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Paola Roccuzzo

@semanthicc

Semantics, content, digital identity and weightlifting. Data protection and minimisation are hills I'm happy to die on.

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I've been involved in the beginnings of two of these stickers. Bragging levels: through the roof

26.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With all the understanding for the ex colleagues trying to move a gigantic ship, I am not sure this moves the needle significantly towards a nimbler content architecture - but again, I don't have any detail on what changed CMS-wise, so I will keep my critical friend's suspicions for myself!

21.01.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep it was building on the fact cave use case (I was aware) ;) From what I can tell, this adds some reusability (depending on how it's been implemented), and solves the referenced data issue (content and data that should've been structured as variable parameters since day 1) 1/

21.01.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We need to describe and *market* the overarching paradigm that's emerging across a lot of tech domains (wallets, personal AI, etc) - something along the lines of "Own your data". It's easier to explain the paradigm in general, and then zoom in on what it means for the single protocol, app, etc

18.01.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Vocation for public service is the thing that urges you to plan the work to do - even when you've been fired from the job. And gets your sleep-deprived brain on an early train on Saturday morning to attend @ukgovcamp.com, "si parva licet componere magnis."

18.01.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Former USDS Leaders Launch Tech Reform Project to Fix What DOGE Broke The plan, which is still in its early stages, is spearheaded by former USDS administrator Mikey Dickerson.

The plan, which is still in its early stages, is spearheaded by former USDS administrator Mikey Dickerson.

16.01.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

I finally offered links to reasoned critical takes on the announcement. Result? Banned in less than 10 hours. I bet this is the new take of "had enough of experts" 3/

03.10.2025 09:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I explained that there were so many lies that even the half truths were unreliable, that I could tell because I worked on it, and that while nobody can tell what it will look like yet, we know enough about what's possible to rule Black Mirror out. 2/

03.10.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My FB account was suspended for a violation of ToS (the type you get when you cause harm or provide a credible threat). My only interaction in the last months? Commenting on a delirious repost claiming all kinds of Black Mirror scenarios that the new digital ID will bring 1/

03.10.2025 09:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dotcom on Steroids When the odds appear stacked against you

If you don't want to hear it from @edzitron.com you might trust investment analysts instead?
gqg.com/insights/dot...

03.10.2025 08:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot from LinkedIn, indicating that someone from Gavin Newsom's office has looked at my profile.

A screenshot from LinkedIn, indicating that someone from Gavin Newsom's office has looked at my profile.

Gavin, just say the word.

25.08.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're ever tempted to write about what kind of complete clusterfuck is on the Horizon, and the kind of damage that could be caused by the collision of digital identity and genAI/agents, happy to provide pointers. Every time I try to put pen to paper my will to live dies!

23.07.2025 09:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All true, except, I would argue: it is a take on politics - which oftentimes overlaps with the bad-faith conflation πŸ™ƒ

21.07.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Digital service ppl who're surprised that there's a proportion of people who actively use internet & still don't want to be age (or ID) verified on Bluesky in UK should attend more user research sessions that are designed to encourage users to talk about how they feel about sharing info online

11.07.2025 11:43 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That bill is the perfect example of flawed policy-making based on moral panic-driven solutions. If the UK is to make a success of "credentials as infrastructure", policy-makers will have to be educated on data minimisation principles and their implementation (like zero-proof knowledge).

11.07.2025 08:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.07.2025 11:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m Losing All Trust in the AI Industry As a supporter, I would love not to feel this way

Why the problem is the industry, not the technology
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/im-losing-...

07.07.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Betting on Geopolitical Violence Back in 2003, a Pentagon office led by Admiral John M.

Familiar from Brexit

Betting on Geopolitical Violence

These are markets in which people with inside information can make a lot of money without risk of exposure, since the exchange is crypto-based and doesn’t have a know-your-client requirement

open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...

07.07.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Society of Hopeful Technologists: Survey Results πŸ₯ πŸ₯πŸ₯ The results are finally in: what do people want from the Society for Hopeful Techologists? πŸ₯πŸ₯πŸ₯ 522 technologists based in the UK responded to the...

If in doubt, organise! The tech industry is a roaring bin fire, so brilliant to share the results of this survey of 522 UK tech workers who want sthg better buttondown.com/society-of-h... Help design the Society for Hopeful Technologists and give a voice to ppl who want to make a meaningful change

04.07.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Digital Credentials This document specifies an API to enable user agents to mediate presentation and issuance of digital credentials such as a driver's license, government-issued identification card, and/...

In much more important news, the first draft for Digital Credentials is out. www.w3.org/TR/digital-c...
Still slowly making my way through it, but the privacy/accessibility considerations are already looking quite comprehensive.

03.07.2025 07:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I knew it wouldn't be long before bumping into an exemplar of "vibe solutions engineering".
(ChatGPT apparently doesn't consider the front-end worth mentioning).

03.07.2025 07:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How do bills get authored and reviewed? Do they save a copy of a Word doc and pass it on? Did this provision appear on BigBeautifulBill-2025-v54.13b-rev43.doc?

01.07.2025 06:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(...) the dereliction of neuro-symbolic systems in favour of statistics on steroids, the drain on academia and on innovation, the illusion of "intelligence" and the marketing arms race fuelled by sci-fi. Not many books manage to report *and* educate at the same time.

30.06.2025 09:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's an incredibly well-rounded essay covering history and problematic aspects , including its "philosophical" EA tenets, the open questions on environmental impact, the foregone conclusions on the extractive nature of data collection and annotation, (...) /2

30.06.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Had @karenhao.bsky.social offered just some honest reporting into the genAI hype, and the role big tech played, that would've been more than enough reason to read Empire of AI - and to dedicate my first post to it. But it's way more than that: /1

30.06.2025 09:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0