AwesomeAudrey
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'Composable Moderation' May Protect Bluesky from Political Pressure | TechPolicy.Press
Shifting enforcement away from a single platform and into a distributed ecosystem should blunt interference by authoritarians, writes Audrey Hingle.
www.techpolicy.press
Posting on Bluesky about my article about Bluesky in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
Composable Moderation decentralizes rule-setting, reducing pressure on any single platform and limiting attempts to “work the refs.” www.techpolicy.press/composable-m...
Composable Moderation decentralizes rule-setting, reducing pressure on any single platform and limiting attempts to “work the refs.” www.techpolicy.press/composable-m...
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A colleague of mine introduced me to the acronym PICNIC from their other half who works in IT. Means 'Problem In Chair, Not In Computer'.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A colleague of mine introduced me to the acronym PICNIC from their other half who works in IT. Means 'Problem In Chair, Not In Computer'.
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Responding to everyone’s Thanksgiving meal photos as “AI slop”
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Responding to everyone’s Thanksgiving meal photos as “AI slop”
Posting on Bluesky about my article about Bluesky in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
Composable Moderation decentralizes rule-setting, reducing pressure on any single platform and limiting attempts to “work the refs.” www.techpolicy.press/composable-m...
Composable Moderation decentralizes rule-setting, reducing pressure on any single platform and limiting attempts to “work the refs.” www.techpolicy.press/composable-m...
'Composable Moderation' May Protect Bluesky from Political Pressure | TechPolicy.Press
Shifting enforcement away from a single platform and into a distributed ecosystem should blunt interference by authoritarians, writes Audrey Hingle.
www.techpolicy.press
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Posting on Bluesky about my article about Bluesky in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
Composable Moderation decentralizes rule-setting, reducing pressure on any single platform and limiting attempts to “work the refs.” www.techpolicy.press/composable-m...
Composable Moderation decentralizes rule-setting, reducing pressure on any single platform and limiting attempts to “work the refs.” www.techpolicy.press/composable-m...
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Trump’s inability to pronounce “acetaminophen” raises new questions about Joe Biden’s mental state.
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Trump’s inability to pronounce “acetaminophen” raises new questions about Joe Biden’s mental state.
Hey Siri, is “guar cum” a UPF?
September 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Hey Siri, is “guar cum” a UPF?
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Clay Higgins sent a letter to Bluesky and other social media sites threatening investigations if they don't censor speech critical of Charlie Kirk.
They don't even know who Jay is because they addressed her as "gentleman."
clayhiggins.house.gov/wp-content/u...
They don't even know who Jay is because they addressed her as "gentleman."
clayhiggins.house.gov/wp-content/u...
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Clay Higgins sent a letter to Bluesky and other social media sites threatening investigations if they don't censor speech critical of Charlie Kirk.
They don't even know who Jay is because they addressed her as "gentleman."
clayhiggins.house.gov/wp-content/u...
They don't even know who Jay is because they addressed her as "gentleman."
clayhiggins.house.gov/wp-content/u...
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When during the UN meetings the Iranian gov affiliates were challenged over censorship, they’d say UK does it too. every time we mentioned the problems, people told us but we are democratic, we smell better. Well here, read this incredible piece by Burns: internet.exchangepoint.tech/the-dog-that...
The Dog that Caught the Car: Britain's 'World-Leading' Internet
Billed as a “world-leading” child-protection law, the UK’s Online Safety Act has instead normalized surveillance and ID checks. “Tech policy wonk" Heather Burns writes that the model is spreading acro...
internet.exchangepoint.tech
September 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When during the UN meetings the Iranian gov affiliates were challenged over censorship, they’d say UK does it too. every time we mentioned the problems, people told us but we are democratic, we smell better. Well here, read this incredible piece by Burns: internet.exchangepoint.tech/the-dog-that...
Nick Clegg: "Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable"
Also Nick Clegg:
Also Nick Clegg:
September 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Nick Clegg: "Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable"
Also Nick Clegg:
Also Nick Clegg:
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Exquisite timing by Apple! Perhaps designed to make a fool of the judge and show Apple’s approach to competition law? Was the executive who testified that Apple would never enter search the same one a different court described as “not credible” 14 times?
Surprise! Company that said it would never go into search so it could keep $20B now saying it’s going into search www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple Plans AI-Powered Web Search Tool for Siri to Rival OpenAI, Perplexity
Apple Inc. is planning to launch its own artificial intelligence-powered web search tool next year, stepping up competition with OpenAI and Perplexity AI Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Exquisite timing by Apple! Perhaps designed to make a fool of the judge and show Apple’s approach to competition law? Was the executive who testified that Apple would never enter search the same one a different court described as “not credible” 14 times?
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Every dot-com that crashed in the dot-com bubble relaunched as dot-ai.
August 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Every dot-com that crashed in the dot-com bubble relaunched as dot-ai.
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Make 👏 mass 👏 surveillance 👏 more 👏 equal
Is a more accurate authoritarian tool more ethical 🙄
Can fake faces make AI training more ethical?
Demographic bias gaps are closing in face recognition, but how training images are sourced is becoming the field’s biggest privacy fight.
www.sciencenews.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Make 👏 mass 👏 surveillance 👏 more 👏 equal
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Is it time to retire joy? -BBC
August 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Is it time to retire joy? -BBC
PSA: Smoothie fans
Mango and butternut squash look the same.
They are not.
Mango and butternut squash look the same.
They are not.
August 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
PSA: Smoothie fans
Mango and butternut squash look the same.
They are not.
Mango and butternut squash look the same.
They are not.
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The UK has a decision to make: whether to prioritize tech growth at all costs, or to build a more balanced framework that values creativity as much as computation. This could be a chance to lead internationally, writes The Internet Exchange’s Audrey Hingle.
The UK Struggles to Balance AI Innovation and Creative Protection | TechPolicy.Press
The UK must decide whether to prioritize tech growth at all costs or establish a framework that values creativity as much as computation, says Audrey Hingle.
www.techpolicy.press
June 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The UK has a decision to make: whether to prioritize tech growth at all costs, or to build a more balanced framework that values creativity as much as computation. This could be a chance to lead internationally, writes The Internet Exchange’s Audrey Hingle.
Don’t tell me what to do.
August 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Don’t tell me what to do.
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My phone just autocorrected "duck" to "fuck" when I actually really did mean to say "duck," and I feel like I have finally broken its spirit
July 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My phone just autocorrected "duck" to "fuck" when I actually really did mean to say "duck," and I feel like I have finally broken its spirit
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today's a great day to make sure "require alt text before posting" is enabled in your settings and to continue to make bluesky more accessible and inclusive bsky.app/settings/acc...
July 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
today's a great day to make sure "require alt text before posting" is enabled in your settings and to continue to make bluesky more accessible and inclusive bsky.app/settings/acc...
I think the internet would be a better place if Robert Kahn had stuck with TCP/IP instead of getting marooned on Ceti Alpha V and spending his second act plotting revenge on Captain Kirk.
July 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I think the internet would be a better place if Robert Kahn had stuck with TCP/IP instead of getting marooned on Ceti Alpha V and spending his second act plotting revenge on Captain Kirk.
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no wonder he won the primary
June 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
no wonder he won the primary
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i personally would've found another way to phrase this marketing email
June 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
i personally would've found another way to phrase this marketing email
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Clearly no one has been training ChatGPT on semicolons. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
Could the Semicolon Die Out? Recent Analysis Finds a Decline in Its Usage in British Literature and Confusion Among U.K. Students
Not only are semicolons evidently becoming more rare, but young people are less aware of how to use them, according to a survey
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Clearly no one has been training ChatGPT on semicolons. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
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are those my only two choices?
June 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
are those my only two choices?