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Wayne Chu

@waynechu.ca
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Social research, policy, public interest and civic tech, podcast, politics nerd. Public servant by day, podcast producer by night. Producer of Let's Think Digital podcast (letsthinkdigital.ca)

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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
META will end fact-checking and rely on community notes, like X does. Confirms: - Social media ≠ Journalism - Golden age for disinformation - Social media giants play politics - Real journalism is all about fact-checking Brace for disinfo dumpster fire. Read, follow, support real journalism
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 06/01/2025
Happy new year! Just dropped a new episode of #LetsThinkDigital!@ryanandrosoff.bsky.social talks to Dr. Alexis Wichowski about the ways big tech increasingly acts like a state in its own right. Down to establishing diplomatic relations. youtu.be/5dPbg4GogCQ On YT and on your podcast app. #pitech
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Ryan Androsoff @ryanandrosoff.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Excited to share the first of a 2-part deep dive into Estonia's digital journey in our latest Let's Think Digital podcast episode! Estonia looms large in the digital government conversation despite being a small country. What led to it becoming a global digital government leader? LetsThinkDigital.ca
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 09/12/2024
Why has #Estonia been able to leapfrog much larger countries when it comes to #DigitalGov? On today’s episode of #LetsThinkDigital, @ryanandrosoff.bsky.social dives deep into this remarkable story. #pitech youtu.be/jJ9Tl4c-uUo Ft. Liisa-Ly Pakosta, Siim Sikkut, Ville Sirviö
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Welcome to Estonia (with Liisa-Ly Pakosta, Ville Sirviö, and Siim Sikkut) | Episode 26
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 29/11/2024
The City of #Toronto is celebrating 15 years of #opendata with the Toronto Open Data Awards! Nominations close tomorrow: open.toronto.ca/toronto-open...
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Toronto Open Data Awards 2024
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Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 26/11/2024
Here's a conversation between @caseynewton.bsky.social, @jstarr.bsky.social, and myself on Bluesky's surge in users, the challenges of scaling up moderation as we grow, and our collaboration with Thorn on enhancing child safety. www.platformer.news/bluesky-grow...
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Inside Bluesky’s big growth surge
After adding millions of new users in weeks, the company tells Platformer that it will quadruple the size of its moderation team
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Petra Molnar @petramolnar.com · 25/11/2024
"The War on Terror has coincided with the explosive rise of Big Tech, and this is no coincidence." Great article - with practical recommendations and resources too by @adelewalton.bsky.social with illustrations by Heedayah Lockman for Shado Mag shado-mag.com/opinion/isla...
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Islamophobic governments have a new weapon – AI and algorithms are the new surveillance state
Adele Walton discusses the threats of new tech technologies and how artificial intelligence and algorithms are the new surveillance state
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Anna Hirschfeld @annahirschfeld.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Alex and I had a great time chatting with @ryanandrosoff.bsky.social about what's next for digital gov in Canada :)
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 25/11/2024
A lot of digital transformation projects get held up due to risk aversion. How do we get past that? On the latest episode of the #LetsThinkDigital our guests share their insights from their new report: A Radical How for Canada. Watch or listen at thinkdigital.ca/podcast/the-... #civictech #pitech
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Academic Aunties @academicaunties.com · 23/11/2024
If you’re hesitant to “be political” as a scientist, another way to think about this is that you’re not becoming political. Politics came for you. Whether you like it or not.
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David Lingenfelter, PhD @dlingenfelter.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
While individuals w/ narcissism and superego deficiencies may rise to power effectively, their reality-testing capacities diminish once they consolidate their position. This leads to erratic behavior, difficulties in achieving goals, & paranoid defenses. www.jstor.org/stable/37922...
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Why Tyrants Go Too Far: Malignant Narcissism and Absolute Power on JSTOR
Betty Glad, Why Tyrants Go Too Far: Malignant Narcissism and Absolute Power, Political Psychology, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Mar., 2002), pp. 1-37
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 23/11/2024
“The short answer is no, we are not in the most likely of the universes,” said Daniele Sorini, an astrophysicist at Durham University. “And we are not in the most life-friendly universe, either.” That tracks… @arstechnica.com doi.org/10.1093/mnra...
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A new version of the drake equation
Star formation is key for life, and a different version of our universe could make more stars.
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Racing Pride @racingpride.com · 22/11/2024
Hi! We’re Racing Pride and we champion LGBTQ+ inclusion in motorsport, from grassroots to Formula One! We launched in 2019 and currently have partnerships with 5 F1 teams. Be part of our community and our movement! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏎️
Rainbow border and white background, with a picture centre of three smiling people under a Racing Pride pride hub tent. Text reads: Racing Pride is bringing the rainbow to Bluesky! Championing LGBTQ+ visibility, community and education in motorsport.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 23/11/2024
Fred laughing at Toto while Toto squirms and filibusters a question about the FIA is gold #F1 #LasVegasGP
Fred Vasseur laughing at Toto Wolff at a press conference.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 21/11/2024
In our solar system there is a place called the heliopause. A point where the force of our sun is no longer dominant, where the solar winds are free. It's tough to know where this is, but it happens. I've started to think about how my own mental health struggles passed its own heliopause. 🧵
Illustration of the heliosphere bubble with interstellar space outside of it. Credit: NASA
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 21/11/2024
No weekend warmup @f1tv.bsky.social? #F1 #lasvegasgp
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🥔🗺️ ᴘᴏᴋᴀᴛᴇᴏ ᴍᴀᴘs @pokateo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
If you understand this, then a very happy GIS day to you, friend!
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Mark Headd @mheadd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I think this is the best thing that I've ever wrote about government technology and #CivicTech. I refer to it constantly, and I often share it with people who are new to the space. I wrote it over 10 years ago and I think everything in it is still true. civic.io/2014/06/18/b...
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Built to Fail
Governments are not bad at adopting new technologies on accident. The processes that support the adoption of new technology were built to fail. Understanding this is the first step to fixing them.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 19/11/2024
Looking at @bsky.app stats. bsky.jazco.dev/stats. Exponential growth makes sense but what happened in Oct 17 for that huge step increase?
Graph of daily Bluesky posters with big step increase on Oct 17
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 18/11/2024
Someone mused about a feed of every academic article posted to Bluesky...so I made one :) (work in progress...) #AcademicSky
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 17/11/2024
I made a feed for anyone interested in posts related to public interest tech and the intersection of technology, policy, government and public good. Looks for keywords including the following hashtags: #govtech #opendata #PiTech #PiAI #civictech It's a work in progress so feedback welcome!
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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This article haunts me: “People have to file freedom of information requests just to learn an algorithm set the length of their prison sentence. The more public institutions rely on tech companies, the more we are losing democratic control over their processes and decisions.”
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Big Tech Makes Political Choices About Our Data: We Should do the Same
In her book Silicon Values, Jillian York recalls a meeting with Facebook executives in 2011, a few months after the start of the Arab uprisings. When the...
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Nesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 16/11/2024
Indeed. Even as a cis het dude from a “model minority” group I have still had a lifetime of having to code switch and be aware what “the other side” wants to access a level of acceptance or safety. And my positionally means I’ve had it quite easy compared to others.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/11/2024
i do genuinely believe in the Heat Approach to social media website accounts: "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 15/11/2024
Y'all @rudyfraser.com maintains #Blacksky mostly by himself. It costs $3000 per month, and he's adding more servers to accommodate 🐦 folk so costs are rising. Let's support him! Click the link and scroll down to make a one time donation or a recurring $7 donation. Show ♥️ to the architect!
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Blacksky - Open Collective
An AT Protocol implementation built in Rust and prioritizing the community building efforts of marginalized groups; especially prioritizing Bluesky's community of Black users after which the project i...
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Nick Simon @nicksimon.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
“What was the first major BlueSky sporting event?” “We watched an elderly Mike Tyson fight a YouTube influencer on a busted stream.”
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 16/11/2024
The thing I appreciate about the @bsky.app block culture is that it’s not groundbreaking. It’s just a return to normal meatspace social norms. I don’t get to go to a bar, go to a random table of people I don’t know and scream YOU’RE WRONG and expect to not be kicked out.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 16/11/2024
Do you think we’ll ever see this in real life? #F1
Teaser for Alpine car in pink camo livery
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 15/11/2024
Did you know that you can change your @bsky.app handle to your domain name? The most fastest way is to modify your DNS settings. BUT there is a pretty straightforward way if you have your own website and don't want to muck around with DNS settings (which can be kind of intimidating). Here's how... 🧵
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alice @alice.tf · 14/11/2024
everybody atheist till they gotta update a bios
my desk showing a computer on its side with a ryzen CPU tray and a mouse sitting on top as well as a monitor showing a bios update screen
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 14/11/2024
The Bluesky and Twitter apps look very similar so sometimes I get confused. I'll be trying to use Bluesky, then think to myself, "all these new users on Bluesky...why is everyone such an asshole now?" And then realize I'm still on Twitter.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 14/11/2024
Deep conversations on values, ideas and persuasion AND a plug for F1? (ad notwithstanding) This is hitting all my buttons this morning. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
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Tight Values, Loose Ideas with Malcolm Gladwell
Podcast Episode · What Now? with Trevor Noah · 2024-11-14 · 59m
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 14/11/2024
After 2016 the media slogans were “democracy dies in darkness” or “facts matter”. So what is it going to be this time?
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Code for Canada @codeforcanada.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hey Bluesky! It seemed about time we made an account here. If you're not familiar with our work, we're a non-profit dedicated to improving life in Canada through tech & design. Follow us for the latest in civic tech and digital government news and learn more at codefor.ca
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Technology and Design for Good
Code for Canada
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 13/11/2024
Oh damn…went from disengaging from social media completely to probably should put my phone down. I think this Blue Sky thing is onto something.
Screenshot of screen time statistics with Bluesky as most used app.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 13/11/2024
“This shit is crazy” 🤯
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 13/11/2024
#WestWing reboot with Grace Penn from #TheDiplomat as president.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
You’re a journalist, honey. A School Newspaper kid. You are maybe one notch above us theater kids. Be real.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 11/11/2024
“You got to think about people, you got to think about practices, you got to think about tools.” People. Practices. Tools. Need to sear this wisdom from Hillary Hartley into my brain.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 11/11/2024
Are there any good examples of data co-ownership between government and community? Is this practically possible from a legal standpoint? Or does someone have to be in control?
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 11/11/2024
In my time in non-profit and public service, I've been in many situations where ambitious initiatives were rolled out where any consideration of the technical tools needed to be effective was, at best, last minute. It's a recipe for frustration and burnout.
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What I Wish My Boss Knew About Digital (Live at FWD50)
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 11/11/2024
Had a great time last week with @ryanandrosoff.bsky.social at the FWD50 conference recording 9 (!) interviews for the Let’s Think Digital podcast. Our first set will be released tomorrow morning where we talk about what we wish our public servant bosses knew about digital transformation.
Setting up ring light and mics for podcast. Podcast studio at FWD 50 conference all set up. Ryan interviewing guests for podcast.
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Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca · 11/11/2024
Hello world.
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