@peterbowdenlive.bsky.social
Helping leaders promote connection & meaning, build community, and adapt to digital life. Facilitating conversations on AI and our shared future.
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.
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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 💪 📣 🪧
18.10.2025 11:53 — 👍 72 🔁 25 💬 6 📌 2The 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.
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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?
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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.
My goal for this session was 30, so we're doing great. Nice to have variety of questions, insights, and experience from different contexts.
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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!
12.05.2025 17:15 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This 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:
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Reading this thread, exploring included articles, and recommendations for how to respond.
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Massive march outside New York Public Library in midtown Manhattan
Massive march in New York today to protect migrants and protect the planet #april19
19.04.2025 18:51 — 👍 12078 🔁 2540 💬 121 📌 91We 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
Same! I'm a life long Unitarian Universalist with trans colleagues, friends, and family members.
19.04.2025 16:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0For 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.”
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Connect Four game with red and yellow circle pieces forming a question mark.
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 😊
And what an appearance! Nice to have a flag in the foreground waving in front of the no dictators sign.
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News/Media:
Here’s 4K version of clip on YouTube. youtu.be/UtQSd5M8qLw?...
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
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(next to an image of Susan Crawford) (checkmark emoji) INDIVISIBLE ENDORSED SUSAN CRAWFORD (celebration emojis) FOR WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT!
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.
