2010 SOLAS Deadline
Important to know for anyone researching used vessels:
2010 SOLAS Deadline Looms For Older Ships
For some of cruising’s older ships, 2010 is a watershed that could see them sent off to the breakers’ yard.
Archived-Discussions
Why Ephemerisle Matters To Seasteading
Seasteading is creating permanent dwellings on the ocean – homesteading the high seas. For a brief intro to seasteading, click here.
This post is being written to supplement our announcement of the First Annual Ephemerisle Festival. Some people may wonder why Ephemerisle is an important initiative for seasteading, and why it is worth devoting some of our limited resources to.
The Seasteading Institute Announces the First Annual Ephemerisle Festival of Politics, Community, and Art
The Seasteading Institute is excited to announce that public registration is open for the first annual Ephemerisle Festival, being held October 2-4, 2009 in the Sacramento River Delta. Ephemerisle is a floating festival of politics, community, and art in celebration of political freedom and diversity.
The Seasteading / Video Game link continues
From the Brink website:
The Story
A man-made city at sea called the Ark, made up of hundreds of separate islands, is on the brink of all-out civil war. Originally built as an experimental self-sufficient and 100% “green” habitat, the reported rapid rise of the Earth’s oceans has forced the Ark to become a refuge for humanity.
Launching: Vote With Your Wallet
As requested by several community members, TSI is pleased to offer the opportunity to donate directly to specific projects, each of which will help us answer an important open question about how best to make seasteading a reality.
Space Frontier Foundation
Hmm, this sounds familiar:
The Space Frontier Foundation is transforming space from a government-owned bureaucratic program into a dynamic and inclusive frontier open to all people. Our central goal is the large-scale permanent settlement of space. We believe people have the “right stuff’ and that everyone will benefit from opening the space frontier.
Those pirates, they sure will get you!
On Cheryl Cline’s acerbic and always amusing blog:
Permit me a little whining: why does everyone ask the same questions, and act as if they’re the first to ever think of such objections? Here’s a few examples…
Question: Seasteading—the idea of living on floating platforms and ships in the ocean—is a novel approach to starting new governments, or just to life in general. But won’t you be raped and killed by pirates?
Answer: I’m glad you asked.
Happy Tax Revolt and Secession Day!
I don’t think I can do any better than last year’s inspirational post, so I suggest enjoyable re-reading it.
If you’d like to read more about secession, independence, federalism, revolution, non-territorial secession, and related matters, go check out Secession Week at Let A Thousand Nations Bloom.
