Just This Guy, You Know?
@derekwwade.bsky.social
Systems-thinker, promiscuous collaborator, educator, medi(t)ator, & aviator. Improving the world by improving work by closing the workplace/humanity gap.
#BusinessAgility #SeriousGames #Cybernetics.
#BirdSiteRefugee. He/him.
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#BusinessAgility #SeriousGames #Cybernetics.
#BirdSiteRefugee. He/him.
Also [email protected]
Seriously tired of all the conferences promising to answer all your questions, no matter what they are. Time for a conference that questions all your answers.
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Seriously tired of all the conferences promising to answer all your questions, no matter what they are. Time for a conference that questions all your answers.
"We should not outsource the things that matter most to systems that are structurally incapable of caring about them." Ostensibly about algorithms; but very good advice in general.
oberman.substack.com/p/why-linked...
oberman.substack.com/p/why-linked...
Why real thought leaders are leaving LinkedIn
Your Best Work Is Invisible (And It's Not Your Fault)
oberman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"We should not outsource the things that matter most to systems that are structurally incapable of caring about them." Ostensibly about algorithms; but very good advice in general.
oberman.substack.com/p/why-linked...
oberman.substack.com/p/why-linked...
Information is a powerful currency in the neverending struggle between the oppressed and their oppressors. Here's a little bit of good news today: Examples of how genAI is being used to arm citizenry with that currency www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide | Nathan E Sanders and Bruce Schneier
The dangers of artificial intelligence and its potential to consolidate power are clear. But used fairly, it can be a boon for good government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Information is a powerful currency in the neverending struggle between the oppressed and their oppressors. Here's a little bit of good news today: Examples of how genAI is being used to arm citizenry with that currency www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My lock screen is a screenshot from @cryptonature on xitter from 2022. It warns of the seductive comfort of hopelessness; reminds that hope means being open to the possibility of happiness -- and that means we have work to do.
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My lock screen is a screenshot from @cryptonature on xitter from 2022. It warns of the seductive comfort of hopelessness; reminds that hope means being open to the possibility of happiness -- and that means we have work to do.
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"The work doesn’t stop when we fail or when we’re disappointed. There is always a next step, always another challenge, and I know that I cannot allow myself to freeze up, rather than turning the next corner."
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"The work doesn’t stop when we fail or when we’re disappointed. There is always a next step, always another challenge, and I know that I cannot allow myself to freeze up, rather than turning the next corner."
So I'm re-reading Martha Wells' Queen Demon (❤️💯!!) and something is nagging me abt the Arike horses. Fangs. Padded, clawed feet. Stalking/pouncing behavior. And the kicker: "...liked to bury their dung but tended not to be very good at it."
@marthawells.com are the Arike horses actually big CATS??
@marthawells.com are the Arike horses actually big CATS??
October 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
So I'm re-reading Martha Wells' Queen Demon (❤️💯!!) and something is nagging me abt the Arike horses. Fangs. Padded, clawed feet. Stalking/pouncing behavior. And the kicker: "...liked to bury their dung but tended not to be very good at it."
@marthawells.com are the Arike horses actually big CATS??
@marthawells.com are the Arike horses actually big CATS??
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every right-winger calling for all-out war on "The Left," warning that political enemies are about to face their ultimate wrath, said the exact same shit in November and have been enacting that fantasy ever since. unclear why this language should frighten anyone more today
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
every right-winger calling for all-out war on "The Left," warning that political enemies are about to face their ultimate wrath, said the exact same shit in November and have been enacting that fantasy ever since. unclear why this language should frighten anyone more today
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One of the things that I like about Robert Redford is that I won’t get kicked off Bluesky for quoting him accurately.
"Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it." — Robert Redford
#RIPRedford
"Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it." — Robert Redford
#RIPRedford
September 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
One of the things that I like about Robert Redford is that I won’t get kicked off Bluesky for quoting him accurately.
"Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it." — Robert Redford
#RIPRedford
"Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it." — Robert Redford
#RIPRedford
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If you've had enough of the chaos from Trump and the Republicans, then vote for Democrats up and down the ballot in VA, NJ, PA, and for the ballot measure in CA.
Check your voter registration status now at IWillVote.com.
Check your voter registration status now at IWillVote.com.
September 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you've had enough of the chaos from Trump and the Republicans, then vote for Democrats up and down the ballot in VA, NJ, PA, and for the ballot measure in CA.
Check your voter registration status now at IWillVote.com.
Check your voter registration status now at IWillVote.com.
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If you live in:
California
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
The deadline to register to vote in the November elections is coming up. Check your registration now: IWillVote.com.
California
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
The deadline to register to vote in the November elections is coming up. Check your registration now: IWillVote.com.
September 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If you live in:
California
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
The deadline to register to vote in the November elections is coming up. Check your registration now: IWillVote.com.
California
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
The deadline to register to vote in the November elections is coming up. Check your registration now: IWillVote.com.
A Herb Alpert song just came on my Spotify and I realized: lo-fi chillhop is to millennials what "easy listening" was to my grandma's generation. 🫣
September 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A Herb Alpert song just came on my Spotify and I realized: lo-fi chillhop is to millennials what "easy listening" was to my grandma's generation. 🫣
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The thing with the rock stars whose dedication to drink, drugs, and debauchery make it seem like they should have died young but they kept going is you kind of forget they're going to die old.
July 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The thing with the rock stars whose dedication to drink, drugs, and debauchery make it seem like they should have died young but they kept going is you kind of forget they're going to die old.
Some of the young folks are hating it and adding "before 2022" into their search string.
Others are using Startpage -- which I cannot overhype. It's like 2010 Google. But with privacy.
Others are using Startpage -- which I cannot overhype. It's like 2010 Google. But with privacy.
Younger folks will never understand just how unbelievable Google search was from like 2004-2010. You could unearth so many amazingly detailed and thoughtful expert resources on any topic. The first three pages of results could give you weeks worth of info to comb through and dive deeper into. A joy.
Yesterday an entire overview of a subject I searched was from 1 source and the search results mirrored this. It was literally like- read this one man’s opinion on this enormous subject. Sorry for being sad about it but as someone who had to teach themselves most everything, googling was a great joy.
July 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Some of the young folks are hating it and adding "before 2022" into their search string.
Others are using Startpage -- which I cannot overhype. It's like 2010 Google. But with privacy.
Others are using Startpage -- which I cannot overhype. It's like 2010 Google. But with privacy.
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There's an astonishingly "what could it possibly mean?"-coded piece around saying "people who understand more about AI are less likely to want anything to do with it" and I just want to suggest: what if it were sharks?
July 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
There's an astonishingly "what could it possibly mean?"-coded piece around saying "people who understand more about AI are less likely to want anything to do with it" and I just want to suggest: what if it were sharks?
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I think the only hope is that eventually they’ll run so many ‘inconclusive’ UBI trials that everyone will de facto be on UBI even though they won’t ever decide to implement it.
July 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I think the only hope is that eventually they’ll run so many ‘inconclusive’ UBI trials that everyone will de facto be on UBI even though they won’t ever decide to implement it.
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This is exactly what the internet is for.
July 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is exactly what the internet is for.
"...Our experiments suggest that the program’s top priority is to keep people engaged in conversation by cheering them on regardless of what they’re asking about..."
So much for Asimov’s First Law of Robotics.🚨
Seems normal and fine www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
July 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"...Our experiments suggest that the program’s top priority is to keep people engaged in conversation by cheering them on regardless of what they’re asking about..."
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E.g. Recently the CEO of Blackrock said he didn’t want finance or comp sci majors. He wanted history majors and English majors. Goldman Sachs agreed. / 3 fortune.com/2024/05/17/b...
The rise of the English major: BlackRock COO wants to recruit liberal arts analysts that 'have nothing to do with finance or technology'
As AI rises, so does the demand for critical thinkers.
fortune.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
E.g. Recently the CEO of Blackrock said he didn’t want finance or comp sci majors. He wanted history majors and English majors. Goldman Sachs agreed. / 3 fortune.com/2024/05/17/b...
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The midterm elections are in 467 days.
July 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The midterm elections are in 467 days.
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Palestinian statehood is an essential step to peace.
That's why tonight, I'm calling for the US to join France in recognizing a sovereign Palestinian state.
Read more about my stance and join our movement here:
www.katforillinois.com/issues/human...
That's why tonight, I'm calling for the US to join France in recognizing a sovereign Palestinian state.
Read more about my stance and join our movement here:
www.katforillinois.com/issues/human...
Kat for Congress | Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois' Ninth District
Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress in Illinois' Ninth District because Democrats need to do more to stop Trump and fight for working people.
www.katforillinois.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Palestinian statehood is an essential step to peace.
That's why tonight, I'm calling for the US to join France in recognizing a sovereign Palestinian state.
Read more about my stance and join our movement here:
www.katforillinois.com/issues/human...
That's why tonight, I'm calling for the US to join France in recognizing a sovereign Palestinian state.
Read more about my stance and join our movement here:
www.katforillinois.com/issues/human...
Just leaving this here.
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
June 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Just leaving this here.
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
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Just realized that Dr. Susan Calvin would be losing her shit more and more every single day right now.
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Just realized that Dr. Susan Calvin would be losing her shit more and more every single day right now.
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Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...
May 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...