"If viral sequencing is not representative of all regions and groups, there will be significant gaps in our understanding of how SARS-Cov-2 affects underserved populations." x.com/Reema__Patel/s…
Per Axbom
I was recently interviewed by the wonderful podcasters Lisa Welchman and Andy Vitale for their Surfacing Podcast. It's such a warm, reflective podcast and I felt incredibly welcome and at ease being interviewed by them. I got to be excited about the stuff I do and we had brilliant and important conversations on digital harm and the complexity of addressing that harm.
On a personal note I was especially gleeful over Andy's interest in my first computer (a Sinclair ZX81), which I got to show off in our video meeting when recording the show.
"Smile! You're on Captive Camera!" x.com/hoofnagle/stat…
Ett nytt ramverk för reglering av AI nyss släppt i Australien. Här finns såväl en nationell strategi för ny och kommande teknik, förklaring av hur regelverk ska förvaltas och tydliga skrivelser kring tillgänglighet.
Vet inte om jag tidigare sett något så här genomarbetat och greppbart från en statlig utredning, som både uppmärksammar hur problematisk och farlig ny teknik kan vara samtidigt som man ger oerhört tydlig vägledning kring hur dessa faror kan och bör hanteras så att man hela tiden proaktivt minimerar skada, inkluderar de mest utsatta, och styr i önskad riktning.
Nu har jag förvisso bara läst den sammanfattande rapporten på 17 sidor men ska ge mig i kast med hela på 200 sidor 😅. Finns även i lättläst version. På nedladdnings-sidan finns också ett dokument som endast innehåller de 38 rekommendationerna, för den som är försiktigt nyfiken. Och allt under CC-licens.
https://tech.humanrights.gov.au
https://tech.humanrights.gov.au/downloads
#digitaletik
This was such a lovely conversation. Never felt more at ease being interviewed. That's also when @lwelchman challenged some thoughts. Which makes sense, as she contributed to a turning point in my practice when on stage in 2015 she asked "are you doing your best work?" 🥰 x.com/andyvitale/sta…
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@andyvitale @SurfacingPod @lwelchman @Clubhouse I love that you did a screenshot of me holding my first computer!! ❤️
One common notion when I say I don't have a Facebook account is that it primarily is a statement against harvesting of my data. But I don't really believe I can truly protect my data.
So when I deleted my Facebook account I wrote a bit more on why.
axbom.com/five-reasons-w…
Yesterday I came upon a video of humans torturing animals. I lasted four seconds and felt sick for hours and still wince painfully thinking about it. I can not even imagine what doing that for hours on end every day, as a job, does to a person.
Nu har jag gjort en så'n där liten film igen. Eftersom du undrar... jag har använt webbtjänsten Biteable, kompletterat med lite efterarbete i Screenflow för undertexter och min röst (som spelades in med Audacity), samt laddat upp till Vimeo som bland annat gör att jag kan ha en interaktiv knapp i slutet av filmen.
En enkel film gör att det också blir enklare att ha tillgänglighet i åtanke (exemplifieras med ljudspår och 'closed captions').
What are the best EU-based platforms for video meetings and webinars?
For most smaller, professional meetings and coaching I use Whereby (Norway)
For webinars and teaching I use Samba Live (Spain)
What other EU-based platforms do you recommend?
This weekend my son, due to a usability issue, managed to reformat his new camera’s SD card with 400+ recent photos. He managed to retrieve them using PhotoRec.
Not everyone knows you can retrieve data from formatted media. So just a reminder :)
cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
The usability issue? The camera menu he was in only had two options. It was unclear which option was selected, the one with a light background or the one with a dark background.
He guessed wrong. And there was no second warning.
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@beantin This a truly valid point. I thought of digressing into this but wouldn’t know where to stop 😅
@beantin Had flashbacks of cab rides in Portugal…
1) I don’t have much of a temper. Except in traffic. I can even scream profanities. My wife finds this very amusing, as I expressed astonishment at her temper when driving before I myself got a license. Now our shared drives are a lesson in perspective shifting. -> a thread.
2) Whenever a car pulls out dangerously close in front of me and I grind my teeth and “eejit!” escapes from my lips, my wife calmly says: “Imagine what a bad day that driver may be having.” When she is driving, and becomes equally upset over others’ carelessness, I do the same.
3) A regular banter occurs where we challenge each other think much further than a 5-second encounter. We talk about illness, distress, being late, and reasons: diverting into workplace culture, parenthood, and chain reactions. We humanize the situation.
4) Allowing myself to accept the complexity of being human opens doors to owning my own reactions. It’s okay to not like everyone’s actions but I can also accept them for what they are: actions within a larger context and unknown circumstances. I don’t have to judge everything.
5) When someone wants to cut into my lane after speeding past dozens of cars, I more often leave space for them and let them in, without (too much) judgment. Staying calm, cooperating, and chooosing to be helpful makes my day better, and hopefully theirs, and persons around them.
6) I’d definitely be lying if I said I can reason like this every time. Hardly. But these regular conversations allow me to – in retrospect – more maturely reflect on situations when I fail, increasing chances of success next time.
7) And it’s especially when I’m on my own that my temper takes a turn for the worse. When I have someone to talk to and reason with I can slowly find my way to a healthier mindset.
8) I think my biggest wish is for everyone to have someone to talk to. Someone who listens. And who also will challenge.
9) Sidenote: I am far from a perfect driver. Obviously, given my outbursts. This always reminds me of the bias exemplified by asking an auditorium how many consider themselves to be a better than average driver. Essentially everyone raises their hand, which should scare us.
Igår räddades fotbollsspelarens Christian Eriksens liv av snabbt agerande från lagkamrat Simon Kjaer som påbörjade hjärtkompressioner till dess att sjukvårdspersonalen tog över och sedan kunde använda hjärtstartare.
Jag vill tipsa om att Röda Korset har webbkursen 'Våga Rädda Liv' som tar ungefär 45 minuter att genomföra.
Webbkursen är en bra introduktion/repetition men övning på plats är förstås bäst. Ett kostnadsfritt övningstillfälle, med övningsdocka, erbjuds den som gått webbkursen och tider för alla tillfällen ser du också på webbsidan.
Det är många år sedan nu som jag gick Röda Korsets HLR-utbildning och jag inser att jag måste gå den snart igen. Det är verkligen övning som ger färdighet, och något alla företag skulle må bra av att erbjuda sina anställda att göra på arbetstid.
Ungefär 600 liv räddas varje år (hjärtstopp utanför sjukhus) i Sverige tack vare snabbt agerande med hjärt- och lungräddning.
https://www.rodakorset.se/forsta-hjalpen/vaga-radda-liv/
Du som kan din sak, jag hoppas du vet att du också kan anmäla dig som sms-livräddare på smslivraddare.se
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@sanasilb Ja på Eriksens fru dessutom. Olika kanaler/länder bröt den internationella sändningen olika snabbt förstod jag.
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@sanasilb Verkligen. De såg oerhört plågade ut. TV-kamerorna borde också klippt bort från händelsen snabbare.
I made this remixed image two years ago, based on Swedish artist Karl Jilg's illustration from 2014 commissioned by Sweden's Road Administration.
The image illustrates risks for unprotected road users where cars and humans are mixed. In my modified version I have added modern obstacles in the form of parked electric scooters and placed two more people on the sidewalk, bringing attention to how space is also shared with people with mobility and visual constraints.
A person I follow on Twitter has been campaigning against electric scooters since they first appeared, pointing out the obvious risks. He is blind and recently was in an accident because of a carelessly parked scooter. He was severely injured, including nerve damage to the hand he holds his cane with. Beyond the upcoming operation he now requires physiotherapy for his hand once per hour(!).
https://twitter.com/standupmackan/status/1402186288699219969?s=21
Cars continue to hold their vast ownership of public space, and the small space left for unprotected road users is becoming increasingly more dangerous.