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Xamanismo Coletivo<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DanielPinchbeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielPinchbeck</span></a> talks about <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a> in the Trump Era, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/g0v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>g0v</span></a> in Taiwan, Obama's failures on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/egov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>egov</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ZohranMamdani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZohranMamdani</span></a> with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MicahSifry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicahSifry</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@msifry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>msifry</span></a></span><br>"I hope you enjoy my discussion with Micah L. Sifry, a writer, editor, and organizer with nearly four decades of experience covering the intersections of politics, technology, and civic life. He co-founded Civic Hall, a collaborative hub for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civictech</span></a> in New York City, after a decade leading Personal Democracy Media…"</p><p><a href="https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck/p-167348568" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/@danielpinchbeck/</span><span class="invisible">p-167348568</span></a></p>
Civic Tech Atlanta<p>For anyone interested in policy, we highly recommend the Aspen Policy Academy’s webinar Policy 101, happening this Wednesday, July 9th at 2pm ET </p><p>Whether it’s state leaders, city council, a homeowner’s association, school board, or a private company - this training gives you some good tools (and inspiration) to affect change in your world<br><a href="https://theatl.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/civicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civicTech</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gnus34-CSoSOzjNFPX-kJA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webinar</span><span class="invisible">/register/WN_Gnus34-CSoSOzjNFPX-kJA</span></a></p>
Urbanism Now<p>Urbanism Now 24#: AI For Activists, Bollards With Beverages, and Sidewalks Strain Stilettos </p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cities</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/AIForGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIForGood</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TacticalUrbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TacticalUrbanism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PublicSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSpace</span></a></p>
PROJEKT CH+<p>Gesch nur... 🤓 </p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Demokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demokratie</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Schweiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schweiz</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/suisse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suisse</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/politik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politik</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/_politik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>_politik</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/DirekteDemokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirekteDemokratie</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/partei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partei</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civictech</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/meermittwoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meermittwoch</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/klimakrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>klimakrise</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/menschenrechte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>menschenrechte</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/zukunft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zukunft</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/wahlen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wahlen</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/throwbackthursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>throwbackthursday</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/politique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politique</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/civic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civic</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a></p>
Lewis Westbury 💛💙🌱<p>Bingo! A great opportunity to work at one of the best places I've worked... 👉<br><a href="https://www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/creative-technologist-creative-full-stack-develope/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nesta.org.uk/jobs/creative-tec</span><span class="invisible">hnologist-creative-full-stack-develope/</span></a><br>Nesta is the UK's innovation agency for social good. I'd be happy to chat to anyone about what it's like working here.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoJobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jobstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jobstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Developer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Developer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Developers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DevJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevJobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechForGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechForGood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech4Good" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech4Good</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCoding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
Alliance of CivicTechnologists<p>🧠 Heading to a protest? Protect yourself from gov surveillance before you get there. </p><p>🔐 Use Signal, not SMS. <br>📴 Airplane mode &gt; just "silent." <br>📵 No face unlock. <br>🎭 Mask up. Both kinds help. <br>🕵️ Don’t post live from the scene if it includes others' faces or locations.</p><p>We stand for privacy, protection, and public action. </p><p>📚 Full guide via @Wired@msdtdn.social 👉🏽 <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-wired-guide-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/the-wired-guid</span><span class="invisible">e-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtestTools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestTools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACTNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACTNetwork</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>An internal IRS report says that 94% of Direct File users rated their experience as "excellent" or "above average".</p><p><a href="https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/06/direct-file-beloved-its-users-internal-irs-report-says/405883/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nextgov.com/digital-government</span><span class="invisible">/2025/06/direct-file-beloved-its-users-internal-irs-report-says/405883/</span></a></p><p>(And as the article mentions, even though it's been shut down, it is open-source! <a href="https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/IRS-Public/direct-f</span><span class="invisible">ile</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirectFile</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/GovTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovTech</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a></p>
Alliance of CivicTechnologists<p>The latest edition of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACTNewsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACTNewsletter</span></a>, for June, is now available! Keep informed about the latest in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civictech</span></a>, including news and upcoming events. Highlights include <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACTCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACTCongress</span></a>, ACT board member elections, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FloridaCommunityInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloridaCommunityInnovation</span></a> Civic Hack Day, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAustin</span></a> Civic Data Fellowship. Dive into the details by reading here: <a href="https://www.civictechnologists.org/2025/06/june-2025-newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">civictechnologists.org/2025/06</span><span class="invisible">/june-2025-newsletter</span></a></p>
NGI Commons<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@NGICommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGICommons</span></a></span> took part in the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DCPC2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DCPC2025</span></a> workshop in Liverpool, diving deep into how <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCommons</span></a> can serve as real <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitalinfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalinfrastructure</span></a> </p><p>🧩 Curious about Building Blocks for commons-based tech? Read more 👇<br>🔗<a href="https://commons.ngi.eu/2025/06/04/ngi-commons-travelled-to-liverpool-for-the-dcpc-2025-workshop/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.ngi.eu/2025/06/04/ngi-</span><span class="invisible">commons-travelled-to-liverpool-for-the-dcpc-2025-workshop/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenContent</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/InternetCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCommons</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@martelinnovate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>martelinnovate</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnrs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cnrs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@openfuture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openfuture</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@OpenForumEurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OpenForumEurope</span></a></span></p>
Govdirectory<p>That brings us up to 37 countries, 13,996 organizations and 32,754 contact points.<br><a href="https://www.govdirectory.org/statistics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">govdirectory.org/statistics/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://wikis.world/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civictech</span></a><br>5/5</p>
Govdirectory<p>Some updates again! Besides improving documentation and other less visible stuff we also have two major updates.<br>First out, we have a new country: 🇺🇾 <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/Uruguay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uruguay</span></a>!<br>The initial batch includes ministries and departments.<br><a href="https://www.govdirectory.org/uruguay/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">govdirectory.org/uruguay/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://wikis.world/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civictech</span></a><br>1/5</p>
Last 100 Bills<p>The last 100 bills in the US <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>, analyzed! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/dataviz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataviz</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civictech</span></a></p>
Courtney Rosenthal<p>18F was an internal design agency for the US Federal Government. They were fierce advocates for user-centered services. They got DOGE'd.</p><p>But they're fighting back.</p><p><a href="https://18f.org/announcement-of-legal-challenge/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">18f.org/announcement-of-legal-</span><span class="invisible">challenge/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pdx.social/tags/civicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civicTech</span></a></p>

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