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Laura James

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Adaptable, empathetic engineering leader. 👩🏻‍💻 VP Research at F-Secure 🌱co-founding trustee at CoFarm.co ☕️ board chair at nowplaythis.net & the Green Web […] [bridged from social.coop/@Laura on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
@natematias @pandainthewoods ah got the pdf now, thanks!
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
@natematias @pandainthewoods the link in the post for the memo just goes to a png of the cover, is that right?
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FabRider @fabrider.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Join a new prototype lab for facilitators, organisers, and activists ready to explore AI as both a threat environment and a strategic opportunity for collective power. www.fabriders.net/facilitating-coll…
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Facilitating Collective Power in the Age of AI - FabRiders
The next lab will take place on Tuesday, October 20th and Wednesday, October 21st from 3pm to 6pm UTC (check your time zone). Registration details are below. This is the first time I’m running this edition of the lab. It is a prototype: a space to test ideas, learn together, and explore what facilitative leadership […]
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
@avsm resisting asking if you punted there
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Some of our F-Secure research is featured in this article about how consumers check (or don't) AI answers www.technewsworld.com/story/ai-user… in which I am quoted (channelling, I suspect, @rachelcoldicutt a bit) saying "Consumers are […]
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Some of our F-Secure research is featured in this article about how consumers check (or don't) AI answers www.technewsworld.com/story/ai-user… in which I am quoted (channelling, I suspect, @rachelcoldicutt a bit) saying "Consumers are […]
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
I went to #FLIPIM, the grassroots regeneration conference, and learned so much, especially about a lot of incredible activity around the Liverpool City Region #LCR, and met a lot of amazing people. Blogged some notes: lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/09/my-first…
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My first FLIPIM: the grassroots regeneration conference
On Thursday I went to FLIPIM , the grassroots regeneration conference, handily hosted in Birkenhead. I didn't really know what to expect, bu...
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
I went to #FLIPIM, the grassroots regeneration conference, and learned so much, especially about a lot of incredible activity around the Liverpool City Region #LCR, and met a lot of amazing people. Blogged some notes: lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/09/my-first…
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My first FLIPIM: the grassroots regeneration conference
On Thursday I went to FLIPIM , the grassroots regeneration conference, handily hosted in Birkenhead. I didn't really know what to expect, bu...
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
If you have some time this weekend to change your relationship to the weirdness of AI, want to try being an early adopter of the Inference Cooperative—a member-governed platform with private, green-energy, and public models: inference.coop It's an attempt to build for AI what […]
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
at #FLIPIM learning about different local grassroots regeneration activities around #Wirral #LiverpoolCityRegion #LCR and elsewhere. Themes of interconnectedness, care, meaningful community leadership, hope ❤️ Say hi if you are here! (already finding folks who will also be at […]
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
@jonathanhogg good choice. I have an unpopular opinion of Untitled Goose Game and abandoned it fairly quickly, despite liking many things about it
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
here's some of mine - societyforhopefultechnologists.org climateaction.tech infrastructureclub.org witchat.github.io www.emfcamp.org plus www.festivalofcommoning.org which is an event i hope becomes a community plus of course #wutheringbytes […]
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
folks at #oshcamp - where else do you hang out? what are the spaces, online or offline, the events and communities, where you find inspiration? Let's make a list!
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
Huge thanks to the hackerspace courier network (via @m) for getting a #emfcamp badge backboard that i was missing, to #oshcamp for me! So it's only fitting that I'm going for a Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction vibe for my badge
a lasercut customisable event badge in front of an out of focus scene of the backs of an audience enthralled by a speaker in a 19th century baptist chapel
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
@ntnsndr but for me personally, both are nice, as part of a overall 'better' offering. I might pick energy as more tangible if i had to select one over the other
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
@ntnsndr hmm if i was planning marketing, i would probably have different messaging for different channels... and i would probably talk about 'control over your information' rather than the abstract idea of privacy, if i was aiming at a mainstream audience...
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
@rmounce trust concern seems to be everywhere, I'm hearing about it in CSPs and tech industry more widely. As you say, little consideration is given to often v valid reasons for distrusting.... I assume it's business-fashion motivated,sigh
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
#CommonplaceBook reading, abundance, maybe some hopeful green shoots. Read to the end for a picture of me weeding out the less good green shoots. lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/08/commonpl…
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Commonplace book: reading, abundance, green shoots
Mandy Brown argues that the attention economy is misnamed (HT Sentiers). Reading is the art of attention. What a mess we’ve made of that...
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
#CommonplaceBook reading, abundance, maybe some hopeful green shoots. Read to the end for a picture of me weeding out the less good green shoots. lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/08/commonpl…
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Commonplace book: reading, abundance, green shoots
Mandy Brown argues that the attention economy is misnamed (HT Sentiers). Reading is the art of attention. What a mess we’ve made of that...
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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
Message for the day – Commit a random act of maintenance! Listen to it, look at it, wipe it, clean it, lube it, brush it, tighten it, grease it, turn it, check it, test it, sweep it, mop it, paint it, tape it, sand it, tweak it, tune it, adjust it, wash it […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Fight entropy! Commit a random act of maintenance today.
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
brief notes on #EMFCamp lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/07/electrom… huge thanks to everyone who made it happen, especially orga
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Electromagnetic Field 2026
EMF was great. Everyone has a different EMF, and arguably a very different EMF. This makes it almost impossible to describe to anyone who ...
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
@GavinChait sweet idea! interested to see how this develops. New federated things seem to be popping up - eg i saw a social directory sort of thing demoed at #EMFCamp... this also feels like it could be adjacent to things like localloop-merseyside.co.uk
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026
@jonathanhogg it was superb! well done :)
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
#emfcamp was excellent. Didn't go to any talks or workshops, just chats, meetups, dancing, puzzles, volunteering, and wandering admiring the art. Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen ❤️ Maybe see some of you in 6 weeks for #OSHCamp? https:// oshug.org/event/oshcamp2026 #OpenSourceHardware
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
Stickering has begun at #emfcamp #emf2026 with some additions to the fleet of breadmakers. Quality quality control available, find me in my wide brimmed blue hat while stocks last (supply chain included #oshcamp)
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J. Nathan Matias 🦣 @natematias.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
HUGE NEWS: This summer, countless scientists & technologists can now travel to hug their families again after a federal court suspended a Trump administration censorship-at-the-border scheme targeting people who work in online safety. 🎉 Many thanks to all who worked on this 🎉 cc @pluralistic […]
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
Looking forward to seeing many wonderful folks at #EMFCamp ☀️ I'll be hosting: 🌎️ ClimateAction.tech meetup: 4pm Friday 🛠️ Chat about maintaining things: 11.15am Saturday & i'll be at the 💻️ Society for Hopeful technologists meetup on Sunday. 🌳 I'll be prioritising people all weekend, so message […]
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Andy Piper @andypiper.org · 11/07/2026
Let's talk about joy and hope at #EMFCamp We'll have stickers and badges. And a badge app. www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2026/438-s…
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Then Try This @thentrythis.social.thentrythis.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026
Dig for Dirt has gone live 🌱 We're looking for growers and farmers to collectively find out more about the microbes under our feet. Soil bacteria can help clean up the toxic pollution that is the legacy of mining in our area, but very little is known […] [Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
Dig for Dirt is ready for you! With an isometric illustration of crop plants on one layer and soil bacteria on a lower layerDo you grow food, flowers or keep livestock in the South-West UK? This could be in a garden, an allotment, a smallholding, or a commercial farm of any scale.

With a simple illustration of some kale.Can you provide a small soil sample to help understand how bacteria clean up mining pollution? You'll get a simple sampling pack from us for collecting some soil, with the return post paid for.

With a simple illustration of a trowel in some soil.In return for your time you will have access to your own soil bacteria 
results, and see how they compare to others in the South West. You will also receive a beautiful printed photograph of your soil bacteria!

With a simple illustration of an old mine engine house.
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
CAMRA's new report on the state of beer, brewing and hospitality in the UK is essential reading; not just for beer drinkers, but consumers in general as well as critics of globalisation camra.org.uk/beer-report #RealAle #CAMRA
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CAMRA | Beer in the UK — a CAMRA consumer report
The UK brewing industry has been quietly taken over. A consumer-focused report from CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
#CommonplaceBook far too much AI stuff but also maybe a bit of hope. lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/07/commonpl… HT @mia @luis_in_brief @ntnsndr et al for sharing interesting links over recent months
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Commonplace book: far too much AI but maybe also some hope
First, calendars. This is of interest as I find my way around the communities in my new area . LAUTI has written a generous how-to on run...
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
Pastures new: this spring, we moved to Greater Liverpool. lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/06/pastures… If you are in the area, say hi 👋🏻 and please share your favourite places and activities
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Pastures new
This spring, we moved to Greater Liverpool. Cambridge has been a fine place for many years, but it was time for a change - more scenery, mo...
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
Pastures new: this spring, we moved to Greater Liverpool. lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/06/pastures… If you are in the area, say hi 👋🏻 and please share your favourite places and activities
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Pastures new
This spring, we moved to Greater Liverpool. Cambridge has been a fine place for many years, but it was time for a change - more scenery, mo...
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Sam Tygier @samtygier.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026
I'm looking tool/service for managing a volunteer rota for our Library of Things. We are out growing the current solution of a shared spreadsheet. Would be good to hear if anyone has experience using something for a similar case (I can search the web, but its getting harder to sort the wheat […]
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026
@natematias many congratulations! And such a powerful reflection on the moment and commitment to the future. Love it
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026
Students and academics especially, I'd love your feedback on this proposal: "an inference cooperative for academic AI" nathanschneider.info/2026/06/an-inf…
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026
Academics: would you feel better about a campus AI contract if it went to a nonprofit co-op, controlled by universities, that runs inference with diverse models on renewable energy and follows university-governed data protection? An OCLC for AI?
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
@Edent There are no complete solutions, scammers are motivated and creative, and the digital world has many weaknesses... There are software tools that can help - for instance F-Secure offers browsing protection (blocking phishing URLs like this on mobile and desktop), checking SMS and emails […]
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Joel Chippindale @joel.social.monkeysthumb.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
📢 29 full coaching scholarships for leaders from underrepresented groups in technology 📢 Are you a leader from an underrepresented group in technology who is looking to overcome difficult challenges, and/or increase your impact, and/or advance in your career? If so, then apply for one of our […]
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
@natematias congratulations! This is excellent news, great topic too
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Stefan Bohacek @fediverse.stefanbohacek.online · 13/05/2026
"Once conducted informally in the back rooms of printshops, typesetting races were now public spectacles." publicdomainreview.org/essay/twilig… #essay #history #typesetting #printing #technology
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Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races before the Age of Linotype
Before Linotype revolutionised typesetting in the 1880s, compositors set texts by hand — and they set them fast. Alex Wright rediscovers the thrilling world of typesetting races, which drew crowds in the thousands, offered huge cash prizes, and helped women "Swifts" fight for workplace equity.
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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026
Another big boat in Leith. For a sense of scale, observe the light house in the first few shots, and perhaps the people under the yellow hook on the deck, in the later shots. This is the Seaway Alfa Lift, and it’s picking up bits of wind turbine to be […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
Looking along a shoreline towards the rear end of an enormous heavy-lifter ship featuring a gigantic crane. In the bottom right of the frame is a tiny silhouetted lighthouse in the foreground, dwarfed by the huge ship behind.People look across a stretch of water towards a ship in the distance. On the deck of the ship we can see a raised platform on which several people inspecting the bottom of a large house-shaped crane hook, dangling from an unseen crane high above. The hook is bright yellow, and painting on the side indicates it can lift 3,000 tons.One end of a huge crane ship dwarfs a small light house, in the foreground. The clouds are heavy with cloud but sun is shining on the light house and part of the ship. The enormous crane looms in the shade of a cloud, high above.Zooming in on part of the crane on an enormous floating heavy lifter vessel. It’s all cable and drums and trusses and girders, and it’s so big that a sense of scale is hard to grasp. Occasionally if you peer very close you’ll notice a flight of stairs, and there are some windows and doorways if you look closely enough. Vast.
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026
@ntnsndr maybe it's helping the email sender to build reputation so they don't get filed as scam/spam... (and yeah could be ai powered, building scam assets for later use)
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 30/04/2026
I highly recommend going to see your MP in surgery. Had a great chat, they listened closely and took on board my concerns. Well done.
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
@Floppy same same
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
@Floppy well done! btw i spotted www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026… the other day and thought of you. ahead of your time maybe
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J. Nathan Matias 🦣 @natematias.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
Are you a leader trying to figure out how to evaluate an AI system? Are you in business, journalism, civil society, or the tech industry? I'm excited to share the publication of the (open access) book I wish I had in my first job testing AI systems seventeen […] [Original post on social.coop]
J. Nathan Matias, with a book entitled "Auditing AI" in front of the Big Red Barn at Cornell University.A picture of the book "Auditing AI" in front of the ice cream machines at Cornell University's Dairy Bar.
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Laura James @laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026
#CommonplaceNotes AI fables, knowledge, etc. Well matured, some of these, due to relocating to Greater Liverpool along the way lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/04/commonplace-book-ai-fables-knowledge.html
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Andy Piper @andypiper.org · 22/01/2026
Just wrote to my local MP asking them to support EDM 2650 and sort out the UK's digital sovereignty. action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-…
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Protect Britain’s Digital Backbone — Ask Your MP to Act
Take action! What’s the problem? The UK’s digital backbone. The cloud services, data systems, and platforms that underpin government, public services, and democratic processes is dangerously reliant on a small number of foreign tech companies. Much of this critical digital infrastructure is controlled by US-based firms such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Palantir, whose services are embedded across government and the public sector. Other key providers are based in Israel and China. Together, these companies operate systems that are essential to how the UK state functions day to day.
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Eleanor Saitta @dymaxion.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026
Probably mostly not my audience here, but I'm currently looking for a business-side/CEO cofounder for an encrypted radio startup. There are solid funding options, but while I can build the team to make the product happen, I'm not the person to navigate the money side of things. I'm looking for a […]
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