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Boo! 👻 Cavello (they/them) @b-cavello.bsky.social · 14d

If we're going to build AI at all, it'd BETTER BE to do good, to empower people, & to help us solve the most important problems that face humanity and our planet!

@aspendigital.bsky.social is seeking input from food systems practitioners by Sept 30:
www.aspendigital.org/feeding-the-... #UNGA #SDG2

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Sep 3

The latest from our Research Director Josh Tan:
International Access to Swiss AI's Apertus Language Model Now Available Through the Public AI Inference Utility: publicai.co
Full Press Release: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Public AI / Swiss AI Press Release

International Access to Swiss AI's Apertus Language Model Now Available Through the Public AI Inference Utility Launch of project advances AI infrastructure available to the public through strategic c...

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Jul 25

Join us on Wednesday July 30th at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar:
@lukethorburn.com - Research Fellow at AI & Democracy Foundation will present on the Democracy Levels Framework.

Learn more and register here - lu.ma/grmr04ke

Seminar: Democracy Levels Framework · Zoom · Luma

Democracy Levels Framework - A shared language for democratic AI (https://democracylevels.org/) The Democracy Levels Framework was developed to help AI…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Jul 18

Join us on Wednesday July 23 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: @kelani.bsky.social presents on Transfer Data Trust.

TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. (http://transfer.art)

Learn more and register here - lu.ma/wondemt3

Seminar: Kelani Nichole Presents On Transfer Data Trust · Zoom · Luma

TRANSFER Data Trust is a decentralized artist-owned archive and cooperative value exchange network. Our mission is to maintain artworks in perpetuity, ensuring…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Jun 30

Join us on Wednesday July 2 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: @jamiejoyce.bsky.social will present on her work with The Society Library (www.societylibrary.org)

Learn more and register here - lu.ma/bsqnutec

Seminar: Jamie Joyce presents on her work with The Society Library · Zoom · Luma

Join Jamie Joyce at Metagov Seminar to hear her speak about her work with The Society Library https://www.societylibrary.org/ The Society Library is a 501(c)3…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Jun 5

Announcing the selected fellows for Metagov's Governable Spacemakers Fellowship

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Announcing: The Metagov Governable Spacemakers

Selected fellows for the Governable Spacemakers Fellowship

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · May 30

Join us on Wednesday June 4 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: Discussing Veri Me (verimyid.com/home) - Identifier for researchers that goes beyond the traditional OrcID Identifiers

Register and learn more here - lu.ma/i9ei12sm

VERIME Cooperative | Empower Your Research Identity

Discover how VeriMe Cooperative offers a secure, open-source identity verification for researchers, ensuring data privacy and enhanced access to research resources.

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · May 19

Join us on Thursday May 22 at 11 AM ET for Theory and Practice Seminar: Deliberation

@josephgubbels.bsky.social will facilitate a discussion on how deliberative democratic theory connects to new deliberative tech.

Register and learn more here - lu.ma/gy8al1qt

Theory and Practice Seminar: Deliberation · Zoom · Luma

This will be a discussion of the theme of deliberation in democratic theory and new democratic practice (especially new delib tech). All are welcome, whatever…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · May 5

Join us on Wednesday May 7 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: What are Meetings?

@dsp.bsky.social will debut a new zine based on a learning club facilitated at Bathers Library in 2024, designed for you to use with your own learning club.

For details and link to join, register here - lu.ma/291lt7pf

Seminar: What are Meetings? · Zoom · Luma

What are meetings? What do they want from us? In this seminar, Danny Spitzberg will debut a new zine based on a learning club facilitated at Bathers Library in…

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Seth Frey @enfascination.com · Apr 30

We’re hiring two postdocs at UC Davis and Cornell for research on collective intelligence and creativity. This project will use large-scale online experiments to study how groups become smarter and more creative through self-governance. ⅓

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Apr 25

Join us on Wednesday April 30 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: Becoming "Net Fiduciaries" with the GLIANet Alliance (Richard Whitt, Estefanie Govea).

For more details and link to join, register here - lu.ma/2j4t2t12

Becoming "Net Fiduciaries" with the GLIANet Alliance · Zoom · Luma

This seminar will feature a presentation by Richard Whitt (technology policy attorney formerly @ Google, Twilio) and Estefanie Govea (program lead formerly @…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Apr 22

Join us on Thursday April 24 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Community Call: A community discussion led by Joseph Low on collective intentionality in online & offline communities. For more details and link to join, register here - lu.ma/5ebfnk98

Community Discussion: Collective Intentionality in Online & Offline Communities · Zoom · Luma

Do you share the sense that people throw around the term "community" in web 3 (or on the internet broadly) to describe things that are not real communities?…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Apr 22

Join us on Wednesday April 23 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: A rule-based approach to mitigating AI-risk (Evan Miyazono). For more details and link to join, register here - lu.ma/m0lc3280

Seminar: A rule-based approach to mitigating AI-risk · Zoom · Luma

Govern AI with Rules, Not Values A Manifesto for Specification-Driven AI “it is indispensable that they should be bound down by strict rules and precedents,…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Apr 15

Metagov is looking for a Director of Financial Operations to manage and evolve the finances of a leading digital governance nonprofit.

🌐 Remote
⏰ Part-time (20+ hrs/week), overlap with US PT afternoons
💸 $55/hr
Apply here → metagov.org/join/jobs/di...

#Hiring #Governance #NonprofitJobs #Web3Jobs

Director of Financial Operations | Metagov

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Apr 12

Join us on Wednesday April 16 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: Metagov's new Theory+Practice project (Joseph Gubbels).

For more details and link to join, register here - lu.ma/ty4wz4mj

Metagov's new Theory+Practice project · Zoom · Luma

A seminar to introduce Metagov's new Theory+Practice project, which is running through the next couple months, currently as part of Interop (dedicated page…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Mar 31

Join us this Wednesday at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: Choral Data 'Trust' Experiment by Serpentine Galleries (Tommy Introna and their colleagues/researchers).

For more details and link to join, register here - lu.ma/gk6t0spt

Seminar: Choral Data 'Trust' Experiment by Serpentine Galleries · Zoom · Luma

This seminar will feature Tommie Introna and their colleagues & researchers from Serpentine Galleries to present on their recent white paper "Choral Data…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Mar 25

Join us this Wednesday at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: Learnings from COPIM (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs) with Janneke Adema.

For more details and the link to join, register here - lu.ma/fedacroh

Seminar: Learnings from COPIM (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs) · Zoom · Luma

Creating Community-Owned Futures for Open Access Books by Scaling Small and Co-designing Governance (Janneke Adema) The Scaling Small philosophy or…

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Mar 17

Join us this Wednesday at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: Intro to Participatory Action Research (PAR) – A Primer for Governance Researchers with Dr. Brett Stoudt from publicscienceproject.org at CUNY.

For more details and the link to join, register here - lu.ma/9ev49hbj

The Public Science Project – Participatory research for a more just world

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Feb 19

Apply here by 2/20: metagov.org/join/jobs/go...

Open Call: Governable Space-Makers Fellowship | Metagov

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Feb 19

Applications close tomorrow for the Governable Space-Makers Fellowship.

Reimagine the possibilities for participatory online artwork and receive $8K in funding. More details below.

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Feb 5

Join us at 12 pm ET for today's Metagov Seminar featuring Angela Kreitenweis who will be presenting on the Token Engineering Academy and her experience with massive decentralized learning communities.

For more details and link to join - researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov...

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Case @case.bsky.social · Jan 22

Calm Tech Certification "Rewards" Less Distracting Tech The first certified devices were shown at CES 2025 spectrum.ieee.org/calm-tech

Calm Tech certification wants to "reward" unobtrusive tech

The first certified devices were shown at CES 2025

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Jan 22

Join us at 12 pm ET for today's Metagov Seminar featuring Ty Sullberg "Ize “Mycelial Process Platform” demo and workshop" For more details and link to join - researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov...

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Jan 20

This Fellowship is generously supported by the Center for Cultural Innovation - AmbitioUS and the Henry Luce Foundation @CCI_AmbitioUS @HLuceFdn💫

Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · Jan 20

Still have questions? Join the Metagov Slack and join the #find-governable-spacemakers channel to ask questions and discuss the fellowship with other applicants: metagov.org/join/community

Join the Community | Metagov

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