The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has announced the winners of the OSTP Year of Open Science #Recognition Challenge, which engaged various stakeholders to expand #research access for the #benefit of #science and society.
Normally I'd love to help with projects like this #HandWriting#recognition task from the Australian War Memorial - because many people never learned to read or write cursive script, they need help to transcript the cursive handwriting of war letters.
But I also know that at some point, a startup is going to want that data for a handwriting recognition tool that's proprietary and available only as a paid service.
And that the market incentives will be too good for a government organisation not to sell that data.
So, no. I'm too cynical now to help with these sorts of projects ...
"We can see the division of the globe into grievable and ungrievable lives from the perspective of those who wage war in order to defend the lives of certain communities, and to defend them against the lives of others — even if it means taking those latter lives."
I think I had my best sleep in weeks. It wasn't solid, but I fell back to sleep, after a trip to the bathroom downstairs, that never happens. So, around 5am, I got up.
Still a sky full of stars though. Sunrise is two coffees away.
I was thinking of something, I'm curious about what you think?
I'm thinking a lot about recognition in communities - people need to feel seen, that their contributions have value.
Many ways to do it (badges, achievements, swag, status), but I'm curious if anyone uses them for more than their own satisfaction? Would you put, eg, a valued Fedora badge on your resume? I did put being a WoW raid leader as management / team-lead experience for a while :P
What recognition do you want that you don't (or do!) get from your community?
"It will be a dull march back into history, a return to the denialism and silence that has defined white Australia. Honesty will be torn from the trees. Any notion of shared understanding will be shredded."
I've voted YES!
This referendum is about straightforward ideas and practical solutions:
Recognising and respecting 65,000 years of Indigenous culture for the first time in Australia’s 122-year-old constitution.
Listening to a diverse group of Indigenous Australians about the policies and challenges that affect them
Protecting the Voice from politics and bureaucrats by putting it in the constitution, giving it the security it needs to provide meaningful and honest advice. #yes23 3#Australia #recognition#Recognise@yes23au