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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026

yes, and doing that with an adversarial mindset... I'm anticipating digital services getting a whole lot less reliable for a while, as agents just generally make a mess of stuff for everyone [else]

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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 · 06/09/2026

People have often suggested I apply, but you have to be in London 🤷‍♀️

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026

here's some of mine - https:// societyforhopefultechnologists.org/ https:// climateaction.tech/ https:// infrastructureclub.org/ https:// witchat.github.io/ www. emfcamp.org/ plus www. festivalofcommoning.org/ (an event i hope becomes a community) & #wutheringbytes. thanks #oshcamp team!

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Women In Technology Chat Group

Women In Technology chat group. Read code of conduct, request invite here.

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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 · 24/07/2026

You... measured. Wow. I haven't dared! I just have a lot of double stacked shelves, plus most books remain in boxes since our move. When the next round of shelves are up maybe i'll measure, rather than just adding more shelves iteratively...

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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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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026

good point that 'community calendar' is undefined :) in my mind it's something like.. decentralised (in the sense of not requiring 1 admin person to create events) events listings, with minimal platform lock-in, and the ability to integrate/embed the data elsewhere...

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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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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 22/03/2026

probably Daffodils. Also the Marrog, a children's fun poem with an action moment, because one should always have something entertaining to hand

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 10/03/2026

in my mind your life is already beautifully low clutter! partly because you have lived on a boat, whereas I am currently packing up all our worldly goods to move house and even though we decluttered in the winter holidays there's still a lot :)

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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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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 13/02/2026

i find daisydisk is super useful for figuring out what is consuming disk space...

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 06/02/2026

Yes, didn't do any validation on it tho

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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

a black background with three postit notes on that sat Activate Hope, Demystify Tech, Positive Visions

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

ooh :) I've not listened regularly for some time, and only occasionally in 2024, when the hyperlocal consensus was that it Was Not What It Was. is it... picking up? do i want to join in on the whodunnit?

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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 · 28/12/2025

The video clearly shows he decided it was time for a nap, quite a graceful slump into slumber

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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 25/12/2025

Superb! Good knotting there. I'm always glad to see cardamom buns here, cinnamon is so dominant and much less interesting

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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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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 20/12/2025

the art installation world still seems to run on Kinects (was in a lovely example earlier today)

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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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Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social · 04/12/2025

a colleague has their Teams background set to a photo of one of the tiniest 'pods' in HQ, awkward camera angle and all, perfection

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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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