🏴 is a symbol for freedom-seeking changemakers.  https://blackflagcollective.org/ to get involved.

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🏴 website

We are the Black Flag

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That was also the message of that Alex Hacke Book about decency (think it's German only so trust me haha) - he said that maybe the best step is if all of us start with ourselves, and maybe that then inspires others because.. it is indeed quite contagious when you see others act kindly.

Yearning for change?  Start with yourself!

Be the change you wish to see and you may inspire someone else to do the same.

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Time is the only thing you can’t buy, so spend it wisely

The most badass thing you can do is live your life iRL

Toronto

Farcaster in Toronto are meeting up IRL in a mystery location 🫣 

Come through!  https://luma.com/svi6is1d

for sure. need to find some people interested in cape town

cc @ashmoney.eth

Who would go to an IRL meetup in Cape Town?

To be clear: I completely agree with your premise.  We can't blame all of our society's woes on social networks, but they are illustrative of the general trends.

What trends?  A lot of it boils down to "everyone is in a rush".  Work has become more competitive, and so people are forced to work longer hours.  Cities have been suburbanized, so people are forced to commute longer.  There are more expectations on individuals (ie. being informed, parenting, wealth generation), so people are forced to "have it all" or be judged.  The baseline stress people experience today is higher than previous generations.

The result is a burnt out population (burnout rates are skyrocketing, it's estimated 66% of people are burnt out right now).  A plethora of consumer products have emerged to help people cope with this through instant dopamine hits - instant entertainment (media), instant food (delivery), instant sex (dating apps).  It's profitable to feed these burnt out people short-term pleasure (that's what sells), but it's not good for our society's long-term health.

So what SHOULD we do?  I don't have a good answer.  What CAN we do?  My current feeling is that meeting up in person more often is a good start (which is the intent behind https://blackflagcollective.org/).  We can't heal the world by this act alone, BUT this act is a necessary step towards that.  We need to reclaim our in-person networks that cannot be manipulated by an algorithm.  We need to reclaim our third places that cannot be taken from us.  We need to create long-term connections which help us stay grounded and calm when our entire media landscape is urging us to be reactive and stressed.

Side note: when people say, "Farcaster could be different", I used to say "It's still social media."  @adrienne used to say, "Farcaster isn't social media, it's a social network."  I think that only works so long as we have alternative clients which tap into the social graph and NOT the associated content.

Why 🏴?

Because IRL is where humans belong.  IRL connections cannot be rugged by an algorithm or a proprietary platform.

We are giving away ~$325 USD to people who held IRL events in August!

We had events from @vidaverde.eth @reinislv and myself this month.

Vote here: https://snapshot.box/#/s:black-flag.eth/proposal/0xc98d427c7be3808fabaf6c449a4d76d22f8d91262580c7f909bd6b1275ce9c92

Nepal youth overthrew the government and chose a new leader via discord poll

There’s something terribly off about how social media collapses every injustice into a short lived trend that competes for our attention

There’s an underlying problem that needs to be solved (and that’s not going to happen by bringing the trends onchain)

Streaming media = on demand sight/sound 
Food delivery = on demand taste/smell
Dating apps = on demand touch

We’ve forgotten how to wait.  And so we’ve lost our patience, replaced with a voracious appetite for empty sensual experiences.

But every single one of us can switch the trend for ourselves, TODAY, if we choose to.

Go for a walk.  Stare into the distance.  Cook a meal.  Talk to a stranger.  These small acts of creation are rebellion in this world.

🏴

Austin

Better late than never

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Being French and employed by my own company based in France, I’m on strike today.

I’ll spend this day reflecting on what I can do, from where I stand, to exercise my tiny power as a citizen, how to strengthen it, and to support the actions of those blocking through digital means (design, funding, communication…).

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Your power is more than you think!   Thinking about how to use it is a great use of time.

Starts with preventing crime

then thoughts

then birth

Someone recently mentioned George Orwell as overrated but it’s like no one read 1984 in high school

Privacy is a right 

https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963256544524640456?s=46

Privacy is taken, not given.  Remember that.

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Celebrating 5 years of activity with the web3 is priceless. Laughter, anecdotes of our beginnings and what we have achieved was part of our evening. We ate ice cream thanks to /icecream    Pizzas 🍕 thanks to /pizzadao   we talked about how amazing /⁠base is and how amazing /blackflag  is plus we had coffee thanks to /groundsdao   thanks to @cvnuitter   our founding member for creating such a wonderful project! Let's go for more ! @vidaverde.eth @arepa

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Running it back on Corktown Common for this month's FC Friday in Toronto!

https://lu.ma/nxmc7cz9

Forgot to share pics from our last IRL meetup!

Was it the last park hang of the season?!?