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📣 Attention! 🌍🌡️
Here is an update on our work as a Climate Fiscal host, the impact our collectives have made, the challenges we face and what’s on the horizon.

This thread was crafted with the help of our lead @leen_schelfhout 🧵🌿 Image
1/ Being a Fiscal host means we provide a legal #safespace for grassroots movements to get active without setting up their own legal entities.

We provide the ability to keep their finances tidy, receive donations, and apply for grants. We make activism accessible! 🤝💰💻
2/ Our #impact comes from speeding up the process for people to get organized and supporting them in receiving funds in a #transparent and accessible way.

We are a back-office which means our collectives can focus on their work and ideas rather than administrative details 💼 📝 Image
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[1/🧵] A short synopsis of Joachim Nagel's most recent speech on the future of #economic and #monetary union, presented and released by @OMFIF (@OMFIFDMI). 👇

[2/7] Joachim Nagel, a member of the @bundesbank's Executive Board, discusses:
🔸 #Inflation
🔸 #Monetary policy
🔸 #Fiscal development, ...

... among other topics.
[3/7] According to Nagel, the ongoing #energy #crisis in #Ukraine has resulted in:
🔸 Greater #inflation
🔸 Higher #energy prices ...

... influencing:
🔸 #Industrial costs
🔸 #Financial insecurity.
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The future of the #Ethereum network is looking bright with @StarkWareLtd's cutting-edge layer-2 solutions.

Get ready to experience a more streamlined #scaling process and faster, more efficient transactions.

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What is Starkware?

@StarkWareLtd is a tech company developing #cryptographic proof systems known as Zk-STARKs. They aim to be #scalable and #transparent while ensuring data integrity through hash functions.

@StarkWareLtd offers two main products: @Starknet & #StarkEx.
Introducing @Starknet - a #decentralized, permissionless layer-2 solution for the #Ethereum mainnet. It reduces load on the mainnet and improves #scalability while retaining its security features.
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(1/11) 🤔 Wondering what #smart contracts are and how do they work? Don’t worry, we have you covered. 🧵
Read more at:

medium.com/zignaly/llts74…
(2/11) #SmartContracts are computer programs or protocols that automatically execute #transactions stored on a #blockchain when certain conditions are satisfied. 🤓
(3/11) Smart #contracts can be thought of as digital "if-then" statements made by two or more parties. 🤝 When the expectations of one party are met, the #contract is said to be fulfilled. 💼 #SmartContracts #Cryptocurrency
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President #Biden ignores question on why #classified documents were found at his think tank | Jan 10
- the classified documents that were found at the #PennBidenCenter for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in #Washington, D.C.
#FoxNewsfoxnews.com/politics/presi…
'Storm Joe #Biden's homes', #Trump tells #FBI after classified documents found in private office | Jan 10
- "When is the FBI going to #raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the #WhiteHouse? These documents were definitely not declassified."
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
#Trump Wildly Speculates #Biden Gave #Classified Docs to #China Before Adding Denial No One Asked For: 'I Certainly Wouldn't Do That' | Jan 10
- #Not a good situation for our Country to be in!”
mediaite.com/a/xnnvl
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[1/🧵] @Ripple's Green ♻️ Agenda 2030 — Part 1/2

@Ripple as a significant actor in the achievement of the most critical goal of:
🌱 „Goal 13 Climate Action“

In part 1 of this series, I will break it ALL down for you in regards to #Ripple 🧵👇 Source: https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https
[2/33] ⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTICE!

This is typically a heated topic. That is why I will do my best to be neutral, clear, and factual. Expect no guesstimates or personal opinions on this subject.

Everything is stated exactly as it is! Source: https://www.asap.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Discl
[3/33] Before I get any farther into the intricacies of #Ripple, we must first build the groundwork:

❓ What is the primary goal ❓
The purpose is to combat #climate change by enacting the "Paris Agreement" and meeting the "#UN Sustainable Development Goals [13]." Source: https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https
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This headline 👇 will be no surprise to anyone who's been following @NHSEngland's plans (and actions) for a while.

But @JonUngoedThomas's article reveals some crucial details about what's intended for your #NHS #HealthRecords that are worth unpacking...

theguardian.com/society/2022/n… Controversial £360m NHS Eng...
First, and possibly most significantly, is @NHSEngland officials' confirmation that its '#FederatedDataPlatform' will incorporate patients across England's #SharedCareRecords: Health officials confirmed ...
Why is this so important? Because #SharedCareRecords - which every new #ICS* is supposed to have - include your #GPdata, which @NHSEngland has been trying to get hold of for years (most recently last summer)...

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*#IntegratedCareSystem explainer here:

kingsfund.org.uk/publications/i… Map 1: The 42 integrated ca...
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So let’s talk about where things got up to with your #HealthData, before Rishi Sunak started talking about the need to generate trust in Government with “#integrity” and “#accountability”…

gov.uk/government/spe… I will unite our country, not with words, but with action.
Earlier today we got a bunch of detail out of @NHSDigital’s Board papers and services performance pack - what of that will continue post-#merger?



N.B. The chair of NHS Digital announced today’s meeting would be the last public meeting of the Board...
With the news that the Government is rushing through @NHSEngland’s takeover of the statutory safe haven (@NHSDigital) with about the level of planning that went into the 'fiscal event', where exactly *are* things as the former/new Sec State starts work?

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While the chaos of '#AcceleratedCitizensAccess' to #GPrecords continues to unfold:



...we've come across some perturbing items on the agenda for @NHSDigital's Board meeting this afternoon 👇 which I'll pick up on in this [Thread].

nhs-prod.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/conte…
First, beginning on page 158, are some Directions that @NHSEngland must know will be HIGHLY controversial - given they are telling @NHSDigital to use @PalantirTech's #Foundry to collect *patient level identifiable data* from hospitals... 1 Executive Summary  NHS England are directing NHS Digital t
I'll tweet as I do a read-through, but even these first two paragraphs are incoherent, e.g. "...in a way that will enable." Enable what?

And if @NHSEngland Directs NHSD to use #Palantir, NHSE is *determining the purposes and means of processing* - i.e. it is a #DataController... Whether you are a controller or processor depends on a numbe
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@LisaMWatki That @ukfuturehealth somewhat 'buries the lede' on its intention to construct a giant £212 million 👇 #DNA / #genomic database in its patient literature is somewhat concerning...

find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019818-… II.1.4) Short description  The scope of the procurement is r
@LisaMWatki @ukfuturehealth ...not to mention the £62.5 million+ they'll be spending taking people's #bloods, etc.:

find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005068-… A service provider(s) will be responsible for elements of iniv. Responsible for legal and compliance issues related to p
@LisaMWatki @ukfuturehealth Of course, #OurFutureHealth had to get its money from somewhere.

I'll give you one guess as to where...

ourfuturehealth.org.uk/partners/#htoc… Our Future Health has announced £150 million funding from l
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Blockchain technology is redefining the gaming industry. But how does it work? We’ve got you covered. Our co-founder @Haischel created a short summary with the most important information about this hot topic. A #thread🧵. 1/7 Image
The first successful blockchain game was @CryptoKitties, a collectible virtual pet platform launched in 2017 and developed on the #ethereum blockchain. Players can purchase, collect, breed, and sell virtual cats for money. Every cat is unique and owned by a person. 2/7
Blockchain games enable the #interoperability of players' profiles all around the world. A decentralized model lets players own their game earnings and use them across other web3-based games. 3/7
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Hmm. #DisasterSpam or essential #PublicService? Time will tell.

Can't help but wonder, though, if this announcement hasn't buried the lede... Changes to the Civil Contingencies Secretariat - the Cabinet
..."collecting and analysing live data" on a #permanent basis, in a '#CivilContingencies' context, sounds like something the public should be told more about!

Not unrelatedly, and while there's been a lot of focus on @PalantirTech's #NHS contracts, have you tried searching...
...#ContractsFinder for the work Government has awarded to #Palantir recently?

@CabinetOffice (GDS) published one measly £750k contract 👇 from 2015...

contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search/Results
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A 'Published review of international studies on the psychosocial and physical health effect of puberty blockers' cited in the Listener does not exist fyi.org.nz/request/15830-… via @FYI_NZ
It didn't exist when we heard about how good puberty blockers are in 4 other news outlets either. Like this one. 1news.co.nz/2021/02/28/the…
Or when we heard about it from Stuff NZ stuff.co.nz/national/healt…
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One most common thing that you may have observed is that a lot of #privacy researchers recommend is to get rid of as many Google products and services as possible. #degoogle

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Understand the Business Model -

If you are not paying for it, you are the product.

Alphabet - The parent company of Google. Pic below shows the revenue breakdown and we can clearly see that most revenue is generated from ads by selling user data.
There are N number of articles that have criticized Google for such unethical practices - some of them being privacy concerns, algorithm bias, etc. #EFF

Credit: @EFF

eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
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1/11. #StarkWare is one of the strongest internal force projects.

#Part 1⃣: Power of StarkWare
👉2/11 Team
👉3/11 Advisors
👉4/11 Backers
👉5-6/11 #zkSTARKs
👉7/11 What is #Cairo?
👉8/11 What is #SHARP?
👉9/11 Summary
👉10/11 Dev tools
👉11/11 Audit

#Part 2⃣: #SW ecosystem⏭️
2/11. #StarkWare Team
Co-founders are the top-notch Professor/Ph.D in computer science, math & zk technology. In addition, Starkware has 70 talented people who have profound backgrounds in technology 💪💪💪

starkware.co/about-us/
3/11. Advisors:
Advisors are also outstanding individuals in the fields of science, economics and crypto. @naval @ethereumJoseph
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I see #NHSEx has published the slides from its @HDR_UK “Data Access & Discovery” event, charmingly subtitled “A Forest Through the TREs” - on YouTube, if you want to listen:



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*I thought the phrase was “cannot see the forest for the TREs”, but hey...
Let’s take a look:

hdruk.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

One reason we use the category term #TRE to refer to Trusted Research (or any other use) Environments that meet the #FiveSafes is that everyone wants to call their own TRE something different, so no-one really knows what they mean...
Call yours what you like (e.g. for @ONS it's their Secure Research Service) but if it only does four #Safes, or three Safes - and if it isn’t also #consensual and fully #transparent - then it's not a #trustworthy TRE...
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Finally, the #GoldacreReview is published! (During Parliamentary Easter holidays, mid-ping-pong on the #HealthAndCareBill...)

It's 221 pages - each PDF page is a double page spread - so this could be a lo-o-o-ong [Thread].

Here goes...
First point to note, in the Terms of Reference (p5), is that this is about "access to #NHSdata by #researchers, #commissioners, and #innovators" - i.e. #Planning and #CommercialReUse - so it is directly relevant to the operation of millions of people's #NationalDataOptOuts... Terms of reference for the review  1. How do we facilitate a
"185 wide-ranging recommendations for us to explore", says @sajidjavid (p6). Gulp! Time for some coffee...

"systems that ensure #underrepresented groups are well represented" may (partly) refer to this "landmark review", which got off to a slow start:

gov.uk/government/new… The far-reaching independent review into potential ethnic bi
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1/ What a Tragedy for 🇪🇺 🚨🚨 one more 🧵

The @Europarl_EN has therefore decided to turn #Europe into the next generation #Leviathan. Makes me wonder if Thomas Hobbes was a #scifi author more than a philosopher !
2/ Beyond the inevitable decrease in competitiveness for the European digital asset ecosystem - this decision is much more serious, calling into question the very freedom and privacy 🕵️‍♀️ of #European citizens if enacted in law.
3/ In this specific instance - #MEPs have collectively failed to understand two fundamental dimensions of blockchain:
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2021 has been exciting! We’ve signed our first customer for our maiden flight, reached crucial milestones in our launcher development & our #community grew rapidly. So we want to quickly introduce ourselves to our new followers and recap with the long-time #supporters ⬇️ 1/12
RFA was founded in 2018 to disrupt the #NewSpace industry and match the emerging demand for launch opportunities for small #satellites by providing launch services that are reliable, highly customizable, low-cost and deliver the payloads precisely to the desired orbit. 2/12
Our launch vehicle #RFAONE is a 30m high and 2m wide 3-staged rocket, launching satellites of up to 1350 kg into polar orbits/up to 450 kg into GTO. The main structural elements consist of tanks made of a special stainless steel, which becomes very tough at #cryogenic temp. 3/12
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#Civil and intelligent conversation That involves #criticalthinking skills,self-regulation, #reflection, mutual respect respectful debate, direct conversation are #socialskills all research based Scientific evidence is highly encouraged here. I encourage this on my
Twitter feed to engage in civil #discourse
To #question everything, to be self-aware and insightful,
to allow open #transparent #ooen conversations & discourse free of denial, not listening, talking over others, not letting them finish their sentences, being angry and rageful.
These #behaviors do nothing to advance any cause. #Safeguarders & mediators are very important to the well-being of children miners and disabled adults. when it comes to #childsafety anyone who mocks child safety needs to seriously reflect and/or take A child safety course.
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Ich möchte hier den Rat von @HannahBerrelli auf Deutsch teilen. Sie wurde von Eltern von jungen Mädchen, die sich auf einmal als #trans identifizieren, angesprochen. Ich halte ihren Thread für sehr hilfreich. #Transparent #TransEltern #Eltern
Thank you, @HannahBerrelli ! 🧵
"Mich haben einige Anfragen von Eltern (fast ausschliesslich Müttern) erreicht, die um Rat bitten, weil ihre Teenager-Tochter sich als trans oder non-binary identifiziert. Ich bin weder Mutter noch Psychologin, oder sonst wer, aber hier kommt mein Rat."
"Dein Kind will sich von dir weg identifizieren, sich abnabeln, das ist ein normaler Impuls den viele Jugendliche in ihrer Entwicklung haben. Sie erdrücken, krampfhaft eure Beziehung verstärken, oder sie mit radikalem Feminismus erschlagen, wird nicht helfen."
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Logged in to the meeting - You can join me at this link until 4 or 5 today -azgov.webex.com/azgov/j.php?MT…
Comment link here should be active from 8:15 - 4:00 ish - forms.gle/oZsf7NWG3kcBGh…
and there is the ALWAYS open irc.az.gov/contact-us
Lights! Camera! Action! Image
Just an odd thought while they go through admin motions - maybe they should take lessons from peace negotiations and sit at a round table - and make the consultants sit at a long table facing them.. as they are sitting now - there is almost no way to make eye contact
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Good to see #motivation in addition to #competence, #honesty & #reliability.

It always bothered me that #sociopaths could pass Onora's three tests of #trustworthiness*; they can be entirely #competent, brutally #honest & (predictably) #reliable but...

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*ted.com/talks/onora_o_…
...I still wouldn't necessarily feel comfortable #trusting them. (The same applies to corporate entities - some possibly even more so.)

@medConfidential's formulation - #consensual, #safe and #transparent - addresses a subtly different problem, which is that NO system will...
...always be 100% #trustworthy, and certainly not 100% #trusted - given #trust is ALWAYS 'in the eye of the beholder', and NEVER a property of a system.

#Governance and #accountability are key, of course. And maybe this time, we'll actually get what is #needed - rather than...
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Hi, @BHFDataScience! Please could you point me to a copy of your letter that is reported here:

theguardian.com/science/2021/j…

I've checked your website, but I can't seem to find a copy:

hdruk.ac.uk/helping-with-h…
Ah, no worries - I see it now. You tweeted a link to it, and I see it is on @HDR_UK's website:

hdruk.ac.uk/news/nhs-digit…

On reading your letter, @medConfidential would heartily agree with paragraphs 1, 3 and 5...
On paragraph 3, we very much agree that #trustworthy use of patient data for #ethically-approved #research is good.

But not ALL intended uses of #GPDPR *are* trustworthy, as @NHSDigital's own data release registers confirm:

theysolditanyway.com
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