Hello again Friend!
Apologies to my google subscribers and everyone getting this one twice. I didn't realize that google strips out the code that I use for accessibility (dark themes). This one should come through just fine and if not there is now a button to view in browser at bottom of email.
I had a welcome weekend at home! Finally was able to get some rest in, do some laundry, and putz around. This also gave me time to finish off the biggest upgrade to bnkops systems yet.
Introducing bnkops Live Site!
A new open-source, free, and locally hosted website generation machine that a host user can access, edit, and manage from any device connected to the internet.
Using this system, combined with already developed parts of the The Bunker Ops Server Build-Out, a person will be able to generate a dense, responsive, and mobile ready website with a focus on political action.
Our sever stack is approaching the status of being a full replacement for the software-that-shall-not-be-named. In the coming weeks we will be publishing a open demo for our subscribers to poke around on. So if you wanna share it with anyone, think about getting them on this list.
Unlike other software in this space, this system is designed to be accessible and simple to use. No extra bloatware, trackers, or random elements; everything is easy to see and manage. Update the entire site using plain language in one simple location.
With the ability to write your website entirely in Markdown, you can pass content effortlessly between site, newsletter, simple targeter, and any other text editor. You can now write an entire website on the most basic text editor or just use the fastest knowledge app out there (Obsidian) and publish it instantly. Everything is being made mobile friendly, so we can all spend less time raging on X, and more time writing content ;)
With your own server deployment, your data is stored locally, and so your data remains yours forever. It is impossible to have your information held hostage behind high fees or custom software, as all files are in plain text which can be opened by any platform. Review your edits live and watch your site come to life with the sweet satisfaction of knowing you own it, forever, for free.
In the coming weeks, bnkops will be publishing the instructions to install this system on any internet connected computer. That sound like a lot and want someone else to manage the server? We got you. Bnkops can deploy a remote site in minutes and have you uploading your documentation soon afterwards. Become a contributor to the repo without having to do any of the previous leg work.
Generated websites are mobile friendly, social media ready, feature packed, and loaded with customization. You can keep it as simple as a the repo or deploy something with incredible depth. You can go as far as to write your own custom pages, templates, layouts, or even code into the system to be rendered by the back-end.
As one of our partners said "oh so its just myspace for politics?"
Deploy your thoughts, as fast as they come to you, and engage a audience to take political action. For free.
Everything we develop will be published in bnkops manuals. This is the promise of our development journey. Join us in the digital revolution against surveillance capitalism.
Speaking of capitalism!
I did also manage to write a unhinged blog this weekend about the Political Industrial Complex:
Distributed Digital Organizing is The Way Out
It is very much the theory behind why we are working so quickly to deploy these systems on scale. Check it out and let me know your thoughts 😅
That is all for now folks. Stay sharp out there!
Bonus: I know that some new contributor content has recently been posted to the repo. Find it if you can.