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Happy new year and my fave readings of the year

https://anil.recoil.org/notes/hny2026 · 2 Jan 2026 · 🦋 Bluesky

My favourite books, podcasts and recommendations from 2025, covering moral ambition, maps, wolves, AI dystopias, geopolitics, Chennai history, and the best tech podcasts.

Four Ps for Building Massive Collective Knowledge Systems

https://anil.recoil.org/notes/principles-for-collective-knowledge · 23 Nov 2025 · 🦋 Bluesky

Design principles for collective knowledge systems—permanence, provenance, permission, and placement—that enable robust networks for evidence-based decision making.

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Tracking APS AI Transparency Statements

https://benswift.me/blog/2025/11/11/tracking-aps-ai-transparency-statements · 11 Nov 2025

A new project that scrapes and version-controls AI Transparency Statements from Australian Government agencies, tracking how they change over time.

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On the path to the UK/India AI Summit with OpenUK and the ATI

https://anil.recoil.org/notes/path-to-uk-india-ai-summit · 11 Nov 2025

Reflections on UK-India AI collaboration from meetings at the Alan Turing Institute and OpenUK, discussing ethical AI deployment, open source infrastructure, and the challenges of building community in the age of AI-assisted coding.

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Do not rule out nature from climate action; an open letter

https://anil.recoil.org/notes/do-not-rule-out-nature · 10 Sep 2025

Open letter to UN Article 6.4 supervisory body advocating for nature-based climate solutions alongside durable carbon sequestration technologies.

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What I learnt at the National Academy of Sciences US-UK Forum on Biodiversity

https://anil.recoil.org/notes/nas-rs-biodiversity · 24 May 2025

Report from NAS/Royal Society forum on standardized biodiversity measurement technologies covering foundation models, eDNA and evidence synthesis.

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Learnings from the Cambridge Environmental Sustainability Committee

https://anil.recoil.org/notes/cambridge-essc-progress · 13 May 2025

Insights from Cambridge University's Environmental Sustainability Strategy Committee on carbon reduction, biodiversity, and operational sustainability progress.

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Humans are the ones that will save nature, helped by AI

https://anil.recoil.org/notes/humans-save-nature-not-ai · 7 May 2025

Discussion of responsible AI adoption in conservation, emphasizing human agency and equity over technological solutions.

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Technology needs to unite conservation, not divide it

https://anil.recoil.org/notes/ai-should-unite-conservation · 25 Apr 2025

Response to critique of AI in conservation emphasizing participatory design, open source tools and equitable capacity building in Global South.

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Talks from LOCO24 are now available online

https://anil.recoil.org/notes/loco24-talks-online · 17 Apr 2025

LOCO24 conference talks now available on self-hosted video platforms with peer-to-peer redundancy.