Re: <nettime> nettime-l Digest, Vol 22, Issue 13

[Louis Rawlins via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Hi Geert! Thanks for the lovely prompt.

I just finished reading:
*Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble* by Dan Lyons
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dan-lyons/disrupted/9780316306072/

Coincidentally, I highly recommend this book if you'd like to understand
more about DOGE. It reflects what I've known and lived for the past twenty
years – and why I'm adamant about fostering humane relationships.

I just started reading:
*The Painful Truth about Hunger in America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything
We Think We Know—and Start Again* by Mariana Chilton
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048309/the-painful-truth-about-hunger-in-america/

A few months ago, I asked at work (at my local human services agency) why
it was that we offer cash subsidies to citizens rather than teaching and
encouraging people to grow their own food / access food for free. I "knew"
the rationale instinct, but I've been wending my way down that rabbit
hole for the past few years and this appears to be the first book to take
my question seriously. At work, it was batted back with, "Oh, well! There
are community organizations that rely on the funds from our organization...
etc, etc." Which is to say, my sense is that we are so far removed from the
possibility of not-starving people as an incentive to work that we've
forgotten there could be any other way. Which to say to say, I don't blame
anybody for their response. Few people are being intentionally cruel, but
the patterns and processes we've built collectively as humans are horrific.

I'm re-reading:
*My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our
Hearts and Bodies* by Resmaa Menakem
https://centralrecoverypress.com/product/my-grandmothers-hands-racialized-trauma-and-the-pathway-to-mending-our-hearts-and-bodies-paperback

After inquiring if a friend had read this recently, she noted that I was
the second person that day to recommend this book. I've been meaning to
re-read it for some time, after spending a few workshops online, on Zoom,
with Resmaa Menakem and Carlin Quinn of Education for Racial Equity (in
addition many more thoughtful souls) to explore what underlies a great deal
of structural struggle with concepts and lived experiences of whiteness and
white supremacy. It's heavy, but it's real.

Last note, I've been wanting to share. Anybody have more information on
businesses like re:build manufacturing?
https://rebuildmanufacturing.com/

I ran across them a few years back when I was still looking for work in
software / supply chain and I noticed they were founded by folks who worked
at Amazon. The idea of re-igniting local manufacturing in the United States
with tariffs seems to blend nicely with doing favors for friends with
existing operations.

Peace,  Louis

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> Dear nettimers,
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> silence here is not really justified. Let?s move on as there?s so much
> happening in the world. The ?christian nationalism? thread was extremely
> good and informative. I am curious what you read and find interesting,
> enlightening, disturbing, beyond the ordinary news flow. All link lists are
> subjective and so is this one. As I said before, the original idea of
> nettime was not only to debate and produce ?internet criticism? but also to
> practice ?collaborative filtering? of vital content you want others to
> read. Both search engines and AI cannot do that task of collective
> ?intelligence?.
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> Yours, Geert
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> ?Techgnosis? Erik Davis on how to navigate the weirdness aka survive the
> current regime
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=GGxtbQ8fkho&t=1355s
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> Background of DOGE, from a conspiratotial US perspective
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> https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/03/investigative-reports/the-dark-maga-gov-corp-technate-part-1/
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> https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/03/investigative-reports/the-dark-maga-gov-corp-technate-part-2/
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> Are there any good articles on DOGE that you can recommend?
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> Will tariffs bring back manufacturing to the US? An expert reports
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> https://www.molsonhart.com/blog/america-underestimates-the-difficulty-of-bringing-manufacturing-back
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> First letter from LA to European friends, by Peter Lunenfeld
> https://networkcultures.org/blog/2025/03/24/triumph-of-the-feels/
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> Second letter from LA to European friends, by Peter Lunenfeld
> https://networkcultures.org/blog/2025/04/10/heir-of-the-dog-that-bit-you/
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