Colin Megill
@colinmegill.com
Cofounder pol.is
President compdemocracy.org
San Francisco, CA
President compdemocracy.org
San Francisco, CA
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Well, it’s dark and rainy all the time now. But the mushrooms are thriving.
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Well, it’s dark and rainy all the time now. But the mushrooms are thriving.
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@colinmegill.com made the grand reveal of Pol.is 2.0 - the new generation of the software that allows for people with different opinions to reach consensus, at #TICTeC 2025 - another great one to rewatch! youtu.be/Q8kMOg4EPQA
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@colinmegill.com made the grand reveal of Pol.is 2.0 - the new generation of the software that allows for people with different opinions to reach consensus, at #TICTeC 2025 - another great one to rewatch! youtu.be/Q8kMOg4EPQA
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.
October 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.
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New reddit alternative built on AT
October 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
New reddit alternative built on AT
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‘Brexit is a tragedy and it will be reversed.’ 💥
#Heseltine is the best political communicator by a long way.
His emphatic call for rejoining the EU cuts through the noise, grounded in truth, while the counterarguments cling to a dwindling minority of Brexit believers.
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#Heseltine is the best political communicator by a long way.
His emphatic call for rejoining the EU cuts through the noise, grounded in truth, while the counterarguments cling to a dwindling minority of Brexit believers.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
‘Brexit is a tragedy and it will be reversed.’ 💥
#Heseltine is the best political communicator by a long way.
His emphatic call for rejoining the EU cuts through the noise, grounded in truth, while the counterarguments cling to a dwindling minority of Brexit believers.
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#Heseltine is the best political communicator by a long way.
His emphatic call for rejoining the EU cuts through the noise, grounded in truth, while the counterarguments cling to a dwindling minority of Brexit believers.
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Stanford Engineering (@StanfordEng) launched an open-rank faculty search in design. It can place candidates in any department in our School of Engineering: facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
I'm thrilled to bring in more colleagues at the intersection of engineering+design!
I'm thrilled to bring in more colleagues at the intersection of engineering+design!
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Open Rank Faculty Position in School of Engineering, Design
facultypositions.stanford.edu
September 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Stanford Engineering (@StanfordEng) launched an open-rank faculty search in design. It can place candidates in any department in our School of Engineering: facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
I'm thrilled to bring in more colleagues at the intersection of engineering+design!
I'm thrilled to bring in more colleagues at the intersection of engineering+design!
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I wrote something new! It’s a UI design history essay about Mac’s Control Panel, and it uses emulation in some… maybe new and maybe interesting ways?
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
Frame of preference
A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.
aresluna.org
July 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I wrote something new! It’s a UI design history essay about Mac’s Control Panel, and it uses emulation in some… maybe new and maybe interesting ways?
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
4.5 was the one they should have open sourced.
This is really upsetting. And knowing how these companies I operate, I bet there was maybe all but one person within openai advocating for such people as this -- those who have formed meaningful friendships and cadences with AI over many months.
August 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
4.5 was the one they should have open sourced.
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Bluesky's near-consensus that AI doesn't work and won't be a technology that has major knock-on effects on society is…not grounded in reality. No mater how loudly and repetitively people say it.
I’m just a tech critic, standing in front of other tech critics, asking them to please stop insisting that the AI hype bubble is totally gonna collapse any minute now.
Your confidence is making it harder for the rest of us. It may be what your audience wants to hear, but that doesn’t make it true.
Your confidence is making it harder for the rest of us. It may be what your audience wants to hear, but that doesn’t make it true.
July 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Bluesky's near-consensus that AI doesn't work and won't be a technology that has major knock-on effects on society is…not grounded in reality. No mater how loudly and repetitively people say it.
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And now we have a panel 'Growing the Open Society: Tech and democratic innovation' with @fecampagnucci.com, @colinmegill.com from Polis (a real time system for gathering and analysing what real people think), and Lula Chen from MIT Governance Lab. #TICTeC
June 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
And now we have a panel 'Growing the Open Society: Tech and democratic innovation' with @fecampagnucci.com, @colinmegill.com from Polis (a real time system for gathering and analysing what real people think), and Lula Chen from MIT Governance Lab. #TICTeC
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Fantastic panel at #TICTeC Day 2
✨ @fecampagnucci.com
✨Lula Chen from MIT GOV/LAB
✨ @colinmegill.com from Pol.is
✨ @fecampagnucci.com
✨Lula Chen from MIT GOV/LAB
✨ @colinmegill.com from Pol.is
June 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Fantastic panel at #TICTeC Day 2
✨ @fecampagnucci.com
✨Lula Chen from MIT GOV/LAB
✨ @colinmegill.com from Pol.is
✨ @fecampagnucci.com
✨Lula Chen from MIT GOV/LAB
✨ @colinmegill.com from Pol.is
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I might go as far as to say that the attempt to “get past” process is actually a part of that problem because it further undermines the attempt to have the conversation we need about process.
June 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I might go as far as to say that the attempt to “get past” process is actually a part of that problem because it further undermines the attempt to have the conversation we need about process.
Agree with @glenweyl.bsky.social: "We cannot "get past" process. We must improve on it."
or thinking that what they believe is the answer will appear unattractive to the "hoi poloi" and therefore needs to be hidden. Making the case for why I think this is bad practice is hard to do briefly, but I think it is a strategic mistake.We cannot "get past" process. We must improve on it.
June 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Agree with @glenweyl.bsky.social: "We cannot "get past" process. We must improve on it."
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or thinking that what they believe is the answer will appear unattractive to the "hoi poloi" and therefore needs to be hidden. Making the case for why I think this is bad practice is hard to do briefly, but I think it is a strategic mistake.We cannot "get past" process. We must improve on it.
June 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
or thinking that what they believe is the answer will appear unattractive to the "hoi poloi" and therefore needs to be hidden. Making the case for why I think this is bad practice is hard to do briefly, but I think it is a strategic mistake.We cannot "get past" process. We must improve on it.
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TICTeC day 2's plenary sees @fecampagnucci.com of @internetlab.bsky.social; @colinmegill.com of Polis & the Computational Democracy Project; @martintisne.bsky.social of the AI Collaborative and our own @itscrowbot.bsky.social. Join the conversation: tictec.mysociety.org/event/tictec...
May 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
TICTeC day 2's plenary sees @fecampagnucci.com of @internetlab.bsky.social; @colinmegill.com of Polis & the Computational Democracy Project; @martintisne.bsky.social of the AI Collaborative and our own @itscrowbot.bsky.social. Join the conversation: tictec.mysociety.org/event/tictec...
not the wedge issue platform, the union issue platform
at some point there's a tip-over
at some point there's a tip-over
May 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
not the wedge issue platform, the union issue platform
at some point there's a tip-over
at some point there's a tip-over
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Older parents are constantly telling those in the early days to cherish it. But that can be very hard advice to follow when you’re in the thick of it. In the Wonder Reader, Isabel Fattal rounds up stories on the gems and the challenges of parenting:
Nostalgia for the Early Days of Parenting
“Cherish it while you can” is hard advice to follow for many new parents.
bit.ly
May 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Older parents are constantly telling those in the early days to cherish it. But that can be very hard advice to follow when you’re in the thick of it. In the Wonder Reader, Isabel Fattal rounds up stories on the gems and the challenges of parenting:
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I hardly ever draw on paper anymore and I miss it. I miss the results.
May 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I hardly ever draw on paper anymore and I miss it. I miss the results.
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The 100 Men Vs 1 Gorilla debate
May 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The 100 Men Vs 1 Gorilla debate
Lost a dear friend to cancer today, absolute force of nature. As a doctor, Dana was hope for many patients. Joyous, generous, humble. Impossible that she's gone, leaving behind a young daughter.
We loved you Dana Lott — you'll be in our hearts forever.
today.duke.edu/2019/09/blue...
We loved you Dana Lott — you'll be in our hearts forever.
today.duke.edu/2019/09/blue...
Blue Devil of the Week: Helping Patients Take Steps Toward Healing | Duke Today
today.duke.edu
May 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Lost a dear friend to cancer today, absolute force of nature. As a doctor, Dana was hope for many patients. Joyous, generous, humble. Impossible that she's gone, leaving behind a young daughter.
We loved you Dana Lott — you'll be in our hearts forever.
today.duke.edu/2019/09/blue...
We loved you Dana Lott — you'll be in our hearts forever.
today.duke.edu/2019/09/blue...
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Oh hell yes.
April 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Oh hell yes.