Distillations/Constellations #15: kids online, in context
On Thursday, I went to a roundtable event about children’s rights in digital spaces. I might be a hammer looking for a nail, but it feels like everyone is...
Distillations/Constellations #14: AI myths and AI slop
Lessons from a session held at a library in Berlin debunking myths around AI.
Distillations/Constellations #13: dinner parties and information ecosystems
On epistemic security, and hosting dinners as political actions.
Distillations/Constellations #12: the financial infrastructure we need
A couple of years ago, together with Paula Grünwald and Kristina Klein, I co-founded a fiscal host called interalia. For those who know my vague career path,...
Distillations/Constellations #11: the unknowable
Looking out over the gathering Almost exactly a year ago, I was standing in my ancestral home in Bangladesh, along with nearly 400 relatives, for a family...
Distillations/Constellations #10: a loud death
This week, the Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona was murdered, along with nine other members of her family. It was days before her wedding, just a...
Distillations/Constellations #9: liberatory (digital) movement building
The view from the hotel in Sarajevo Last week, I had the huge honour to be among a group of 60ish people invited to Sarajevo for Weaving Liberation's...
Distillations/Constellations #8: double standards
I’ve found that a good litmus test for rooting out prejudices is the following: would people be comfortable with [situation], if their friends or family were...
Distillations/Constellations #7: there's no data justice without justice
Photo: Sara M. Watson Yesterday I gave a talk at re:publica, a big (big!) conference here in Berlin focused on digital society. This year's theme is: Who...
Distillations/Constellations #6: igniting our humanity
I've been listening to the fantastic podcast, Green Dreamer. In their words, the podcast "explores our paths to collective healing, biocultural...
Distillations/Constellations #5: feminist (digital) self-defence
What follows contains mentions of anti-Palestinian violence and racism – if you don't feel like reading that right now, I encourage you to close this. I'll...
Distillations/Constellations #4: language justice and LLMs
At the weekend, I made my first appearance on German public radio – I was part of a panel discussion on Deutschlandfunk Kultur, talking about the challenges...
Distillations/Constellations #3: name matching
Recently, I've been helping a team who is building a name matching algorithm and evaluation mechanism, by thinking through the ethical implications in...
Distillations/Constellations #2: the family farm
This past week, I listened to one of the best podcast series that I've heard in a long time. It's called Landed, by Farmerama, an "an award-winning podcast...
Welcome! Distillations/Constellations #1
Welcome! It's 2024 and I'm finally hopping on the newsletter bandwagon. Why the title, distillations/constellations? In 2017, I came across this paper:...
