Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

I can see the value in proprietary apps and platforms that make it easy for users. I can also see the value in a well-kept turnpike or toll bridge.

But.

There is even greater value in open source, non-proprietary networks and protocols, just there is greater value in the public highway being open to all.

But law and policy, like politics, is the art of the possible.

Rather than building another bridge or road, removing the toll-booths on the current ones may be a good approach.

I wasn't expecting my first professional engagement after finishing work in a church to be "a whirlwind of burlesque, drag, stand-up and variety!" but here we are.

For #London and London-Adjacent folk:

On Friday 14th July I'm appearing (with my #ukulele ) as part of the "Glitter and Titter" #cabaret night, downstairs at the Albany pub at the top of Great Portland St, W1 (right next to Gt Port St tube).

Doors open at 7:30pm for an 8pm show - all done by 10:30pm. Tickets £10 from https://glitter-titter-cabaret.designmynight.com/

Let me know if you're coming!

PS if you'd like to get updates regularly about performance and music news, the best thing is to follow me on band camp.

https://lloyddavis.bandcamp.com/follow_me

RT Timothy Snyder
"Those threats are to intimidate us. The definition of terrorism is to make us afraid so we refrain from the decisions we would otherwise make. And this is what they [Russia] are trying to do." ~Kaja Kallas
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2023/jul/08/ukraine-nato-must-step-in-to-stop-russia?CMP=share_btn_tw

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/TimothyDSnyder/status/1678147908237967362

UK Hacker Friends!

I'm trying to quickly throw together a list of "Northern" Hacker/Cyber events/meets, past and present.

What have I missed???

... and no, this isn't for the book, that's indefinitely shelved.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hjnEtV1JzLSG397REM_yRAFohwo4dmZqHJ-ZJxwkWk8/edit?usp=sharing

People need to stop idolizing absolute idiots. #elonmusk

Platformism is the same as conservativism: "in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

#FrankWilhoit #Twiddling #SelectiveDisruption #RIPPowerVentures

https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980

I know that a lot of people have no idea where food comes from or don’t have relationship with food other than it comes from groceries/restaurant/mother/wife. This. This is wild.

> If there is one piece of wisdom I gleaned from this experiment, it’s that human intelligence is fundamentally interdisciplinary. Language bleeds into sight, which tangles with memory or personality and so on. Artificial intelligence programs don’t really work that way. It may be able to do one thing really well – maybe even a few things. But once you push it past its assigned skill, it’s blobs all the way down.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/08/us/chatgpt-crochet-patterns-artifical-intelligence-cec/index.html

Okay, thanks to the call by Stacia Garr on LinkedIn, here it is:

My top talks from my #AcademicRunPlaylist on the topics of AI, ethics, and people analytics (broadly defined) from the last year (182 talks in total) 🎉

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IX_oMip0itLVXoP9UZUDpdrXFOOryle1jXecE12iGY/edit?usp=sharing

Enjoy!

I miss big pockets 😂

Follow me for more quick easy recipes

Absolutely one of my favorites I've done. Drew Murdoc in his new cult look when Cracker Island got released.

#gorillaz #fanart #art #artwork #artist #digitalart #digitalpainting #illustration #portrait #cartoon #drawing #mastoart

Since 2008 English government has issued £850b in bonds, which the BoE has printed "money" to buy.

This is partly why we have inflation.

The other reasons are: Political risk (four unelected prime ministers and a pantomime instead of good governance). And investors fear the BoE will restart the printing presses.

2/2

Me: And I believe you offer a señor discount.

Waiter: You mean the senior discount?

Me, wearing a poncho and sombrero: I knew it was too bueno to be true.

1/ Many ordinary Russians reached with eagerness and excitement to the Wagner Group's mutiny – from the woman who cancelled sex to await the Wagnerites' arrival, to the many people who went out on the streets to take selfies with them. It indicates a widespread desire for change. ⬇️