Kathy Richardson
@kathyrichardson.bsky.social
Chaos Controller & ED @OurCommunityAU, currently rolling out @SmartyGrants in the UK. Eisenhower Fellow. Keen #auspol watcher. Grants nerd. Climate worrier. Grower of vegetables.
The UK's National Lottery Community Fund has created a simple, explicit & sensible set of rules for charities using AI tools for funding applications - the first example of this I have seen anywhere in the world. Please alert me to more examples if you know of any. #grants #nfp #philanthropy
January 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The UK's National Lottery Community Fund has created a simple, explicit & sensible set of rules for charities using AI tools for funding applications - the first example of this I have seen anywhere in the world. Please alert me to more examples if you know of any. #grants #nfp #philanthropy
Here's one for the #grantnerds - a really interesting discussion about good decision making in grant assessment (and the need to ensure your methods are not only just, but explainable).
Legibility and Legitimacy open.substack.com/pub/tomstaff...
Legibility and Legitimacy open.substack.com/pub/tomstaff...
Legibility and Legitimacy
Reasonable People #56: On recognising the limits of reasoned decision making.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Here's one for the #grantnerds - a really interesting discussion about good decision making in grant assessment (and the need to ensure your methods are not only just, but explainable).
Legibility and Legitimacy open.substack.com/pub/tomstaff...
Legibility and Legitimacy open.substack.com/pub/tomstaff...
‘So far, the basic journalistic mission of bearing witness would seem to be an innately human activity.’ Agreed. But reporting styles and distribution methods need to be rebuilt for modern people, modern tools. We are still trying to fit old methods to the new world and it’s not working.
December 21, 2024 at 10:06 PM
‘So far, the basic journalistic mission of bearing witness would seem to be an innately human activity.’ Agreed. But reporting styles and distribution methods need to be rebuilt for modern people, modern tools. We are still trying to fit old methods to the new world and it’s not working.
Another absolutely useless government response to gambling harms.
The Tasmanian government shelved its nation-leading pokies reforms due to "significant cost increases and implementation delays". A redacted report used to justify that decision omits what those costs are.
A report was used to justify ditching nation-leading pokies reforms. It's missing a key figure
The Tasmanian government shelved its nation-leading pokies reforms due to "significant cost increases and implementation delays". A redacted report used to justify that decision omits what those costs are.
www.abc.net.au
December 19, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Another absolutely useless government response to gambling harms.
Reposted by Kathy Richardson
If you’ve got children, you need to watch Swiped – and see how sick their phones are making them | Simon Jenkins
If you’ve got children, you need to watch Swiped – and see how sick their phones are making them | Simon Jenkins
The terrible toll that smartphones are taking on young people is now undeniable. We need to start talking about a ban
Every parent of a school-age child should watch Swiped, the Channel 4 documentary on smartphones shown last week. It was devastating. It…
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:06 AM
If you’ve got children, you need to watch Swiped – and see how sick their phones are making them | Simon Jenkins
it's almost as if it's difficult to predict the economic impact of scientific activities
December 9, 2024 at 6:46 AM
‘With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO Jay Graber has to do a lot to keep her promise to not “enshittify” the platform with ads while still funding its explosive growth.’
December 4, 2024 at 4:42 AM
‘With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO Jay Graber has to do a lot to keep her promise to not “enshittify” the platform with ads while still funding its explosive growth.’
"Australia’s top research agency has been savaged by government auditors over its lax approach to scientific misconduct and fraud."
This is not good enough. We must wring every precious cent out of the $1.5 billion the NHMRC disburses PA.
www.smh.com.au/national/dod...
#grantnerds
This is not good enough. We must wring every precious cent out of the $1.5 billion the NHMRC disburses PA.
www.smh.com.au/national/dod...
#grantnerds
Dodgy science in crosshairs as fraud audit censures Australia’s top research agency
The National Health and Medical Research Council has been criticised over its lax approach to scientific misconduct in an audit that lays the groundwork for changes in the way bad science is policed.
www.smh.com.au
December 3, 2024 at 10:45 PM
"Australia’s top research agency has been savaged by government auditors over its lax approach to scientific misconduct and fraud."
This is not good enough. We must wring every precious cent out of the $1.5 billion the NHMRC disburses PA.
www.smh.com.au/national/dod...
#grantnerds
This is not good enough. We must wring every precious cent out of the $1.5 billion the NHMRC disburses PA.
www.smh.com.au/national/dod...
#grantnerds