Paola Roccuzzo
@semanthicc.bsky.social
Semantics, content, digital identity and weightlifting. Data protection and minimisation are hills I'm happy to die on.
My FB account was suspended for a violation of ToS (the type you get when you cause harm or provide a credible threat). My only interaction in the last months? Commenting on a delirious repost claiming all kinds of Black Mirror scenarios that the new digital ID will bring 1/
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My FB account was suspended for a violation of ToS (the type you get when you cause harm or provide a credible threat). My only interaction in the last months? Commenting on a delirious repost claiming all kinds of Black Mirror scenarios that the new digital ID will bring 1/
If you don't want to hear it from @edzitron.com you might trust investment analysts instead?
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Dotcom on Steroids
When the odds appear stacked against you
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October 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If you don't want to hear it from @edzitron.com you might trust investment analysts instead?
gqg.com/insights/dot...
gqg.com/insights/dot...
Gavin, just say the word.
August 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Gavin, just say the word.
Reposted by Paola Roccuzzo
Digital service ppl who're surprised that there's a proportion of people who actively use internet & still don't want to be age (or ID) verified on Bluesky in UK should attend more user research sessions that are designed to encourage users to talk about how they feel about sharing info online
July 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Digital service ppl who're surprised that there's a proportion of people who actively use internet & still don't want to be age (or ID) verified on Bluesky in UK should attend more user research sessions that are designed to encourage users to talk about how they feel about sharing info online
Why the problem is the industry, not the technology
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/im-losing-...
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/im-losing-...
I’m Losing All Trust in the AI Industry
As a supporter, I would love not to feel this way
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Why the problem is the industry, not the technology
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/im-losing-...
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/im-losing-...
Reposted by Paola Roccuzzo
Familiar from Brexit
Betting on Geopolitical Violence
These are markets in which people with inside information can make a lot of money without risk of exposure, since the exchange is crypto-based and doesn’t have a know-your-client requirement
open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...
Betting on Geopolitical Violence
These are markets in which people with inside information can make a lot of money without risk of exposure, since the exchange is crypto-based and doesn’t have a know-your-client requirement
open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...
Betting on Geopolitical Violence
Back in 2003, a Pentagon office led by Admiral John M.
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Familiar from Brexit
Betting on Geopolitical Violence
These are markets in which people with inside information can make a lot of money without risk of exposure, since the exchange is crypto-based and doesn’t have a know-your-client requirement
open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...
Betting on Geopolitical Violence
These are markets in which people with inside information can make a lot of money without risk of exposure, since the exchange is crypto-based and doesn’t have a know-your-client requirement
open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...
Reposted by Paola Roccuzzo
If in doubt, organise! The tech industry is a roaring bin fire, so brilliant to share the results of this survey of 522 UK tech workers who want sthg better buttondown.com/society-of-h... Help design the Society for Hopeful Technologists and give a voice to ppl who want to make a meaningful change
Society of Hopeful Technologists: Survey Results
🥁 🥁🥁 The results are finally in: what do people want from the Society for Hopeful Techologists? 🥁🥁🥁 522 technologists based in the UK responded to the...
buttondown.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If in doubt, organise! The tech industry is a roaring bin fire, so brilliant to share the results of this survey of 522 UK tech workers who want sthg better buttondown.com/society-of-h... Help design the Society for Hopeful Technologists and give a voice to ppl who want to make a meaningful change
In much more important news, the first draft for Digital Credentials is out. www.w3.org/TR/digital-c...
Still slowly making my way through it, but the privacy/accessibility considerations are already looking quite comprehensive.
Still slowly making my way through it, but the privacy/accessibility considerations are already looking quite comprehensive.
Digital Credentials
This document specifies an API to enable user agents to mediate
presentation and issuance of digital credentials such as a driver's
license, government-issued identification card, and/...
www.w3.org
July 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
In much more important news, the first draft for Digital Credentials is out. www.w3.org/TR/digital-c...
Still slowly making my way through it, but the privacy/accessibility considerations are already looking quite comprehensive.
Still slowly making my way through it, but the privacy/accessibility considerations are already looking quite comprehensive.
I knew it wouldn't be long before bumping into an exemplar of "vibe solutions engineering".
(ChatGPT apparently doesn't consider the front-end worth mentioning).
(ChatGPT apparently doesn't consider the front-end worth mentioning).
July 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I knew it wouldn't be long before bumping into an exemplar of "vibe solutions engineering".
(ChatGPT apparently doesn't consider the front-end worth mentioning).
(ChatGPT apparently doesn't consider the front-end worth mentioning).
How do bills get authored and reviewed? Do they save a copy of a Word doc and pass it on? Did this provision appear on BigBeautifulBill-2025-v54.13b-rev43.doc?
NEW: Tucked inside the GOP mega-bill is an excise tax for solar and wind.
And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.
"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.
"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators
"I don't know where it came from," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.
www.nbcnews.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
How do bills get authored and reviewed? Do they save a copy of a Word doc and pass it on? Did this provision appear on BigBeautifulBill-2025-v54.13b-rev43.doc?
It's an incredibly well-rounded essay covering history and problematic aspects , including its "philosophical" EA tenets, the open questions on environmental impact, the foregone conclusions on the extractive nature of data collection and annotation, (...) /2
June 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It's an incredibly well-rounded essay covering history and problematic aspects , including its "philosophical" EA tenets, the open questions on environmental impact, the foregone conclusions on the extractive nature of data collection and annotation, (...) /2
Had @karenhao.bsky.social offered just some honest reporting into the genAI hype, and the role big tech played, that would've been more than enough reason to read Empire of AI - and to dedicate my first post to it. But it's way more than that: /1
June 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Had @karenhao.bsky.social offered just some honest reporting into the genAI hype, and the role big tech played, that would've been more than enough reason to read Empire of AI - and to dedicate my first post to it. But it's way more than that: /1