#civictech is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 36 people shared 137 posts with it — around 5 a day. Activity is down 9% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 17 with 10 posts.
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Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com
Yes, he told us both that he would never trust his own script _and_ that he wanted it to be rolled out across the government.
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com
i feel compelled to remind everyone that chatgpt/LLMs are functionally the *opposite* of an actual expert. the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
www.transition2025.com
A New Era for NYC
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is ready to work to make New York safe and affordable for all of its residents.
www.beta.nyc
We Turned Two Decades of Council Budget PDFs Into Open Data. Now the City Should Maintain The Data. - BetaNYC
Intro New Yorkers have wanted to see where their tax dollars go for a very long time. In 1907, reformers founded the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, and the following year it staged a "Budget E...
Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca
For something comparable, look at the redundant ~$15 billion(!!!) tax preparation business in the US. Over the decade, people in that industry have spent an ungodly amount of money lobbying to keep the US government from offering a free tax filing service for everyone. www.zdnet.com/article/irs-...
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www.civicsoftechnology.org
Stop calling it “AI literacy” if it doesn’t teach history — Civics of Technology
Underneath a futuristic veneer, large language models (and their makers) tell stories that perpetuate familiar stereotypes and repackage dangerous imperialist ideologies. Yet, ironically, most AI lite...
Ian G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social
Attended an excellent session this afternoon at the @civicsoftech.bsky.social 2026 conference, which included a case study of a failed adoption of a vendor-owned AI product, and an overview of minimalist computing principles aimed at thinking about edtech. www.civicsoftechnology.org/2026conference
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