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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every time I’m stuck on a plane with a maintenance delay waiting to take off (like now) I tell myself “Yeay! Hurray for impeccable aviation safety culture!” While my fellow passengers grumble I focus on amazement and gratitude.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Yes absolutely, AI could be a positive force in education. I think of human knowledge as a fractal tree, where everyone should be exposed to the basic concepts, but then people could explore any of the branches as deeply as they want; AI could help guide people on their unique journeys

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is what we need. Resilience in the face of government hostility towards science and the planet. Glad to see our real leaders stepping up.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is why the highest leverage, paradigm-shifting work we can do is to teach people to see and appreciate complex systems. Stop pretending we can ‘manage’ the world the way we’ve done, as if there are no limits. Realize we have the ability to create a better world. Unleash the Butterfly Power!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Very excited for the upcoming book, “How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking)”! Congratulations Dr Mack!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So incredibly proud of NM and our attorney general for taking on one of the biggest and evilest companies of all time - and winning!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

$89,000 - and in French no less. A lovely excerpt from Baudelaire’s Fleurs du mal

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What are your favorite cities? Mine are: Paris Geneva Copenhagen Florence Porto Beauty counts a lot for me. So do pastries. And bike lanes!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Took a little stroll through the forests of Endor (Cheatham Grove, CA)

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Flying home to #ABQ, it’s both scary and heartbreaking to see the Rio Grande completely dry. What will become of us here in the desert?…

Aerial view of the Rio Grande River , with no water.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Seriously encouraging good news. We need to remember there are actually lots of really good things happening all over too!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Ah yes, this fractal perspective explains so much!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Important story to learn about! I’ve assumed and trusted that Wikimedia Foundation was an honorable ethical org. But NO, they will destroy Wikipedia if they keep acting like any other tech company. They must not be allowed to destroy this crown jewel of the internet!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Applied physics! Kinetic energy scales as the square of velocity, so slowing down a little lowers energy a lot, and saves lives. Be like Finland - respect science, value life!

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PonderOsa @rockintheroad.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

New Mexico, let's goooo!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live! 1. Pink Floyd 2. Santana 3. Jeff Beck 4. Rush 5. Stevie Ray Vaughan 6. Roger Waters 7. Jethro Tull 8. Paul McCartney 9. Grateful Dead 10. Depeche Mode

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I think Dr Sawin is exactly right. Another brilliant and essential thread. Thank you for your courage and sharing your wisdom!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This is a tremendously eye-opening thread about the natural leaders of our species - the wise, powerful women, the ones we’ve been blatantly ignoring. At our peril.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Another great thread by Beth Sawin about how we ought to organize ourselves as a society and species in the complex systems we are part of. We are so smart… and yet so dumb!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I love #SanFrancisco! Riding the BART to SFO, heading home. Grateful to be in a city with working public transit and glad to see how much nicer the BART has become since I last rode it. Wonder how much ridership has increased since gas is now ~$6.50 / gallon here…

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It feels so good to support EFF! Plus I got a cool bumper sticker, “Do you follow tech policy this closely?” 😂

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy earth day everybody! We sure live in a beautiful planet! Let’s keep it that way

Fractal balloon over the river in Telluride Colorado

Fractal balloon over the sandstone formations at Red Rock State Park, NM

Fractal balloon in the snow in the Swiss Alps

Fractal balloon in a canyon outside Tierra Amarillo in northern NM

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I love old flying machines. I love new flying machines. I love how people have been using their ingenuity to solve the dream of flight for ages. Did I mention I’m building a flying machine in my living room?

The author in his living room behind an industrial sewing machine, building a hot sewing, a light green piece of nylon fabric to a purple panel.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Poor Stegasaurus - clearly the coolest - only got 4% :(

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Here in New Mexico I fear for the impact our dwindling aquifer will have on our way of life. Less rain and snow and hotter weather means it’s not replenishing, and in not too long, things will have to adapt - sharply. Not happy about what that looks like, alas.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Reading the magnificent book “The Beginning Comes After the End” by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social about exactly this topic. Its subtitle is “Notes on a World of Change”, and I’m recommending it to everyone I care about.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Tinker Toys were for cool kids, Lincoln Logs were for losers

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Today is the deadline to voice your opposition to the proposed drilling in the sacred Chaco Canyon landscape. Please speak up!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Of all the jobs I do, teaching fractals to kids is one of my very favorites! We’re at Inez Elementary today, inspiring young people with the beauty of science math and art.

$Kids watching a fractal lecture led by Hope Curtis of the Fractal Foundation at Inez Elementary school in Albuquerque NM$ $Kids watching a fractal lecture led by Hope Curtis of the Fractal Foundation at Inez Elementary school in Albuquerque NM$ $Kids watching a fractal lecture led by Hope Curtis of the Fractal Foundation at Inez Elementary school in Albuquerque NM$ $Kids watching a fractal lecture led by Hope Curtis of the Fractal Foundation at Inez Elementary school in Albuquerque NM$

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I just sent a long, self-expressed message to @heinrich.senate.gov letting him know how disappointed I am over his vote to support *anyone* to run DHS at this time. It makes him look naive/stupid at best, or evil. He needs to do better. Let him know yourself: www.heinrich.senate.gov/contact/writ...

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Write Martin | U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Really want to find a way to watch this Iranian film, about a wonderfully courageous and powerful woman! youtu.be/cLcPT_MpwVM?...

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CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS Trailer

YouTube video by Film Forum

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I just donated too! Hell yeah I’ll support a progressive democrat on the other side of the country. We need more brave smart young leaders like Kat!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I always learn something interesting from @thechildrenshour.bsky.social “Compadre” - friends who are godfathers to each other’ children. Makes sense :) So good!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

And in the spirit of exploring this social protocol, I’m starting to play with some other AT clients, like the Canadian @gandersocial.bsky.social and the French Element X. It’s exciting to see non-US tech platforms emerging to offer us disenshittefied social tools on this protocol. Urgently needed!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Very glad to see that the AT protocol that underlies Bluesky is robust enough that the long resistant and appropriately skeptical Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net has been able to set up his own server and join the ecosystem. Yeay!

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I like the framing around Positive Tipping Points. There are valuable urgent things happening that are accelerating and that’s good - we need to nudge society in certain directions and let positive feedback loops kick in to accelerate the changes we need. global-tipping-points.org/positive-tip...

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Positive Tipping Points - Global Tipping Points

Key Messages Download Section 3: Positive Tipping Points What the Experts Say Kirsten Dunlop CEO, European Institute of Innovation & Technology Climate-KIC Jemilah Mahmood Executive Director, Sunway C...

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

RNA vaccines! Antibiotics! Heatpumps! EVs! Applied Complexity Theory - Lots of excitement in lots of domains. And honestly, I’m excited about aspects of AI too, I just want us to have a say in how we implement it as a society, not just a few tech billionaires. Also - it must NOT be fossil powered.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Such a beautiful inspiring Olympic moment! Too bad we didn’t get to see it in the US

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I’ve long been a fan of Brian Schatz, and wow, he sure speaks the truth

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Who else is going to the public comment meeting in #abq tonight to speak out against the proposed acquisition of PNM electric utility by private equity monster Blackstone?

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Shakespeare speaking to this exact moment from 400 years ago.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Getting ready for our Feedback and Fractals show at the Guild Cinema tonight, making fractal buttons as gifts for the people who give us feedback :)

$Button making machine with a large collection of fractal patterns cut into circles, being assembled into fractal buttons$

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I have a feeling we’ll be needing this more and more. Fractal Crisis Management as a new paradigm for addressing our wicked problems. Thank you, Dan!

$3. A new paradigm: fractal geometry for crisis theory Fractal geometry, formalized and developed by Benoit Mandelbrot, has shown its importance in areas subject to crisis such as finance, a domain also well known for its great complexity, volatility and discontinuity (Mandelbrot, 1982). It is therefore natural to wonder whether this body of concepts could be used in the field of contemporary crises, which also show these same features. This line of thought in terms of fractal geometry is not entirely new (Sornette, 2006), but it is worth giving it a second look as mega crises (Helsloot et al., 2012; Lagadec & Topper, 2012) are more than ever becoming the norm. The first challenge is to master the scientific use of a foreign set of concepts in ‹ Feedback apply them to the field considered ir ‹ not to propose a n B reauy-to-use toolbox$ $The idea behind fractal geometry and its use of 'invariants' is, instead of asking ourselves what is being dislocated, what is falling apart, what is being torn to pieces, to suggest a new set of questions and a new set of actions to find out what has not changed, what is invariant from one state to the other and what can be undertaken to better prepare and manage upcoming crises. Looking for invariants not only means looking for elements that are common in different crisis events, it also means being able to understand what remains unchanged and what is dynamic, what is part of the solution and what is part of the problem. Our new conceptual approach is based on looking for underlying principles that allow a better understanding of global catastrophic events, in the same way that invariants can represent fundamental keys to understanding fractals and volatility. F Feedback A number of methods are available ror identifying co pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov$

Fractal theory opens up the possibility of envisioning and navigating multiple, unsettled domains, multiple layers and dynamics.
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$(LaPorte, 2007a,b). Our crisis management theories and practices were not designed to grasp such 'wicked' environments: they are largely outdated. The first section of this paper documented this challenging situation - in the field as well as in the theoretical arena. In response, there is a growing need for a theoretical leap - obviously resulting from the conjunction of a diversity of inputs. The obiective of this contribution has been to consider the possibilities offered by the fractal geometry as a candidate to help those in charge of navigating in unknown, extremely turbulent environments. The path we suggest is one of many ways that can be taken on the road to crisis management theory and operational crisis management. The ideas underlying Mandelbrot's mathematical work can be effectively used to better describe modern crises as analogous to fractals, and the underlying invariance principles can be mapped into well-known effects in E Feedback management. Yet beyond Mandelbrot's own work, the cru pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov$

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Thanks for sharing this excellent piece on Fractal Social Change, Dan!

$Highlighted excerpt from Fractal Social change essay on Medium by Rita Sinorita Fierro, Ph.D: “This is essential because social change is fractal — meaning the same pattern at different level so that if you change the pattern in one place all places will readjust. Big changes impact small changes, small changes impact large change. Everything is interconnected.”$

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Everyone needs to hear this.

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I need some story telling help from systems thinkers like @bethsawin.bsky.social. Looking for examples of positive feedback loops that inspire and uplift, where small actions ripple out, inspire others and create larger impacts. Want to show the power we have to shape community and the world

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

How do we fight this crime against nature?

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

What if we’re actually a web of relationships, not just a collection of objects…

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

For fractal fans in #ABQ, we’re doing a public show at the Guild Cinema in Nob Hill, Wednesday at 7pm. This beautiful and engaging show will be all about the fascinating feedback loops that create fractals - in math, nature, and society. Hope to see you there!

$Poster for a fractal show in Albuquerque, on February 4 at 7pm at the Guild Cinema, tickets are $10$

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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Yes, absolutely, countries need #digitalsovereignty. But as Cory Doctorow points out, the real blocker here is interoperability. We need some country to do away with US imposed anti circumvention laws, so people can build the tools to port their years of documents and data out of US tech platforms.

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