Seamus Byrne
@seamusbyrne.me
Tech, media, digital culture. Regular tech talker on ABC radio. PhD student at UNSW Media Futures Hub and ADM+S exploring Generative Authenticity. Was @seamus in the Twitter era. Living on Gundungurra land.
Done! Latest title update:
“The Work of Art in the Age of Infinite Content: generative art and creative authenticity in online art communities and social platforms”
“The Work of Art in the Age of Infinite Content: generative art and creative authenticity in online art communities and social platforms”
Submitting PhD confirmation review documents tonight. Will breathe after a few weeks of tension getting my ideas straightened out on a page.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Done! Latest title update:
“The Work of Art in the Age of Infinite Content: generative art and creative authenticity in online art communities and social platforms”
“The Work of Art in the Age of Infinite Content: generative art and creative authenticity in online art communities and social platforms”
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I recently had a live chat with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social about their new book, Conspiracy Nation, for the Media Futures Hub at UNSW. The conversation is now on the podcast feed. Check it out!
pca.st/episode/8ee9...
pca.st/episode/8ee9...
Conspiracy Nation: book discussion with authors Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson
pca.st
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I recently had a live chat with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social about their new book, Conspiracy Nation, for the Media Futures Hub at UNSW. The conversation is now on the podcast feed. Check it out!
pca.st/episode/8ee9...
pca.st/episode/8ee9...
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Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
Bungie reminds me of the uncoordinated but really tall kid in school who every rep team basketball coach would pick, thinking “I know he’s struggling, but surely I can train him.” Each year he sits on the bench, each year another coach gives it a go.
Sony CFO Lin Tao has elaborated on the company's decision to take an "impairment loss" against Bungie and Destiny 2.
"...due to the changes in the competitive environment, the level of sales and user engagement have not reached the expectations we had at the time of the acquisition of Bungie."
"...due to the changes in the competitive environment, the level of sales and user engagement have not reached the expectations we had at the time of the acquisition of Bungie."
Destiny 2 Hasn't Reached Sony's Expectations For Bungie Acquisition, Says CFO
CFO Lin Tao said that Destiny 2 had "not reached the expectations we had at the time of the acquisition of Bungie."
thisweekinvideogames.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Bungie reminds me of the uncoordinated but really tall kid in school who every rep team basketball coach would pick, thinking “I know he’s struggling, but surely I can train him.” Each year he sits on the bench, each year another coach gives it a go.
Submitting PhD confirmation review documents tonight. Will breathe after a few weeks of tension getting my ideas straightened out on a page.
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Submitting PhD confirmation review documents tonight. Will breathe after a few weeks of tension getting my ideas straightened out on a page.
Anyone know if it’s easy to leave weapon mastery on the bench using 2024 D&D rules on D&D Beyond? I don’t want it and it’s why I’ve ignored the new rules so far. I mean… is there anything else to change for anyway?
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Anyone know if it’s easy to leave weapon mastery on the bench using 2024 D&D rules on D&D Beyond? I don’t want it and it’s why I’ve ignored the new rules so far. I mean… is there anything else to change for anyway?
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
Interactivity
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Interactivity
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If anyone feels like supporting an independent Australian videogame website with award-winning work that strictly has no advertising, no sponsored content, no corporate ownership, does not let publishers pay for travel, and discloses every code we get and image we use:
thisweekinvideogames.com
thisweekinvideogames.com
This Week in Videogames - TWIV
Covering the important things happening in the world of videogames. News, reviews, and insights without ads or filler content.
thisweekinvideogames.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If anyone feels like supporting an independent Australian videogame website with award-winning work that strictly has no advertising, no sponsored content, no corporate ownership, does not let publishers pay for travel, and discloses every code we get and image we use:
thisweekinvideogames.com
thisweekinvideogames.com
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You can do anything at ZomboCom
In November 1999, the Zombo dot com website was created as a parody of the creative, but, largely pointless flash intros, which were trending at the end of the 1990s. Welcome... to ZomboCom.
#WebDesignHistory
#WebDesignHistory
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
You can do anything at ZomboCom
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incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
I recently had a live chat with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social about their new book, Conspiracy Nation, for the Media Futures Hub at UNSW. The conversation is now on the podcast feed. Check it out!
pca.st/episode/8ee9...
pca.st/episode/8ee9...
Conspiracy Nation: book discussion with authors Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson
pca.st
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I recently had a live chat with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social about their new book, Conspiracy Nation, for the Media Futures Hub at UNSW. The conversation is now on the podcast feed. Check it out!
pca.st/episode/8ee9...
pca.st/episode/8ee9...
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What do young Australians think about the 'Social Media Ban'?
Join young people and researchers online to find out what the upcoming changes mean for 12-15 year olds from around Australia.
🗓 Mon, 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 9:00am Perth ⏰ 11:00am Bris ⏰ 12:00pm Syd/Melb
👉 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/webinar-am...
Join young people and researchers online to find out what the upcoming changes mean for 12-15 year olds from around Australia.
🗓 Mon, 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 9:00am Perth ⏰ 11:00am Bris ⏰ 12:00pm Syd/Melb
👉 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/webinar-am...
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
What do young Australians think about the 'Social Media Ban'?
Join young people and researchers online to find out what the upcoming changes mean for 12-15 year olds from around Australia.
🗓 Mon, 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 9:00am Perth ⏰ 11:00am Bris ⏰ 12:00pm Syd/Melb
👉 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/webinar-am...
Join young people and researchers online to find out what the upcoming changes mean for 12-15 year olds from around Australia.
🗓 Mon, 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 9:00am Perth ⏰ 11:00am Bris ⏰ 12:00pm Syd/Melb
👉 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/webinar-am...
Had my first experience today pressing the Add Bibliography button in Zotero. Such witchcraft! How did we ever do this before??
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Had my first experience today pressing the Add Bibliography button in Zotero. Such witchcraft! How did we ever do this before??
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Seems to be a bit of a global issue that centre-right/right wing parties do whatever the right wing media tell them to do and centre-left parties do whatever the right wing media tell them to do
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Seems to be a bit of a global issue that centre-right/right wing parties do whatever the right wing media tell them to do and centre-left parties do whatever the right wing media tell them to do
Gurman says Apple Fitness+ is under review because it's not doing well and doesn't do much revenue. I've always thought it is a perfect place for shoppable outfits. Let me buy the fitness gear a trainer is wearing and have it delivered with a single click!
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Gurman says Apple Fitness+ is under review because it's not doing well and doesn't do much revenue. I've always thought it is a perfect place for shoppable outfits. Let me buy the fitness gear a trainer is wearing and have it delivered with a single click!
I used to like ScreenTime stats from Apple but now it’s somehow double tracking things across devices so I’m seeing blocks of two hours per hour including times overnight when I’m asleep so nothing is useful information anymore. Anyone else see the same problems?
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I used to like ScreenTime stats from Apple but now it’s somehow double tracking things across devices so I’m seeing blocks of two hours per hour including times overnight when I’m asleep so nothing is useful information anymore. Anyone else see the same problems?
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
If the stories about the negative impacts of generative AI were stories about videogames there wouldn’t even be a debate. They would be banned, banned, banned, banned, and banned.
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If the stories about the negative impacts of generative AI were stories about videogames there wouldn’t even be a debate. They would be banned, banned, banned, banned, and banned.
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Identifying flaws in GenAI unfortunately offers a pretext for claims that perfecting the product is just a matter of time & money. So pointing to chatbots’ role in,say, suicides can only go so far if we don’t also identify the systemic, irresolvable lack of Gen AI’s human commitment bc math has none
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Identifying flaws in GenAI unfortunately offers a pretext for claims that perfecting the product is just a matter of time & money. So pointing to chatbots’ role in,say, suicides can only go so far if we don’t also identify the systemic, irresolvable lack of Gen AI’s human commitment bc math has none
Worth a reminder the whole SNAP thing supports local businesses as much as the people who need the food? The money flows immediately to businesses who sell them food, which means entire local economies are supported. It's amazing how these 'handouts' help far more people than tax cuts for the rick.
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Worth a reminder the whole SNAP thing supports local businesses as much as the people who need the food? The money flows immediately to businesses who sell them food, which means entire local economies are supported. It's amazing how these 'handouts' help far more people than tax cuts for the rick.
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Yale's Beinecke Library is quite glorious.
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Yale's Beinecke Library is quite glorious.
Forgot one of the cool jokes we managed to get into the decor of the new CBS Interactive office (CNET, Gamespot, ZDNet) back in the day. We had decals around the office of Australian inventions. This one with added Magritte (and beside the emergency stairs for extra credit).
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Forgot one of the cool jokes we managed to get into the decor of the new CBS Interactive office (CNET, Gamespot, ZDNet) back in the day. We had decals around the office of Australian inventions. This one with added Magritte (and beside the emergency stairs for extra credit).
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"And what do you have for the talent portion of the competition, Ms. Fernandez?"
Ignacia Fernández, vocalista da banda Decessus, mostrou seu talento durante a semifinal do concurso Miss Mundo Chile. Ela se classificou para a final representando a comuna de Las Condes.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"And what do you have for the talent portion of the competition, Ms. Fernandez?"