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How, I’ve been asked, do people in nonstate societies prevent bad guys from taking over?
It’s a bit of question begging: it presumes that the state (bad guys who have taken over) is required to prevent other bad guys from taking over.
But let’s take a serious look at *some* of the scholarship on how and why nonstate societies aren’t quite as vulnerable to this as people seem to commonly assume.
This is neither exhaustive nor comprehensive.
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The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 27 July 2024 amounted to about 573,510 people, including 1,210 people over the past day. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Many scifi robots have taken the form of their creators. In the increasingly blurry space between the biological and the mechanical, researchers have found a way to affix human skin to robot faces.…Hackaday
China has a strong political and economic partnership with Russia, with NATO members labeling Beijing as a “key facilitator” of Moscow’s involvement in the war in Ukraine.AFP (Kyiv Post)
Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s estranged daughter, disputes his characterization of her childhood.Taylor Telford (The Washington Post)
A Vibrant Local Food System Grows in ColoradoThroughout the summer in the Golden, Colorado, area, you might see a big box truck full of local fresh vegetables hosting a pay-what-you can farmer’s market. Affectionately called Chuck, GoFarm’s mobile market truck travels to low-income neighborhoods, schools, retirement homes, mobile home communities and more. It offers local produce that GoFarm sources from 80 to 90 farms every season, including small-scale urban farms, large family-owned farms and beginning farmers going through their incubator program.
“Our vision is a strong, resilient, environmentally sustainable and equitable local food system,” says Virginia Ortiz, GoFarms executive director.
Ortiz sees GoFarm’s role as a hub that takes care of the logistics of supporting small farms and feeding the community.
Building community partnerships is a crucial element, and GoFarm works with other food access organizations such as Hunger Free Golden and JeffCo Food Policy Council to reach more people and create a broader base of resources.
Founded in 2014, GoFarm started with its local food share program (essentially a CSA curated from multiple farms). More than a decade later, it has become an organization that trains and develops beginning farmers and creatively tackles the problem of how to get affordable, fresh food to the community. As a nonprofit, it is able to fundraise for grants and donations to support its programming and supplement that with revenue generated through produce sales.
GoFarm’s incubator farmer program gives beginning farmers access to a quarter acre of land for the two-year duration of the program. The farmers receive all the training they need to plan, plant and manage a farm — regardless of their background.A Vibrant Local Food System Grows in Colorado
GoFarm is working to make affordable healthy food more accessible while training the next generation of farmers.Lindsey Beatrice (Reasons to be Cheerful)
You’ve probably seen street performers or family members making giant bubbles at some point in your life. But what if you could go ever bigger…even approaching a bubble of infinite leng…Hackaday
Cats, to those of us who appreciate their company, are fascinating creatures, with their infinite curiosity and playfulness. [Makers Muse] has a pair of half-grown-up kittens, and set out to provid…Hackaday
Harris has also called the family of D’Vontaye Mitchell, a Black man who died in after he was pinned down by hotel security guards in Milwaukee last month.Yamiche Alcindor (NBC News)
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