Mark Belinsky

Building products for @UNDP. Son of refugees. Sometimes cycling across countries. Formerly CEO of @Birdi (Acquired) & @DigiDem.

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

When you sell your smoke alarm company to a Wi-Fi company that sells to a smoke alarm company https://t.co/0hPVJdf5Cb

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

Startups drive economic growth. Civic tech keeps society running smoothly. Both depend on the right infrastructure. I dive deeper into this in my latest piece for @techpolicypress https://t.co/xoQeTRhZZF

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

@StopFundingHate

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

@StopFundingHate @mikebutcher

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

Defining "high-integrity" carbon credits is a huge step in fighting climate change. VCMs need accessible technology and transparent MRV accounting. We're finally getting to both. https://t.co/p6PZ1qWarI

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

With his "free speech" crusade and new adult content policy, Elon is really gunning to be remembered as Larry Flynt rather than Nikola Tesla https://t.co/OGCCGtByfz

[mushon.bsky.social (Zer Aviv) @mushon]

Biden may be the first to lose (or win) the election on his Israeli-Palestinian policy.
⁦@omarmdajani⁩ & I argue in ⁦@ForeignPolicy⁩ that the U.S. should recognize Palestine, in the benefit of both Palestinians, Israelis & Americans. https://t.co/yCzY6NJteq

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

Facebook is down. Insta & YouTube too. On #SuperTuesday. AT&T was down last week. Bitcoin is spiking. Sure looks like someone is shorting the USA.

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

The joke that is ID verification without a connected government API as digital infrastructure.

[Joseph Cox @josephfcox]

New: inside the underground site where "neural networks" churn out fake IDs
- I tested, made two IDs in minutes
- used one to successfully bypass the identity verification check on a cryptocurrency exchange
- massive implications for crime, cybersecurity
https://t.co/hCjHWbKJPf

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

Thank you @anthemawards for recognizing @UNDP’s Digital Development Compass in Public Service. With it, we've helped dozens of governments to improve lives through digital transformation. Congrats to my whole team for taking this worldwide and to our partners at @github.

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDPDigital]

🗞️ BREAKING: @UNDP's Digital Development Compass wins Bronze at the @anthemawards!

The Compass helps assess countries’ digital maturity across key aspects such as government, infrastructure and people: https://t.co/edOANafS26

#DigitalUNDP

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

@Jason Try the X-Men cartoon, now on Disney+. Way better than the movies (except for the Quicksilver scenes).

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDPDigital]

We're nominated for the @anthemawards!

@UNDP's Digital Development Compass helps assess countries’ digital maturity across several key aspects such as governments, infrastructure, people & more.

🗳️ Vote NOW & help us build a more inclusive future: https://t.co/okNXQ2GvNX

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

We need better paths to better infrastructure. This idea could help.

[Andile Ngcaba @andile_ngcaba]

Read my article on Tokenization of Electromagnetic Frequency Spectrum - Towards Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN)

#Africacom #AfricaTechFestival #ATF2023

https://t.co/brpW6P2AEQ

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

So proud of my fiance @AttorneyNora talking about how social media companies are impacting democracy on @CNN

[Amanpour and Company @AmanpourCoPBS]

“It's been this chaotic frenzy on Twitter, now X, all thanks to a year of bad decisions by Elon Musk.” Nora Benavidez, senior counsel at Free Press, explains. @AttorneyNora @hari

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

Get in, @UNDP is going open source.

[Robert Opp @Robert_Opp]

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is a shared means to many ends, acting as a foundational layer that can propel a nation's digital journey.

Here are key findings for low-and-middle income countries looking to implement & scale DPI for greater impact: https://t.co/ixrryxjkXR

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

Weaponizing social media to livestream hostage torture is a horrible new tactic. It shouldn't even take this long for companies to respond. https://t.co/HBgwsto4fr

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

Courts don't release crime data. Without conviction rates to augment arrest rates, we have little insight into law and order. Without demographic analysis we don't have bias insights either.

[Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy]

today, the FBI released its 2022 crime data. some tips to keep in mind when writing about "crime" statistics (these are good tips to keep in mind for readers, too!)

firstly: the definition of crime varies across time and place and is always political. thread/

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

Magritte was just protecting his work from the bots.

[Benjamin De Kraker @BenjaminDEKR]

GPT-4V vision jailbreak confirmed using PENGUIN. Fascinating! 🐧

(interesting details in comments)

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

@kthalps Reading @normfinkelstein

[Mark Belinsky @mbelinsky]

Sad to have to boycott two of my favorite shows #LEGOMastersFOX & #CurbYourEnthusiasm but while @CherylHines promotes anti-Semitism, conspiracies, & the subversion of US elections, do any of us have a choice?

[Andrew Lawrence @ndrew_lawrence]

yesterday was “new twitters” first real test in a real-time global crisis and it failed spectacularly