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@andia.bsky.social
Ocean aficionado. Feels strongly about trees. Balancing motherhood with working at Hypha Worker Co-op.
Today’s conference cat has gotten much more up close and personal #cooperativeAI
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today’s conference cat has gotten much more up close and personal #cooperativeAI
Second day, final session. @marcelovieta.bsky.social ‘s slide does a great job of capturing the complexity of AI #cooperativeAI
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Second day, final session. @marcelovieta.bsky.social ‘s slide does a great job of capturing the complexity of AI #cooperativeAI
On the topic of co-ops, if you're part of one, please fill in the survey we're running this month on cooperative AI options: survey.cooperativeblueprint.ai/776588?newte...
AI Use in Cooperatives and Social Purpose Organizations
survey.cooperativeblueprint.ai
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
On the topic of co-ops, if you're part of one, please fill in the survey we're running this month on cooperative AI options: survey.cooperativeblueprint.ai/776588?newte...
First day, final session of the #coopAI conference in Istanbul. @trebors2025.bsky.social sharing his thoughts on the Solidarity Stack. Looking forward to tomorrow (+ being less jet lagged!)
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
First day, final session of the #coopAI conference in Istanbul. @trebors2025.bsky.social sharing his thoughts on the Solidarity Stack. Looking forward to tomorrow (+ being less jet lagged!)
I just drank a Lions Mane mushroom latte. You never know what the day will bring.
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I just drank a Lions Mane mushroom latte. You never know what the day will bring.
What's that, the Ontario government making tenancy more precarious in the midst of a housing crisis? Sounds about right. They might have backtracked on some of the proposed changes, but let's be clear: they still intend to criminalize poverty www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario government backs down on consultations to end rent control, indefinite leases | CBC News
Ontario stepped back on consultations for a proposal that could have ended rent control, indefinite leases and given landlords more power after calls for reconsideration by politicians and housing adv...
www.cbc.ca
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What's that, the Ontario government making tenancy more precarious in the midst of a housing crisis? Sounds about right. They might have backtracked on some of the proposed changes, but let's be clear: they still intend to criminalize poverty www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This essay by @jasmine.bsky.social is 🎯 and also 🫠 jasmi.news/p/dictionary h/t @annehelen.bsky.social
are you high-agency or an NPC?
AI anxiety and the new language of silicon valley
jasmi.news
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This essay by @jasmine.bsky.social is 🎯 and also 🫠 jasmi.news/p/dictionary h/t @annehelen.bsky.social
Hear hear!
Incredibly proud of this collaboration to better protect us & our histories!
It’s a dream come true to put nearly a decade’s worth of community co-research into action & share our harm reduction tools with the world!
I live for de-enshittifying our little corner of the web.
#MoveSlowAndFixThings
It’s a dream come true to put nearly a decade’s worth of community co-research into action & share our harm reduction tools with the world!
I live for de-enshittifying our little corner of the web.
#MoveSlowAndFixThings
Our new secure decentralized p2p storage offers new ways to preserve and verify mobile media.
✨ The first of its kind ✨
✊🏼💾 Learn how to reclaim control of your archives in our new white paper www.open-archive.org/news/oa-hyph...
In partnership with @hypha.coop, with support from @ffdweb.org 🩵
✨ The first of its kind ✨
✊🏼💾 Learn how to reclaim control of your archives in our new white paper www.open-archive.org/news/oa-hyph...
In partnership with @hypha.coop, with support from @ffdweb.org 🩵
October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hear hear!
Also standing room only at this talk. And jokes about the women + stage being in a weird corner of a noisy conference. Heh.
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Also standing room only at this talk. And jokes about the women + stage being in a weird corner of a noisy conference. Heh.
Checking out #ElevateFestival for the first time. @averyswartz.com and Sarah Stockdale’s talk on AI are a study in contrast to other panels… human thoughts on a machine technology
October 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Checking out #ElevateFestival for the first time. @averyswartz.com and Sarah Stockdale’s talk on AI are a study in contrast to other panels… human thoughts on a machine technology
We are, once again, in the time of peak scapegoating.
a cartoon of homer simpson and his family standing next to a man that says hey look over there
Alt: a cartoon of homer simpson and his family standing next to a man that says hey look over there
media.tenor.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We are, once again, in the time of peak scapegoating.
Listening to the live version of Eddie Vedder's 'No More' and am totally struck how hopeful and timeless it is.
"No more terrorizing
No more eulogizing
No more
No more evangelizing
No more
No more presidents lying
No more war"
"No more terrorizing
No more eulogizing
No more
No more evangelizing
No more
No more presidents lying
No more war"
September 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Listening to the live version of Eddie Vedder's 'No More' and am totally struck how hopeful and timeless it is.
"No more terrorizing
No more eulogizing
No more
No more evangelizing
No more
No more presidents lying
No more war"
"No more terrorizing
No more eulogizing
No more
No more evangelizing
No more
No more presidents lying
No more war"
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Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Personalization at scale is an oxymoron
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Personalization at scale is an oxymoron
If Banksy'd used AI, this would never would have happened!
BREAKING: They're scrubbing @banksy
The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.
The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.
September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If Banksy'd used AI, this would never would have happened!
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At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.
Children, journalists among 105 killed in Israeli onslaught in Gaza
At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.
bit.ly
September 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.
Remember those RCMP thugs who took great pleasure in arresting and berating protesters at Fairy Creek? Apparently they've got a new name and an expanded mandate. While we're transfixed by the disintegration of democracy south of us, things are very much amiss here breachmedia.ca/rcmp-unit-co...
Controversial B.C. RCMP unit to police opposition to fast-tracked resource projects ⋆ The Breach
A widely-criticized police unit is participating in provincial committees coordinating surveillance and policing of protest against major resource projects—including those fast-tracked under new legis...
breachmedia.ca
September 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Remember those RCMP thugs who took great pleasure in arresting and berating protesters at Fairy Creek? Apparently they've got a new name and an expanded mandate. While we're transfixed by the disintegration of democracy south of us, things are very much amiss here breachmedia.ca/rcmp-unit-co...
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Air Canada consoles stranded passengers with pictures of their executive bonuses
Air Canada consoles stranded passengers with pictures of their executive bonuses
OTTAWA - With thousands of passengers still facing travel delays as flight attendants strike for fair working conditions, Air Canada executives have decided to comfort customers by sending photos of t...
www.thebeaverton.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Air Canada consoles stranded passengers with pictures of their executive bonuses
Bike Brigade origin story; pandemic, willing people, bikes, a bespoke app and the rest is herstory #CivicSpark #mutualaid
August 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Bike Brigade origin story; pandemic, willing people, bikes, a bespoke app and the rest is herstory #CivicSpark #mutualaid
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Cory Doctorow is coming to Bluesky, on his own self-hosted server to avoid the standard ToS.
pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/d...
“My sysadmin, Ken, just took delivery of some new server hardware at his colo, and he's gonna be setting me up my own Mastodon and Bluesky servers in the coming weeks.”
pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/d...
“My sysadmin, Ken, just took delivery of some new server hardware at his colo, and he's gonna be setting me up my own Mastodon and Bluesky servers in the coming weeks.”
Pluralistic: Bluesky creates the world’s weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause (15 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
August 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Cory Doctorow is coming to Bluesky, on his own self-hosted server to avoid the standard ToS.
pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/d...
“My sysadmin, Ken, just took delivery of some new server hardware at his colo, and he's gonna be setting me up my own Mastodon and Bluesky servers in the coming weeks.”
pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/d...
“My sysadmin, Ken, just took delivery of some new server hardware at his colo, and he's gonna be setting me up my own Mastodon and Bluesky servers in the coming weeks.”
We are “Walking backwards into our future … towards a precolonial conviviality” - Victor Udoewa #civicspark
August 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We are “Walking backwards into our future … towards a precolonial conviviality” - Victor Udoewa #civicspark
It’s also a strong reminder that the civic body is made up of people who do not share a singular narrative about hope and hopelessness. And this is inseparable from any kind of ‘civic tech’ work that we want to do
One thing I think we can all appreciate and emulate about Victor is he will speak to you as a community member first even tho he’s a technologist. Not to mention he is bringing the energy this morning.
August 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It’s also a strong reminder that the civic body is made up of people who do not share a singular narrative about hope and hopelessness. And this is inseparable from any kind of ‘civic tech’ work that we want to do
Vass Bednar on centralized childcare waitlists (why don’t we have these?!) and a whole host of other data-rich civic tech applications that would make our lives less sh*tty
August 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Vass Bednar on centralized childcare waitlists (why don’t we have these?!) and a whole host of other data-rich civic tech applications that would make our lives less sh*tty
@biancawylie.com opening #civicspark with the real talk; respecting boundaries, the importance of having hard political conversations, and *humility* (such a beautiful reminder in this time of hubris)
August 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
@biancawylie.com opening #civicspark with the real talk; respecting boundaries, the importance of having hard political conversations, and *humility* (such a beautiful reminder in this time of hubris)