Tom Fisher
@drsamaki.bsky.social
OfDIA/DSIT. Ex-Privacy International. PhD African Studies from University of Edinburgh. Posts on digital identity, DPI, and human rights. Views own.
I don’t know what to worry more about:
A) the subeditor who decided that “Pharoh’s anus” would make it click bait; or
B) the algorithm that decided I was a Pharoh’s anus kind of guy.
A) the subeditor who decided that “Pharoh’s anus” would make it click bait; or
B) the algorithm that decided I was a Pharoh’s anus kind of guy.
October 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I don’t know what to worry more about:
A) the subeditor who decided that “Pharoh’s anus” would make it click bait; or
B) the algorithm that decided I was a Pharoh’s anus kind of guy.
A) the subeditor who decided that “Pharoh’s anus” would make it click bait; or
B) the algorithm that decided I was a Pharoh’s anus kind of guy.
Clever people of BlueSky, help me out:
a) Putnam’s ant on a beach drawing a caricature of Winston Churchill is disturbingly similar to an AI Chatbot, but why isn’t it? And:
b) does that mean I’m a brain in a vat or not?
a) Putnam’s ant on a beach drawing a caricature of Winston Churchill is disturbingly similar to an AI Chatbot, but why isn’t it? And:
b) does that mean I’m a brain in a vat or not?
August 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Clever people of BlueSky, help me out:
a) Putnam’s ant on a beach drawing a caricature of Winston Churchill is disturbingly similar to an AI Chatbot, but why isn’t it? And:
b) does that mean I’m a brain in a vat or not?
a) Putnam’s ant on a beach drawing a caricature of Winston Churchill is disturbingly similar to an AI Chatbot, but why isn’t it? And:
b) does that mean I’m a brain in a vat or not?
Hehe President POO-tihn.
Yes, I have been spending the a lot of time with my 5-year olds this summer holiday, why do you ask?
Yes, I have been spending the a lot of time with my 5-year olds this summer holiday, why do you ask?
August 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hehe President POO-tihn.
Yes, I have been spending the a lot of time with my 5-year olds this summer holiday, why do you ask?
Yes, I have been spending the a lot of time with my 5-year olds this summer holiday, why do you ask?
Not now, giant doomsday herring. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Not now, giant doomsday herring. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They have top men working on it right now.
February 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
They have top men working on it right now.
At last, a Marvel villain able to throw a copper kettle over a pub.
February 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
At last, a Marvel villain able to throw a copper kettle over a pub.
At last it’s arrived! Now I’ve just got to remember what it is I wanted to know.
January 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
At last it’s arrived! Now I’ve just got to remember what it is I wanted to know.
The famously anti-free market Financial Times.
January 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The famously anti-free market Financial Times.
Is it still worth applying if my focus has been on Ever Decreasing Circles?
January 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Is it still worth applying if my focus has been on Ever Decreasing Circles?
Nolan’s next film is The Odyssey, which is something that can easily be set in Dublin or Depression-era Mississippi.
Basically: let’s not give up hope about it being about vampire helicopter cops just yet.
gizmodo.com/christopher-...
Basically: let’s not give up hope about it being about vampire helicopter cops just yet.
gizmodo.com/christopher-...
December 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Nolan’s next film is The Odyssey, which is something that can easily be set in Dublin or Depression-era Mississippi.
Basically: let’s not give up hope about it being about vampire helicopter cops just yet.
gizmodo.com/christopher-...
Basically: let’s not give up hope about it being about vampire helicopter cops just yet.
gizmodo.com/christopher-...
I’m still a little confused about the details of how this will work in practice. Eg will a landlord choose which digital ID providers they and won’t accept? Is there going to be a specific scheme for the hospitality industry?
December 21, 2024 at 7:57 PM
I’m still a little confused about the details of how this will work in practice. Eg will a landlord choose which digital ID providers they and won’t accept? Is there going to be a specific scheme for the hospitality industry?
Now I kind of want the pessimistic future to come to pass so we can get this headline…
December 3, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Now I kind of want the pessimistic future to come to pass so we can get this headline…
The Taliban are essentially using biometrics in a very similar way to how it was used during by the US forces during the occupation. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
November 29, 2024 at 10:11 AM
The Taliban are essentially using biometrics in a very similar way to how it was used during by the US forces during the occupation. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Essential discussions over "public" posts on social media, and how they are used for research.
It's a long-standing debate: I'm often reminded of the controversies over Tearoom Trade from the 1970s, about men who have sex with men in public places. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tearoom...
It's a long-standing debate: I'm often reminded of the controversies over Tearoom Trade from the 1970s, about men who have sex with men in public places. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tearoom...
November 27, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Essential discussions over "public" posts on social media, and how they are used for research.
It's a long-standing debate: I'm often reminded of the controversies over Tearoom Trade from the 1970s, about men who have sex with men in public places. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tearoom...
It's a long-standing debate: I'm often reminded of the controversies over Tearoom Trade from the 1970s, about men who have sex with men in public places. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tearoom...
Imagine having your benefits stopped because you didn't apply for a job that an AI made up... www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 26, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Imagine having your benefits stopped because you didn't apply for a job that an AI made up... www.gov.uk/government/n...
The stats can be tricky sometimes, but the good news is the 20mph limits in Wales looks like a great success!
I wonder if there's a greater impact from nation-wide change of the default than a piecemeal council-by-council approach? @20splenty.bsky.social
I wonder if there's a greater impact from nation-wide change of the default than a piecemeal council-by-council approach? @20splenty.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
The stats can be tricky sometimes, but the good news is the 20mph limits in Wales looks like a great success!
I wonder if there's a greater impact from nation-wide change of the default than a piecemeal council-by-council approach? @20splenty.bsky.social
I wonder if there's a greater impact from nation-wide change of the default than a piecemeal council-by-council approach? @20splenty.bsky.social