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If you’re interested in using AI in your nonprofit work, are on the lookout for good books, articles, media and recipes, or just want to hear from an interesting over-60 TechOG and queer troublemaker who’s still learning so many things (and is obsessed with lifting heavy weights), this is for you. Publishes every two weeks, free as the wind. 

In 2020, when CYB launched, a big focus was getting through COVID, plus things to do, see, read, make, and occasional big thoughts, like my reflection on breaking up with my sourdough after 70 days.

More technical work and posts on AI DIY live on my website; I publish a new blog post twice a month.

Now for the TL;DR: If you’re new to CYB, here’s a little bit about me, from a more informal perspective than my LinkedIn profile or website will offer: I am a curious person who has retained the capacity to learn new things well into the third stage of my life.

Since January 2023, I’ve been lifting weights— I love working with barbells.  In May 2024, I deadlifted 203 pounds, a personal best. This new-found strength translates into function fitness, meaning it’s easier move a loaded cooler into a car, sweep behind the refrigerator and carry little kids. I also changed my eating habits this year, losing 30 pounds of fat and gaining 9 pounds of muscle: my clothes from 2018 all fit.

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