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ntnsndr

@ntnsndr@social.coop

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 e2c.how, metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org, zebrasunite.org.

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ntnsndr, to random
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ICYMI, the video of the online book launch event is now available, thanks to the Metagovernance Seminar: https://archive.org/details/governable-spaces-schneider-20240228

ntnsndr, to random
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From St. Drogo's coffee shop in Boulder.

ZaneSelvans, to random
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Just 13 short years after inviting candidates over to the Masala Co-op for tea and cakes to discuss repealing occupancy limits that discriminate against unrelated people, and 28 years after Cedar Barstow got busted for living in an intentional community in her own home and was sentenced to community service, which she used to help found the Boulder Housing Coalition.

https://www.colorado.gov/governor/news/more-housing-now-colorado-eliminates-unfair-occupancy-limits-under-new-law-signed-governor

ntnsndr,
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@ZaneSelvans my first intro to Boulder politics was seeing the co-ops come out in force to end these unjust laws. Thank you for your leadership in that.

ntnsndr,
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@ZaneSelvans I know. I'm sorry.

jbigham, to random
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lol, this hour on my calendar…

ntnsndr,
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@andresmh @jbigham oh don't worry AI can handle that no prob

ntnsndr,
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@andresmh @cyberlyra @jbigham There are some things that only humans can do

DrJackBrown, to random
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In court, Trump dozed, a spectacle to see,
Yet "Sleepy Joe" was Trump's taunting decree,
The irony is rich, as he now dozes deep,
Proving himself the one who cannot keep.

ntnsndr,
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@DrJackBrown everyone needs sleep tho

JonnyGarf, to random

following up on with @hrheingold @ntnsndr @ethanz ...

I'm working with a group of municipal boards to experiment with modern multi-channel threaded communications (currently Slack, but we're open-minded)

One sticking point: how to break the mindset where ideas/discussion only flows during, or leading up to, synchronous calls.

In a Robert's Rules Board Meeting, you have the Propose-Discuss-Vote-Act sequence. I'd expect people to follow that same groove online, but, yet...

ntnsndr,
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@JonnyGarf @hrheingold @ethanz several communities I'm part of actually treat online votes as the only canonical ones, since they allow people to participate who couldn't attend the live one. Live meetings are more for deliberation and context.

ntnsndr,
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@JonnyGarf i don't really believe in the "internet native." Tons of my students have trouble with once-basic ways of using the internet that happen to be different from what they are familiar with.

But you can see a case study here: https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/How_to_Make_the_Fediverse_Your_Own

ntnsndr,
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@JonnyGarf oh, yes, I see. Lots of corporations now (and my union) use digital ballots for decision-making. They do many things offline but have opted to make key decisions online for accessibility.

Another example is the Colorado Solidarity Fund, an investment club that meets regularly but holds votes on Loomio.

ntnsndr,
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@mrcompletely @JonnyGarf that's possible, but there are so many different modes of being online. Just like the claim to be "cosmopolitan," any pretense to universality seems fraught.

ntnsndr, to random
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Just saw this—my interview with the great theorist and journalist of technology Mike Masnick is up and out on the Techdirt Podcast: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/09/techdirt-podcast-episode-386-democratic-design-for-online-spaces/

I hugely admire Mike's grounded thinking on protocols and decentralization. This was a really fun conversation.

ntnsndr,
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Thanks, @mmasnick!

ntnsndr, to random
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I would rather keep the fediverse open while I write than an LLM.

ntnsndr, to random
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I'm sorry to say that I think religion is going to be an increasingly central theme in my work as I figure out how to do so.

ntnsndr,
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@billseitz um, my whole life?

BrianJopek, to random
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One of the funnier things I’ve seen today.

ntnsndr,
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@BrianJopek As a college teacher, I beg beg beg all high school teachers, please ban all screens in class so by the time they get to me doing so doesn't feel like an authoritarian imposition.

ntnsndr,
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@prefec2 @Penguinflight @BrianJopek tried that, makes things worse!

timnitGebru, to random
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Good thing they got rid of "don't be evil" am I right?

https://time.com/6966102/google-contract-israel-defense-ministry-gaza-war/

ntnsndr,
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@cyberman @timnitGebru which makes me wonder, innocently sort of, if there is facial recognition yet for Palestinian donkeys

ntnsndr, to random
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This week I returned to Counterpoint, a great listener-supported syndicated radio show, to talk about the proposed TikTok ban—and why Congress is approaching tech regulation backwards: https://btlonline.org/proposed-congressional-tiktok-ban-ignores-larger-issue-of-consumer-data-privacy/

Steve, to random

@ntnsndr , are you following Milei's misadventures in Argentina?

ntnsndr,
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@Steve Around co-ops specifically?

ntnsndr,
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@Steve Good to hear. I signed the petition in support, for what that is worth.

ntnsndr,
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@Steve interesting! Are you working with co-ops there on this?

ntnsndr, to random
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The Vatican has just reaffirmed its hostility toward so-called "gender ideology." I recently wrote in the magazine of the pope's Jesuit order that this posture is a dangerous failure of imagination: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/11/16/gender-ideology-catholic-246515

ntnsndr,
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@hazelnot Because the church is not a monolith 🤓

ntnsndr,
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@hazelnot No, not really. The pope is one bishop among others (with an historically important seat). That office helps serve the purpose of unity. But subsidiarity is also a vitally important part of how the church works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity_(Catholicism)

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