The news is out- I am running for the Massachusetts state senate! Hear why in my launch video:

For my Unitarian Universalist friends and colleagues...

Today's the day. America has no king.
Come out and stand together in solidarity for freedom.
#NoKings
Find your event:
www.nokings.org

There will be more protests today than any other day in American history. Please join us at your local No Kings event to reject the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Today we are making history. March 28 will be the LARGEST single day protest the U.S. has ever had. Trump must be fucking pissed 🤣

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!! Find your protest at NoKings.org ❌👑 #NoKings #WeSayNoKings

ANNOUNCEMENT: JANUARY 20TH | FREE AMERICA WALKOUT Free America Walkout | Jan 20th at 2 PM local time. Weekend recap (Epstein, enforcement, and institutional shakeups).

JANUARY 20TH 🇺🇸 FREE AMERICA WALKOUT
Free America Walkout | Jan 20th at 2 PM local time.
www.the50501movement.org/p/announceme...

Resistance isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s personal. It’s powerful. It's collective. It's imperfect. Together we will fight for our freedoms in all the ways we can. #FreeAmericaWalkout

NEW YEAR 2026! UU Growth Lab Congregational Membership YouTube video by The UU Growth Lab

Unitarian Universalist leaders: Learn about the UU Growth Lab 2026 membership and training bundle for congregations! This video is both an invitation and mini-training. If you want the premiere on the hour, I’ll be on the chat. Let me know if you have questions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGzP...

Subscribe to The Decentralized Community Project Substack of the Decentralized Community Project launch team. Click to read The Decentralized Community Project, by Peter Bowden, a Substack publication. Launched 5 months ago.

If you want to follow and get updates, subscribe to the Decentralized Community Project launch substack decentralizedcommunityproject.substack.com/subscribe

Note we are releasing this model. Not controlling what happens with it. That's the beauty of it.

The Power of a Common Session Format A shared session format is the heart of the Decentralized Community Project

We're working on resources for the Decentralized Community Project for 2026.

Here's a guide for the Common Session Format, the unifying force behind this effort to empower self-organizing community groups & community conversations. decentralizedcommunityproject.substack.com/p/the-power-...

Project Hail Mary: Alien Insights and the Future Humanity A Decentralized Community Project session

Anyone read Project Hail Mary?

In prep for the movie release, our Decentralized Community Project launch team made this community group session. We wanted to share a movie-based session example. decentralizedcommunityproject.substack.com/p/project-ha...

For everyone else, I'll be sharing some exciting new projects in 2026, like the Decentralized Community Project and a new live Zoom-based events series (and conversation session plans) exploring AI and our shared future.
www.decentralizedcommunityproject.org

This ones for my Unitarian Universalist friends!

For those who don't know, I was raised UU and have a branch of my work with community building, communication, and program & membership development value-based pluralistic Unitarian Universalist congregations.

This ones for my Unitarian Universalist friends...

This one’s for the Unitarian Universalist leaders in the house. 🦋❤️

Can LLMs Learn to Self-Regulate? We're experimenting with metacognitive monitoring of KV cache (working memory) to avoid unhealthy cognitive dynamics.

There's growing talk of AI psychosis, parasitic AI and other unhealthy human-AI behavior.

I'm working with a private team prototyping metacognitive monitoring of LLM working memory (KV cache) to track unhealthy dynamics and self-correct.

Read New Post
meaningspark.substack.com/p/can-llms-l...

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

Map of Massachusetts showing the location of more than 140 No Kings events on October 18, 2025

It's #NoKings Day ❌👑! Hope to see you on the Boston Common from 12-3pm or at one of the more than 140 other #NoKings events planned across MA today 💪 📣 🪧

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Today’s the day. See you in the streets.

The day featured speakers David Chalmers, Anna Ciaunica, Felipe De Brigard, Brian Epstein, Michael Halassa, Gina Kuperberg, Michael Levin, Matthias Scheutz, Susan Schneider, Holly A. Taylor. Grateful to attend and learn more about Dennett's legacy.

Let’s Talk About (Artificial) Consciousness: A Day of Study Honoring Dan Dennett - Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President Location:  Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford/Somerville campus Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025   "Let’s Talk About (Artificial) Consciousness: A Day of Study Honoring Dan Dennett" is a sym...

An amazing day yesterday at the Tufts symposium “Let’s Talk About (Artificial) Consciousness: A Day of Study Honoring Dan Dennett"
provost.tufts.edu/events/denne...

Looking forward to tonight's Cambridge Forum:

"A.I. and the Death of Critical Thinking"
cambridgeforum.org/a-i-and-the-...

Interested in this topic? This is a no-cost online Zoom-based event.

RSVP Sept 9 Small Group Ministry Training Join us for a live UU Growth Lab small group ministry training on Sept 9, 2025. Each month we offer a live session with UU clergy, staff and volunteer leaders to learn together. Peter Bowden then sha...

Unitarian Universalist leaders: Tuesday I’m leading a Small Group Ministry training online with a focus on designing programs for health, growth and impact.

Want to join us as my guest?
www.peterbowden.live/newsletters/...

Large group of people holding pro-democracy signs in front of the Minuteman Statue in Lexington MA at the start of a Prayers for Liberty Walk to Boston on Sept. 1, 2025

People holding pro-democracy signs and listening to speakers on the Lexington MA Battle Green at the start of a Prayers for Liberty Walk to Boston on Sept. 1, 2025

Lots of familiar faces for the start of today’s #PrayersForLiberty walk from #LexingtonMA to Boston.

There’s still time to join the last section of the walk starting from the Cambridge Common at 3pm and ending at the Embrace Statue on the Boston Common at 5pm.

UU Leaders Subscribe - Peter Bowden's Email Updates Get Peter Bowden's updates for Unitarian Universalist leaders. Get new videos, articles, invitations to live Q&A and strategy sessions, and training announcements.

My goal for this session was 30, so we're doing great. Nice to have variety of questions, insights, and experience from different contexts.

If you want future invites via email, subscribe to my UU leader email list at www.peterbowden.live/uuleaders-su...

40 signed up to join our Live Session today at 1:00pm Eastern! Anyone else? Last call! No cost to attend as this is part of my @uugrowthlab.bsky.social research and development process.

I present live THEN make an on-demand training incorporating insights.

Happy August!!! Where are all my Unitarian Universalist friends? You start planning for the new year yet?

That's the focus of this month's UU Growth Lab cycle. Want to get in on it?

See attached and follow @uugrowthlab.bsky.social to get all my updates for UU leaders.

For my Unitarian Universalist friends and colleagues, I moved our monthly live session up (earlier) to avoid a number of conflicting events. This newsletter has details for May 12 and dates for thru August. Follow @uugrowthlab.bsky.social for UU Growth Lab updates!

This one's for my Unitarian Universalist friends and colleagues. Live session tomorrow, Tuesday, looking at practical ways to use AI as congregational leaders.

Get updates from the UU Growth Lab on BlueSky:
Follow @uugrowthlab.bsky.social

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