John Bevan
@bevangelist.bsky.social
Now, I'm not an expert but...
Founding Member We Are Open Coop
http://weareopen.coop
or perhaps know you from dotcomrades, mozilla, bbc, rewiredstate, guardian, human made
Founding Member We Are Open Coop
http://weareopen.coop
or perhaps know you from dotcomrades, mozilla, bbc, rewiredstate, guardian, human made
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Where's this from then? (@bevangelist.bsky.social you are definitely banned from this one)
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Where's this from then? (@bevangelist.bsky.social you are definitely banned from this one)
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New on the @weareopen.coop blog, Part 3 of our #AI series accompanying our Friends of the Earth report on Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice. Today we pull out some starting principles for ethical AI
Starting principles for the ethical use of AI
Part 3 of our series on AI and Activism looks at the seven principles we developed in collaboration with Friends of the Earth for climate…
blog.weareopen.coop
February 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New on the @weareopen.coop blog, Part 3 of our #AI series accompanying our Friends of the Earth report on Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice. Today we pull out some starting principles for ethical AI
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We finished this work before Christmas, so there's plenty we would have had added. Also expecting pushback on some things as it's neither utopian nor dystopian ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#AI #Environment #ClimateEmergency
#AI #Environment #ClimateEmergency
TODAY we've had a report on 'Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice' published by Friends of the Earth
@epilepticrabbit.bsky.social, one of the authors, has created a four-part blog post series, pulling out some of the key themes.
Part 1: blog.weareopen.coop/understandin...
@epilepticrabbit.bsky.social, one of the authors, has created a four-part blog post series, pulling out some of the key themes.
Part 1: blog.weareopen.coop/understandin...
Understanding Predominant Narratives in AI
Over the past months, WAO has been working on a report called Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice for Friends of the Earth. Funded by…
blog.weareopen.coop
February 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We finished this work before Christmas, so there's plenty we would have had added. Also expecting pushback on some things as it's neither utopian nor dystopian ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#AI #Environment #ClimateEmergency
#AI #Environment #ClimateEmergency
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TODAY we've had a report on 'Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice' published by Friends of the Earth
@epilepticrabbit.bsky.social, one of the authors, has created a four-part blog post series, pulling out some of the key themes.
Part 1: blog.weareopen.coop/understandin...
@epilepticrabbit.bsky.social, one of the authors, has created a four-part blog post series, pulling out some of the key themes.
Part 1: blog.weareopen.coop/understandin...
Understanding Predominant Narratives in AI
Over the past months, WAO has been working on a report called Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice for Friends of the Earth. Funded by…
blog.weareopen.coop
February 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
TODAY we've had a report on 'Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice' published by Friends of the Earth
@epilepticrabbit.bsky.social, one of the authors, has created a four-part blog post series, pulling out some of the key themes.
Part 1: blog.weareopen.coop/understandin...
@epilepticrabbit.bsky.social, one of the authors, has created a four-part blog post series, pulling out some of the key themes.
Part 1: blog.weareopen.coop/understandin...
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Work in a union and got a few minutes to spare as we come towards the end of the day (Europe) or kick the day off (N America)?
Use those minutes productively and fill in our quick survey on AI use in unions —> unions21.fillout.com/2025-ai-survey
Use those minutes productively and fill in our quick survey on AI use in unions —> unions21.fillout.com/2025-ai-survey
January 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Work in a union and got a few minutes to spare as we come towards the end of the day (Europe) or kick the day off (N America)?
Use those minutes productively and fill in our quick survey on AI use in unions —> unions21.fillout.com/2025-ai-survey
Use those minutes productively and fill in our quick survey on AI use in unions —> unions21.fillout.com/2025-ai-survey
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We began the Ethical Web Principles as a W3CTAG doc, to record the ethics behind our architectural decisions & advice.
Today, it’s a W3C statement: it’s been endorsed by W3C as a whole
Thanks to my co-editors @torgo.com & @rhiaro.co.uk; rest of the TAG; & all who helped
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
Today, it’s a W3C statement: it’s been endorsed by W3C as a whole
Thanks to my co-editors @torgo.com & @rhiaro.co.uk; rest of the TAG; & all who helped
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
w3.org
December 12, 2024 at 9:34 PM
We began the Ethical Web Principles as a W3CTAG doc, to record the ethics behind our architectural decisions & advice.
Today, it’s a W3C statement: it’s been endorsed by W3C as a whole
Thanks to my co-editors @torgo.com & @rhiaro.co.uk; rest of the TAG; & all who helped
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
Today, it’s a W3C statement: it’s been endorsed by W3C as a whole
Thanks to my co-editors @torgo.com & @rhiaro.co.uk; rest of the TAG; & all who helped
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
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Just read the @caseynewton.bsky.social and @garymarcus.bsky.social posts after @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social said he could play "both sides". I am anti-dichotomies. Led w/ this in a new Friends of the Earth piece (coming 2025) and @weareopen.coop spun up a site TODAY b/c nuance, context
ailiteracy.fyi
ailiteracy.fyi
What is AI Literacy?
We Are Open Co-op's approach builds on the Eight Elements of Digital Literacies, a contextual, plural approach to AI literacies.Navigating the human and technological aspects of AI, we help you unders...
ailiteracy.fyi
December 10, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Just read the @caseynewton.bsky.social and @garymarcus.bsky.social posts after @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social said he could play "both sides". I am anti-dichotomies. Led w/ this in a new Friends of the Earth piece (coming 2025) and @weareopen.coop spun up a site TODAY b/c nuance, context
ailiteracy.fyi
ailiteracy.fyi
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I’m curious who he’s hoping will acquire the country.
December 9, 2024 at 2:31 PM
I’m curious who he’s hoping will acquire the country.
“If I’m guilty of this, every cop in the nation’s going to jail”
This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
December 5, 2024 at 3:48 PM
“If I’m guilty of this, every cop in the nation’s going to jail”
Important symbolic step forward even though immediate next steps most likely being frog marched down a dark alley and bundled into the river in the hope everyone forgets about this.
Don’t forget about this. Put PR at the top of your Xmas list 🎅
Don’t forget about this. Put PR at the top of your Xmas list 🎅
Parliament votes through first step to introduce PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION 💥
A long journey and a hard fight by many campaigners.
We just had one of the most disproportionate results of all time, in our opinion mainly due to mass tactical voting.
Maybe we can vote with our hearts next time 💘
A long journey and a hard fight by many campaigners.
We just had one of the most disproportionate results of all time, in our opinion mainly due to mass tactical voting.
Maybe we can vote with our hearts next time 💘
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Important symbolic step forward even though immediate next steps most likely being frog marched down a dark alley and bundled into the river in the hope everyone forgets about this.
Don’t forget about this. Put PR at the top of your Xmas list 🎅
Don’t forget about this. Put PR at the top of your Xmas list 🎅
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Oh I love this one on positive activism from Iris Maertens for Dancing Fox. Thanks for sharing @brianfit.bsky.social!
December 2, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Oh I love this one on positive activism from Iris Maertens for Dancing Fox. Thanks for sharing @brianfit.bsky.social!
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Waiting isn’t neutral—it’s surrender. While we ‘wait and see,’ harms grow, costs escalate, and chances for meaningful action slip away. This post lays out why action—immediate, comprehensive, and imperfect—is the only choice in moments of crisis. intangible.ca/2024/11/29/i...
It’s Always Wrong to “Wait and See”
[Ed. Note: This is rushed. Consider it a first draft. Suggestions are welcome.] The Left just experienced a marginal loss with disastrous consequences. Since the election, if you’re anything …
intangible.ca
November 29, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Waiting isn’t neutral—it’s surrender. While we ‘wait and see,’ harms grow, costs escalate, and chances for meaningful action slip away. This post lays out why action—immediate, comprehensive, and imperfect—is the only choice in moments of crisis. intangible.ca/2024/11/29/i...
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“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”
Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem
For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…
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December 1, 2024 at 4:23 AM
“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”
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So at least some of the rapid growth here is numpties like me building their bridges a bit wonky
Fond memories of slap up breakfast and Guinness at 6am to end a week of night shifts at a press cuttings company just down the road.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/27/an-emotional-wrench-smithfield-traders-absorb-news-that-market-is-to-close
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/27/an-emotional-wrench-smithfield-traders-absorb-news-that-market-is-to-close
November 28, 2024 at 8:21 PM
So at least some of the rapid growth here is numpties like me building their bridges a bit wonky
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HELP.
This is a a Minifon P55 Protona wire recorder. Released in 1955 it was often used for covert recordings. A broken one of these has come my way, complete with a recording - which I cannot play. Has anyone come across one of these, or know who might have a working one (UK based)?
THANKS!
This is a a Minifon P55 Protona wire recorder. Released in 1955 it was often used for covert recordings. A broken one of these has come my way, complete with a recording - which I cannot play. Has anyone come across one of these, or know who might have a working one (UK based)?
THANKS!
November 28, 2024 at 1:20 PM
HELP.
This is a a Minifon P55 Protona wire recorder. Released in 1955 it was often used for covert recordings. A broken one of these has come my way, complete with a recording - which I cannot play. Has anyone come across one of these, or know who might have a working one (UK based)?
THANKS!
This is a a Minifon P55 Protona wire recorder. Released in 1955 it was often used for covert recordings. A broken one of these has come my way, complete with a recording - which I cannot play. Has anyone come across one of these, or know who might have a working one (UK based)?
THANKS!
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Wow - I am so glad I saw this.
I would not expect Bluesky to work this way, and I figure others might not either. Thanks Henry!
Deffo setting up a backup alt account to protect my original bsky.social handle if I ever set up a proper custom domain name.
I would not expect Bluesky to work this way, and I figure others might not either. Thanks Henry!
Deffo setting up a backup alt account to protect my original bsky.social handle if I ever set up a proper custom domain name.
this is why i don’t use a custom domain btw. i dont want to lose my bsky.social handle so that someone else can take it
FYI someone is impersonating me on this website, trying to scam people. reported @dystopiabreakerxyz.bsky.social to the mod team for impersonation a few days ago, my handle on here is @dystopiabreaker.xyz and you can verify it through the domain records.
November 28, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Wow - I am so glad I saw this.
I would not expect Bluesky to work this way, and I figure others might not either. Thanks Henry!
Deffo setting up a backup alt account to protect my original bsky.social handle if I ever set up a proper custom domain name.
I would not expect Bluesky to work this way, and I figure others might not either. Thanks Henry!
Deffo setting up a backup alt account to protect my original bsky.social handle if I ever set up a proper custom domain name.
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At the risk of upsetting some civil society friends by criticising the focus on the ATRS yet again:
a) no records have been updated either, are the 9 published algorithms static? unlikely...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
a) no records have been updated either, are the 9 published algorithms static? unlikely...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK government failing to list use of AI on mandatory register
Technology secretary admits government departments are not being transparent over way they use AI and algorithms
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:24 AM
At the risk of upsetting some civil society friends by criticising the focus on the ATRS yet again:
a) no records have been updated either, are the 9 published algorithms static? unlikely...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
a) no records have been updated either, are the 9 published algorithms static? unlikely...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
With apologies to Bill S, “Some are born with followers, some earn followers, and some have followers thrust upon them”.
Whoa @bevangelist.bsky.social blew up on blue sky and myself, @dougbelshaw.com and @weareopen.coop are like "We gotta start shit posting about UK politicians..." hahahhaah
November 27, 2024 at 1:09 PM
With apologies to Bill S, “Some are born with followers, some earn followers, and some have followers thrust upon them”.
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Anybody got a #windturbine at home and if so, how does it perform? #Windpower
a row of wind turbines on top of a hill in front of the ocean
Alt: a row of wind turbines on top of a hill
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Anybody got a #windturbine at home and if so, how does it perform? #Windpower
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I know some people think the [Butlerian Jihad / neoLuddite revolution] against the machines will start because of fears of war/job losses, but - hear me out - what if it's because English football fans really *really* don't like semi-automated decision making made by unaccountable organisations
November 26, 2024 at 10:26 AM
I know some people think the [Butlerian Jihad / neoLuddite revolution] against the machines will start because of fears of war/job losses, but - hear me out - what if it's because English football fans really *really* don't like semi-automated decision making made by unaccountable organisations
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This is a great Supreme Court win for PCS, after a cynical government campaign to kill off the union with a bureacratic change. The Tories unilaterally cancelled payroll deduction for union dues in 2014, giving the union too little notice to find replacement ways to bill members. ...
PCS has today won a stunning victory in the Supreme Court against government departments that withdrew the check-off facility. The victory opens the door for the union to now claim substantial further damages
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
November 22, 2024 at 1:09 PM
This is a great Supreme Court win for PCS, after a cynical government campaign to kill off the union with a bureacratic change. The Tories unilaterally cancelled payroll deduction for union dues in 2014, giving the union too little notice to find replacement ways to bill members. ...
For the 673 here for UK political commentary…
I didn’t mention it at the time but yes, well over a year later a quote in this article still grinds my gears www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
“I play five-a-side every week – middle of midfield, barking orders.”
I didn’t mention it at the time but yes, well over a year later a quote in this article still grinds my gears www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
“I play five-a-side every week – middle of midfield, barking orders.”
Keir Starmer: ‘I hate losing. Some say it’s the taking part that counts. I am not in that camp’
The Labour leader on impatience, inspiring Bridget Jones’s Diary, and why his current job is his worst one he’s had
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:33 PM
For the 673 here for UK political commentary…
I didn’t mention it at the time but yes, well over a year later a quote in this article still grinds my gears www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
“I play five-a-side every week – middle of midfield, barking orders.”
I didn’t mention it at the time but yes, well over a year later a quote in this article still grinds my gears www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
“I play five-a-side every week – middle of midfield, barking orders.”