Philip Sheldrake
@sheld.bsky.social
Unnamed Labs | Recognitive | DWeb | Web 3 | Systems thinking | Sociotechnology | Transition9 | Generative identity | Open Farming | Kernel mentor
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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If you haven't been following the developments at Amazon Ring as closely as I have the last 7 years and you're wondering how we got to the current headlines that the doorbell cameras are "eyes for ICE" because of their Flock partnerships--read my report about shakeups at the company from last year.
Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....
www.eff.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 AM
If you haven't been following the developments at Amazon Ring as closely as I have the last 7 years and you're wondering how we got to the current headlines that the doorbell cameras are "eyes for ICE" because of their Flock partnerships--read my report about shakeups at the company from last year.
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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On his first day in office, the Mayor of New York toured the crumbling apartment of one of his constituents.
On his 348th day in office, the President of the United States shops for marble and onyx for a ballroom nobody wants.
On his 348th day in office, the President of the United States shops for marble and onyx for a ballroom nobody wants.
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
On his first day in office, the Mayor of New York toured the crumbling apartment of one of his constituents.
On his 348th day in office, the President of the United States shops for marble and onyx for a ballroom nobody wants.
On his 348th day in office, the President of the United States shops for marble and onyx for a ballroom nobody wants.
I had the privilege of chairing Sir Tim B-L at the Royal Society on the topic of the semantic web 14 years ago.
I think of @garymarcus.bsky.social at the Royal Society today in the contexts of the meaningful web.
See: www.turing.ac.uk/events/celeb...
I think of @garymarcus.bsky.social at the Royal Society today in the contexts of the meaningful web.
See: www.turing.ac.uk/events/celeb...
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test
Published in October 1950, Alan Turing’s seminal paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” proposed a test to determine whether machines could think and t
www.turing.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I had the privilege of chairing Sir Tim B-L at the Royal Society on the topic of the semantic web 14 years ago.
I think of @garymarcus.bsky.social at the Royal Society today in the contexts of the meaningful web.
See: www.turing.ac.uk/events/celeb...
I think of @garymarcus.bsky.social at the Royal Society today in the contexts of the meaningful web.
See: www.turing.ac.uk/events/celeb...
First live demo by Matthew Schutte of unyt.co — professional-grade accounting tools for businesses, communities, and peer-production networks.
From the @holochain.bsky.social project.
youtu.be/Ntvh-S8GqAw
From the @holochain.bsky.social project.
youtu.be/Ntvh-S8GqAw
Unyt Accounting
Accounting Software for a Decentralized Era.
unyt.co
August 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
First live demo by Matthew Schutte of unyt.co — professional-grade accounting tools for businesses, communities, and peer-production networks.
From the @holochain.bsky.social project.
youtu.be/Ntvh-S8GqAw
From the @holochain.bsky.social project.
youtu.be/Ntvh-S8GqAw
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Holochain Horizon: Foundation Forward is live! Read the recap of our first livestream and learn about The Holochain Foundation's strategic shift to a more proactive role. blog.holochain.org/holochain-ho...
#Holochain #DecentralizedTech #FoundationForward
#Holochain #DecentralizedTech #FoundationForward
August 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Holochain Horizon: Foundation Forward is live! Read the recap of our first livestream and learn about The Holochain Foundation's strategic shift to a more proactive role. blog.holochain.org/holochain-ho...
#Holochain #DecentralizedTech #FoundationForward
#Holochain #DecentralizedTech #FoundationForward
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Something has gone very wrong with British politics that almost 500 of people have been arrested at a Palestine Action protest, when we should be standing collectively as a society against the cruelty and devastation on the ground in Palestine www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
‘A deadly scheme’: Palestinians face indiscriminate gunfire at food sites
Investigation based on visual evidence, bullets, medical records and testimony appears to show sustained pattern of Israeli shootings
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Something has gone very wrong with British politics that almost 500 of people have been arrested at a Palestine Action protest, when we should be standing collectively as a society against the cruelty and devastation on the ground in Palestine www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
July 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
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Among yesterday's arrestees is Deborah Hinton, an 81-year old retired magistrate with an OBE.
That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist.
Language has been turned on its head.
The law has been turned on its head.
Murdering children is righteous.
Trying to stop it is terrorism.
That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist.
Language has been turned on its head.
The law has been turned on its head.
Murdering children is righteous.
Trying to stop it is terrorism.
July 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Among yesterday's arrestees is Deborah Hinton, an 81-year old retired magistrate with an OBE.
That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist.
Language has been turned on its head.
The law has been turned on its head.
Murdering children is righteous.
Trying to stop it is terrorism.
That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist.
Language has been turned on its head.
The law has been turned on its head.
Murdering children is righteous.
Trying to stop it is terrorism.
AI-augmented software development is challenging.
LLMs are producing technical debt and vulnerabilities at an unprecedented rate, else hitting productivity as engineers try to catch it all.
@garymarcus.bsky.social would hint gently at a neurosymbolic resolution. So do we.
recognitive.io
LLMs are producing technical debt and vulnerabilities at an unprecedented rate, else hitting productivity as engineers try to catch it all.
@garymarcus.bsky.social would
recognitive.io
Recognitive — Enterprise AI isn’t Enterprise AI without it
Recognitive integrates enterprise AI and enterprise software beautifully ... intelligently.
recognitive.io
July 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
AI-augmented software development is challenging.
LLMs are producing technical debt and vulnerabilities at an unprecedented rate, else hitting productivity as engineers try to catch it all.
@garymarcus.bsky.social would hint gently at a neurosymbolic resolution. So do we.
recognitive.io
LLMs are producing technical debt and vulnerabilities at an unprecedented rate, else hitting productivity as engineers try to catch it all.
@garymarcus.bsky.social would
recognitive.io
Just found "Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI through Neuro-Symbolic Architectures – Benefits and Limitations".
You might enjoy it @garymarcus.bsky.social — its classification of NSAI architectures was new to me at least.
arxiv.org/html/2502.11...
You might enjoy it @garymarcus.bsky.social — its classification of NSAI architectures was new to me at least.
arxiv.org/html/2502.11...
Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI through Neuro-Symbolic Architectures – Benefits and Limitations
arxiv.org
June 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just found "Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI through Neuro-Symbolic Architectures – Benefits and Limitations".
You might enjoy it @garymarcus.bsky.social — its classification of NSAI architectures was new to me at least.
arxiv.org/html/2502.11...
You might enjoy it @garymarcus.bsky.social — its classification of NSAI architectures was new to me at least.
arxiv.org/html/2502.11...
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All your data belong to us @GaryMarcus.bsky.social
"#Surveillance is not a neutral tool — it’s an instrument of social control. But we do have more of a choice... And the right time to make better choices for democracy is now." ~ @carissaveliz.bsky.social
garymarcus.substack....
#AI
"#Surveillance is not a neutral tool — it’s an instrument of social control. But we do have more of a choice... And the right time to make better choices for democracy is now." ~ @carissaveliz.bsky.social
garymarcus.substack....
#AI
All your data belong to us
Surveillance shit is about to get real
garymarcus.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
All your data belong to us @GaryMarcus.bsky.social
"#Surveillance is not a neutral tool — it’s an instrument of social control. But we do have more of a choice... And the right time to make better choices for democracy is now." ~ @carissaveliz.bsky.social
garymarcus.substack....
#AI
"#Surveillance is not a neutral tool — it’s an instrument of social control. But we do have more of a choice... And the right time to make better choices for democracy is now." ~ @carissaveliz.bsky.social
garymarcus.substack....
#AI
Transition9 works for the natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence in harmony with a new nature-inspired computing architecture.
Delighted to say we've just published “Explain it to me like I’m a teenager” 🙂
transition9.ai/explainer.html
#ai #dweb #decentralize
Delighted to say we've just published “Explain it to me like I’m a teenager” 🙂
transition9.ai/explainer.html
#ai #dweb #decentralize
Transition9
The natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence in harmony with a new nature-inspired computing architecture.
transition9.ai
May 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Transition9 works for the natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence in harmony with a new nature-inspired computing architecture.
Delighted to say we've just published “Explain it to me like I’m a teenager” 🙂
transition9.ai/explainer.html
#ai #dweb #decentralize
Delighted to say we've just published “Explain it to me like I’m a teenager” 🙂
transition9.ai/explainer.html
#ai #dweb #decentralize
There have been 8 major evolutionary transitions in all of time.
Astonishingly and undoubtedly, there will be a 9th by 2035.
How do we want the 9th transition to go?
The Transition9 movement works for the natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence. #ai
transition9.ai
Astonishingly and undoubtedly, there will be a 9th by 2035.
How do we want the 9th transition to go?
The Transition9 movement works for the natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence. #ai
transition9.ai
April 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
There have been 8 major evolutionary transitions in all of time.
Astonishingly and undoubtedly, there will be a 9th by 2035.
How do we want the 9th transition to go?
The Transition9 movement works for the natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence. #ai
transition9.ai
Astonishingly and undoubtedly, there will be a 9th by 2035.
How do we want the 9th transition to go?
The Transition9 movement works for the natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence. #ai
transition9.ai
I’ve already moved from Gmail to @proton.me, and I’ve never used WhatsApp, always @signal.org.
Today I deleted Google Maps and installed Magic Earth.
www.magicearth.com
Today I deleted Google Maps and installed Magic Earth.
www.magicearth.com
Magic Earth - Free Navigation & Maps App for Android and iPhone
Magic Earth is a free maps and navigation app based on OpenStreetMap data. Enjoy 3D maps, Satellite maps, Turn-by-turn navigation, HD Traffic, Offline maps
www.magicearth.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’ve already moved from Gmail to @proton.me, and I’ve never used WhatsApp, always @signal.org.
Today I deleted Google Maps and installed Magic Earth.
www.magicearth.com
Today I deleted Google Maps and installed Magic Earth.
www.magicearth.com
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Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs.
Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
www.wired.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs.
Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
March 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
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And there it is. Putin’s lifelong dream. After years of relentless Russian propaganda, now fully embraced by the American president and the world’s richest oligarch, millions of Americans are convinced that this is a good plan because Europe is an enemy and Putin is our friend.
March 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
And there it is. Putin’s lifelong dream. After years of relentless Russian propaganda, now fully embraced by the American president and the world’s richest oligarch, millions of Americans are convinced that this is a good plan because Europe is an enemy and Putin is our friend.
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Just got my copy of the new edition of one of my favorite books. Congratulations, @davidbollier.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Just got my copy of the new edition of one of my favorite books. Congratulations, @davidbollier.bsky.social
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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
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Trump could have pushed for an end to the war in Ukraine without becoming actively hostile to Ukraine. Instead, he has imbibed Putin’s lies. Have written about the emergence of a new US/Russia axis, where it comes from and the staggering implications for Europe.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We're waking up to a new US/Russia axis
Why Trump clings to Putin.
open.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Trump could have pushed for an end to the war in Ukraine without becoming actively hostile to Ukraine. Instead, he has imbibed Putin’s lies. Have written about the emergence of a new US/Russia axis, where it comes from and the staggering implications for Europe.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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My aunt texted: "Perhaps now is the time for super shameless promotion of Governable Spaces. The audience won't need any handholding to get it."
I don't know if it is true, but see for yourself: ntnsndr.in/govbook
I don't know if it is true, but see for yourself: ntnsndr.in/govbook
Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
ntnsndr.in
February 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My aunt texted: "Perhaps now is the time for super shameless promotion of Governable Spaces. The audience won't need any handholding to get it."
I don't know if it is true, but see for yourself: ntnsndr.in/govbook
I don't know if it is true, but see for yourself: ntnsndr.in/govbook
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