Hi. I’m a writer, researcher, and community lead working toward better networks for human sociability and collective survival.

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Some recent posts:

XOXOThis post is a work in progress about a talk I gave on August 24, 2024 at the final XOXO Festival in Portland, Oregon. 24 August 2024

Fediverse Governance DropAfter a few months of prepping and conducting interviews and then many more months of analyzing and writing up what we found, we’re releasing our findings. We found…so much. 20 August 2024

Untangling ThreadsMeta's Threads service is joining the Fediverse, and I think there are some things about Meta—and about Fediverse mechanics—that it's important to include in that conversation. 21 December 2023

Root & BranchWho should do the heavy, tricky, fraught work of making and keeping our networks good? How should they work? To whom should they be accountable, and how can “accountability” be redeemed from its dissipated state and turned into something with both teeth and discretion? 6 December 2023

Meta in Myanmar (full series)The landing page for the full series on Meta in Myanmar. 16 October 2023