Williamstown, MA

Congratulations to my friend @rahulbot (Rahul Bhargava, Northeastern) on his excellent new book, Community Data. Rahul has done pathbreaking work on helping communities understand and visualize their data in unique ways. So glad this is out in the world.

Howdy, Texas! I'll be in Austin on Thursday, giving a talk about unpermissioned research on digital media, a topic that's more important than ever with Twitter, Meta and TikTok's embrace of Maga. Sign up and come say hi. bit.ly/4hfRuIg

Nothing to see here. Just completely normal financial markets working efficiently to put capital where it is most useful.

Genuinely thought this was Yes Men style parody when I got this press release in my inbox today from futurecoal.org - the second term of Trump is already making it hard to differentiate reality and satire.

Excited for a closing panel by our new executive director Malka Older on Putting the “we” in AI #GVSummit2024

Lalima Shrestha of World Newah Organization works on indigenous language promotion and preservation, speaking at #GVsunmit2024

Starting day two of #GVSummit2024 with a panel on saving the internet led by my dear friend RMack.

Internet shutdowns as a form of political repression in South Asia, panel at #GVSummit2024

Momos and temples. Hi from Kathmandu.

Reddit is one of my favorite corners of the internet. Conversations with internet strangers around topics of mutual interest are often surprisingly civilized and enlightening. But where to start? Try redditmap.social, a new tool from @iDPI_umass