On this day, I always like to tell the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s terrible 1884 Valentine’s Day and how it led to the Progressive Era, but things are happening too fast these days to leave a gap in the record, so you’ll have to look back at last year—or forward to next—for that story.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
Cybersecurity experts warn that Elon Musk's DOGE is posing risks to both individual citizens and national security.| TIME
I’ve spent nearly twenty years working in civic tech. It feels like with everything going on right now, I should have something to say… This is my attempt to put into words what’s been swirling around in my head during this chaos. This is my perspective, which I know is just a small part of the picture. In particular, I am focused on the US here, and while I’ve worked with many civic tech nonprofits, journalists, academics, and at commercial civic tech firms, I should note I’ve neve...| jpt.sh
