net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By Giovanni Rossetti, March 10, 2026
After more than 20 years of service, the INC mailing list facility listcultures.org was closed on 9 March 2026. This step is part of INC’s transition out of the polytech and toward becoming an independent organization: INC 2.0. Over the past months we archived the 20 mailing lists; most are now closed, while some will [...]
By Gianmarco Cristofari, March 6, 2026
Interview with Diego García Ramírez The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. I left the Brazilian Amazon in mid-December 2025 to continue my journey into Colombia, a country I still knew little about. My arrival in Manizales was the [...]
By Arianna Caserta, March 1, 2026
Of all things I’ve seen on the internet lately, I can’t recall any image being so aesthetically pleasing as Julia Fox posing as a real estate agent on a billboard in Manhattan. This was not because of its situationist appearance, plastered without context to the side of a vape shop on Mott Street, but for [...]
By Geert Lovink, February 28, 2026
This internal INC email exchange from early February began with a posting of Max Haiven on his Substack: Is Canada’s premier Carney a warlord? Three fellow Canadians responded: Henry Warwick, Marc Tuters and David Gauthier. Canada theory has been high on the INC agenda from day one—and well before. After all, INC stands on the [...]
By Mela Miekus, February 25, 2026
On 10 February 2026, I participated in an event at Spui25 where Alexander Douglas gave a talk about the digital self in relation to his latest book, Against Identity: The Wisdom of Escaping the Self. In the book, Douglas draws on three distinct sources—the Zhuangzi, the philosophy of Spinoza, and the theory of René Girard—to [...]
By Geert Lovink, February 24, 2026
Introduction to the Interview by Natalie Mariko Like many, I spend a lot of time lost in rot. I wonder how many days I have stared, almost numb, into the endless stream of other people’s memories, while scenes of train cars, café chairs, and beds blur together. It’s been at least a few weeks. Mind [...]
By Gianmarco Cristofari, February 20, 2026
Interview with Jader Gama. The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. As I write these words of introduction, I cannot help but feel a profound saudade for my time in the Amazon with Gama. I arrived in Belém the [...]
By Mela Miekus, February 12, 2026
On February 10, 2026, I took part in an event at Spui25 that explored digital culture and the self through the lens of Alexander Douglas’ Against Identity. The book takes on the ‘uncomfortable’ topic of identity and decides to play against it, drawing on the philosophies of three very different figures: Zhuangzi, Benedict de Spinoza, [...]
By Noah Pellikaan, February 12, 2026
I can’t stand it, I know you planned it I’m gonna set it straight, this Watergate I can’t stand rocking when I’m in here ‘Cause your crystal ball ain’t so crystal clear So while you sit back and wonder why I got this fucking thorn in my side Oh my God, it’s a mirage I’m [...]
By Gianmarco Cristofari, February 10, 2026
Interview with Sergio Amadeu. The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. I met Sergio Amadeu, a legend of the Brazilian free software movement, at a launch event hosted by the MTST [Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto / Homeless Workers’ [...]
