Every bike we refurbish starts with a donation. Our mechanics work hard to repair bikes so they can be ridden and loved again. If you've got an unused bike, we'd love to give it a second life. Find out more: buff.ly/4oLc5Zm #RepairReuseRide #TheBikeStation

Fantastic AI film screening + live Q&A coming up in Edinburgh this weekend

Steph Wright@elmosmoe.bsky.social · 2w ago

In Edinburgh on Sat 22 Aug and want to watch a fab documentary about the origins of AI and hear from amazing people discussing it afterwards? We've got the event just for you! Get your tickets now! www.our-ai-collective.info/events/ghost...

One donated bike. One expert repair. One more person riding. That's the power of repair and reuse. 🚲 If your bike is ready for a new adventure, donate it to The Bike Station and help keep bikes moving. #DonateABike #Reuse

Well worth an early start! #BoatSky #Sailing #ForthWatch

We’re go, go, go here at Our AI Collective! We’ve been quietly setting things up since we incorporated in September 2025 but we’re now ready to say a big hello to everyone and tell you more! So hello! www.our-ai-collective.info/news-and-blo...

And here we go! — Our AI Collective

We’re go go go here at Our AI Collective! We’ve been quietly setting things up since we incorporated in September 2025 but we’re now ready to say a big hello to everyone and tell you more! So hello!

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Very nice morning for an early sail out of Fisherrow #BoatSky #ForthWatch #EastLothian

🧑‍🎓 Join us to explore the methods and findings from the Generative AI in Education: Have your Say distributed dialogue. 🔗 Register here: connectedbydata.org/... 🗓️ Wednesday 22 April 🕰️ 15:00 - 16:00 💻 Zoom (1/2)

Student Voice on AI in Education

Join us to explore the methods and findings from the Generative AI in Education: Have your Say distributed dialogue and to ask how we can make sure that future decisions about data and AI in education are shaped by the voices of the students affected.

connectedbydata.org

I have a technology joke but just a sec, I need to switch it off and on again

samuel mehr@mehr.nz · 6mo ago

I have an artificial intelligence joke and whether or not you're interested, I'm gonna tell you it

I have an artificial intelligence joke and whether or not you're interested, I'm gonna tell you it

Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 6mo ago

I have a p-hacking joke but I can't repeat it

Today we have published new analysis building on the Committee's advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget. Our conclusions about the cost of decarbonising the UK and impacts on energy security were tested against different scenarios ⬇️ Read the full report here: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

What are parties planning for cycling and active travel? Join our online Election Hustings in Scotland and Wales to hear their vision and ask your questions live. 📅 14 April | Scotland 📅 15 April | Wales Scotland: cyclinguk.org/scotland2026 Wales: cyclinguk.org/wales2026

Well worth a look 👇

Ada Lovelace Institute@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Register now for our webinar on the use and impact of AI transcription tools in social care. Join us for a presentation of our recent qualitative research, followed by an expert panel discussion and Q&A. 📅 Tuesday 31 March 2026 🕛 12:00pm UK time www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/event/transc...

A lovely tranquil start to the day with a 530am sail on the Forth #BoatSky #ForthWatch #EastLothian

Earlier this week at The Gathering, we launched our brand new digital call to action for Scotland's voluntary sector: 'AI and Everything Else' Ten years on from our first digital call to action, what does good use of digital look like now? 🧵 [Full report on our website] scvo.scot/support/digi...

AI and everything else - our call to action a digitally confident Scottish voluntary sector - SCVO

In this report, we reflect on the digital progress the Scottish Voluntary Sector has made since 2022, and set out a road map of how charities can improve their digital capability

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It’s World Book Day! 📖 My latest book for 8-12 year olds is all about How The Internet Works. Buy it from @bookshop.org today and support independent bookshops uk.bookshop.org/p/books/from...

From AI to Wi-Fi: How the internet works!

How the internet works!

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Some vibe: "While it's exciting and curious to see what an AI agent can do without any security guardrails, this level of access is also extremely insecure"

Joe Tidy BBC News@joetidy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

AI coding platform's flaws allow BBC reporter (me) to be hacked. The BBC has been shown a significant - and unfixed - cyber-security risk in popular AI coding platform Orchids. The case highlights the potential risks of the ongoing vibe-coding gold rush. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Earlier this week at The Gathering, we launched our brand new digital call to action for Scotland's voluntary sector: 'AI and Everything Else' Ten years on from our first digital call to action, what does good use of digital look like now? 🧵 [Full report on our website] scvo.scot/support/digi...

AI and everything else - our call to action a digitally confident Scottish voluntary sector - SCVO

In this report, we reflect on the digital progress the Scottish Voluntary Sector has made since 2022, and set out a road map of how charities can improve their digital capability

scvo.scot

I saw the rain dirty valley you saw Brigadoon I saw the croissant you saw the whole of Sassoon #NationalCroissantDay

www.ft.com/content/1a48...

There might be good reasons for Britain to build data centres. Job creation isn’t one of them

Estimate*estimate

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Lots of good insights, well worth a read

Alex Parsons@alexparsons.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Here's a big thing we've been working on over the last six months: what we've learned from our TICTeC conferences, seminars and conversations about where pro-democratic tech is, and what can happen next www.mysociety.org/2026/01/29/n...

Put on your pal's spectacles and read this by Doug - clear thinking and good ideas on how to test your accessibility assumptions

Doug Belshaw@dougbelshaw.com · 7mo ago

Stafford Beer said "the purpose of a system is what it does." Accessibility testing reveals what your system actually does—not what you intended. The tools are already in your browser: blog.dougbelshaw.com/web-accessib... #Accessibility #SystemsThinking #WebDev #WCAG #POSIWID

Really clearly put and very important

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The events of the last 24 hours show why it's important to build functional verification structures in public and counterpublic spaces to resist the authoritarian erosion of our democratic systems, as described in this thread.

Apropos of nothing in particular www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

As I've written before, people don’t trust institutions because institutions aren't doing the job. Democracy rests on three pillars: Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, which can be understood as being substantial, performative, and simulated. demos.co.uk/research/ver...

Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy

Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

demos.co.uk

#weeknotes - Shifting some big bits of writing, three interesting AI reads and feeling restored by a wee sail www.linkedin.com/pulse/weekno... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

Weeknotes S3 E79 23/01/2026 Emerging from the writing furrow, three cool AI links, tired out!

I started the week refreshed after a little sailing voyage to Aberdour, felt relatively productive but tired by the end of the week. What was happening? Monday: I ringfenced a day for finishing some b...

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I'm going to pop out and buy this later - it looks brilliant! Well done Craig

Craig Steele@crgst.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Out today! I popped into my local @waterstones.bsky.social and saw my new book in real life for the first time. It’s a fun guide for 8–12-year-olds that explains what's going on behind the screen when they go online. I really feel I've made the kind of book I’d have read cover-to-cover as a kid.

Nice #MorningWalk to start the week

First #weeknotes of 2026: Getting off to a good start and thanks to @dougbelshaw.com for getting me thinking about AI literac(ies) www.linkedin.com/pulse/weekno... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

Weeknotes S3 E77 09/01/2026 A short full week and a new AI links section

Back after a really restorative break; getting up to speed quickly and trialling a new 'AI reading recommendations' section. What was happening? Monday: Still on leave! Tuesday: Back at it with my fir...

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Great stuff in this article, including: "Literacies develop through actual participation in the world, not instruction about it. That begins where you are. In your classroom, your home, your community, your organisation. Not with waiting for better policy."

Doug Belshaw@dougbelshaw.com · 8mo ago

If AGI is already here, why are we still treating AI as a future "school problem"? New post on emotional AI and AI literacies (plural) that develop across classrooms, families, and communities – not just in "safety" lessons. blog.dougbelshaw.com/agi-literaci...