Gavin Starks @agentGav@mastodon.social

I think I've finally found the perfect use for blockchains... the provenance of crystals. Two kinds of woo that, when combined, makes 10 woo.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/jun/16/are-crystals-the-new-blood-diamonds-the-truth-about-muky-business-of-healing-stones

Today in 'US-centric presentations filled with 100s of charts that show upward growth and yet somehow ignore dozens of externalities, let alone the climate crisis...'

it's Mary Meeker's Internet Trends:

https://www.bondcap.com/report/itr19/#view/1

Today in "blockchain will solve" is ... IoT.... really? why? *why*????

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/blockchain-is-the-best-vehicle-for-iot/article27119247.ece

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We've got one of those fancy twitter things too https://twitter.com/icebreakerone

Tune in for lots of news next week: #GP2019Geneva #GPGeneva19 #ClimateCrisis #SharedData

If I were to negotiate Brexit with the citizens of the UK, I'd suggest bringing back the Two Ronnies instead.

climate update: ev̶e̶r̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶f̶i̶n̶e̶

today in normalisation of surveillance ... anyone know who the "London co-creators" were?

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/26/sidewalk-labs-rolls-out-new-symbols-intended-to-make-data-collection-in-public-more-transparent.html

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"The assumption of rational optimising individuals is used only as an approximation to reality"

very disappointed that this website wasn't taken over by number generating AI bots https://www.pithemovie.com/

officially overgrokked

"incorporate climate change into governance, risk management, forward planning and disclosure policies or face losing a heck of a lot of money ... as high as $20tn", says Bank of England. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/15/bank-of-england-begins-climate-enforcement-with-a-velvet-glove

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oh, I did write about this before... https://dgen.net/0/2008/08/04/cant-everyone-define-the-future/

Today in game changing ... we can now measure air pollution from space:
https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-5P/Nitrogen_dioxide_pollution_mapped

Opportunity missed: in the pocket of big data https://xkcd.com/2130/

The upside of Brexit: population reduction; loss of money; recession; infrastructure collapse; increased death rates; reduced imports; reduced export; lower production; ... all point to a lower carbon economy...

#inappropriateBrexitJoke

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/27/cull-invasive-mammals-to-save-island-species-experts-urge

Big Tech trying to claim "open data" with an initiative that is anything but https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/27/microsoft-adobe-and-sap-prepare-to-expand-their-open-data-initiative/

Sometimes you've got to wonder about serendipity...

We just launched our website for Icebreaker One.
http://icebreakerone.org

And the UN just published its 'Case for a Digital Ecosystem for the Environment' http://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/guest-articles/the-case-for-a-digital-ecosystem-for-the-environment

@ white men — I was just asked to speak at [yet another tech conference] that was almost entirely white-male. I politely declined and recommended some excellent speakers outside of this artificial boundary condition. Recommend we all do the same.