Ian G. Williams
@igraywill.bsky.social
Personal account. Social worker, PhD student @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social. I read & think a lot about tech ethics, digital literacy, innovation, inequality, & social change. I find refuge & inspiration in the humanities.
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Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance
Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, and Social Entrepreneurship in Social Work and Human Services. Volume 49, Issue 5 of Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance
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Neat! The full collection of the Social Work Innovation Network special issue of Human Service Organizations that I was a guest editor for is now out: www.tandfonline.com/toc/wasw21/4...
Going to enjoy chatting about this over the next few days at #10EMESConf.
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Going to enjoy chatting about this over the next few days at #10EMESConf.
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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this was making me nuts recently so I recorded all the times I had to bat away all the useless AI shit in acrobat. four times right after opening the doc, and some things I couldn't even clear
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
this was making me nuts recently so I recorded all the times I had to bat away all the useless AI shit in acrobat. four times right after opening the doc, and some things I couldn't even clear
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Digital privacy via protection from surveillance (both corporate and state) through disclosures and opt-out built into user interfaces is a fundamental human rights issue for the 21st century. Undermining the GDPR would be a very unwise move.
"Other voices point at recent reporting by Politico, that Virkkunen's message to US businesses in direct meetings was that the EU will review its rules and become more business-friendly."
Left-leaning EP groups should call for resignation and ask her why she's prioritizing
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Left-leaning EP groups should call for resignation and ask her why she's prioritizing
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EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Digital privacy via protection from surveillance (both corporate and state) through disclosures and opt-out built into user interfaces is a fundamental human rights issue for the 21st century. Undermining the GDPR would be a very unwise move.
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no one has ever been better than chuck schumer at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
no one has ever been better than chuck schumer at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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It is the openness of the situation we need to grapple with. The political conflict isn’t over, nor is democracy’s fate sealed for good. On one end of the plausible spectrum, a democratic turnaround – and on the other, a complete democratic breakdown and full-blown authoritarian rule.
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It is the openness of the situation we need to grapple with. The political conflict isn’t over, nor is democracy’s fate sealed for good. On one end of the plausible spectrum, a democratic turnaround – and on the other, a complete democratic breakdown and full-blown authoritarian rule.
Put quite frankly, what the fuck is wrong with my country's government?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US supreme court issues emergency order blocking full Snap food aid payments
High court’s order comes after appeals court rejected Trump administration’s request to block November benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Put quite frankly, what the fuck is wrong with my country's government?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Something deeply fucked up when you can blindly break basic state functions and condemn millions to death and then people make you the richest man in the world instead of a pariah
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Something deeply fucked up when you can blindly break basic state functions and condemn millions to death and then people make you the richest man in the world instead of a pariah
She references Roussos & Malamidis' very interesting paper on social movements & the commons (2021).
mobilization.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
#10EMESconf #ScalingThroughCommunities
mobilization.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
#10EMESconf #ScalingThroughCommunities
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
She references Roussos & Malamidis' very interesting paper on social movements & the commons (2021).
mobilization.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
#10EMESconf #ScalingThroughCommunities
mobilization.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
#10EMESconf #ScalingThroughCommunities
#10EMESconf closing plenary at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social: Donnatella Della Porta discusses her work on social movements & its implications for thinking about the social economy: relationships between markets welfare states, & civil society; commons & solidarities; crises & austerity.
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#10EMESconf closing plenary at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social: Donnatella Della Porta discusses her work on social movements & its implications for thinking about the social economy: relationships between markets welfare states, & civil society; commons & solidarities; crises & austerity.
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"I can't feed starving American kids because I need money to invade Nigeria and placate billionaire ballroom donors" is a novel political argument. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"I can't feed starving American kids because I need money to invade Nigeria and placate billionaire ballroom donors" is a novel political argument. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Thinking about this while at #10EMESconf, & what happens when state (& nonprofit/community/third) sector fails millions of people whose needs are not met by existing markets. Jean-Luis Laville's historical look at associationism may also offer additional lessons.
The Democratic Party would do well to look to the social programs of the Black Panther Party as inspiration if SNAP disappears on Saturday. Just running party-sponsored food drives and regular party-sponsored spaghetti dinners in some major cities would be both helpful and good PR.
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thinking about this while at #10EMESconf, & what happens when state (& nonprofit/community/third) sector fails millions of people whose needs are not met by existing markets. Jean-Luis Laville's historical look at associationism may also offer additional lessons.
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This is an incredible sale, and Haymarket has put together some great five book packs on various subjects. $10 for five great books!
ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
At Haymarket, our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements, and we believe t...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is an incredible sale, and Haymarket has put together some great five book packs on various subjects. $10 for five great books!
I bought a copy of Laville's book, "The Solidarity Economy," the other day & had a fascinating conversation with him about the history & origins of EMES, & his long standing interest in the relationships between economies & democracies. Really enjoying his plenary remarks. #10EMESconf
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I bought a copy of Laville's book, "The Solidarity Economy," the other day & had a fascinating conversation with him about the history & origins of EMES, & his long standing interest in the relationships between economies & democracies. Really enjoying his plenary remarks. #10EMESconf
Laville speaks of his associationist approach to SE research, & activities emerging from communities excluded from mainstream political & economic activity, including in the US. #10EMESconf #ScalingThroughCommunities
Laville speaks against technocratic dimensions in social economy research (SE & SSE), anglocentric bias in the literature, & historical amnesia, drawing from Walter Benjamin's theses on history to move the discussion to experiences in the global south & their frequent invisibility. #10EMESconf
Jean-Louis Laville opens up the #10EMESconf afternoon plenary in Utrecht, focusing his remarks on EMES as a space for dialogues & exploring tensions between the SE sector & the importance of heterogeneity in this space. He looks back to a dialogue between Walter Lippmann & John Dewey on democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Laville speaks of his associationist approach to SE research, & activities emerging from communities excluded from mainstream political & economic activity, including in the US. #10EMESconf #ScalingThroughCommunities
Laville speaks against technocratic dimensions in social economy research (SE & SSE), anglocentric bias in the literature, & historical amnesia, drawing from Walter Benjamin's theses on history to move the discussion to experiences in the global south & their frequent invisibility. #10EMESconf
Jean-Louis Laville opens up the #10EMESconf afternoon plenary in Utrecht, focusing his remarks on EMES as a space for dialogues & exploring tensions between the SE sector & the importance of heterogeneity in this space. He looks back to a dialogue between Walter Lippmann & John Dewey on democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Laville speaks against technocratic dimensions in social economy research (SE & SSE), anglocentric bias in the literature, & historical amnesia, drawing from Walter Benjamin's theses on history to move the discussion to experiences in the global south & their frequent invisibility. #10EMESconf
Jean-Louis Laville opens up the #10EMESconf afternoon plenary in Utrecht, focusing his remarks on EMES as a space for dialogues & exploring tensions between the SE sector & the importance of heterogeneity in this space. He looks back to a dialogue between Walter Lippmann & John Dewey on democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Jean-Louis Laville opens up the #10EMESconf afternoon plenary in Utrecht, focusing his remarks on EMES as a space for dialogues & exploring tensions between the SE sector & the importance of heterogeneity in this space. He looks back to a dialogue between Walter Lippmann & John Dewey on democracy.
Riding the bus in Utrecht as I get ready for part two of #10EMESconf is a pretty quick reminder that dedicated bus lanes with zero cars in them ought to be the default, not the exception, for urban public transit. Even better when they have their own through-line roads in and out of the city center.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Riding the bus in Utrecht as I get ready for part two of #10EMESconf is a pretty quick reminder that dedicated bus lanes with zero cars in them ought to be the default, not the exception, for urban public transit. Even better when they have their own through-line roads in and out of the city center.
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"I am going to starve needy families" is an INSANE play
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"I am going to starve needy families" is an INSANE play
#10EMES A packed room for the Civic Values and Indirect Impact session. First session: "Civic wealth creation: Scale development and validation" with Sophie Bacq & Georgios Polychronopoulos. Lots of deep questions about measurement & model creation.
#ScalingThroughCommunities
#ScalingThroughCommunities
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#10EMES A packed room for the Civic Values and Indirect Impact session. First session: "Civic wealth creation: Scale development and validation" with Sophie Bacq & Georgios Polychronopoulos. Lots of deep questions about measurement & model creation.
#ScalingThroughCommunities
#ScalingThroughCommunities
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#10EMES A packed room for the Civic Values and Indirect Impact session. First session: "Civic wealth creation: Scale development and validation" with Sophie Bacq & Georgios Polychronopoulos. Lots of deep questions about measurement & model creation.
#ScalingThroughCommunities
#ScalingThroughCommunities
Really loving the visualizations & diagrams for this presentation, which Violeta explainedwere generated using MaxQDA when I asked about them. Other commentators remark that there are several papers that can come out of this very rich & interesting project.
#10EMESconf
#10EMESconf
#10EMESconf afternoon session: S. Violeta Bouzada Novoa shares her ongoing doctoral research & systematic literature review on social enterprises & circular economies.
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Really loving the visualizations & diagrams for this presentation, which Violeta explainedwere generated using MaxQDA when I asked about them. Other commentators remark that there are several papers that can come out of this very rich & interesting project.
#10EMESconf
#10EMESconf
#10EMESconf afternoon session: S. Violeta Bouzada Novoa shares her ongoing doctoral research & systematic literature review on social enterprises & circular economies.
November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#10EMESconf afternoon session: S. Violeta Bouzada Novoa shares her ongoing doctoral research & systematic literature review on social enterprises & circular economies.