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🦣 we’re now on Mastodon! 👋 we’re moving our daily social posts there. we'll still post big updates here, but we want to put our energy into a platform whose ethos we can support. 🧩 follow us on Mastodon at @germnetwork" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">hachyderm.io/@germnetwork

hey guys! we've been having a grand old time talking tech and other news in our Casual Thursdays voice chats. Join us at 3pm PT/6 ET on Thursday. discord.gg/EjceXRwZ

Want to meet the team? Join our weekly Discord hang on Thursday at 3pm PT/6ET. discord.gg/n9JN6uNm

don't miss our podcast! 8 amazing episodes featuring scholarly and business leaders in trust & safety. Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4FddD8WsA… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ger…

Weekly discord hangs continue, this Thursday at 3pm PT! Come hang 🤗 discord.gg/n9JN6uNm

🌼 Big news, friends—we have a new cofounder and CTO, Mark Xue!! Mark was last Apple’s privacy engineer for iMessage, FaceTime, Safari, and iCloud. 🔐Nbd, just stewarding everyday privacy for a billion users. Join us in celebrating! 🥳

We miss you! Join us this coming Thursdays at 3pm PT for a casual chat in our Discord. Knowing us, we'll probably be talking about social media, tech ethics, and secure engineering discord.com/events/8048345…

🤗 tweeps, we miss you! come find us on Mastodon @germnetwork" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">hachyderm.io/@germnetwork and Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/germ-n…

Thank you to our friends at @Someoddpilot for our new logo and brand art! We love it :)

Claim your voice! We're hosting a Public Speaking workshop Thursday at 1PM PT, led by our CEO @tessalaprofessa (she taught speech and writing at Stanford!) Bring a 2-sentence elevator pitch to practice with. The event invite is live in our Discord! discord.gg/h9AaUSf3?event…

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wee…

👾 Our last podcast episode! In "Oh Shit, The Future," we wrap the season with a chat on AI, the Effective Altruism movement, the FTX collapse, and trends in trust & safety, privacy, and responsible AI. Let us know what you think! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/61Z1e0…

Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wee…

New pod episode! Tessa and Brett host @Riana_Crypto, encryption policy expert & Germ advisor! We discuss Riana’s research into content moderation and reporting in E2EE systems, and touch on updates from Apple that extend E2EE for their users. open.spotify.com/episode/40vlry…

Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wee…

Check out our newest podcast episode! We chat with Shankar Ponnekanti, CTO of @TrustLab_, about the work Trust Lab does, why his career at Google led him into Trust & Safety work, & the challenges he confronts as CTO. open.spotify.com/episode/1c0sWK…

This episode features a talk between Germ and @im__jane , Following Jane’s paper, their conversation brings consent into discussions of platform design, UX interactions, business models, and thoughts about Germ’s product plans. open.spotify.com/episode/3ldbR6…

This week, we reflect on how some of our favorite social media products are shaped by how they do and don’t charge users. We notice distortions in user behavior and think out loud about the different choices we are making at Germ. open.spotify.com/episode/5mDqmD…

join us this afternoon in our discord voice chat! 1pm PT/4ET discord.gg/5prH89BuX5

🦠 germinating, germane, germinal it's about growth 🦠