Thanks to the accelerating enshittification of search, we are rapidly losing access to human expertise and authoritative, trustworthy content. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/le... #SearchIsBroken #Enshittification #FutureOfSearch #SupportHumanVoices

How can you support a community online? Here's what I've learned from the many online meetings I've designed & facilitated. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #online #LessonsLearned #preparation #agreements #BreakoutRooms #tips #eventprofs #assnchat

How will the new patron economy impact events? We will see volunteers increasingly becoming patrons of meetings of communities of practice. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #volunteers #PatronEconomy #assnchat #eventprofs #events

You can’t make people change. But you can create an environment where they choose to. Peer conferences provide such environments. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #EventDesign #FacilitatingChange #PeerConferences #safety #support #ParticipationRich #freedom #eventprofs

Alaska's GOP governor earlier this year vetoed a bill that would have set limits to individual campaign donations. Then what happened? Voters on Tuesday approved a citizen-led ballot initiative that institutes very similar reforms. By a 40%+ margin.

After Years of Runaway Spending, Alaskans Vote to Reinstate Cap on Campaign Donations - Bolts

Five years after a federal court ruling introduced unlimited spending in Alaska elections, voters there hit back on Tuesday, defying their Republican governor and approving new limits that restrict th...

boltsmag.org

I have not seen much conversation about worker-owned AI models, nor have I seen any unions talking about collectively-owned platforms, but that's what a good alternative should look like. I do understand people will say that sounds insane; It usually takes about 7 years until people think I'm sane.

So TCP/IP over pigeon sets the bar?

FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies

FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be "technologically neutral."

arstechnica.com

i wasted soooo much time this summer on software that used to work that stopped working; and on enraging customer service interactions. also countless hours of my short, fragile life trying to "prove i am a human" to a network of robots

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20h ago

Wondering why data centers are as unpopular as nuclear waste? It's not the data centers. The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...

NEW: The GOP has put two nearly-identical measures on the ballot in North Dakota and South Dakota. Both would raise the threshold for future amendments from 50 to 60%. This comes as ballot measures in both states have been successfully used to get around GOP lawmakers — e.g. to expand Medicaid.

"Disrespectful for Voters": The Dakotas Weigh Raising the Bar for Direct Democracy - Bolts

Frustrated that voters are bypassing the legislatures they control, the GOP is pushing two ballot measures this fall in North Dakota and South Dakota to require a supermajority to amend the state cons...

boltsmag.org

There's a whole spectrum of labor, environmental, and access issues that start lining up properly if we start with the idea that technology is for the people, not the market or a handful of billionaire freaks

By now we know that charity, generosity and compassion are virtues that the US president doesn’t seem to have even in trace amounts

Has Trump no shame about all the money he has made since being in office? | Francine Prose

theguardian.com

Sadly, the leadership of many associations has forgotten the core purpose of the organizations they purport to lead. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/as... #leadership #associations #critique #WrongPriorities #assnchat

Wondering why data centers are as unpopular as nuclear waste? It's not the data centers. The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...

AI is making everything worse

The political problem isn't the data centers — it's that AI is a turd mountain looming over daily life.

doomsdayscenario.co

This is the same person who shamed Kamala Harris for supposedly sleeping her way to success. She can take a seat and STFU.

This hearing was weeks ago now. And what have we seen since?   Agents putting guns in innocent people’s faces and now apparently, gloves that can electrocute you with no accountability.   Enough!

Here are four unquestioned assumptions that lay at the heart of a traditional conference format www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/un... #meetings #EventDesign #assumptions #TraditionalConference #eventprofs

Indaba — The logjam-breaking technique and simple consensus process that saved international climate change conferences. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/fa... #facilitation #GroupWork #ClimateConference #Paris #Accords #GroupProcess #indaba

The US gross national debt just crossed $40 trillion. Sure, let’s build a helicopter pad, a ballroom, paint statues gold, and keep going. 🙄

I tested a proposed hack—the backward-cap experiment—for a runner-tested method of deer fly deterrence. Here are my findings. #running #RunningTips #BugSeason #DeerFlies #vermont #newpost www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ru...

Music is important in my life. I want to sing along when the spirit moves me and feel the intense emotions that music has the power to grant. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/so... #music #importance #emotions #memories #senses #GrowingOld

One memorable night, I found myself listening to the UPS guy www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/li... #LifeLessons #listening #UPS #death #dying #support

Here is my summary of some interesting lessons learned from organizing six scientific online meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #online #meetings #LessonsLearned #ScienceConferences #hybrid #eventprofs #assnchat

Here's a magical question to ask when someone says 'I don't know'. Why does it (sometimes) work? I don't know! www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/fa... #facilitation #FacilitatingChange #IDontKnow #question

I tested a proposed hack—the backward-cap experiment—for a runner-tested method of deer fly deterrence. Here are my findings. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ru... #newpost #running #RunningTips #BugSeason #DeerFlies #vermont

Is unmembership the future of associations? "Unmembership? What's that?" It's a word invented by my friend Mitchell Beer. Let me explain… www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/as... #associations #membership #unmembership #examples #assnchat

Here is a real-life comparison of pre-conference and at-conference crowdsourcing at a peer conference (aka #unconference) www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #EventDesign #crowdsourcing #events #eventprofs

An 83-year-old man shares powerful learning from a workshop. I hope I can stay as open to change for the rest of my life. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/fa... #facilitation #story #FacilitatingChange #OpenToChange #workshop

It was heartless for Trump and Republicans in Congress to kick thousands of Vermonters off SNAP – while also doing nothing to bring down sky high food prices.   This National SNAP Week of Action, I’m recommitting to doing everything I can to restore food assistance for our neighbors in need.

Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge! www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #PublicHealth #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat

This video of a Personal Introspective illustrates why I love conference facilitation and design www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #love #EventDesign #facilitation #video #connection #learning #eventprofs