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Colin Megill
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Colin Megill
@colinmegill
cofounder @UsePolis board @CompDem ⚗️ make OSS for open democracies && open science
San Francisco, CA
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Born April 30
Joined August 2008
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    Colin Megill
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    Oct 28, 2023
    Yes it can! Community Notes is based on @UsePolis, open source technology deployed by the policy innovation units of three national governments: @TAIWANmoda, @PolicyLabUK and @SitraFund (Finland) Read: wired.com/story/elon-mus… via @carljackmiller
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    Paul Novosad
    @paulnovosad
    Oct 27, 2023
    This is really neat: Community Notes work because they estimate users' political preferences and upweight notes that are liked by users of all stripes. I wonder if other parts of our democracy could be improved with mechanisms like this. vitalik.ca/general/2023/0…
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    Colin Megill
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    Aug 14, 2025
    ♥️
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    ゆる言語学ラジオ@著書『言語沼』発売中!
    @yuru_gengo
    Aug 3, 2025
    #ゆるコンピュータ科学ラジオ 更新! 無益な争いの救世主が現れた。 世界を救うSNSを見つけました。 youtu.be/vz1BZzfK1lk
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    Colin Megill
    @colinmegill
    Jan 20, 2021
    from july gpt-3 is still astonishing had the same outcomes and I want to tell you all something very serious and personal thread
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    Qasim Munye
    @qasimmunye
    Jul 2, 2020
    So @OpenAI have given me early access to a tool which allows developers to use what is essentially the most powerful text generator ever. I thought I’d test it by asking a medical question. The bold text is the text generated by the AI. Incredible... (1/2)
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    Colin Megill
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    Jan 20, 2021
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    32 years
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    Colin Megill
    @colinmegill
    Jan 20, 2021
    Replying to @colinmegill
    the method to generate that text was to simply describe the situation in plain language without thinking too much about it, and click play only once, so this is the first and only run gpt-3 had on that text no rephrasing, no clicking play until the right answer showed up
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    Colin Megill
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    Oct 3, 2020
    @RebeccaRHelm barnacles?
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    Colin Megill
    @colinmegill
    May 11, 2018
    Once as a high school teacher I said that for the next 15 minutes, only the female students could talk and the male students had to listen without interrupting. Within 10 minutes everyone was yelling at each other and in tears. Hopefully your experience is better.
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    Colin Megill
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    May 11, 2018
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    I will say, however, that the debrief from that event, and the male students' reflection on their impulses during that excruciatingly short and basic ask, fueled a week of conversation and insight and genuine listening.
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    Colin Megill
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    Jan 20, 2021
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    had the surgery building the muscle overcoming the atrophy no pain was never a matter of willpower was never something possible to overcome without surgery 32 year healing journey
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    Colin Megill
    @colinmegill
    Jul 5, 2015
    Wish I'd had this classy visual @CSSConf. So good! "But pseudos?" "Ah, but JS!" cc @chantastic @ReactEurope
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    Colin Megill
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    Sep 4, 2016
    As always @docrocktex26 on fire, whole thread on invisible white poverty
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    Propane Jane™ 🔥💣
    @docrocktex26
    Aug 26, 2016
    Replying to @docrocktex26
    Facts you won't hear from Trump, the GOP, or the MSM. miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-co…
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    Colin Megill
    @colinmegill
    Mar 14, 2017
    "You're in Vermont and you care more about West Virginia than its leaders. ... just got rid of our water protection" I'm literally in tears.
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    People for Bernie
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    Mar 13, 2017
    Must Watch: @BernieSanders talks one on one with to Paula Swearengin, resident of Beckley, WV #AllInWithBernie #FeelTheBern
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    Colin Megill
    @colinmegill
    Oct 4, 2021
    The foundational paper for Polis (@UsePolis) as a method has been released in a special edition of the journal RECERCA Huge thanks to @cesifoti for advancing visibility+formalization of the democracy innovation space + for invaluable feedback in the production of the manuscript.
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    César A. Hidalgo
    @cesifoti
    Oct 4, 2021
    Hot Off The Press!!! New Special Issue on Digital Democracy! Interested in Taiwan's 2014 digital revolution, read this great paper by the Polis team! e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/rece… Interested in a Summary of the issue: e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/rece… Edited by @patrici_calvo & I. Enjoy!
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    Colin Megill
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    Jun 21, 2020
    Replying to @JeremyKonyndyk
    FT reported on this in May ft.com/content/97dc7d…