Nicholas Croce

Cuts to AmeriCorps will cost taxpayers more in the medium-term, and will immediately hurt us.

AmeriCorps creates a Return on Investment for people, communities, and taxpayers. These programs are good investments. You can read about the ROI in these briefs I created: americorps.gov/evidence-exc...

Back on Bluesky. What did I miss?

Chatbot Democracy Abstract. What will be the role of chatbots in 21st century democratic processes? Considering the potential implementations of artificial intelligence (AI)

I wrote Chatbot Democracy because, despite the spread of AI chatbots in govt, there's a lack of research on their impacts and implementations. This is troubling, as AI chatbots will continue to proliferate, in access, deliberative, and representative uses. Free link: academic.oup.com/ppmg/advance...

Trying to connect with a researcher in Bern, Switzerland who is familiar with archives and interested in Progressive Era social policy. DM me!

@timgill924.bsky.social hi Tim Gill, Ph.D., I am dissertating and my committee wants me to read some guy named Foucault. A lot of it. Do you know him? What’s his deal? Theory any good?

I see you are here fighting the “good fight” as well, Tim Gill, Ph.D.

Cultural production via AI tools brings us back to the future

Social media forms and aesthetic desire. Boredom economies accelerated into oblivion. I’m thoroughly scrolled.

Please, more low alcohol beer.

We need content provenance/authentication. Adobe & partners have been working on standards (Content Authenticity Initiative)—they can’t come soon enough. Apple & Android & social media must integrate cryptographic authentication for photos & video if we’re going to have a useful town square online.

The future is a federated system, of social, political, & economic platforms, that are built on open-source standards, with open-source tools, that facilitate the pursuit of dreams & desires, lend confidence in government through transparency-by-design—ultimately, a real 21st century public commons.

And behind them, a formidable cadre of Candidates and Students. Wow!

So what’s the play here Professor? Is this like Golden Years MySpace?

#HiSciSky #AcademicSky #PhDSky, I'm a policy researcher (@mathematicanow.bsky.social) and do some critical technology studies. Trying to finish a PhD. Hope to meet some neat folks and talk about assets and social policy, baby bonds and basic income, welfare history and inequality, oh and platforms!

My partner (academic) encouraged me to try it out. Disillusioned, skeptical of, and disinterested with social media platforms but maybe Bluesky can change my perspective.

Thank you!

@timgill924.bsky.social my first follow—migrated to bluer skies—hello