.pdf
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* Budget: https://info.mastodon.nl/posts/2023/20231228_begroting_2024/
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* Webinar: https://publicspaces.net/2024/02/29/van-tweets-naar-toots-mastodon-webinar-op-26-maart/
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* Great documentation :: The Crafter's Guide To The Fediverse https://makertube.net/w/tGjYr2Mm56V7bU4d9ua38z
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* The fediverse, explained: Mastodon, Threads, and the open future of social networking - The Verge
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https://www.theverge.com/24063290/fediverse-explained-activitypub-social-media-open-protocol
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* Building Trust in the Openweb and the Fediverse  https://hamishcampbell.com/building-trust-in-the-openweb-and-the-fediverse/
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* It is all about the community – Event Federation https://event-federation.eu/2023/12/20/it-is-all-about-the-community/
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==Collective Servers==
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* mur.at, servis.at, coloclue.nl, openbsd.amsterdam, syster.server , puscii.nl ...
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* https://www.protagio.nl/shellaccess.html
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* kind-of... https://www.are.na/about
  
 
==Jobs==
 
==Jobs==
  
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===Specific Jobs 2021===
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===Specific Jobs 2023===
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* Linux Project Administrator: European Institutions, Brussels, Belgium : https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=bG9ycmVuZS5hc3N1bmNhby44MzIwMC4xNTUwQGV2ZXJpcy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20
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* https://ecfr.jacando.io/career/ "The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)" Communications Officer etc
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* RIPE NCC: (February 2023) : ripe.net/jobs -> Big Data SW Engineer, Web Services Manager, IT Support Specialist
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* quad9: Software Developer & Cyber Threat Analyst https://www.quad9.net/about/jobs + https://mastodon.green/@Ladyniasan/109862669597451591 (DevOps)
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* lots of jobs at ProtonMail: https://careers.proton.me/#positions
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* https://eures.ec.europa.eu/index_en European cooperation network of employment services
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* ☑️ Project Lead, Code for All: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VbtPzRD70qJ1WG9gAMdq-vKtU0kPGn4l/view
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* ☑️ Social Media Editor, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/social-media-editor
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* ☑️ Investigative Reporter, The Gecko Project: https://thegeckoproject.org/articles/we-re-hiring-apply-to-be-our-new-investigative-reporter-international/
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* ☑️ Project Manager,  Open Technology Fund: https://www.opentech.fund/about/jobs/program-manager-2023/
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* ☑️ Press Officer, InterNews: https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1987
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* ☑️ Civic Engagement and Government Technology Fellow, Ford Foundation: https://fordfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FordFoundationCareerPage/job/Civic-Engagement-and-Government-Technology-Fellow_R991-1
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* ☑️ IMS Executive Assistant, International Media Support: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1825&ProjectId=143773&DepartmentId=18956&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=False
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* ☑️ Project Officer-Safety of Journalists, Free Press Unlimited:https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/jobs/project-officer-safety-journalists-0
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===Specific Jobs 2022===
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* https://wwoof.net/news/fullstack-software-engineer-position/
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* https://drift.eur.nl/vacature-onderwijscoordinator-en-facilitator2/
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*  https://qutech.nl/vacancy/simulation-software-engineer-quantum-internet/
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* community builder https://www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/community-manager-NCSC-2022-0024#0
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* TNI https://www.tni.org/en/vacancy/fundraising-officer-grants
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* https://www.tib-ivd.nl/vacatures/technisch-adviseur & https://www.tib-ivd.nl/actueel/nieuws/2022/05/10/vacatures-juristen-en-technisch-adviseur
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* https://blogs.apache.org/security/entry/position-available-security-response-program
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* OONI community coordinator (deadline 12.6.)  https://ooni.org/post/2022-job-opening-ooni-community-coordinator/
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* Payed Apprenticeships (mostly US, but maybe online too) -> thread ->  https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1524428257910738946.html
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* Part time/Remote French/English teacher support : https://www.upwork.com/freelance-jobs/apply/Project-Manager-Teacher-Coach-for-Online-Class-Development-Bilingual-French-English_~0125a0b9205ef6a89d/
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* Free Press Unlimited: Projects Coordinator (Digital Advisor) [[:File:TMR - Job Profile Coordinator digital.pdf]]
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* Bits of Freedom:
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** https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/vacature-campaigner/
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** https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/vacature-tech-onderzoeker/
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* Greenpeace Amsterdam : advisor on digital disobiedient activism [[:File:Advisor _on_digital_activism.pdf]]
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* Tactical Tech: Senior Projects Coordinator https://tacticaltech.org/news/youth-project-coordinator/
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* https://netdem.nl/nl/articles/vacature-projectmanager-netwerk-democratie/
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* GSM… https://www.fossjobs.net/job/10884/senior-software-developer-osmocom-cellular-protocol-stacks-at-sysmocom-gmbh-osmocomorg/
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* https://therestartproject.org/right-to-repair-campaigner/
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* https://www.tni.org/en/vacancy/fundraising-officer-grants
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* Post-doc at University of Utrecht: https://www.uu.nl/organisatie/werken-bij-de-universiteit-utrecht/vacatures/postdoc-publieke-digitale-ruimte-08-10-fte
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* jobs at KlimateMarch! https://www.klimaatmars.nl/nieuws 
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* RedHat Communications Specialist (via Leslie Hawthorn) https://global-redhat.icims.com/jobs/94365/marketing-communications-specialist/job
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* Digital Rights Community: Regional Leads! https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/we-are-hiring-four-regional-leads
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* Archiving! https://iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/staff-members-collection-development-04-fte-08-fte
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* a paid-for 4 month research thingy, a call from the Morren Stichting see: https://onsarchief.nl/.
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* mamaCASH : IT Systems Support and Development Officer https://www.mamacash.org/en/vacancy-it-systems-support-and-development-officer
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* Expired
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** ActieFonds (marketing, in Dutch) https://hetactiefonds.nl/vacatures/vacature-marketingcoordinator-24-32u-p-w/
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** 8. April: Job Offer: TMR LOOKING FOR A dedicated PART-TIME PRODUCER with ADMIN SUPORT [[:File:producer coordinator assistant TMR.pdf]]
  
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===Cool Jobs in General===
  
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* Jobs at RIPE NCC: https://ripe.net/jobs
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* https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board
 
* https://ulexproject.org/working-with-ulex/
 
* https://ulexproject.org/working-with-ulex/
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* 8 Jobs at RIPE NCC: https://ripe.net/jobs
 
  
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====Job Listings====
  
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* FEATURED: Community Manager ISOC NL: from home, half-day a week!! https://mailchi.mp/isoc/ledenvergadering-8069645?e=72266481ae
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* https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board
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* 8 Jobs at RIPE NCC: https://ripe.net/jobs
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* https://www.openstack.org/community/jobs
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* https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Job_Board
 
* https://Alltechishuman.org/responsible-tech-job-board  
 
* https://Alltechishuman.org/responsible-tech-job-board  
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* https://diversifytech.co/job-board/
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* https://diversifytech.co/job-board/
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* https://wearetechwomen.com/jobs/
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* https://nl-digital.campus-party.org/jobs/
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* https://wearetechwomen.com/women-in-tech-jobs/
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* https://wiki.techinc.nl/Ladies_Night#Jobs_for_women
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* https://www.fossjobs.net/
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====Companies====
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* https://ripe.net/jobs
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* https://publiccode.net/careers/
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* https://greenhost.nl/vacatures/
 
* https://qutech.nl/careers/job-opportunities/
 
* https://qutech.nl/careers/job-opportunities/
 
* https://www.polarsignals.com/working-at-polar-signals/
 
* https://www.polarsignals.com/working-at-polar-signals/
 
* https://jobs.lever.co/humanitec
 
* https://jobs.lever.co/humanitec
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* https://tucows.com/careers/
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* https://careers.getimpala.com/
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* ANTARTICA https://www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/
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* https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/
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* https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/
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* https://company.ankorstore.com/jobs
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* https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/jobs/
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* Open source software to fight climate change https://www.openearth.org/careers#open-positions
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* https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/join-our-team/
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* Open source software https://www.collabora.com/careers.html
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* Worker-owned co-op in open source https://www.igalia.com/jobs/
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===Specific Jobs 2021===
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* https://ulexproject.org/working-with-ulex/
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* Community Manager ISOC NL: from home, half-day a week!! https://mailchi.mp/isoc/ledenvergadering-8069645?e=72266481ae
 
* https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/candidate/jobboard/vacancy/1/adv/?ftq=creative+computing#
 
* https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/candidate/jobboard/vacancy/1/adv/?ftq=creative+computing#
 
* https://charity.wtf/2021/03/07/know-your-one-job-and-do-it-first/
 
* https://charity.wtf/2021/03/07/know-your-one-job-and-do-it-first/
 
* https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=96511
 
* https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=96511
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* https://sourcehut.org/blog/2021-08-23-work-at-sourcehut/
 
* https://sourcehut.org/blog/2021-08-23-work-at-sourcehut/
 
* https://qutech.nl/vacancy/marketing-community-manager-quantum-network-explorer/?cn-reloaded=1  
 
* https://qutech.nl/vacancy/marketing-community-manager-quantum-network-explorer/?cn-reloaded=1  
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* CENTR, the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries, is hiring a Policy Officer https://disinfo.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ab3334208e68252e83420bdd&id=3b97a5be8a&e=25be8ebb67
 
* CENTR, the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries, is hiring a Policy Officer https://disinfo.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ab3334208e68252e83420bdd&id=3b97a5be8a&e=25be8ebb67
  
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==Funding==
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see also: https://wiki.techinc.nl/MeshNet#Grants [[#Grants]]
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2024
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* NLNET https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240401-call.html            1st June
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* https://www.sidnfonds.nl/internet-sustainability-call
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* https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/research-grant-programme/
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* https://insuresilience-solutions-fund.org/call-for-proposals
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* https://allianzfoundation.org/allianz-foundation-grants-program-2024/
  
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* https://ripe.net/jobs
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2023
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* https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board
 
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* https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Job_Board
 
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* https://publiccode.net/careers/
 
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* https://tucows.com/careers/
 
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* https://nl-digital.campus-party.org/jobs/
 
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* https://wearetechwomen.com/women-in-tech-jobs/
 
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* https://careers.getimpala.com/
 
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* ANTARTICA https://www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/
 
  
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* https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/
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* https://csfund.org/just-transitions
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* https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/
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* https://alliance-genderequality.org/lauch-of-the-2023-economic-opportunities-fund-call-for-proposals/
  
  
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2022
  
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https://wiki.techinc.nl/Ladies_Night#Jobs_for_women
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* https://superrrr.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07794224f80eb3988af949760&id=f62de1f7c1&e=87ad8a2846
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* https://risktakers.space
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* https://risktakers.space
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* https://allianzfoundation.org/climate-cultures-call
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* Green Web Foundation Fellowship https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/fellowships/
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* https://irtf.org/travelgrants
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* https://www.sidnfonds.nl/
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** Funding for projects dealing with disinformation; deadline 25. April (info in Duthc) https://www.sidnfonds.nl/grip-op-desinformatie-2
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** rolling basis: https://www.sidnfonds.nl/aanvragen/pioniers
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* https://www.eurekanetwork.org/open-calls/clusters-celtic-next-2022-1
  
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* OpenTech
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** (rolling deadline) https://www.opentech.fund/funds/rapid-response-fund/
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**  deadline 13 March! '''Technology Development, Applied Research, Digital Security Support, or Events''': https://www.opentech.fund/funds/internet-freedom-fund/
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* Award: '''by 18 March!''' https://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org/2021/11/25/call-for-nominations-2022/
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* From: https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Fundraising_Opportunities
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** Digital Freedom Fund Deadline:  January 24 - March 1 2022 https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/
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** Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP) - Open Technology Fund Deadline: March 13, 2022 https://www.opentech.fund/news/information-controls-fellowship-program-now-accepting-applications-for-ninth-cohort/
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** Internet Freedom Fund - Open Technology Fund Deadline: Rolling Basis https://www.opentech.fund/funds/internet-freedom-fund/
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** Rapid Response Fund -- Open Tech Fund Deadline: Rolling Basis https://www.opentech.fund/funds/rapid-response-fund/
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** Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights Deadline: Rolling Basis https://urgentactionfund.org/
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** Open Briefing’s Responsive Assistance Deadline: Rolling Basis https://www.openbriefing.org/support/referral/
  
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  COVID19 related: https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Funding  
  
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===Yearly===
  
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* https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/
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* https://sovereigntechfund.de/en.html
 
* https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/  
 
* https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/  
 
* https://www.opentech.fund/funds/
 
* https://www.opentech.fund/funds/
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* https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programmes/
 
* https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programmes/
 
* Next Generation Internet https://www.ngi.eu/get-funded/  
 
* Next Generation Internet https://www.ngi.eu/get-funded/  
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* The Community Prototype Fund https://www.opentech.fund/funds/community-prototype-fund/
 
* Knight Foundation Research Funding for Internet Governance https://knightfoundation.org/funding-opp-research-norms-rules-governance-internet-digital-platforms/
 
* Knight Foundation Research Funding for Internet Governance https://knightfoundation.org/funding-opp-research-norms-rules-governance-internet-digital-platforms/
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* https://www.apnic.net/community/support/isif
 
* https://www.apnic.net/community/support/isif
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* https://prototypefund.de/
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* https://prototypefund.de/2016/10/25/1022/
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** https://prototypefund.de/2016/10/25/1022/
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* https://digitalfreedomfund.org
 
* https://digitalfreedomfund.org
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* Scottish!! https://interface-online.org.uk/how-we-can-help/funding
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* https://www.ariadne-network.eu/
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* https://www.stiftung-mercator.de/en/who-we-are/
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* https://www.sidnfonds.nl/
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* https://hivos.nl/climate-justice/
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* APC https://www.apc.org/en/apc-member-grants
  
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* Scottish!! https://interface-online.org.uk/how-we-can-help/funding
 
  
  
 
  Recommendations  
 
  Recommendations  
  
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* https://opencollective.com/
 
* http://howtofund.tech
 
* http://howtofund.tech
 
* Floss projects governance https://recommendations.implicit-development.org/recommendations/
 
* Floss projects governance https://recommendations.implicit-development.org/recommendations/
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==Grants==
 
==Grants==
  
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* https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/research-grant-programme/
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older
  
 
* https://nostarchfoundation.org/grant-application/
 
* https://nostarchfoundation.org/grant-application/
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=Use Cases=
 
=Use Cases=
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==Rural Networks==
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* Alternative networks in Mexico, powered by Open Source SW, recycled HW & human need for connection -> https://www.rhizomatica.org/
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** https://wiki.techinc.nl/Rhizomatica_Community_Telecommunications_Infrastructure
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* A dream: Lika/Croatia https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/Lika/ProjekatPovezanoPolje
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* See: Palestine https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom#2023_PS_news
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* https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/05/technology/caucuses-mountains-internet.html
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** https://web.archive.org/web/20180106193003/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/05/technology/caucuses-mountains-internet.html
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* Telecommunications in Rural or Non-Metropolitan Areas (1996) http://www.alansondheim.org/mike.txt
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* Greece: https://blog.apnic.net/2018/04/20/empowering-local-communities-to-build-maintain-and-expand-their-community-network/
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** https://1worldconnected.org/project/europe_communitynetwork_sarantaporogreece/
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* Georgia: http://toa.ge/en/2018/03/19/project-for-tusheti-community-internet-network-georgia/
 +
** https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/05/innovative-licensing-approaches-enabling-access-in-hard-to-reach-places-through-collaborative-partnerships/
 +
 +
* Vermont, USA: (rural broadband) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAkjKQF0D0
 +
 +
* https://www.ruralnetwork.eu/hr/o-nama/
  
 
==Refugees==
 
==Refugees==
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* http://www.appropedia.org/Humanitarian_engineering  
 
* http://www.appropedia.org/Humanitarian_engineering  
 
* https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/
 
* https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/
 +
* https://www.tsfi.org/en
 
* IEEE global humanitarian technology conference is a good venue to look at for the latest research/deployment experience papers: http://sites.ieee.org/ghtc/event-2016/call-for-papers-2016/                                   
 
* IEEE global humanitarian technology conference is a good venue to look at for the latest research/deployment experience papers: http://sites.ieee.org/ghtc/event-2016/call-for-papers-2016/                                   
 
** http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections-closed/mission-critical-public-safety-communications-architectures-enabling-technologies-future-applications/                                                   
 
** http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections-closed/mission-critical-public-safety-communications-architectures-enabling-technologies-future-applications/                                                   
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* The RECODIS Cost Action (Resilient communication services protecting end-user applications from          disaster-based failures) has a list of relevant publications:  http://www.cost-recodis.eu/index.php/publications
 
* The RECODIS Cost Action (Resilient communication services protecting end-user applications from          disaster-based failures) has a list of relevant publications:  http://www.cost-recodis.eu/index.php/publications
  
−
==Rural Networks==
 
−
 
−
* Telecommunications in Rural or Non-Metropolitan Areas (1996) http://www.alansondheim.org/mike.txt
 
−
 
−
* https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/05/technology/caucuses-mountains-internet.html
 
  
 
==Public Service==
 
==Public Service==
  
 +
* 2023: High Quality Affordable Internet for the Bottom of the Pyramid, Sheikh Md Seum, Janata Wifi https://ripe87.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/12-RIPE-87-Pitch.pdf
 
* https://publicspaces.net/
 
* https://publicspaces.net/
 
* 2019
 
* 2019
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* https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/public-service-internet
 
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/public-service-internet
 +
 +
==Conflict==
 +
 +
* Palestine (add IETF118 presentation)
 +
** https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom#2023_PS_news
  
 
=Misc Links=
 
=Misc Links=
  
 
==Other New Internet Technologies==
 
==Other New Internet Technologies==
 +
 +
* 2023-11-08 What Happened to the New Internet?  https://www.bryanlehrer.com/entries/new-internet/
  
 
* https://gigaom.com/2014/05/07/why-gigaom-thinks-its-time-to-reinvent-the-internet/
 
* https://gigaom.com/2014/05/07/why-gigaom-thinks-its-time-to-reinvent-the-internet/
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* Named Data Networks http://named-data.net  
 
* Named Data Networks http://named-data.net  
  
−
* ... & SDN (Software Defined Networks...)  
+
* ... & SDN (Software Defined Networks...)
  
 
==In the media==
 
==In the media==
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  BodySpaceSociety: http://www.bodyspacesociety.eu/  
 
  BodySpaceSociety: http://www.bodyspacesociety.eu/  
 
  Place matters: http://blog.placematters.org/
 
  Place matters: http://blog.placematters.org/
 +
 +
=Email Problems=
 +
 +
 +
(July 2023: https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2307/msg00049.html)
 +
 +
'''existence of "email" (as we know it) is in danger.
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'''
 +
 +
for me, email means ability to exchange messages in a decentralised /
 +
federated way, made possible because operators of email servers & email
 +
clients following open standards for protocols & software, that enabled
 +
interoperability. there was resilience through variety of
 +
implementations. plus, the spam-filtering and abuse-handling were done
 +
(more-less successfully) in a participatory, communal, (dare i say)
 +
"multistakolder" ways.
 +
 +
more on that:  https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2023-May/002877.html
 +
 +
 +
nowadays, there are many adversaries to this (idyllic?) situation:
 +
 +
* "market forces" of centralisation & monopolisation have resulted in ~90% of all email being read (!) by (clients written by) 3 big players (GAM) , and for providers it's G&M that rule 66% of that market:
 +
 +
https://mailchimp.com/en/resources/most-used-email-service-providers/
 +
 +
https://blog.apnic.net/2023/04/05/who-reads-your-email/
 +
 +
* smaller hosters & email providers are struggling to maintain their servers...
 +
** ... because google is breaking the "open standards"  https://github.com/google/gmail-oauth2-tools/issues/18
 +
** ... and can get away with it, because of their monopoly position
 +
 +
and
 +
 +
* gMail can reject email being sent / received from small hosters, based  on "reputation" / rate limiting / whatever http://www.igregious.com/2023/03/gmail-is-breaking-email.html
 +
** ... thus making it even harder to compete with it!
 +
** UPDATE: https://blog.google/products/gmail/gmail-security-authentication-spam-protection/
 +
* M$ too: https://tuta.com/blog/outlook-falsely-marks-tutanota-emails-as-junk
 +
 +
 +
and
 +
 +
* there is lack of skills for hosting own mail servers, because "everyone" is outsourcing it to (GAM)...
 +
 +
and
 +
 +
* (much more)
 +
 +
 +
Solutions:
 +
 +
 +
* resist!
 +
 +
** https://multiplace.org/8m/ (Counter Cloud Action Day)
 +
 +
* return to self-hosting
 +
 +
** https://limits.pubpub.org/pub/concept/release/1?readingCollection=8b16ad0a
 +
 +
* reward your (inner?) sys-admin!
 +
** https://sysadminday.com (coming up soon:28. July!)
 +
 +
* re-learn
 +
** https://geekflare.com/self-hosted-email-server/
 +
** https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/hey-activists-dont-be-a-mailchump
 +
** https://neilzone.co.uk/2022/07/self-host-it-is-not-the-answer/
 +
 +
* re-use email for encrypted chat
 +
** https://delta.chat/en/
 +
 +
* work on open standards:
 +
** https://www.mnot.net/blog/2023/11/01/regulators
 +
&
 +
** https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/emailcore/about/
 +
** https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/dmarc/about/
 +
** https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/extra/about/
 +
** https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/dkim/about/
 +
 +
* repair interoperability with new federated protocols (Activity Pub &
 +
email should talk to each other)
 +
** https://bifurcation.github.io/mimi-aim/draft-barnes-mimi-aim.html
 +
 +
* organise!
 +
** join https://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/anti-abuse-wg
 +
 +
* re-vitalise mailing lists (as a tool for [[Hackers tribes#Consensus|consensus]] building) (October 2024) 
 +
** https://labs.ripe.net/author/ilke-ilhan/a-history-of-mailing-lists-in-the-ripe-community/
 +
 +
==Centralisation==
 +
 +
* Google enforces own rules, creating problems for other email providers:
 +
** March 2024 https://labs.ripe.net/author/fergalc/enhancing-email-delivery-at-the-ripe-ncc/
 +
** https://blog.google/products/gmail/gmail-security-authentication-spam-protection/
 +
 +
Geoff Huston on Centralisation: https://labs.ripe.net/author/gih/on-internet-centrality-and-fragmentation/
 +
 +
* By relying on Google to run (part of) our email services, we are be moving away from "open, inclusive, collaborative Internet model", since Google is one of the monopolies that is threatening the original model – as described in these articles:
 +
** https://labs.ripe.net/author/jari_arkko/consolidation-centralisation-and-the-internet-architecture/
 +
** https://labs.ripe.net/author/gih/internet-economics-is-a-thing-and-we-need-to-take-note/
 +
** https://labs.ripe.net/author/gih/is-big-necessarily-bad/
 +
 +
* DECENTRALIZATION -> previously on this same page: https://wiki.techinc.nl/MeshNet#Decentralization
 +
 +
* Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) & States : https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/118/materials/slides-118-rasprg-cdns-states-00.pdf
 +
 +
* Market Concentration https://pulse.internetsociety.org/concentration
 +
 +
 +
===Consolidation===
 +
 +
[[File:DigitalEmpires-InfoGraphic.jpg|300px|right]]
 +
 +
* this paper: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2022/papers/limits22-final-Angeli.pdf "Conceptualising Resources-aware Higher Education Digital Infrastructure through Self-hosting: a Multi-disciplinary View"
 +
 +
* https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/09/study_on_the_internets_technical_success_factors/
 +
 +
* https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/11/internet_has_shrunk/
 +
 +
* "We are the  phone company. We don't care. We don't have to?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHgUN_95UAw
 +
 +
* cloud https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.09462
 +
 +
* Consolidation Taxonomy https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-mcfadden-consolidation-taxonomy
 +
 +
* Centralization, Decentralization, and Internet Standards https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization/
 +
 +
* Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology;  Anu Bradford
 +
** Book: https://academic.oup.com/book/46736
 +
** https://blog.oup.com/2023/10/the-three-empires-of-our-digital-world-infographic/
 +
 +
* https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/19/hope-less/#hack-the-planet
 +
 +
* tech giants coopt disruption https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4713845
 +
 +
===Examples===
 +
 +
* august 2024: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350373069/gmail-users-affected-mass-outage-emails-unable-be-sent
 +
 +
==Censorship==
 +
 +
* this article against censorship & for self-hosting: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/right-or-left-you-should-be-worried-about-big-tech-censorship 
 +
 +
* Can we outsource a decision on who do we receive email from – to Google? What if Google decides that email from a certain country (e.g Russia, Iran, Syria...), or a certain provider that is their competitor (e.g Outlook), is not allowed?  https://locusmag.com/2020/01/cory-doctorow-inaction-is-a-form-of-action/
 +
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1539266244259549185?s=20&t=bQpnWif7BbfrcgOeG30xIw
 +
 +
* m$ email blocking newClimate url https://newclimate.org/news/microsoft-error-or-external-attack-causing-disruption-to-email-communication-across-the
 +
 +
* The internet is both the cause and effect of geopolitics (Douzet, 2014).
 +
○ China’s “Great Bottleneck” (Zhu et al., 2020)
 +
○ Iran’s selective international censorship (Salmation et al., 2021)
 +
○ Eastern Ukraine’s dependency on Russia (Limonier et al., 2021)
 +
 +
* https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom#2023_PS_news
 +
 +
 +
==Surveillance==
 +
 +
* Google  email practices are: to not implement standards; to compromise privacy of users in order to sell ads; and they spy on their users & share information with governments  (see: Snowden)
 +
 +
About privacy: here is a video from NLUUG in November 2021, a talk Sjoera Nas did (in Dutch) https://youtu.be/8GiK9xyrvWY  : "It's the metadata, $#u&!*! Privacy versus the big cloud providers"
 +
 +
Abstract: https://nluug.nl/activiteiten/events/nj21/abstracts/ab00.html
 +
 +
And her review for SURF: https://www.surf.nl/en/all-about-dpia-google-workspace
 +
 +
* March 2024: emails of Dutch government hosted & readable by m$ & google: https://nos.nl/artikel/2510923-amerikaanse-overheid-kan-bij-e-mail-van-nederlandse-overheden-en-kritieke-bedrijven
 +
 +
=Cloud Problems=
 +
 +
Against Cloud : https://varia.zone/12o/
 +
 +
* Lidl cloud https://horovits.medium.com/lidl-is-taking-on-aws-the-age-of-eurocloud-b237258e3311
 +
* July 2024: CrowdStrike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike_incident
 +
* may 2024: ddos https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/stark-industries-solutions-an-iron-hammer-in-the-cloud/
 +
* May 2024: Bert Hubert: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cyber-security-pre-war-reality-check/
 +
** you end up with organizations that have started moving all the things to the cloud.
And now, … you will end up with no one left that really knows what’s going on.“
 +
* From February 2024, AWS charges extra for IPv4: https://www.border0.com/blogs/ipv4-surcharge---your-aws-bill-is-going-up-this-february
 +
* January 2024: SIDN moves part of their operations to AWS
 +
** Original announcement (but in English) https://www.sidn.nl/en/news-and-blogs/we-want-to-continue-pioneering-by-embracing-the-newest-and-best-standard-technologies
 +
** reactions on Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@bert_hubert/111840661451196077
 +
** https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/111841470017218299
 +
** https://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/technologie/10538712/kamervragen-over-vertrek-van-nl-domeinen-naar-de-vs
 +
** https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/01/criticism-as-dutch-domain-registry-plans-move-to-amazon-cloud/
 +
** https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/kamervragen/detail?id=2024Z01500&did=2024D03406
 +
** https://nos.nl/l/2507035
 +
** https://berthub.eu/tmp/ezk-statement.txt
 +
** https://ibestuur.nl/artikel/wat-de-sidn-cloud-rel-ons-leert/
 +
** https://waag.org/nl/article/waarom-verplaatsing-nl-domein-naar-amazon-een-slecht-idee/
 +
** https://isoc.nl/nieuws/isoc-nl-teleurgesteld-door-keuze-nl-registratie-in-amerikaanse-cloud-onder-te-brengen/
 +
** https://speakup.nl/there-is-no-cloud-its-just-someone-elses-computer/
 +
** https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/02/09/hoe-nederlands-is-nl-nog-a4189663/
 +
* February:
 +
** https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/hellend-vlak-sidn-europa/
 +
** https://www.techpolicy.press/the-dangers-of-moving-key-internet-governance-functions-to-amazons-cloud-the-case-of-the-netherlands/
 +
** Milton in defence of his interpretation of "internet's (holy) spirit" https://www.internetgovernance.org/2024/02/18/the-dutch-in-the-grips-of-internet-nationalism/
 +
** https://delta.tudelft.nl/article/niemand-snapt-uitbesteden-beheer-nl-domeinen-aan-amazon
 +
 +
* 2021: RIPE NCC:
 +
** https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/ripe-ncc-and-the-cloud-draft-principles-requirements-and-strategy-framework/
 +
** https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/ripe-ncc-cloud-strategy-framework/
 +
 +
 +
 +
* https://thenewstack.io/merchants-of-complexity-why-37signals-abandoned-the-cloud/
 +
* "Privacy versus the big cloud providers": video of a talk Sjoera Nas did (in Dutch) https://youtu.be/8GiK9xyrvWY
 +
** Abstract: https://nluug.nl/activiteiten/events/nj21/abstracts/ab00.html
 +
* Trans*Feminist Counter Cloud Action: https://titipi.org/wiki/index.php/Counter_Cloud_Action_Plan
 +
* https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/05/the-misaligned-incentives-for-cloud-security.html
 +
* Apnic's incident!  https://blog.apnic.net/2021/06/18/whois-data-incident-resolved/
 +
** Register https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/22/apnic_whois_data_exposed/
 +
* USA vs Iran: (DNS) https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/22/iran_media_websites_us_government_seized/
 +
* Ads industry & data breach... https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57232253
 +
* https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-big-cloud-exit-faq-20274010
 +
* https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-loses-out/
 +
* https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-cloud-storage/
 +
* https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/lecture-by-femke-snelting-on-counter-cloud-imaginaries/
 +
* Big Tech vs Academic Freedom: (data as autonomy in danger) https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/policy-and-strategy/data-autonomy/blog/data-autonomy-and-academic-freedom
 +
* EU cloud https://www.clingendael.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Policy_brief_Cloud_sovereignty.pdf
 +
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(+ copy all the links from Marvin ;-) )

Latest revision as of 18:18, 15 November 2024

Projects
Participants Becha
Skills Community building, Networking
Status Planning
Niche Community
Purpose World domination

Each society gets the *net it deserves. 

My ideal future of the "Internet" (governance / society) is PARTICIPATORY ALTRUISM.

http://becha.home.xs4all.nl/hackers-philosophers-utopian-network-dec-2012-becha.pdf

Education

Netcommonsbook cover.png
  • October 2020: A Book!

https://www.netcommons.eu/?q=telecommunications-reclaimed

  • http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/intro-to-tor-i2p-darknets
    • "This class introduces students to the I2P and Tor Darknets. We cover setting up Tor & I2P, the basics of use, and how to make hidden services. We also go over case examples like Eldo Kim Harvard & the Harvard Bomb Threat, Hector Xavier Monsegur (Sabu)/Jeremy Hammond (sup_g) & LulzSec, Freedom Hosting & Eric Eoin Marques and finally Ross William Ulbricht/“Dread Pirate Roberts” of the SilkRoad, to explain how people have been caught and how it could have been avoided.

Documentation

Communication

Mailing Lists

  • GAIA...

Individuals

On twitter, August 2014 ‏@taziden @Kaplan_CERTat @Ms_Multicolor @OtvorenaMreza @federationfdn @mitar_m @wlanslovenija @braempje

@MaziZoneEU @deckspace @unmonastery @nethood

Twitter, March 2016: @conflictmedia @sifrwahid @pranesh @spideralex @elektra_42

Mr Colby Hollenbaugh, Esther. He is the new exec director at Meta Mesh Wireless Communities, and a Public Interest Tech Masters student at ASU.

Esther Jang, Paul G Allen School for Computer Science and Engineering -> seattlecommunitynetwork.org (SIGCAS 2022) / https://www.sigcas.org/events/sigcas-showcase-2022/

Events

2016: 1-07 May 2016: BattleMesh v9 in Porto (PT) http://battlemesh.org/HomePage

2015:

  • #ReDeCentralize


2014

2013

Aspects

Community Mesh Network

  • Offering network (and/or) hosting services
  • Not Commercial
  • Members make the rules
  • Categorization: "Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, characterization, technologies and architectures"

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7962

Community ISP

https://diyisp.org
https://lists.ffdn.org/wws/info/diy-isp
  • CONFINE project, http://confine-project.eu.
    • This European project studies community networks (which are mesh networks of course) for the future internet. We look at the technological side (mesh protocols etc.) but also the sociological side of community networking.
  • Interference talk:
  • FOSDEM talk:

Software

  • GnuNet: gnunet.org

HW

  • Green WIFI: A volunteer organization dedicated to the spread of solar powered wireless networking equipment. http://www.greenwifi.org

Legal

Decentralization

  • EDN (Echt Dezentrales Netz - real decentralized network (Demos et al) https://wiki.c3d2.de/Echt_Dezentrales_Netz/en
    • documenting and analyzing over 70 Privacy Software Projects.
    • be to assemble detailed API descriptions of the projects and its modules
    • to identify and highlight Interoperability between projects for collaboration or sharing code.

Federation

Old


Mastodon

https://www.theverge.com/24063290/fediverse-explained-activitypub-social-media-open-protocol


Collective Servers

Jobs

Specific Jobs 2023

Specific Jobs 2022

Cool Jobs in General

Job Listings

Companies

Specific Jobs 2021

Funding

see also: https://wiki.techinc.nl/MeshNet#Grants #Grants 

2024

2023



2022



2021

2020
  • SAGE Fund / Request for Proposals

Deadline: April 20, 2020 http://www.sagefundrights.org/

  • The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law

CFP: Countering Online Violence against Women Human Rights Defenders Deadline: April 30, 2020 https://mk0rofifiqa2w3u89nud.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Call-for-Proposals_Online-Space-for-WHRDs_Public_03.03.2020-Final.pdf 

COVID19 related: https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Funding

Yearly


Recommendations

Grants

2023

older


2019: https://www.apc.org/en/35436

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-819_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/fi-ppp-phase-3

Fellowships

Organisations/Networks

Social Media

(other decentralisation of social media projects...)

  • See: UnlikeUs conference, by Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam

Related TechInc Projects

Becha's article with many links

http://becha.home.xs4all.nl/hackers-philosophers-utopian-network-dec-2012-becha.pdf


Use Cases

Rural Networks

Refugees

  • Also related to refugees, but for coding:
    • There's a group in 🇩🇰 & 🇳🇱 helping to train refugees as web developers! If you're in the area, here's how to help: http://hackyourfuture.net

Disaster Recovery Communications


Public Service

Conflict

Misc Links

Other New Internet Technologies

  • ... & SDN (Software Defined Networks...)

In the media

  • EXPANDING THE INTERNET COMMONS: THE SUBVERSIVE POTENTIAL OF WIRELESS COMMUNITY NETWORKS, by Primavera De Filippi[1] and Félix Tréguer[2]

http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/peer-reviewed-articles/expanding-the-internet-commons-the-subversive-potential-of-wireless-community-networks/

Dump of Links, 2014

Technology 
Tidepools: http://tidepools.co by Jonathan Baldwin. 
PirateBox: http://www.piratebox.cc by David Darts. 
LibraryBox: http://librarybox.us/ by Jason Griffey. 
Occupy.here: http://www.occupyhere.org by Dan Phiffer. 
guifi.net: http://www.guifi.net 
freifunk.net: http://www.freifunk.net 
Commotion: https://commotionwireless.net/ 
subnodes: http://subnod.es/ 

Art and design 
Alternet: http://www.sarahtgold.co.uk/the-alternet by Sarah T Gold. 
Invisible islands: http://invisibleislands.org/ by Sebastien Pierre. 
Can you hear me?: http://can-you-hear-me.de/web/ 
Deaddrops: http://www.deaddrops.com by Aram Bartholl. 
Yellow chair stories: http://superflux.in/work/yellowchair-stories by Anab Jain. 
Txtualhealing: http://www.txtualhealing.com/ by Paul Notzold. 
Stupidforum: http://stupidforum.com by Miltos Manetas. 

Neighborhoods/Case studies/Stories 
RedHook WiFi: http://rhicenter.org/redhookwifi/ (see also, OTI, interview, thesis, news) 
Can offline wireless move from protest tools to news? by Susan E. McGregor 
Making Internet Local by Adam Rothstein 
My week with PirateBox by Jeffrey Andreoni 

Related events 
Eyebeam Off-The-Grid Exhibition, LittleNets, September 2014. 
Dagstuhl seminar, Do-it-yourself Networking: an Interdisciplinary Approach (report) 
3rd EINS Summer school, From Smart Cities to Engaged Citizens (Michael Smyth, Mark Gaved, and Andreas Unteidig run a workshop combining DIY networking with urban interaction design; 
check draft documents and keep in touch    for the upcoming e-book!) 
International workshop, The alternative Internet(s) - state of the art and the possible future, London School of Economics (LSE), September 15-16th, 2014.  
The UrbanIxD Symposium, Interactions in hybrid urban space: the UrbanIxD exhibition, Venice, September 24-25th, 2014. 
Interdisciplinary symposium, Sharing experiences of self-organization, Thessaloniki, October 10th 2014.

Research and/or action communities 
INURA: http://inura.org 
Community informatics: e-mail list 
unMonastery: http://unmonastery.org/ 
Research projects 
EINS: http://internet-science.eu/ (EU) 
COMPARE: http://compare-network.net/ (EU) 
CONFINE: http://confine-project.eu/ (EU) 
Urban Interaction Design: http://urbanixd.eu/ (EU) 
P2PValue: http://p2pvalue.eu/ (EU) 
Community Wireless Infrastructure Research Project: http://www.cwirp.org/ (Canada) 
Urban Informatics: http://www.urbaninformatics.net/blog/ (Australia) 

Blogs 
We make money not art: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/ 
Pasta&Vinegar: http://liftlab.com/think/nova 
The Mobile City: http://www.themobilecity.nl 
BodySpaceSociety: http://www.bodyspacesociety.eu/ 
Place matters: http://blog.placematters.org/

Email Problems

(July 2023: https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2307/msg00049.html)

existence of "email" (as we know it) is in danger.

for me, email means ability to exchange messages in a decentralised / federated way, made possible because operators of email servers & email clients following open standards for protocols & software, that enabled interoperability. there was resilience through variety of implementations. plus, the spam-filtering and abuse-handling were done (more-less successfully) in a participatory, communal, (dare i say) "multistakolder" ways.

more on that: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2023-May/002877.html


nowadays, there are many adversaries to this (idyllic?) situation:

  • "market forces" of centralisation & monopolisation have resulted in ~90% of all email being read (!) by (clients written by) 3 big players (GAM) , and for providers it's G&M that rule 66% of that market:

https://mailchimp.com/en/resources/most-used-email-service-providers/

https://blog.apnic.net/2023/04/05/who-reads-your-email/

and


and

  • there is lack of skills for hosting own mail servers, because "everyone" is outsourcing it to (GAM)...

and

  • (much more)


Solutions:


  • resist!
  • return to self-hosting

&

  • repair interoperability with new federated protocols (Activity Pub &

email should talk to each other)

Centralisation

Geoff Huston on Centralisation: https://labs.ripe.net/author/gih/on-internet-centrality-and-fragmentation/


Consolidation

DigitalEmpires-InfoGraphic.jpg

Examples

Censorship

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1539266244259549185?s=20&t=bQpnWif7BbfrcgOeG30xIw

  • The internet is both the cause and effect of geopolitics (Douzet, 2014).
○ China’s “Great Bottleneck” (Zhu et al., 2020)
○ Iran’s selective international censorship (Salmation et al., 2021)
○ Eastern Ukraine’s dependency on Russia (Limonier et al., 2021)


Surveillance

  • Google email practices are: to not implement standards; to compromise privacy of users in order to sell ads; and they spy on their users & share information with governments (see: Snowden)

About privacy: here is a video from NLUUG in November 2021, a talk Sjoera Nas did (in Dutch) https://youtu.be/8GiK9xyrvWY  : "It's the metadata, $#u&!*! Privacy versus the big cloud providers"

Abstract: https://nluug.nl/activiteiten/events/nj21/abstracts/ab00.html

And her review for SURF: https://www.surf.nl/en/all-about-dpia-google-workspace

Cloud Problems

Against Cloud : https://varia.zone/12o/


(+ copy all the links from Marvin ;-) )

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