My latest column for the Chronicle of Higher Ed is now live. It's an argument for including AI-critical voices in campus conversations and policymaking workgroups, and I'm proud to get this dissenting piece into the mainstream genAI/higher ed discourse. Please read and share if you're so inclined 🙂

#NonprofitRadio is offering fresh perspectives on the #nonprofit landscape, featuring insights on the influence of AI and more, with @gtak.bsky.social and @amysampleward.bsky.social. Check it out here: tony.ma/NonprofitRad...

Suppose you tried to solve math problems by rolling dice to get the answer Sometimes, the dice will give the correct answer. Other times, not. If you were to insist that the wrong answers were the *dice* malfunctioning, people would rightly mock the shit out of you.

🧵 We’re offering free Know Your Rights trainings for Oregon businesses, nonprofits, and community groups. This is to help you get ready in case of encounters with ICE. Sign up today! forms.office.com/r/VEwBPu3sqv

HRDAG stands firmly with the human rights community in insisting that encryption is not optional — it is fundamental to the defense of truth. Any attempt to ban or backdoor encryption technology is a threat to the human rights community. hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 8/30/25 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re... - federal bars on funding, foreign influence using nonprofits, generative governance, strategic planning, damage to CDC, Voting Rights Act, Ed Sullivan (?) #nonprofits #nonprofitlaw #climatechange #equity #justice

apropos of everything here is a campaign @fightforthefuture.org has been running for months www.stoponlineidchecks.org

I love any opportunity to talk about the ethical and equitable questions that adopting, building with, and investing in AI should bring up for all of us. And grateful to get to do that in AI for Nonprofits, out today from @cherylcontee.bsky.social + Darian Heyman: www.ai4np.org #NPTech #AI4NP

Don't miss an all new #NonprofitRadio! It's the 750th podcast episode featuring special guests Claire Meyerhoff of The Planned Giving Agency; show associate producer, Kate Martignetti; musician, Scott Stein; @amysampleward.bsky.social; and @gtak.bsky.social: tony.ma/NonprofitRad...

A badly misguided court order in a copyright lawsuit requires OpenAI to store all consumer ChatGPT conversations indefinitely—even if a user tries to delete them.

Today’s ruling on U.S. vs. Skrmetti clearly demonstrates that trans people are under attack. Don’t let technology make things worse. Here are some recommendations to keep you and your community safe.

For almost a decade, there's been a lot of (justified) hand-wringing and paper-writing about fairness issues in AI. This case gets to the heart of a very important question - how much of that work has materially improved the lives of real people? Grateful for this careful & honest investigation.

The entire modern internet has been built on platforms that don’t believe in asking for consent. What if we started demanding a culture of consent online? www.anildash.com//2025/05/27/...

3. The narrative of ‘AI futures’ is used to refocus educational outcomes around the automation of intellectual work, stunting the development of young people’s capacities, and preparing them for work that will be precarious, exploitative, and algorithmically disciplined."

The Digital Equity Act is an investment in rural America, in veterans, in seniors, in communities of color, & so many more. There's nothing "unconstitutional" about a Congressionally approved effort to increase broadband availability & adoption across the country. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

New from 404 Media: Republicans are trying to cram a ban on AI regulation into the Budget Reconciliation bill, which would stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years. www.404media.co/republicans-...

🗳️ #12: Restore Small Donor Elections This program makes it possible for grassroots candidates to run. After last year’s cuts, we need to reinvest now so it’s ready for 2026.

This is so dangerous. LLMs are going to do a piss poor job of translating life-critical information into 70 languages. We already know using machine translation in critical situations -- like asylum proceedings -- have dire consequences.

Time for another musical digital security PSA. This one is for the 90s kids who need to make their passwords stronger

NTEN’s work w/ local orgs & their communities has surfaced what “digital equity” really means: The internet is a powerful & necessary tool, but people need affordable and reliable access as well as skills and confident to use it. NTEN will continue to help everyone be part of the digital world.

What resources are distributed across the AI value chain, and to whom? Who benefits in the AI value chain, and who is harmed? In "The Ethics of AI Value Chains", @davidthewid.bsky.social & I address these fundamental questions, now out in Big Data & Society! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Just putting out there that the work to deliver responsive programs for nonprofit staff that deliver responsive programs to vulnerable and multiply marginalized communities is always hard because we (NTEN) don't want the spotlight. But right now, wow oh wow is it hard. Where are those funders??

Awesome new song out from @evangreer.bsky.social today - dancing around my office this morning to shake off jet lag from spring break travel. It's so good! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2QK...

Generative ai is impressive in the same way that a Marvellous Counting Pig is impressive. You don't wanna make the pig your doctor.

Listen now to the newest #NonprofitRadio podcast to learn about what you can expect at #25NTC from @amysampleward.bsky.social of NTEN. Then learn about sustainable giving with Dave Raley of Imago Consulting: buff.ly/vBZIQij

❓APIs ❓Browser extensions ❓Apps ‼️ Yes, those, too: blog.archive.org/2025/03/13/w...

just wanna remind everyone that if trans and queer youth hadn't spoken out over the last several years, terrible legislation like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would currently be in effect, and the Trump administration would be actively weaponizing it for censorship. the work we do matters.

In all but two of the 437 congressional districts in the United States, the typical nonprofit could not cover its expenses without its government grants. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social

‘Move fast and break things’ only works for people who have never had to clean up after themselves.

Don't end your week without listening to the newest #NonprofitRadio podcast for insight into how your #nonprofit can navigate through the current political environment with @gtak.bsky.social and @amysampleward.bsky.social:

Join me in Portland with @amysampleward.bsky.social next Thursday, 6 March for an event about my second novel, What It Meant to Survive. Feel free to come and vent about the state of America. www.broadwaybooks.net/event/2025-0...

#NonprofitRadio is new this week with more on how #nonprofits can cope in the current political environment with @gtak.bsky.social and @amysampleward.bsky.social:

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

Portland people: Come hang out with @authormala.bsky.social and I on March 6 at Broadway Books to talk about Mala's latest book + the intersections of fiction + reality, tech + culture, equitable futures + politicized lives, and more! broadwaybooks.net/event/2025-0...

I was pleased to attend a State Dinner, hosted by Pres. Macron, for participants of the AI Action Summit. It was an honor to be invited to deliver remarks at Elysee Palace on Three Fallacies in how we think about AI, now published @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/three-fallac...

We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.

#nptech @amysampleward.bsky.social and all the good folks at NTEN are holding space for NPtechies to stay in community. More information here and to sign up for meetings: www.linkedin.com/posts/frazie...

Genuine question, because I don't know: What's the data privacy or tech-related law that a state like NY could theoretically pass that would be the most painful to the big tech/social media companies?

❗️Great news! The judge presiding over our case - National Council of Nonprofits et al vs. Office of Management and Budget - GRANTED another Temporary Restraining Order against the admin’s ability to broadly halt federal grants and loans!! The DOJ’s motion to dismiss was DENIED.

At a moment when the largest AI companies are all openly aligning with Trumpism, I'm proud to share a new report: *AI Commons: nourishing alternatives to Big Tech monoculture* By Joana Varon, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Mariana Tamari, Berhan Taye, and Vanessa Koetz oneproject.org/wp-content/u...

Nonprofit data collection, use, and management is an incredibly important topic right now. NTEN's latest Data Empowerment survey is open now and the more nonprofits we hear from the more complete the findings will be. Take a few minutes to respond and share today! #NPTech #DataProtection

REPORT: <2% of the money 6 electric utilities sent to shareholders last year could cover cost to prevent all 662,000+ of their power shutoffs in 2024. We need a utility system that prioritizes people over profit. #NoShutoffs @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social ➡️

Those who back things up and index information are critical to preserving a shared understanding of facts and history, because the powerful will always seek to influence the public’s perception of them.

repeat after me: an AI system does NOT and CANNOT seek power. it CANNOT seek, want, & desire anything more than your toaster can. people in positions of power use AI to seek, assert, consolidate, and centralise power

i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

Whatever you type into a chatbot or search engine should be protected from unnecessary use or sharing, EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @mashableofficial.bsky.social. We need “strong data privacy laws that apply to all companies, whether it be Google, OpenAI, TikTok, or DeepSeek."

FYI the National Council of Nonprofits is collecting stories via this form about how the executive orders are harming nonprofit organizations nationwide. If you just got screwed today, tell them about it here. They're also asking who is comfortable sharing their stories with reporters.