Cool talk by @SuzetteKahlert (not biased, promise) in the very cool panel 28: the politization of infrastructures. Between talks on semiconductors, open science, data cables, ships, and trains, she introduced caveats and myths of decentralized infrastructures the example of matrix.org.

If you are reading this post, you know the ambivalence of decentralized services, its issues with moderating its own and federated content, and how security still remains an issue of trust and technological expertise. Encryption is never to be assumed default.
However, this is a fortiori important where it is considered a low threshold solution for all kinds of scattered agents to implement and run, e.g. as a easy messaging infrastructure for administration or services like universities. These shifts in power, access, and anewed opacity and struggles about regulation must kept in mind if there shall be a transformation into European infrastructure autonomy.

#stsItalia23 #STS #Infrastrcture #Decentralization

A study reveals how green #infrastrcture offers many #ecosystem-service benefits in densely populated areas.

Researcher compared the benefits across 3 scenarios:
🏘️ Green neighbourhoods
🚴‍♀️ Green network
🌳 Urban parks

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https://rebrand.ly/SfEP553-4

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1635974973557800960