🎉🔬 More news this weekend. @npub1qu6e...8h2h (eLife's preprint evaluation platform) has secured funding from @npub1n8y6...l96n to build a Bonfire flavour for federating preprint reviews and discussions. This means federated, community-governed spaces for open discourse around scientific preprints outside traditional publishing gatekeepers. Read the full announcement:

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Sciety secures funding from NLNet Foundation to help build discourse around preprints

At Sciety we're pioneering a new layer of open scholarly communication, one that captures informal conversations around preprints and makes them di...

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As we approach the release of Bonfire 1.0, this isn’t your typical launch announcement. Instead, it’s a moment to reflect on how we’ve built Bonfire, a roadmap of values, methods, and intentions – and an invitation to define what comes next. In a world of “move fast and break things,” we’ve chosen a different tempo — one rooted in care, deep listening, and collective stewardship... 📣 Read our latest blog post: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/slow_software_for_a_burning_world/

Next stop: Brussels! 🌍 The Complex Anarchism Symposium will gather scientists, artists, activists & dreamers for a 5-day deep dive on organizing without hierarchy and embracing complexity. A Bonfire instance will serve as digital commons — a self-organized space for discussion, coordination, proposals & reflection. Excited for this collective experiment and to see what emerges. 🌱 🔗 Join remotely or in Brussels (May 19–23):

Complex Anarchism Symposium, 19-23 May 2025 in Brussels

With the upcoming Complex Anarchism symposium, we will be exploring the intersection between anarchism and complexity science. Anarchy, despite its...

💸 Support the event: https://www.gofundme.com/f/anarchism-and-complexity-science-community-kickstart

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! 🌍 Discover how Bonfire and federated social networks can empower the #ThirdSector to navigate the post-capitalism era: a revolution for self-governance and online collaboration 🔗

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👀 We were selected for a contest of 99 projects contributing to the "Commons Economy" of tomorrow. You can support us by voting Bonfire and give it more chances to be selected for the next iteration, that means free visibility and global reach. Here's the link: https://www.commonseconomy.org/it2-selection-voting 🙏

Kudos to @npub1z4kw...g27u @npub1dadl...y568 @npub1vag7...mjkp and all the wonderful people involved in pushing the Harris campaign and crowdfunding across the fedi, despite the result this is the approach we need to cultivate for the years to come. Use the fediverse to organize, care, protect and grow the commons. Make alliances, experiment, build cooperatives, transform how we work and connect and have fun. Explore the art of living in a damaged planet. We the network.