Thought-provoking piece by @lewisgoodall.com. He argues that the US under Trump is no longer from the UK perspective a - military ally (Greenland) - strategic ally (Russia/Ukraine) - political ally (NSS calling for empowering far-right in Europe) - economic ally (tariffs)

On updated #gdpr #personaldata definitions, the author believes the change will “make it more difficult for organizations to achieve a good compliance posture, and more likely that they need expert help as part of their compliance programs.” Got to agree here. desfontain.es/blog/digital...

🇨🇦PM Carney: "...Stop invoking rules-based international order as though it still functions as advertised. Call it what it is: a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as coercion." (🧵2/6)

Most edited page English-language page? Well of course it’s the list of WWE personnel, with more than 59,000 revisions. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Broke the V60 jug but it’s ok, this is better. This one’s for 70s/80s Irish pub culture fans 🥃

A professional update. www.linkedin.com/posts/kimgil...

If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!

This is a gripping microhistory thread, worth the read (Don't believe Mrs. Grieve!)

Waaah can never unsee! It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...

Happy 2026! 🎆 My resolution: put @dslc.io on a sustainable footing. I’m soft-launching our Patreon to cover costs (Zoom, hosting, etc). If you love #TidyTuesday, our Slack help, or our book clubs, you can be an early supporter before the official launch Monday! patreon.com/DSLC #RStats #DataBS

Well indeed! “[…] this emphasis on understandable privacy communication reshapes how teams think about consent and control.” #policycomms #technicalcomms www.kdnuggets.com/emerging-tre...

It’s been a cat drama kind of year. Rescued, bottle fed & forever-homed a beautiful calico, kept my tuxedo in happy sun times, and outsmarted a cheeky feral balcony kitty.

~9% of readers end up finishing long form technical post & I'm emphasising the author's disclaimer, but it's worth noting for developer advocacy comms: "these insights are, as with anything n=1, fragile and should be held weakly with anticipation of more (diverse) data." lucalp.dev/do-long-tech...

You made me happy today, Gemini. You made me happy.

Happy logical Halloween

If you use #LinkedIn, you may want to access your settings here and opt out of having your data used to train their AI. This opt-in by default is ILLEGAL in the EU, but, you know, potatoes This is the direct link to opt out www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

Jesus. This graph is actually shocking! WTF is wrong with people. usafacts.org/answers/how-...

We’re looking for a developer-journalist to join @propublica.org’s News Applications team. You would write code, analyze data, build interactives — all in the service of public interest journalism. Check it out: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

tdan.com/data-is-risk... Good piece on the damage current hiring practices are doing to the ‘learning ladder’.

Cat + Sun square = Science

There are a lot more people than one might think who refuse this tech but are shamed by users. Once the space for their opinions and voices opens up, the scene will change. These stats, 18k views, are not a coincidence for example on this preprint. People want to not, yup. zenodo.org/records/1706...

no shit

Happy Blood Moon, everybody; be careful out there

The blood moon looking like a fireball from my terrace this evening. Amazing.

Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up open.substack.com/pub/mikelove...

Love this piece by @puntofisso.bsky.social , especially his learnings around intersectionality and bias in the data. nightingaledvs.com/bus-station-...

Figs plucked from the tree this morning. Enjoyed with some overnight oats for breakfast ☀️

We're about halfway through the submission period so the clock's actually ticking? (yeah I know everyone puts in their talk like 36 hours before deadline) but if you have time this week, do it! #dataBS

A whip-smart take on vibe coding. “A chaos monkey disguised as a teammate. No tests. No profiling. No understanding of side effects or performance impact. Just blind clicking and tapping and typing. The programming equivalent of punching your TV to make the static stop.” deplet.ing/the-copilot-...

“It’s very common to see data as objective, but it’s important to remember that it isn’t any more objective than we are.” thisisimportant.net/threads/data... #DataBias #OpenData

AI Hype: The phenomenon where experts without expertise hype up imminent arrival of expertise without experts. #AIAphorisms

Yay!🎉

"the data commons approach should be balanced with the market-based approach to CEDS in an inclusive hybrid data governance approach that meets material, price-driven interests, while stimulating collective learning in online networks[...]" #opendata #dataspaces www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"the digital economy’s markets provide for little incentives to use renewable energy [...] This leads to the ironic situation that one of today’s key transitions may thwart the other." medium.com/data-policy/...

Looks delish! 😌 github.com/suitenumeriq...

Shock horror everyone’s surprised: Google makes things even easier to steal. techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/p...

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Today is a great day to ditch your Echo. #privacy #AIEthics #surveillance

High-quality open data and metadata are crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Join our data.europa academy webinar on 7 March with @avilarenata.bsky.social and @naticarfi.bsky.social for expert insights into the matter. Read more: europa.eu/!d7797V #EUOpenData #OpenDataDay2025

Government Advances in Statistical Programming conference, 25-26 June 2025 statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/02/22/g...

My big fat softy of a cat would agree with this. I get really miffed when people question my reluctance to leave her alone all day or overnight. I don’t do it for my own sake but also for hers, she holds a mean grudge. getpocket.com/explore/item...

Fresh Grok 3 hype-busting from @garymarcus.bsky.social 👌 garymarcus.substack.com/p/grok-3-bet...

Great piece of data-driven journalism in @theguardian.com today. Without migration, Europe's population would fall off a cliff in the next 75 years. Any argument for tightening borders needs to contend with that reality.

I don't like wrapping up articles. Look, I'm just done, ok. I said all the words I wanted. Move on with your life!

10 years already for the annual Open Data Maturity Report! Today's compass for #OpenData supporters, pioneers, movers and shakers ...🥳 The #MustRead overview of the state of #OpenData in Europe by the EU Publications Office. europa.eu/!xHkYRM

Please share this with all your parent friends, drawing special attention to number 3. Let them eat cake, damn it! @tommyblanchard.bsky.social cognitivewonderland.substack.com/p/3-neuromyt...

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Longlist for Dublin Literary Award 2025 Revealed 2025’s longlist of 71 books nominated by libraries in 34 countries includes 7 novels by Irish authors in the running for the Dublin Literary Award prize sponsored by Dublin City Council. More: www.writing.ie/news/dublin-... #DublinLitAwards2025

I'll start recording the Breaking the Rules video course tonight. How exciting… Members will get these as they're released (and the book is already available–e-book included for members, too) The launch offer ($50) will run until I finish recording the course, so now is a good time to join

I like this a lot