At least we tried. But ugh, Texas. 😖 Handmaids and what not are feeling far too familiar.

Congratulations Creative Commons- 20 years of creating open culture! 🎉🥳 On stage: Lessig 🇺🇦 a CC cofounder talking about their creation story. This legal scholar says 20 years ago, it was “Code as Love.” ❤️

Excited for a guided experience of the relaunch of @MHzCurationist today! The MHz Foundation is doing important work, on the frontend for discovery AND on the backend for what I'll call "data cooperation". #publicdomain #creativecommons #openculture creativecommons.org/2022/12/02/rei…

"The right approach when faced with transformative technologies is to figure out how to use them for the betterment of humanity." 👇 This article cuts through some of the noise and puts tech development in a more constructive light. We need to listen. nytimes.com/2022/12/15/opi…

👇one of the most insightful panels I attended during #wef23 where participants thought deeply about data, up/reskilling, use, but also core issues for non-profits, like organizational effectiveness funding and the decentralized impact of grants.

What a sensible group of people, breaking down different constructs around technology, ownership, and copyright. Thanks Decentralized Future Council for organizing this discussion.

Hello darkness, my old friend. It’s good to be back at 65 degrees north. #holar #longnights #shortdays #snowlight

Does artificial intelligence dream of electric copyright? CC weighs in on law and policy around #BetterSharing for generative #AI loom.ly/Th5zR2c

I’m co-hosting one of these next week on behalf of Creative Commons alongside our friends Derechos Digitales - if you’re interested, please join us, so we can work towards a #betterinternet together.

So excited that Creative Commons was selected for GSoC this year. We've had some incredible folks come through our org as a result of this program, helping to build everything from a new license chooser to big chunks of Openverse #opensource

Friends in #ATX and those visiting for #SXSW, come join this Creative Commons house party tomorrow evening. I'll be there. (With stickers).

🚨LAWSUIT NEWS 🚨We’re standing up for the digital rights of all libraries today in court! At 1pm ET, the Southern District of New York will hear oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive. Here's how to participate: blog.archive.org/2023/03/17/her… 🧵#EmpoweringLibraries

#HappeningNow: Dr. @TimnitGebru aims to counter Big Tech’s pervasive influence on artificial intelligence through her work at Distributed AI Research Institute is on Mastodon. Don’t miss her #OnWhatMatters conversation with Ford’s @HPennington_. #WomensHistoryMonth #FightRacism x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

During #OnWhatMatters, discussion between @timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) and Hilary Pennington highlights, once again, why the public interest perspective is critical to how artificial intelligence is developing. No one can (or should) tackle this challenge alone. #AI #BetterInternet

LA friends, come join us! I'm bringing more stickers. (It's a thing).

A video of my Berkeley AI Research lecture on generative AI meets copyright is now available on youtube; will copyright law bring generative AI to its knees? youtube.com/watch?v=6sDGIr…

Emma (age 7) sees Sweden’s fingernails and sees a life goal. I see them and can’t help but think … did Dall-E help with this costume design? #Eurovision

Estonia coming in hot in the DIY Costume category. And you know, that’s a tough category so far. Scissors, people. Not shredders. Scissors. #Eurovision

Not only did #Australia get the memo on how to #Eurovision, but so far the basic execution is beating out most of, well, Europe … Sequins? Check. Hair? Check. The 80s? Check. Wind machine? Checkkkkkk. #Eurovision2023 #Eurovision

Some news! I am honored to formally step into the role of CEO & thank the Board of CC for their support as well as the amazing CC team. I look forward to connecting with the entire CC community in this new role as we co-create a vibrant future for Creative Commons