Astrophysicist turned advocate: guiding the globe to a safer, stronger Internet. Distinguished Technologist @internetsociety, @joebeone@techpolicy.social
ALT Album cover for GoodBooks’ “Control Freaks (The Remixes).” A lone woman in a red-orange dress stands with her back to the viewer in a barren, rolling landscape beneath a dark green sky. Her figure is repeated in overlapping red, yellow, blue, and black silhouettes, creating a ghosted, color-shift effect. A large retro-futuristic console or machine sits to her left, connected by dangling cables. White serif text at the top reads “GoodBooks / Control Freaks / (The Remixes).”
Haha, I accidentally configured FaceID with a huge smile recently (because I was in a hurry). Now, I can only unlock my device if I smile. Strangely, this has helped me feel better about my 2026 malaise.
"musicians never talk to you. I decided I'd just talk to you. Because, I just want to tell you that... some of the music we play is… is really not geared for your bumping enjoyment, it's geared for you to think. 1/2
So, for those of you who don't think too much, I'm just telling you about that shit before we drop it on you." quoting Eddie Harris, from "Fallout" by Hive piped.video/Ek_cglNSh4g 2/2
ALT Screenshot of an info page (chatcontrol.eu) warning about “Chat Control 2.0.” A highlighted line says a potentially final and decisive trilogue takes place on Tuesday, 29 September. It warns EU governments want “search plans” to scan “parts of a service” (e.g., all group chats or all EU users), effectively mass scanning of private chats. It cites that the Council’s own Legal Service warned this could be “general and indiscriminate” and likely illegal. It also warns about keeping the “voluntary” Chat Control 1.0 as a loophole, mentioning high false positives and cases affecting minors.
Absolutely fascinated by this BTS view from Burberry SS27 runway in London. What kinda looks like ‘a camera’ is really an entire coordinated system of support, remote focus, wireless monitoring, and lighting--all built around making a portrait.
ALT Behind the scenes at Burberry’s Spring 2027 show in London: a camera operator wearing an Easyrig films a model against a pale backdrop with a heavily built-out cinema camera, onboard light, remote-focus hardware, and wireless monitoring. Another crew member watches the live feed on a handheld monitor in the foreground.
ALT Model walking the Burberry Spring 2027 runway in a dark brown belted trench over an olive shirt with small pink floral details, gray shorts, brown socks, and black lace-up shoes. The runway is bright white against a warm wood-paneled backdrop with dark structural lines.
So excited to hang with a ton of clinical tech law nerds and heavy hitters this week at Berkeley for the Samuelson Clinic’s 25th Anniversary! josephhall.org/blog/samuelso… ❤️ @PamelaSamuelson
Also see the wonderful work of our community and grantees on non-English language access to these tools: "What if the Internet Doesn't Speak Your Language?" isocfoundation.org/2025/09/w…
and ensuring that languages thrive, not die: "From Rapa Nui to South America: How Communities Are Claiming Their Languages Online" isocfoundation.org/story/fro…