I remember Lloyd told me, "I don't have time to read much. I'm always writing."
He was standing roadside on Independence Square, Port of Spain, selling his self-published newspaper.
I'm writing again.
And roadside here: linkedin.com/in/gerardbest/
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CARIBBEAN-BORN NIEL HARPER JOINS ICANN BOARD, SETS OUT PRIORITIES IN Q&A
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Niel Harper brings a Caribbean voice to ICANN's board with concrete goals for regional participation, DNS security, accountability and developing-economy access to new gTLDs.
by Gerard Best
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AS OUTAGES SURGE, NETWORK OPERATIONS BECOMES A BOARDROOM PRIORITY
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Rising outages and costs push network operators from invisible technicians to strategic leaders, leaving NOGs to expand beyond training into governance, resilience, and institutional influence.
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"Human-forward" is the kind of apostrophised grotesquerie I'm neologising, to assert identity and existence in the age of AI. Coin of the times.
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CARIBNOG ENTERS ITS INSTITUTIONAL ERA
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In Curaçao, CaribNOG pivots toward institutional heft, aiming to turn regional cooperation into bargaining power as climate risks and digital fragility sharpen the Caribbean's stakes.
by Gerard Best / Read it here:
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🌍🇲🇶 La Martinique peut désormais siéger à la CARICOM en temps que membre associé
Une étape historique franchie
#Martinique #CARICOM #Caraïbe #DiplomatieTerritoriale #Matinik #Coopération #Développement #Histoire
.@stabroeknews, Guyana's 39-year-old independent newspaper, is officially in "voluntary liquidation", after shareholders voted unanimously to wind up Guyana Publications Inc. operations, per report.
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CaribNOG 31 heads to Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲 (Apr 14–16) with climate resilience, data sovereignty & #cybersecurity topping the agenda.
The Caribbean's internet infrastructure conversation is getting more strategic. And more urgent.
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Judgment in The Hague orders Netherlands to do more to protect Caribbean people in its territory from impacts of climate crisis
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#Grenada has taken an important step toward strengthening its digital resilience and deepening its role in global Internet governance, with the signing of the Convention on the Packet Clearing House Organization.
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CARIBNOG PARTNERS WITH GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE BODY PCH TO STRENGTHEN CARIBBEAN RESILIENCE
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CaribNOG and PCH deepen collaboration to fortify Caribbean Internet resilience, expanding skills, infrastructure support, and regional readiness as communities work to recover and prepare for future storms.
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As Caribbean islands rebuild in the wake of #HurricaneMelissa, a new agreement between the @CaribNOG and @PCHglobal is underscoring the urgent need for resilient Internet infrastructure...and for the experts who can keep it running when disaster strikes. gerardbest.com/stories/carib…
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Would you retrofit your car to run on seaweed gas?
Check out our video on it, here: youtu.be/iAYiUN4gvi4
Or check out the page on our website, here: undecidedmf.com/this-seaweed…
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“These small islands have created technology that can benefit the rest of the world; this is a big win for the Caribbean.” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr7…
A group of ransomware hackers claims a cyberattack against @CTM_Martinique – at Trinidad and Tobago
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Un groupe de hackers revendique une cyberattaque contre la Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique
And @CTM_Martinique has responded. – at Trinidad and Tobago
#CTM | La cyberattaque subit par la CTM le 16 Mai dernier a été revendiquée par le groupe Rhysidia. Une plainte complémentaire sera déposée par la Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique.
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In a notice on May 24, the council that runs Martinique said a cyberattack “heavily disrupted the activities of the community and directly impacted users and partners.”
The attack reportedly began on May 16, forcing officials to isolate the affected systems. Cybersecurity experts helped gradually restore operations.
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Some government offices were closed until June 1. The government’s website is still down as of Monday, per @TheRecord_Media
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