Chaos and Conviviality Sun, 17 May 2026 20:00:47 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2592031 en-us © 2026 Chaos and Conviviality yes 914d4181-03cd-53ae-8ac1-4ea71f24db83 chaosandconviviality@proton.me Chaos and Conviviality episodic true Dip and Scooter discuss current events and culture, with an eye towards strategies for liberation.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Chaos and Conviviality chaosandconviviality@proton.me https://storage.buzzsprout.com/xssbqkrpc6f7twq0ebvvadgya581?.jpg Chaos and Conviviality A Libertarian Socialist Response to the Enclosure of the Internet (and Digital Technology in General) A Libertarian Socialist Response to the Enclosure of the Internet (and Digital Technology in General) On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip and Scooter discuss the re-emerging wave of “bad internet bills” across the United States and the world. Dip explores what organizing against these restrictive internet policies might look like.

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00:00: Introduction to Bad Internet Bills

25:50: The need for popular power in fighting these bills

30:00: Hot Take: Concern around social media addiction is a moral panic

43:15: Technology being used to manipulate genuine social grievances is not new

54:05: How to relate to tech in a helpful/positive direction

1:18:53: With popular power, what could a strategy to push bad on these bills look like?

1:23:00: The importance of genuine accountability in building popular power

This conversation is adapted from an essay linked here. 

Highlighted show notes (for full references/links, see the essay):

]]> On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip and Scooter discuss the re-emerging wave of “bad internet bills” across the United States and the world. Dip explores what organizing against these restrictive internet policies might look like.

See time stamps below:

00:00: Introduction to Bad Internet Bills

25:50: The need for popular power in fighting these bills

30:00: Hot Take: Concern around social media addiction is a moral panic

43:15: Technology being used to manipulate genuine social grievances is not new

54:05: How to relate to tech in a helpful/positive direction

1:18:53: With popular power, what could a strategy to push bad on these bills look like?

1:23:00: The importance of genuine accountability in building popular power

This conversation is adapted from an essay linked here. 

Highlighted show notes (for full references/links, see the essay):

]]> Chaos and Conviviality Buzzsprout-19192531 Sun, 17 May 2026 19:00:00 -0400 6090 full false Google and Elon Musk Want to Put Data Centers in Orbit. Will that Solve AI’s Contradictions? Google and Elon Musk Want to Put Data Centers in Orbit. Will that Solve AI’s Contradictions? On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip and Scooter discuss current proposals to put data centers in space, an idea which would seem to be a win-win for communities and data center developers. They analyze the push to adopt "artificial development," what it means for our communities, and how to fight back.

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  • 16:17: Are there any benefits of AI?
  • 24:20: Indigeneity and space
  • 27:38: Data centers in space: good for communities?
  • 34:00: What might organizing in space look like?
  • 55:35: AI bubble?

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]]> On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip and Scooter discuss current proposals to put data centers in space, an idea which would seem to be a win-win for communities and data center developers. They analyze the push to adopt "artificial development," what it means for our communities, and how to fight back.

See time stamps below:

  • 16:17: Are there any benefits of AI?
  • 24:20: Indigeneity and space
  • 27:38: Data centers in space: good for communities?
  • 34:00: What might organizing in space look like?
  • 55:35: AI bubble?

Highlighted show notes (for full show notes, see the webpage):

]]> https://haos-and-conviviality.ghost.io/podcast-google-and-elon-musk-want-to-put-data-centers-in-orbit-will-that-solve-ais-contradictions Chaos and Conviviality Buzzsprout-18883772 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0400 4368 full false "Games Suck Nowadays" "Games Suck Nowadays" On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip details GamerGate 1.0, and 2.0 and discusses the the linkages between "core gamer" culture and fascism. Dip shares some suggestions on how to combat right-wing influence in gaming through a four-point framework: build, fight, empower, and inspire. This framework, paired with values that see the importance in ending domination, oppression, and other forms of social hierarchy, have the chance to both create better art and steward better communities around that art. 

See time stamps below:

10:00: GamerGate 1.0 and 2.0

29:25: Getting past "nostalgia" in gaming

45:10: A framework to move gaming forward

Highlighted show notes (for full references/links, see the podcast webpage):

]]> On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip details GamerGate 1.0, and 2.0 and discusses the the linkages between "core gamer" culture and fascism. Dip shares some suggestions on how to combat right-wing influence in gaming through a four-point framework: build, fight, empower, and inspire. This framework, paired with values that see the importance in ending domination, oppression, and other forms of social hierarchy, have the chance to both create better art and steward better communities around that art. 

See time stamps below:

10:00: GamerGate 1.0 and 2.0

29:25: Getting past "nostalgia" in gaming

45:10: A framework to move gaming forward

Highlighted show notes (for full references/links, see the podcast webpage):

]]> https://chaos-and-conviviality.ghost.io/p/b064a5d0-bf7e-4391-acbe-f0c79a088e0d/?member_status=free Chaos and Conviviality Buzzsprout-18793956 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0500 4010 full true Trump Delivered A Killing Blow to the Rules-Based Order. Was it Ever Alive to Begin With? Trump Delivered A Killing Blow to the Rules-Based Order. Was it Ever Alive to Begin With? On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip analyzes the US government’s move from a mostly “rules-based”, “rational” “management” posture in international policy to something more forceful, using the Trump admin’s “peace plans” for Palestine, Sudan, Western Sahara, and Ukraine, alongside the strong-arming of Venezuela. Dip concludes that liberalism vs. fascism is not a battle between the forces of “good” and “evil”; it is reactionary, statist infighting. Dip wraps up by offering guidance on how our movements can move forward. 


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1:55: Host intros

3:20: Overview

4:00 Palestine

10:00: Sudan 

15:45: Western Sahara

21:45: Ukraine

27:10 : Venezuela 

29:40: Analysis

39:15: The role of spectacle in fascism   

42:20: What does this mean for us?

50:15: Deliberation

52:00: Stigmergy

57:00: Enmeshment

58:45: Why these three things? and reading recommendations 

1:05:10: What else?

1:10:45: Dip takes us home


This conversation is adapted from an essay linked here. 


Highlighted show notes (for full references/links, see the essay):

]]> On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip analyzes the US government’s move from a mostly “rules-based”, “rational” “management” posture in international policy to something more forceful, using the Trump admin’s “peace plans” for Palestine, Sudan, Western Sahara, and Ukraine, alongside the strong-arming of Venezuela. Dip concludes that liberalism vs. fascism is not a battle between the forces of “good” and “evil”; it is reactionary, statist infighting. Dip wraps up by offering guidance on how our movements can move forward. 


See time stamps below:

1:55: Host intros

3:20: Overview

4:00 Palestine

10:00: Sudan 

15:45: Western Sahara

21:45: Ukraine

27:10 : Venezuela 

29:40: Analysis

39:15: The role of spectacle in fascism   

42:20: What does this mean for us?

50:15: Deliberation

52:00: Stigmergy

57:00: Enmeshment

58:45: Why these three things? and reading recommendations 

1:05:10: What else?

1:10:45: Dip takes us home


This conversation is adapted from an essay linked here. 


Highlighted show notes (for full references/links, see the essay):

]]> Chaos and Conviviality Buzzsprout-18703834 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0500 4389 full true Mamdani’s not a Messiah Mamdani’s not a Messiah On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip analyzes Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral win and the counter-insurgent nature of 'reform' strategies. Dip ends by  proposing a bottom-up engagement that centers popular power.


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12:30: Distinction between progressives and radicals

19:00: Radical reasoning is abductive

21:30: What do we do?

28:35: How do we relate to electoralism generatively?

32:50: Defining politics and power

38:50: Money as power via federations of cooperatives

44:50: The role of community assemblies

51:40: Highlighting the importance of addressing people's material needs

55:05: Summarizing Dip's proposed anti-electoralist electoral strategy

58:05: Discussing remaining questions to be answered


This conversation is adapted from an essay linked here. 


Highlighted show notes (for full references/links, see the essay):

]]> On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip analyzes Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral win and the counter-insurgent nature of 'reform' strategies. Dip ends by  proposing a bottom-up engagement that centers popular power.


See time stamps below:

12:30: Distinction between progressives and radicals

19:00: Radical reasoning is abductive

21:30: What do we do?

28:35: How do we relate to electoralism generatively?

32:50: Defining politics and power

38:50: Money as power via federations of cooperatives

44:50: The role of community assemblies

51:40: Highlighting the importance of addressing people's material needs

55:05: Summarizing Dip's proposed anti-electoralist electoral strategy

58:05: Discussing remaining questions to be answered


This conversation is adapted from an essay linked here. 


Highlighted show notes (for full references/links, see the essay):

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