I am working off not enough sleep, so this may already exist or be a bad idea, but this thread got me thinking and so I posted this idea on Mastodon:

What if there was an interoperability commerce-focused protocol (built like ActivityPub does for content) where sellers could connect their single listing/post/etc. to many websites without having to manage the item individually on each website and the websites made money by commissions through a sort of affiliate program if the purchase was made through them?

I'm not a tech/programmer person, I'm more of a systems person, so I'm a bit out of my element.

Does anyone have any recommendations for CBD oil (for sublingual use, not vaping) in the UK? I want to pick up something, but I know that quality/accuracy can be an issue with the stuff you can get in shops without a prescription.

I just finished listening to The Santiago Boys podcast about the attempts to use cybernetics to run the Chilean economy under Allende in the early 70s. It was very interesting and got me wondering what kinds of technology (hardware or software) that you have come across that you think would be good for managing resources/efforts and democratising society.

What tools do you think could empower people?