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B! 🐝 Cavello (they/them)
@b-cavello.bsky.social
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activist, aspiring-polymath, problematic feminist working to better this world
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Been really loving the #DuckDuckGo option to block a site from all searches. It's undoable, if you need it, but it's also really handy for reducing the ad-driven slop in my life!
Dropdown options read "only include results for this site," "redo search without this site," "block this site from all results," and "share feedback about this site" where the block option is highlighted
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#PublicAI is an approach to building AI that centers public accountability, public access, & sustainable public goods: publicai.network
To me, the ONLY reason to keep working on AI is to advance the public good, & to do that, we need the public!
(ft. video from: www.aspendigital.org/event/food-s...)
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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We made this primer including this chart on tech considered AI for helping journalists #TalkBetterAboutAI, but it’s turned out to be really applicable in a variety of spaces from classrooms to Congress.
www.aspendigital.org/report/ai-101/
Flowchart of “tech that people call artificial intelligence” shows two major branches of automated reasoning (including things like the PacMan ghosts) and machine learning (including generative models)
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I'm getting this kinda thing: both a scan of the junk mail AND a digital ad or banner also promoting the same junk
Scanned junk mail from Progressive says "savings on a silver platter?" and the digital ad says "saving could be delivered to your wallet" with an apparent "click to quote" button
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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A tiny sliver of the massive #NoKings crowd in Washington, DC!
Panoramic photo of people gathered with a variety of signs and costumes on Pennsylvania Ave in DC
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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@nickgarcia.bsky.social sketched something similar to this earlier in the spring, too!
Graph of risk vs capability with different regions shaded with different groups like skeptic (across the bottom seeing low capability, broad range of risk), ethics (high risk and higher capability, but capped), accelerationism (high capability, limited risk), safety (high capability and risk), and directionist (kinda in the middle on both risk and capability)
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Fun fact: the Charles Hotel in Boston apparently doesn’t want people to know about alcohol (or check the menu of their fave DC Indian restaurants)
Website for Daru blocked by administrator for being in the “alcohol” category
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Reposted with #Alt4You

Section 8 voucher folks cannot be evicted on account of government non-payment
(b) Nonpayment by PHA: Not grounds for termination of tenancy. (1) The family is not responsible for payment of the portion of the rent to owner covered by the housing assistance payment under the HAP contract between the owner and the PHA. (2) The PHA failure to pay the housing assistance payment to the owner is not a violation of the lease between the tenant and the owner. During the term of the lease the owner may not terminate the tenancy of the family for nonpayment of the PHA housing assistance payment.
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Don't miss the chance to shape the future of #FoodSystems innovation!
The @aspendigital.bsky.social Feeding the Future survey ends Tuesday, September 30: communitypriority.org/surveys/feed... #SDG2
Last chance to submit! Deadline for defining food security priorities September 30, 2025
September 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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If we're going to build AI at all, it'd BETTER BE to do good, to empower people, & to help us solve the most important problems that face humanity and our planet!

@aspendigital.bsky.social is seeking input from food systems practitioners by Sept 30:
www.aspendigital.org/feeding-the-... #UNGA #SDG2
September 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Heading back to #NYC today for #UNGA! Excited to connect with folks working on #FoodSecurity to talk about defining a new research agenda for #AI and what it means to build truly accountable #PublicAI infrastructure ✨
www.aspendigital.org/feeding-the-...
Aspen Digital business cards say “do you work in food systems or nutrition security? What are the biggest challenges and most promising solutions for SDG 2: Zero Hunger? We want your input!” There’s a QR code and a link the the Feeding the Future page
September 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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This vibe from the Boston museum of fine art is doin it for me rn
Plate with a goofy looking king on it
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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The “don’t be the hero” advice is really hitting right now, but it’s really, really hard to internalize.
I think prioritization is the ultimate boss fight of leadership, but it’s tricky to pause in the moment for me and re-evaluate, especially once a pattern is already in place.
Tumblr post from flashhwing reads: “stupid thing about me is I don't cut corners but I also have no work ethic. if I do something it WILL be done right. no telling whether I'll actually fucking do it tho” electricpentacle replies: “Ah, the fatal combination of having pride in my work but fuckall executive functioning.”
September 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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You might like Bhutan’s as well!
Waving animation of flag with diagonally divided gold and red-orange background and white and black line art dragon
September 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Folks in fatigues headed East on H St. first spotted at 8th, but seen by bus still headed East past 11th.
#ICEWatch #FreeDC
Two people wearing camp walking down the street in front of a childcare center
August 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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It was such a joy and a privilege to sit down with Larry Williams Jr. of @unionbase.bsky.social to talk about #PublicAI, #labor, and the exciting future that we can still shape together!

See the whole convo on The Future of AI and The Workplace:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gfb...
August 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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7-minute opportunity for #FoodSecurity practitioners to shape the future of tech! 👀
My team at @aspendigital.bsky.social is soliciting input from food systems, nutrition, food aid, and agriculture organizations to define new criteria for evaluating AI systems.
www.aspendigital.org/event/food-s...
4 words "Feeding the Future: Shaping AI benchmarks for better food systems" over a background that is collaged aerial farm photography with green and gold circuitboard material
August 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Our team at @aspendigital.bsky.social put together some primers on AI and generative AI, in particular!
They both should be screenreader accessible and printer-friendly if you want the PDF versions
www.aspendigital.org/report/ai-101/ & www.aspendigital.org/report/intro...
A preview of a flowchart of technologies people call artificial intelligence including rules-based and ML-based approaches
August 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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While we may not NEED it, but I absolutely think we should explore how new tech could help
That's the ethos behind our Feeding the Future work: trying to identify where the REAL bottlenecks to sustainable food systems lie and steer tech toward address those.
www.aspendigital.org/event/food-s...
words "Feeding the Future: Shaping AI benchmarks for better food systems" over a background that is collaged aerial farm photography with green and gold circuitboard material
August 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
b-cavello.bsky.social
Want the TL;DR on how to #TalkBetterAboutAI? Here’s a cheat sheet from our AI 101:
www.aspendigital.org/report/ai-101/
“Accurate descriptions of AI generally include the following: people who use specific AI tools or capabilities to do tasks” Then there are a bunch of examples like “Employers are automating data-entry and operational tasks by deploying processing AI, which could put some administrative jobs at risk.” and “The Post reported that local governments are deploying facial-recognition cameras to "scan everyone who walks past them," looking for people who are banned from public housing.”
July 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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A lot of folks are dunking on this for calling the Pac-Man pathfinding AI, but (while I may be biased) I think it’s totally fair!
www.aspendigital.org/report/intro...
The goalposts of “AI” are constantly moving & they’re right that the games industry is often early to experiment with & adopt tech.
A chart of different technologies that people have called AI including the pac-man ghosts and chatGPT illustrating the different techniques used.
July 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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JULY 29TH: Join me for #FeedingTheFuture: a conversation with brilliant innovators and experts Irene Arias Hofman, Kyle Newell, and Robert Egger to explore the role of #AI in food systems and nutrition security today AND how to shape the future of #FoodSecurity!
www.aspendigital.org/event/food-s...
Feeding the Future: Shaping AI Benchmarks for Better Food Systems featuring Irene Arias Hofman (IDB Lab), Kyle Newell (Impact Pathways), and Robert Egger (Food Justice Pioneer) on Tuesday, July 29, 12-1pm Eastern Time
July 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Honored to share a stage with such visionaries and champions today as part of @ncil.bsky.social’s Annual Conference and this year’s #ADA35 celebration!

Watch the recording of our panel on AI for Access: Expanding Possibilities Through Innovation: ncil.org/2025-confere...
B wears an N-95 mask and points to their “The Future is Accessible” shirt A board of inspiring quotes and messages from the community, organized by the AAPD including phrases like “We belong here” and “stronger together”
July 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Justin Long once helped me sneak into a Jay-Z show 😅
Blurry picture of Jay-Z performing on stage from 2012
July 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Boomers, in their lifetimes have seen the world population basically triple!
In North America, alone, there are practically THREE (3) TIMES AS MANY FOLKS today as there were when the baby boom began in 1946.
🤯
Y'all, population in North America DOUBLED since 1966!!
Chart showing North American population from about 200 million in 1946 to over 600 million in 2023
July 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM