“All we have are the connections that we make”
Xavier Damman
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Dad. Entrepreneur (@opencollective, @commonshub, Citizen Wallet, Storify). Citizen (Citizen Garden, Citizen Corner, Citizen Spring).
The digital warfare happening on X is incredible.
Mass manipulation happening in front of our very eyes.
Facts don’t matter anymore. It’s all about perception and rallying the pleb to your side.


Is anyone building a nostr based discord?
Gm Brussels


🗓️ 534 days without a government.


Do We Have a Government Yet .brussels
No.

Who thought it was a good idea to reveal the password when hovering to copy it to the clipboard?
This was fixed in macOS 26 and somehow reintroduced in 26.1
What's the rationale?
Super dangerous.


Institutions won’t be able to pay your pension.
Make peace with it.
Build community. That’s the only thing that will help you.
Community is immunity. 🔅
Gm Brussels


Gm Brussels


Gm Brussels.
(View from the @Commons Hub Brussels)


Gm Brussels


Not everyone will be able to land a job in this brave new world. Nor everyone should.
That’s why we need to rebuild communities.
Communities can do what governments have become unable to do: create a trusted environment where resources can be pooled together.
Everyone in a community should contribute. But not everyone should be worried about making money.


Do you still dream of building a super successful startup?
What about building community instead?
This is from Brian Chesky, cofounder of AirBnB on the hidden cost of success: “loneliness”


Passport control in the fast train between Barcelona and Paris. That’s a first.
Gm Barcelona


Gm Bordeaux


In one of the workshops at the gathering of local currencies in Bordeaux, I asked what social networks or communication channels people use.
In that order:
- WhatsApp
- Signal
- LinkedIn
- Telegram
- Instagram
- Discord
- Mastodon
No twitter, no blue sky, no nostr.


3 local currencies within a 25km radius around Barcelona. Only 1 of them is still running.


“Transactions is the spark that allows us to tell stories, create connections, and, in a way, build a sense of community”

