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RE:
Indieweb.Social
Moved to @bonfire@bonfire.cafe (@bonfire@indieweb.social)
Attached: 1 image Bonfire Social 1.0 is live! A federated, community‑first social network built on the modular Bonfire toolkit, and it’s only ...
 What @npub1lzdq...urpr are working on is impressive and important and y'all should consider supporting their crowdfunder! Bonfire was absolutely the top contender for my work building New_ Public's Local project (
New_ Public
Roundabout | New_ Public
Helping local communities create flourishing digital spaces
); in the end, I'm building mostly from scratch not because Bonfire isn't great, but because I wanted our team's 2+ years of research, planning, and design to lead the conversation, not the technology. BUT we're in a unique spot. Most communities could use Bonfire. View quoted note →
A decade ago, I was an invited expert at a meeting to review the technical architecture of a £330m fraud detection system for Universal Credit at the UK Treasury. My conclusion was that the proposal was not only massively over-priced (basically fraud-levels of overcharging), but that the system as designed would obviously have issues where automated decisions would leave vulnerable people in dire straits, against the legal requirements. And so it goes:
the Guardian
UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’
Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip
Every once in a while, if you’re lucky, you get to share a “new job” update that’s more like a “life goal ✅” update. This is one of those times. I’m ridiculously excited to share that I’ve joined [@wearenew_public](
Mastodon
New_ Public (@wearenew_public@mastodon.social)
1.36K Posts, 77 Following, 1K Followers · New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation...
 ), working with @npub1nue9...dtgk on their small-but-mighty Local Lab team to build a new product to support local communities come together online in healthy ways.