Democratic innovation, back-road exploration, train stations, tune creations, dreams of Finn-ish raft flotation. And oysters. // Program Co-Director @healthydem
Poured-land, Oar-again
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@BandLab Or more to the point, what assurance do artists on BandLab have that the company isn't mining its site for content to sell – without paying royalties to artists and without their knowledge? – at Portland, OR
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A whatchamacallit in different languages:
7. Thingamajig (English)
6. Chingadera (Spanish)
5. Himstergims (Danish)
4. Naninani (Japanese)
3. Zamazingo (Turkish)
2. Dingsbums (German)
1. Huppeldepup (Dutch)
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I went to an obscure hearing today in the Danish Parliament. It blew my mind, not because of the substance, but because the US Congress has totally warped my view of hearings. And I’m just dorky enough to do a thread about it. 1
Days 8 & 9: 1st days of the 'Int'l Week of Democracy Innovation' in Manchester. So much great stuff happening in Canada, in Poland, and all across the UK, where citizens' assemblies are 🔥 right now. – at Manchester, England
Day 7: Birmingham today. Morning: observing the UK's 1st nationwide citizens' assembly on climate. Impressive & ambitious. Then, a hilariously old-school British lunch, I'm told: jacket potato, plaid curtains, on a BOAT. After, wandering in the rain. On to Manchester to drop car. – at Birmingham, England
Ironically, unlike the 'proprietary' politics of redistricting in most states, this font can be downloaded for free. uglygerry.com/
"Precious little" democratic reform has occurred in the UK in the past half-century. Elections have become referenda on our general mood about the state of things, rather than on policy. —Ed Cox, @theRSAorg at #InnovatingLocalDemocracy Conference – at Manchester, England
Principles for democratic reform: 1) Treat democracy as a system, not an institution. 2) Recognize the need to use a combination of tools. Elections are just one tool; there are 100s of participatory and deliberative forms we must use. (1/2) – at Manchester, England
3) We must make democracy real. Most folks care about results, not process. We must not forget real-life challenges. 4) Prioritize deliberation, prioritize methods that make time to consider evidence & tradeoffs. —Ed Cox @theRSAorg (2/2) – at Manchester, England
Day 6: Productive morning. 5am Inspired to write. 7am Inspired to eat leftover Szechuan chicken. Looked for relatives in village churchyard. No luck. They're dead to me. Country walk. Canned oxtail soup & 🥕 for lunch b/c there was no room in the inn. Roman villa ruins. To B'ham. – at Slad, England
Day 5: A day of glorious sleep: late to rise, early to bed. The luxury! Fab Citizens Jury by @JeffersonCtr in Gloucester. Daylight in the valley: idyllic rolling-green. At night: iconic spook. Top-shelf Indian take-away in my 'hut'. S.Holmes bedtime murder stories. #opiumnotgreat
Day 4: Hot damn the Romans loved to bathe. Not the most sulfuric water ever; probably why it hasn't cured me. On to Gloucester, then a farm in the Slad Valley, where I had ancestors? Farmer hosts surprise me w/ lasagne, tea & convo on political organization. Everyone SO friendly.
Day 3: Nigerian brunch. Thrift store car-camp curtains. Politics w/ (surprisingly?) pro-🇺🇸 Kurdish barbers. Look how Tube trains barely squeeze out like paste. Awesome car-rent guy who marked the whole car as damaged. £5 sleeping bag from kind old man Ray/Roy? Nite drive to Bath. – at London, England
Day 2: Feeling quite at home. In Trafalgar Sq: great blues guitarist, 2 floating Yodas & giant wobbly Pikachu. Met 2 colleagues, 1 by chance on the street!? Small town & world. Nat'l Gallery audio tour tells me England's flag is old ✝️ symbol of resurrection? Nite walk on Thames.
Day 1: With @JQAdams_MHS as inspiration, I'm going to journal this UK trip in tweet-sized daily portions. This entry is belated. Like last night; jetlagged, wandering the n'hood. 11pm luggage reorganized. 1am McDonald's. £20 notes are too wide for US wallets. Glorious sleep. Zzz. – at East Ham, London
