March 10th, 2021 IRC Meeting

Decisions/Endorsements

Revise Platform

Leader: jokeefe

What to write next?

Projects

Outreach

Leader: Malt

• Community Organizing Discussion, Sat., 3/13/2021, 1-3pm
• Setup local video meetups by region with people who said they were interested in organizing a local chapter
• Organize candidate trainings

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

• Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

Boston Pride Festival

Leader: jokeefe

While in-person events, including outdoor events, are on hold until COVID-19 numbers go down, we should plan for our table at the Boston Pride Festival.

Tasks:

• setup signup sheet
• Announce
• Need to purchase insurance
• Need volunteer sign up form
• Tie to an activity, mapping the CCTV cameras in Boston or along the Pride parade route?

Other To Do

• Application to PPI

Upcoming On-line Events

• Sat., 3/13/2021, 1-3pm, Community Organizing Discussion, on-line
• Every Tuesday, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, on-line
• Sat., 3/20/2021, 1-3pm, Tech Meetup, on-line

Participants

Observers

• ChanServ
• davidd
• hvxgr
• Deffy
• mikey
• Mikaela
• slerman

Minutes

 


jokeefe - Agenda: https://masspirates.org/wiki/March_10th,_2021_IRC_Meeting
malt2 - sam capradae, worcester
jokeefe - James O'Keefe, Somerville
anything to change?
malt2 - nyet
jokeefe - Platform
Both new items are up:
https://masspirates.org/blog/ourissues/healthcare-is-a-human-right/
malt2 - Oh cool!
jokeefe - https://masspirates.org/blog/ourissues/education-for-all/
malt2 - did you have a preference for which platform to pick next?
jokeefe - also on the wiki with links to when we adopted them
malt2 - Tech seems like an obvious one
jokeefe - What specifically in tech?
malt2 - we can start with surveillance
worcester just passed funding for shotspotter connect
jokeefe - saw. money down the drain.
want to write a statement on it?
malt2
-_-
i think i do!
i'm real sore
jokeefe - Dutch Pirates have a comic as part of their platform: https://twitter.com/Piratenpartij/status/1362758709726883842/photo/1
malt2 - honestly that's brilliant
i definitely know artists if you wanted to commission something similar
jokeefe - some socialist party designed their platform like an ikea catalog. I think it was Unidas Podemos
but I cannot find it
malt2 - that's clever
jokeefe - Write what you feel is appropriate on the shot spotter and we can post it.
malt2 - we could do like an old seafaring scroll
ok, on it
jokeefe - https://qz.com/702800/spains-podemos-leftist-party-printed-its-program-as-an-ikea-catalog-so-voters-will-actually-read-it/
https://e00-elmundo.uecdn.es/documentos/2016/06/08/programa_electoral_podemos.pdf
malt2 - hahahaaaa that's real clever
tiktok videos maybe
or we could do memes
jokeefe - yeah, that too
malt2 - like shitposty political memes
jokeefe - https://masspirates.org/blog/2020/03/08/today-record-a-10th-anniv-video-for-the-dutch-pirates/
malt2 - i've followed some on twitter and i still refuse to believe dutch is a real language
jokeefe - No google translate for Icelandic last I checked
This got me thinking: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/style/creators-selling-selves.html
malt2 - there is, i used it on some ancient exorcism poems
oh that newnew thing? uuuuggghhhh
jokeefe - so there is
(Icelandic translation)
malt2 - god imagine being 15 with 3.3 million followers
jokeefe - “... a start-up ... describes its product as creating a “human stock market.” On the app, fans pay to vote in polls to control some of a creator’s day-to-day decisions.”
malt2 - how does that EVEN happen. what is a 15 year old doing????
jokeefe - "Destroy the attention economy so everyone's creativity can flourish!"
malt2 - nfts are scaaaaams
jokeefe - I liked this tweet: "Wow, I feel like an old fogey after reading this article. I can’t fathom having my daily actions dictated by votes from strangers. Why can’t we get any of the cool futuristic toys like jet packs and food replicators instead of this creepy Dark Mirroresque social monetization?"
malt2 - it's all just so grimy
and like, penny-chasing
jokeefe - "Fuck the attention economy! Where's our jet packs!"
While mediocre "artists" rip off others and get hundreds of thousands of dollars because they are popular.
malt2 - oh it's a total shitshow economy
the first mover advantage is the only thing that mattered in NFT circles
jokeefe - yeah
malt2 - and they are ALREADY abusing the systems to cut out the artist revenue promise
100% people trying to make another tulip mania they can be on the first wave of
jokeefe - how are they cutting out the artists. outsource the art work and keep the cash?
malt2 - well, plenty of the NFTs are straight up stolen
even legit NFTs, the payment can be made off-platform then transferred for 0 eth
so no percentage goes to the artist
there's multiple services that now auto-mint NFTs if you tag a twitter bot in the replies of a tweet
jokeefe - got any links?
I need to read up
malt2 - i had honestly thought about trying to get in on this but seeing how gross it is has convinced me that holding off was the right decision
it's all on twitter, i'll retweet the stuff from the pirate party account
jokeefe - thanks
malt2 - so that was fun to deal with
jokeefe - So you were thinking of updating:
Defending Your Privacy

Whether it was the PATRIOT ACT, illegal NSA wiretapping or local surveillance cameras, our government has used 9/11 to increase its surveillance and control over us.  Corporations have increased their spying on employees in order to get more work out of them.  The arguments for each step on the road to a surveillance 
state may sound convincing, but that road leads to less control by people and more by government and corporate elites. Terrorists may attack the open society, but only governments can abolish it. The Pirate Party will prevent that from happening.
malt2 - wow, that actually sounds decent as is
I'd even add in a line after "corporations" about the invasive tools schools use.
jokeefe - There is more we can add to it.  Calling out if corps. collect it, then govt. will get it.
definitely
malt2 - "schools surveil students in their homes through hardware enabled cameras they can't ever turn off"
it ties into the big data industry also
the tools don't work because the point isn't the tools, it's the data they generate
jokeefe - https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/DefendingYourPrivacy
malt2 - did you hear about that trans hacker collective taking down the surveillance company?
jokeefe - Looking back, I like the platform as old seafaring scroll
did not
link?
malt2 - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/hackers-access-security-cameras-inside-cloudflare-jails-and-hospitals/
jokeefe - Yes, I heard about the video camera hack, but didn't get the details. Thanks
malt2 - the person has been posting selfies to twitter
but also like, photos from inside jails? i'm reeeeaaallly curious to see how the state reacts.
jokeefe - oh yeah.
all the cameras are on the internet, so it follows they will be hacked.
malt2 - you'd think! they would know that! by now!
but they sell convenience, not tech
the tech to do secure cameras is out there
jokeefe - lowest bidder
malt2 - but it's not stylish or buzzworthy
that's all they ever sell
jokeefe - aye
Let's work on https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/DefendingYourPrivacy and aim to finish it up next meeting.
malt2 - OK!
jokeefe - We are set for the organizing meeting on Saturday
malt2 - I will do my best to get folks to that
jokeefe - Email went out. Blog post is up.
trying to spread the word.
thanks, malt2
Sunday still good for recording?
malt2 - sure hope so! real tired of surprises
OH FRICK RIGHT
I'm in facebook jail for like 2 days still
jokeefe - sorry to hear that.
malt2 - yeah i'm dumb as hell
i got heated dissing on pastafarians
anyho, that's all i got
jokeefe - me too. See you Sat/Sun. Will post notes.
Thanks and have a great night
malt2 - you too!