Slowcore HQ

Slowcore HQ

A Farcaster-native slow culture movement. Home of Studio Slowcore, purveyors of fine wordsmith arts and connoisseurs of slow culture. Our motto: "Move slow and preserve things."

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We (admins @thecurioushermit and I) are putting the /slowcore-hq channel into extended hibernation. We haven't lost interest in the FC-seeded slowcore movement. To the contrary: we think it’s much-needed! However, the Farconomy doesn't have economic models to sustainably fund ongoing maintenance efforts for channels. Some projects have made inroads in the right direction. But without realistic prospects of adequate compensation to cover basic costs for responsible channel stewardship, we'll struggle with moderator attrition and burnout. (We apologize for the backlog of pending membership requests). The channel deserves better. It doesn’t seem fair or responsible to ask others to take over the channel under these conditions either, since channels are not a priority for WC. Maybe one day we’ll get a chance to turn /slowcore-hq into a sustainable cozy corner. For now, thanks for your camaraderie, fellow sloth people. We appreciate you. Keep moving slow and preserving things. 🐢 🐌

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Slowcore-coded. 🐢 🐌

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Official Channels Day seems like a good time to cast to the channel that warmly welcomes the sloth people. Great to see some talk from the Merkle team on the potential future of channels, though no decisions have been made yet. For the first time in several months, hope is stirring. Could we build /slowcore-hq into a thriving movement again? Complete with active mods/curators, Slowcore Quotes of the Day, weekly "not-doing" rituals, our Slowcore Manifesto, and everything else that made this channel a thoughtful and rewarding space to gather before we put it into hibernation? The heart of slowcore is the movement to reclaim human attention from extractive forces (including hustle culture) and re-orient it toward what matters most. This channel once served as a rallying point, a source of inspiration, and a space for concept stewardship though the FC scenius. It's "our own little homegrown patch of lore," as @cameron wrote. Might we find a sustainable way to reawaken the channel? Time will tell.

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From Zizek's substack.. pretty slow-coded. In a world that wants you to be hyper-active, taking a step back and doing nothing is radical. It's the ground for any sort of serious action.

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wuq-ltGQvG0

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Found a book titled "I lack the time for haste" in the library today. Rarely felt this seen by a title 🤣

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Beautiful metaphor of productivity as orbit phases. Everything in nature has phases, it's wise to recognize and honor ours.

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Land snorkeling is very /slowcore-hq X /nature Land snorkeling ... Just wander through nature with no destination, paying close attention to the plants, animals, and natural features around you, like a snorkeler floating through the shallows of a coral reef. While every hiker has land snorkeled at some point in their life, it’s something many of us become less and less willing to dedicate our time to as we become more focused on making miles and reaching summits... https://www.backpacker.com/trips/trips-by-state/montana-trails/land-snorkeling-american-prairie/

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I found a very slow-relevant interview. https://www.timesensitive.fm/episode/pico-iyer-on-the-pleasure-and-profundity-of-silence/?ref=newsletter.weeklyfilet.com

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People are still casting beautiful slowcore reflections like this in the /slowcore-hq channel even though it's been in hibernation for two months and the mods' attention (hi!) has largely been directed elsewhere. 🦥 Love the purple-app people. 💜

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The crisis of meaning is real. The void comes in waves of backlash seemingly larger and larger. Meanwhile, deep meaning quietly grows, like humidity waiting to condense around a small particle of dust, so rain can fall.

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A great read for those of you who appreciate slowing down and exploring life at your own pace. "I find myself nostalgic for slowness – not for less magic, but for more space. Those seemingly idle moments? They weren't buffer; they were necessity, the breathing room ideas need to mature."

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"We've heard it before: new formats, more discoverability, growth. But what gets discovered when a platform devalues depth? What grows when creators are nudged to repackage their ideas into 30-second loops? It's the same noise. Over, and over again." One more platform shooting itself in the foot...🥲

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Just throwing this out for you slow-heads: Found a new channel for slowing down and taking the time to think about how we can reframe the disconnected discourse happening in this modern world and go a little deeper with the way we look at the topics in front of us! Seems like a good opportunity for cross-pollination of like-minded communities!

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No better place to put this than the Slow Core HQ! Moving slow, disconnecting from tech, and valuing real experiences is exactly what makes life worth living!

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