@fhr

Data nerd. @AdaLovelaceInst, @healx, ex @MastodonC and @DataKindUK. Likes coffee, running, sleeping a lot.

 Hackney, London
Joined June 2008
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I'm hiring data/AI/eng people of many types to build up my data team at @healx ! Let me know if you're interested - remote-first, mission-driven, super interesting fast growing company. Pro/con, you get to work with me 😉 eg role boards.greenhouse.io/healx/j…
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This looks like it will be a very interesting bunfight 😉
Ada Lovelace Institute@AdaLovelaceInst29 Sep 2021
Join us 4 October at 6pm to hear @johnthornhillft in conversation with @azeem about his new book Exponential. Together, they’ll explore if there really is an 'exponential gap' or a ‘gulf of mutual incomprehension’ between tech producers & everyone else? adalovelaceinstitute.org/eve…

Is there an exponential gap? Azeem Azhar interviewed by John Thornhill

Azeem Azhar, author of Exponential, in conversation with John Thornhill of the Financial Times exploring the credibility of the book’s central premise

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Great to see this at our kid's primary school - being realistic about how to help all children focus :)
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The kind of thing that organizations claim they want: accountability. The kind of thing that organizations do:
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As a... – Google Maps user I want to... – receive a monthly email highlighting the 2 supermarkets and the local field that have I visited this month So that... – I can reminisce about the highlights of my month
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Absolutely Dehenna. The way Boris encouraged everyone to make plans, offering them repeated assurances we were steadfast even as the evidence it was a terrible idea stacked up, only to cancel the insane project at the last minute leaving everyone caught short. Masterful.
Dehenna Davison@DehennaDavison20 Dec 2020
What we saw last night *was* decisive leadership. Truly strong leadership is doing what is right even when it is hard. Even when it won’t make you popular. The luxury Labour in opposition have is not actually having to take any tough decisions whilst yelling from the sidelines.
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Happy to announce our funding news today. techcrunch.com/2020/12/16/op…

OpenSensors secures $4M for air-monitoring platform which allows offices to be more COVID-safe |...

Today, the acute asthma attack of a primary school-aged girl in February 2013 was ruled by a U.K. court to be due to air pollution. It is thought to be

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We're so grateful to our co-founder @duncan3ross and can't say thank you enough for his hard work as Chair over the past years! He told us about his experiences and fond memories, as well as his thoughts about the future of #DataForGood medium.com/datakinduk/farewe…
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TIL that Shane McGowan went to Westminster School 🤯
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Tom wanted a reminder of local Covid rates before going to town. So I wrote a script to fetch the latest case rate in the area from GOV.UK, and display it live. Behold SCAREDI-PI: the Simple Covid Ambient Reporting E-ink DIsplay for Pi github.com/annapowellsmith/s…
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JUST ONE GRAPH IN THE DAILY MAIL - a thread.
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Last board meeting with @DataKindUK today - it's fantastic to see what it's grown into, and I know it's going to do a lot lot more 😁
DataKind UK@DataKindUK19 Nov 2020
We couldn't have said it better @duncan3ross @fhr - thank you so much for your time with us! You will be missed!
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Today is my last ever @DataKindUK board meeting - thank you to everyone who has been involved in this amazing journey, especially the 105 social organisations we’ve worked with, and the 1000s of data science volunteers... – at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England
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‘Brexit deal never made sense’ says man who negotiated it, signed it, prevented MPs from scrutinising it, campaigned for it and won a general election on the back of it:
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Sir David Norgrove has today replied to @MattHancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regarding the Government’s COVID-19 testing data ow.ly/pw4c50zWpO8
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This looks like it's going to be an interesting one
Ada Lovelace Institute@AdaLovelaceInst23 Apr 2020
Will digital #ContactTracing be the silver bullet that ends lockdown & returns us to normal life? Join @trishgreenhalgh @simcd @yvesalexandre @carlykind_ Friday 24 April 12-12.40 BST to discuss the policy challenge #COVID19 tech brings to public health. adalovelaceinstitute.org/no-…
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The @AdaLovelaceInst was set up to ask important questions of new digital technology. This important report sets out the key challenges for getting tech solutions to COVID-19 right. Essential reading.
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Data & AI will not be effective against #COVID19 unless government addresses technical limitations, barriers to effective deployment & social impacts. Today, we publish a rapid evidence review & our recommendations. adalovelaceinstitute.org/cov… #COVIDTech #DataEthics #AIEthics
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If there was a way to super-like this I would
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What will the first pandemic of the digital age mean for data governance? @carlykind_ points to flaws this high-stakes stress testing of societal institutions might reveal in finance, health, immigration & data governance ecosystems. #COVID19 #dataethics adalovelaceinstitute.org/wha…

What will the first pandemic of the algorithmic age mean for data governance?

Global crises provide high-stakes stress testing for societal institutions, revealing – for better or worse – the cracks in existing systems.

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