Colin Crowell 🔵🦉
@colinc.bsky.social
Global Managing Director
The Blue Owl Group 🔵🦉
https://blueowlgrp.com
Former VP, Global Public Policy @Twitter
Ex-Capitol Hill, ex-FCC tech policy staff
Citizen of Red Sox Nation ⚾️
Go Boston College 🦅 Celtics ☘️
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The Blue Owl Group 🔵🦉
https://blueowlgrp.com
Former VP, Global Public Policy @Twitter
Ex-Capitol Hill, ex-FCC tech policy staff
Citizen of Red Sox Nation ⚾️
Go Boston College 🦅 Celtics ☘️
🇺🇸🇮🇪
🎧 New on Winging It: I talk with Prof Tim Wu @superwuster.bsky.social, author of the new book "The Age of Extraction" — how the Internet went from great promise to an extraction dynamic, what it means for #AI policy, & how to build a fairer digital economy.🤖
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZL5...
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZL5...
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🎧 New on Winging It: I talk with Prof Tim Wu @superwuster.bsky.social, author of the new book "The Age of Extraction" — how the Internet went from great promise to an extraction dynamic, what it means for #AI policy, & how to build a fairer digital economy.🤖
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZL5...
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZL5...
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What matters most as we create the next wave of AI? 🤔
Our Managing Director, @colinc.bsky.social, drops by with a #PerchTake fresh from San Francisco: Are we ready to build AI governance frameworks that serve public interest?
The conversation is just getting started 👀👇
Our Managing Director, @colinc.bsky.social, drops by with a #PerchTake fresh from San Francisco: Are we ready to build AI governance frameworks that serve public interest?
The conversation is just getting started 👀👇
October 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
What matters most as we create the next wave of AI? 🤔
Our Managing Director, @colinc.bsky.social, drops by with a #PerchTake fresh from San Francisco: Are we ready to build AI governance frameworks that serve public interest?
The conversation is just getting started 👀👇
Our Managing Director, @colinc.bsky.social, drops by with a #PerchTake fresh from San Francisco: Are we ready to build AI governance frameworks that serve public interest?
The conversation is just getting started 👀👇
“To live entirely in the present, to be alive to the sounds and smells and people of each passing moment — this was the joy of the road.” - from “Between the Woods and the Water” by Patrick Leigh Fermor
October 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
“To live entirely in the present, to be alive to the sounds and smells and people of each passing moment — this was the joy of the road.” - from “Between the Woods and the Water” by Patrick Leigh Fermor
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Crochet pitched a gem www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/s...
Garrett Crochet sparkles and Aroldis Chapman holds off Yankees as Red Sox take Game 1 - The Boston Globe
Masataka Yoshida's seventh-inning single drove in two Red Sox runs, and Alex Bregman added one in the top of the ninth.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Crochet pitched a gem www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/s...
Reposted by Colin Crowell 🔵🦉
share of americans who think zelenskyy is serious about wanting a peace deal: 53%
share who say the same thing about putin: 11%
-yougov
share who say the same thing about putin: 11%
-yougov
September 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
share of americans who think zelenskyy is serious about wanting a peace deal: 53%
share who say the same thing about putin: 11%
-yougov
share who say the same thing about putin: 11%
-yougov
Reposted by Colin Crowell 🔵🦉
the madness, the frenzy, the boiling blood and the smoking brow
September 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
the madness, the frenzy, the boiling blood and the smoking brow
Reposted by Colin Crowell 🔵🦉
Where does Europe stand in 2025? And what’s next?
On Wednesday 10 September, President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will reflect on the past year, current challenges for our Union, outline priorities and announce initiatives for the future.
ℹ️ europa.eu/!YmtfQB #SOTEU
On Wednesday 10 September, President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will reflect on the past year, current challenges for our Union, outline priorities and announce initiatives for the future.
ℹ️ europa.eu/!YmtfQB #SOTEU
September 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Where does Europe stand in 2025? And what’s next?
On Wednesday 10 September, President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will reflect on the past year, current challenges for our Union, outline priorities and announce initiatives for the future.
ℹ️ europa.eu/!YmtfQB #SOTEU
On Wednesday 10 September, President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will reflect on the past year, current challenges for our Union, outline priorities and announce initiatives for the future.
ℹ️ europa.eu/!YmtfQB #SOTEU
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🚀🎙️ New Winging It Episode: AI & Bitcoin, Unplugged!
We sat down with Core Scientific's Chief Development Officer. From rising to the top, through bankruptcy and rebirth, Core Scientific is now powering the future of AI and digital currency.
Listen in 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2Ofw...
We sat down with Core Scientific's Chief Development Officer. From rising to the top, through bankruptcy and rebirth, Core Scientific is now powering the future of AI and digital currency.
Listen in 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2Ofw...
Training AI and Mining Bitcoin: Inside the Data Center Revolution with Core Scientific's Russell Cann
open.spotify.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🚀🎙️ New Winging It Episode: AI & Bitcoin, Unplugged!
We sat down with Core Scientific's Chief Development Officer. From rising to the top, through bankruptcy and rebirth, Core Scientific is now powering the future of AI and digital currency.
Listen in 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2Ofw...
We sat down with Core Scientific's Chief Development Officer. From rising to the top, through bankruptcy and rebirth, Core Scientific is now powering the future of AI and digital currency.
Listen in 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2Ofw...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Reposted by Colin Crowell 🔵🦉
Today’s Supreme Court opinion upholding my E-Rate program is a major victory for students and teachers across the country. Because every student, no matter their zip code, deserves access to the internet.
June 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today’s Supreme Court opinion upholding my E-Rate program is a major victory for students and teachers across the country. Because every student, no matter their zip code, deserves access to the internet.
“The Giants also took on the remainder of Devers’s contract, approximately $237.7 million through 2033” 🧐
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/15/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/15/s...
Red Sox trade Rafael Devers to Giants in stunning blockbuster - The Boston Globe
The Red Sox are trading their three-time All-Star and face of the franchise for a package of players including righthanded pitcher Jordan Hicks.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“The Giants also took on the remainder of Devers’s contract, approximately $237.7 million through 2033” 🧐
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/15/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/15/s...
I sat down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Brody Mullins for our latest episode of the "Winging It" podcast 🔵🦉🎙️
Brody is the co-author of "The Wolves of K Street" and offers an unvarnished look at the forces shaping US democracy.
Please give it a listen:
open.spotify.com/episode/69Wo...
Brody is the co-author of "The Wolves of K Street" and offers an unvarnished look at the forces shaping US democracy.
Please give it a listen:
open.spotify.com/episode/69Wo...
June 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I sat down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Brody Mullins for our latest episode of the "Winging It" podcast 🔵🦉🎙️
Brody is the co-author of "The Wolves of K Street" and offers an unvarnished look at the forces shaping US democracy.
Please give it a listen:
open.spotify.com/episode/69Wo...
Brody is the co-author of "The Wolves of K Street" and offers an unvarnished look at the forces shaping US democracy.
Please give it a listen:
open.spotify.com/episode/69Wo...
It was a delight to chat with @nytceciliakang.bsky.social on the latest episode of the @blueowlgroup.bsky.social “Winging It” podcast. Cecilia and I discussed her career journey as well as her insights on tech policy, AI, and journalism. Hope you give a listen 🙏
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open.spotify.com/episode/5g2s...
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open.spotify.com/episode/5g2s...
May 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It was a delight to chat with @nytceciliakang.bsky.social on the latest episode of the @blueowlgroup.bsky.social “Winging It” podcast. Cecilia and I discussed her career journey as well as her insights on tech policy, AI, and journalism. Hope you give a listen 🙏
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open.spotify.com/episode/5g2s...
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open.spotify.com/episode/5g2s...
Looking at recent #elections in #Canada 🇨🇦 and #Australia 🇦🇺 -- it is difficult to think of other elections outside the U.S. that have been influenced so significantly by current political leadership in the U.S. 🇺🇸, and in ways unintended by that leadership.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w...
What Effect Did Trump Have on Australia’s Election?
The global turmoil wreaked by President Trump’s policies made him a factor in the election, bolstering the re-election of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Looking at recent #elections in #Canada 🇨🇦 and #Australia 🇦🇺 -- it is difficult to think of other elections outside the U.S. that have been influenced so significantly by current political leadership in the U.S. 🇺🇸, and in ways unintended by that leadership.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w...
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🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | El novelista peruano Mario Vargas Llosa, de 89 años, ha fallecido este domingo en Lima. El premio Nobel de literatura pasará a la historia como un extraordinario narrador y un influyente intelectual elpais.com/cultura/2025-04...
Muere Mario Vargas Llosa, gigante de las letras universales
El escritor hispano peruano, premio Nobel de Literatura en 2010, fue autor de obras maestras como ‘Conversación en la catedral’
elpais.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | El novelista peruano Mario Vargas Llosa, de 89 años, ha fallecido este domingo en Lima. El premio Nobel de literatura pasará a la historia como un extraordinario narrador y un influyente intelectual elpais.com/cultura/2025-04...
In this edition of @blueowlgroup.bsky.socials "Winging It" podcast, Senior Advisors @chch.bsky.social Carlos Cortés and Andrea Barenque discuss the complex challenges of tech policymaking in Latin America. This "Charlas con Charli" version is w/Spanish subtitles.
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youtu.be/51UOAVD3HTc?...
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youtu.be/51UOAVD3HTc?...
IA y política digital en América Latina. Con Andrea Barenque y Colin Crowell | CH#83
YouTube video by Charlas con Charli
youtu.be
April 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In this edition of @blueowlgroup.bsky.socials "Winging It" podcast, Senior Advisors @chch.bsky.social Carlos Cortés and Andrea Barenque discuss the complex challenges of tech policymaking in Latin America. This "Charlas con Charli" version is w/Spanish subtitles.
🔵🦉🇨🇴🇲🇽🤖
youtu.be/51UOAVD3HTc?...
🔵🦉🇨🇴🇲🇽🤖
youtu.be/51UOAVD3HTc?...
Rending of garments?
“For Democrats, the result is a jolt of momentum. They have been engaged in a coast-to-coast rhetorical rending of garments since Mr. Trump returned to the White House in January…” 🗳️🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
“For Democrats, the result is a jolt of momentum. They have been engaged in a coast-to-coast rhetorical rending of garments since Mr. Trump returned to the White House in January…” 🗳️🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, Despite Elon Musk’s Millions
Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel for a State Supreme Court seat in a race that shattered spending records and maintained a liberal majority on the court.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Rending of garments?
“For Democrats, the result is a jolt of momentum. They have been engaged in a coast-to-coast rhetorical rending of garments since Mr. Trump returned to the White House in January…” 🗳️🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
“For Democrats, the result is a jolt of momentum. They have been engaged in a coast-to-coast rhetorical rending of garments since Mr. Trump returned to the White House in January…” 🗳️🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
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Wonderful list here in time for National Poetry Month theatln.tc/OgU7ySeF @theatlantic.com
I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
The 25 most consequential collections from the past 25 years
theatln.tc
March 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Wonderful list here in time for National Poetry Month theatln.tc/OgU7ySeF @theatlantic.com
I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
Wonderful list here in time for National Poetry Month theatln.tc/OgU7ySeF @theatlantic.com
I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
The 25 most consequential collections from the past 25 years
theatln.tc
March 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Wonderful list here in time for National Poetry Month theatln.tc/OgU7ySeF @theatlantic.com
I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
Reposted by Colin Crowell 🔵🦉
Great talking to my friend and former colleague @colinc.bsky.social about the early days of Internet policy and decades of trying to address and bridge the #digitaldivide.
Excited to share the latest episode of The Blue Owl Group's (@blueowlgroup.bsky.social) "Winging It" podcast 🔵🦉featuring longtime friend and colleague Larry Irving, tech policy OG, a 2019 Internet Hall of Fame inductee, & Chairman of the Board of the PBS.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Vft...
open.spotify.com/episode/6Vft...
March 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Great talking to my friend and former colleague @colinc.bsky.social about the early days of Internet policy and decades of trying to address and bridge the #digitaldivide.
Excited to share the latest episode of The Blue Owl Group's (@blueowlgroup.bsky.social) "Winging It" podcast 🔵🦉featuring longtime friend and colleague Larry Irving, tech policy OG, a 2019 Internet Hall of Fame inductee, & Chairman of the Board of the PBS.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Vft...
open.spotify.com/episode/6Vft...
March 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Excited to share the latest episode of The Blue Owl Group's (@blueowlgroup.bsky.social) "Winging It" podcast 🔵🦉featuring longtime friend and colleague Larry Irving, tech policy OG, a 2019 Internet Hall of Fame inductee, & Chairman of the Board of the PBS.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Vft...
open.spotify.com/episode/6Vft...