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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 6d

Batteries Dominate Zero-Emission Truck Sales:

"The prospects for hydrogen in road transport look dim. Cost for both vehicles and fuel remain high, infrastructure is challenging, buyers seem uninterested and generous government subsidies won’t last forever."
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#alwaysbecharging

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 11d

New case study!!!

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 12d

🤝 Building Trust in Sharing Data

The latest IIPP case study by Jordyn Fetter and @eaves.ca explores how the United States Department of Transportation addressed a congestion crisis by identifying and building state capacity on data custodianship and governance.

🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/AgO3hJP

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 18d

We @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk are hiring a postdoc to work on AI and geopolitics www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Research Assistant/Associate (Fixed Term)

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance. Applications are invited for a Research Assistant/Associate at the new Bennett School of Public Policy in the

www.cam.ac.uk

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 21d

Join us for this year's Reynolds Lecture with @mazzucatom.bsky.social on Mission-Oriented Government: Building State Capacity for the 21st Century

📅23 Oct 2025
🕠17:30-18:45
📍Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Book your place: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/2025-...

@iipp-ucl.bsky.social @eaves.ca

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 21d

Ha! I was so tired when I posted this!!

David Eaves @eaves.ca · 21d

Also, if you don’t have a copy of Sneakers on a hard drive somewhere… I don’t know where you were at in the 90s and 2000s…

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 21d

My feed right night:

Yeah, sure Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid was great but Sneakers is where it is at.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 21d

It’s what I wanted to be growing up. :)

Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 22d

This was Robert Redford trying to play a nerdy uncool policy analyst.

Photograph of Robert Redford wearing an upturned coat and sunglasses in Three Days of the Condor

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Carlota Perez @carlotaperez.bsky.social · 21d

In this talk for Futuroscope 2025 (with French subtitles) I say that populism happens midway along each technological revolution. The way out are policies creating new dynamic demand. Last time it was suburbanisation; this time it's reglobalisation for a North-South win-win game. urls.fr/xo9QKg

Carlota PEREZ au Forum du Futuroscope 2025 (4/15)

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

urls.fr

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Carlota Perez @carlotaperez.bsky.social · Aug 22

‪@johnthornhill.bsky.social‬ published an article in the Financial Times wrote about a potential crash of the AI investment hype referring to my work on technological revolutions, financial bubbles and golden ages.
"Brace for a crash before the golden age of AI" on.ft.com/45thsoG
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Brace for a crash before the golden age of AI

[FREE TO READ] History teaches that tech revolutions follow a predictable cycle of installation followed by creative destruction

on.ft.com

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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · Aug 20

Did you know Bluesky's founder has an #STS degree? In a new article, Erin Burkett and I explain why, despite current threats to humanities and social science, "STEM-in-Society programs" like STS are more important than ever. And we guide funders and university leaders how to better support them.

STEM-in-Society Programs Deserve Institutional Support

STEM-in-society programs have proven their utility and have never been more needed—but they are in jeopardy nationwide.

issues.org

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · Aug 18

I love this. Not 100% sure about the conclusion. I observe that most English people think traveling 2.5 hours by any means constitutes a “long” journey whereas in North Americans think nothing of it. There is a cultural/mindset piece that i can’t evidence but feels it impacts this.

David Eaves @eaves.ca · Aug 14

If you’re in Vancouver this summer definitely check out “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

I’m no art critic but this @bardonthebeach.bsky.social production was delightfully redone with 80s vibes and the cast just wanted to have fun. It was fantastic.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Aug 7

As AI advances, more policymakers have been considering the benefits of a public AI compute reserve for startups and research. Sarosh Nagar and @eaves.ca explore what "access to compute" would mean in practice and the importance of these measures for the creation of public goods.

Building Public Compute for the Age of AI

Governments around the world have been developing ways for public-goods-creating entities to access compute.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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yaso @yaso.is · Aug 6

This is promising

medium.com/@storacha/in...

Introducing bsky.storage: Own Your Social Identity

Take back control of your online identity. Our new tool, bsky.storage, backs up your Bluesky account hourly — free, secure &…

medium.com

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · Aug 6

Whoa! 2 Billion... I remember when we were excited to hit 1 million on what we then called our "Dashboard of Vanity."

So many good people helped make this landmark possible...

Routeware Sends 2 Billion Recycling Reminders—Thanks to You routeware.com/blog/routewa...

Routeware Sends 2 Billion Recycling Reminders—Thanks to You - Routeware

We’ve just hit a major milestone—and it’s all thanks to the cities, towns, and waste haulers who’ve partnered with us on the journey.

routeware.com

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · Jul 10

Back to the online world. And just noticed this big job posting here in the UK...

Director Service Transformation

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Quick Check Needed

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · Jul 1

I'm insanely excited about the launch of the new DPI Map website.(dpimap.org)

It looks beautiful, easier access country data and has a bunch of new features.

Huge thank you to Michelle Wronski, Ole Evans and @krisstinar.bsky.social for making this update happen!

Digital Public Infrastructure Map - UCL IIPP

The first global investigation of digital public infrastructure.

dpimap.org

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · Jun 30

Have not read the books, but loving the show.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · Jun 30

I couldn't imagine a starker piece outlining how America lost the future. Literally driving into a deadend from a economic, sustainability and climate perspective.
One day a future Jared Diamond will write about this period of US politics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away.

Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.

www.nytimes.com

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Jun 28

🧩 The Service Gap

IIPP Profs @eaves.ca and Mike Braken, with Researcher Michelle Wronski, reflect on Europe's new International Digital Strategy & argue that services should be at the centre of Europe's digital future in their article for @thelisboncouncil.bsky.social

✍️ Read more: buff.ly/c0eocfp

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · Jun 27

So grateful to @gds.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy for hosting a team of @iipp-ucl.bsky.social students for their final semester project. Invaluable opportunity for them to learn working on a real problem.

Also... more grateful they let me take those same students down in ping pong. :)