Dave Dawson
dsdawson.bsky.social
Dave Dawson
@dsdawson.bsky.social
Mainly technology & comms. All views are my own.
We have funded some pretty cool things at the Foundation over the past few years - drones for wildfire detection in Thailand, connectivity in rural Malaysia via helium balloons, digital literacy in Myanmar villages... If you're doing tech stuff to help folks in the Asia Pacific, check it out.
The 2025 ISIF Asia applications are now open!

Discover more and start your application via the Foundation blog. Applications close April 4, but registration of organizations in the funding portal closes April 2.

apnic.foundation/blog/2025-is...

#funding #grants #digitaldevelopment #connectivity
February 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Reposted by Dave Dawson
Two extremely powerful executive branch officials—Vice President Vance and uhh idk Grand Vizier Musk—demanded that a reporter be fired over story about a member of Musk’s staff that no one disputes is entirely true. The guy resigned over it, it’s so true.
February 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"Certainly, they actually don't know what they're doing. I'm sure you watch the Harris people on Pod Save America afterward, and you're like, oh my god, they don't even think they made any mistakes. Who are these people? Why are they running anything?"

www.currentaffairs.org/news/krystal...
Krystal Ball on How To Fix American Politics and Media
"Breaking Points" host Krystal Ball in a post-election discussion on where the Left needs to go from here and the perils of "independent" media.
www.currentaffairs.org
February 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Lobbying disguised as media commentary. The Newscorp special laid bare.
January 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Reposted by Dave Dawson
Currently lots of disinformation about Trump's "stop-work" order. Can confirm from multiple orgs I've been in touch with the last 48 hours the negative impact on China investigations is catastrophic. This is an absolute win handed to Beijing.
Stop-Work Order on US Foreign Aid Puts China First and America Last
President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio's 90-day halt endangers health, economic and other programs, leaving gaps for China to fill.
www.justsecurity.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Bear in mind the new Queensland Government's plans for youth crime involve setting up privately run detention centres that might also detain *siblings* of "at risk" kids.

Incarcerating kids in private prisons without due process.

Footage of his plan here:
www.reddit.com/r/friendlyjo...
January 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM