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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 1d

@michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #SocialChange

Gotta watch til the end to get the back story behind Michael's bar mitzvah...

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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 1d

And... we're off! My first stop on the SSDS book tour was tonight and will be tough to top! Westport Library is an amazing venue, couldn't ask for a better moderator than Sharon Suchotliff, and huge thanks to Jennifer Keller and co for making it happen!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5K...

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Common Ground: 'Somebody Should Do Something' w/ Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, & Daniel Kelly

YouTube video by The Westport Library

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cppphilosophy.bsky.social @cppphilosophy.bsky.social · 3d

If you're interested in AI and questions of how it's changing the way we think, focus, and learn, make sure to watch the recording of Carlos Montemayor's (@mainomenous.bsky.social) talk, Cultivating Attention in the Age of AI!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtLC...

The Future of Human Attention in the Age of AI

YouTube video by Digital Humanities Consortium @ CPP

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cppphilosophy.bsky.social @cppphilosophy.bsky.social · 3d

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Michael Brownstein @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social · 4d

Aside from having to record it in my overheated closet, this was a really fun interview with Andrew Keen. Appreciated the hard questions--like whether there can be a science of social change--and occasional pushback.
@madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

How to Lose Loudly: What the Left can Learn from the NRA

Episode 2577: Michael Brownstein on how anyone can create social change

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cppphilosophy.bsky.social @cppphilosophy.bsky.social · 4d

Hello Broncos! On Monday, the Digital Humanities Consortium will be hosting an event on interviewing across disciplines. Come to enhance your interviewing skills, or even just to learn about the art of interviewing. Details included in the link attached!

Human to Human: Interviewing Across Disciplines

Come join us for a unique opportunity to learn about interviewing techniques from a variety of disciplines and connect with fellow humans!

www.eventbrite.com

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 5d

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What to read on International Day of Non-Violence

Several books on peace and reformation for International Day of Non-Violence.

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 6d

Chicagoland Friends! Two weeks from today I'll be in town at The Seminary Coop to talk about social change and my new book. It would be great to see you! It's from 4-5pm Thursday 10/16, and I will probably be thirsty afterwards.

www.semcoop.com/event/daniel...

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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 5d

Philly peeps and Main Liners! Let's celebrate the pending domination of the Dodgers with a no-notes 10-out-of-10 discussion on 10/10, about social change and book bans, at Main Point Books!

Michael Brownstein @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social · 6d

Just in case you find yourself near Wayne, PA on Fri Oct 10th, stop by Main Point Books to ask @madva.bsky.social all the hard questions about making social change!

@dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

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Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change

Main Point Books welcomes Alex Madva for a discussion of how communities create social change

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

I have had it with Democratic leadership. Their shutdown strategy is a disaster, the worst of all possible worlds.

If they want to salvage anything from this mess, they need to start talking — loudly and clearly — about fighting Trump's authoritarian takeover

www.vox.com/politics/463...

The Democrats’ shutdown strategy is terrible. Here’s a better one.

Talk less about health care, more about authoritarianism.

www.vox.com

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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 6d

"One way to recruit people, despite a lack of immediate prospects, is a tactic called 'losing loudly': making a spectacle of a battle they know they can’t win, one that motivates others to take action."

@mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social

Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 6d

In their recent book, Brownstein, Madva, and Kelly argue that people don’t necessarily join causes because they think they’re going to win in the short term … yet their decision to participate during a seemingly hopeless period creates the conditions for ultimate victory

www.vox.com/politics/463...

The Democrats’ shutdown strategy is terrible. Here’s a better one.

Talk less about health care, more about authoritarianism.

www.vox.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 8d

The "Somebody Should Do Something" book tour heads to Pennsylvania! Join co-author Alex @madva.bsky.social at The End Bookstore on Tuesday, October 7th when he will be in conversation with Aimee Saunders, from @redwineblueusa.bsky.social: theendbooks.co/event/2025-1... @playbooks.bsky.social

3D promotional image of "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change" by Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly.

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 12d

Here’s an excerpt from our book about carbon footprints and how the dark arts of corporate PR appropriate ideas about individual choice and personal responsibility www.commondreams.org/opinion/cons...

Shopping Differently Won't Solve the Climate Crisis | Common Dreams

Large companies like BP have taught us to track what we buy, and take responsibility for what we do with the stuff we buy, so that they won’t have to stop making and selling the stuff we buy from them...

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Michael Brownstein @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social · 12d

Not too far from Westport CT and itching for something to do next Monday night 10.6? Hanging out with Alex Madva and me at the Westport Public Library wouldn't be your worst option. @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

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Common Ground Initiative: 'Somebody Should Do Something' With Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly

Learn how social change happens with authors Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly at this Common Ground event at The Westport Library.

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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 12d

Either/or thinking, pluralistic ignorance, satire, the view of racism as a habit, intersectionality, and "practicing politics the right way," in a truly (!) wide-ranging convo @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social and I had with Joy LaClaire on Forthright Radio @kzyx.bsky.social

bit.ly/kzyx-forthri...

Michael Brownstein & Alex Madva SOMEBODY SHOULD DO SOMETHING: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change

Our guests today on this edition of Forthright Radio are co-authors of a new book, SOMEBODY SHOULD DO SOMETHING: HOW ANYONE CAN HELP CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE, published by MIT Press. Michael Brownstein…

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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 12d

Sighting of our book in Porter Square, which we'll be visiting on 10/15!

Love the placement here...

"If anyone builds it, everyone dies: Why superhuman AI would kill us all"

"Somebody should do something!"

@michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

Kailey Tse-Harlow's post on LinkedIn of the book Somebody Should Do Something in Porter Square books

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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 14d

Either mental health or social change? Or maybe both/and? Looking forward to the rest of the episode and catching up on @zerlinamornings.bsky.social

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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 14d

And... of course I sent the wrong link to register for Prof. Montemayor's talk. This is the correct one: bit.ly/AI-attention

Let me make it up to you with a cat photo...

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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 15d

Tune into Sirius XM Progress this morning to hear my coauthor my @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social and me! (You can also catch up later on the Sirius XM app -- which comes with a 90 day free trial if you download!)

@dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky #socialchange

Mornings with Zerlina. @zerlinamornings.bsky.social · 15d

Tuesday tidings! W/ @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social: @crow.house.gov of CO-06, @repstansbury.bsky.social of NM-01, Digital Media Strategist @espiers.bsky.social + Authors & Philosophers Michael Brownstein & Alex Madva!

☎️ 866-997-4748
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Mornings with Zerlina. @zerlinamornings.bsky.social · 15d

Tuesday tidings! W/ @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social: @crow.house.gov of CO-06, @repstansbury.bsky.social of NM-01, Digital Media Strategist @espiers.bsky.social + Authors & Philosophers Michael Brownstein & Alex Madva!

☎️ 866-997-4748
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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 15d

Join us IRL at Cal Poly Pomona or in Zoomsville on Monday 9/29 (10am PST) to discuss "Cultivating Attention in the Age of AI" with @mainomenous.bsky.social!

Register here: bit.ly/ai-dhc

#AI #Attention #AIandSociety #DigitalHumanities #Philosophy #CalPolyPomona

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 19d

The past week has shown us something scary — the concrete and specific outlines of a durable authoritarian state in America.

Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here.

www.vox.com/politics/462...