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Wayfinding: Art · Luma A conversation between Benjamin Lappalainen and Michelle Jia, moderated by Brian Sholis about what it feels like to make art at the present moment. We're told…

Next Wednesday we're hosting Wayfinding: Art, a conversation between @blap64.bsky.social and Michelle Jia, moderated by @sholis.com

We'd like to find our way between the hype and the fear

What does it feel like to create art, and to engage in the art world at this moment?

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Here's what's on at 1RG this month - check out the full calendar at luma.com/1rg-calendar

Wayfinding: Teenhood · Luma A panel of teens discussing what they wish technologists knew about being a teenager online. Wayfinding: conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in…

Adults love to talk about the impact of technology on kids, but we so rarely listen to the kids themselves.

Next week's Wayfinding event is trying to change that: a panel of teenagers talking about their relationship with technology.

Join us on Wednesday

Wayfinding: Civics · Luma A lively conversation about democracy, technology, and what it means to be rooted in accountability at a human scale. Wayfinding: conversations about…

This is happening on Wednesday Feb 11th!

A lively conversation about democracy, technology, and what it means to be rooted in accountability at a human scale featuring Bianca Wylie and Hillary Hartley

Wayfinding: Civics · Luma Wayfinding: conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life. We live in a moment where our trust in tech companies to protect our privacy…

Wayfinding will be back on Feb 11th with Bianca Wylie and Hillary Hartley in conversation about civics.

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Toronto!! This is next week! I'm really excited about this conversation, Parker is very smart and has lots of interesting things to say that you should come listen to.

Wayfinding: Privacy · Luma Wayfinding: conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life. We live in a moment where our trust in tech companies to protect our privacy…

There are still tickets left to our first Wayfinding event next week!

Come hear hear @phirephoenix.com and @xor.blue in conversation about privacy!

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Announcing Wayfinding We're super excited to announce Wayfinding, a new event series at 1RG that we’ve been working on with Jenny Zhang and Jen Dodd, and we hope you’ll join us at the first event on January 28th.  We live in a moment where our trust in tech companies to

We're really excited to announce Wayfinding, a new series we're hosting featuring conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life.

We have a very packed calendar before we take a lil break at the end of month luma.com/1rg-calenda...

A brief history of community dinner Community Dinners are at the core of the 1RG origin story. I might go as far as saying that 1RG would not exist if it wasn't for this tradition. Back in February 2022 Max and I were on a phone call r...

We often get asked how @1rg.space started - here's a sneak peek of that story words.1rg.space/a-brief-hist...

A new community membership Have you wondered what the difference is between a 1RG Member and a Friend of 1RG? We have too, and we finally have an answer: there isn’t one.

Membership update! We're folding Friends into regular membership, simplifying our tiers, and making it clearer than ever what you get as part of our community.

3 tiers. same benefits. pick the access level that works for you.

full announcement:

A round up of what's happening at 1RG this month - full calendar at 1rg.space/events/

Community Dinner #76 · Luma It's your regularly scheduled 1RG community dinner! As usual, we’ll be serving a home-cooked vegetarian dinner. All you have to bring is yourself, and any…

Every last Tuesday of the month we gather to share food and conversations. Our 76th Community Dinner is next week and RSVP is open at luma.com/1rg-dinner-76

Come find your people!

Very excited to add this to the @1rg.space library!

Eric teaching us about his solarpunk Tarot deck this for our first First Wednesday Salon, where we invite interesting people to come to the space and talk to us about what they do.

1RG Presents: Plastic People · Luma Join us for a 1RG Documentary Insights presentation of “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” followed by a panel discussion. Plastic People is…

We're excited to participate in Toronto Climate Week with a screening of documentary “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” followed by a Q&A with the director and the editor of the film.

More details and RSVP at luma.com/80ff45jc

If Ontario removed Toronto bike lanes, aid groups say they could be forced to suspend food deliveries | CBC News As a legal battle over the province's plans for Ontario's bike lanes continues, some Toronto aid groups say they are at risk of shutting down food delivery programs if key bike lanes in the city are r...

"The biking groups play a critical role in collecting the donated food and delivering it to community fridges and residents.

"Bikes make the most sense" as they allow faster delivery by bypassing congestion, said" @drcyndind.bsky.social
h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Highly enjoyable (and competitive) game of Parks last night!

Civic Spark A conference + unconference for organizers, innovators, and community builders interested in creating a better future of public life.

One more sleep to Civic Spark!

You can still join us and our friends at @civictechto.bsky.social for 2 days of talks, panels and conversations about civic tech and shaping the future of public life

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A return to form Not exactly a call to touch grass — but something like it

> I wonder if the answer to the original question—how can we harness tech more to do more good?—might actually be less technology

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I loved reading this reflection! This is literally why we hosted Fabric @withcodesign.bsky.social @1rg.space

Out member spotlight on @ilyakreynin.bsky.social is over three minutes long, but I think you can get what he's about in the first 15 seconds.

You can see the full thing here: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...

We deserve nice things and sometimes we get them!

1RG member @ellen.li on how she found out about us, and showing off some 770donmills.com shirts!

Hear her talk about technology, re-choosing Toronto as home after being a digital nomad and attention as a form of worship in our second member spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...

Experiment report: the 1RG Incubator 1RG is a container for experiments in reimagining the relationship between community and technology. In the first half of this year we dipped our toes into the world of incubators. Here’s how it went ...

1RG is a container for experiments in reimagining the relationship between community and technology.

Our latest experiment, an incubator for community-focussed projects, just concluded.

Read more about our findings in our report:

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Day 1 of Fabric with @withcodesign.bsky.social

Fabric: Alternative Futures with Tech Unconference · Luma Technology is deeply woven into our culture. However too often, the public conversation of tech focuses on either unrestrained hype or outright…

One week until Fabric! We've partnered with our friends at @withcodesign.bsky.social to bring alternative voices in tech to the forefront.

Join us for a self-organized gathering for practitioners who use technologist to uplift individuals at society.

July 11th & 12th

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Talk to 5 people today The year was 2015, and I was visiting Berlin with my friend Lyn. She would go on to move there, but at the time we were both job searching after our batch at the Recurse Centre and visiting the city f...

best piece of advice I've been given to date.. also how I keep my sanity

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Tech is woven into our culture, but not all of those threads are apparent. Join us at Fabric, a self-organised, intimate gathering with @1rg.space for practitioners who use technology to uplift individuals and society.

July 11th and 12th. lu.ma/uvdp3g1j

This should be the slogan for Gander's mod team