Tim de Sousa
@timdesousa.bsky.social
Privacy, Information Governance and Tech Ethics wonk, based in Sydney Australia. Mediocre ukulele player. Slightly snobbish about coffee.
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Tim de Sousa
@timdesousa.bsky.social
· Jun 4
I’m having a day. So let’s not talk about privacy, let’s talk about art.
Saw this last year in a tiny cinema in Tokyo, well worth your time.
December 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Saw this last year in a tiny cinema in Tokyo, well worth your time.
Ah, this is going great I see.
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Ah, this is going great I see.
Same. Victory is mine!
Whamageddoned, but it’s Xmas Day already so I WIN
December 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Same. Victory is mine!
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Whamageddoned, but it’s Xmas Day already so I WIN
December 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Whamageddoned, but it’s Xmas Day already so I WIN
It’s taken me 4 days off work to even relax enough to pick up a pencil. I don’t know Alan but I guess I can taunt him for kicks.
December 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It’s taken me 4 days off work to even relax enough to pick up a pencil. I don’t know Alan but I guess I can taunt him for kicks.
As predicted.
LLMs are Accelerating the Ransomware Operations with Functional Tools and RaaS
LLMs are Accelerating the Ransomware Operations with Functional Tools and RaaS
cybersecuritynews.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
As predicted.
I hate this timeline.
Grifters and scammers are cashing in on the Bondi attack tragedy using cryptocurrency and fake fundraisers.
One disturbing example is the creation of a crypto coin named after a 10-year-old shooting victim so 'her legacy can live on-chain forever.'
www.crikey.com.au/20...
One disturbing example is the creation of a crypto coin named after a 10-year-old shooting victim so 'her legacy can live on-chain forever.'
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I hate this timeline.
It actually does. This and no bad hair days are the scant benefits of having a chrome dome.
stepping out of the shower and not having wet hair probably feels so good for bald guys
December 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It actually does. This and no bad hair days are the scant benefits of having a chrome dome.
what
Literally the one thing LLMs cannot do is come up with a novel idea. They merely extrude an amalgam of what they have been fed.
Literally the one thing LLMs cannot do is come up with a novel idea. They merely extrude an amalgam of what they have been fed.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
what
Literally the one thing LLMs cannot do is come up with a novel idea. They merely extrude an amalgam of what they have been fed.
Literally the one thing LLMs cannot do is come up with a novel idea. They merely extrude an amalgam of what they have been fed.
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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Bumped into an old friend, Benny the Sydney Opera House seal. Local hero, champion layabout, with the best view in Sydney. What a mad lad.
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Bumped into an old friend, Benny the Sydney Opera House seal. Local hero, champion layabout, with the best view in Sydney. What a mad lad.
Ah, yes, whomst could have seen this coming...etc
Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Ah, yes, whomst could have seen this coming...etc
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Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight www.innovationaus.com/govt-abandon...
Govt abandons plan for external AI Advisory Body
Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight. The Department...
www.innovationaus.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight www.innovationaus.com/govt-abandon...
Re the social media ban: Kids in this situation have little choice but to provide an ID doc to some previously unheard of third-party verifier. Will they retain the doc? Will they delete it? Can you trust them? Who knows?
Also took effect for my Kid who is *over 16* and now locked out of DMs due to faulty facial biometric age assurance tech
Change in Headline
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Re the social media ban: Kids in this situation have little choice but to provide an ID doc to some previously unheard of third-party verifier. Will they retain the doc? Will they delete it? Can you trust them? Who knows?
Once you ban kids from talking to each other via social media....this is where they will turn.
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support
Experts warn of dangers as England and Wales study shows 13- to 17-year-olds consulting AI amid long waiting lists for services
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Once you ban kids from talking to each other via social media....this is where they will turn.
Making kids think they need gen ai to do art and tell stories is not helping them, it is disempowering them. Art is liberating because there is no barrier to entry. No skill? Doesn't matter - try and get better. No materials? Doesn't matter - a piece of chalk and a pavement will do.
nobody needs AI to create graphic novels. ai will, in fact, never be able to create anything worthwhile. you're literally stealing the motivation, training, and confidence to make comics away from these kids you creep, leave them alone!!
Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels.
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Making kids think they need gen ai to do art and tell stories is not helping them, it is disempowering them. Art is liberating because there is no barrier to entry. No skill? Doesn't matter - try and get better. No materials? Doesn't matter - a piece of chalk and a pavement will do.
They're not safe for adults either.
And instead of making them safe, we've just cut children off from communicating with each other.
It's like instead of requiring cars to have crash standards, seatbelts, airbags, we just banned people from driving.
And instead of making them safe, we've just cut children off from communicating with each other.
It's like instead of requiring cars to have crash standards, seatbelts, airbags, we just banned people from driving.
What the social media ban assumes about our society is that the places where adults congregate to share ideas are never safe for children. And it’s wrong
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
They're not safe for adults either.
And instead of making them safe, we've just cut children off from communicating with each other.
It's like instead of requiring cars to have crash standards, seatbelts, airbags, we just banned people from driving.
And instead of making them safe, we've just cut children off from communicating with each other.
It's like instead of requiring cars to have crash standards, seatbelts, airbags, we just banned people from driving.
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"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
This is a extremely poor idea: "According to revelations in Guardian Australia this week, there will be no safety net – no scope for either the NDIA delegate or the administrative appeals tribunal to amend the budget. In other words, the computer will have the final say."
Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme
Never again. That was the resounding message delivered via the robodebt royal commission from the thousands of Australians whose lives and livelihoods were upended by the cruellest experiment in bureaucratic automation the country has ever seen.
Now, with plans under way to automate the calculation of individual NDIS support plans, it appears we’ve reached new heights of institutional amnesia. Once again, vital lifelines to support will be placed at the mercy of automated systems. Only this time, the mechanisms for review and redress will be vanishingly thin. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is a extremely poor idea: "According to revelations in Guardian Australia this week, there will be no safety net – no scope for either the NDIA delegate or the administrative appeals tribunal to amend the budget. In other words, the computer will have the final say."
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📢 The government wants to outlaw drip pricing and subscription traps, targeting manipulative online tactics that cost Australians millions.
Government to target 'dark patterns' behind hidden fees and subscription traps
www.sbs.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The time is upon us once more, godspeed all.
It is December now in Australia, and soon will be elsewhere in the world.
Here's a #Whamageddon rules refresher if you need it.
Here's a #Whamageddon rules refresher if you need it.
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The time is upon us once more, godspeed all.
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Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Use of AI ‘tech stacks’ driving demand for lawyers
The more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more professionals are needed to vet the technology’s outputs.
www.afr.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Do this even if you are old.
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Do this even if you are old.