Substrate

A collage of unedited photos taken during a sweaty morning run on my holiday phone (an iPhone SE 2).

I'm delighted to say that not only is TechFreedom now a project of FIELD STATION but that we've announced the dates for the next cohort:

TechFreedom is a three-session cohort programme that helps social purpose organisations see their technology dependencies clearly, assess hidden risks and dependencies, and build practical roadmaps towards greater sovereignty.

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When WAO closed back in May I was delighted to be able to continue working with longtime friend and all-round awesome person Kerri Lemoie, Director of the Digital Credentials Consortium (DCC) through Dynamic Skillset. They've been based out of MIT Open Learning for the last eight years.

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I've got one of those slim stands to raise my laptop for working while here in Lisbon. In the heat of the day, I'm inside next to the air conditioner, perched beside on a stand which has some artwork on it.

That eye staring at me is a little disconcerting...

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I've set myself the goal of reading Ada Palmer's Inventing the Renaissance this week, hopefully reading the bulk of it while here in Lisbon. My family bought it for me for Father's Day and I've been saving it specially.

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Plus = Minus, Joseph Albers

Too much of anything is probably a bad thing, variety is the spice of life, and eudaimonia is what we should be aiming for.

Sent from my laptop, perched on a Lisbon balcony overlooking the Tagus.

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With my wife and daughter at The World Youth Cup 2026 in Gothenberg, my son and I decided to make the most of the time to ourselves by... flying to Lisbon. We'll be here until Friday, and I'll do a bit of work in the mornings and explore the city with him in the afternoons.

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Every Sunday, my Little Robot Friend sends me a report which I call 'News Canary'. It assembles a weekly set of roughly ten "global change signal" stories from the last seven days, with at least one item from each continent It mixes hard developments (laws, policies, conflicts, technical releases) with soft signals (cultural shifts, viral posts) that may influence how systems evolve.

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