Eva Pascoe
@evapascoe.bsky.social
co-founder of Cyberia Cafe,Re-imagining Cities research, RSA Trustee, creator VR /Immersive experiences, AreByte Gallery
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"It is obviously the case that we are creating information, culture, and benchmarks for society faster than we can figure out how we’re going to make sure they’re preserved." - Philip Bump @pbump.com, in a Q&A for the Vanishing Culture report.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/04/v...
🕳️ #VanishingCulture
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🕳️ #VanishingCulture
July 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"It is obviously the case that we are creating information, culture, and benchmarks for society faster than we can figure out how we’re going to make sure they’re preserved." - Philip Bump @pbump.com, in a Q&A for the Vanishing Culture report.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/04/v...
🕳️ #VanishingCulture
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/04/v...
🕳️ #VanishingCulture
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Our next event has been announced!
We'll be returning to Newspeak House on Wednesday, 23 July from 7 pm to 10 pm. RSVP here!
lu.ma/15mefous?tk=...
We're currently looking for shorter (5-15 minutes) and longer (15-30 minute) talks. Cool new project? Big new idea? We want to hear about it! DM us!
We'll be returning to Newspeak House on Wednesday, 23 July from 7 pm to 10 pm. RSVP here!
lu.ma/15mefous?tk=...
We're currently looking for shorter (5-15 minutes) and longer (15-30 minute) talks. Cool new project? Big new idea? We want to hear about it! DM us!
July ATProto London · Luma
More details tktk
lu.ma
July 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Our next event has been announced!
We'll be returning to Newspeak House on Wednesday, 23 July from 7 pm to 10 pm. RSVP here!
lu.ma/15mefous?tk=...
We're currently looking for shorter (5-15 minutes) and longer (15-30 minute) talks. Cool new project? Big new idea? We want to hear about it! DM us!
We'll be returning to Newspeak House on Wednesday, 23 July from 7 pm to 10 pm. RSVP here!
lu.ma/15mefous?tk=...
We're currently looking for shorter (5-15 minutes) and longer (15-30 minute) talks. Cool new project? Big new idea? We want to hear about it! DM us!
AI right to train versus creator’s copyrights- key points from recent legal wrangles netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/07/11/c...
Conundrum
It took me six hours of listening to people with differing points of view discuss AI and copyright at a workshop, organized by the Sussex Centre for Law and Tec
netwars.pelicancrossing.net
July 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
AI right to train versus creator’s copyrights- key points from recent legal wrangles netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/07/11/c...
www.globaltimes.cn/page/202501/... love this story about TikTok refugees joining a Chinese App and finding new connections 😍 #Friends #LiHuaLetters
www.globaltimes.cn
January 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
www.globaltimes.cn/page/202501/... love this story about TikTok refugees joining a Chinese App and finding new connections 😍 #Friends #LiHuaLetters
Join #ArtsBirthday new Music party in #VR Cyberia Cafe 17th Jan 6.30 GMT cybersalon.org/arts-birthda...
Arts Birthday 2025 – Surrealist Symphony - Cybersalon
6.30-7.30pm GMT on Spatial.Io VR in Cyberia Café bar Access with Mobile, Desktop or VR headset, when
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January 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Join #ArtsBirthday new Music party in #VR Cyberia Cafe 17th Jan 6.30 GMT cybersalon.org/arts-birthda...
Now that you opened your Xmas gifts, please check what private data your new airfryer or new voice controlled smart TV wants to gather!
*New gadgets from Far East brands want to record yr voice calls, your post code data, gender and a lot more 😡
*ICO Stephen Almond aware #Surveillance #VoiceControl
*New gadgets from Far East brands want to record yr voice calls, your post code data, gender and a lot more 😡
*ICO Stephen Almond aware #Surveillance #VoiceControl
December 31, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Now that you opened your Xmas gifts, please check what private data your new airfryer or new voice controlled smart TV wants to gather!
*New gadgets from Far East brands want to record yr voice calls, your post code data, gender and a lot more 😡
*ICO Stephen Almond aware #Surveillance #VoiceControl
*New gadgets from Far East brands want to record yr voice calls, your post code data, gender and a lot more 😡
*ICO Stephen Almond aware #Surveillance #VoiceControl
Remember #browserWars of the early Internet? Courts orders Google to sell #Chrome , but in the Age of AI, are browsers going to matter ? this and more updates in new #Vort3X cybersalon.org/vort3x-35/ cc @mikebutcher.bsky.social @wendyg.bsky.social @billt.bsky.social @thersaorg.bsky.social
Vort3x | Cybersalon | December 15, 2024 - Cybersalon
Vort3x, published on the 15th of each month, aims to pick out significant developments in the inters
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December 15, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Remember #browserWars of the early Internet? Courts orders Google to sell #Chrome , but in the Age of AI, are browsers going to matter ? this and more updates in new #Vort3X cybersalon.org/vort3x-35/ cc @mikebutcher.bsky.social @wendyg.bsky.social @billt.bsky.social @thersaorg.bsky.social
Can we prepare for low-probability extreme weather events? Are taxpayers prepared to pay for a wide range of mitigations? Is it possible to forecast low-prob weather events? Https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl9yk42rz7o
UK 'not ready' for extreme weather, says climate change head
The head of the Climate Change Committee calls on the government to invest in adaptations now.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Can we prepare for low-probability extreme weather events? Are taxpayers prepared to pay for a wide range of mitigations? Is it possible to forecast low-prob weather events? Https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl9yk42rz7o
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Nah shut up this is too good.
Basic person: “Hur hur the Murdochs are acting just like an episode of Succession!!!!”
Overly clever person: “Well actually it’s not that simple, there’s a lot of nuance.”
The Murdochs, watching Succession: “We should copy that.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
Basic person: “Hur hur the Murdochs are acting just like an episode of Succession!!!!”
Overly clever person: “Well actually it’s not that simple, there’s a lot of nuance.”
The Murdochs, watching Succession: “We should copy that.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
December 9, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Nah shut up this is too good.
Basic person: “Hur hur the Murdochs are acting just like an episode of Succession!!!!”
Overly clever person: “Well actually it’s not that simple, there’s a lot of nuance.”
The Murdochs, watching Succession: “We should copy that.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
Basic person: “Hur hur the Murdochs are acting just like an episode of Succession!!!!”
Overly clever person: “Well actually it’s not that simple, there’s a lot of nuance.”
The Murdochs, watching Succession: “We should copy that.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
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Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden calls on the civil service to embrace start-ups' test-and-learn culture in a major speech at @uclofficial.bsky.social East London campus. His comments follow Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's recent speech on public-sector reform www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/de...
Minister delivers start-up culture to innovate public sector speech at UCL
Cabinet office minister Pat McFadden has outlined the next phase of the Government’s reform of the civil service in a significant speech at our UCL East campus.
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 9, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden calls on the civil service to embrace start-ups' test-and-learn culture in a major speech at @uclofficial.bsky.social East London campus. His comments follow Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's recent speech on public-sector reform www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/de...
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A simple experiment you can do is buy a server, set up a website with nothing on it, then look at the access logs. All day, every day, there are random systems just blasting vulnerabilities at every device on the internet. Analysts call it "background noise", executives call it "cyber attacks".
December 6, 2024 at 2:15 AM
A simple experiment you can do is buy a server, set up a website with nothing on it, then look at the access logs. All day, every day, there are random systems just blasting vulnerabilities at every device on the internet. Analysts call it "background noise", executives call it "cyber attacks".
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Across the six countries featured in our recent report on AI,
more respondents expected news produced mostly by AI to be less trustworthy (-17) and less transparent (-8), but more up to date (+22) and cheaper to make (+33)
Read the report in full reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-does-pu...
more respondents expected news produced mostly by AI to be less trustworthy (-17) and less transparent (-8), but more up to date (+22) and cheaper to make (+33)
Read the report in full reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-does-pu...
December 6, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Across the six countries featured in our recent report on AI,
more respondents expected news produced mostly by AI to be less trustworthy (-17) and less transparent (-8), but more up to date (+22) and cheaper to make (+33)
Read the report in full reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-does-pu...
more respondents expected news produced mostly by AI to be less trustworthy (-17) and less transparent (-8), but more up to date (+22) and cheaper to make (+33)
Read the report in full reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-does-pu...
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TikTok faces a US ban after an appeals court on Friday rejected its challenge to a law requiring the video-sharing app to divest from its Chinese parent company by January 19 ➡️ u.afp.com/5Cnc
December 6, 2024 at 4:51 PM
TikTok faces a US ban after an appeals court on Friday rejected its challenge to a law requiring the video-sharing app to divest from its Chinese parent company by January 19 ➡️ u.afp.com/5Cnc
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📌We are looking for our next lead author of the Digital News Report, the most comprehensive study of news consumption worldwide.
CLOSING SOON: Expressions of interest needed by 10 December.
Everything about the role and how to apply ⬇️
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
CLOSING SOON: Expressions of interest needed by 10 December.
Everything about the role and how to apply ⬇️
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
The Reuters Institute is seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report
Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
December 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
📌We are looking for our next lead author of the Digital News Report, the most comprehensive study of news consumption worldwide.
CLOSING SOON: Expressions of interest needed by 10 December.
Everything about the role and how to apply ⬇️
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
CLOSING SOON: Expressions of interest needed by 10 December.
Everything about the role and how to apply ⬇️
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
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We *told* them at the time...
Remember this next time they again try to ban or backdoor encryption...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack that exposed live phone calls
FBI and CISA officials said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:08 PM
We *told* them at the time...
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as a kid, i fixed my parent's computer. as an adult I fix my kids's computer. pretty sure we are the only gen that knows how computers work
December 3, 2024 at 12:37 PM
as a kid, i fixed my parent's computer. as an adult I fix my kids's computer. pretty sure we are the only gen that knows how computers work
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As ‘brain rot’ is declared word of the year by the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary, Tony Thorne, language consultant @kingsartshums.bsky.social reflects on what it means and what it tells us about evolving language today.
#KingsQs 🧵⬇️
#KingsQs 🧵⬇️
December 3, 2024 at 10:23 AM
As ‘brain rot’ is declared word of the year by the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary, Tony Thorne, language consultant @kingsartshums.bsky.social reflects on what it means and what it tells us about evolving language today.
#KingsQs 🧵⬇️
#KingsQs 🧵⬇️
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This week's net.wars, "Blue", watches as millions join Bluesky in one week, and offers advice to those seeking a new online home: netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/11/22/b...
Blue
The inxodus onto Bluesky noted here last week continues apace: the site's added a million users a day for more than a week, gradually slowing down from 12 new u
netwars.pelicancrossing.net
November 22, 2024 at 1:14 PM
This week's net.wars, "Blue", watches as millions join Bluesky in one week, and offers advice to those seeking a new online home: netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/11/22/b...
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🎄💾🗓️ Day 2: Retrocomputing Advent Calendar brings us the TRS-80! 🎄💾🗓️
December 2, 2024 at 10:41 PM
🎄💾🗓️ Day 2: Retrocomputing Advent Calendar brings us the TRS-80! 🎄💾🗓️
Is Industrial Strategy going to clash with Local Growth plans and Productivity Plans?
71st @strandgroup.bsky.social
Permanent Secretary of Department for Business & Trade Gareth Davies giving his Inaugural Lecture as Visiting Professor on ‘The Industrial Strategy: What it is, what it isn’t, and lessons from history’
Chaired by @jonmdavis.bsky.social
@policyatkings.bsky.social
Permanent Secretary of Department for Business & Trade Gareth Davies giving his Inaugural Lecture as Visiting Professor on ‘The Industrial Strategy: What it is, what it isn’t, and lessons from history’
Chaired by @jonmdavis.bsky.social
@policyatkings.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Is Industrial Strategy going to clash with Local Growth plans and Productivity Plans?
Creatives and their role in powering the city- g8 paper cc @thersaorg.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social
🚨🚨New Article🚨🚨
"Cultural and creative industries and local economic growth: exploring the urban channel" by Roberto Dellisanti.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Cultural and creative industries and local economic growth: exploring the urban channel" by Roberto Dellisanti.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 2, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Creatives and their role in powering the city- g8 paper cc @thersaorg.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social
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How can arts and culture unleash community creativity and amplify civic voices? Join our expert panel to hear impactful insights and experiences from community-led projects.
Book your spot: thersa.co/4ejbDLz #londonevents
Book your spot: thersa.co/4ejbDLz #londonevents
Empowering civic voice - RSA Public Talks
Join our expert panel to hear impactful insights and experiences from community-led projects. Discover how these initiatives have empowered citizens to speak up for their communities and shape their s...
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November 25, 2024 at 2:53 PM
How can arts and culture unleash community creativity and amplify civic voices? Join our expert panel to hear impactful insights and experiences from community-led projects.
Book your spot: thersa.co/4ejbDLz #londonevents
Book your spot: thersa.co/4ejbDLz #londonevents