Emily Gertz is Senior Editor at Drilled News. She is also a journalist who reports on the intersections of climate, environment, science, technology and society. Emily, a regular Plutopia News…
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January 14 Plutopia Livestream with guest Tom Jennings! Jon, Scoop and Suzy talk to Tom about some of the history of network communications, as well as about current events. Tom…
Robert Matney: Disinformation and Insurrection
Robert Matney is Managing Director of Government Affairs at Yonder. Yonder was originally called New Knowledge, and was known for its role in developing the authoritative report on Russian influence…
(by Jon Lebkowsky) “The way out is through the door, why is it that no one will use this method?” ~ Confucius. Something I wrote for the 2021 State of…
Cory Doctorow returns! Cory is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. His latest book, which we’ll be discussing today, is Attack Surface, a standalone adult sequel to Little Brother.…
Maggie and Scoop interview Jeanne Mozier, a popular astrologer and speaker. Her understanding of both politics and astrology inform her wide-ranging predictions. Jeanne holds degrees in political science from Cornell…
“Joy Cunningham knows that theatre saves lives. She’s been creating original theatre for 20 years and working with young people all her life. She also knows folks want to have…
Plutopia News Network recorded this talk by Jeremy Smith, Executive Director of Register2Vote, a TX 501c4 focused on increasing access to voting rights. Register2Vote and the related app, MapTheVote, are…
Jon Lebkowsky: the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Geek Activism
Plutopia News Network’s Jon Lebkowsky recently gave this talk at Nerd Nite Austin 108, “Adventures on the Electronic Frontier.” Lebkowsky presents an in-depth timeline for the founding and early days…
Nate Wilcox is an award-winning political and public affairs consultant and a recognized expert in online politics. He is the co-author, with Lowell Feld of “Netroots Rising: How a Citizen…