70 organisations are coming to Neo-Cypherpunk Summit in Berlin. United in Freedom. Solidarity in practice 🔥 Tech Solidarity Movements @TechWorkersBER, @breadcoop, @opencollect Human Rights Advocates @HRF, @amnesty Research with a human face data-workers.org, @Info_Activism, @DarkMatter_Labs, politicsfortomorrow.eu, @sovright_, @BlockchainGov, @argotorg, @fsf Europe, @INCAmsterdam, @foresightinst, @otherinternet__, @metagov_project Hacktivism @DyneOrg, @dod_berlin, @CommunityPriv, @BordelWTF, @Poetic_Tech Freedom Stack Protocols & networks @Logos_network, @DarkFiSquad, @ethereum, @nym, @torproject Operational Systems: @GrapheneOS Browsers: @torproject, @brave, Freedom Browser freedombrowser.eth.limo Messegers: Air by phnx.im, @BitchatMe_ by @callebtc Wallets: Kohaku by @ethereumfndn VPNs: @snowstormnet, @nym Storages: @ethswarm, @IPFS Socials: eurosky.tech, @masknetwork Docs @fileverse Crypto: @Zcash Portfolio @rotkiapp Collaboration @radicle Policymakers @EuEthInstitute R&D: @argotorg, open hardware by flashbots.net Genomics: @dark_dot_bio Together s26ber.web3privacy.info

INSIDE ‘STRANGE RULES’ → An exploration of Protocol Art at Palazzo Diedo by Primavera De Filippi @yaoeo Protocol Art starts with an idea: what if the artwork isn't the object, but the system that produces it? Strange Rules, on view at Palazzo Diedo in Venice, is an exhibition that frames this as a movement in its own right, gathering works by Harold Cohen, @trevorpaglen, @hollyherndon and @matdryhurst, @_terra0, Fabien Giraud, and others who have handed creative agency to systems, networks, and code. We're sharing an essay written by one of the artists in the show, Primavera De Filippi, that traces the lineage behind Protocol Art and asks what it really means to be an author when the work keeps making itself long after you've left the room. ↓ Read an excerpt below.

A multidisciplinary exploration of #power, #democracy, and #freedom in the Digital Age by: 🧩 Audrey Tang (Civic Technologist) @audreyt Cyber Ambassador of Taiwan; former Minister of Digital Affairs (2016–2024); @RadxChange 🧩 Primavera De Filippi (Legal Scholar) @yaoeo Research Director at @CNRS; Faculty Associate at @BKCHarvard 🧩 Joachim Schwerin (Economist) Researcher (PhD TU Dresden) on tokenisation, Web3 and DAOs; privacy activist (Digital Freedom Declaration); contributed e.g. to the MiCA Regulation 🧩 David Chaum (Cryptographer) @chaumdotcom Pioneer of digital cash and foundational figure in modern cryptography 🧩 Denis Jaromil Roio (Hacktivist) @jaromil PhD in Philosophy, applied cryptographer, and founder of @DyneOrg, a European open-source and digital sovereignty initiative 🧩 Felix Beer (Researcher) @felix_beer Researcher on digital sovereignty and institutional innovation at the Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment @Harvard 🧩 Judith De Boer (Lawyer) Partner at Hertoghs Advocaten and specialist in white-collar crime and tax litigation 🧩 Glen Weyl (Economist) @glenweyl Co-Founder @MSFTResearch & @PluralityInst, co-author Radical Markets & @PluralityBook 🧩 Naomi Brockwell (Educator) @naomibrockwell Founder and President of the @LudlowInstitute, a media and research initiative focused on technology and freedom 🧩 Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi (Activist) @PG_CDG Co-founder and Director of Web3Privacy Now ------- An urgent call for privacy in the algorithmic age, The Politics of Privacy🔎 examines surveillance capitalism, decentralisation, and governance while 🗺️ mapping concrete paths to reclaim autonomy, rebuild trust, and realign technology with the public good. How to get your copy 👇

📆 Our next Monthly Call is Wednesday, June 3rd and it is guaranteed to be a very pleasant and enlightening time! 🌟We’ll be joined by Austin Wade Smith, Executive Director of Regen Foundation and co-founder of River Computer, for a session on ecological institutions, digital sovereignty, and the governance of living systems. Expect a rich discussion on ecological governance, digital sovereignty, regenerative infrastructure, and different approaches to the rights of nature. @_newcubes_, @RegenFdn austinwadesmith.com Join us: luma.com/vhoxuuyt

This weeks AOW is a thread on our usual topic: how emerging technologies restructure power, legitimacy, and institutional authority this time through the lens of AI. The selection is handpicked from our Discord & brings together recent AI scholarship that resonates strongly with themes blockchain governance research has explored for years: how technical infrastructures redistribute authority, how legitimacy is constructed beyond formal law, how private systems acquire quasi-regulatory power, and why ethical principles alone are insufficient without enforceable governance structures. enjoy! 📃 🏳️