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and i've talked about this several times before but nasa has published like all of their processes & procedures free for the public and those could very well be revolutionary for working class organizing both in the imperial core and periphery. learning how to generate requirements, break down problems, calculate and allocate resources, determine effectiveness of various interventions, establish traceability, maintain organizational knowledge, and so on. like if people fucking cared to use them we could avoid some of the most prevalent problems with working-class & anti-imperialist organizing in the US.

it doesn't cancel out the bad stuff by any means but it drives me crazy that people are like "oh they don't do anything for the public" when they won't use some of the most effective organizing technologies that they've put out for free!! and then they keep complaining about the lack of effectiveness of US leftist organizing. and i know all that's an outreach & education issue but you know what that's ALSO A FUNDING ISSUE! AGAIN!

tsscat

Do you have any recommendations for which resources to start with/how to approach them? Hopefully this is not too much of an ask, I’m just very curious about them and how to navigate them.

anti-parent

thank you for asking!

it really depends on your existing level of familiarity with engineering concepts.

the NESC academy has a ton of video lectures including a lot of basic stuff about models-based systems engineering (MBSE), which is the framework i mentioned in the original post that i think can be especially helpful in an organizing context.

knowledge management is huge in an organizing context. maintaining continuity and documenting info securely is really really important for orgs of all kinds (if they want to last lol).

the systems engineering handbook is a really comprehensive resource, though very jargon-y, and i'd recommend looking up concepts you're unfamiliar with as you go through it. i wish it was written more accessibly. but i use it a lotttt a lot.

the software engineering and assurance procedural requirements and standards, same deal as above. but it has a ton of good info on how to build & evaluate good software, and a lot of it can be abstracted to non-software projects an organization undertakes. i use a lot of these principles in my day-to-day organizing.

if you start going through any of these and have questions, or need more resources to learn the fundamentals, let me know and i'll try to help you out.

#ref #list #resources

radiocatnip

Did you see the Midnight Channel last night? 📺

Baby's first cross stitch, now with the matt, frame, and all the details finally, finally done. The last image is to show the slight bubble of the tv screen

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CROSS STITCH???

#crosstitch #pixel

thatartblog

heartstrings I (2013) by selma alaçam

#fibers

magpiemohr

Ornaments! Made with linocut prints, cardboard, embossed soda cans, and ribbon.

openingadoor

jessicasuniquegiftshop

Tiffany Lamp circa 1900

milksockets

'self-designed candlestick of six christ figures for "the second celebration of the four," 1976' in h.r. giger's film design - morpheus international (1996)

riverbaptism

#clothing inspo #gloves

allstrangenature

I can barely contain myself right now

holy shit

HOLY SHIT

#save

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James Lee Byars

Every time you fold a piece of paper, think of me, 1974.

Black tissue paper, handwritten in five-point star writing, framed with anti-reflective glass.

#text #don’t

sexualassbutts

If you're ever bored, here's a list of Studio Ghibli films you can watch for free.

Castle In The Sky (1986) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) Only Yesterday (1991) Porco Rosso (1992) Pom Poko (1994) Whisper of the Heart (1995) Princess Mononoke (1997) My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) Spirited Away (2001) The Cat Returns (2002) Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Tales from Earthsea (2006) Ponyo On A Cliff From The Sea (2008) The Secret World of Arrietty/The Borrower Arrietty (2010) From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

If any of the links stop working, please let me know so I can fix it.

For Castle In The Sky, wait for the free user button to be clickable and it will send you to the video.

allydsgn

how do I not share this, though (HIGHLY RECOMMENDING HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE IT’S MY FAVORITE)

zjoy-deactivated20190221

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) The Wind Rises (2013)

palindromic-geek

These are so good if you need something to calm you down on a bad day or after panics :)

malt-rants-and-stuff

YESSSSS

#ref #movies

misscrazyfangirl321

Hey someone suggested I use ChatGPT to figure out adulting today, and as I was going through the mental list of places I'd rather look, I realized "beloved strangers on Tumblr dot net" was on that list.

So if you have an aspect of adulting that you're really good at-taxes, budgeting, cooking, insurance, credit, time management, house upkeep, anything-please feel free to reblog with any tips.

notcruvusmemes

Not me, but @bitchesgetriches has a lot of great resources for many of these topics on their website.

bitchesgetriches

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