Nathan Schneider
@ntnsndr.in
Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.
Whatever else happens, there will always have been tonight
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Whatever else happens, there will always have been tonight
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‼️ The deadline (December 1, 2025) for our Call for Abstracts on “THE IMAGINATIVE #LANDSCAPE OF #AI – VISIONS, POSITIONS, CONFLICTS” is approaching.
I am very happy to edit this thematic issue of @ijoc-usc.bsky.social with @ntnsndr.in
#openaccess.
More information:
comai.space/en/call-for-...
I am very happy to edit this thematic issue of @ijoc-usc.bsky.social with @ntnsndr.in
#openaccess.
More information:
comai.space/en/call-for-...
Call for Papers: The Imaginative Landscape of AI – Visions, Positions, Conflicts
Few technological developments spark more debate today than artificial intelligence. From promises of human advancement to fears of existential risk, AI generat
comai.space
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
‼️ The deadline (December 1, 2025) for our Call for Abstracts on “THE IMAGINATIVE #LANDSCAPE OF #AI – VISIONS, POSITIONS, CONFLICTS” is approaching.
I am very happy to edit this thematic issue of @ijoc-usc.bsky.social with @ntnsndr.in
#openaccess.
More information:
comai.space/en/call-for-...
I am very happy to edit this thematic issue of @ijoc-usc.bsky.social with @ntnsndr.in
#openaccess.
More information:
comai.space/en/call-for-...
Abstracts due on 12/1: I'm editing a special issue of the Int'l Journal of Communication on "the imaginative landscape of AI." Help us map the imaginaries of this stuff beyond the tech industry fluff: https://comai.space/en/call-for-papers-the-imaginative-landscape-of-ai-visions-positions-conflicts-
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Abstracts due on 12/1: I'm editing a special issue of the Int'l Journal of Communication on "the imaginative landscape of AI." Help us map the imaginaries of this stuff beyond the tech industry fluff: https://comai.space/en/call-for-papers-the-imaginative-landscape-of-ai-visions-positions-conflicts-
The @defector.com annual reports are always spectacular works of art, but this one by @jaspercwang.bsky.social is a particular gem. Especially on the power of journalists building together rather than substacking it alone. defector.com/reflections-...
Reflections On Five Years In Worker-Owned Media | Defector
As I finally got to work on writing Defector’s fifth Annual Report, I found myself noodling on some broader thoughts about the worker-owned media landscape. Tom said some sections would work as a stan...
defector.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The @defector.com annual reports are always spectacular works of art, but this one by @jaspercwang.bsky.social is a particular gem. Especially on the power of journalists building together rather than substacking it alone. defector.com/reflections-...
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"Are Protocols Elite?" by @ntnsndr.in (2025)
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Are Protocols Elite?" by @ntnsndr.in (2025)
Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes. www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
It was only when reading it with my kids that I realized the secret message: Calvin acts like Calvin because adults almost never play with him. Like, actually play.
It was only when reading it with my kids that I realized the secret message: Calvin acts like Calvin because adults almost never play with him. Like, actually play.
'Calvin and Hobbes' at 40: Bill Watterson's comic strip transmogrified everything : NPR
The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes. www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
It was only when reading it with my kids that I realized the secret message: Calvin acts like Calvin because adults almost never play with him. Like, actually play.
It was only when reading it with my kids that I realized the secret message: Calvin acts like Calvin because adults almost never play with him. Like, actually play.
Your #ExitToCommunity of the day is Eldora ski resort, in the process of being bought by the town of Nederland. Good for the sellers, good for the workers, good for the town.
Still early in the season tho:)
Still early in the season tho:)
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your #ExitToCommunity of the day is Eldora ski resort, in the process of being bought by the town of Nederland. Good for the sellers, good for the workers, good for the town.
Still early in the season tho:)
Still early in the season tho:)
Are you going to Start.coop’s Graduation Showcase for the Black Community Wealth Accelerator? I sure am! Learn about 12 amazing new Black-led co-op startups. �� https://www.eventbrite.com/e/graduation-showcase-startcoops-black-community-wealth-accelerator-tickets-1901897991089?aff=oddtdtcreatator
Graduation Showcase | Start.coop's Black Community Wealth Accelerator
Join us to meet and celebrate our cohort of twelve Black-owned cooperatives as they share the incredible, impactful work they do!
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November 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Are you going to Start.coop’s Graduation Showcase for the Black Community Wealth Accelerator? I sure am! Learn about 12 amazing new Black-led co-op startups. �� https://www.eventbrite.com/e/graduation-showcase-startcoops-black-community-wealth-accelerator-tickets-1901897991089?aff=oddtdtcreatator
Gnawing on stolen land
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Gnawing on stolen land
The letter from São Paulo’s peripheral neighborhoods to COP30: globalvoices.org/2025/11/14/t...
Oh, and donate to @globalvoices.org, I just did.
Oh, and donate to @globalvoices.org, I just did.
The letter from São Paulo’s peripheral neighborhoods to COP30
In total, about 30 proposals appear in the "Letter from the Peripheries on Commitments for the Climate – The Atmosphere is Tense!,” signed by 50 collectives and 1,000 community leaders
globalvoices.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The letter from São Paulo’s peripheral neighborhoods to COP30: globalvoices.org/2025/11/14/t...
Oh, and donate to @globalvoices.org, I just did.
Oh, and donate to @globalvoices.org, I just did.
For a taste of what I've been working on this season, I have a new, tiny-little essay in the in-house journal of our Center for Media, Religion, and Culture, Rhythms: "Are Protocols Elite?" Based on a collab with Avery Edenfield. https://www.colorado.edu/cmrc/2025/11/06/rhythms-fall-2025-counter-med
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
For a taste of what I've been working on this season, I have a new, tiny-little essay in the in-house journal of our Center for Media, Religion, and Culture, Rhythms: "Are Protocols Elite?" Based on a collab with Avery Edenfield. https://www.colorado.edu/cmrc/2025/11/06/rhythms-fall-2025-counter-med
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
Graduate students interested in learning about investment models beyond capital gains! Here's an opportunity for what seems like a beautiful retreat: www.capitalcommonssummit.org/
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Graduate students interested in learning about investment models beyond capital gains! Here's an opportunity for what seems like a beautiful retreat: www.capitalcommonssummit.org/
As someone who has taught Christensen and activist strategy for years, I think this essay is dead on.
Organizers can borrow ideas from the business world — such as an influential concept called the “innovator’s dilemma” — about where to look for innovation, and about how our movement ecology can make space for it.
What social movements can learn from the ‘innovator’s dilemma’
Organizers can borrow ideas from the business world about where to look for innovation, and how our movement ecology can make space for it.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As someone who has taught Christensen and activist strategy for years, I think this essay is dead on.
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wow great interview. @bnewbold.net is a real one - very thoughtful & cares deeply about the problems we're trying to address
this interview does a great job capturing the pressure/anxiety/tradeoffs of designing/developing the protocol, especially the early period
this interview does a great job capturing the pressure/anxiety/tradeoffs of designing/developing the protocol, especially the early period
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
protocol.ecologies.info
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
wow great interview. @bnewbold.net is a real one - very thoughtful & cares deeply about the problems we're trying to address
this interview does a great job capturing the pressure/anxiety/tradeoffs of designing/developing the protocol, especially the early period
this interview does a great job capturing the pressure/anxiety/tradeoffs of designing/developing the protocol, especially the early period
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“How do you have credible exit? You need to be able to take your stuff and import it into another server, and it can’t be hard. It needs to be an easy thing to do … the Blacksky PDS is getting up and running, and more people are migrating … this is a moment when some of these ideas are being tested”
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
protocol.ecologies.info
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“How do you have credible exit? You need to be able to take your stuff and import it into another server, and it can’t be hard. It needs to be an easy thing to do … the Blacksky PDS is getting up and running, and more people are migrating … this is a moment when some of these ideas are being tested”
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Such a great article with thoughtful and insightful questions and answers about what it means to create protocols (and products using protocols) in this space. Essential reading for every atproto hacker (or even critic) out there.
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
protocol.ecologies.info
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Such a great article with thoughtful and insightful questions and answers about what it means to create protocols (and products using protocols) in this space. Essential reading for every atproto hacker (or even critic) out there.
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Most engineers don't design protocols like @bnewbold.net does, but we know + love this moment:
«But some point, even if you don’t have the final solution, you can see how you’re going to solve it. And when you see it, you’re always like, “This is going to work.” That it is elegant enough to work.»
«But some point, even if you don’t have the final solution, you can see how you’re going to solve it. And when you see it, you’re always like, “This is going to work.” That it is elegant enough to work.»
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
protocol.ecologies.info
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Most engineers don't design protocols like @bnewbold.net does, but we know + love this moment:
«But some point, even if you don’t have the final solution, you can see how you’re going to solve it. And when you see it, you’re always like, “This is going to work.” That it is elegant enough to work.»
«But some point, even if you don’t have the final solution, you can see how you’re going to solve it. And when you see it, you’re always like, “This is going to work.” That it is elegant enough to work.»
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Overall a fantastic peek by @ntnsndr.in into the mindset of a protocol designer who's trying to build an ecosystem of "small teams" capable of replacing + improving solutions anywhere in the architecture
( Especially insightful for all the folks @wesleyfinck.org calls "builders" on those teams )
( Especially insightful for all the folks @wesleyfinck.org calls "builders" on those teams )
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Overall a fantastic peek by @ntnsndr.in into the mindset of a protocol designer who's trying to build an ecosystem of "small teams" capable of replacing + improving solutions anywhere in the architecture
( Especially insightful for all the folks @wesleyfinck.org calls "builders" on those teams )
( Especially insightful for all the folks @wesleyfinck.org calls "builders" on those teams )
Wednesday! Join me for a Metagov Seminar with my colleague Dr. Orit Peleg from CU Boulder, a computer scientist who does the most wonderful work on self-governance among plants and insects—this is going to be glorious: luma.com/pzbp4zq1?tk=...
Seminar: Governance Among Plants & Insects with Dr. Orit Peleg · Zoom · Luma
Dr. Orit Peleg seeks to understand the behavior of disordered living systems by merging tools from physics, biology, engineering, and computer science. At the…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Wednesday! Join me for a Metagov Seminar with my colleague Dr. Orit Peleg from CU Boulder, a computer scientist who does the most wonderful work on self-governance among plants and insects—this is going to be glorious: luma.com/pzbp4zq1?tk=...
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
protocol.ecologies.info
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The latest interview up at the Protocol Oral History Project is a @bsky.app hometown hero: Protocol Engineer @bnewbold.net. I'm so grateful for his time and care in sharing his experience building the foundation for not only this app but many more: protocol.ecologies.info/interviews/n...
Just arrived! Copies of the Open Social Network Cookbook, beautifully designed and made by Janaya Kizzie of Binch Press x Queer Archive Work.
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just arrived! Copies of the Open Social Network Cookbook, beautifully designed and made by Janaya Kizzie of Binch Press x Queer Archive Work.
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Just arrived! Copies of the Open Social Network Cookbook, beautifully designed and made by Janaya Kizzie of Binch Press x Queer Archive Work.
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just arrived! Copies of the Open Social Network Cookbook, beautifully designed and made by Janaya Kizzie of Binch Press x Queer Archive Work.
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Download, print, and bind your own: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
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Putting down Radical Technologies (because I literally don't have it on me, lol) and picking up @ntnsndr.in's Governable Spaces for my latest technosocial read: nathanschneider.info/books/govern...
Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
nathanschneider.info
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Putting down Radical Technologies (because I literally don't have it on me, lol) and picking up @ntnsndr.in's Governable Spaces for my latest technosocial read: nathanschneider.info/books/govern...
Being a panpsychist is convenient because you get to completely ignore debates about whether AI is becoming conscious or whatever. I recommend it.
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Being a panpsychist is convenient because you get to completely ignore debates about whether AI is becoming conscious or whatever. I recommend it.