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Steve Heaney

@steveheaney.bsky.social
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working in cybersecurity; hopeful for the potential of AI and Web 3.0; committed to environmental sustainability, addressing climate change and social equality.

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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. Join me! donate.wikimedia.org
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Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This Is For Everyone is now available in paperback. You might recognise the face on the cover...a younger me at MIT in 1998 when 150 million people used the web. Today it's roughly 6 billion. Read about how the web came to be and where I think it's going ➡️ thisisforeveryone.timbl.com
The paperback cover of 'This Is For Everyone' by Tim Berners-Lee with a photo of Tim in front of a blackboard at MIT.
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 05/06/2026
There's been debate about the exact definition of a sandwich. Can a hot dog be categorized as a sandwich? How about a wrap or a bagel? Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/Qeit
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Wonderfully entertaining as well as motivating event with @kateraworth.bsky.social in conversation with @sophieraworth2024.bsky.social at @hayfestival.bsky.social. Need to see more of Kate and Sophie on stage together!
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
At @hayfestival today with @zannymb discussing my new book, The Common Good Economy. Today | 14:30 | Discovery Stage | Hay Festival | Pre-order the book: www.penguin.co.uk/books/464576...
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I'd encourage anyone interested to also see the TEDTalk (www.ted.com/talks/rory_s...) that @rory-stewart.bsky.social delivered in 2024. Such a simple but effective approach to addressing global poverty.
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To end extreme poverty, give cash — not advice
Are traditional philanthropy efforts actually taking money from the poor? Former UK Member of Parliament Rory Stewart breaks down why many global development projects waste money on programs that don't work. He advocates for a radical reversal rooted in evidence: giving unconditional cash transfers directly to those in need, a method that could unlock the secret of addressing extreme poverty worldwide.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Almost two-thirds of Europeans polled believe that replacing American tech services with European alternatives is a good idea, but those surveyed are divided if that shift is realistic, according to YouGov research shared with Tech Policy Press. Contributing editor Mark Scott details key findings.
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Almost Two-Thirds of Europeans Back Replacing US Tech, Poll Finds
EU leaders are pursuing digital sovereignty plans to reduce the 27-country bloc’s dependence on the United States, writes Mark Scott.
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Jonathan Haidt @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We had a perception of reality before that this was just inevitable: "What are you going to do? Social media is here to stay.“ Now suddenly we’re all saying, "Wait, everybody agrees this is harmful for kids. So why are we giving it to kids?” Including my thoughts:
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1 down, 1000s to go: A landmark verdict could reshape social media | CNN Business
A first-of-its-kind decision marked a crucial moment of accountability for social media companies. It’s just the beginning.
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United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies @unodet.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
At its inaugural meeting, the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI elected its first Co-Chairs: @yoshuabengio.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @mariaressa.bsky.social 🇵🇭 They’ll guide the Panel’s work, uphold its scientific integrity & report on the Panel’s work twice a year. First report: July 2026
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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We are very proud to welcome Dame Jacinda to @law-zero.bsky.social's Global Advisory Council! Her exceptional track record of leading with integrity and her experience in international approaches to technology-driven global issues will be of great value to our organization.
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Jonathan Haidt @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The greatest downside from social media — for adults, but especially for kids and teens — is the attention fragmentation. The UK is about to adopt an Australia-style minimum age for social media accounts policy — this morning on Good Morning Britain:
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
www.inrupt.com/blog/googles... What could possibly go wrong? Search, social media and now shopping. Google replaces Amazon as a new middleman, gathers yet more information, influences and drives yet more user behaviour. "The search monopoly was powerful. This could be something else entirely".
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Google's AI Shopping Agents: A New Threat to Your Customer Relationships | Inrupt
Retailers face a critical choice: build AI capabilities on infrastructure you control, or face disintermediation by big platforms. Inrupt's Chief Growth Officer explains why Google's new AI shopping a...
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Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Is generative AI the key to better public services? Find out at our FREE webinar where experts discuss strategies for reliable and trustworthy AI in government services. With @emercoleman.bsky.social @richardpope.org @elenasimperl.bsky.social & Andy Dudfield from Full Fact buff.ly/ciFXp7r
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
On 5th July this year, Palestine Action was proscribed after a vote in Parliament invoking the Terrorism Act 2000. Since then, police have made over 2,700 arrests for peacefully protesting. These arrests are unlawful. Amnesty UK has intervened in the Judicial Review in the courts.
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Growth itself is not a mission, but a metric divorced from genuine purpose. Peace as a mission connects domestic renewal with global responsibility – and serves as the potential engine for economic transformation. Read more in our latest for Project Syndicate ➡️ buff.ly/Jv2ZeSc
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat. Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'. Get on with it already! Sign the petition: actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
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Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
There were some incredibly powerful talks at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing today And hearing 9 interrelated themes brought home the systemic nature of the polycrisis. Can this be the start of a societal tipping point? . www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
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Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Can you help us make volunteering opportunities easier to find and share? Join our hackathon to test and explore how open data can connect more people with opportunities to help. 3–4 December 2025, find out more
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Open Data Infrastructure for Volunteering Hackathon.
Join us to help make volunteering opportunities easier to find and share
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The epic conclusion to The Book of Dust is a powerful critique of capitalism from a storyteller of exceptional power, writes Rowan Williams. bit.ly/4owjpay
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Philip Pullman’s The Rose Field: a manifesto for how to b...
The epic conclusion to The Book of Dust is a powerful critique of capitalism from a storyteller of exceptional power
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Great news and deserved recognition. Very much enjoying listening to the audio version read by Stephen Fry👌🏻
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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Establishing where we collectively draw red lines is essential to prevent unacceptable AI risks. See the statement signed by myself and over 200 prominent figures: red-lines.ai
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200+ prominent figures endorse Global Call for AI Red Lines
AI could soon far surpass human capabilities and escalate risks such as engineered pandemics, widespread disinformation, large-scale manipulation of individuals including children...
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Something that we can all feel good about ….
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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
To better understand & navigate the path to superintelligence & prevent the creation of uncontrolled AI, we must build trust across corporations & countries, create safety & verification mechanisms, avoid dangerous power imbalance, and ensure AI's benefits are shared globally. campaign.controlai.com
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Ban Superintelligence
Preventing extinction risk from AI.
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
“These systems are designed to be addictive, feeding people more and more extreme content, making them alternately angry and sad”
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“Their silence, because they’re afraid, is their support to the genocide.” 👏👏👏
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A privilege to hear in person from @timbl.bsky.social tonight in London. Both inspirational and funny! Plus solid plugging for Solid 👍🏻
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
"Perhaps what is most extraordinary about Berners-Lee’s career is that he never sought to own or profit from his invention". While so many did look to profit from what he invented, TimBL instead continues to work tirelessly to build something that is for everyone.
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Looking forward to speaking w @kateraworth.bsky.social at #WorldDesignCongress. We'll explore how to redesign economy for planetary & social wellbeing. I'll be launching a new paper on Public Value of Arts & Culture. 9 Sep | 11:30 BST | Hybrid | www.worlddesigncongresslondon.com/en/book-now
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Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
In 4 days my memoir 📕 'This Is for Everyone' will be published. The book tour kicks off the same day with many more events following. Follow the journey on the book's Instagram - instagram.com/sirtimberner...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
1. Out of curiosity, I went through the feeds of some habitual tuna tormentors. I found they’re big on: - fox hunting - Reform UK - antagonism to asylum seekers. In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 🧵
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Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ | George Monbiot
A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine. Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A powerful voice and a powerful message.
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Very much looking forwards to seeing TimBL in London 👍🏻. Guest appearance by @stephenfry.bsky.social perhaps??
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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Remarkable letter signed by former Israeli security chiefs: ‘Netanyahu is leading the nation to unprecedented defeat. Stop the futile war. Bring the hostages back at once!’ Signatories include former heads of Mossad, Shin Bet, military intelligence, chiefs of staff etc.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
My column today on preparing for arrest under the Terrorism Act 2000. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I went out to challenge the law used to ban Palestine Action. Would I be arrested too? | George Monbiot
Around the country, peaceful protesters see their actions as the legitimate exercise of free speech. The police often disagree – and that’s a problem for our democracy, says Guardian columnist George ...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Former magistrate, 81, faces six months in jail for Palestine Action vigil More than 200 people arrested for supporting Palestine Action, a group recently proscribed by the Labour government. It was the first time in her life that she had been arrested. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Former magistrate, 81, faces six months in jail for Pales...
Cornish pensioner arrested at Truro cathedral falls foul of government’s labelling of direct action group as a terrorist organisation
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
If the police arrest me for this, it's a direct attack on the expression of opinion: ie on free speech. But the Terrorism Act is so madly oppressive and loosely framed that I have no idea which side of it I'm on. And I suspect it's the same for them.
A photo of me holding a placard stating:
Palestine Action 
Are
Protesters
Not
Terrorists
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
'Cabinet ministers and third of MPs call on Starmer to recognise state of Palestine' This really shouldn't be hard: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Cabinet ministers and third of MPs call on Starmer to recognise state of Palestine
More than 220 MPs sign letter to prime minister and foreign secretary calling for British recognition of statehood
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Credit to Nick Robinson for refusing to be deflected in getting answers to his questions as David Mencer tries every which way to defend the indefensible and to blame everybody else but his government.
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I so admire Gideon Levy - Israeli Journalist, Haaretz.
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Mustafa Suleyman @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We're taking a big step towards medical superintelligence. AI models have aced multiple choice medical exams – but real patients don’t come with ABC answer options. Now MAI-DxO can solve some of the world’s toughest open-ended cases with higher accuracy and lower costs.
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Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Tour dates for my book ‘This is for Everyone’ released today. Join me in London Sept 9th, Oxford Sept 10th or Edinburgh Sept 13th. More on US dates and the rest of the 🌍 soon. ‪‪ 🙏 @intelligence2.bsky.social @blackwells.bsky.social @portybooks.bsky.social linktr.ee/thisisforeve...
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thisisforeveryoneukevents | Instagram | Linktree
The groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web
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Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
“Donald is one of the most aggrieved people on the planet.”
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Trump’s niece ‘devastated’ by uncle’s election: ‘I knew it was going to be awful’
Mary Trump branded her uncle ‘pathetic’ as she revealed she took his initial electoral success ‘personally’
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Had the privilege to hear @maryltrump.bsky.social talk at @hayfestival.bsky.social. Full of admiration for her tenacity, resilience, stoicism and bravery. Somebody to celebrate. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump has ‘never evolved, which is dangerous’, his niece Mary Trump says
Mary Trump tells Hay-on-Wye book festival in Wales that her uncle, the US president, ‘isn’t close with anybody’
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Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Very happy to have been in conversation with the wonderful Rosie Boycott at the Hay Festival yesterday, talking about my book ‘ A Climate of Truth’ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Challenge use of ‘nefarious’ news sources, says environmentalist
Mike Berners-Lee tells Hay festival audience to make spread of political deceit more socially embarrassing
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GiveDirectly @give-directly.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We went back to Kenyan villages 10 years after families got $1,000 in cash aid ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj28...
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$1,000 Changed Their Lives—See What It Looks Like 10 Years Later | GiveDirectly
YouTube video by GiveDirectly
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Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Over the last 50 years “..the US economy did very well indeed. The problem, simply, was that it was not evenly distributed among sectors. And what the US lacked was levels of redistribution and adaptation to spread that wealth across the country. This reflects America's political choices”
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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The editor of @TheEconomist on Trump’s tariffs: ‘flawed economics, inaccurate history & cockamamie calculations used to justify the most wrong-headed & damaging policy decision in decades… These mindless tariffs will cause chaos. Almost everything Mr Trump said… was deluded.’
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Tanya O'Carroll @tanya.eurosky.social · 22/03/2025
Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
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One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone
Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta
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