Scott Frankum
@scottfrankum.bsky.social
Technology developer. Creative director. Web3 & Open Network evangelist.
“Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"—Angela Davis
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"—Angela Davis
Planning for California’s tracing and recycling laws is happening now.
Join the Textile Renewal Alliance Informational Webinar
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
10am – 11am (Pacific Time - Los Angeles)
textilerenewalalliance.org
Join the Textile Renewal Alliance Informational Webinar
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
10am – 11am (Pacific Time - Los Angeles)
textilerenewalalliance.org
Home - Textile Renewal Alliance
Helping textile producers comply with California’s new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law with clarity and confidence.
textilerenewalalliance.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Planning for California’s tracing and recycling laws is happening now.
Join the Textile Renewal Alliance Informational Webinar
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
10am – 11am (Pacific Time - Los Angeles)
textilerenewalalliance.org
Join the Textile Renewal Alliance Informational Webinar
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
10am – 11am (Pacific Time - Los Angeles)
textilerenewalalliance.org
"The H&M Foundation just called on fashion to stop thinking in silos because it won't hit net zero unless it operates as interconnected systems—spanning materials, manufacturing, policy, investment, and consumer behavior."
hmfoundation.com/wp-content/u...?
hmfoundation.com/wp-content/u...?
hmfoundation.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
"The H&M Foundation just called on fashion to stop thinking in silos because it won't hit net zero unless it operates as interconnected systems—spanning materials, manufacturing, policy, investment, and consumer behavior."
hmfoundation.com/wp-content/u...?
hmfoundation.com/wp-content/u...?
open.substack.com/pub/crafts/p... The lack of standards buried the work of 200 million Indian hand weavers beneath fast fashion for 20 years.
This idea needs a convening institution or history could repeat in Web3.
This idea needs a convening institution or history could repeat in Web3.
The Battle for Interoperable Data & Measurement Standards
The Problem
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
open.substack.com/pub/crafts/p... The lack of standards buried the work of 200 million Indian hand weavers beneath fast fashion for 20 years.
This idea needs a convening institution or history could repeat in Web3.
This idea needs a convening institution or history could repeat in Web3.
500 Million in grants to redirect the arc of AI back towards people
www.fastcompany.com/91420384/exc...
humanityai.ai
omidyarnetworks
#AI #people #creativity #progress #democracy
www.fastcompany.com/91420384/exc...
humanityai.ai
omidyarnetworks
#AI #people #creativity #progress #democracy
Exclusive: Big Philanthropy teams up to take on Big AI
A new coalition of 10 major givers, including the Omidyar Network and Ford Foundation, are investing $500 million in an effort to ensure Americans have a say in how artificial intelligence impacts the...
www.fastcompany.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
500 Million in grants to redirect the arc of AI back towards people
www.fastcompany.com/91420384/exc...
humanityai.ai
omidyarnetworks
#AI #people #creativity #progress #democracy
www.fastcompany.com/91420384/exc...
humanityai.ai
omidyarnetworks
#AI #people #creativity #progress #democracy
Centralized economic models are dying because the pursuit of shareholder value created risk and harm that destroyed trust—at the same moment affordable, verifiable, Global South-friendly technology became available.
#design #fashion #retail #products #SUSTAINABILITY #decentralization #holochain
#design #fashion #retail #products #SUSTAINABILITY #decentralization #holochain
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Centralized economic models are dying because the pursuit of shareholder value created risk and harm that destroyed trust—at the same moment affordable, verifiable, Global South-friendly technology became available.
#design #fashion #retail #products #SUSTAINABILITY #decentralization #holochain
#design #fashion #retail #products #SUSTAINABILITY #decentralization #holochain
Interoperability is the biggest thing no one at San Francisco Tech Week was talking about. It accelerates good things and impedes bad things. We should talk about it. Link to free Substack.
#interoperability #ESPR #SB251 #SB263
www.weave3.org/p/the-battle...
#interoperability #ESPR #SB251 #SB263
www.weave3.org/p/the-battle...
The Battle for Interoperable Data & Measurement Standards
The Problem
www.weave3.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Interoperability is the biggest thing no one at San Francisco Tech Week was talking about. It accelerates good things and impedes bad things. We should talk about it. Link to free Substack.
#interoperability #ESPR #SB251 #SB263
www.weave3.org/p/the-battle...
#interoperability #ESPR #SB251 #SB263
www.weave3.org/p/the-battle...
We’re building what we believe is fashion’s next operating system — one where proof replaces promises.
caroconsulting.substack.com/p/the-trust-...
#climate #commerce #distributednetworks #espr #sb261 #sb253
caroconsulting.substack.com/p/the-trust-...
#climate #commerce #distributednetworks #espr #sb261 #sb253
The Trust Layer: How Proof Will Redefine Fashion, Tech & Commerce
Proof-native commerce is the new brand promise — and the next evolution of fashion’s operating system. Part 2 of the “Proof-Native Future” Series by Caroline Rothwell Gerstein & Scott Frankum.
caroconsulting.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We’re building what we believe is fashion’s next operating system — one where proof replaces promises.
caroconsulting.substack.com/p/the-trust-...
#climate #commerce #distributednetworks #espr #sb261 #sb253
caroconsulting.substack.com/p/the-trust-...
#climate #commerce #distributednetworks #espr #sb261 #sb253
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. – Marcus Aurelius
Did he say when? – Scott
Did he say when? – Scott
October 2, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. – Marcus Aurelius
Did he say when? – Scott
Did he say when? – Scott
Coming Tuesday!
Glossy pledges won’t survive the decade.
✅ Proof is the new price of entry.
caroconsulting.substack.com
@caroconsulting
@scottfrankum
Glossy pledges won’t survive the decade.
✅ Proof is the new price of entry.
caroconsulting.substack.com
@caroconsulting
@scottfrankum
CARO’s Substack | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read CARO’s Substack, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
caroconsulting.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Coming Tuesday!
Glossy pledges won’t survive the decade.
✅ Proof is the new price of entry.
caroconsulting.substack.com
@caroconsulting
@scottfrankum
Glossy pledges won’t survive the decade.
✅ Proof is the new price of entry.
caroconsulting.substack.com
@caroconsulting
@scottfrankum
California's Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CARB)
In July 2025, CARB issued a long-awaited FAQ document to clarify how businesses should approach SB 253 and SB 261. Circularity doesn't work without material properties, environmental data, and performance metrics interoperability.
In July 2025, CARB issued a long-awaited FAQ document to clarify how businesses should approach SB 253 and SB 261. Circularity doesn't work without material properties, environmental data, and performance metrics interoperability.
September 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
California's Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CARB)
In July 2025, CARB issued a long-awaited FAQ document to clarify how businesses should approach SB 253 and SB 261. Circularity doesn't work without material properties, environmental data, and performance metrics interoperability.
In July 2025, CARB issued a long-awaited FAQ document to clarify how businesses should approach SB 253 and SB 261. Circularity doesn't work without material properties, environmental data, and performance metrics interoperability.
Let's talk about ethical technology and how incentives change in better directions that create systemic change.
Read more at www.weave3.org and Economy3.org
#DecentralizedWeb #Fediverse #DigitalPublicInfrastructure #ethicaltechnology #OpenProtocols #Web3 #systemicchange
Read more at www.weave3.org and Economy3.org
#DecentralizedWeb #Fediverse #DigitalPublicInfrastructure #ethicaltechnology #OpenProtocols #Web3 #systemicchange
September 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Let's talk about ethical technology and how incentives change in better directions that create systemic change.
Read more at www.weave3.org and Economy3.org
#DecentralizedWeb #Fediverse #DigitalPublicInfrastructure #ethicaltechnology #OpenProtocols #Web3 #systemicchange
Read more at www.weave3.org and Economy3.org
#DecentralizedWeb #Fediverse #DigitalPublicInfrastructure #ethicaltechnology #OpenProtocols #Web3 #systemicchange
The EC's August 11, 2025 update highlights the use of interoperable, standardized data models, including JSON-LD, especially for issuing European Digital Credentials and supporting cross-border administrative procedures.
My take: www.weave3.org/p/only-json-...
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
My take: www.weave3.org/p/only-json-...
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
Only JSON-LD Meets Legislation and Works in the Global South
JSON-RPC and JSON are Not Fit for Purpose
www.weave3.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The EC's August 11, 2025 update highlights the use of interoperable, standardized data models, including JSON-LD, especially for issuing European Digital Credentials and supporting cross-border administrative procedures.
My take: www.weave3.org/p/only-json-...
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
My take: www.weave3.org/p/only-json-...
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
Seminar this weekend at the Internet Archive. Subject: “Current science in peer-to-peer systems and the decentralized web.”
dwebseminar.org/weekend/
#DWebSeminar
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
#OpenProtocols
#FutureOfWeb
dwebseminar.org/weekend/
#DWebSeminar
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
#OpenProtocols
#FutureOfWeb
DWeb Seminar 2025 - August 13-17, 2025, San Francisco
Map the current DWeb technological landscape, learn from each other, and define the challenges ahead
dwebseminar.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Seminar this weekend at the Internet Archive. Subject: “Current science in peer-to-peer systems and the decentralized web.”
dwebseminar.org/weekend/
#DWebSeminar
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
#OpenProtocols
#FutureOfWeb
dwebseminar.org/weekend/
#DWebSeminar
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
#OpenProtocols
#FutureOfWeb
After more than ten years of pioneering work toward a genuinely decentralized and distributed system, DWeb Seminar takes stock of how far the decentralized web has come.
#DWebSeminar
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
#OpenProtocols
#FutureOfWeb
#DWebSeminar
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
#OpenProtocols
#FutureOfWeb
August 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
After more than ten years of pioneering work toward a genuinely decentralized and distributed system, DWeb Seminar takes stock of how far the decentralized web has come.
#DWebSeminar
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
#OpenProtocols
#FutureOfWeb
#DWebSeminar
#PeerToPeer
#DecentralizedWeb
#OpenProtocols
#FutureOfWeb
I thought Telegram was distributed. It is unclear how Russia plans to block it. What's app is private but centralized. That will be easier:
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...?
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...?
Russia partially restricts WhatsApp and Telegram calls to 'combat criminals'
In what it called an effort to "combat criminals," Russia said Wednesday it would restrict calls on the popular messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, platforms a watchdog says are used for fraud, exto...
www.france24.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I thought Telegram was distributed. It is unclear how Russia plans to block it. What's app is private but centralized. That will be easier:
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...?
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...?
I signed-up for Chat GPT 5. So far…it is kind of an idiot.
August 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I signed-up for Chat GPT 5. So far…it is kind of an idiot.
Open-source digital public infrastructure connects the real economy and creative work to on-chain solutions that help brands manage climate risk and move away from extractive models while empowering producers at scale.
August 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Open-source digital public infrastructure connects the real economy and creative work to on-chain solutions that help brands manage climate risk and move away from extractive models while empowering producers at scale.
The Day AI Started a New Career in Sales, by @ScottFrankum
All of the LLMs have announced plans, but today I used Perplexity to search for: "I need to start recording social videos. Here's what happened.
open.substack.com/pub/crafts/p...
All of the LLMs have announced plans, but today I used Perplexity to search for: "I need to start recording social videos. Here's what happened.
open.substack.com/pub/crafts/p...
AI's New Career in Sales
August 4th, 2025. The day AI officially crossed the line from helpful assistant to salesperson
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The Day AI Started a New Career in Sales, by @ScottFrankum
All of the LLMs have announced plans, but today I used Perplexity to search for: "I need to start recording social videos. Here's what happened.
open.substack.com/pub/crafts/p...
All of the LLMs have announced plans, but today I used Perplexity to search for: "I need to start recording social videos. Here's what happened.
open.substack.com/pub/crafts/p...
Competitors in the EU and China, who can build traceable supply chains, have a new strategic advantage to win in US domestic sales.
Market fundamentalism in the age of AI has unintended consequences.
Market fundamentalism in the age of AI has unintended consequences.
August 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Competitors in the EU and China, who can build traceable supply chains, have a new strategic advantage to win in US domestic sales.
Market fundamentalism in the age of AI has unintended consequences.
Market fundamentalism in the age of AI has unintended consequences.
The Resulting Paradox: US companies may be liberated by deregulation in some ways, but are now disadvantages in others, like online sales. Note: Climate Change is not part of the economic argument. I mean...it is...but I don't need it to make the point.
August 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Resulting Paradox: US companies may be liberated by deregulation in some ways, but are now disadvantages in others, like online sales. Note: Climate Change is not part of the economic argument. I mean...it is...but I don't need it to make the point.
The Tension: AI created requirements for this exact same information. AI now rewards factual, structured data with discovery and sales. It effectively makes the "friction" Trump's deregulation seeks to remove, into a critical component for online sales success.
August 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The Tension: AI created requirements for this exact same information. AI now rewards factual, structured data with discovery and sales. It effectively makes the "friction" Trump's deregulation seeks to remove, into a critical component for online sales success.
The Problem: The Trump administration's market fundamentalism deregulation policies removed the legal requirement for US companies to disclose certain information (e.g., supply chain data, environmental impact).
August 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The Problem: The Trump administration's market fundamentalism deregulation policies removed the legal requirement for US companies to disclose certain information (e.g., supply chain data, environmental impact).