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Stephan Geering

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Compliance, Trustworthy AI and Global Privacy Officer at Blackboard. IAPP board member. Posts are my personal views. Dad, immigrant, tech geek. He/him/his. Substack: https://incbetter.substack.com/

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Pet theory #1 btw is that our governments are underestimating the importance of managing everyone's change curve in a time of rapid technological and societal change and that this has contributed to - points around): bsky.app/profile/step...

11.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

well this fact led me to one of my now favourite succinct Reddit posts

11.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 273 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

Related: bsky.app/profile/step...

11.03.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pet theory #2: Nothing is more critical for humanity’s future than increasing empathy.

11.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a very fine thing that Ian does each year

11.03.2026 10:22 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

We're looking for a director to handle a huge and fascinating scope with a 70+ person team in LinkedIn security: AI security, appsec, production security, security of the corporate systems, third party security, and handling the corporate identity services.

11.03.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The upside down by Cyril Auvity https://www.artlimit...
#instant #filmphotographer #discoverearth #photographysouls #filmfeed #blackandwhite #poetry #bnwphotos #mystery #nature #filmphotography #film #blackandwhitephoto #bw_society #bnw_perfection #landscape #blackandwhitephotography…

11.03.2026 05:57 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I see the Dildo of Consequences has arrived, and - as is traditional - it has not been lubed.

10.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 265 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1
LET'S NOT PLAY FRISBEE WITH THAT POET ANYMORE.

[This is a comic strip, with a poem laid over it. On each panel a new line of the poem is written. The scene is a park, in the summer. A man in a trenchcoat - implicitly Philip Larkin - stands folorn, motionless, looking at people throwing a frisbee. It becomes apparent as the comic progresses that they are trying to play frisbee with him. He stand stock still for the whole comic, watching the frisbee as, panel by panel it soars closer and closer to him].

After contemplating the approaching frisbee for two silent panels, Philip begins his thoughts:

Unloosed, unheralded,
You soar toward me
Across the dying afternoon. 

bright disc of childhood,
Long since thrown wide
Of Youth's green imaginings,

Your slow declining arc
Figures a sky-written truth:
We will all succumb, and soon

To earth's hard oblivion.

[The frisbee hits Philip on the head with a resounding DONK. He falls backwards, to the ground.

[Ends]

LET'S NOT PLAY FRISBEE WITH THAT POET ANYMORE. [This is a comic strip, with a poem laid over it. On each panel a new line of the poem is written. The scene is a park, in the summer. A man in a trenchcoat - implicitly Philip Larkin - stands folorn, motionless, looking at people throwing a frisbee. It becomes apparent as the comic progresses that they are trying to play frisbee with him. He stand stock still for the whole comic, watching the frisbee as, panel by panel it soars closer and closer to him]. After contemplating the approaching frisbee for two silent panels, Philip begins his thoughts: Unloosed, unheralded, You soar toward me Across the dying afternoon. bright disc of childhood, Long since thrown wide Of Youth's green imaginings, Your slow declining arc Figures a sky-written truth: We will all succumb, and soon To earth's hard oblivion. [The frisbee hits Philip on the head with a resounding DONK. He falls backwards, to the ground. [Ends]

Let's Not Play Frisbee With That Poet Anymore

10.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 654 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 8

Sweet memories

10.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Britain’s safety net isn’t set up for a widespread jobs shock The state does not offer a temporary cushion to support those who were previously in work

Great but sobering
@sarahoconnorft.ft.com article (Β£) on how the UK's unemployment system is not ready for a potential AI job disruption.

www.ft.com/content/771a...

10.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Andrew O’Hagan Β· Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

Well this piece certainly delivers and the last par is 😬

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

10.03.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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Human Problems: It’s Not Always The Technology’s Fault We have met the enemy and he is us. When a teenage boy in Orlando started texting Character.AI’s chatbot, it started as an innocent use of a new tool. Sewell Setzer III customized the chatbot to ha…

I co-authored a @techdirt.com piece with Professors @brianlfrye.bsky.social Kevin Frazier, and Michael Goodyear on the human problems that AI is revealing to us, like suicide, and why policymaking approaches that ignore those human realities are ineffective.

www.techdirt.com/2026/03/10/h...

10.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

10.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 13595 πŸ” 3104 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 236
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How the 'red v blue school wars' exposed the social media gap between children and parents Parents were frightened by social posts that seemed to encourage violence at schools. But it was more complicated than it looked

Good longread on how a "social media war" was just teenagers shitposting, as they do, and it was their parents freaking out in the school WhatsApp that was the problem www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

10.03.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

"Hey, Claude. I have a big project for you ..."

10.03.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Important point

10.03.2026 06:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Fiery sunset sky with streaked orange, pink, and red clouds over silhouetted Grampians mountains in Victoria, Australia. Dramatic glowing horizon with deep blue fading to warm tones.

Fiery sunset sky with streaked orange, pink, and red clouds over silhouetted Grampians mountains in Victoria, Australia. Dramatic glowing horizon with deep blue fading to warm tones.

Vibrant sunset over the Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia. Luminosity masking was used to bring out the dramatic glow

More about me & prints:
linktr.ee/steven.sandner

#Grampians #Sunset #LandscapePhotography

09.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Four images featuring a work of art in wire and small pieces of colourful glass

Four images featuring a work of art in wire and small pieces of colourful glass

β€œUnwoven Light” by Korean artist Soo Sunny Park, sculptural installations using glass, wire and light #WomensArt

10.03.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 551 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6
 Image depicts a technique used during the Dust Bowl era to prevent soil erosion by creating protective patterns in the farmland. 
Farmers used tractors to plow the land in curved lines, or contours, following the landscape's natural shape to stop wind from blowing away the topsoil.

Image depicts a technique used during the Dust Bowl era to prevent soil erosion by creating protective patterns in the farmland. Farmers used tractors to plow the land in curved lines, or contours, following the landscape's natural shape to stop wind from blowing away the topsoil.

Contour Plowing, Dust Bowl, Colorado
Margaret Bourke-White, 1954

09.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 197 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair enough.

09.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmm. I prefer when regulators define desired outcomes of documents like a DPIA rather than prescriptive templates.

09.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Which means posting more here I assume πŸ˜‰

09.03.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Satoshi - Viva Moldova! | Official Video
Satoshi - Viva Moldova! | Official Video YouTube video by Satoshi

Moldova has absolutely magnificent song this year at #Eurovision! Absolute banger πŸ”₯πŸ”₯
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDo...

09.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

All good questions but I think you are asking the wrong person because I certainly don't consider myself a techbro. I just found it funny that the list name included the "derogatory" as it implies it needs distinction from a positive "techbro" moderation list.

09.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok

09.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great track to lighten up a grey day #music

09.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Having mastered epidemiology, Russian history, toilet paper supply chain logistics, bridge design, balloon aeronautics, and large language models, I'd like to offer my thoughts on how the closing of the Strait of Hormuz will impact Brent crude....(1/67)

09.03.2026 11:43 πŸ‘ 676 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3

I have a different intuition but I agree that is a valid option / opinion at this stage.

09.03.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump yelling at kid mowing lawn meme

Trump yelling at kid mowing lawn meme

β€œKID, WE NEED YOUR GAS”

09.03.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 465 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1