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Nathan Schneider

@ntnsndr.in
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Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.

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andi a @andia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Then for @ntnsndr.in's panel at #4S on Wednesday, I'll be hosting a short session to critique a co-op protocol/living bylaws demo I 'built'. If you're attending this behemoth of a gathering/confrence, please come!
screen cap of a conference panel listing showing that Andi is presenting at 3:30 on Weds Oct 7
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 28/09/2026
We are now about half way to the threshold at Inference.coop where I'll have to give up my benevolent dictatorship. Want to join the ethical-ish AI train and help unseat me from power?
inference.coop
Inference Cooperative — AI, governed together
A member-governed cooperative for AI inference. Direct the models, the values, and the direction — together.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 27/09/2026
@cocore.dev would it make sense for us to offer (and pay for) co/core inference for our members at inference.coop?
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 21/09/2026
I keep coming back to this list I started on AI taboos: nathanschneider.info/2026/06/a-ca... What else should be on it?
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A case for AI taboos – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
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Michael Gould-Wartofsky @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Supplement The Occupiers with the following radical reads, all of which come with my highest recommendation for those looking to learn more about the movement (continued). #occupywallstreet
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 18/09/2026
I am so in awe of what @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team and the @blackskyweb.xyz team are building with the Acorn project: acorn.blacksky.community Open Social has been slow to building community scale tools, but no longer. This is a whole new level, and they've been using it themselves as they build.
acorn.blacksky.community
Acorn — a platform your community owns
Custom feeds, your own moderation rules, member badges, and a branded client — on infrastructure your community controls.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 17/09/2026
15 years ago today, I was there with my notebook when a few 100 people hunkered down to Occupy Wall Street. A lot happened after, but what I remember best is meeting some of the bravest, most hopeful people in the world. We need more of that today. Here's what I saw: nathanschneider.info/b
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 15/09/2026
I just realized it was 17 YEARS AGO that I cofounded Waging Nonviolence. I've moved on, but all this time they've been reporting on social movements grounded in strategy, hope, and justice. If you value that like I do, please help make it happen. WNV's survival depends not on big grants or ads but
Woodcut of Daniel Berrigan by Alice Hendrickson from the Catholic Worker
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Torsten Goerke (verified 🤜 🤛) 🎛️🎹🔊🎚️🎧📟🔌🐸 @tgoerke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Some years ago we described how we envisioned governable spaces for something as simple as a guitar. We borrowed heavily from @ntnsndr.in s book and applied to join at @metagov.bsky.social The article below frames governable spaces as feminist tech. @openguitar.org @sabinebarthold.bsky.social
policyreview.info
Governable spaces: a feminist agenda for platform policy
A proposal, informed by feminist theory, for a policy agenda of “governable spaces” across the domains of social media, gig economies, and network infrastructure.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 04/09/2026
Ivan Illich was born 100 years ago today. This is a picture I took in April of the door to the house where he once lived. There is no better place to start getting to know him than this Lost Prophets podcast: www.lostprophets.org/p/4-ivan-illic… Or his smile: vimeo.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 01/09/2026
Study with me and my friends!
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 31/08/2026
Are you looking to deepen your thinking and practice in transforming media systems? Consider coming to grad school with me and my colleagues. Let me know if you have questions:) MA: www.colorado.edu/cmdi/mdst/ma PhD: www.colorado.edu/cmdi/mdst/phd
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Come study with me!
Are you looking to deepen your thinking and practice in transforming media systems? Consider coming to grad school with me and my colleagues. Let me know if you have questions:) MA: https://www.colorado.edu/cmdi/mdst/ma PhD: https://www.colorado.edu/cmdi/mdst/phd
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 30/08/2026
Yet another newsroom under worker control!
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 29/08/2026
Oh goodness, people are hosting gatherings to celebrate Ivan Illich around the world! I just signed up to host. aschoolcalledhome.org/illich-at-100
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Illich gatherings
Oh goodness, people are hosting gatherings to celebrate Ivan Illich around the world! I just signed up to host. https://aschoolcalledhome.org/illich-at-100/
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 28/08/2026
Against commune-ism in cooperatives: nathanschneider.info/2026/08/agains…
Everything for Everyone crop of book cover
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 25/08/2026
Join a union, be a star
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is a fantastic approach to these kinds of events. If you’re ever near Boulder, go!
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 20/08/2026
Thanks to @mwatsonfore.bsky.social and @boulderrl.bsky.social for a wonderful profile of our magicmountaintalks.org event series! boulderreportinglab.org/2026/08/20/i... Featuring @jeffsharlet.bsky.social more Don't miss tonight: GERTRUDE STEIN NO RECORDINGS 👩‍🎤
boulderreportinglab.org
Big-name writers. Free talks. No recordings. Inside Boulder’s Magic Mountain Talks at Trident.
The monthly series brings nationally known writers into an intimate, standing-room-only conversation with Boulder audiences.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 20/08/2026
You might remember that I co-edited a book, Beautiful Solutions, that tells stories of solidarity economies around the world. Well, now it is A FREE, ONLINE TOOLBOX, thanks to the good folks at Beautiful Trouble: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/bsol Use this, share this, teach with this. I hav
Beautiful Solutions toolbox
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 20/08/2026
What is to be done with the perpetrators of climate change?: nathanschneider.info/2026/08/what-i…
Red sun over a highway
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
How do governments rewire science & the tech industry by threatening scholars? And how can we be more resilient? Writing for @ucs.org, I report on efforts by @thecoalition.bsky.social, @knightcolumbia.org, @acm.org, & @aoir.bsky.social to support researcher rights blog.ucs.org/guest-commen...
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Protecting Science from Government Intimidation - Union of Concerned Scientists
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 15/08/2026
Next month it will be 15 years since Occupy Wall St took over Lower Manhattan and other bits of the world. I was anxious to revisit it, but I've really been appreciating this new podcast on the story: www.futurehindsight.com/occupy I also wrote a book on it:) nathanschneider.info/books/thank-...
Poster for Occupy! podcast
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 14/08/2026
This is fabulous real talk on organizing with (and around) social media. Own the hand-off. Take responsibility for governance.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026
🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣 ✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....
Cover of my new book, Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and The Radicalization of a Tech Idealist. 

There are two concentric circles in the book, the left being circuits in black an white, and the right being a bunch of dots with orange accents. The cover background is cream. And the words are written in black except for "Un" which is in orange.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"If you can’t convince a single other human being that a project is worth investing time and energy in, that is a signal. And it is also a signal if you don’t bother trying." @ntnsndr.in nathanschneider.info/2026/08/ai-i...
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AI, I tried to love you – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
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Vica @vicarogers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“For most of the things that are actually valuable about life and work, we can more or less ignore #AI altogether.” Couldn’t agree more with @ntnsndr.in nathanschneider.info/2026/08/ai-i...
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AI, I tried to love you – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 12/08/2026
The Conflict Systems zine, on designing online communities with conflict in mind, is NOW OUT. The digital version is here: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2026/08… And there are still a few print copies available here! cloud.medlab.host/apps/forms/s/4Ys2…
Conflict Systems zine cover
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 10/08/2026
MEDLab's new Conflict Systems zine drops Wednesday—all about the need for building habits and tools for conflict into online spaces. Celebrate the launch: luma.com/vqlxb7dy Request a print copy: cloud.medlab.host/apps/forms/s/4Ys2…
Conflict Systems zine cover
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 31/07/2026
I am in awe of the Tillamook creamery as a feat of co-op storytelling. Focused on the glory of the product but full of reminders that farmer ownership makes it all possible.
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A screaming guilliotine @endlessblockades.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Loving this take in @flaminghydra.com. Working towards that coop future everyday
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 30/07/2026
It feels like my most frequent political act these days is unsubscribing to catastrophist political-party email lists I never signed up for. The bummer of a perceived populist moment is that elites have no self-respect in how they communicate with us.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 30/07/2026
What comes after Luddism? In a special free issue of the mighty co-op Flaming Hydra, I probe the limits of centering resistence to big tech around the lore of the Luddites: flaminghydra.com/issue-617/#beyond-…
Flaming Hydra screenshot
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 30/07/2026
I love how my wife still asks for my so-so fritattas on Saturday mornings
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anothercultland @anothercultland.com · 30/07/2026
1. There is no single pre-determined inevitability - especially in tech. Don't believe the hype. 2. Even now, change is possible. It's slow - but possible. 3. This is yet another excellent example of why you should subscribe to @flaminghydra.com. Best $3 I spend each month.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 30/07/2026
Super proud to be writing about co-op history for a publication that is co-op future, because the future is past is future, and how we choose from the past is choosing the future
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 17/07/2026
I think we're going to need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for climate denialism someday, and the reconciliation part is going to be very hard.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 17/07/2026
Amia Srinivasan in the house with Hermione Hoby at magicmountaintalks.org
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 16/07/2026
"What are apps worth anymore?" An introduction to a couple of my recent experiments, and why they do and don't matter: nathanschneider.info/2026/07/what-a…
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 15/07/2026
Just posted an addendum to my proposal for an academic AI co-op, with some thoughts that have come up from others in discussions, such as - Student voice from the start - Liability for model behavior - Permissioned access for researchers nathanschneider.info/2026/06/an-i...
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An inference cooperative for academic AI – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 15/07/2026
For the past two years, my lab has been exploring how to create online spaces designed for a basic human activity: conflict. See what we've learned on August 12, when we release our new zine, Conflict Systems, at the Metagov Seminar: luma.com/vqlxb7dy
Conflict Systems zine cover
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 14/07/2026
One interpretation of the jobs data is that employers care more about cutting workers than raising productivity.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 14/07/2026
AI is not an apocalypse, it is just another governance challenge. I mean this theologically as well as practically: www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2... Cf. www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
compactmag.com
The AI Apocalypse Is Already Here
Americans do not care for artificial intelligence. Recent polling shows that their attitudes mostly range from ambivalence to horror.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 07/07/2026
When an angry dad on the sidelines starts demanding that the ref bend the rules for his kid, they've both already lost
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NPR @npr.org · 06/07/2026
President Trump has made substantial efforts to curb renewable energy development. The Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Colorado managed to bring a big solar project online anyway. n.pr/4y6lek6
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Despite stiff political headwinds, tribe in Colorado brings utility scale solar project online
President Trump has made substantial efforts to curb renewable energy development. The Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Colorado managed to bring a big solar project online anyway.
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JOE MACLEOD 666 @joemacleod666.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
WORKER-CONTROLLED MEDIA IS WORKER-FRIENDLY MEDIA LEARN ALL ABOUT IT WITH FLAMING HYDRA'S @ntnsndr.in www.start.coop/accelerator
OCTOBER 13, 2026 - JANUARY 28, 2027

About the Media Accelerator Program
The Start.coop Accelerator for Worker-Friendly Media exists to address a critical gap in the media ecosystem: the lack of accessible support, capital pathways, and proven infrastructure for building worker-owned media companies. 

By focusing on cooperative ownership, the program advances a more equitable and resilient media economy—one where information, ownership, decision-making, and wealth are shared more broadly. Over 12 weeks of the Media Accelerator, the Start.coop team will work with you to:

Validate your business model


Build a plan to drive sales and grow your revenue


Validate your cooperative governance model


Explore different types of financing for your business


Develop traction for your business’s sustainability


Develop your storytelling through your deckOCTOBER 13, 2026 - JANUARY 28, 2027

Through a structured 12-week cohort program, the Accelerator equips founders with the tools, mentorship, and networks needed to launch and grow sustainable cooperative businesses.
Using our Lean Co-op Methodology, founders leave with validated business and ownership models, a deeper understanding of governance and financing, and a clear roadmap for growth that strengthens local media systems while contributing to a more inclusive economy overall—key inputs that increase the likelihood of long-term business sustainability and impact.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 02/07/2026
Technology as "an all-purpose agent of change": nathanschneider.info/2026/07/techno…
Shells and peripherals
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 01/07/2026
Are you building a cooperative newsroom or media project? Apply to be part of Start.coop's Accelerator for Worker-Friendly Media, including financial and technical support, plus a week with my lab here in Boulder. Learn more here: www.start.coop/accelerator
Accelerator for Worker Friendly Media
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 30/06/2026
A lot more opportunities for taboos in this gem: futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and Even Asking It Who to Fire
AI-obsessed executives and managers are creating a distinct new type of toxic work environment for the slop era, workers told us.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 28/06/2026
often the things we assume are easiest to automate are the things we understand the least
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B! 🐝 Cavello (they/them) @b-cavello.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Yes yes YES!! I've been working (for far too long, I am v slow) on a piece on this, but maybe now I can point to yours. STOP GIVING HUMANITY THE LEFTOVERS! We are not valuable in the negative space of other things. Our value is inherent, & sharing capabilities with other things is actually beautiful
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