Micah Sifry: Opening the DNC’s Black Box. Three weeks from now (Feb01), the Democratic National Committee will convene in National Harbor, Maryland, to elect a new party chair and other national officers. For Democrats reeling from the defeat of Kamala Harris, this will be their first opportunity to anoint a fresh face for the national party to replace Jaime Harrison, who is stepping down. (more)

Cory Doctorow: Occupy the Democratic National Committee/DNC. Back in 2017, the Democratic National Committee's lawyers submitted a legal brief that didn't just say the quiet part out loud; they bellowed it: "[The DNC can] go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the [presidential] candidate that way": (more)

Jaime R. Harrison (/ˈdʒeɪmi/ JAY-mee; born February 5, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician who is the chair of the Democratic National Committee. He was chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party from 2013 to 2017. Harrison ran against Senator Lindsey Graham in the 2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina, he was defeated by ten points. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Harrison

Thomas Edward Perez (born October 7, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the senior advisor to the president of the United States and the director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs from 2023 to 2025. Perez previously served as the United States Secretary of Labor (2013–2017), the chair of the Democratic National Committee (2017–2021), and United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (2009–2013). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Perez

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal executive leadership board of the United States Democratic Party. According to the party charter, it has "general responsibility for the affairs of the Democratic Party between National Conventions",[1] and particularly coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local, state, and national office, as well as works to establish a "party brand" and to formulate the party platform.[2] While it provides support for party candidates, it does not have direct authority over elected officials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee (more)

The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an errant apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.[8] The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (guitar, vocals), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals). Ricky Wilson died of AIDS-related illness in 1985,[9] and Strickland permanently switched from drums to lead guitar. The band has also added various members for albums and live performances. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-52s

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (/ˈrɒbɪnɪt ˈbaɪdən/ ⓘ ROB-in-it BY-dən; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under US President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden (more)

The Society of the Spectacle (French: La société du spectacle) is a 1967 work of philosophy and Marxist critical theory by Guy Debord where he develops and presents the concept of the Spectacle. The book is considered a seminal text for the Situationist movement. Debord published a follow-up book Comments on the Society of the Spectacle in 1988. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle

Guy-Ernest Debord (/dəˈbɔːr/; French: [gi dəbɔʁ]; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International.[1][2] He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie. Debord is best known for his 1967 essay The Society of the Spectacle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Debord

The wedding is the latest in a chain of BART (Mass Transit) interventions thrown by a loosely organized group of East Bay artists and activists united under the tongue-in-cheek moniker of the Passenger Liberation Front. The happenings belong to the same art-as-activism family as ReclaimTheStreets, which stops traffic for street parties, or the Situationists, a group of 1960s artists and activists who sought to alter people's perceptions of the modern city. The NycClubKids, who held dance parties in subways and fast-food chains in the late 1980s, may also have inspired a prior Passenger Liberation Front event, an '80s dance party held in March. Reminds me of 2004-09-03-ThackaraStreetPerformance.

The Situationist International (SI) was an international organization of social activists made up of avant-garde artists, intellectuals, and political theorists, prominent in Europe from its formation in 1957 to its dissolution in 1972.[1] The intellectual foundations of the Situationist International were derived primarily from anti-authoritarian Marxism and the avant-garde art movements of the early 20th century, particularly DaDa and Surrealism.[1] Overall, situationist theory represented an attempt to synthesize this diverse field of theoretical disciplines into a modern and comprehensive critique of mid-20th century advanced Capitalism. Essential to situationist theory was the concept of the Spectacle, a unified critique of advanced capitalism of which a primary concern was the progressively increasing tendency towards the expression and mediation of social relations through objects.[1] The situationists believed that the shift from individual expression through directly lived experiences, or the first-hand fulfillment of authentic desires, to individual expression by proxy through the exchange or consumption of commodities, or passive second-hand alienation, inflicted significant and far-reaching damage to the quality of human life for both individuals and society.[1] Another important concept of situationist theory was the primary means of counteracting the spectacle; the construction of situations, moments of life deliberately constructed for the purpose of reawakening and pursuing authentic desires, experiencing the feeling of life and adventure, and the liberation of everyday life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situationist_International (more)

Free tool/course from Cedric Chin for XmR charts. https://xmrit.com/ (more)

Chaos Magick had its inception in the late 1970s when Pete Carroll began to meld together elements of Golden Dawn ceremonial magick, Thelema, Taoism and Tibetan Buddhism in his articles for the magickal journal, The New Equinox. The inspiration for this synthesis was the work of the obscure, early twentieth-century artist and sorcerer Austin Osman Spare. Spare had developed what he called the technique of SentientLetters. Pete Carroll reformed the technique, and the sentient letters were recast as 'sigils'; they became the basis of a system which aimed to generate results through the application of undogmatic magickal technique. http://www.barbelith.com/cgi-bin/articles/00000004.shtml (more)

A sigil (/ˈsɪdʒɪl/[1]) is a type of symbol used in magic. The term has usually referred to a type of pictorial signature of a deity or spirit. In modern usage, especially in the context of chaos magick, sigil refers to a symbolic representation of the practitioner's desired outcome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil - see Chaos Magick page for more (more)

business strategy book by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne (more)

Donna Lease Brazile[1] (/brəˈzɪl/ brə-ZIL; born December 15, 1959)[2] is an American political strategist, campaign manager, and political analyst who served twice as acting Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). She is currently an ABC News contributor, and was previously a Fox News contributor until her resignation in May 2021.[3] Brazile was also previously a CNN contributor, but resigned in October 2016, after WikiLeaks revealed that she shared two debate questions with Hillary Clinton's campaign during the 2016 United States presidential election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Brazile

book about data/metadata by William Kent - ISBN:1935504215 (more)

‘Bezzle’ was coined by JK Galbraith to describe the blissful and often long moment when an embezzlement has occurred but before it’s been discovered. The embezzler has his money. The victim still thinks he has his. It’s the gravity-defying interval when Wile E. Coyote is running on air and hasn’t begun to fall. Adopted by Cory Doctorow for a fiction book title. cf Con-Game (more)

(aka Grey Tribe) alternative to Red vs Blue - post-rat? liberaltarian?

Putting you in the Gray Tribe