So grateful for fascinating session w/Beth Blauer Nick Rodriguez & Rebeca Brito Enap Innovation Week! Tips for government folks: 1. invest in your people, 2. train them on data tools, 3. reject "noble misery" (public service can't sustain if it requires endless self-sacrifice!)

Interesting: not only have media firms become partisan and polarized, but so have tech services like cloud storage and crypto. Mike Allen Zach Basu Alexis Wichowski axios.com/newsletters/ax…… #axiosam

Thanks @q_impact! Happy 2022! :)

My birthday is also Holocaust Remembrance Day and it always reminds me I'm damned lucky for another year on this earth & I better make it count. Kicking off this one donating Art Spiegelman #Maus to #NirvanaComics (Gofundme link in below!) wbir.com/article/news/l…

"If you need an hour to explain your argument, it means you don’t have a very good argument": excellent insight by Michael McFaul on how even Putin can't justify his invasion of #Ukraine - read full interview by Jonathan Tepperman The Octavian Report octavian.substack.com/p/war-of-the-w…

I met the extraordinary Marijka Marijka Hoczko when I was a surly-as-hell 15 yr old, thinking there’s no way my soon-to-be stepmom could impress me. But it’s Marijka! She radiates warmth & kindness & love, I was instantly entranced-and forever grateful she’s my family #UkrainiansWeLove

Long time indeed benjaminbey c dean - 2013 when I wrote about early days of Twitter diplomacy Department of State U.S. Mission to the UN for Foreign Affairs (feels like a lifetime ago!) foreignaffairs.com/articles/2013-…

IPI & Columbia Global Center Istanbul resume #Turkey webinar series w/ “Combating Disinformation: Legal Reforms, Fact-checking, and Journalism” 🗓️ Sept 21, 18:00 TR, 17:00 CEST 🎙️ Alexis Wichowski Gülsin Harman Gülin Çavuş 🗣️ ENG-TR translation 💻 Limited space! 🔗 Register buff.ly/3QFxrW0

Jarring & distressing: ⁦⁦The White House⁩ plan for violent extremism online is…Big Tech’s got it covered? ⁦President Donald J. Trump⁩ ⁦⁦Secretary Antony Blinken⁩ ⁦Department of State⁩, regulations aren’t only option. US needs a tech ambassador wired.com/story/nations-… washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Many countries already do: Joe White Rana Sarkar Henri Verdier Martin Rauchbauer Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard Ambassador for Cyber Affairs & Critical Technology have been leading tech diplomacy for years already (among many others)

Today!!

And like magic the very next day Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy introduce first-ever US tech ambassador! Welcome Ambassador Fick! state.gov/biographies/na…

Logged on for first time in ages, thinking maybe I'm done with twitter -- and then saw this. Thank you Sir Park Bench Singer! Thank you Humans of the Park! Thank you BonJovi!

🎧Columbia | SIPA adjunct Alexis Wichowski joined Gry Rabe Henriksen and Cecilie Hersleth on the 'Tech Diplomacy' Podcast to discuss the growing impact of Big Tech on geopolitics, and her book 'The Information Trade' which outlined her concept of 'Net-States'. open.spotify.com/episode/42uhWe…

Alistair Croll FWD50 U.S. DOGE Service @18F OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Robyn Scott Jackie Lu DC Office of the CTO Sean Boots martha lane fox GOV.UK GDS Jennifer Pahlka City of Seattle U.S. Digital Response Mayor Muriel Bowser @tomskitomski Martha Edwards Beeck Center andr41na White House Office of Science & Technology Policy GSA Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ARCHIVED: Jen Easterly USAID U.S. Department of Justice FOIAPost Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy Open Technology Fund Vivek Kundra @OMBPress @UchMok DOJ Civil Rights Division Lovely final talk by Alexis Wichowski, who shared a meditation on our need to design more humane tech that enables healthier connection & community, beyond today’s social media. Reminds me of what Wael Ghonim wanted in Parlio, or the intent of pol.is. Good provocations.

No election is free or fair without access to information & public participation. We need transparent policies & practices, anchored in human rights to build back trust & uphold democracy.

Alexis Wichowski great talk today at #datauniverse. Was reminded of Thomas R Dye and ‘Who’s running America?’ Was not entirely surprised that this extended to the early tech founder generation. Fascinating.

This article on how AI defines “beautiful” women takes what feels obvious and makes it matter. It is surprising and hard to read and made me feel and wonder. It is proof of why we need, will always need, human journalists who know their craft. washingtonpost.com/technology/int…