Paolo Cardullo
@kiddingthecity.bsky.social
Researcher ex UOC Barcelona 🇪🇸 MUSSI Maynooth 🇮🇪 Goldsmiths London 🇬🇧
platform citizenship / the Internet / smart cities / software geographies / urban governance
Book (2021) Citizens in the Smart City
Parlo català, English & italiano
kiddingthecity.org
platform citizenship / the Internet / smart cities / software geographies / urban governance
Book (2021) Citizens in the Smart City
Parlo català, English & italiano
kiddingthecity.org
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Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
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The emotional context evaporates; the data point remains 👍🏼
New essay is up (no paywall), "The Afterlife of a Prompt": ko-fi.com/post/The-Aft...
How everyday prompts, typed in passing, become part of the linguistic infrastructure behind modern AI. What feels fleeting to us becomes formative for genAI models.
Boosts and shares appreciated!
How everyday prompts, typed in passing, become part of the linguistic infrastructure behind modern AI. What feels fleeting to us becomes formative for genAI models.
Boosts and shares appreciated!
The Afterlife of a Prompt
Dr. Julie Carpenter (she/her) published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The emotional context evaporates; the data point remains 👍🏼
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Billions of people scroll every day. But what’s actually going viral on social media? 🤷♀️
We asked the platforms for one simple thing: their most-viewed posts.
They all said no 🙃
Help us demand transparency now:
mzl.la/3M8Eh9L
@algorithmwatch.org @scg-uzh.bsky.social @lessurligneurs.bsky.social
We asked the platforms for one simple thing: their most-viewed posts.
They all said no 🙃
Help us demand transparency now:
mzl.la/3M8Eh9L
@algorithmwatch.org @scg-uzh.bsky.social @lessurligneurs.bsky.social
Demand the Data: What’s Really Going Viral? | Mozilla Foundation
Social media platforms aren’t sharing what goes viral on their sites. Tell YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X to disclose their most-viewed content. Sign now.
mzl.la
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Billions of people scroll every day. But what’s actually going viral on social media? 🤷♀️
We asked the platforms for one simple thing: their most-viewed posts.
They all said no 🙃
Help us demand transparency now:
mzl.la/3M8Eh9L
@algorithmwatch.org @scg-uzh.bsky.social @lessurligneurs.bsky.social
We asked the platforms for one simple thing: their most-viewed posts.
They all said no 🙃
Help us demand transparency now:
mzl.la/3M8Eh9L
@algorithmwatch.org @scg-uzh.bsky.social @lessurligneurs.bsky.social
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The unceremonious disbanding of DOGE (which, among other things, aimed to remake the government with AI) is a good time to revisit our policy brief rebutting the myth that AI can or will deliver efficiency for the public. www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The unceremonious disbanding of DOGE (which, among other things, aimed to remake the government with AI) is a good time to revisit our policy brief rebutting the myth that AI can or will deliver efficiency for the public. www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
See the 2025 annual report from the Coalition for Independent Technology Research
techpolicy.press/the-future-o...
techpolicy.press/the-future-o...
The Future of Platform Research Depends on Collective Action | TechPolicy.Press
As data access vanishes, independent researchers can fight back by building global networks and legal power argues, Vineet John Samuel.
techpolicy.press
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
See the 2025 annual report from the Coalition for Independent Technology Research
techpolicy.press/the-future-o...
techpolicy.press/the-future-o...
These bills strip local governments of the ability to effectively manage the infrastructure built on local streets and in neighborhoods
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
GOP overhaul of broadband permit laws: Cities hate it, cable companies love it
Cities and counties call Congressional plan an “unprecedented federal intrusion.”…
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
These bills strip local governments of the ability to effectively manage the infrastructure built on local streets and in neighborhoods
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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As Europe stands at a critical moment for its digital future, Mozilla is joining a diverse coalition calling on the EU to champion open source. Check out our 5-point plan for an open, trusted, and autonomous European tech ecosystem: assets.mozilla.net/pdf/Open_Let...
assets.mozilla.net
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As Europe stands at a critical moment for its digital future, Mozilla is joining a diverse coalition calling on the EU to champion open source. Check out our 5-point plan for an open, trusted, and autonomous European tech ecosystem: assets.mozilla.net/pdf/Open_Let...
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📣Pas endavant per a la democràcia digital!
L’Associació Decidim ha creat el Comitè d’Institucions Públiques, amb el suport de 6 institucions d’arreu del 🌍
Aquest comitè reforça Decidim com a infraestructura digital pública i referma el valor dels béns digitals comuns
decidim.org/blog/2025-11...
L’Associació Decidim ha creat el Comitè d’Institucions Públiques, amb el suport de 6 institucions d’arreu del 🌍
Aquest comitè reforça Decidim com a infraestructura digital pública i referma el valor dels béns digitals comuns
decidim.org/blog/2025-11...
https://decidim.org/blog/2025-11-13-decidim-association-creates-public-institutions-committee/"
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
📣Pas endavant per a la democràcia digital!
L’Associació Decidim ha creat el Comitè d’Institucions Públiques, amb el suport de 6 institucions d’arreu del 🌍
Aquest comitè reforça Decidim com a infraestructura digital pública i referma el valor dels béns digitals comuns
decidim.org/blog/2025-11...
L’Associació Decidim ha creat el Comitè d’Institucions Públiques, amb el suport de 6 institucions d’arreu del 🌍
Aquest comitè reforça Decidim com a infraestructura digital pública i referma el valor dels béns digitals comuns
decidim.org/blog/2025-11...
New review paper - open access via Open Science Framework pre-print
From Smart Urbanism to the Data-Driven City
#AIurbanism
#post-smartcity
#smartmentality
#smarturbanism
#technologicalsolutionism
osf.io/preprints/so...
From Smart Urbanism to the Data-Driven City
#AIurbanism
#post-smartcity
#smartmentality
#smarturbanism
#technologicalsolutionism
osf.io/preprints/so...
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
New review paper - open access via Open Science Framework pre-print
From Smart Urbanism to the Data-Driven City
#AIurbanism
#post-smartcity
#smartmentality
#smarturbanism
#technologicalsolutionism
osf.io/preprints/so...
From Smart Urbanism to the Data-Driven City
#AIurbanism
#post-smartcity
#smartmentality
#smarturbanism
#technologicalsolutionism
osf.io/preprints/so...
New book chapter - Open Access via Open Science Framework pre-print:
Platform Citizenship: Between Consumerism
and Citizen Power
#digitalgovernance
#platformcitizenship
#scaffoldcitizenparticipation
#smartcity
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Platform Citizenship: Between Consumerism
and Citizen Power
#digitalgovernance
#platformcitizenship
#scaffoldcitizenparticipation
#smartcity
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New book chapter - Open Access via Open Science Framework pre-print:
Platform Citizenship: Between Consumerism
and Citizen Power
#digitalgovernance
#platformcitizenship
#scaffoldcitizenparticipation
#smartcity
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Platform Citizenship: Between Consumerism
and Citizen Power
#digitalgovernance
#platformcitizenship
#scaffoldcitizenparticipation
#smartcity
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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From the 1st web page to today’s sprawling internet, the web has reshaped how we live. 🌐
Hear Sir Tim Berners-Lee & Brewster Kahle on the Future Knowledge #podcast discuss the web’s rapid growth & why preserving it matters for generations to come.
🎧 futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/bui...
Hear Sir Tim Berners-Lee & Brewster Kahle on the Future Knowledge #podcast discuss the web’s rapid growth & why preserving it matters for generations to come.
🎧 futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/bui...
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
From the 1st web page to today’s sprawling internet, the web has reshaped how we live. 🌐
Hear Sir Tim Berners-Lee & Brewster Kahle on the Future Knowledge #podcast discuss the web’s rapid growth & why preserving it matters for generations to come.
🎧 futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/bui...
Hear Sir Tim Berners-Lee & Brewster Kahle on the Future Knowledge #podcast discuss the web’s rapid growth & why preserving it matters for generations to come.
🎧 futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/bui...
I’m going to Mozilla Festival 2025 in Barcelona this November! Join me there to help build a better, healthier internet. mzl.la/3HDm6HF
Attend Mozilla Festival
Join MozFest 2025 in Barcelona, Nov 7–9 — the global AI policy summit, digital rights event & open source festival for a healthier internet.
mzl.la
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I’m going to Mozilla Festival 2025 in Barcelona this November! Join me there to help build a better, healthier internet. mzl.la/3HDm6HF
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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It's a Ponzi scheme. And these people at our universities have got us involved.
"Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular. OpenAI receives billions from tech companies before sending those billions back to the same companies to pay for computing power and other services." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's a Ponzi scheme. And these people at our universities have got us involved.
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“At toilet time, you sign in via a fingerprint sensor so that the device knows who's using the facilities. (Please wash your hands before signing out or tracking your progress.) Then, check in with the app for the day's analysis and trends over time.”
Kohler Wants to Put a Tiny Camera in Your Toilet and Analyze the Contents
The company's new Dekoda toilet accessory is like a little bathroom detective.
www.cnet.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“At toilet time, you sign in via a fingerprint sensor so that the device knows who's using the facilities. (Please wash your hands before signing out or tracking your progress.) Then, check in with the app for the day's analysis and trends over time.”
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In other news: 1700 Palestinian prisoners, detained over the last two years but not charged with any crimes, were finally freed.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Joyous but uneasy crowds greet Palestinians released in ceasefire deal
The roughly 1,700 detainees from Gaza who returned there Monday are among thousands of people from the enclave the Israeli military seized during the war.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
In other news: 1700 Palestinian prisoners, detained over the last two years but not charged with any crimes, were finally freed.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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The frogs have landed in Chicago!
October 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The frogs have landed in Chicago!