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Knowledge that is open by design, verifiably honest, built for a purpose. Work for it. Use it. Share it. Build with it.🔥🚀

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Would love to attend, but here in Australia that is smack bang in the middle of International Data Week, and we have it hosted right here in Brisbane!#IDW2025
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Steven De Costa@starl3n8 Sep 2025
John von Neumann’s prophecy and the true nature of the Singularity. #physics #QuantumGravity and #computational #cosmology medium.com/@steven.decosta/v…
Von Neumann’s Prophecy and the True Nature of the Singularity

Von Neumann’s Prophecy and the True Nature of the Singularity

In 1955, as the world grappled with the dawn of the nuclear age and the birth of the electronic computer, the polymath John von Neumann —…

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Open Government Partnership
@opengovpart19 Nov 2019
Passionate about promoting more accountable, responsive, and inclusive governance around the world? Check out the OGP career page to explore our available positions. #Hiring #OpenGov bit.ly/34eilPC
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@openuk_uk13 Sep 2018
An #OpenSource #NHS #IT #success story! Read the short case study here: openuk.uk/media-library/ Is this what @MattHancock is looking for in his "vision for a more tech-driven NHS"? @NHSDigital @NHSOpenSource @AppertaUK @isfteh @Sjig
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Apolitical@apoliticalco29 Aug 2018
We're delighted to announce Apolitical's Digital Government Atlas has just launched! Prepare your department for a digital revolution with the world's best (free!) tools and datasets here. And please do let us know if you think we missed any: apolitical.co/solution_artic…
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MyData.org@mydataorg27 Aug 2018
Last call for #MyData 2018! Don't miss this opportunity to learn from @mikko, @HetanShah, @JeniT and 130 other great presenters mydata2018.org/presenters/ bringing business, legal, tech and societal angles to #personaldata #dataethics Get your pass at mydata2018.org/registration.
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MyData.org@mydataorg8 Aug 2018
We are getting very excited as we have 131 great presenters mydata2018.org/presenters/ coming to Helsinki for 55 sessions mydata2018.org/schedule/ dealing with #AI #blockchain #digitalrights & #MyData related topics. Register now! mydata2018.org/registration/
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Open Knowledge Foundation (@[email protected])@OKFN1 Aug 2018
📣 Job opportunity: At @OKFN, a global non-profit organisation focused on realising #opendata’s value to society, we are looking for a #CEO who can help refine our identity and turn our mission into reality: could this be you? bit.ly/2MadbeH #openknowledge #job #vacancy
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We're officially winding up the Open Knowledge Melbourne meetup. Details at meetup.com/Open-Knowledge-Me… Stay in touch here or at discuss.okfn.org/c/local-gro….
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Jithma Beneragama@JBMelbs20 Jun 2018
We are expanding our open data team and are looking for a #productmanager for open data. The role will drive strategic direction of open data in vic. @VicGovAu @CodeforAus @OKFNau @Data_Vic #civictech #opendata careers.vic.gov.au/job/produ…
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Wake up and start the #OpenRevolution! Visit openrevolution.net to read more.
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OpenCon@open_con12 Jun 2018
Applications to attend #OpenCon on November 2-4 in Toronto are now open—including the opportunity for travel scholarships! bit.ly/opencon18appsopen
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Steven De Costa@starl3n12 Jun 2018
Quick mic check. 🎤 #OpenRevolution begins in one two, one two. One. Two. Three.
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rufuspollock 🌄@rufuspollock12 Jun 2018
I am looking forward to seeing you this evening for the launch of the "Open Revolution: rewriting the rules of the information age". attending.io/events/open-rev… We open doors at 6:30pm and recommend arriving by 7pm for short talk. Location: @nwspk 133 Bethnal Green Road, E27DG
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rufuspollock 🌄@rufuspollock12 Jun 2018
As @OKFN Founder and President, I'm launching my new book - the Open Revolution today. Why is Open better? Find out more and get it here openrevolution.net/ #OpenRevolution Here I share my talk at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York in June 2015 youtube.com/watch?v=4nsVs87Q…
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Ben Jones@DataRemixed6 Jun 2018
Bravo to the @washingtonpost data team - 1st, for compiling & visualizing a 52K+ data set of homicides in 50 US cities over the past decade, and 2nd for making the entire data set available to download github.com/washingtonpost/da…

GitHub - washingtonpost/data-homicides: The Washington Post collected data on more than 52,000...

The Washington Post collected data on more than 52,000 criminal homicides over the past decade in 50 of the largest American cities. - washingtonpost/data-homicides

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Digital Rights Watch@DRWaus14 May 2018
Digital rights report calls for data retention rollback, privacy reform computerworld.com.au/article…
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[email protected]@stevage16 May 2018
Big update to opentrees.org! Fresh new #opendata from @CityPortPhillip, @GreaterShepp, @BrimbankCouncil, @CityofProspect, @CityofPerth, @WyndhamCouncil, @GreaterBendigo . Now 781,503 trees on the map!
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Rosie Williams@Info_Aus2 May 2018
FYI everyone, the gov is about to change privacy law so that it can (legally) join up all your administrative data using the key derived from your census info & sell all our data for 'research' themandarin.com.au/91944-gov…
Government's $65m plan to establish a ‘National Data Commissioner’

Government's $65m plan to establish a ‘National Data Commissioner’

A new statutory officer will independently manage the delicate balance between releasing open data from federal agencies for public benefit and risks to individual privacy, taking a lot of curly risk...

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Hack for Privacy@hackforprivacy22 Mar 2018
We're announcing the next Internet Freedom Hack (@inetfreedomhack) - a community event for technologists with a passion for digital rights. hackforprivacy.org/post/anno…

Announcing Internet Freedom Hack: Defending Truth - Hack for Privacy

Internet Freedom Hack is a community event for technologists with a passion for digital rights. We’ll get together for a weekend to make things that advance the cause of internet freedom.We’re...

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