Todd Hoskins
@toddhoskins.bsky.social
Continuously Turning to the Wild | Org & Ecosystem Designer @ Canopy Gap | Leading from Being podcast | Great Lakes native living in Costa Rica | art & science of working together | Argentine tango | Nature-lover
https://linktr.ee/toddhoskins
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We tend to view change as something that happens to us, or something we create . . .
What does it mean to participate with change?
Join Marti Spiegelman and I this Wednesday.
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What does it mean to participate with change?
Join Marti Spiegelman and I this Wednesday.
lu.ma/4k6jv6jx
Participating in Change: Awareness, Timings, and Life's Cycles · Zoom · Luma
"All good methods, explanations, and theories inevitably distance us from our primal sense of participation.”
-- David Tracy
Our Gathering theme for 2024-2025,…
lu.ma
August 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We tend to view change as something that happens to us, or something we create . . .
What does it mean to participate with change?
Join Marti Spiegelman and I this Wednesday.
lu.ma/4k6jv6jx
What does it mean to participate with change?
Join Marti Spiegelman and I this Wednesday.
lu.ma/4k6jv6jx
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“Platform design is a silent pilot steering human behavior.”
Friend of New_ Public @lisa-schirch.bsky.social warns profit-driven social media design is leading us into an era of "techno-autocracy."
But in the right hands, platform design can foster democratic engagement and civic participation.
Friend of New_ Public @lisa-schirch.bsky.social warns profit-driven social media design is leading us into an era of "techno-autocracy."
But in the right hands, platform design can foster democratic engagement and civic participation.
Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed
Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’ political agendas. Some smaller platforms are using design to support democracy.
theconversation.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Platform design is a silent pilot steering human behavior.”
Friend of New_ Public @lisa-schirch.bsky.social warns profit-driven social media design is leading us into an era of "techno-autocracy."
But in the right hands, platform design can foster democratic engagement and civic participation.
Friend of New_ Public @lisa-schirch.bsky.social warns profit-driven social media design is leading us into an era of "techno-autocracy."
But in the right hands, platform design can foster democratic engagement and civic participation.
I need more sprinkles like this in my feed
Most people do not know about the secret dwarf white tiger lair by the rocks on this beach.
June 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I need more sprinkles like this in my feed
Bingo 👇
Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
June 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Bingo 👇
House vote is in three hours . . .
protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/
This would be devastating to millions of kids and parents, thousands of teachers, and rural areas especially.
protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/
This would be devastating to millions of kids and parents, thousands of teachers, and rural areas especially.
June 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
House vote is in three hours . . .
protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/
This would be devastating to millions of kids and parents, thousands of teachers, and rural areas especially.
protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/
This would be devastating to millions of kids and parents, thousands of teachers, and rural areas especially.
A friend over the weekend asked me if I had read/seen coverage of the village in Switzerland engulfed by a collapsing glacier. I had not. Wow.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘This is ground zero for Blatten’: the tiny Swiss village engulfed by a mountain
‘The memories preserved in countless books, photo albums, documentation – everything is gone,’ says village’s mayor
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A friend over the weekend asked me if I had read/seen coverage of the village in Switzerland engulfed by a collapsing glacier. I had not. Wow.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"We don’t need a new layer of technology between us—we need technology that removes the artificial barriers that exist between all of us—the stories we tell ourselves and the fear of being hurt that blocks love’s impulse to connect. This is what Relating AI is."
andyswindler.com/wisdom/relat...
andyswindler.com/wisdom/relat...
Relationships Are Everything: How Relating AI Fosters Loving Human Connection - Andy Swindler
The greatest and most memorable moments of life are in authentic relationships, with other people and ourselves. The most painful heart-wrenching moments are from fractured relationships. Most of us l...
andyswindler.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"We don’t need a new layer of technology between us—we need technology that removes the artificial barriers that exist between all of us—the stories we tell ourselves and the fear of being hurt that blocks love’s impulse to connect. This is what Relating AI is."
andyswindler.com/wisdom/relat...
andyswindler.com/wisdom/relat...
Found this 2018 talk I gave referencing Heimans & Timms' "New Power." In 2025, this shift feels both more urgent and challenging. The movement toward networked governance and transparency continues beneath the surface, even when not in headlines.
May 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Found this 2018 talk I gave referencing Heimans & Timms' "New Power." In 2025, this shift feels both more urgent and challenging. The movement toward networked governance and transparency continues beneath the surface, even when not in headlines.
I am grateful to all the folks who are creating conditions for more human belonging.
And . . . it feels important to extend the conversation on belonging beyond the human realm.
We belong to each other. But beneath that, we belong to something larger.
www.leadingfrombeing.com/episode-32-s...
And . . . it feels important to extend the conversation on belonging beyond the human realm.
We belong to each other. But beneath that, we belong to something larger.
www.leadingfrombeing.com/episode-32-s...
Episode 32: Stepping into Belonging — Leading from Being
www.leadingfrombeing.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I am grateful to all the folks who are creating conditions for more human belonging.
And . . . it feels important to extend the conversation on belonging beyond the human realm.
We belong to each other. But beneath that, we belong to something larger.
www.leadingfrombeing.com/episode-32-s...
And . . . it feels important to extend the conversation on belonging beyond the human realm.
We belong to each other. But beneath that, we belong to something larger.
www.leadingfrombeing.com/episode-32-s...
Working with eight public media orgs over five years showed me how vital independent local media is. These passionate teams are community mirrors, ears, and connective tissue. Without them at full strength, we lose far more than just Big Bird. bit.ly/4iPZakE #ProtectMyPublicMedia
Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Email your Members of Congress now!
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Working with eight public media orgs over five years showed me how vital independent local media is. These passionate teams are community mirrors, ears, and connective tissue. Without them at full strength, we lose far more than just Big Bird. bit.ly/4iPZakE #ProtectMyPublicMedia
Truthteller @andreagibson.bsky.social inspires many, including me.
"If I only reach out to you from the healed place, from the lesson learned, then we don’t get to sit in vulnerability together. Neatly resolved stories signal that the exploration is over."
open.substack.com/pub/andreagi...
"If I only reach out to you from the healed place, from the lesson learned, then we don’t get to sit in vulnerability together. Neatly resolved stories signal that the exploration is over."
open.substack.com/pub/andreagi...
The Hardest Winter Of My Life
Writing from the messy middle
open.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Truthteller @andreagibson.bsky.social inspires many, including me.
"If I only reach out to you from the healed place, from the lesson learned, then we don’t get to sit in vulnerability together. Neatly resolved stories signal that the exploration is over."
open.substack.com/pub/andreagi...
"If I only reach out to you from the healed place, from the lesson learned, then we don’t get to sit in vulnerability together. Neatly resolved stories signal that the exploration is over."
open.substack.com/pub/andreagi...
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Fearless authenticity radiates so much beauty.
April 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Fearless authenticity radiates so much beauty.
Destruction demands nothing of the soul—no wisdom to guide it, no courage to temper it. It feeds only on the emptiness of callousness, the mirage of power where none exists, and the petulant impulse of immaturity.
April 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Destruction demands nothing of the soul—no wisdom to guide it, no courage to temper it. It feeds only on the emptiness of callousness, the mirage of power where none exists, and the petulant impulse of immaturity.
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Once we recognise how control and self-protection rob life of all vitality and rhythm, we will find ourselves slowly advancing towards the threshold of risk and trust.
April 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Once we recognise how control and self-protection rob life of all vitality and rhythm, we will find ourselves slowly advancing towards the threshold of risk and trust.
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I am attracted to ellipsis, to the unsaid, to suggestion, to eloquent deliberate silence.
— Louise Glück
— Louise Glück
April 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I am attracted to ellipsis, to the unsaid, to suggestion, to eloquent deliberate silence.
— Louise Glück
— Louise Glück
This is good advice. I'm glad we're having a conversation about "facilitation" too but I wish the context was different.
A lot to be said about this opinion from the 4th circuit, but maybe most importantly, it’s written in plain language.
It’s only 7 pages, I’d encourage people to read it in it’s entirety www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
It’s only 7 pages, I’d encourage people to read it in it’s entirety www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
www.courthousenews.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is good advice. I'm glad we're having a conversation about "facilitation" too but I wish the context was different.
Good way to spend 10 minutes at the end (or beginning) of you day? Scrolling through the broad list of worker cooperatives on Bluesky.
go.bsky.app/UsAcPoV
go.bsky.app/UsAcPoV
April 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Good way to spend 10 minutes at the end (or beginning) of you day? Scrolling through the broad list of worker cooperatives on Bluesky.
go.bsky.app/UsAcPoV
go.bsky.app/UsAcPoV
One of my greatest teachers died two weeks ago. We never met, but shared emails a decade ago. His 11 books on my shelf still guide me. I'm comforted he died in the arms of his love, Patricia.
www.sonomanews.com/article/news...
www.sonomanews.com/article/news...
Sonoma bids farewell to a ‘hammer-swinging philosopher’
Sonoma resident Sam Keen, a highly influential philosopher, teacher and author, died March 19 at the age of 93.
www.sonomanews.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
One of my greatest teachers died two weeks ago. We never met, but shared emails a decade ago. His 11 books on my shelf still guide me. I'm comforted he died in the arms of his love, Patricia.
www.sonomanews.com/article/news...
www.sonomanews.com/article/news...
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HOLY SHIT. I grew up two stoplights over from Flower Mound. I never in my life would’ve expected to see a protest like this there. WOW.
April 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
HOLY SHIT. I grew up two stoplights over from Flower Mound. I never in my life would’ve expected to see a protest like this there. WOW.
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HAPPENING NOW: A MASSIVE protest is taking place in downtown Chicago for the "Hands Off!" movement against Elon Musk and Donald Trump
April 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
HAPPENING NOW: A MASSIVE protest is taking place in downtown Chicago for the "Hands Off!" movement against Elon Musk and Donald Trump
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
If everyone’s good at their job, shop there. If you need help with something, find a local company or self-employed person to pay directly — and tip them.
annehelen.substack.com/p/are-people...
@annehelen.bsky.social reveals what's often beneath poor customer experiences
annehelen.substack.com/p/are-people...
@annehelen.bsky.social reveals what's often beneath poor customer experiences
Are People Bad At Their Jobs....or Are The Jobs Just Bad?
A Bed Assembly Drama
annehelen.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If everyone’s good at their job, shop there. If you need help with something, find a local company or self-employed person to pay directly — and tip them.
annehelen.substack.com/p/are-people...
@annehelen.bsky.social reveals what's often beneath poor customer experiences
annehelen.substack.com/p/are-people...
@annehelen.bsky.social reveals what's often beneath poor customer experiences
