Marianne 🔆
@greatabysmal.northsky.social
Adepta Bibliothecarum. Bookwyrm. Wikimaiden.
Co-Chair, Spectrum (LSE's LGBTQ+ Staff Network)
💼 @lselibrary.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ she, et al. (William / Heteronymus)
Co-Chair, Spectrum (LSE's LGBTQ+ Staff Network)
💼 @lselibrary.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ she, et al. (William / Heteronymus)
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I had the immense honour of being invited to work on the World Bank's Atlas of Global Development 2026 project last year and today it finally launched.
I couldn't be more excited, it has been a career highlight to work with such an amazing team on this.
I couldn't be more excited, it has been a career highlight to work with such an amazing team on this.
Atlas of Global Development
The Atlas of Global Development presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations on key global trends related to people, prosperity, our planet, infrastructure, and digital transformations.
data360.worldbank.org
May 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I had the immense honour of being invited to work on the World Bank's Atlas of Global Development 2026 project last year and today it finally launched.
I couldn't be more excited, it has been a career highlight to work with such an amazing team on this.
I couldn't be more excited, it has been a career highlight to work with such an amazing team on this.
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I have now listened to/read enough @christianityon.bsky.social that my response to this Simone Weil paragraph was, “Jon is right, give this woman a Gundam.”
January 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I have now listened to/read enough @christianityon.bsky.social that my response to this Simone Weil paragraph was, “Jon is right, give this woman a Gundam.”
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Are you a cataloguer or interested in cataloguing and have a view on whether LCSH is fit for purpose in a UK context? CILIP MDG @cilipmdg.bsky.social are hosting a Worldcafe event (a big meeting basically!) to discuss ideas at Wellcome Library in London Wed 26th Nov www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
CILIP: the library and information association
www.cilip.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Are you a cataloguer or interested in cataloguing and have a view on whether LCSH is fit for purpose in a UK context? CILIP MDG @cilipmdg.bsky.social are hosting a Worldcafe event (a big meeting basically!) to discuss ideas at Wellcome Library in London Wed 26th Nov www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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Big news: The archive of my old weblog, The Functional Art, is back online: www.thefunctionalart.com
The blog won't be updated anymore, though. In the next 2-3 weeks I'll share some news about resuming the newsletter of my upcoming big project: openvisualizationacademy.org
#dataViz #dataVis 📊
The blog won't be updated anymore, though. In the next 2-3 weeks I'll share some news about resuming the newsletter of my upcoming big project: openvisualizationacademy.org
#dataViz #dataVis 📊
August 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Big news: The archive of my old weblog, The Functional Art, is back online: www.thefunctionalart.com
The blog won't be updated anymore, though. In the next 2-3 weeks I'll share some news about resuming the newsletter of my upcoming big project: openvisualizationacademy.org
#dataViz #dataVis 📊
The blog won't be updated anymore, though. In the next 2-3 weeks I'll share some news about resuming the newsletter of my upcoming big project: openvisualizationacademy.org
#dataViz #dataVis 📊
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I updated my "Complete guide to Bluesky" post again 🙂
I added some new things that happened since November, e.g.: trends, verifications, new photo & video apps, and new settings
mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/b...
I added some new things that happened since November, e.g.: trends, verifications, new photo & video apps, and new settings
mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/b...
A complete guide to Bluesky 🦋
I've decided to write down some of the tips & tricks that I often give to friends when I send them an invite code, or the advice and answers that I sometimes give to people that I find in some feed as...
mackuba.eu
July 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I updated my "Complete guide to Bluesky" post again 🙂
I added some new things that happened since November, e.g.: trends, verifications, new photo & video apps, and new settings
mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/b...
I added some new things that happened since November, e.g.: trends, verifications, new photo & video apps, and new settings
mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/b...
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Cool blog of how @aendra.com built @xblock.aendra.dev her automoderation tuned screenshot classifier AI model and pipeline, including all the manual work behind it.
www.aendra.com/xblock-summe...
www.aendra.com/xblock-summe...
XBlock Summer 2024 Update
Howdy! I figure it's probably not the worst idea to do a quick update on XBlock progress, as well as give some indication what I'm planning to do in the future with it. This will be more roadmap-y tha...
www.aendra.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Cool blog of how @aendra.com built @xblock.aendra.dev her automoderation tuned screenshot classifier AI model and pipeline, including all the manual work behind it.
www.aendra.com/xblock-summe...
www.aendra.com/xblock-summe...
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Again I ALWAYS advise to use group and algorithmic moderation with GREAT caution and usually only in warn mode as I do, but @xblock.aendra.dev as a screenshot labeler is working pretty well.
It rolled-up screenshots you can click to view if you want. Works great and very safe.
It rolled-up screenshots you can click to view if you want. Works great and very safe.
July 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Again I ALWAYS advise to use group and algorithmic moderation with GREAT caution and usually only in warn mode as I do, but @xblock.aendra.dev as a screenshot labeler is working pretty well.
It rolled-up screenshots you can click to view if you want. Works great and very safe.
It rolled-up screenshots you can click to view if you want. Works great and very safe.
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Bluesky and the fediverse have constructed a narrative of how growth of the networks happen: when Musk does something particularly evil or stupid, people migrate in a wave looking for an ethical alternative. But what happens when that pattern breaks down?
connectedplaces.online/growth-narra...
connectedplaces.online/growth-narra...
Growth narratives on the new social networks
The narratives that networks like the fediverse and Bluesky have about themselves how their network grows are a snapshot of a specific moments in time. How do these narratives evolve as the circumstan...
connectedplaces.online
July 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Bluesky and the fediverse have constructed a narrative of how growth of the networks happen: when Musk does something particularly evil or stupid, people migrate in a wave looking for an ethical alternative. But what happens when that pattern breaks down?
connectedplaces.online/growth-narra...
connectedplaces.online/growth-narra...
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Our next event has been announced!
We'll be returning to Newspeak House on Wednesday, 23 July from 7 pm to 10 pm. RSVP here!
lu.ma/15mefous?tk=...
We're currently looking for shorter (5-15 minutes) and longer (15-30 minute) talks. Cool new project? Big new idea? We want to hear about it! DM us!
We'll be returning to Newspeak House on Wednesday, 23 July from 7 pm to 10 pm. RSVP here!
lu.ma/15mefous?tk=...
We're currently looking for shorter (5-15 minutes) and longer (15-30 minute) talks. Cool new project? Big new idea? We want to hear about it! DM us!
July ATProto London · Luma
More details tktk
lu.ma
July 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Our next event has been announced!
We'll be returning to Newspeak House on Wednesday, 23 July from 7 pm to 10 pm. RSVP here!
lu.ma/15mefous?tk=...
We're currently looking for shorter (5-15 minutes) and longer (15-30 minute) talks. Cool new project? Big new idea? We want to hear about it! DM us!
We'll be returning to Newspeak House on Wednesday, 23 July from 7 pm to 10 pm. RSVP here!
lu.ma/15mefous?tk=...
We're currently looking for shorter (5-15 minutes) and longer (15-30 minute) talks. Cool new project? Big new idea? We want to hear about it! DM us!
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Where to work in London when it's too hot to think? My top 10 pitch-ups with WiFi, air con and relative peace in my Substack this week.
open.substack.com/pub/helenbar...
open.substack.com/pub/helenbar...
Cool places to work when London is hot
Air-conditioned pubs, cafes and libraries (mostly) with architectural flair and where you can hear yourself think
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Where to work in London when it's too hot to think? My top 10 pitch-ups with WiFi, air con and relative peace in my Substack this week.
open.substack.com/pub/helenbar...
open.substack.com/pub/helenbar...
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Words don't come close to describing just how profoundly bad an idea this is.
Morgan McSweeney (UK Labour's Dominic Cummings knock-off) is reportedly experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – "essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies" www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...
#govtech #govcomms
#govtech #govcomms
July 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Words don't come close to describing just how profoundly bad an idea this is.
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One last selfie before I head back to the hotel and then the airport.
Thank you Oslo, it's been brill. 💚🏳️🌈
(I cannot believe it's this light out at 2:45 am)
Thank you Oslo, it's been brill. 💚🏳️🌈
(I cannot believe it's this light out at 2:45 am)
June 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
One last selfie before I head back to the hotel and then the airport.
Thank you Oslo, it's been brill. 💚🏳️🌈
(I cannot believe it's this light out at 2:45 am)
Thank you Oslo, it's been brill. 💚🏳️🌈
(I cannot believe it's this light out at 2:45 am)
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Anthropic let Claude run a vending machine business at their HQ.
People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss.
www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss.
www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)
We let Claude run a small shop in the Anthropic office. Here's what happened.
www.anthropic.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Anthropic let Claude run a vending machine business at their HQ.
People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss.
www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss.
www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
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ig has finally figured me out. im getting combined skateboarding and bowling content, and whatever the hell this is (perfection is what it is)
June 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
ig has finally figured me out. im getting combined skateboarding and bowling content, and whatever the hell this is (perfection is what it is)
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Done with the rough pitch up. Gonna let it settle before I fuss with it more and get it properly in tune. But holy hell is this ever an improvement on previous status quo, so glad I got it done.
June 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Done with the rough pitch up. Gonna let it settle before I fuss with it more and get it properly in tune. But holy hell is this ever an improvement on previous status quo, so glad I got it done.
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Finally got around to reading this post and it's excellent.
Judgement Day for the EHRC: How the equality watchdog turned into a toxic culture war campaign group
iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-...
iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-...
Judgement Day for the EHRC
How the equality watchdog turned into a culture war campaign group
iandunt.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Finally got around to reading this post and it's excellent.
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Hard agree.
My plan so far has been to bring the Mastodon people along in one big tent but so often when I mention public social media infrastructure people shake their head sadly and say "Oh, yeah, Mastodon… That's never going to work."
We need to somehow unpoison the well.
My plan so far has been to bring the Mastodon people along in one big tent but so often when I mention public social media infrastructure people shake their head sadly and say "Oh, yeah, Mastodon… That's never going to work."
We need to somehow unpoison the well.
I'm pretty adamantly against what I refer to as "protocol development as blood sport" but Bluesky/ATProto really needs to be more vocal about how we're *not* like Mastodon/Fediverse because nobody so far has mentioned the latter as a serious contender when the former actually is? #igf2025
June 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Hard agree.
My plan so far has been to bring the Mastodon people along in one big tent but so often when I mention public social media infrastructure people shake their head sadly and say "Oh, yeah, Mastodon… That's never going to work."
We need to somehow unpoison the well.
My plan so far has been to bring the Mastodon people along in one big tent but so often when I mention public social media infrastructure people shake their head sadly and say "Oh, yeah, Mastodon… That's never going to work."
We need to somehow unpoison the well.
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I think there's something to this idea; I wonder if there's a way to make it more broadly connected to larger international development goals. ATProto pushes back against censorship. It creates space for marginalised communities. It protects journalism. We need allies outside the tech space.
June 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I think there's something to this idea; I wonder if there's a way to make it more broadly connected to larger international development goals. ATProto pushes back against censorship. It creates space for marginalised communities. It protects journalism. We need allies outside the tech space.
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I think also differentiating ATProto from Twitter is important because some part of me also feels Bluesky being perceived as Yet Another American Tech Company when really it's not! What we're doing with Northsky is a good example of how ATProto is uniquely suited to these challenges. #igf2025
June 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I think also differentiating ATProto from Twitter is important because some part of me also feels Bluesky being perceived as Yet Another American Tech Company when really it's not! What we're doing with Northsky is a good example of how ATProto is uniquely suited to these challenges. #igf2025
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The last panel was really indicative, so much of what's going on in the ATProto space directly addresses common needs, but Bluesky didn't get a single mention (Mastodon, however, got a single dismissive nod). #igf2025
June 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The last panel was really indicative, so much of what's going on in the ATProto space directly addresses common needs, but Bluesky didn't get a single mention (Mastodon, however, got a single dismissive nod). #igf2025
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I'm pretty adamantly against what I refer to as "protocol development as blood sport" but Bluesky/ATProto really needs to be more vocal about how we're *not* like Mastodon/Fediverse because nobody so far has mentioned the latter as a serious contender when the former actually is? #igf2025
June 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I'm pretty adamantly against what I refer to as "protocol development as blood sport" but Bluesky/ATProto really needs to be more vocal about how we're *not* like Mastodon/Fediverse because nobody so far has mentioned the latter as a serious contender when the former actually is? #igf2025