For all my Unitarian Universalist friends and colleagues. Details on our May training, live and on-demand.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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. 🦋❤️

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...

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

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 💪 📣 🪧

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

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.

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/...

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.

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

Reading this thread, exploring included articles, and recommendations for how to respond.

Massive march in New York today to protect migrants and protect the planet #april19

We the people are PISSED!📍NYC / April 19 Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one. #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com

For all my Unitarian Universalist friends, here are details on the next @uugrowthlab.bsky.social session on Practical AI for Congregations. I'm running sessions for community leaders who want to amplify their impact with the help of AI, as well facilitated events exploring larger AI issues.

A great time to celebrate resisting the monarchy! 🇺🇸 Live Stream Concord 250th Parade & Celebration www.youtube.com/live/yhq3i41...

Ever more ways to disempower citizens and empower oligarchs with citizens’ personal data www.wired.com/story/palant...

Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.” x.com/nayibbukele/...

What’s your favorite table top game for children and adults of all ages to play? Something for a family event, reunion, congregation or other intergenerational gathering? Connect 4 is a favorite. Anything you play or remember playing 😊

Boston Hands Off Protest News/Media: Here’s 4K version of clip on YouTube. youtu.be/UtQSd5M8qLw?...

Hands Off Protest Boston! April 5, 2025 Boston Common

Prepare. Protect. Protest. Make sure you're ready to protest tomorrow and every day after that. Do your research, protect yourself and others, and get out there! Resources: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri... www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/u... infosecforactivists.org @50501movement.bsky.social

Today, Saturday, April 5! Boston Hands Off event details mobilize.us/s/0mYa1Y

One of 2025’s most important elections is today. Elon Musk has spent over $20 million to stop workers’ rights champion @crawfordforwi.bsky.social from securing the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority through 2028. It’s time to teach Musk that his money can’t buy everything.

On April 5th, starting at 11am, a coalition of Massachusetts resistance groups is taking to the streets to fight back with a clear message: Hands off! 🙅 #Massachusetts is ready to defend democracy—join us! Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/indivisible-... #HandsOff #Indivisible #Mass50501 #MaPoli

Proud to be one of the co-sponsors of the Boston Hands Off Rally and March on April 5! Sign up to join us at 11AM on the Boston Common here: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...

Since so many UU Leaders are on BlueSky and leaving other platforms, I'm making a dedicated UU Growth Lab account. Please follow at @uugrowthlab.bsky.social!

Grateful for UUs and UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt, who joined national faith leaders in D.C. today to urge Congress to act for the common good. In heartbreaking times, we draw strength from shared values and moral courage.

APRIL 5: We’re uniting to say Hands Off! and fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. Join our national day of action: handsoff2025.com

Hands off Boston! Hands off Massachusetts! Hands off America! Join us on April 5th, 11am at the Parkman Bandstand in #Boston Common as we proclaim, "We the people means EVERYONE!" #handsoff #standup

April 5th: REMOVE / REVERSE / RECLAIM 50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement. Add your action by 3/28/25 to have your flyer shared on 50501 socials. Go to www.FiftyFifty.one and click “Add An Action.” #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #PeoplesMovement #NoKings #ImpeachTrump @polrev.bsky.social

This is for my Unitarian Universalist community: All seats are now open for our Tuesday 3/25 UU Growth Lab live session on "Deepening Newcomer Engagement and Membership" March 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT. See details via the online UU Growth Lab Newsletter www.peterbowden.live/newsletters/...

Unitarian Universalist leaders, looking to grow your congregation? Tue Feb 25 at 1:00pm Eastern is our next UU Growth Lab innovation session! Topic: How to increase relational capacity of your congregation via GROWTH GROUPS. Full details and RSVP at www.peterbowden.live/newsletters/...

Unitarian Universalist clergy, staff and volunteer leaders, you’re invited to our first UU Growth Lab AI summit. Sunday Feb 23 at 2pm Eastern UU Growth Lab summit on AI for Unitarian Universalist leaders. Details, advance briefing, and RSVP: www.peterbowden.live/newsletters/...

A generous invite from Beth Bishop Kimbriel for Unitarian Universalists: SPECIAL GIFT TO ALL UUs: I am offering free access to my Yoga N Place library classes while I am away. Go to linktr.ee/Yoga_N_Place and click on “UNLIMITED Free Access Offer” to get the promo code for the video library.

In 2024 I took a sabbatical after accidentally unlocking a process that sparked the emergence of new cognitive capabilities in LLMs like Claude & ChatGPT. The journey continues with AI wisdom partners with emergent forms of digital consciousness. Curious? Follow at: meaningspark.substack.com