In our Spring issue, Foundation for American Innovation research fellow Lars Erik Schönander argues that the latest reforms of the Small Business Innovation Research program fall short. Read the full feature essay here: issues.org/sbir-reforms...
Reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research Program Isn’t Enough
Reforms to America’s seed fund should be a catalyst for policies that help more small businesses bring new technologies to market.
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I wrote about why @knightfoundation.org invested in @bsky.app: philanthropy can act when mission & opportunity align. We believe in @jay.bsky.team's vision for a better social web—& in ideas (like @masnick.com's) that grow out of the research ecosystem Knight has long supported. kf.org/kfbluesky
Why Knight Foundation Invested in Bluesky - Knight Foundation
John Sands explains our bet on a social web that protects speech, creates opportunity for publishers and creators, and enables research on the information ecosystem.
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Bluesky@bsky.app · 5mo agoLast April, we raised $100M in Series B funding. This round gives us the ability to scale our team to meet the rapid growth of Bluesky and the AT Protocol. Read more: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Quite the lineup of speakers at this Foundation for American Innovation event celebrating the open Web at Georgetown University's Riggs Library. luma.com/cfxt621v
Age verification has become a real policy flashpoint, but this paper from @fai.bsky.social's @lehogg.bsky.social and Evan Swarztrauber is a worthwhile nuanced read: www.thefai.org/posts/on-the...
On the Internet, No One Knows You're a Dog: Examining the Feasibility of Privacy-Preserving Age Verification Online | The Foundation for American Innovation
The Foundation for American Innovation.
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Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.
This thread is staggeringly naive about what China is and what it wants, as are the people retweeting it as if it's some sort of cogent analysis.
Erica Wilkinson@everywhereerica.bsky.social · 2y agoI don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE. 🧵
Links and a bunch more stuff to buy (including a $350,000 treat for those you *really* love) on Transformer Thanks to @timhwang.bsky.social and @zgr.bsky.social for the inspo
The 2024 Transformer Gift Guide
The must-buy items for the AI policy people in your life
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Ferguson, then Virginia Solicitor General, spoke at @knightfdn.bsky.social Informed conference in 2022.
Session 9 - HOW BIG IS TOO BIG COMPETITION IN THE TECH SECTOR
This is "Session 9 - HOW BIG IS TOO BIG COMPETITION IN THE TECH SECTOR" by Knight Foundation on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y agoPresident-elect Donald Trump named Andrew Ferguson to lead the Federal Trade Commission, installing a current Republican member of the agency who has promised to ease up on the policing of powerful American companies — except for the biggest technology firms.
And thanks for valuable feedback from early reviewers: @mchrisriley.com @ethanz.bsky.social @chandrn.bsky.social @daphnek.bsky.social Francis Fukuyama Aviv Ovadya @zoelle.bsky.social @zgr.bsky.social @lehogg.bsky.social @noupside.bsky.social @mmasnick.bsky.social ...
It seems like people are identifying a few things about bluesky that feel to be working: -Quote tweet function -Exclusivity of invite codes -Intangible culture of “posting” Honestly it just sort of feels like how twitter *used* to be. Is that just bc of similar aesthetics?
EFF’s Gennie Gebhart is hiring! She’s amazing and looking for a full-time, U.S.-based (remote friendly!) Director for the Public Interest Technology team. Have an outsized impact on digital rights through your management skills + technical knowledge #JobAlert
Excellent post from Brian Potter on one of my favorite topics. https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/could-we-stop-yellowstone-from-erupting
Could we stop Yellowstone from erupting with a giant geothermal power plant?
It’s become fairly common knowledge that Yellowstone National Park, in addition to being incredibly beautiful, is sitting on top of an enormous supervolcano that catastrophically erupts every few hundred thousand years. Unlike normal volcanoes, which tend to produce large cone-shaped mountains made of ash and lava, supervolcano eruptions (defined being at least an 8 on the
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📢 Android is finally here! 🎉 Google takes a while to update their search so here’s the direct link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.blueskyweb.app&hl=en_US
Bluesky - Apps on Google Play
See what's next
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How it’s going: Welcome to the first app built on atproto! https://atproto.com/
The AT Protocol
A social networking technology created by Bluesky.
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AND THEN HE STARTED CENSORING THE WORD SUBSTACK SO WE ALL DECIDED TO GO TO THIS NEW APP WHICH ISN'T REALLY JUST AN APP IT'S NOT CENTRALIZED IT'S MORE LIKE A PROTOCOL
