Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed
Interesting, I didn't know it started with a fruit vendor and a police officer. Maybe it was just the spark which ignited a fire that was waiting to burn? The straw that broke the camel's back (in German we say: 'der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt'). -J. Sent from Android Paul Paryski wrote: The Occupy movement is actually about emergence and complexity. The Arab Spring began with an incident between a woman police officer and a fruit vendor in Tunis. FYI below a bit of what this movement is about cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: mile16 To: PPARYSKI Sent: Sun, Oct 16, 2011 5:03 am Subject: Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed -Original Message- From: mile16 To: kris.moore ; scottmoore44 ; sasha_moore24 ; sarimamh ; VOYE123 Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 5:03 am Subject: Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed This is an interview with the creators of the initial blog that started OccupyWallStreet. -Original Message- From: Portside Moderator To: PORTSIDE Sent: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:40 pm Subject: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed [To see the gallery of '99 percent' photos, go to http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/ -- moderator] 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed By Adam Weinstein | Oct. 7, 2011 3:00 AM PDT http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/we-are-the-99-percent-creators EXCLUSIVE: MoJo interviews the two activists behind Occupy Wall Street's poignant Tumblr sensation.[1] It began as a simple little idea, just another blog among millions. The Occupy Wall Street protest was scheduled to begin on September 17, and launching We Are the 99 Percent [2] on Tumblr seemed like a good way to promote it. Its creator had no clue that it would go viral and become a touchstone for a protest movement soon to spread nationwide. [3] This week, Mother Jones tracked down and spoke with the two activists behind the 99 Percent sensation, whose identities have remained unknown until now. The blog is the creation of a tenacious 28-year-old New York activist named Chris. (He asked that his last name not be published because he works full time for a small media outlet.) Chris has also been busy managing logistics, including food drives, for Occupy Wall Street in Lower Manhattan-so about two weeks ago, he started sharing the blog's increasingly demanding curation duties with a friend in the cause, Brooklyn-based nonprofit worker and independent media maven Priscilla Grim. On August 23, Chris put the idea in motion: "Get a bunch of people to submit their pictures with a hand-written sign explaining how these harsh financial times have been affecting them, have them identify themselves as the '99 percent', and then write 'occupywallst.org' at the end." On September 8, the first day he started publishing submissions, there were five posts. Less than a month later, the blog was posting nearly 100 pieces a day: from the 61-year-old [5] who lost her job and moved in with her kids, to the husband of a college professor [6] on WIC and Medicaid to support an infant daughter, to the fiftysomething couple [7] living on tossed-out KFC, to a bevy of youths pummeled by student debt and too poor to visit a dentist. "I submitted one of the first photos on the site, and I chose to obscure my face because I did not want to be recognized," co-editor Grim told MoJo when we caught up with her and Chris for interviews on Wednesday. "I saw it as a way to anonymize myself: I am only one of many." Many of the submissions posted are poignant and heartbreaking. They have freaked [8] out [9] some conservatives, but they have also galvanized [10] progressives, lit a fire under Occupy Wall Street, and attracted contributors from many walks of life. And there is a powerful undercurrent that's anything but gloom and doom. "Despite the economic hardships many in the 99 percent are experiencing," Chris says, "it's an empowering message, letting people know that they are not alone." Mother Jones: What is your background, and your role in the Occupy movement? Chris: I am 28 years old, college educated, full-time job, part-time freelance job, and I volunteer to feed the hungry and needy every Sunday. I live in New York City. I wear a tie to work, unless it's Friday. I am an anarchist, though my belief is that anarchism should be more about building things up than tearing things down. I am a dedicated pacifist. I drink too much coffee. My favorite band is Sleater Kinney, and I think their best album is Dig Me Out, followed closely by One Beat. I've read Infinite Jest twice, and I'm fully aware of how pretentious that makes me sound, and I'm really, really sorry. Priscilla Grim: I worked for nonprofits for 10 years, have studied online media in school, and I am currently in grad school studying information science. I helped to organize online actions pre-MoveOn. I love serving people and improving the world, firstly for my kid and secondly for the rest
[FRIAM] Human Farming - Society cannot be rationally understood until it is seen for what it is -- a series of farms where human farmers own and benefit from human livestock...: Rich Murray 2011.10.16
Human Farming - Society cannot be rationally understood until it is seen for what it is -- a series of farms where human farmers own and benefit from human livestock...: Rich Murray 2011.10.16 http://groups.google.com/group/sci.environment/msg/28d9524854e6812d?hl=en&; Message from discussion: Human Farming - Society cannot be rationally understood until it is seen for what it is -- a series of farms where human farmers own and benefit from human livestock... Immortalist View profile http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?hl=en&enc_user=2xKIgxkAAAD0W_q18KXgJLycCLsiajrI-tpoT5PwLSR6UIHNBXIAZQ More options Oct 11, 9:23 am Human Farming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkdur94d5Z8 7:44 minutes FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
[FRIAM] Miss Representation movie trailer, Thursday 7 PM MST Oprah Winfrey Network: Rich Murray 2011.10.16
Miss Representation movie trailer, Thursday 7 PM MST Oprah Winfrey Network: Rich Murray 2011.10.16 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2349117563337 FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed
And the fruit vendor had an overripe peach, which had a fruit fly on it, which became startled, and flapped it's wings. Emergent, baby... On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Paul Paryski wrote: > The Occupy movement is actually about emergence and complexity. The Arab > Spring began with an incident between a woman police officer and a fruit > vendor in Tunis. > > FYI below a bit of what this movement is about > > cheers, Paul > > > -Original Message- > From: mile16 > To: PPARYSKI > Sent: Sun, Oct 16, 2011 5:03 am > Subject: Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed > > > > > -Original Message- > From: mile16 > To: kris.moore ; scottmoore44 < > scottmoor...@verizon.net>; sasha_moore24 ; > sarimamh ; VOYE123 > Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 5:03 am > Subject: Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed > > This is an interview with the creators of the initial blog that started > OccupyWallStreet. > > > -Original Message- > From: Portside Moderator > To: PORTSIDE > Sent: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:40 pm > Subject: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed > > [To see the gallery of '99 percent' photos, go > tohttp://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/ -- moderator] > > 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed > > By Adam Weinstein | > Oct. 7, 2011 3:00 AM > PDThttp://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/we-are-the-99-percent-creators > > EXCLUSIVE: MoJo interviews the two activists behind Occupy Wall Street's > poignant Tumblr sensation.[1] > > It began as a simple little idea, just another blog > among millions. The Occupy Wall Street protest was > scheduled to begin on September 17, and launching We Are > the 99 Percent [2] on Tumblr seemed like a good way to > promote it. Its creator had no clue that it would go > viral and become a touchstone for a protest movement > soon to spread nationwide. [3] > > This week, Mother Jones tracked down and spoke with the > two activists behind the 99 Percent sensation, whose > identities have remained unknown until now. The blog is > the creation of a tenacious 28-year-old New York > activist named Chris. (He asked that his last name not > be published because he works full time for a small > media outlet.) Chris has also been busy managing > logistics, including food drives, for Occupy Wall Street > in Lower Manhattan-so about two weeks ago, he started > sharing the blog's increasingly demanding curation > duties with a friend in the cause, Brooklyn-based > nonprofit worker and independent media maven Priscilla > Grim. > > On August 23, Chris put the idea in motion: "Get a bunch > of people to submit their pictures with a hand-written > sign explaining how these harsh financial times have > been affecting them, have them identify themselves as > the '99 percent', and then write 'occupywallst.org' at > the end." > > On September 8, the first day he started publishing > submissions, there were five posts. Less than a month > later, the blog was posting nearly 100 pieces a day: > from the 61-year-old [5] who lost her job and moved in > with her kids, to the husband of a college professor [6] > on WIC and Medicaid to support an infant daughter, to > the fiftysomething couple [7] living on tossed-out KFC, > to a bevy of youths pummeled by student debt and too > poor to visit a dentist. > > "I submitted one of the first photos on the site, and I > chose to obscure my face because I did not want to be > recognized," co-editor Grim told MoJo when we caught up > with her and Chris for interviews on Wednesday. "I saw > it as a way to anonymize myself: I am only one of many." > > Many of the submissions posted are poignant and > heartbreaking. They have freaked [8] out [9] some > conservatives, but they have also galvanized [10] > progressives, lit a fire under Occupy Wall Street, and > attracted contributors from many walks of life. And > there is a powerful undercurrent that's anything but > gloom and doom. "Despite the economic hardships many in > the 99 percent are experiencing," Chris says, "it's an > empowering message, letting people know that they are > not alone." > > Mother Jones: What is your background, and your role in > the Occupy movement? > > Chris: I am 28 years old, college educated, full-time > job, part-time freelance job, and I volunteer to feed > the hungry and needy every Sunday. I live in New York > City. I wear a tie to work, unless it's Friday. I am an > anarchist, though my belief is that anarchism should be > more about building things up than tearing things down. > I am a dedicated pacifist. I drink too much coffee. My > favorite band is Sleater Kinney, and I think their best > album is Dig Me Out, followed closely by One Beat. I've > read Infinite Jest twice, and I'm fully aware of how > pretentious that makes me sound, and I'm really, really > sorry. > > Priscilla Grim: I worked for nonprofits for 10 years, > have studied online media in school, and I am currently > in grad school studying information science. I helped to
[FRIAM] Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed
The Occupy movement is actually about emergence and complexity. The Arab Spring began with an incident between a woman police officer and a fruit vendor in Tunis. FYI below a bit of what this movement is about cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: mile16 To: PPARYSKI Sent: Sun, Oct 16, 2011 5:03 am Subject: Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed -Original Message- From: mile16 To: kris.moore ; scottmoore44 ; sasha_moore24 ; sarimamh ; VOYE123 Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 5:03 am Subject: Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed This is an interview with the creators of the initial blog that started OccupyWallStreet. -Original Message- From: Portside Moderator To: PORTSIDE Sent: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:40 pm Subject: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed [To see the gallery of '99 percent' photos, go to http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/ -- moderator] 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed By Adam Weinstein | Oct. 7, 2011 3:00 AM PDT http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/we-are-the-99-percent-creators EXCLUSIVE: MoJo interviews the two activists behind Occupy Wall Street's poignant Tumblr sensation.[1] It began as a simple little idea, just another blog among millions. The Occupy Wall Street protest was scheduled to begin on September 17, and launching We Are the 99 Percent [2] on Tumblr seemed like a good way to promote it. Its creator had no clue that it would go viral and become a touchstone for a protest movement soon to spread nationwide. [3] This week, Mother Jones tracked down and spoke with the two activists behind the 99 Percent sensation, whose identities have remained unknown until now. The blog is the creation of a tenacious 28-year-old New York activist named Chris. (He asked that his last name not be published because he works full time for a small media outlet.) Chris has also been busy managing logistics, including food drives, for Occupy Wall Street in Lower Manhattan-so about two weeks ago, he started sharing the blog's increasingly demanding curation duties with a friend in the cause, Brooklyn-based nonprofit worker and independent media maven Priscilla Grim. On August 23, Chris put the idea in motion: "Get a bunch of people to submit their pictures with a hand-written sign explaining how these harsh financial times have been affecting them, have them identify themselves as the '99 percent', and then write 'occupywallst.org' at the end." On September 8, the first day he started publishing submissions, there were five posts. Less than a month later, the blog was posting nearly 100 pieces a day: from the 61-year-old [5] who lost her job and moved in with her kids, to the husband of a college professor [6] on WIC and Medicaid to support an infant daughter, to the fiftysomething couple [7] living on tossed-out KFC, to a bevy of youths pummeled by student debt and too poor to visit a dentist. "I submitted one of the first photos on the site, and I chose to obscure my face because I did not want to be recognized," co-editor Grim told MoJo when we caught up with her and Chris for interviews on Wednesday. "I saw it as a way to anonymize myself: I am only one of many." Many of the submissions posted are poignant and heartbreaking. They have freaked [8] out [9] some conservatives, but they have also galvanized [10] progressives, lit a fire under Occupy Wall Street, and attracted contributors from many walks of life. And there is a powerful undercurrent that's anything but gloom and doom. "Despite the economic hardships many in the 99 percent are experiencing," Chris says, "it's an empowering message, letting people know that they are not alone." Mother Jones: What is your background, and your role in the Occupy movement? Chris: I am 28 years old, college educated, full-time job, part-time freelance job, and I volunteer to feed the hungry and needy every Sunday. I live in New York City. I wear a tie to work, unless it's Friday. I am an anarchist, though my belief is that anarchism should be more about building things up than tearing things down. I am a dedicated pacifist. I drink too much coffee. My favorite band is Sleater Kinney, and I think their best album is Dig Me Out, followed closely by One Beat. I've read Infinite Jest twice, and I'm fully aware of how pretentious that makes me sound, and I'm really, really sorry. Priscilla Grim: I worked for nonprofits for 10 years, have studied online media in school, and I am currently in grad school studying information science. I helped to organize online actions pre-MoveOn. I love serving people and improving the world, firstly for my kid and secondly for the rest of us. I worked in a lot of different realms [11] and know how to build organizations and make them sustainable, if I am working with like-minded, determined individuals. MJ: What is the origin of the 99 Percent idea, and how did you decide to present it on the Tumblr blog, using submissions? C
[FRIAM] Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed
The Occupy movement is actually about emergence and complexity. The Arab Spring began with an incident between a woman police officer and a fruit vendor in Tunis. FYI below a bit of what this movement is about cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: mile16 To: PPARYSKI Sent: Sun, Oct 16, 2011 5:03 am Subject: Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed -Original Message- From: mile16 To: kris.moore ; scottmoore44 ; sasha_moore24 ; sarimamh ; VOYE123 Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 5:03 am Subject: Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed This is an interview with the creators of the initial blog that started OccupyWallStreet. -Original Message- From: Portside Moderator To: PORTSIDE Sent: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:40 pm Subject: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed [To see the gallery of '99 percent' photos, go to http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/ -- moderator] 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed By Adam Weinstein | Oct. 7, 2011 3:00 AM PDT http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/we-are-the-99-percent-creators EXCLUSIVE: MoJo interviews the two activists behind Occupy Wall Street's poignant Tumblr sensation.[1] It began as a simple little idea, just another blog among millions. The Occupy Wall Street protest was scheduled to begin on September 17, and launching We Are the 99 Percent [2] on Tumblr seemed like a good way to promote it. Its creator had no clue that it would go viral and become a touchstone for a protest movement soon to spread nationwide. [3] This week, Mother Jones tracked down and spoke with the two activists behind the 99 Percent sensation, whose identities have remained unknown until now. The blog is the creation of a tenacious 28-year-old New York activist named Chris. (He asked that his last name not be published because he works full time for a small media outlet.) Chris has also been busy managing logistics, including food drives, for Occupy Wall Street in Lower Manhattan-so about two weeks ago, he started sharing the blog's increasingly demanding curation duties with a friend in the cause, Brooklyn-based nonprofit worker and independent media maven Priscilla Grim. On August 23, Chris put the idea in motion: "Get a bunch of people to submit their pictures with a hand-written sign explaining how these harsh financial times have been affecting them, have them identify themselves as the '99 percent', and then write 'occupywallst.org' at the end." On September 8, the first day he started publishing submissions, there were five posts. Less than a month later, the blog was posting nearly 100 pieces a day: from the 61-year-old [5] who lost her job and moved in with her kids, to the husband of a college professor [6] on WIC and Medicaid to support an infant daughter, to the fiftysomething couple [7] living on tossed-out KFC, to a bevy of youths pummeled by student debt and too poor to visit a dentist. "I submitted one of the first photos on the site, and I chose to obscure my face because I did not want to be recognized," co-editor Grim told MoJo when we caught up with her and Chris for interviews on Wednesday. "I saw it as a way to anonymize myself: I am only one of many." Many of the submissions posted are poignant and heartbreaking. They have freaked [8] out [9] some conservatives, but they have also galvanized [10] progressives, lit a fire under Occupy Wall Street, and attracted contributors from many walks of life. And there is a powerful undercurrent that's anything but gloom and doom. "Despite the economic hardships many in the 99 percent are experiencing," Chris says, "it's an empowering message, letting people know that they are not alone." Mother Jones: What is your background, and your role in the Occupy movement? Chris: I am 28 years old, college educated, full-time job, part-time freelance job, and I volunteer to feed the hungry and needy every Sunday. I live in New York City. I wear a tie to work, unless it's Friday. I am an anarchist, though my belief is that anarchism should be more about building things up than tearing things down. I am a dedicated pacifist. I drink too much coffee. My favorite band is Sleater Kinney, and I think their best album is Dig Me Out, followed closely by One Beat. I've read Infinite Jest twice, and I'm fully aware of how pretentious that makes me sound, and I'm really, really sorry. Priscilla Grim: I worked for nonprofits for 10 years, have studied online media in school, and I am currently in grad school studying information science. I helped to organize online actions pre-MoveOn. I love serving people and improving the world, firstly for my kid and secondly for the rest of us. I worked in a lot of different realms [11] and know how to build organizations and make them sustainable, if I am working with like-minded, determined individuals. MJ: What is the origin of the 99 Percent idea, and how did you decide to present it on the Tumblr blog, using submissions? C
Re: [FRIAM] 99%, occupyWallStreet, Santa Fe, etc.
Personally I think a open diolague about a broken system at all levels is a Good Thing. It's even better though when people start proposing solutions. Kim Sorvig noted that the US economy is basicly run by gambling-ie investments in Wall Street. I don't have enough game theory or economics to show why that's a bad thing. I can show that as far back as Wall Street has existed it's become a increesingly bad design though. Speeking of "the man"- with T-Mobile US future somewhat in doubt i've been doing some diging and came across something interesting: http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/ offers for 45USD a plan that includes unlimited data- the downside is that in newmexico they don't offer droid phones (yet). As much as I like the idea of going to verizon- how do they get off on charging 50USD for a REQUIRED unlimited Data package-unless you go through the webstore and get 4g data as a addon package? I point this out because IF my friends start up gets off the ground she wants me on bord in some copacity-but that'd meen moving back the bay. I can't justify paying 95 dollars for cellphone service just because i'd need directions. The other interesting one is: http://www.earthtones.com/ they claim that if a phone isn't offered you can get ahold of them and try to make arangements. Plus they have midling coverage. Here's another interesting question: Why does CDMA from verizon have bad ass coverage compared to T-Mobile that's spoty at best where you need it? (like roads or hotels.) On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Nicholas Thompson > wrote: >> >> Dear Local Friammers, >> >> >> >> > > Thank you for the report, interesting. > >> >> I stipulate that this is not the place for a political discussion and that >> many of you would probably disagree with me vehemently on many matters, so I >> will leave it at that. As soon as there is a local distribution list or >> equivalent, there will be no need to discuss such matters in this forum, for >> which, I assume, many of you will be grateful. > > WTF? Why *not* talk about things of this nature here? We've often done so > in the past. > >> >> Back to the discussion of cellphone apps. > > Ah, now your talking! But usually not about apps as far as I recall, more > about core tech and being fucked over by The Man. CDMA, GSM, 2G, 3G and > more, but appps? Not much but to congratulate Tyler on his success. > >> >> Nick > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Re: [FRIAM] 99%, occupyWallStreet, Santa Fe, etc.
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Nicholas Thompson < nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Dear Local Friammers, > > ** ** > > > Thank you for the report, interesting. > I stipulate that this is not the place for a political discussion and that > many of you would probably disagree with me vehemently on many matters, so I > will leave it at that. As soon as there is a local distribution list or > equivalent, there will be no need to discuss such matters in this forum, for > which, I assume, many of you will be grateful. > WTF? Why *not* talk about things of this nature here? We've often done so in the past. > Back to the discussion of cellphone apps. > Ah, now your talking! But usually not about apps as far as I recall, more about core tech and being fucked over by The Man. CDMA, GSM, 2G, 3G and more, but appps? Not much but to congratulate Tyler on his success. > Nick > > ** > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
