lukesimcoe @ mstdn . ca

Doing my best to make government awesome. Former @code4ca. Advisor at @fwd50conf & @McMasterU. This account contains fearless advice, but loyal implementation.

[Civic Tech Toronto @CivicTechTO]

🏠 Starting tomorrow (Oct. 10), we're kicking off a month of themed hacknights on #housing. 🏠

It's one of the most pressing issues in Toronto, and we're inviting technologists, advocates, journalists and public servants to share their perspectives.

https://t.co/zrude08X8L

[Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide]

Does anyone have an example of a government adopting a civic tech project that was started outside of the public sector?

[Dave Guarino @allafarce]

You could write a whole book starting with this screenshot.

[Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic]

This is impossible.

https://t.co/5jjQJgarpe

[Code for Canada 🇨🇦 @code4ca]

📣 @CivicTechTO is hosting a hacknight tomorrow night!

Can't make it in-person but want to see how your skills can contribute to social good initiatives? @CivicTechTO's weekly meetups are hybrid with options to participate 100% virtually.

👉 https://t.co/8MJtEHBCn4

#CivicTech

[lukesimcoe @ mstdn . ca @Code4Luke]

@Aircanadacaree Lol you're a scam.

[lukesimcoe @ mstdn . ca @Code4Luke]

@AirCanada is lying to you when you do seat selection at check-in. There's a TON of empty seats on this flight, but you could only select middle seats unless you paid extra. I'm sitting with people who were split up from their families. It's such a gross dark pattern...

[lukesimcoe @ mstdn . ca @Code4Luke]

Bianca is a national treasure.

"If people are so hungry to think about tech moonshots (cringe), imagine the power of organizing government data and information and people around problems rather than ministries and divisions." 💯

[Dave Guarino @allafarce]

lol

(What talking about administrative burdens looks like when you pull zero punches.)

[Civic Tech Toronto @CivicTechTO]

Our summer of awesome hacknights continues! 🏄🏾

On July 25, co-organizer Alex Olson will share his data analysis of the recent mayoral by-election!

Join us to learn what data can tell us about shifting voter attitudes in the city.

https://t.co/Usz44dX1Vm

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher slams Hollywood execs: 'They plead poverty, that they’re losing money left and right, when giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs. It is disgusting — shame on them.'

[lukesimcoe @ mstdn . ca @Code4Luke]

@stateofthecity This was my experience after largely abandoning it the first time.

[lukesimcoe @ mstdn . ca @Code4Luke]

@basicavisual @civictechguide @CivicTechTO @CodeandoMexico We'd be happy to chat! You can join our Slack and see who's up for a conversation: https://t.co/gDKSs7V031

I might recommend @patcon_, one of our stalwart organizers. He has a lot of insight into what it takes to make a sustainable civic tech community!

[lukesimcoe @ mstdn . ca @Code4Luke]

I'm at @CivicTechTO's 400th hacknight, brainstorming what we want the city to look like 400 hacknights (8 years) from now. It's been ages since I've been in a room with so many excited conversations happening at once.

[FWD50 @fwd50conf]

After they shared the stage in 2022, @davidmcraney and @MarinaNitze recorded a podcast on how to fix bureaucracy by hacking its networks of human behavior from the inside https://t.co/xdBoi9MOgN

[Rosé Bautista @DesmondCole]

"This right-wing politicization of, and fear-mongering around, the reality of diversity in sex, gender, and sexuality puts the safety of students, faculty, and staff at risk."

solidarity with professor and students targeted in violent attack at UWaterloo
https://t.co/e6FaAOOhMB

[lukesimcoe @ mstdn . ca @Code4Luke]

Hi! I hope you'll join us next week to imagine what #civictech and civic engagement in Toronto could (should?) look like in the future.

[Civic Tech Toronto @CivicTechTO]

Next week's hacknight is a big one: #400!

In place of our regular hacknight, we'll be running a one-night only workshop -- in-person and online -- to get participants thinking big about the city we'd hope to live in, in 2031.

[James McLeod @jamespmcleod]

I'm hearing reports of riots in Rosedale and Forest Hill.

[lukesimcoe @ mstdn . ca @Code4Luke]

Well that's nice.

[Bryce Covert @brycecovert]

Just because you qualify for government assistance doesn't mean it's easy to get or keep it. I spent months profiling Code for America's work to make benefits easier to get, a seemingly small problem with huge ramifications: https://t.co/WFBQ83cvK7