My experience of dealing with UK local authority housing managment has
encountered a domain of large scale cartels with complex layers of contractors
and sub-contractors in a hyper-accelerated efficiency drive. This efficiency
has driven down the pay of contractors who sub-contract to an unskill
Hi Ted (and others),
I think it is very good and timely of David to post this kind of stuff
on nettime, and I don't see any reason to slap him in the face publicly
or to shut down the list.
We should reconsider the basic tenets of nettime though, since maybe the
whole idea of having a list e
Hello Eric, Ted, David, Nettime,
I believe that Nettime is now more relevant than ever. To suggest that
this transnational network (however insubstantial it may seem) has
somehow lost relevance is far from the truth. A non-commercial,
thoughtful and lightly curated list that brings together th
Hi Ted,
I appreciate that nettime should retain a focus on network-dynamics (in
culture, politics, media, communication, art, etc.).
However, I must say that I quite enjoy the ‘nettime-take’ on global political
events (such as the impeachment enquiry in the US, the climate crisis, or
Brexit).
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Richard Barbrook
> Subject: Re: Supreme Court Rulling consequeces
> Date: 25 September 2019 15:07:42 BST
> To: David Garcia
> Reply-To: rich...@imaginaryfutures.net
>
>> Cummings’ passion for Bismark and game theory
On 25 Sep 2019, at 8:11, David Garcia wrote:
Sorry nettime (press delete anyone who has a life and so is
uninterested in UK politics and related constitutional/Brexit
shenaningans)
Felix and I have been thinking about shutting down nettime-l because (as
I'd put it, he may well differ) the li
Sorry nettime (press delete anyone who has a life and so is uninterested in
UK politics and related constitutional/Brexit shenaningans)
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/sep/24/say-it-with-a-brooch-how-a-fashion-item-became-a-political-statement
Aside from the fascinating and (for sad fo