Gavin Chait

Fascinated by frontiers of human progress: innovation vs ignorance; wealth vs poverty. Oh, and coffee.
@[email protected]

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

Even the dry dust sings when the rains return. #OurMemoryLikeDust African #scifi https://t.co/CWG3oPGfjt

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

It's time to say so long & thanks for all the fish. I'll be making my migration permanent over at @[email protected]
If you need a friendly map to find me: https://t.co/YVIeA9c8YE

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

@LailaLalami Yep, it's fixed :)

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

@Penprince_ @SidewiseAward Speaking of old Calabar. It's traffic intersection statues are hilarious.

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

@LailaLalami Might want to check that mastodon link. It's not quite right...

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

ADS-B broadcasts in clear since it is a safety requirement & anyone can receive this. https://t.co/U3Ab6rZXiR is one of the largest community initiatives & integrates over 20,000 connected ADS-B receivers operated by hobbyists around the world. /fin

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

Aircraft surveillance & #ADSB from a 2021 report I wrote on "Data, metadata & interoperability for future air mobility" for the Open Data Institute & the Connected Catapult Places https://t.co/l0bAoUoC3P /1

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

ADS-B does not track people. It is an electronic box attached to aircraft broadcasting information about the craft. The only reason someone like Musk's movements are revealed by ADS-B is because he owns his own plane & uses it regularly. /8

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

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[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

The Fall, or, The Unknowable Consequence of Hubris

[Peter J. Maurits @maurits_peter]

Let's goooo!
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[AJ+ @ajplus]

Meghan Markle and her husband's Netflix documentary premieres today.

Here's how the British stole an estimated $45 trillion from India between 1765 and 1938.

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

You may not like it but *this* is part of the EU's climate change adaptation strategy. Instead of preventing it, the EU will use Frontex to attempt to build walls impregnable to climate change refugees.

[Henry Foy @HenryJFoy]

EU plans to deploy border agents in the western Balkans, in a bid to stem surging migrant numbers, the first time it would send Frontex officials outside of its jurisdiction https://t.co/RSV3QJFfwj @FinancialTimes

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

@wheresaddie There always self-employment where one exists in the hopeless superposition of being able to tell people what you do, but never actually get paid to do it.

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

I've moved to a new #Mastodon server. The world's news - especially from more "fringe" regions - still gets relayed on Twitter, so I'll keep reading here, but I'll post on Mastodon. Follow me there @[email protected]

[Gavin Chait @GavinChait]

@jsrailton If Twitter did do anything illegal, does he realise he's now responsible for any redress? Or is he laser-focused on "owning the libs"?