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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 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-use... Check out our full research report around how consumers juggle usefulness and distrust when using AI chatbots: www.f-secure.com/en/partners/...

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AI Chatbots: Distrust, Usefulness, and Everyday Use | F-Secure Research | F‑Secure

F-Secure's 2026 survey of 1,500 UK and US consumers examines how people use AI chatbots despite lingering doubts about accuracy and privacy, why most stop short of verifying answers, and whether secur...

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AI Chatbots: Distrust, Usefulness, and Everyday Use | F-Secure Research | F‑Secure

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 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-f...

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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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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 @laurajames.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

at #FLIPIM learning about local grassroots regeneration activities around #Wirral #LiverpoolCityRegion #LCR and elsewhere. Themes of interconnectedness, care, meaningful community leadership, hope ❤️ Say hi if you are here! (finding folks who will also be at #FestivalOfCommoning next week too)

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 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 @laurajames.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026

Huge thanks to the hackerspace courier network 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 laser cut customisable event badge including a shopping basket, in front of a blurry audience facing a stage with a speaker, in a 19th century baptist chapel

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

✍️ Want to understand the bonkers nature of the modern economy? Take a ride with me on the 30,000 mile journey the cod in a fish finger takes between being caught off the coast of Scotland and consumed in a British home 🤯 Promise I'm not making this up👇 edconway.substack.com/p/the-30000-...

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The 30,000-mile fish finger

There’s a good chance the cod on your child’s plate has been around the world and back. Not that you’d learn any of that from the label...

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026

#CommonplaceBook reading, abundance, maybe some hopeful green shoots (and I didn't even mention @hopeful.technology !). Read to the end for a picture of me weeding out the less good green shoots. lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/08/comm...

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 24/07/2026

brief notes on #EMFCamp lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/07/elec... huge thanks to everyone who made it happen, especially orga

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026

#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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OSHUG Event #oshcamp2026

A group of people with an interest in open source hardware.

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026

Looking forward to seeing many wonderful folks at #EMFCamp ☀️ I'm hosting: 🌎️ ClimateAction.tech meetup 4pm Fri 🛠️ Chat about maintaining things 11.15am Sat & I'll be at the 💻️ Society for Hopeful Technologists meetup. 🌳 I'm prioritising chats, so message me if you don't spot me, and let's meet up!

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Home - ClimateAction.Tech

The climate crisis is happening all around us. As tech workers, we can use our skills to take and accelerate climate action.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

So what did colleges actually do with faculty tenure & promotion during COVID, and what were the effects? Much ink was spilled on this topic during the pandemic, but I haven't seen any retrospective on how it went.

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026

#CommonplaceBook far too much AI stuff but also maybe a bit of hope. https:// lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/07/commonplace-book-far-too-much-ai-but.html Thanks @miaout.bsky.social @lu.is @ntnsndr.in @jjn1.bsky.social et al for sharing interesting links over recent months

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Joe Mitchell @joe-mitchell.com · 01/07/2026

Is there a UK-wide map — or booking system — of community-owned meeting rooms / hireable spaces / coworking? (Like Hubble is a map of privately owned ones) hubblehq.com

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peterkwells @peterkwells.com · 29/06/2026

I see a lot of AI evaluation stuff that feels like it risks over-indexing on the models, when how the various humans around a [process/product/service/pickyourterm] interact with the model outputs is also a key element As those interactions affect whether outcomes and/or process work 'well'

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 24/06/2026

Pastures new: this spring, we moved to Greater Liverpool. lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/06/past... 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 @laurajames.eurosky.social · 24/06/2026

Pastures new: this spring, we moved to Greater Liverpool. lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/06/past... 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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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 29/04/2026

Can I plug a thing today? Where I work, we believe the internet should serve everyone: openly, fairly, and without wrecking the planet in the process. The first of what will become an annual State of the Fossil Free Internet report went live today. What's in? fossilfree.greenweb.org/2026/ /1

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State of the Fossil-Free Internet Report

In this first annual briefing by Green Web Foundation, we examine the biggest obstacles to a fossil-free internet. This year’s focus: the rise of too many dirty data centres.

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 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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Urban Tree Festival @urbantreefest.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🌳✨ Urban Tree Festival 9–17 May 2026 OPEN CALL FOR EVENTS IS LIVE ✨🌳 Thread 👇

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Ireland has dismantled its first commercial wind farm to make way for a step-change in scale. Each new turbine generates more power than the entire 1992 Bellacorick site, illustrating how 3 decades of innovation have compressed land use while multiplying output. buff.ly/goiabIO #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Last turbine on first commercial wind farm dismantled

The last wind turbine of what was Ireland's first commercial wind farm at Bellacorick in Co Mayo has been dismantled.

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

It’s inherently right wing because you can’t buy public services & infrastructure with an individual UBI.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We're looking at setting up the Society for Hopeful Technologists as a co-operative society and I'd love to speak with folks or find examples of folks who have experience of running membership orgs that are also coops societyforhopefultechnologists.org

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Society for Hopeful Technologists

For everyone who wants technologies to work for people and planet.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The Society for Hopeful Technologists listened to our community. We know many folks feel tech has gone in the wrong direction and don't know what to do about it. We're going to start by building a solidarity network that makes it easier for Hopeful Technologists to act hopeful.technology

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 06/01/2026

Now I've cleared my notes file, it's time for the Well State of the World 2026. These discussions are always intriguing... people.well.com/conf/inkwell...

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The WELL: State of the World 2026 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 06/01/2026

#CommonplaceNotes: mental models, autonomy, a poem. lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/01/comm... HT @dougbelshaw.com @carefultrouble.bsky.social et al for interesting things

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Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com · 29/12/2025

I know it's Twixmas but I'm frustrated to see this case study from 2023 being regurgitated without any evidence of actual impact. We should expect better. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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AI being used to help cut A&E waiting times in England this winter

Forecasting tool predicts when demand will be highest, allowing NHS trusts to better plan staffing and bed space

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 24/12/2025

#CommonplaceNotes lbj20.blogspot.com/2025/12/comm... supply chains, hope, cool

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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic... 1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.

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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

2. COVID now adds to disease burden in an unpredictable, perennial way. 3. We maddeningly restrict access to vaccines without considering the wider and long-term costs of disease. 4. Nothing has been done nationally to improve indoor air quality. 5. Vaccines and NPIs synergise.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Okay, hive mind! I'm doing a foresight review on the safe adoption of AI in engineering - am planning a research trip to the Bay Area in Feb, and am looking to speak to folk working on - transparent approaches to the full AI supply chain, inc data, labour practices, environmental footprint (1/2)

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

This blog post by Helen Toner (well-known by some for a stint on the OpenAI board) is *really really* interesting because it is the first thing I've read by someone in Frontier AI that starts to get to grips with sociotechnical concerns open.substack.com/pub/helenton...

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Taking Jaggedness Seriously

Why we should expect AI capabilities to keep being extremely uneven, and why that matters

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

We’re often asked whether we’re optimistic or pessimistic about technologies. That’s the wrong question. If any of this matters, we need to stop seeing technology like the weather, to be merely forecasted, and instead see it like politics, to be collectively shaped.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

New thing! The @carefultrouble.bsky.social Careful Consequence Check is now live and free to use. Based on research with the Bristol Digital Futures Institute, this practical tool will help you answer the question "is my AI product creepy and weird" www.careful.industries/consequences

Careful Consequences Check
Let's make technology work for 8 billion people not 8 billionaires

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 19/10/2025

#CommonplaceBook notes - not entirely about AI, and there's some novelty in the AI bits too. Thanks to all those who wrote things and linked to things recently! lbj20.blogspot.com/2025/10/comm... Share and Enjoy.

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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 16/10/2025

A morsel for your #WorldFoodDay: We can grow food in ways that restore our planet’s health. Across forests, farms and seas, regenerative food practices can help reduce climate change and biodiversity loss. Here’s how: nature.ly/47rGC7V

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Good morning good morning good morning. Society for Hopeful Technologists newsletter just dropped into 710 inboxes, including our draft charter and a load of events to sign up to buttondown.com/society-of-h...

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#3: A Hopeful Charter and First Events

Our draft charter, the first SoHoT community events, and a Hopeful Tech Reading Group with Empire of AI author Karen Hao

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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Are there any live proposals to get DSIT (and/or CLG?) to create a Civic Tech Fund? An initiative to support the UK’s civic tech movement (pro-social platforms like Library of Things, Olio, Park Run, etc) and shared infrastructure for community organising. 1/n

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Timo Laaksonen @timocybersec.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

While 69% of people feel confident in spotting online scams, 43% still fell victim last year. We conducted a survey to explore where consumer trust and the reality of cyber risks meet - or don't meet #cybersecurity www.f-secure.com/en/partners/...

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F-Secure Digital Perception-Reality Gap Report | F‑Secure

Discover how consumer trust and real cyber risks misalign—and how telcos and banks can close the gap.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

the requirements to succeed on new media platforms are almost precisely the opposite of what successful experts… have trained themselves to do: maintain an institutional tone of formal detachment & stay ruthlessly on-message at all times.’ @noupside.bsky.social carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

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For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies

To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.

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Sam Jeffers @worklesshard.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

If you were putting together a short-ish anthology of writing/commentary on "technology and society" in 2025, what do you think should be in it?

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Morning! Society for Hopeful Technologists newsletter #2 is arriving in inboxes now. A little bit on Musk and X, much more about future plans + organising buttondown.com/society-of-h... and great to have a group of fellow organisers coming together 💪

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#2: Hopeful Actions

What's next for the Society for Hopeful Technologists: events, principles, and opportunities to get involved.

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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 08/09/2025

Festival of Commoning in Stroud this Friday/Saturday festival-of-commoning.org/en_GB. Lots of interesting people and activities. I can go this year.

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home2 | Festival of Commoning

Envision a democratic future with the co-founder of Dark Matter Labs as he discusses radical designs for a better tomorrow.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

10 months ago, a company across the world put my neighbor's access to medical care at risk, giving us 2wks notice that software behind our 40 electric car chargers would be shut down. This is the story of how my neighborhood broke free from this potential disaster. natematias.com/portfolio/20...

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Escaping the chains of tethered products: the Juice Rescue project

How could a group of executives halfway across the world, with a single email, disrupt my community’s mobility, and what could we do about it?

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 23/08/2025

Laggy #CommonplaceBook notes: lbj20.blogspot.com/2025/08/comm... on climate, slop, defence, and more

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Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

🧭 We are pleased to announce that applications for the SSI Fellowship Programme 2026 are now open! The deadline to apply is Mon 6 Oct. Find out more and access further resources at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-fel...

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