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Ashton Lee@ashtonlee.bsky.social · 5d ago

You're invited to the Bluesky Halloween party. Show off your costume.

When the elected oligarchs in a constitutional republic consistently break the rules to reward political loyalists, it’s time for a whole new set of rules if we aim to perfect our #democracy. #sortition #civicassemblies

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · 3d ago

The FBI wants to hire the Ultimate Fighting Championship to train its special agents under a one-year deal that would bypass the competitive bidding process typically used for federal contracts, according to federal records.

Defence spending blew out by $1.3 billion last year, the biggest overrun in government. Welfare came in $3 billion under. Education $400 million under. The government is now hunting for savings in social programs. Defence gets a free pass.

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026 is Navi Pillay, a brave extraordinary woman who has served at the International Criminal Court prosecuting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Immediately after being notified she had won, she mocked the orange felon on video. Love her. 💙👊

Our vision is #democracy led by the people, for the people, where government decisions are made by residents who bring fresh perspectives and life experiences. Our mission is to engage, inform, and support those who share our vision of a fairer, more authentic democratic process. sortitionusa.org

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Great to be at #WorldSummitAI🚀 striving to #FreeTheFuture — together!🤝 In the Age of AI, let’s keep this in mind.⚓️ We’re “Not a Number”.✊ Watch my ode to Dad, the veteran newshound who asked the question himself, & discover #CivicAI.🌱 ▶️ civic.ai/ #LLAP🖖

These guys — Nico Agosta and Daniel Lobo-Lewis of the Political Integrity Project — are my heroes. I was so happy to have them on our podcast, #AnotherWay. #EqualCitizens Watch and share! https://youtu.be/wEPUisHM-vM?si=WdnXyuh5R5NWNTCr

Start planning your Forum agenda ✏️ 35+ sessions in Vienna, Nov 17 to 20, built by and for the community moving citizens' assemblies from pilots to lasting practice. Seats are limited: register early to build your agenda 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Program 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1z4RA...

Years of bringing people into decision-making have shown us that the public are brilliant at finding fixes to problems. Excited to launch the Small Ideas Initiative today with @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com and @nestauk.bsky.social. Read more and submit your ideas by 12th Nov 👇

Nesta@nestauk.bsky.social · 5d ago

Ever thought, "why don’t they just fix it?" Today, we’re launching the Small Ideas Initiative to turn practical fixes for everyday frustrations into policy. Founded and chaired by @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com and run by @nestauk.bsky.social & @involveuk.bsky.social ⤵️

Sortition pulls everyday folk into power, cracking open the stuffy rooms of hoarded wealth. It's the kind of world The Solarpunk Society imagines, where random selection replaces career politicians. The Solarpunk Society by Gingerbeard, out 3 November. thesolarpunksociety....

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My article has just been published (Open Access) on the Japanese Journal of Political Science! It was initially a paper on how representative political systems might be reconciled with social equality, but after many roundabouts it's now a paper on the election/sortition debate. Hope it interests!

Japanese Journal of Political Science@jjps.bsky.social · 5d ago

#OpenAccess - Electoral democracy, lottocracy, and social inequality - https://cup.org/4zcVd24 - @tkbys92.bsky.social #FirstView

We need to stop begging elected oligarchs to pretty please defy the momentum of a system which rarely does what we want it to. Democracy is not when we beg. Tgere is a better way to do democracy, a way that is proven to produce better outcomes. A way that is easily accomplished without a revolution

Sortition USA | Empower Democracy Today — Join Us!

Discover how democratic lotteries and citizen assemblies can create a more representative and fair democracy. Learn, support, and join the movement today.

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If companies aren't planning on using your personal data to set individual prices, why are they filing patents to do exactly that? 🤔 Watch @lindsayowens.bsky.social on @cnn.com with @audiecornish.bsky.social explain how companies can change prices in a nanosecond based on your personal information.

Sortition a large* sample of the city every 4 years → make them fill out compulsory opinion polls for a term → repeat *n=hundreds or thousands?

Jury duty but for urban management and policy problems

City government does seem likely to be most viable context for sortition imo

Like most day to day stuff should be sortition and experts

Markets is better! Currently, the U.S. system is inherently undemocratic. New methods such as ranked-choice voting, sortition, randomly generated representation, may have better outcomes for all. Deciding policy by vote has its flaws, but it's possible that there may be a better way. If you put

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Well, many roles in Athens in the "golden age" of democracy were appointed by sortition - basically the same as pulling lottery or bingo balls - from among the eligible citizenry. Can't help think that it's worth trying that...

Police violently drag Hispanic grandmother across rough ground-injuring both arms. Witnesses yell she has a serious heart condition & was just released from hospital. Cops kneel on her chest anyway. "They dragged her like a doll," brother said. Incident occurred in Batesville, Texas

The monetization of AI-generated polarizing rage-bait videos...

How to rage bait Americans

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We really need to just abolish the supreme court. Idk why we are clinging onto institutions which basically never work. There's nothing even remotely democratic about a supreme court. We could just use sortition to select a large jury. Judges shouldnt be writing the law, we should.

We've gotta stop calling it corruption. The US government has produced extremely consistent outcomes for its entire history. Every step of progress in our history has been the direct result of mass pressure AGAINST the government and the rich men who own our economy. We must build a real democracy.

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Discover how democratic lotteries and citizen assemblies can create a more representative and fair democracy. Learn, support, and join the movement today.

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Have you ever heard of sortition or deliberative assemblies?

Šis, bet Zuzāna ideja ir rēcīgāka. :D en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition

Good prompt for my "civic organisations like parties should make more use of sortition and citizens assemblies" pitch. Has own problems but is both anti "cosy elite decision making" and anti "people with very intense preferences win a lot".

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · last wk.

What does it mean to be a member-led party when the Greens have 230,000 members but only 1835 voted on the Zionism Is Racism motion? Doesn't seem like you can claim the result as the iron-clad democratic will of the membership while dismissing the concerns of actual democratically elected MPs

Landemore, Hélène (2020) Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century, Princeton University Press. aktiv3.sblo.jp/article/1918...

山口晃人（2025）『エレクトクラシー・エピストクラシー・ロトクラシー ――代表制デモクラシーを再考する』名古屋大学出版会。 The book Electocracy, Epistocracy, and Lotocracy (2025) is a published version of a doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of Tokyo.

Tomorrow night in #NYC: I'm debating Ilya Shapiro about "money in politics" — 6:30pm. Join the fun! https://luma.com/6v8dsd4x?lm_source=embed