Monique 

@zenlan@mstdn.social
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Steam-powered tech lady cleaning the data of the dead and the broken things

Data Wrangler. Fixer. Freelancer.

Open Repair Poetryhttps://openrepair.github.io/tools/poetry/
JustifiedAnd Ancient
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Monique 1d ago
Attended an interesting online seminar last week. Learnt quite a lot about using FOI requests. #AI #FOI #transparency #UK Summary and recording: How access to information can help us understand AI decision making https://www.mysociety.org/2025/08/19/how-access-to-information-can-help-us-understand-ai-decision-making/
How access to information can help us understand AI decision making

If you were one of the 100+ people who joined us for today's webinar, you'll already know it was hugely informative and timely. We packed three fascinating speakers into the course of one hour-long session on using FOI to understand AI-based decision making by public authorities. Each brought so

mySociety
Monique 1d ago
I Reddit sparingly, especially given it's soul being sold to AI. However, this AI summary of my profile is sort of endearing: "Basically, you're the tech-savvy, slightly grumpy, historically informed uncle of Reddit, and we wouldn't have it any other way."
Monique Aug 15
Getting to the source of the DEFRA "advice" about saving water by deleting emails. Hmm, couldn't possibly be ChatGPT, could it? #AI #environment #water #UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm2MA5dgLgU
DEFRA says: delete your emails to ... save water?!

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Monique Aug 13
I like to binge a drama/crime/noir/scifi as much as anyone but there are days when a 3-part series about a father and son who painstakingly restore old ceramics in Japan is just the ticket #repair
Monique Aug 6
London wallpaper #London https://www.timorousbeasties.com/view-product/london-toile-wallpaper
London Toile Wallpaper | Urban Toile Wallpaper | Timorous Beasties

London Toile is part of our series of prints that update traditional toile de Jouy patterns, replacing their romanticised historic scenes with images of

Timorous Beasties
Monique Aug 5
My noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones with "gesture" control are great. But. The smallest touch such as brushing a hair out of my eye or scratching my head and they start playing a song, podcast or video from any one of the 20-30 tabs in each of my 4 open browsers. And the robot vacuum woke me up at 3am by loudly announcing that it needs charging. Neither of these devices have AI. Yet.
Monique Aug 3
Monique Aug 3
Repair Cafe Lambeth stats for 2nd Aug 2025
Monique Aug 3
Was great to hear this spring back to life at Repair Cafe Lambeth yesterday! 🪛 #RepairCafe #repair
Monique Aug 2
One of the best things that happened at today's Repair Cafe was this chap caught me as he was leaving to say thanks for recommending Mint Linux for his son's old machine last month. First time Linux users, the lad (14ish?) was stood there thumbs up and beaming. #Linux #LinuxMint #RepairCafe #repair