Some parts of this article deal with misogyny, sexism, and harassment, while other aspects of it respond to experiences of down-right douche-baggery.

It doesn’t apply to all of you, but a number of you engage in it and many of you are bystanders.

I know a lot the community doesn’t want to talk about this stuff. I know I didn’t personally try to build a bridge between wannabe-crypto-users and hackers so I could deal with shitful sexism, misogyny and down-right crappy behavior.

I know most people would rather just delete a sexist webpage or image, apologize for the offensive comment, or shitty behavior and move on. Again.

But things aren’t changing for the better. And pasting anti-harassment rules on conference wikis doesn’t seem to be making a dent in obviously unacceptable behavior of some arseholes.

Yes, of course, there are arseholes in all communities. But some communities make sexists, misogynists, harassers and general arseholes truly unwelcome.

Unfortunately, the hacker community seems to flounder at making progress in the area of human relations.

“We’re trying!”

Yeah, I hear you, but it’s not good enough. Not good enough by far.  (more…)

Surging through technomadic wormholes, we are strange attractors: signals above the noise.

Clusters of so-called “digital terrorists” moving in ever-shifting nodes, flowing through a ciphernetic amniotic fluid of siphonoric connection, immersed in endless 3 a.m. memetic activity of data love and conspiratorial lulz.

Patterning keyboard drumbeats of digital insurrection through the radical theatrics of free thought, communication, and electronic battle calls to freedom – a spark of resistance encoded as softly whispered promises in every click.

The insurrection is infinitely imminent. (more…)