What will the first pandemic of the digital age mean for data governance? Carly Kind points to flaws this high-stakes stress testing of societal institutions might reveal in finance, health, immigration & data governance ecosystems. #COVID19 #dataethics adalovelaceinstitute.org/what-will-the-…

If there was a way to super-like this I would

Data & AI will not be effective against #COVID19 unless government addresses technical limitations, barriers to effective deployment & social impacts. Today, we publish a rapid evidence review & our recommendations. adalovelaceinstitute.org/covid-19-exit-… #COVIDTech #DataEthics #AIEthics

The Ada Lovelace Institute was set up to ask important questions of new digital technology. This important report sets out the key challenges for getting tech solutions to COVID-19 right. Essential reading.

This looks like it's going to be an interesting one

Sir David Norgrove has today replied to Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regarding the Government’s COVID-19 testing data ow.ly/pw4c50zWpO8

‘Brexit deal never made sense’ says man who negotiated it, signed it, prevented MPs from scrutinising it, campaigned for it and won a general election on the back of it:

Today is my last ever DataKind UK board meeting - thank you to everyone who has been involved in this amazing journey, especially the 105 social organisations we’ve worked with, and the 1000s of data science volunteers...

Last board meeting with DataKind UK today - it's fantastic to see what it's grown into, and I know it's going to do a lot lot more 😁

JUST ONE GRAPH IN THE DAILY MAIL - a thread.

Tom wanted a reminder of local Covid rates before going to town. So I wrote a script to fetch the latest case rate in the area from GOV.UK, and display it live. Behold SCAREDI-PI: the Simple Covid Ambient Reporting E-ink DIsplay for Pi github.com/annapowellsmit…

TIL that Shane McGowan went to Westminster School 🤯

We're so grateful to our co-founder Duncan Ross and can't say thank you enough for his hard work as Chair over the past years! He told us about his experiences and fond memories, as well as his thoughts about the future of #DataForGood medium.com/datakinduk/far…

Happy to announce our funding news today. techcrunch.com/2020/12/16/ope…

Absolutely Dehenna. The way Boris encouraged everyone to make plans, offering them repeated assurances we were steadfast even as the evidence it was a terrible idea stacked up, only to cancel the insane project at the last minute leaving everyone caught short. Masterful.

As a... – Google Maps user I want to... – receive a monthly email highlighting the 2 supermarkets and the local field that have I visited this month So that... – I can reminisce about the highlights of my month

The kind of thing that organizations claim they want: accountability. The kind of thing that organizations do:

Great to see this at our kid's primary school - being realistic about how to help all children focus :)

This looks like it will be a very interesting bunfight 😉

I'm hiring data/AI/eng people of many types to build up my data team at Healx ! Let me know if you're interested - remote-first, mission-driven, super interesting fast growing company. Pro/con, you get to work with me 😉 eg role boards.greenhouse.io/healx/jobs/578…