Nathan Schneider
@ntnsndr.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@ntnsndr, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@ntnsndr, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
I wonder how many local news publishers have no idea that their websites have an RSS feed.
December 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I wonder how many local news publishers have no idea that their websites have an RSS feed.
It's weird how much my writing practice has started to be what happens while waiting for AI to write code. It is a new species of multitasking. And no multitasking is good, to be clear.
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's weird how much my writing practice has started to be what happens while waiting for AI to write code. It is a new species of multitasking. And no multitasking is good, to be clear.
Vibe coding has come a long way since my first experiment, a Monopoly rule-changing calculator https://medlab.host/monopoly/
Monopoly Ledger
medlab.host
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Vibe coding has come a long way since my first experiment, a Monopoly rule-changing calculator https://medlab.host/monopoly/
@mayfirst is hiring a Technical Support Advocate!
https://outreach.mayfirst.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=1548
https://outreach.mayfirst.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=1548
Reminder! Job Opportunity at May First for Technical Support Advocate
outreach.mayfirst.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@mayfirst is hiring a Technical Support Advocate!
https://outreach.mayfirst.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=1548
https://outreach.mayfirst.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=1548
Why do I ever leave you, Colorado?
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Why do I ever leave you, Colorado?
As Christmas approaches, I've been reflecting on the image of the Dormition of Mary—more common in the East than West. Why is Mary's soul a nonbinary baby? https://www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus/2025/12/12/mary-death-dormition-art/ […]
[Original post on social.coop]
[Original post on social.coop]
December 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
As Christmas approaches, I've been reflecting on the image of the Dormition of Mary—more common in the East than West. Why is Mary's soul a nonbinary baby? https://www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus/2025/12/12/mary-death-dormition-art/ […]
[Original post on social.coop]
[Original post on social.coop]
AI doesn't have to be run only by and for a few enormous companies.
Just out from Metagov! A digital zine listing the MANY ways that people are trying to make AI more governable, accountable, and community-controlled: https://metagov.org/cg-ai/
Just out from Metagov! A digital zine listing the MANY ways that people are trying to make AI more governable, accountable, and community-controlled: https://metagov.org/cg-ai/
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
AI doesn't have to be run only by and for a few enormous companies.
Just out from Metagov! A digital zine listing the MANY ways that people are trying to make AI more governable, accountable, and community-controlled: https://metagov.org/cg-ai/
Just out from Metagov! A digital zine listing the MANY ways that people are trying to make AI more governable, accountable, and community-controlled: https://metagov.org/cg-ai/
Given that copy/paste is such a killer app for computing in general, it is weird that absolutely spectacular clipboard managers are not more of a norm.
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Given that copy/paste is such a killer app for computing in general, it is weird that absolutely spectacular clipboard managers are not more of a norm.
Over the weekend, the GreenPill podcast dropped this conversation I had with one of the governance technologists I admire most, former Taiwan digital minister Audrey Tang: https://pod.link/1609313639/episode/NWRjNTkzZjEtNzczMS00Zjk1LTljMTUtYWQwZWRlMWFmM2Nl
It is […]
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It is […]
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December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Over the weekend, the GreenPill podcast dropped this conversation I had with one of the governance technologists I admire most, former Taiwan digital minister Audrey Tang: https://pod.link/1609313639/episode/NWRjNTkzZjEtNzczMS00Zjk1LTljMTUtYWQwZWRlMWFmM2Nl
It is […]
[Original post on social.coop]
It is […]
[Original post on social.coop]
I'm all for Bitcoin cratering, but this is such a familiar ritual, where the NYT announces the demise of crypto while the dip is still above the last cycle's peak.
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm all for Bitcoin cratering, but this is such a familiar ritual, where the NYT announces the demise of crypto while the dip is still above the last cycle's peak.
It is the honor of a lifetime to have one of my random posts (featuring @404mediaco) randomly screenshotted in the Mastodon documentation. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/preferences/
H/t @andrewe
H/t @andrewe
Set your preferences - Mastodon documentation
Customize things just the way you like them.
docs.joinmastodon.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It is the honor of a lifetime to have one of my random posts (featuring @404mediaco) randomly screenshotted in the Mastodon documentation. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/preferences/
H/t @andrewe
H/t @andrewe
I'm not sure about it for other things, but "ethical non-monogamy" is a helpful framework for how we approach technology: https://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/smyl8cvx/release/1
Embracing Open Relationships with Our Network Tech
We're married to our terms and conditions agreements. What if we leaned into the inherent decentralized and community-lead networks the internet provides?
commonplace.knowledgefutures.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm not sure about it for other things, but "ethical non-monogamy" is a helpful framework for how we approach technology: https://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/smyl8cvx/release/1
Oh so according to this ancient tradition Mary's soul was both male and female. https://bhroberts.org/records/NGw3rc-LwWvGh/in_the_book_of_marys_repose_the_soul_of_mary_is_given_to_michael_during_the_beginning_of_her_assumption_into_heaven
In the Book of Mary's Repose, the soul of Mary is given to Michael during the beginning of her assumption into heaven. | B. H. Roberts
Primary source about "In the Book of Mary's Repose, the soul of Mary is given to Michael during the beginning of her assumption into heaven..
bhroberts.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh so according to this ancient tradition Mary's soul was both male and female. https://bhroberts.org/records/NGw3rc-LwWvGh/in_the_book_of_marys_repose_the_soul_of_mary_is_given_to_michael_during_the_beginning_of_her_assumption_into_heaven
I am curious about what people in the future will do when our current chatbots are vintage.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I am curious about what people in the future will do when our current chatbots are vintage.
If it would be helpful for you to meticulously examine the rituals you observe this Thanksgiving, for those who celebrate, I invite you to do so with the inaugural release of the Protocol Bicorder: https://medlab.host/bicorder/
Let me know how it goes!
Let me know how it goes!
Protocol Bicorder
A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols
medlab.host
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If it would be helpful for you to meticulously examine the rituals you observe this Thanksgiving, for those who celebrate, I invite you to do so with the inaugural release of the Protocol Bicorder: https://medlab.host/bicorder/
Let me know how it goes!
Let me know how it goes!
Is it fair to assume that the reason every car rental experience is so dystopian is private equity?
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Is it fair to assume that the reason every car rental experience is so dystopian is private equity?
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 […]
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November 21, 2025 at 6:10 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 […]
[Original post on social.coop]
[Original post on social.coop]
Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/18/nx-s1-5564064/calvin-and-hobbes-bill-watterson-40-years-comic-strip-lee-salem
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 […]
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 […]
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social.coop
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/18/nx-s1-5564064/calvin-and-hobbes-bill-watterson-40-years-comic-strip-lee-salem
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 […]
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 […]
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:)
Anyone having success pairing green-energy LLM hosting (e.g., GreenPT) with terminal agents (e.g., Aider)?
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Anyone having success pairing green-energy LLM hosting (e.g., GreenPT) with terminal agents (e.g., Aider)?
Gnawing on stolen land
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Gnawing on stolen land
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 […]
[Original post on social.coop]
[Original post on social.coop]
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 […]
[Original post on social.coop]
[Original post on social.coop]
Graduate students interested in learning about investment models beyond capital gains! Here's an opportunity for what seems like a beautiful retreat: https://www.capitalcommonssummit.org/
Capital Commons Summit
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: https://www.capitalcommonssummit.org/
For those inclined to think little of centrist lobbying outfits, like me, enjoy challenging your priors with this phenomenal ESOP Association takedown of private equity: https://assets-tea.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/assets/public/2025-11/ESOP%20Report_November%202025_PE%20Edition_FINAL.pdf
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
For those inclined to think little of centrist lobbying outfits, like me, enjoy challenging your priors with this phenomenal ESOP Association takedown of private equity: https://assets-tea.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/assets/public/2025-11/ESOP%20Report_November%202025_PE%20Edition_FINAL.pdf
#socialcoop friends: Should we submit any suggestions for the cooperative identity revisions? https://coopidentity.ica.coop/draft-changes-to-the-statement-on-the-cooperative-identity
Cooperative Identity Consultation | Draft Changes to Identity Statement
coopidentity.ica.coop
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
#socialcoop friends: Should we submit any suggestions for the cooperative identity revisions? https://coopidentity.ica.coop/draft-changes-to-the-statement-on-the-cooperative-identity