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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 4d

The challenge is funding. Critics say a true UBI is too expensive. They are right if we expect a 20th-century tax system to fund a 21st-century society. It will not work.
Let's start the discussion today!
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk @libdems.org.uk

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Universal Basic Income and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A Call to Act Before It’s Too Late

Examine the implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and how Universal Basic Income can support workers in this new era.

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 4d

AI and automation are changing work faster than politics can adapt. A Universal Basic Income may be the only way to keep dignity, democracy and purpose alive.

Read more ↓
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#UniversalBasicIncome #FourthIndustrialRevolution #SustainableFuture

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 5d

Apparently it was 15 years ago yesterday, that I signed up to @wordpress.com happy blogging.

Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 5d

Still building Aethralink. Web3 validation, key recovery, and audit trails are now taking shape. It’s not live yet, but every line of code strengthens the foundation. Proof before trust, progress before launch.

🔗 vortexofadigitalkind.com/building-the-foundation-aethralink-week-in-review

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 13d

Lib Dems are the winners of by-elections Super Thursday!

💪 Won 7 out of 10 local by-elections
↗️ GAINS from the Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party
🔶 6 from 6 seats in Surrey as what remains of the Blue Wall crumbles away

Congratulations to our brilliant campaign teams and new councillors!

Lib Dems winning - Liberal Democrats have won 7 of 10 local by-elections held this week.

Bar chart showing winning parties:
Lib Dems 7
Reform 1
Ind 1
Con 1

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 9d

When identity stops being something you are and becomes something you access, freedom turns into permission.
And permissions are fragile.
Read The Infrastructure of Obedience ↓
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#DigitalID #Privacy #Freedom

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 10d

When identity becomes something you access, freedom becomes permission.
And permissions can be revoked.

Say no to centralised digital ID in the UK.
Read more ↓
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#DigitalID #Privacy #Freedom #NoDigitalID

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 11d

Aethralink keeps evolving. The system now creates verifiable short links that carry their own proof using hybrid cryptography.

Read more ↓https://vortexofadigitalkind.com/aethralink-the-future-of-verifiable-shortlinks/

Hashtags: #Aethralink #Web3 #VerifiableShortlink #TrustOnline #AIandWeb3

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 17d

Is the matrix real? Is the AI bubble about to burst? Will Skynet take control? Will the Master Control Programme (MCP) really find the cure for 29 minutes? Who knows?
But, we should all keep up to date with what's going on and challenge what we are being told.
#analysis #reality #technology

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Martin Rak @martinrak.bsky.social · 18d

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 18d

Weekend Lab, Day Two. Six DID scenarios verified under strict BDD with Godog. The AI tried skipping the rules and learned why verification defines trust. Aethralink moves closer to post-quantum proof.

🔗 vortexofadigitalkind.com/weekend-lab-...

#Aethralink #Web3 #PrivacyByDesign

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 18d

Yesterday, I deployed the new version of the scrambletech.ca website to production. Today, I'm working on blog post vortexofadigitalkind.com and Context Coding on four projects.

#DailyStandup #ContextCoding #AI #Web3

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 18d

Yesterday I shared the first Weekend Lab build: Aethralink, a project to make every shared link verifiable through decentralized identity and cryptographic proof.

Planning continues today. The follow-up post drops later.

🔗 vortexofadigitalkind.com/weekend-lab-...

#Web3 #AI #WeekendLab #BDD

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 25d

We used to learn by sitting with problems until they made sense. Now AI gives us answers before we have time to think. What happens to curiosity when learning becomes instant?

Read the full reflection:
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#AI #Learning #HumanThinking #SlowLearning #VoiceOfTheVortex

Instant Knowledge: Is It Hurting Our Learning?

In a world driven by instant knowledge, what are we losing in the art of traditional learning and understanding?

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 26d

AI can only code as well as the clarity of its inputs. That is why Gherkin and BDD matter more than ever. They give structure, eliminate ambiguity, and let humans and AI collaborate on a shared language for development.

Read the full essay here: wp.me/p19z04-1Go

#AI #BDD #SoftwareDevelopment

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · 28d

🌊 New blog: Riding the Waves: From Home Computers to AI Orchestration

“Context turns tools into systems, and systems into change.”

From early PCs to today’s AI agents, each wave reshapes how we live and work. How we ride this one will decide the outcome.

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Riding the Waves: From Home Computers to AI Orchestration

Discover the architecture of the AI Orchestration Framework and its impact on security and the future of work in this post.

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · Sep 9

Save the Date! So excited to announce our first conference of @digitalculturesandarts.ch, in collaboration with Kino Xenix, Fotomuseum Winterthur & @zkk-zurich.bsky.social - join us in Zurich in October!

digital cultures and arts @digitalculturesandarts.ch · Sep 9

From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.

Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.

Program & Registration:

International Conference: «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism»

Bringing together scholars and artists from a range of fields and backgrounds, the international conference «React & Respond» aims to map and analyze these contemporary economies of networked image cu...

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · Sep 29

New blog today: AI Orchestration, Security, and the Future of Work

AI has promise, but without structure, security, and learning, we risk stumbling into the future.

👉 vortexofadigitalkind.com/ai-orchestra...

#AI #security #futurism

AI Orchestration, Security, and the Future of Work

Understand the importance of AI orchestration for seamless integration of AI agents, enhancing security and functionality.

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · Sep 28

“Identity should not be a leash that binds us. It should be a compass we carry ourselves.”

Read the full essay: vortexofadigitalkind.com/digital-iden...

#Privacy #DigitalIdentity #Web3

Digital Identity Should Belong to the Individual

Digital identity should belong to the individual, yet government schemes challenge this notion. Learn more about the risks involved.

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Serife (Sherry) Wong @serife.bsky.social · Sep 28

"Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A

TheeNettieMac 🪷 @theenettiemac.bsky.social · Sep 27

The new owner of TikTok

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Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · Sep 28

I wrote a few blogs about this including this one vortexofadigitalkind.com/the-end-of-p...

The End of Privacy in the Age of Ambient AI

Navigate the challenges of ambient AI and the end of privacy, exploring the impact of smart devices on our consent.

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · Sep 27

Tomorrow: Digital Identity Should Belong to the Individual

Governments want to control it. Corporations want to monetise it. But identity is ours. Web3 and SSI show the way forward.

#privacy #digitalidentity #web3

Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · Sep 27

Tomorrow: Digital Identity Should Belong to the Individual

Governments want to control it. Corporations want to monetise it. But identity is ours. Web3 and SSI show the way forward.

#privacy #digitalidentity #web3

Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · Sep 27

👉 New essay: vortexofadigitalkind.com/privacy-and-...

Privacy and Dignity as Foundations of Freedom

Examine the urgent need for privacy and dignity in a surveillance-driven world. Our freedom depends on their protection.

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Digitalvortex @vortexofadigitalkind.com · Sep 27

Privacy is not secrecy. It is dignity. And without it, freedom becomes performance.

👉 New short essay: vortexofadigitalkind.com/privacy-and-...

#Privacy #HumanRights #Futurism

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