Todd Youngblood
@todd.roots.coop
dad, technologist, and co-op MBA building open finance tools for humans and earth. counter corporate. student of the commons.
📍Rocky Mountain High
📍Rocky Mountain High
In these times, remember: before every dawn—there is the darkness of night.
June 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
In these times, remember: before every dawn—there is the darkness of night.
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Despite being a vital service many rely on, social care often fails to reach those who need it most due to the all too prevalent focus on profit.
Social cooperatives are a democratic model for care that places the needs of recipients above any notion of extreme self-enrichment.
Social cooperatives are a democratic model for care that places the needs of recipients above any notion of extreme self-enrichment.
The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
In Italy and Quebec, social or solidarity co-ops that enable “clients” to be co-creators of services are now common. Might the United States follow their lead?
nonprofitquarterly.org
May 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Despite being a vital service many rely on, social care often fails to reach those who need it most due to the all too prevalent focus on profit.
Social cooperatives are a democratic model for care that places the needs of recipients above any notion of extreme self-enrichment.
Social cooperatives are a democratic model for care that places the needs of recipients above any notion of extreme self-enrichment.
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This was a great conversation between Douglas Rushkoff and @davidbollier.bsky.social on commons, commoning, and meeting the future halfway. via a prosocial/ethical vision.
Check it out!
Check it out!
David Bollier: The Commons Are Not a Tragedy
Team Human · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This was a great conversation between Douglas Rushkoff and @davidbollier.bsky.social on commons, commoning, and meeting the future halfway. via a prosocial/ethical vision.
Check it out!
Check it out!
“The Digital Frontier is not conquered by mountain men-it requires a wagon train. It requires all of us to travel together.”
Mei Lin Fung calls this moment The Great Disruption—a shift as big as the Great Depression but driven by global connectivity. We talk about tech, wisdom, and building resilient societies.
🎧Listen the full episode here: termsofservice.xyz/episodes/the...
🎧Listen the full episode here: termsofservice.xyz/episodes/the...
April 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“The Digital Frontier is not conquered by mountain men-it requires a wagon train. It requires all of us to travel together.”
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Mei Lin Fung calls this moment The Great Disruption—a shift as big as the Great Depression but driven by global connectivity. We talk about tech, wisdom, and building resilient societies.
🎧Listen the full episode here: termsofservice.xyz/episodes/the...
🎧Listen the full episode here: termsofservice.xyz/episodes/the...
April 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Mei Lin Fung calls this moment The Great Disruption—a shift as big as the Great Depression but driven by global connectivity. We talk about tech, wisdom, and building resilient societies.
🎧Listen the full episode here: termsofservice.xyz/episodes/the...
🎧Listen the full episode here: termsofservice.xyz/episodes/the...
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“The implication, of course, is that an open source network that gets to critical mass should be able to outcompete closed rivals.”
protocols > platforms
protocols > platforms
"Civium is the name that I am giving to a hypothesis: that the most powerful form of network is a properly architected planetary virtual network populated by wholesome, healthy humans who are in intimate relationship with place and each-other."
Jordan Hall
medium.com/deep-code/fr...
Jordan Hall
medium.com/deep-code/fr...
March 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“The implication, of course, is that an open source network that gets to critical mass should be able to outcompete closed rivals.”
protocols > platforms
protocols > platforms
The "social media ecosystem" looks like this...
creation =
content creators ->
platform technology ->
attention algorithms ->
advertising engines ->
data harvesting ->
consumption = YOU
1/
creation =
content creators ->
platform technology ->
attention algorithms ->
advertising engines ->
data harvesting ->
consumption = YOU
1/
March 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The "social media ecosystem" looks like this...
creation =
content creators ->
platform technology ->
attention algorithms ->
advertising engines ->
data harvesting ->
consumption = YOU
1/
creation =
content creators ->
platform technology ->
attention algorithms ->
advertising engines ->
data harvesting ->
consumption = YOU
1/
The "food system" in the U.S. looks like this...
production =
agriculture ->
processing ->
distribution ->
retail (grocery) ->
consumption = YOU
At each phase, there's a company. Some are co-ops, others are shareholder corporations.
1/
production =
agriculture ->
processing ->
distribution ->
retail (grocery) ->
consumption = YOU
At each phase, there's a company. Some are co-ops, others are shareholder corporations.
1/
March 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The "food system" in the U.S. looks like this...
production =
agriculture ->
processing ->
distribution ->
retail (grocery) ->
consumption = YOU
At each phase, there's a company. Some are co-ops, others are shareholder corporations.
1/
production =
agriculture ->
processing ->
distribution ->
retail (grocery) ->
consumption = YOU
At each phase, there's a company. Some are co-ops, others are shareholder corporations.
1/
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1/ What does a more independent, equitable internet look like? A new foundation is stepping up to try and independently govern the AT Protocol—the decentralized backbone of platforms like 🦋
It's time to give users, not corporations, control over the internet.
freeourfeeds.com
It's time to give users, not corporations, control over the internet.
freeourfeeds.com
Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
freeourfeeds.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1/ What does a more independent, equitable internet look like? A new foundation is stepping up to try and independently govern the AT Protocol—the decentralized backbone of platforms like 🦋
It's time to give users, not corporations, control over the internet.
freeourfeeds.com
It's time to give users, not corporations, control over the internet.
freeourfeeds.com
If you’ve worked with me in the past, or are familiar with my work - I would appreciate your references in this thread.
Thank y’all!
Thank y’all!
Hey friends - unfortunately I’ve got some bad news coming out of paternity leave.
Yesterday, two weeks before my wife was to return to work, she was laid off with a fairly minimal severance.
That means I’m looking for client work quite urgently.
DMs open - more details below…
Yesterday, two weeks before my wife was to return to work, she was laid off with a fairly minimal severance.
That means I’m looking for client work quite urgently.
DMs open - more details below…
January 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If you’ve worked with me in the past, or are familiar with my work - I would appreciate your references in this thread.
Thank y’all!
Thank y’all!
Hey friends - unfortunately I’ve got some bad news coming out of paternity leave.
Yesterday, two weeks before my wife was to return to work, she was laid off with a fairly minimal severance.
That means I’m looking for client work quite urgently.
DMs open - more details below…
Yesterday, two weeks before my wife was to return to work, she was laid off with a fairly minimal severance.
That means I’m looking for client work quite urgently.
DMs open - more details below…
January 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hey friends - unfortunately I’ve got some bad news coming out of paternity leave.
Yesterday, two weeks before my wife was to return to work, she was laid off with a fairly minimal severance.
That means I’m looking for client work quite urgently.
DMs open - more details below…
Yesterday, two weeks before my wife was to return to work, she was laid off with a fairly minimal severance.
That means I’m looking for client work quite urgently.
DMs open - more details below…
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Eggless egg custard tart what could go wrong
December 29, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Eggless egg custard tart what could go wrong
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Introducing deep funding. Two key ideas:
1. Value as a graph: instead of asking "how much did X contribute to humanity?", ask "how much of the credit for Y belongs to X?"
2. Distilled human judgement: an open market of AIs fills in all weights, human jury randomly spot-checks them
deepfunding.org
1. Value as a graph: instead of asking "how much did X contribute to humanity?", ask "how much of the credit for Y belongs to X?"
2. Distilled human judgement: an open market of AIs fills in all weights, human jury randomly spot-checks them
deepfunding.org
December 14, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Introducing deep funding. Two key ideas:
1. Value as a graph: instead of asking "how much did X contribute to humanity?", ask "how much of the credit for Y belongs to X?"
2. Distilled human judgement: an open market of AIs fills in all weights, human jury randomly spot-checks them
deepfunding.org
1. Value as a graph: instead of asking "how much did X contribute to humanity?", ask "how much of the credit for Y belongs to X?"
2. Distilled human judgement: an open market of AIs fills in all weights, human jury randomly spot-checks them
deepfunding.org
> be a shareholder corporation
> sitting in a circle
> circle participants sharing their vision for the future
> “my highest purpose is to engage in any and all lawful business activities and/or purposes for which corporations may be organized under [relevant state] law.”
> sitting in a circle
> circle participants sharing their vision for the future
> “my highest purpose is to engage in any and all lawful business activities and/or purposes for which corporations may be organized under [relevant state] law.”
December 14, 2024 at 7:11 AM
> be a shareholder corporation
> sitting in a circle
> circle participants sharing their vision for the future
> “my highest purpose is to engage in any and all lawful business activities and/or purposes for which corporations may be organized under [relevant state] law.”
> sitting in a circle
> circle participants sharing their vision for the future
> “my highest purpose is to engage in any and all lawful business activities and/or purposes for which corporations may be organized under [relevant state] law.”
There should be a Better Business Bureau / Consumer Report but specifically for tracking public complaints + court cases for “AI” companies, founded in consumer* advocacy and protection.
Who is building this?
Who is building this?
December 14, 2024 at 6:39 AM
There should be a Better Business Bureau / Consumer Report but specifically for tracking public complaints + court cases for “AI” companies, founded in consumer* advocacy and protection.
Who is building this?
Who is building this?
CMV - corporations shouldn’t be immortal and constantly should face the threat of general public vote for dissolution (+ intellectual property release to the commons)
Corporate execution, if you will.
Corporate execution, if you will.
December 14, 2024 at 6:36 AM
CMV - corporations shouldn’t be immortal and constantly should face the threat of general public vote for dissolution (+ intellectual property release to the commons)
Corporate execution, if you will.
Corporate execution, if you will.
In my futurist vision, corporations should only hold a maximum copyright for 28 years.
After that, it’s up to market competition.
A 95 year copyright term essentially ensures a whole generation of people will be born and die before corporate innovation is made public.
After that, it’s up to market competition.
A 95 year copyright term essentially ensures a whole generation of people will be born and die before corporate innovation is made public.
December 14, 2024 at 6:36 AM
In my futurist vision, corporations should only hold a maximum copyright for 28 years.
After that, it’s up to market competition.
A 95 year copyright term essentially ensures a whole generation of people will be born and die before corporate innovation is made public.
After that, it’s up to market competition.
A 95 year copyright term essentially ensures a whole generation of people will be born and die before corporate innovation is made public.
I learned in business school that economies are guided by a “free hand of the market” and informed by “rational economic actors”
This sounds so cute and objective - but I think it’s misleading.
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This sounds so cute and objective - but I think it’s misleading.
1/
December 14, 2024 at 6:35 AM
I learned in business school that economies are guided by a “free hand of the market” and informed by “rational economic actors”
This sounds so cute and objective - but I think it’s misleading.
1/
This sounds so cute and objective - but I think it’s misleading.
1/
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1/7 Weekly Collections! We took a break last week, and now we're back.
This week's theme: how do we ensure AI amplifies rather than replaces human connection and cultural diversity?
This week's theme: how do we ensure AI amplifies rather than replaces human connection and cultural diversity?
December 9, 2024 at 1:41 AM
1/7 Weekly Collections! We took a break last week, and now we're back.
This week's theme: how do we ensure AI amplifies rather than replaces human connection and cultural diversity?
This week's theme: how do we ensure AI amplifies rather than replaces human connection and cultural diversity?
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Take your “Spotify bad” energy and apply it towards supporting constructive, community-owned solutions.
December 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Take your “Spotify bad” energy and apply it towards supporting constructive, community-owned solutions.
I think nobody wants to talk about the “G” in ESG.
To do so would be to question the underlying power dynamics of founders, shareholders, and the board. Unpopular!
“E” is overweighted and mostly just greenwashing, and “S” is chilled because of our corporate litigious nation.
To do so would be to question the underlying power dynamics of founders, shareholders, and the board. Unpopular!
“E” is overweighted and mostly just greenwashing, and “S” is chilled because of our corporate litigious nation.
December 2, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I think nobody wants to talk about the “G” in ESG.
To do so would be to question the underlying power dynamics of founders, shareholders, and the board. Unpopular!
“E” is overweighted and mostly just greenwashing, and “S” is chilled because of our corporate litigious nation.
To do so would be to question the underlying power dynamics of founders, shareholders, and the board. Unpopular!
“E” is overweighted and mostly just greenwashing, and “S” is chilled because of our corporate litigious nation.
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
Without looking it up, who do you think said this?
You may be surprised.
Without looking it up, who do you think said this?
You may be surprised.
December 1, 2024 at 10:13 PM
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
Without looking it up, who do you think said this?
You may be surprised.
Without looking it up, who do you think said this?
You may be surprised.
I'll leave this here.
America's Founders on Banking, Money & Power...
America's Founders on Banking, Money & Power...
November 21, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I'll leave this here.
America's Founders on Banking, Money & Power...
America's Founders on Banking, Money & Power...
What do y’all imagine when you think of a digital cooperative?
What product, service, or platform would you bring to life?
What product, service, or platform would you bring to life?
November 20, 2024 at 11:10 PM
What do y’all imagine when you think of a digital cooperative?
What product, service, or platform would you bring to life?
What product, service, or platform would you bring to life?