Nathan Schneider
@ntnsndr.in
Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.
Wednesday! Join me for a Metagov Seminar with my colleague Dr. Orit Peleg from CU Boulder, a computer scientist who does the most wonderful work on self-governance among plants and insects—this is going to be glorious: luma.com/pzbp4zq1?tk=...
Seminar: Governance Among Plants & Insects with Dr. Orit Peleg · Zoom · Luma
Dr. Orit Peleg seeks to understand the behavior of disordered living systems by merging tools from physics, biology, engineering, and computer science. At the…
luma.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Wednesday! Join me for a Metagov Seminar with my colleague Dr. Orit Peleg from CU Boulder, a computer scientist who does the most wonderful work on self-governance among plants and insects—this is going to be glorious: luma.com/pzbp4zq1?tk=...
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
protocol.ecologies.info
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Just arrived! Copies of the Open Social Network Cookbook, beautifully designed and made by Janaya Kizzie of Binch Press x Queer Archive Work.
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just arrived! Copies of the Open Social Network Cookbook, beautifully designed and made by Janaya Kizzie of Binch Press x Queer Archive Work.
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Just arrived! Copies of the Open Social Network Cookbook, beautifully designed and made by Janaya Kizzie of Binch Press x Queer Archive Work.
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just arrived! Copies of the Open Social Network Cookbook, beautifully designed and made by Janaya Kizzie of Binch Press x Queer Archive Work.
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
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Putting down Radical Technologies (because I literally don't have it on me, lol) and picking up @ntnsndr.in's Governable Spaces for my latest technosocial read: nathanschneider.info/books/govern...
Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
nathanschneider.info
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Putting down Radical Technologies (because I literally don't have it on me, lol) and picking up @ntnsndr.in's Governable Spaces for my latest technosocial read: nathanschneider.info/books/govern...
Being a panpsychist is convenient because you get to completely ignore debates about whether AI is becoming conscious or whatever. I recommend it.
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Being a panpsychist is convenient because you get to completely ignore debates about whether AI is becoming conscious or whatever. I recommend it.
Ooh, Gander (Canadian AT Proto social network) is looking really good, and you can become a co-owner! gandersocial.ca
Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built in Canada
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your personal data taking an unexpected trip down south.
gandersocial.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ooh, Gander (Canadian AT Proto social network) is looking really good, and you can become a co-owner! gandersocial.ca
Congrats to @ronentk.me and the rest of the team for such extraordinary progress building social for science!
Semble alpha is now open! ✨
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Congrats to @ronentk.me and the rest of the team for such extraordinary progress building social for science!
Loving this so far!!!
Our platform is ready.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Loving this so far!!!
The de-Googled @murena-com.bsky.social Fairphone 6 is now available in the US. I have been a tester and the team has done an amazing job making this thing sparkle. It's an easy way to move to fair-trade hardware & user-centered software.
murena.com/america/shop...
murena.com/america/shop...
Murena Fairphone (Gen. 6)
Brand new deGoogled Murena Fairphone (Gen. 6) with /e/OS operative system ! The Murena Fairphone (Gen. 6) is the perfect option to bring together privacy and sustainability ! Powered by /e/OS operating system, your Murena Fairphone (Gen. 6) protects you and your data at all times, while at the same…
murena.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The de-Googled @murena-com.bsky.social Fairphone 6 is now available in the US. I have been a tester and the team has done an amazing job making this thing sparkle. It's an easy way to move to fair-trade hardware & user-centered software.
murena.com/america/shop...
murena.com/america/shop...
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"At the heart of our work together was the question: How can the online communities that we participate in use tools that truly reflect our values?"
This looks so useful for #TeamRhetoric folks seeking to reframe our social media pedagogy!
This looks so useful for #TeamRhetoric folks seeking to reframe our social media pedagogy!
Over the past year, my lab has hosted a cohort of people from around the world who are trying to move their communities to online tools under their control. OUT TODAY: Learn about their thinking and doing in our collectively authored Open Social Network Cookbook. https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"At the heart of our work together was the question: How can the online communities that we participate in use tools that truly reflect our values?"
This looks so useful for #TeamRhetoric folks seeking to reframe our social media pedagogy!
This looks so useful for #TeamRhetoric folks seeking to reframe our social media pedagogy!
Reposted by Nathan Schneider
Hey! My piece "Being Open, Social, and Protective" is out in the Open Social Network Cookbook zine created by a wonderful cohort of community/tech from folks around the world. My recipe offers a 101 guide for curating healthy & happy social media accts. Check it out! www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/m...
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hey! My piece "Being Open, Social, and Protective" is out in the Open Social Network Cookbook zine created by a wonderful cohort of community/tech from folks around the world. My recipe offers a 101 guide for curating healthy & happy social media accts. Check it out! www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/m...
Over the past year, my lab has hosted a cohort of people from around the world who are trying to move their communities to online tools under their control. OUT TODAY: Learn about their thinking and doing in our collectively authored Open Social Network Cookbook. https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Over the past year, my lab has hosted a cohort of people from around the world who are trying to move their communities to online tools under their control. OUT TODAY: Learn about their thinking and doing in our collectively authored Open Social Network Cookbook. https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/
A helpful reminder to Curtis Yarvin that CEOs are liberals, not monarchs. www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
The Fantasy of the CEO-Monarch | Compact
Curtis Yarvin is the court philosopher of the New Right.
www.compactmag.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A helpful reminder to Curtis Yarvin that CEOs are liberals, not monarchs. www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
Bsky needs some #gobuffs @colorado.edu
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Bsky needs some #gobuffs @colorado.edu
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
Reposted by Nathan Schneider
Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Halloween
I just remembered how excited I am for hosting Orit Peleg's Metagov Seminar on governance among insects and plants on November 12. You should come: luma.com/pzbp4zq1?tk=...
Seminar: Governance Among Plants & Insects with Dr. Orit Peleg · Zoom · Luma
Dr. Orit Peleg seeks to understand the behavior of disordered living systems by merging tools from physics, biology, engineering, and computer science. At the…
luma.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I just remembered how excited I am for hosting Orit Peleg's Metagov Seminar on governance among insects and plants on November 12. You should come: luma.com/pzbp4zq1?tk=...
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Similar to "governance overload" phenomena we discussed in osf.io/preprints/me... @ntnsndr.in @kelsiemvn.bsky.social @mzargham.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Similar to "governance overload" phenomena we discussed in osf.io/preprints/me... @ntnsndr.in @kelsiemvn.bsky.social @mzargham.bsky.social
I tell you it is a special feeling when you open your morning newsletters and see an amazing former student like @clurrese.bsky.social telling much needed library stories at the great @404media.co: www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I tell you it is a special feeling when you open your morning newsletters and see an amazing former student like @clurrese.bsky.social telling much needed library stories at the great @404media.co: www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Hello world, @visualevidencelab.bsky.social! Everyone, time to follow the work of my colleague @sristovska.bsky.social if you're not already.
More on the lab here: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev...
More on the lab here: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev...
Home
According to one estimate, video appears in about 80% of criminal court cases—a number that should grow, given the ubiquity of smartphone cameras, increased
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October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hello world, @visualevidencelab.bsky.social! Everyone, time to follow the work of my colleague @sristovska.bsky.social if you're not already.
More on the lab here: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev...
More on the lab here: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev...
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If ur interested in democratic governance - both online & in political life - this one is full of strong thinking
w/ a nice side of ‘make governance fun!’, a mantra I bring to my gov work. Need someone to make this into a dad cap!🧢
@thedrc.bsky.social
@ntnsndr.in
podfollow.com/techquitable...
w/ a nice side of ‘make governance fun!’, a mantra I bring to my gov work. Need someone to make this into a dad cap!🧢
@thedrc.bsky.social
@ntnsndr.in
podfollow.com/techquitable...
Techquitable
Welcome to the Techquitable podcast, your audio guide through the complex landscape of emerging technologies and equitable ownership.
Hosted by Connor Spelliscy and Tony Douglas Jr. of the Decentral...
podfollow.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If ur interested in democratic governance - both online & in political life - this one is full of strong thinking
w/ a nice side of ‘make governance fun!’, a mantra I bring to my gov work. Need someone to make this into a dad cap!🧢
@thedrc.bsky.social
@ntnsndr.in
podfollow.com/techquitable...
w/ a nice side of ‘make governance fun!’, a mantra I bring to my gov work. Need someone to make this into a dad cap!🧢
@thedrc.bsky.social
@ntnsndr.in
podfollow.com/techquitable...
"We're not robots. We're people"—the Colorado Drivers Co-op is up and running!
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"We're not robots. We're people"—the Colorado Drivers Co-op is up and running!
Woohoo the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center presente in a union hall. Unions & EO FTW
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Woohoo the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center presente in a union hall. Unions & EO FTW
How can we calibrate online democracy for the attention economy? On November 5, I'll be doing a virtual lecture for Columbia University on my new co-authored paper, "Online Governance Surfaces and Attention Economies."
Register here: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DZfEoh2lTva
Register here: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DZfEoh2lTva
October 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
How can we calibrate online democracy for the attention economy? On November 5, I'll be doing a virtual lecture for Columbia University on my new co-authored paper, "Online Governance Surfaces and Attention Economies."
Register here: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DZfEoh2lTva
Register here: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DZfEoh2lTva