Daniel Yeo

Daniel Yeo

@dkcy.com

Figuring out how to live in service of the whole. https://umami.works 🇲🇾🇨🇳, born in 🇬🇧, live in 🇫🇷, left my ❤️ in 🇪🇹. #greengrowth #resilientdevelopment #credibleclimateaction #climaterisk #water #watersecurity #energy #338ppm https://gravatar.com/dkcyeo

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Robbie Andrew
@robbieandrew.bsky.social

I keep wondering whether the Democrats have a project 2029. If they do regain the presidency, will they spend the first two years simply prosecuting the previous administration's corruption? Or will they also get things done? They will have a very, very big job to get things back on track.

Edward Luce@edwardluce.bsky.social

When the next US Congress investigates corruption, Trump's oil-deal-of-the-century with Alejandro Betancourt, the face of Venezuelan corruption, should be top of its list. Two kleptocracies working together. Brilliant essay by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comWhat the U.S. Is Really Doing in VenezuelaSuppressing democracy and extracting resources at the expense of its people
Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

I want to agree with this, but democracy is so much more than elections. It's the institutions and culture that goes around them. It's the way that complex collective choices are debated, decided and challenged. Those are the things that have become more fragile - and I have yet to see that change.

Rob Ford@robfordmancs.bsky.social

I was having conversations with journalists just a few months ago about whether democracy was doomed. Look at this year: Orban defeated. Vukic defeated. Bolsonaro Jr defeated. Trump heading to likely defeat in midterms. That’s the beauty of democracy. Voters can respond. Don’t count it out yet.

Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

I also maintain that elections can be one of the most undemocratic tools. So, once every 5 years a bunch of people get picked - and have power for 5 years with little scrutiny and real accountability. You didn't vote for them? Tough luck. They don't do what they said/what you voted for? Tough luck.

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Cartes
@cartes.app

Nous avons mis en ligne discrètement vendredi soir (les oufs !) une grosse nouveauté : les tuiles de cartes.app sont maintenant mises en cache par votre navigateur. Mises en cache ? Ça veut dire quoi ? C'est quoi une "tuile" ? Embarquez pour une petite explication de la cartographie moderne.

Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

Urgh. It doesn't surprise me at all. It's just galling how utterly guileless and crass this all is. And how little will be done about it.

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social

In 2020, Jared Kushner was senior advisor to the president of the United States, a full-time employee of the United States government, and was subject to numerous disclosure requirements and ethical restrictions under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

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Charlie Warzel
@cwarzel.bsky.social

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

theatlantic.comThe Man Who Saved the Internet YesterdayOndřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security. Then the internet exploded.

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Joshua Iz
@joshuaiz.com

It started with a dream 20 years ago... 10 months of work with a lot of help from the AT Proto community, Bluesky, and friends. FreeMix is live!!! Open to all and all genres welcome. Free to join. I can't wait to see what you create. (oh and some exclusive tracks by me ready to be remixed)

app.freemix.fmFreeMix — Music. Liberated for the open web.For producers, DJs, and artists across every genre. Upload, share, and remix with purpose-built music licenses. No ads, no algorithm. Free to join.
Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

"Don't be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served—as shareholders and in all other ways—by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains." Google IPO letter, 2004

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social

There goes 6250 tonnes of CO₂ removal every year…

theguardian.com‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentreCompany ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push

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Rob Majteles
@robmajteles.bsky.social

Imagine that: companies with plans to address vital challenges/opportunities are rewarded by capital markets? Just wait until we distinguish between those who act on these plans and those who do not. “Climate plans lower companies’ borrowing costs”    www.ft.com/content/52e3...

ft.comClimate plans found to lower companies’ borrowing costsITPN research finds debt interest rates for companies that publish full climate transition plans are 0.8 percentage points less than for those that do not

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Rob Majteles
@robmajteles.bsky.social

Have they ever actually earned that confidence? “I am losing confidence that [private equity firms] are keeping us at the core of their strategic operations, and I’m losing confidence in their claims that they are not just out to gather assets,”  www.ft.com/content/9764...

ft.comNew York pensions chief says private equity firm sought to expense jet useHead of city’s $326bn Retirement Systems hits out at ‘steady creep’ higher in fees charged by managers
Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

I disagree. I think the silent majority agree with and support the students. I think you underestimate how much the French hate authority. It's a country built on revolution and this isn't the first time that students have taken action.

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social

Sad but inevitable. Whether the student movements in France end up inadvertently strengthening the “silent majority“ in favour of law and order is an open question. France’s Le pen - already leading in polls - would then be the beneficiary in next years elections. www.ft.com/content/bcb6...

ft.comProtests across France spiral into riots and lootingViolence erupts in several cities after mass demonstrations over high living costs and dissatisfaction with the education system
Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

I also think that people can see that it's a small minority of troublemakers - some of whom are possibly false flag actors and certainly not representative of the movement as a whole.

Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

From where I sit, it feels like foreign press is spinning a very different narrative and focusing on the violence and damage. Social media and french sources tell a more nuanced story

Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

I love this. Art has always been important at these critical moments of instability

gquaggiotto.bsky.social@gquaggiotto.bsky.social

Real Quick is the Barbican's new platform for rapid responses to the state of the world, encouraging artists and audiences to explore ideas and issues at moments when it feels urgent to do so www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/ser...

barbican.org.ukReal Quick | BarbicanReal Quick is the Barbican’s new platform for rapid responses to the state of the world, encouraging artists and audiences to explore ideas and issues at moments when it feels urgent to do so.
Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

"private investors are willing to compartmentalize their demands for institutional/policy quality and bet on co-evolution of the same with growth and development"

gquaggiotto.bsky.social@gquaggiotto.bsky.social

"This is the first time in a while that I’ve seen African economies being pitched by analysts as a safe haven in the midst of a regional/global crisis" www.africanistperspective.com/p/the-percei...

africanistperspective.comThe perceived risk profiles of African economies are changing (and that’s a good thing)Yes. The vibe shift is real.
Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

The overall governance profile of a country can hide positive pockets of possibility. There are niches where good people, need and capacity come together to create credible environments.

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Anonymous
@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Lula challenged Bolsonaro to submit financial and phone records for judicial inquiry before the election. “I challenge you. Tomorrow, you and I open our bank accounts and telephone records so that the Brazilian people can find out who the thief is in this country.” #DebateNaBand

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Brazil's, Trump backed candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro faces a corruption inquiry over R$134 million sought from jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro, who is also linked to suspected influence-peddling involving associates of election court chief Kassio Nunes Marques.

yacnews.comThe Banco Master Files: Bolsonaro, Vorcaro and the Corruption Crisis at the Heart of Brazil's ElectionMessages seized from banker Daniel Vorcaro show his staff arranging hospitality and a fee deal of up to R$427 million around people who invoked Supreme Court Justice Kassio Nunes Marques, who now runs...
Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

@mu.social is there a way to retrospectively add or change Alt text on an image? I can't seem to figure it out without just deleting and reposting.

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CRobertBuchanan
@crobertbuchanan.bsky.social

Replying to @aljazeera.com

Headlining an article "Trump says..." without also noting that Trump is a shameless and practiced liar, is journalistic malpractice.

Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

🤦 If only there was some way to see this coming...

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social

Step 1: EU gets tough on China. Step 2 EU imposes a sanction on a Chinese company. Step 3: China responds by restricting rare-earth exports to a tiny company that no one has heard of that brings the chip machine maker ASML come crashing down Thanks for playing EU-China trade war!

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Robin Berjon
@robin.berjon.com

In case it wasn't obvious to some, I'll state it: releasing people's email addresses in public is not a requirement of the protocol. What W is doing is called "lying".

Bailey Townsend 🦀@pds.dad

This is the wilder one I haven't seen them address yet and did not realize 😅. I'm seeing about 1k+ emails. Theyre set as displayName on the bsky profile lexicon. Looking mostly liked accounts with that as the single lexicon and set data in the repo

mathewlowry.leaflet.pubHow not to build trustLast Friday I welcomed two "steps in the right direction" from W Social. But timing is everything.

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Albert Pinto
@70sbachchan.bsky.social

Replying to @70sbachchan.bsky.social

"Insurance broker Aon analysed more than 300 AI-related legal cases and found that insurers could also be on the hook to pay claims under policies covering crime, intellectual property, media liability, cyber security, & technology errors and omissions" @leeharris.ft.com bsky.app/profile/kati...

ft.comInsurance claims to test Altman and Amodei liability for ‘rogue’ AIInsurers and lawyers weigh the cost of potential massive lawsuits and damages against the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic
Katie Martin@katie0martin.ft.com

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Albert Pinto
@70sbachchan.bsky.social

"Insurance broker Aon analysed more than 300 AI-related legal cases and found that insurers could also be on the hook to pay claims under policies covering crime, intellectual property, media liability, cyber security, & technology errors and omissions" @leeharris.ft.com www.ft.com/content/a5ca...

ft.comInsurance claims to test Altman and Amodei liability for ‘rogue’ AI[FREE TO READ] Insurers and lawyers weigh the cost of potential massive lawsuits and damages against the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic
Daniel Yeo
@dkcy.com

Accountability. That's what underpins professional engineering. You sign off on something, you are responsible for it. It doesn't work, it breaks the law, it kills someone - you are liable.

Jed Brown@jedbrown.org

This remains true: it is not an engineering discipline. It's just deploying shoddy systems in inappropriate contexts, ignorant of (or sometimes reveling in) the externalized harms. What would it take to start doing engineering? Construct validity, adversarial audits, robust governance, and more.

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Jed Brown
@jedbrown.org

This remains true: it is not an engineering discipline. It's just deploying shoddy systems in inappropriate contexts, ignorant of (or sometimes reveling in) the externalized harms. What would it take to start doing engineering? Construct validity, adversarial audits, robust governance, and more.

Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app

While we're on the topic of the machine learning Michael Jordan and his interview calling this hysteria around fictional machine gods for what it is, let me share with you this essay he wrote in 2018 where he was similarly spot on. medium.com/@mijordan3/a...

medium.comArtificial Intelligence — The Revolution Hasn’t Happened YetArtificial Intelligence (AI) is the mantra of the current era. The phrase is intoned by technologists, academicians, journalists and…

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Rift Valley Institute
@rvinews.bsky.social

Southwest Ethiopia hosts some of the country’s most iconic wild forest coffee, yet its coffee sector has struggled to grow. Our new report on the Kaffa–Bench-Sheko–Sheka belt traces the problem to how coffee has been governed since Menelik II. Read the report: tinyurl.com/mrvsutbx

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Anonymous
@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Ukrainian drones struck three Yandex data centres in Russia, shutting down two and crippling the third. The attacks disrupted more than 80 services, including banking, transport and cloud infrastructure, following Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres.

yacnews.comDrone strikes hit three Yandex data centres in four days as Ukraine responds to Russia's attacksUkrainian drones struck three major Yandex data centres in Russia over four days, shutting down two and crippling the third. The attacks disrupted more than 80 services, including banking, transport a...

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Robin Berjon
@robin.berjon.com

People think I'm joking when I say that disinformation threatens democracy and sovereignty, and that this means that kinetic options should be on the table, even if ideally not used.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia