A living list of themes that I am currently interested in:

• Plants and Gardening. Growing and learning about plants. [1]
• Riding Bikes. Learning about and repairing bikes. [1] [2] [3] [4]
• Maintenance and Repair. Theory and practice. Right to repair. Technology and repair(ability). [1] [2] [3]
• Sewing. Especially patchwork and mending. [1]
• Technology “governance”. How do we make decisions with and about technology? [1]
• Conflict and cooperation. Conflict mediation and bridging, especially online. [1] [2]
• Large language models. LLMs are fun to experiment with for productive and non-productive ends. [1] [2] [3]
• (Economic) expertise. How do we create facts? How do expertise and democracy fit together? [1] [2]

Last updated: 1/22/26