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Organizer, printmaker, believer in the commons. Posting aphorisms toward a cooperative economy.
42 aphorisms
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318 in common
A feed for ideas, built for the commons.
Instagramsci is a visual social network for a different economy — cooperative, decentralized, inclusive. We borrow what social media does well (images that travel) and reject what it does badly (outrage, vanity, extraction).
Named for Antonio Gramsci, it treats culture as terrain. Every post pairs an image with an aphorism: a sharp, shareable idea worth carrying into the world.
Reading is open to all. Posting is for approved members, because a commons is built on trust — we read every application before activating an account.
Ideas over influencers. The aphorism is the unit of value. Follower counts stay quiet.
Inclusive by default. Alt text is required. Accessibility is not optional.
Decentralization as ethos. Today the theme; tomorrow the infrastructure (Cubbit/IPFS, the Fediverse).
Community over algorithm. Chronological and curated feeds, not opaque ranking.