Tyna Elandou of OpenAI speaks at a podum in a conference room with stained glass windows and a high ceiling

It's time to reimagine democracy. Let's see what innovative political scientists, economists, sociologists, public servants, fiction writers, lawyers, journalists, futurists, computer scientists, and technologists have to say: bit.ly/3YVtP8O @hlandemore.bsky.social @kjephd.bsky.social

🚀 Join our Reboot Democracy Workshops this fall, an
@innovateus.bsky.social series led by @bethnoveck.bsky.social, and Danielle Allen, @harvardash.bsky.social

Real practitioners, real tools starts Sept 11! Learn more and register for workshops: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/reboot2...

Thanks @b-cavello.bsky.social !! 💪💫

Here’s an an example from our partners at “Talk to the City” showing how the input will be aggregated and presented

talktothecity.org/report/heal-...

Departure Dialogues Project — POPVOX Foundation Departure Dialogues captures insights from former federal employees to help Congress strengthen agency performance and close gaps between policy and practice.

*Attention public servants leaving service*

Departure Dialogues offers a meaningful way to pass along what you’ve learned about strengthening the programs you've spent years implementing, without the politics. Thank you for your service! 🫡popvox.org/departure

Stop saying this!

It is not the enlightened judo you think it is.

Militarized policing of urban centers in red states is a briar patch that some would be very happy to be thrown into. JUST. STOP.

Automated Traffic Enforcement Is More Popular Than You Think Cameras that ticket drivers who run red lights and speed are effective and widely popular with city residents. So why are they banned in so many places?

There’s a widespread myth that Americans hate traffic cameras. It’s simply not true.

On the contrary, researchers have consistently found that Americans broadly support using automatic enforcement to curb crashes. And for good reason: It works.

Me, in Bloomberg 🧵

Varieties of Abundance - Niskanen Center We will know that abundance has succeeded when there is a proliferation of “abundances,” different governing projects attached to previously existing ideologies, interests, and parties.

I have had SO many questions about the Abundance™️ debates & at times felt aligned, at times opposed, confused, excited… and SO lost for a clear definition. This new piece from @niskanencenter.bsky.social’s Steve Teles on “Abundance Varieties” is SO clarifying!
www.niskanencenter.org/abundance-va...

This was amazing

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The public’s one account for government. | Login.gov Use one account and password for secure, private access to participating government agencies.

Smart update for Login.gov!

(& yes am speaking from personal experience as someone still having issues w/ new drivers license being mailed to correct address & having perfectly good passport for ID verification)

www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations “In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

Perfect:
“I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit. I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

More of this please!

“After some delays, the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will launch on Aug. 18, 2025, running twice daily between New Orleans and Mobile. This route will include stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.”

xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHilter happened.

Good to know, actually:
"Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHitler happened."

www.wired.com/story/xai-gr...

With the exception of people like @schwarzenegger.bsky.social (who has shown great integrity in championing redistricting commissions in blue *and* red states), these often become "orphan reforms" with no sustaining champions

"This dynamic is not unique to redistricting. It applies to voting access, ethics rules, campaign finance laws, and more. When only some jurisdictions play by reformed rules, they risk ceding advantage to those who don’t."

The Fairness Trap: California’s Redistricting Commission and the Reformer’s Dilemma California played fair in a game where everyone else played to win. Now it's rethinking whether it can afford to keep doing so.

Shared some thoughts on the ratcheting up of redistricting rhetoric between Texas and California, which illustrates "The Reformer's Dilemma" (unilateral reform creates a strategic disadvantage for reformers)

open.substack.com/pub/reconsti...

[Labour] “also pledged other changes to the electoral system, such as expanding forms of voter ID, moving towards automatic voter registration, and tightening rules on political donations to protect against foreign interference”

16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election as government says it will lower voting age in UK Lowering the voting age across the UK means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

Voting age lowered to 16 in the UK

www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...

16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election as government says it will lower voting age in UK Lowering the voting age across the UK means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

Voting age lowered to 16 in the UK

www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...

REALLY ominous crossing of a threshold here with Grok going even beyond passive bias to actually *asserting* a point of view and issuing calls to action

How does one get on this mailing list?

And THIS is a very good use for LLMs 👇

My very non-ag boyfriend when I ask if he knows what that machine is cutting the wheat:

“I dunno.. a wheat Zamboni?” 😂😂😂

A year after Loper Bright, Congress has failed to step up Rules on everything from firearm bump stocks to environmental permitting are being invalidated or reopened, but Congress has taken no meaningful steps to review or update those laws and is now acti…

“To be serious about reclaiming its constitutional role, Congress must start by rebuilding its own capacity.” - @marcidale.bsky.social
thehill.com/opinion/cong...

On the 1-yr anniversary of SCOTUS overturning the Chevron doctrine, Congress has not only failed to step up, but is now slashing sources of nonpartisan expertise. The First Branch is sadly validating critics & failing the Loper Bright test.

t.co/Es622hMHPP

Spare a thought for the Senate clerks, parls, SAA staff, pages, & other nonpartisan staff spending their weekend in OBBB land

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Something something Loper Bright…

Found a new favorite follow

bsky.app/profile/artb...

Did someone already do the “Dr. Pep-per” joke yet?