Couldn't make it to Agile Cambridge?

Lean Agile Scotland runs at the end of this month...

1&2 day tickets available.

Event programme: https://leanagile.scot/programme-2026

Keynotes: Dave Farley, Cat Swetel & Dan Vacanti.

Has anyone done #ClimateFresk and is it any good? I have the opportunity to sign up for some training, but I'll be honest I'm very involved in this sort of area and _I_ don't fully understand what "fresk" means. And I'm a bit wary of the utility of a climate communication workshop where even the name of the workshop requests understanding special terminology. Has anyone done it and is it worth it?

To be a bit more specific, it's the Guardian asking, it's William MacAskill and Lucius Caviola, who are respectively "a Scottish philosopher and cofounder of the effective altruism movement" and an "Assistant Professor in the Social Science of AI at the University of Cambridge".

Not surprised to see this coming from one the main AE figureheads, whose ex-wife is a philosopher working at Anthropic (and before that OpenAI) and in charge of "Claude's personality and constitution".

Time flies! #DisinfoCon is already happening next week! If you’ll be in Vilnius too, ping me.

On Thursday, @robin D Scarnecchia and I will dive into all things trust and safety on the #OpenSocialWeb — can’t wait!

More info: https://www.disinfo.eu/conference/ #disinfo2026

Opt Out October

https://www.eff.org/pages/i-want-opt-out-social-media-controlled-big-tech

@Sascha

Edamus Harry und der Münsterplatz in Bonn:
"01:25:12: Und wer heute zuvieliger, weil wir das hier morgens, Freitagsmorgens halt heute in Bonn unterwegs ist kann uns auf dem Münsterplatz sehen dich im sechzehn und dreißig [@dennishorn] michem achtzehn Uhr [@gavinkarlmeier]." (aus Transkript https://hakendran.podigee.io/635-edamus-harry-mit-dennis-horn)

"Could #AI be conscious?" asks the Guardian, continuing with "Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications."

Really? I mean, we *know* many, many non-human animals are conscious and we collectively have no plan to navigate the ethical implications of that.

In fact, we have an entire economic system designed to absolutely avoid and negate the ethical implications of their sentience so we can keep on exploiting them.

#animalrights #vegan

@crampi j'ouvre ce que je veux ?

She championed #womenInSTEM writing, “I live and work under 3 basic assumptions. 1: There is no problem in science that can be solved by a man that cannot be solved by a woman. 2: Worldwide, half of all brains are in women. 3: We all need permission to do science, but, for reasons that are deeply ingrained in history, this permission is more often given to men than to women.” 🧵5/5

@futurebird Gonna buy the max allotments of special release cards themselves and mark them up 5x on eBay for actual kids?

@neil But my server has an invulnerable save.

For @spacetober_challenge prompt day 2: galaxy - astronomer Vera Rubin (neé Cooper, ‘28-‘16) & her discovery that angular motion of galaxies deviates from predictions, 1st evidence for dark matter, now known as 5x as common as matter & the stuff which dictates dynamics of galaxies & evolution of our universe! The Nobel committee waited 3 years after she died to reward another for the theory of dark matter.
🧵1/

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#printmaking #sciart #linocut

Yo chooms, it's Bandcamp Friday!
Time to load up your cyberdeck with fresh stuff.

Eddies running low? Same. Code cyber gets you 90% off all digital releases, enough to flood every last gig of storage you've got.

Every sale goes straight into the fund for a surgery I still need and still have to pay for, so anything you throw my way actually matters. And if your wallet's running on fumes: boosts are free and help just as much

https://revengeday.bandcamp.com

#BandcampFriday #Music #FediMusic #Techno #DrumAndBass #Art

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A few voices - almost all former Brexiters - are now popping up to issue warnings. Oh you don't want that debate again, we'll fuck you up. But in fact the position of the reactionary right is as weak as its been for years and the position of progressives is shockingly robust. If not now, when?

@Edent @mrpjevans ᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ɪʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ.

ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴠɪsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀɪꜰɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ.

→ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀᴇ: 🔗 https://mastodon.hnwind.com/231088901

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ!

@tino https://fediverse.info/why

There was a line wrapped half way around the block in front of Target on 86th street for pokémon cards? Not a single child in the line. Everyone is like 30 years old and holding a camping chair.

No fun costumes or cute tee-shirts on this crowd: They look really serious and a little mean? I’m scared.

@dansup ᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ɪʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ.

ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴠɪsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀɪꜰɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ.

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ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ!

In short: Fuck that, and fuck them. iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...