⿻ patcon (is in Toronto)
@patcon.bsky.social
& this is the wonder that keeps the stars apart. #complexity #plurality #democracy #civictech @CivicTechTO cfndr. @g0vtw fan. early pol.is cntrbtr. ex: biochemst @enviroDGI @HyphaCoop @nwspk @gc_talent
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If you're looking for ppl doing interesting work w pol.is & #PolisLike #democracy tools (aka #wikisurvey #consensus), please do skim this starter park! #bridgingsystems #civictech (Slowly curating from the Twitter list I've been maintaining for a few years)
Suggestions welcome!🙏🏻
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Suggestions welcome!🙏🏻
go.bsky.app/Ftj3nqW
Preach, Gustave le Bon (b. 1841): "In consequence of the purely destructive nature of their power, crowds act like microbes which hasten the dissolution of enfeebled or dead bodies. When the structure of a civilisation is rotten, it is always the masses that bring its downfall.."
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Preach, Gustave le Bon (b. 1841): "In consequence of the purely destructive nature of their power, crowds act like microbes which hasten the dissolution of enfeebled or dead bodies. When the structure of a civilisation is rotten, it is always the masses that bring its downfall.."
More thoughts on the future of pol.is -like tools & spiking human networks.
www.linkedin.com/posts/patcon...
(Ugh why am i on linkedin)
www.linkedin.com/posts/patcon...
(Ugh why am i on linkedin)
More thoughts on the future of polislike tools, and spiking human networks.
## Full Heart Machine Learning
What if we ask for participants to only offer reaction votes of agree or disagree if they… ...
More thoughts on the future of polislike tools, and spiking human networks.
## Full Heart Machine Learning
What if we ask for participants to only offer reaction votes of agree or disagree if they "...
www.linkedin.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
More thoughts on the future of pol.is -like tools & spiking human networks.
www.linkedin.com/posts/patcon...
(Ugh why am i on linkedin)
www.linkedin.com/posts/patcon...
(Ugh why am i on linkedin)
Is there a word for someone who just wants to be... kinda like a housewife
but... instead of staying home to take care of the kids, they feel in their bones that they were put here to stay home (and stretch resources) to try to take care of the world? Can that pls be a role?
but... instead of staying home to take care of the kids, they feel in their bones that they were put here to stay home (and stretch resources) to try to take care of the world? Can that pls be a role?
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Is there a word for someone who just wants to be... kinda like a housewife
but... instead of staying home to take care of the kids, they feel in their bones that they were put here to stay home (and stretch resources) to try to take care of the world? Can that pls be a role?
but... instead of staying home to take care of the kids, they feel in their bones that they were put here to stay home (and stretch resources) to try to take care of the world? Can that pls be a role?
Wow. I'm only on episode 2, but Pluribus is so wild. It's like... cooperation porn.
It's strange to say, but honestly, it kinda makes me... hopeful? like "yeah, we could just do things, couldn't we?". Is that how it EVER felt to be in society together? #collectiveintelligence
It's strange to say, but honestly, it kinda makes me... hopeful? like "yeah, we could just do things, couldn't we?". Is that how it EVER felt to be in society together? #collectiveintelligence
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wow. I'm only on episode 2, but Pluribus is so wild. It's like... cooperation porn.
It's strange to say, but honestly, it kinda makes me... hopeful? like "yeah, we could just do things, couldn't we?". Is that how it EVER felt to be in society together? #collectiveintelligence
It's strange to say, but honestly, it kinda makes me... hopeful? like "yeah, we could just do things, couldn't we?". Is that how it EVER felt to be in society together? #collectiveintelligence
holy moly! aw heck, I think my new favourite thing is @audreyt.org getting 2h of pre- #MozFest media/presentation coaching on the official Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS) account back in 2017... haha yaaaay @joedolce.bsky.social <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzmx...
2017-10-10 Media training with Joe Dolce
YouTube video by PDIS
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
holy moly! aw heck, I think my new favourite thing is @audreyt.org getting 2h of pre- #MozFest media/presentation coaching on the official Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS) account back in 2017... haha yaaaay @joedolce.bsky.social <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzmx...
Doing some reading this morning and thinking about: #polarization, small-world networks, strange bridges, echo chambers where information has too much coherence, recovery from ecological disturbance events, trolling/irony as anti-fragile defence responses to network stress...
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Doing some reading this morning and thinking about: #polarization, small-world networks, strange bridges, echo chambers where information has too much coherence, recovery from ecological disturbance events, trolling/irony as anti-fragile defence responses to network stress...
@iagobam.bsky.social hi! It was nice to meet you on the patio as Democracy R&D was ending :)
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
@iagobam.bsky.social hi! It was nice to meet you on the patio as Democracy R&D was ending :)
Reading a paper on anonymity & the curse of dimensionality. Also thinking about pol.is -like perspective maps, & a game mechanic I've been calling "adversarial empathy"..
I wonder if deep empathy (resolving groups into their diversity) is inherently deanonymizing..
#polislike #delibwave #democracy
I wonder if deep empathy (resolving groups into their diversity) is inherently deanonymizing..
#polislike #delibwave #democracy
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November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reading a paper on anonymity & the curse of dimensionality. Also thinking about pol.is -like perspective maps, & a game mechanic I've been calling "adversarial empathy"..
I wonder if deep empathy (resolving groups into their diversity) is inherently deanonymizing..
#polislike #delibwave #democracy
I wonder if deep empathy (resolving groups into their diversity) is inherently deanonymizing..
#polislike #delibwave #democracy
Listening to Su Lynn Myat & @biancawylie.com talk about tech #governance. But asking what is it to regulate AI got me reflecting.
Maybe regulating AI is in essence regulating the essence of language and intelligence most generally: surprise. Is it possible or desirable to try to regulate surprise?
Maybe regulating AI is in essence regulating the essence of language and intelligence most generally: surprise. Is it possible or desirable to try to regulate surprise?
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Listening to Su Lynn Myat & @biancawylie.com talk about tech #governance. But asking what is it to regulate AI got me reflecting.
Maybe regulating AI is in essence regulating the essence of language and intelligence most generally: surprise. Is it possible or desirable to try to regulate surprise?
Maybe regulating AI is in essence regulating the essence of language and intelligence most generally: surprise. Is it possible or desirable to try to regulate surprise?
When #complexity or #plurality live within individual bodies, singular experiences... that's usually something I want to trust and walk toward, and to put my attention more closely on. That's where the toughest labour is happening <3 forward.com/opinion/7826... h/t Libby Lenkinski
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
When #complexity or #plurality live within individual bodies, singular experiences... that's usually something I want to trust and walk toward, and to put my attention more closely on. That's where the toughest labour is happening <3 forward.com/opinion/7826... h/t Libby Lenkinski
Current status: visualising "water level cuts" of HDBSCAN clustering on pol.is data from protest, thinking on filter bubble propagation, #queer / outsider identities & hierarchical navigable small world networks.. #complexity #democracy
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November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Current status: visualising "water level cuts" of HDBSCAN clustering on pol.is data from protest, thinking on filter bubble propagation, #queer / outsider identities & hierarchical navigable small world networks.. #complexity #democracy
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We’re hiring for two machine learning roles. A chance to do cutting edge things with ML to make this place a lot more personalized.
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Bluesky Jobs
Bluesky Jobs
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October 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We’re hiring for two machine learning roles. A chance to do cutting edge things with ML to make this place a lot more personalized.
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
NO GODS, NO MASTERS, NO HEROES
Or... is it still in anarchic punk rock spirit to yell:
GODS, MASTERS AND HEROES ONLY IN MODERATION AND WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE
Or... is it still in anarchic punk rock spirit to yell:
GODS, MASTERS AND HEROES ONLY IN MODERATION AND WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
NO GODS, NO MASTERS, NO HEROES
Or... is it still in anarchic punk rock spirit to yell:
GODS, MASTERS AND HEROES ONLY IN MODERATION AND WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE
Or... is it still in anarchic punk rock spirit to yell:
GODS, MASTERS AND HEROES ONLY IN MODERATION AND WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE
Check out this stellar new interface prototype for exploring #polislike data in an imaginary future @nyccec.bsky.social project of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, created through the personal efforts of Roberto Andrade, a @decidim.org contributor!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPy8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPy8...
Civic Memory: Another prototype for Polis-like system onboarding
YouTube video by patcon
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October 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Check out this stellar new interface prototype for exploring #polislike data in an imaginary future @nyccec.bsky.social project of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, created through the personal efforts of Roberto Andrade, a @decidim.org contributor!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPy8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPy8...
@pujaohlhaver.bsky.social heads up www.navigation.org/grants/open-...
> While reproducibility remains the bedrock of science, [...] we think more energy should be focused on building tools and experiences that are more joyful and collaborative, where reproducibility is a positive side effect.
> While reproducibility remains the bedrock of science, [...] we think more energy should be focused on building tools and experiences that are more joyful and collaborative, where reproducibility is a positive side effect.
Open Science | The Navigation Fund
www.navigation.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@pujaohlhaver.bsky.social heads up www.navigation.org/grants/open-...
> While reproducibility remains the bedrock of science, [...] we think more energy should be focused on building tools and experiences that are more joyful and collaborative, where reproducibility is a positive side effect.
> While reproducibility remains the bedrock of science, [...] we think more energy should be focused on building tools and experiences that are more joyful and collaborative, where reproducibility is a positive side effect.
When you're on the trail of the right story for the right moment, it becomes easier to tell. And crucially, not just easier to tell by you, but by everyone. Eventually it tells itself.
And at some point, it's no longer a story, but the very culture in which other stories travel.
And at some point, it's no longer a story, but the very culture in which other stories travel.
October 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
When you're on the trail of the right story for the right moment, it becomes easier to tell. And crucially, not just easier to tell by you, but by everyone. Eventually it tells itself.
And at some point, it's no longer a story, but the very culture in which other stories travel.
And at some point, it's no longer a story, but the very culture in which other stories travel.
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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
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GET RID OF YOUR RING CAMERAS www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
www.yahoo.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
GET RID OF YOUR RING CAMERAS www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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A Harvard economist warned two weeks ago that without data centers, the American economy basically had zero growth.
We're witnessing the greatest transfer of wealth from the masses to the elites in modern American history, and it is an intentional policy of the federal government.
We're witnessing the greatest transfer of wealth from the masses to the elites in modern American history, and it is an intentional policy of the federal government.
October 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A Harvard economist warned two weeks ago that without data centers, the American economy basically had zero growth.
We're witnessing the greatest transfer of wealth from the masses to the elites in modern American history, and it is an intentional policy of the federal government.
We're witnessing the greatest transfer of wealth from the masses to the elites in modern American history, and it is an intentional policy of the federal government.
Random take-aways from my recent essay on facilitating with #polislike tools: nodescription.substack.com/p/facilitati... #democracy #collectiveintelligence #delibwave
Facilitating a Polis Conversation: Notes from the Field
Begrudgingly co-authored from my messy personal knowledge-base notes, using ChatGPT's assistance.
nodescription.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Random take-aways from my recent essay on facilitating with #polislike tools: nodescription.substack.com/p/facilitati... #democracy #collectiveintelligence #delibwave
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Annie has sued her mum.
Her mum and Sam Altman blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, and forced to go on foodstamps.
Her dad left his will to her. He died from overwork and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire…
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Her mum and Sam Altman blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, and forced to go on foodstamps.
Her dad left his will to her. He died from overwork and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire…
1/
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Annie has sued her mum.
Her mum and Sam Altman blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, and forced to go on foodstamps.
Her dad left his will to her. He died from overwork and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire…
1/
Her mum and Sam Altman blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, and forced to go on foodstamps.
Her dad left his will to her. He died from overwork and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire…
1/
Inspired by @ventrella.bsky.social's Clusters demo, I'm exploring how to add an arbitrary number of dimensions to #particlelife and/or #particlelenia simulators... patcon.github.io/Clusters-n-d...
September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Inspired by @ventrella.bsky.social's Clusters demo, I'm exploring how to add an arbitrary number of dimensions to #particlelife and/or #particlelenia simulators... patcon.github.io/Clusters-n-d...
@ryegan.bsky.social btw what's your angle/entry into pol.is as your focus? :) or do you have identities in other platforms (like GitHub) that I could follow?
September 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@ryegan.bsky.social btw what's your angle/entry into pol.is as your focus? :) or do you have identities in other platforms (like GitHub) that I could follow?
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However, on our website, in “Demands” you can take this poll: pol.is/2hzna7ntca
We encourage people to take this poll so we know what people are willing to strike for. If you don’t see your cause, then add it, so others can vote.
We encourage people to take this poll so we know what people are willing to strike for. If you don’t see your cause, then add it, so others can vote.
Polis
pol.is
May 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
However, on our website, in “Demands” you can take this poll: pol.is/2hzna7ntca
We encourage people to take this poll so we know what people are willing to strike for. If you don’t see your cause, then add it, so others can vote.
We encourage people to take this poll so we know what people are willing to strike for. If you don’t see your cause, then add it, so others can vote.