Me and @steipete.me have figured our dates and are running at the usual event space for the next Agents Anonymous in London, happening on the 23rd of March
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“Amazon’s Choice”
For better or for worse, I reckon the writing quality will improve over time to become indistinguishable.
My main takeaway was that these problems are pretty fixable, it's just the whole area is under-scrutinised, and suffers from a lack of imagination to some extent.
Looks like we found very similar things!
I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to improve democracy in the UK, and it turns out there's some low hanging fruit!
Proud to finally have this report out, many thanks to @demos-uk.bsky.social for their help.
PSA Outer Wilds is 50% off on Steam till Thursday! This is the biggest discount it's ever gotten; usually sales max at 40%.
store.steampowered.com/app/753640/O...
Well, hello world!
State of the Future is a new think tank (from @gavinfreeguard.com) for public servants and others who believe data, digital, openness and innovation can deliver better policy, better services and better outcomes for people.
sotf.org.uk
(Quiet news day to soft launch, eh?)
Director General for Emerging Technology and Artificial Intelligence Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 22nd March 2026 Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Apply at advertiser's site Reference number 450276 Salary £174,000
Significant job this one. A chance to shape tech to work for the public interest.
Director General for Emerging Technology and Artificial Intelligence at the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. (£174k)
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
These goats have just finished reading Web Curios. Look how happy they are - this could be you, with one click! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-20...
We thought in the future that we’d have all our meals in pill form. In fact we have our meals in bar or smoothie form, which is pretty close.
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
Freemium is the privatisation of universal basic services.
We have been running the Data and AI Public Engagement Community of Practice since July 2024, to allow people to share their work and learn from others on engaging the public around data and AI, work through common challenges, and bring together practitioners from different sectors.
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London friends!! 🦞🇬🇧
I’m hosting an AI Agents Hack Night at
@nwspk
in East London on Feb 17.
Bring your laptop, your friends, and your agent swarm ;)
👉 luma.com/46cy08st
#AIAgents #AIHackNight #LondonTech #BuildInPublic #OpenClaw
My liveskeeted notes from #ATProto London are up at kevinmarks.com/atprotolondon
Thank you also to my co-host @davenash.com; @edsaperia.bsky.social and newspeak.house for letting us use their incredible space; and our drinks sponsor this month, Neil Evans Creative (NeilEvans.agency)! 💚💚
We'll be back in April! See you then!
I'm at @aendra.com's atproto meetup tomorrow at Newspeak House, hopefully showing off bibliome.club... anybody else around?
#atproto #london
If you're in London, last spots available for this event at Newspeak House with Noortje Marres Alex Taylor @tmsqrll.bsky.social Dominique Barron @halcyene.bsky.social Annie Radcliffe Yasmine Boudiaf and Mukul Patel, on AI infra in public spaces luma.com/p4fmir78 (cc @edsaperia.bsky.social)
How do we define ‘good’ when it comes to AI and local communities?
Join us Thursday, 27 Jan at Newspeak House, London for "AI in the Street" - a collaborative research project that explores the messy reality of AI encountered in the street.
⏰ 4-6pm + drinks/refreshments
🔗 luma.com/p4fmir78Opens
Orta speaking about the idea of vendoring with LLMs in front of a screen at Newspeak House
Peter speaking about Clawdbot in front of a screen at Newspeak House
Awesome Claude Code Anonymous meetup. Multiple short talks on how people are using AI (not just Claude Code) to build things from the likes of @steipete.me, @orta.io, @nearestnabors.com and others. Many thanks to Orta, Peter and @edsaperia.bsky.social of Newspeak House for making it happen!
see you there!!
PSA for those heading from London to Birmingham for @ukgovcamp.com - all trains from Euston currently cancelled, head to St Pancras and change at Leicester... #govcamp
New to Bluesky and living in London, UK? Our next meetup is on 28 January in Shoreditch, we have some exceptional speakers lined up and it's a fantastic way to learn more about the technology powering this platform!
We'll probably also have some open discussion about... *gestures indeterminately*
The @ symbol is a lowercase pentagram, which is why it can only be used to summon humans.
The third Quake Brutalism Jam - launched last night. Largest community project of its kind.
The biggest surprise: It's available both as a mod or as a FULLY STANDALONE FREE GAME. 77 one-shot Quake adventures using a whole new set of weapons, enemies and a whole lot of concrete.
qbj3.slipseer.com
