Slowcore HQ

The Studio Slowcore team is pleased to announce the official revival of the /slowcore-hq channel after a long hibernation. 

In keeping with the announcement in our other channel, /gift-economics, the studio (stewarded by myself, @trigs.eth, and @y0b) will be experimenting to build a hybrid gift economy + business endeavor to sustain both channels.

More details in our studio's launch announcement linked below.

A few initiatives we're considering for /slowcore-hq: 

- Recognize contributors with Slothy Awards
- Continue weekly rituals of "not-doing" and Slowcore Quotes of the Day 
- Expand our Slowcore Manifesto (aka "What Is Slowcore?")
- Host themed discussions based on writings by our fellow slowcasters, e.g. "In Praise of Going Slow" by @tombeck.eth 
- Build a slowcore lexicon and knowledge base for collective concept stewardship (e.g., a slowcore lexicon, slowcore-friendly patterns in place-making, etc.)
- Maintain digital gardens catering to the snailblazers and the slowpilled
- Facilitate slowcore-friendly URL-to-IRL meetups

Other ideas are welcome!

Note: All pending memberships from many moons ago have now been approved. Our apologies for the ridiculously long wait while the owner dealt with a death in the family and the future of channels was uncertain enough that we put the channel into hibernation for many months.

We were delighted to see that many casters just kept right on casting here to keep the channel alive during the time the mods were unable to tend to it. Your efforts are appreciated. 💜 🐢 

If you appreciate our work and wish to contribute financially, gifts of crypto are accepted at the studio's multisig: slowcore.eth. We will route them toward retro-rewards for the gift labor done to bootstrap our channels. Gifts can also help free up more time for us to steward the channels responsibly in the future. Please do not gift any funds that are needed for your own support. 

https://farcaster.xyz/danicaswanson/0xa76d9edf

(https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x24453ebe8d78de52f6d253cf26fec18ab34b041f/2?referrer=tombeck.eth)

So excited to see the revival of /slowcore-hq with @danicaswanson and other like-minded admin at the helm. Danica lays out the plans they have for the channel in her re-intro post.

Word-Slinger-in-Chief /slowcore-hq | Senior Editor | GenX eldergoth | dark ambient music nerd | contemplative animist /blxstonesnctuary 🏳‍🌈

Artsy-fartsy dog mom. Owner of /acrafterscove and I collab with /blxstonesnctuary. trishd.bsky.social.

Thanks again for the critical role you played in getting the channel started and keeping it interesting!

With my team-mates onboard and the newly certified fundraising cred, maybe we'll have a chance at sustainability this time around. ;)

Yes. And now that I'm done with my grant writing certification and we've successfully launched Studio Slowcore, there's a much better chance that I'll have time to return to working on Black Stone Sanctuary's newsletter and channel in the not-too-distant future.

You're welcome. The hibernation period seems to be just the renewal energy that was needed.