Simon McDougall

Given the speaker and the topic, this is bound to be excellent!

Looking forward to giving this lecture this morning - over 2,000 people now registered! There is still time to sign up if you want to watch online!

Digital centre of government - Committees - UK Parliament Following the general election, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced plans to become the “digital centre of government”. It was also confirmed that the Government Dig...

New platform, new piece of work for the next few months.

I'm leading on the Science, Innovation & Technology select committee's inquiry looking at DSIT's new digital centre of government. If you have thoughts please submit them and/or get in touch! committees.parliament.uk/work/8903/di...

We’re aware of the bot followers. We know it’s really irritating for yall. The blade runners are working hard and we’re looking at bigger steps.

Dude, if that’s all you have to say, get off your phone. Connect with your friends. Think of someone you’ve lost touch with and text them. It’s a beautiful world out there.

Good God Ocado, you had one job 😂

Bus usage outside London has fallen since the market was deregulated, while London bus usage has grown

That is some graph on bus usage outside London after deregulation
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Painting of boy screaming

This is in the Black Sheep Coffee I’m in right now, which weirdly represents however I feel when visiting a Black Sheep Coffee.

Withnail & I GIF of Withnail saying 'We've gone on holiday my mistake'

That Bashar al-Assad statement in full:

I just broke all these rules at the train station. Still sticking it to The Man.

Opinion: ZoomInfo's chief privacy strategist on UK's unique path through AI regulation ZoomInfo's chief strategist of privacy and compliance Simon McDougall talks about how the UK can navigate through AI regulation.

I put together a few thoughts on the future of AI regulation in the UK - I guess I’ll be proved right or wrong sometime soon :)

And thanks to Lara Williams, a pleasure working with her as always!

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This is a HUGE and important job for the right person - and also a chance to work with Stephen Bonner, which is in itself a fantastic opportunity. If you want to spend some time making a difference in public service, this could be for you.

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OK, so I’ve now done plenty of Starter Packs. Now it seems I have to start unfollowing folk from those Starter Parks as they turn out to be dull or completely awful. It’s the Circle of Life.

Ok, so who bought me Twerk Pong?

from clearsky.app , which tells you what starter packs you're on. And if you've followed some kind of centrist dad list then that top list will add you to THEIR list. Some people are REALLY keen on keeping their echo chamber pristine.

Nailed it.

We are all still introducing ourselves to each other. But I don’t have a starter pack and there’s no easy way to say what I am or why you should follow me. So I decided to do some threads from my life. Here's the first thread. It’s about fear, or what is sometimes called football.

1970-71

New wine label ingredient disclosures in EU soon in effect, data protection not forgotten.

I'M ALIVE!!! Fuck you, Schrödinger!

I have mixed feelings about blocking accounts for fun

(Trolls: Yes.
Disagreeable People: No
Telling the Difference: Sometimes Hard)

But when are we going to get some old school Block Party functionality on Bluesky?

@blockpartyapp.com

Just seen I'm now following a thousand people - I might have been hitting the starter packs a bit too hard.

Fantastic! I'm getting a brutally early train tomorrow, but once I've recovered from that I'm looking forward to the conference :)

So Ofcom has arrived (welcome!). I can't see the ICO or the CMA yet...

@ofcom.bsky.social

What are the farmers planning?!?!!

This is really helpful. I love the starter packs on Bluesky but they are also prefabricated echo chambers. Bluesky needs to embrace the non-toxic right if it's to fulfil its potential.

A Hellboy sequel where he finally grows up to be Hellman so he can take over the family mayonnaise business

Children's soft play centre apologises over body bag Halloween decorations Rugrats and Halfpints in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, said they will be removed after concerns from "shocked" parents.

Wild scenes at Rugrats and Halfpints in Cirencester

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Root’s out. I’m getting worried about his ability to convert his 250s into 300s.

Although it’s only 13,000 mph in london so I might be OK.

Well I’d love to leave the house today but the 14,000 mph winds are putting me off.