The ActivityPub Trust & Safety Task Force is looking for a new Co-Lead (I'm stepping down because I'm leading the Social Web Working Group now).
Specifically we'd like someone with trust and safety experience! Doesn't have to be paid/professional experience (volunteer moderation workers […]
Wiki In Africa is excited to support SICSS-Kenya 2026, hosted in Nairobi and led by Dr Amos Kipkorir Langat. sicss.io/2026/kenya/... #SICSSKENYA2026
What does it mean to cultivate something that hundreds of people collectively decide is worth carrying into the future?
This month, I received tenure from Cornell University. The most common question I've been asked is "what will you do with it?"
This post, which I sketched before hearing the […]
What does it mean to cultivate something that hundreds of people collectively decide is worth carrying into the future?
This month, I received tenure from Cornell University. The most common question I've been asked is "what will you do with it?"
This post, which I sketched before hearing the […]
I've created a search on iNaturalist that lets you look at all of the different kinds of nests that ants construct.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=ant-architecture-the-nests-and-constructions-of-ants&verifiable=any&place_id=any
"At least one morning a week, Claudia typically finds herself on this corner, where she has been standing guard as a volunteer for the past six months. Her responsibilities are straightforward and precise: To keep an eye out for federal immigration officials." […]
> Sociocultural engineering research is being systematically attacked under the current US government, pressuring researchers to eliminate cultural inquiry from our work. These attacks present an existential crisis for HCI
> Marginalized HCI practitioners are at […]
[Original post on social.coop]
With #SICSSKenya2026 ongoing, @natematias & I wrote about our ongoing collab to bridge the @wikimediafoundation & comp. social sciences, with the help of @wikiafrica.bsky.social & Wikimedians from across Africa https://citizensandtech.org/2026/06/wikimedia-sicss-kickoff/
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@andypiper @cubicgarden @stefan thank you all for this thread and for the reminder to watch the sessions!
