🔗The Historical Roots of Political Fault-lines in the U.S.A.

Tripped over this last night. It’s from a couple of years ago (but really the whole point of the piece is that differences are deeply rooted - and thus relatively timeless). An interesting piece even of itself., even more so if you read it and draw parallels with other parts of the world.

The boundaries on the map drawn are ‘cultural boundaries’, reflecting what people feel and how they relate to each other in the U.S.A.
Now think about a couple of ideas, (say) …

• The U.S.A. as the Middle East

• State lines equivalent to country borders

The difference is that moving between states in the U.S.A. is a whole lot simpler than between countries in the Middle East.

🔗 Michael Tsai on Choosing and Switching Mastodon Instances

Turns out it might not be that simple - and, given the author, this particular bear has put any thoughts about this on the back burner - and switched off the gas!

🚧 🔗 Streams of Consciousness · Matthias Ott – User Experience Designer via ‘Om’.

More on this, in the comments, soon, like I often do.

🔗 Jimmy Carter, 98, opts for hospice care after string of hospital visits

Sad, but it comes to us all.

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🔗 Webrings

Thank you @bradenslen

Should we declare ourselves a networked state? A Balaji Srinivasan concept.

A Substack with bundles of links : 🔗 Digital Countries are the Next New Thing

Who’s already started : 🔗 The Network State Dashboard

The Book : 🔗The Networked State Book (free and downloadable)