Episode 36: Tech for Democratic Communities

We have something a little bit different for y’all this week! Rudy was on a panel in March as part of a book tour for Nathan Schneider’s Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life, where he discussed his community bank account project, Paper Tree, among a host of other NYC-based projects and how it factors into a larger discussion about organizing in online spaces. Really enlightening discussion about the possibilities available to us in such a hierarchical, hostile structure as the internet.You can purchase the book here:https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520393943/governable-spacesCheck out Papertree at: papertree.earthYou can support the project financially here:https://opencollective.com/papertree Check out our website: www.unapologetictawk.com Subscribe & watch the episode on Youtube: youtube.com/@UnapologeticTawkPodcast?si=dxnIvfV5Jaivqg6- Follow & listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://rss.com/podcasts/unapologetictawk/?listen-on=true Don’t forget to leave us a nice rating :)Follow the podcast on socials:Instagram: @unapologetictawk Tik Tok: @unapologetictawkFollow Relly: @rellyrebel Follow Dimez: @dimez_cartierFollow Rudy: @shacqealRudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on BlueskyFollow Rudy on BlueskySupport Blacksky on Open CollectiveWe The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy & every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem.Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on InstagramJoin the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation. Tap in on Instagram: @stonewall.wasariot !!!