@emryss.bsky.social

digital transformation, social & political change; research & policy @ Caribou Digital & fellow @ LSE & Cornell Tech; RT ≠ endorsement

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Pleased to share new paper w/ Dr Madon on the 'value' of #digitalID as a platform for #refugee management, and the governance requirements of ID platformisation

Digital identity as a platform for improving refugee management - ISJ (Open Access) https://t.co/fLfQADsldY

[Dr. Keren Weitzberg @KerenWeitzberg]

Please join me, Yussuf Bashir (@Haki_na_Sheria), @laurambing (Temple U. Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology), & @NoraNadja this Wed, 15th, 2pm GMT as we discuss digital ID, humanitarian tech, & the identification challenges facing migrants/refugees https://t.co/XjyVmZ0h5g

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Meta is getting rid of factchecking. Should you leave Instagram – and what are the alternatives? | Social media | The Guardian https://t.co/43xjCqANuM

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Social Media as It Should Be by Robin Berjon - Project Syndicate https://t.co/RdM3pnmgBn

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Good piece on #DPI, #EuroStack and #techsovereignty from ⁦@ECDPM⁩ - and how a European approach to DPI could deliver on European foreign policy goals

Tech sovereignty and a new EU foreign economic policy - ECDPM https://t.co/CRSPcfXXog

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I’d love to see a geographic breakdown of Bluesky users https://t.co/zc5bXJuy4a

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https://t.co/ZBDoW0U5iZ

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Huge milestone in Europes #digitalID and #DPI journey

[Luca Bertuzzi @BertuzLuca]

The first five implementing acts of the European digital identity wallet were adopted today after hours of intense negotiations. The Commission avoided missing the statutory deadline, winning over resistance from countries like Germany.
https://t.co/TqyCW8fLUK

[giulio quaggiotto @gquaggiotto]

The visual language of the UN HQ was exported all over the world through the concept of “itinerant platforms”. The UN sought to export a format for organizing global public life in the image of its headquarters, all the way down to the local village center https://t.co/Llkhu2AuiT

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Microsoft starts boiling the Copilot frog • The Register https://t.co/7Malna8NHE

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World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Wants the Internet Back - Bloomberg https://t.co/u0Bmfhyyvw

[@mimmymum.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum]

Apparently there’s a plugin for Google Chrome, Edge & Firefox called “Sky Follower Bridge” which lets you find all the people you follow here on X/Twitter on Bluesky

A great tool to help you exit this hell-hole while keeping in touch with contacts 👍🏻

➡️ https://t.co/KLDNNuI3OB

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The Onion buys conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ | Media | The Guardian https://t.co/2AJZ00oNYh

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😂

[Tom Fisher @TomSamaki]

Depends on the nation state. He might mean we're going to invade and take all their stuff.

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Britain must treat tech giants like nation states, minister warns

The white flag of surrender https://t.co/HThu0ZSU7U

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

I feel anxious and saddened by Trump’s election. Years of turmoil and uncertainty await us. I have also come to believe that this is not Trump’s win. It is the Democrats who have lost this election.

[Marietje Schaake @MarietjeSchaake]

What Big Tech CEOs want from a second Trump presidency #techcoup ↘️ https://t.co/ALLkezbqAb

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Pakistan moves to recognise digital currency | Digital Watch Observatory https://t.co/y2R2JqUOX5

[Jeff Stein @jstein_star]

Staggering class realignment/shift in working class

Harris lost DESPITE major shift of affluent voters her way

2020: Trump wins voters over $100K, 54-52
2024: *Harris* wins voters over $100K, 54-45

2020: Biden wins voters $50K-$100K, 57-42
2024: *Trump* w/ voters $50K-$100K, 49-47

2020: Biden wins voters under $50K, 55-45
2024: Trump massive improvement w/ voters under $50K, 49-48

[Variety @Variety]

“The Big Short” and “Don’t Look Up” director Adam McKay says it's "time to abandon" the Democratic Party.

“Who would have guessed lying about Biden’s cognitive health for 2 yrs, refusing to do an open convention for a new nominee, never mentioning public healthcare & embracing fracking, the Cheneys & a yr long slaughter of children in Gaza wouldn’t be a winning strategy?” https://t.co/7truZX85yj

[Marielle Debos · @debos.bsky.social @m_debos]

If you’re curious about the biometrics industry’s debates about AI and regulation, read this by @KerenWeitzberg & @empo11on

https://t.co/vrt7qjCvYL