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Ben Werdmuller

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John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford. Previously: @ProPublica, @19thnews, Matter, Elgg.

Every day, I write about tech, democracy, and society at https://werd.io.

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@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 12, 2026, 5:55 AM

"I want to go back to the network run for the benefit of the man directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, minimum, because that's where the good AI posts are," say nation's oblivious bloggers

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 3:43 AM

We rise together or we fall together. Every human. All of us.

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 5:40 PM

Making open clones of closed services is not a mass market strategy.

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 5:39 PM

You can’t convince people to move to a new network for ideological reasons. A few will; most won’t. The only driver is giving them something new that they want and can’t get anywhere else.

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 8, 2026, 11:06 PM

Misinformation: false information spread without intent to harm. Disinformation: false information intentionally spread to manipulate truth and facts to bring about a particular outcome. Bisinformation: information about 1990s Scottish indie rock band Bis.

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 8, 2026, 10:44 PM

Imagine what it does to a person to see a human being put to death. Imagine what it does to a country to allow this. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/08/hegseth-fort-hood-shooter-public-execution?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 8, 2026, 4:00 PM

Grants for creators to build new publications on the #fediverse are a great idea. Find a new audience, get funded with up to $20,000. Win win. https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/10/07/call-for-proposals-fediverse-multimedia-grants/

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 7, 2026, 5:30 PM

"Every federal and gubernatorial race, by name and by state, read from what people are actually saying" - all powered by the open social web. #Technology https://werd.io/grazes-election-night-dashboard-demonstrates-the-power-of-open-algorithms/

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 7, 2026, 5:13 PM

"The people who can see journalism most clearly are the people who have the least time and space to solve its problems." To build more innovative organizations, we need to give everyone the space to breathe, reflect, prototype, and design. https://werd.io/the-space-to-breathe/

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 7, 2026, 3:30 PM

All these gritty sitcom reboots and not a single studio brave enough to take on Mr Ed. This man has a *talking horse*. In a stable like an animal! Consider the ethics! The powerful forces that don’t want a horse to talk! But plot twist: Mr Ed is ready to take matters into his own hooves.

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 10:45 PM

"We have tallied and cataloged every case we can find of an immigration agent holding a citizen during the current administration." And there are a lot of them. https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 8:23 PM

@evanwolf Pick a community with a valuable problem and solve it well using open tech

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 6:19 PM

Manifesting: backing for a fund that makes a donation or investment in open social web projects (depending on status) on the condition that the full teams attend in-person human centered design training and mentorship, and commit to building based on real needs. Whose problem are you solving?

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 5:04 PM

"AI need not launch a weapon, recommend a strike, or intend harm. Ordinary human fallibility—amplified by machines—may be enough to lead to catastrophe." From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists […]

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 12:15 AM

Just a quick reminder: if you’re eligible, make sure you’re registered to vote. Then, please, go out to vote this November. Democracy only works if we participate. We can’t sit this one out. Thank you.

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 4, 2026, 3:17 AM

Four year old has admonished us for not making the house spooky enough and has informed us we must make it much spookier (“for HalloWEEN”). Suggestions please.

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 3, 2026, 7:51 PM

I love this show with all my heart and I’m grateful to Russell T Davies for reviving it multiple times. This was a good read. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/03/russell-t-davies-memoir-the-queerest-of-folk-extract

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 3, 2026, 4:10 PM

Amazon's concessions indicate that data center protests are working. But the company is offering less than pocket change. #AI https://werd.io/amazon-tries-to-placate-data-center-protesters/

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 3, 2026, 12:53 AM

ProPublica is a non-profit newsroom, with no corporate owners or paywall, dedicated to investigating abuses of trust and power in the public interest - and making real change. There's still time to donate and support their work. Show them that the #fediverse is behind them […]

@ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gyOct 3, 2026, 12:50 AM

I've been waiting for this to be published. Such a bonkers story: https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-schools-arkansas-west-virginia-north-carolina

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