When did the Analytical cookies become essential?
No I can't unselect it at all. 🤔
Yes this is a European site, which should know better
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Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
@cubicgarden@mas.to
mastodon 4.7.2Founder and firestarter of cubicgarden.ltd. Previously at BBC RD,.
Emergent technology expert, public service supporter, defender of human scale flourishing, city dweller, European at heart and social geek event organiser.
Captivated by the digital legacy, future of dating, human data interaction, self-hosing, personal data, open-source, house music, neurodiversity thinking, kindness and collaborative futures for all.
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The #AI hyperscaler datacentres craziness comes to #Leeds
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/prevent-construction-of-microsoft-hyperscale-datacentres-in-leeds
This needs stopping, water and electricity is already pretty expensive and this will make things far worse
Found via @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
I thought I would not have to see this but seems google maps has made the decision for me...😒
Lake Ontario & Lake America
🚨 Open Rights Group and the Citizens are holding an event in parliament where experts will discuss how the UK government can achieve Digital Sovereignty. 🚨
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/invite-your-mp-orgs-event-digital-sovereignty
Getting hot in Athens - My first full Drift zero mix is now available to enjoy
So good the captain of the plane came to have a look & listen 😅
https://cubicgarden.com/2026/09/13/getting-hot-in-athens-my-first-full-drift-zero-mix/
Great now I get to look at an advert from drones out my window.
#Oasis 14th sept 2026 at 1600 BST if you are interested?
I certainly am not 🥱
#techgrumps 3.44 - My Nuclear Bunker Is Too Woke...
...Is now live with the voices of @eastmad@blacktwitter.io @rnalexander@mastodon.social @wendyg@mastodon.xyz
myself and first time guest Kim
Available on RSS.com
https://rss.com/podcasts/techgrumps/3136908
Archive.org, https://techgrumps.wordpress.com/2026/09/09/techgrumps-3-44-my-nuclear-bunker-is-too-woke/ and where ever you get #podcasts
A bit sad to sell my Nikon DSLR camera but it just doesn't get used as much as it use to, plus I still have ways to take pictures without going straight to the internet using go pros and the blackmagic camera app.
Interested in buying it for not much? Theres still time.
Media/Internet psychology at the @salforduni@techhub.social
A new MA course for those who understand how much the internet and psychology affects our everyday life. No matter where you live...
https://www.salford.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/media-psychology-and-applied-communication
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediforum/116364607505564707
Certainly great to see Europe taking the #fediverse so seriously. If only the #UK would do the same... 🤔
Good to see @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org at #oggcamp2026
Never forgetting April 22nd, which is UK's Stephen Lawrence day.
https://stephenlawrenceday.org/
The story of his death as a black boy in London and the incredible injustice which followed...
#techgrumps 3.40 is now available for your listening pleasure...
With the voices and grumpiness of @rnalexander@mastodon.social @wendyg@mastodon.xyz @eastmad@blacktwitter.io and myself @cubicgarden@mas.to
With everything from Zuckerberg's AI twin to plugin solar with a large scoop of #AI.
Its all in techgrumps 3.40 - Teletubbies vision of judge dredd
The past and the future of portable DJing in one shot.
Complete with a good summary of why the #Pacemakerdevice was such a leap forward but ignored as specialist devices fell away due to the app based on-sought from the smartphone.
Will the #DriftZero answer these questions and find a spot as we experience app based fatigue?
Maybe time for #DJhackday?
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@wearenew_public @publicspaces @waag
This is so great to hear, just when open source needs more support and attention.
Petitions : Do not ban children from using virtual private networks
Seems I missed all the #emfcamp2026 tickets.
If anyone has 2x overnight tickets, I would be so grateful to talk about possibilities ☺️
It's been a very busy few months
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@jonty@chaos.social
I played in 2022, weirdly I have been accepted to play this year too 🤔
Things are not normal... from @BBCRD@social.bbc
"Late in 2022, we began a straightforward-sounding research project: compile a list of technologies that we should be paying attention to in BBC Research & Development over the next few years and make some recommendations about their adoption to the wider BBC."
Download the whole beautifully designed report here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-10-projections-things-are-not-normal
Don't forget to give @prehensile@mastodon.me.uk a clap
Me and @sammarger@mastodon.social talked about what a machine readable wishes could do for #social death. Mentioning #griefbots in the #fosdem presentation
https://machinereadablewishes.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/wishes-on-the-fediverse/
Well its no joke... #Meta was granted a patent around same space of grief bots but took it to a super creepy
Meta patented an #AI that lets you keep posting from beyond the grave
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted-patent-for-ai-llm-bot-dead-paused-accounts-2026-2
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@jonty@chaos.social Ah but the link goes no where to a broken page
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@jonty@chaos.social
Still a broken link sadly
Will try again but Richard Patterson just messaged me too. Asked if we were able to get it sorted.
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@jonty@chaos.social Ok no worries
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@sam@togl.me Yes I'm a gutted about this...
I did put in a CFP but unsure what will happen if one is accepted?