Sean’s Pen {technically speaking}
@seangon.bsky.social
Community Broadband Evangelist at ILSR (co-parent of this baby here www.communitynets.org) • Internet Scribe • Telecom Infrastructure & Policy Plug • Monopoly Board Flipper • Books/Movies/Music Connoisseur • #BlackSky Walker
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I gotta look for that! I just grabbed cultural bio on Octavia that I haven’t started yet …
October 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I gotta look for that! I just grabbed cultural bio on Octavia that I haven’t started yet …
Partaking in one of the few things that bring me a lil joy these days: watching Steph and my Warriors hoop
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Partaking in one of the few things that bring me a lil joy these days: watching Steph and my Warriors hoop
I’m also re-reading Franz Fanon’s classic interrogation of race, colonialism, and the psychology of revolutionary struggle — paired w/Dick Gregory’s Political Primer
And mannnn
Coming off 3 weeks of bed-ridden illness, I’ve been book hungry, reading parched…sooo yeah 🤷🏾♂️
💙📚 #blackbooksky #booksky
And mannnn
Coming off 3 weeks of bed-ridden illness, I’ve been book hungry, reading parched…sooo yeah 🤷🏾♂️
💙📚 #blackbooksky #booksky
September 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I’m also re-reading Franz Fanon’s classic interrogation of race, colonialism, and the psychology of revolutionary struggle — paired w/Dick Gregory’s Political Primer
And mannnn
Coming off 3 weeks of bed-ridden illness, I’ve been book hungry, reading parched…sooo yeah 🤷🏾♂️
💙📚 #blackbooksky #booksky
And mannnn
Coming off 3 weeks of bed-ridden illness, I’ve been book hungry, reading parched…sooo yeah 🤷🏾♂️
💙📚 #blackbooksky #booksky
B/c I’m one of those read multiple books at same time types, I’m also bout to crack open Musa Al-Gharbi’s “We Have Never Been Woke”
Book flap says it’s about “how a new ‘woke’ elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power…without helping the marginalized”
I couldn’t resist 💙📚
Book flap says it’s about “how a new ‘woke’ elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power…without helping the marginalized”
I couldn’t resist 💙📚
September 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
B/c I’m one of those read multiple books at same time types, I’m also bout to crack open Musa Al-Gharbi’s “We Have Never Been Woke”
Book flap says it’s about “how a new ‘woke’ elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power…without helping the marginalized”
I couldn’t resist 💙📚
Book flap says it’s about “how a new ‘woke’ elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power…without helping the marginalized”
I couldn’t resist 💙📚
On deck: Clay Cane’s “The Grift” — fully annotated history of Black Repubs fr Frederick Douglass to the grift of Black MAGA
Fascinating history, esp on Lincoln & Reconstruction Era
Clay hopes the book will help “reclaim revisionist history, expose opportunists, and honor heroes”
So far so good 💙📚
Fascinating history, esp on Lincoln & Reconstruction Era
Clay hopes the book will help “reclaim revisionist history, expose opportunists, and honor heroes”
So far so good 💙📚
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
On deck: Clay Cane’s “The Grift” — fully annotated history of Black Repubs fr Frederick Douglass to the grift of Black MAGA
Fascinating history, esp on Lincoln & Reconstruction Era
Clay hopes the book will help “reclaim revisionist history, expose opportunists, and honor heroes”
So far so good 💙📚
Fascinating history, esp on Lincoln & Reconstruction Era
Clay hopes the book will help “reclaim revisionist history, expose opportunists, and honor heroes”
So far so good 💙📚
Been on a book-buying tear last few months, which includes binging out at Mahogany Books at the National Harbor last month
Been buying mostly historical stuff to help me draw strength from the struggles of my ancestors …
💙📚 #booksky #blackbooksky 🧵
Been buying mostly historical stuff to help me draw strength from the struggles of my ancestors …
💙📚 #booksky #blackbooksky 🧵
September 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Been on a book-buying tear last few months, which includes binging out at Mahogany Books at the National Harbor last month
Been buying mostly historical stuff to help me draw strength from the struggles of my ancestors …
💙📚 #booksky #blackbooksky 🧵
Been buying mostly historical stuff to help me draw strength from the struggles of my ancestors …
💙📚 #booksky #blackbooksky 🧵
Lots to chew on/argue in this
But it’s a good intro to the convergence of AI, bioengineering, quantum computing and the containment problem staring us in the face
It’s at times hopeful (and naive in some ways) but also pretty blunt about the frightening “fragility amplifiers” lurking 📚
#booksky
But it’s a good intro to the convergence of AI, bioengineering, quantum computing and the containment problem staring us in the face
It’s at times hopeful (and naive in some ways) but also pretty blunt about the frightening “fragility amplifiers” lurking 📚
#booksky
August 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Lots to chew on/argue in this
But it’s a good intro to the convergence of AI, bioengineering, quantum computing and the containment problem staring us in the face
It’s at times hopeful (and naive in some ways) but also pretty blunt about the frightening “fragility amplifiers” lurking 📚
#booksky
But it’s a good intro to the convergence of AI, bioengineering, quantum computing and the containment problem staring us in the face
It’s at times hopeful (and naive in some ways) but also pretty blunt about the frightening “fragility amplifiers” lurking 📚
#booksky
Yeah kids…
Thid is how it sounded when you got online when the Internet first became publicly avail circa 1992ish 🌐🛜☎️📀💻
Thid is how it sounded when you got online when the Internet first became publicly avail circa 1992ish 🌐🛜☎️📀💻
August 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Yeah kids…
Thid is how it sounded when you got online when the Internet first became publicly avail circa 1992ish 🌐🛜☎️📀💻
Thid is how it sounded when you got online when the Internet first became publicly avail circa 1992ish 🌐🛜☎️📀💻
The Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival was lit
Got to hear Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson read and speak, didn’t even know she was slated to be there
I also didn’t know you’re not supposed to take pics of SC justices — until I was politely informed by a super friendly US Marshall
Got to hear Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson read and speak, didn’t even know she was slated to be there
I also didn’t know you’re not supposed to take pics of SC justices — until I was politely informed by a super friendly US Marshall
August 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival was lit
Got to hear Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson read and speak, didn’t even know she was slated to be there
I also didn’t know you’re not supposed to take pics of SC justices — until I was politely informed by a super friendly US Marshall
Got to hear Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson read and speak, didn’t even know she was slated to be there
I also didn’t know you’re not supposed to take pics of SC justices — until I was politely informed by a super friendly US Marshall
THE Spike Lee has a new movie coming out NEXT WEEK starring THE Denzel Washington and I haven’t seen a single ad for it or any promo except fr Spike
Either the studios SUCK at marketing - or something else is going on 🤔🧐🤨
Me? Oh I’m there. If Denzel is in a movie, I’m going 🎥🎬🍿
Either the studios SUCK at marketing - or something else is going on 🤔🧐🤨
Me? Oh I’m there. If Denzel is in a movie, I’m going 🎥🎬🍿
August 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
THE Spike Lee has a new movie coming out NEXT WEEK starring THE Denzel Washington and I haven’t seen a single ad for it or any promo except fr Spike
Either the studios SUCK at marketing - or something else is going on 🤔🧐🤨
Me? Oh I’m there. If Denzel is in a movie, I’m going 🎥🎬🍿
Either the studios SUCK at marketing - or something else is going on 🤔🧐🤨
Me? Oh I’m there. If Denzel is in a movie, I’m going 🎥🎬🍿
Who - or what - killed California's proposed broadband affordability law?
Wrote about it below and man...I sure hope the CA Assembly member who sponsored the bill is wrong
B/c if she's right, it's bad news for other states that have filed similar bills 🛜💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/whod...
Wrote about it below and man...I sure hope the CA Assembly member who sponsored the bill is wrong
B/c if she's right, it's bad news for other states that have filed similar bills 🛜💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/whod...
July 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Who - or what - killed California's proposed broadband affordability law?
Wrote about it below and man...I sure hope the CA Assembly member who sponsored the bill is wrong
B/c if she's right, it's bad news for other states that have filed similar bills 🛜💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/whod...
Wrote about it below and man...I sure hope the CA Assembly member who sponsored the bill is wrong
B/c if she's right, it's bad news for other states that have filed similar bills 🛜💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/whod...
The Trump admin thinks Starlink can solve the digital divide so they changed the rules on how fed $$ could be spent on broadband infra to Elon’s benefit
Here I write about a new analysis that blows a huge hole in that starry eyed billionaire giveaway ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/new-...
Here I write about a new analysis that blows a huge hole in that starry eyed billionaire giveaway ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/new-...
July 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Trump admin thinks Starlink can solve the digital divide so they changed the rules on how fed $$ could be spent on broadband infra to Elon’s benefit
Here I write about a new analysis that blows a huge hole in that starry eyed billionaire giveaway ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/new-...
Here I write about a new analysis that blows a huge hole in that starry eyed billionaire giveaway ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/new-...
It’s come to this … in America, the “land of the free”
They are now arresting US Senators (Sen Padilla) just for asking questions
They are now arresting US Senators (Sen Padilla) just for asking questions
June 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It’s come to this … in America, the “land of the free”
They are now arresting US Senators (Sen Padilla) just for asking questions
They are now arresting US Senators (Sen Padilla) just for asking questions
With federal fascism on the march, it’s vital for communities to build & fortify resilience
One way to do that: building publicly-owned, locally controlled telecom infrastructure
It ain’t easy but my hometown Oakland is on the path 💪🏾
I wrote about it here
communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...
One way to do that: building publicly-owned, locally controlled telecom infrastructure
It ain’t easy but my hometown Oakland is on the path 💪🏾
I wrote about it here
communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...
June 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
With federal fascism on the march, it’s vital for communities to build & fortify resilience
One way to do that: building publicly-owned, locally controlled telecom infrastructure
It ain’t easy but my hometown Oakland is on the path 💪🏾
I wrote about it here
communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...
One way to do that: building publicly-owned, locally controlled telecom infrastructure
It ain’t easy but my hometown Oakland is on the path 💪🏾
I wrote about it here
communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...
It wasn’t the first time DT has unconstitutionally declared a law passed by Congress to be terminated, but the 86ing of the Digital Equity Act, which is part of BIPARTISAN Infrastructure LAW, is particularly egregious
I wrote about it here
communitynetworks.org/content/digi...
I wrote about it here
communitynetworks.org/content/digi...
May 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It wasn’t the first time DT has unconstitutionally declared a law passed by Congress to be terminated, but the 86ing of the Digital Equity Act, which is part of BIPARTISAN Infrastructure LAW, is particularly egregious
I wrote about it here
communitynetworks.org/content/digi...
I wrote about it here
communitynetworks.org/content/digi...
Oh and I’ll be moderating one of the panel discussions …
May 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Oh and I’ll be moderating one of the panel discussions …
Oh and I’ll be moderating this panel
May 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Oh and I’ll be moderating this panel
Also been devouring books on cosmology
Call me crazy but I find it comforting being reminded that our existence is a speck of dust in the universe & not even fascists can bend Reality to their own distorted ends
The Laws of Nature work and no amount of “alternative facts” can evade it
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Call me crazy but I find it comforting being reminded that our existence is a speck of dust in the universe & not even fascists can bend Reality to their own distorted ends
The Laws of Nature work and no amount of “alternative facts” can evade it
📚💙
April 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Also been devouring books on cosmology
Call me crazy but I find it comforting being reminded that our existence is a speck of dust in the universe & not even fascists can bend Reality to their own distorted ends
The Laws of Nature work and no amount of “alternative facts” can evade it
📚💙
Call me crazy but I find it comforting being reminded that our existence is a speck of dust in the universe & not even fascists can bend Reality to their own distorted ends
The Laws of Nature work and no amount of “alternative facts” can evade it
📚💙
Been re-reading Frantz Fanon and let’s just say it’s more than a historical curiosity
(Forgot how 🔥 Sarte’s preface was/is)
Excuse me while I run to the store to get another highlighter
The one I was using is all worn out fr highlighting Fanon passages
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(Forgot how 🔥 Sarte’s preface was/is)
Excuse me while I run to the store to get another highlighter
The one I was using is all worn out fr highlighting Fanon passages
📚💙
April 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Been re-reading Frantz Fanon and let’s just say it’s more than a historical curiosity
(Forgot how 🔥 Sarte’s preface was/is)
Excuse me while I run to the store to get another highlighter
The one I was using is all worn out fr highlighting Fanon passages
📚💙
(Forgot how 🔥 Sarte’s preface was/is)
Excuse me while I run to the store to get another highlighter
The one I was using is all worn out fr highlighting Fanon passages
📚💙
Best night of 2025 so far
Crawford wins SC race in Wisconsin
And Steph Curry had 12 threes and 52 points tonight to beat the Grizzlies for the 5th seed
It’s cheese allll night for me
Crawford wins SC race in Wisconsin
And Steph Curry had 12 threes and 52 points tonight to beat the Grizzlies for the 5th seed
It’s cheese allll night for me
April 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Best night of 2025 so far
Crawford wins SC race in Wisconsin
And Steph Curry had 12 threes and 52 points tonight to beat the Grizzlies for the 5th seed
It’s cheese allll night for me
Crawford wins SC race in Wisconsin
And Steph Curry had 12 threes and 52 points tonight to beat the Grizzlies for the 5th seed
It’s cheese allll night for me
Been on a reading tear lately, plowing through books at breakneck pace
Highly recommend these @timothysnyder.bsky.social books, esp his analysis about negative freedom vs positive freedom
What are y’all reading #BlackBookSky #BookSky 📚💙
Highly recommend these @timothysnyder.bsky.social books, esp his analysis about negative freedom vs positive freedom
What are y’all reading #BlackBookSky #BookSky 📚💙
March 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Been on a reading tear lately, plowing through books at breakneck pace
Highly recommend these @timothysnyder.bsky.social books, esp his analysis about negative freedom vs positive freedom
What are y’all reading #BlackBookSky #BookSky 📚💙
Highly recommend these @timothysnyder.bsky.social books, esp his analysis about negative freedom vs positive freedom
What are y’all reading #BlackBookSky #BookSky 📚💙
One of the many things DOGE myopia dodges is stuff like what @karlbode.com writes for us here
“The Affordable Connectivity Program generated more savings for taxpayers than it cost.” 💻 ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/stud...
“The Affordable Connectivity Program generated more savings for taxpayers than it cost.” 💻 ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/stud...
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One of the many things DOGE myopia dodges is stuff like what @karlbode.com writes for us here
“The Affordable Connectivity Program generated more savings for taxpayers than it cost.” 💻 ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/stud...
“The Affordable Connectivity Program generated more savings for taxpayers than it cost.” 💻 ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/stud...
Serious hands-on learning at the 16th Tribal Broadband Bootcamp
TBB co-founder @matthewrantanen.bsky.social “accidentally” cut the fiber feed on the instructional network so JNet techs in training fr the Jemez Pueblo in NM could splice & fix
They had network back up & running in under 30 mins! 🙌🏾
TBB co-founder @matthewrantanen.bsky.social “accidentally” cut the fiber feed on the instructional network so JNet techs in training fr the Jemez Pueblo in NM could splice & fix
They had network back up & running in under 30 mins! 🙌🏾
March 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Serious hands-on learning at the 16th Tribal Broadband Bootcamp
TBB co-founder @matthewrantanen.bsky.social “accidentally” cut the fiber feed on the instructional network so JNet techs in training fr the Jemez Pueblo in NM could splice & fix
They had network back up & running in under 30 mins! 🙌🏾
TBB co-founder @matthewrantanen.bsky.social “accidentally” cut the fiber feed on the instructional network so JNet techs in training fr the Jemez Pueblo in NM could splice & fix
They had network back up & running in under 30 mins! 🙌🏾
The article really just scratches the surface
A more robust explanation of why fed investments should favor fiber networks can be found in our policy brief here ⬇️
ilsr.org/wp-content/u...
A more robust explanation of why fed investments should favor fiber networks can be found in our policy brief here ⬇️
ilsr.org/wp-content/u...
March 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The article really just scratches the surface
A more robust explanation of why fed investments should favor fiber networks can be found in our policy brief here ⬇️
ilsr.org/wp-content/u...
A more robust explanation of why fed investments should favor fiber networks can be found in our policy brief here ⬇️
ilsr.org/wp-content/u...
Like a QB tryna get the ball to his wide receiver
You gotta thread the NID to get the instructional fiber network up and running here at the 16th Tribal Broadband Bootcamp kicking off this week
#DigitalSovereignty 💻 🛜
You gotta thread the NID to get the instructional fiber network up and running here at the 16th Tribal Broadband Bootcamp kicking off this week
#DigitalSovereignty 💻 🛜
March 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Like a QB tryna get the ball to his wide receiver
You gotta thread the NID to get the instructional fiber network up and running here at the 16th Tribal Broadband Bootcamp kicking off this week
#DigitalSovereignty 💻 🛜
You gotta thread the NID to get the instructional fiber network up and running here at the 16th Tribal Broadband Bootcamp kicking off this week
#DigitalSovereignty 💻 🛜