Joe Bourne
@joebourne.bsky.social
Alan Turing Institute and Lancaster Uni.
Speculative design, partnerships, IoT, AI, digital justice and participatory tech policy.
Speculative design, partnerships, IoT, AI, digital justice and participatory tech policy.
I went to 2024 and all I got were these lousy tracks (my favourite releases from the last year so not actually lousy at all): open.spotify.com/playlist/62i...
🏒54 from 24🛢️
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open.spotify.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I went to 2024 and all I got were these lousy tracks (my favourite releases from the last year so not actually lousy at all): open.spotify.com/playlist/62i...
My boys got a tiny Monopoly set for Christmas. In an absolutely wild move, Hasbro have decided to go with countries and I think this could be used to trigger several wars. I have SOOO many questions.
GB is not 🏴
The groupings?!
The three continent exclusivity. Sigh.
The hierarchy?! 🇳🇱🇧🇪😬
GB is not 🏴
The groupings?!
The three continent exclusivity. Sigh.
The hierarchy?! 🇳🇱🇧🇪😬
December 29, 2024 at 11:45 AM
My boys got a tiny Monopoly set for Christmas. In an absolutely wild move, Hasbro have decided to go with countries and I think this could be used to trigger several wars. I have SOOO many questions.
GB is not 🏴
The groupings?!
The three continent exclusivity. Sigh.
The hierarchy?! 🇳🇱🇧🇪😬
GB is not 🏴
The groupings?!
The three continent exclusivity. Sigh.
The hierarchy?! 🇳🇱🇧🇪😬
The CyFer exhibition about the privacy, security & trustworthiness of female oriented IoT is finally available as a 360 experience! Enjoy these beautiful, moving & informative creative responses to the amazing research of the CyFer team! Thanks to Royal Holloway for doing such a great job on this!
CyFer
19 June 2023 - 10 September 2023
royalhollowayartarchives.viewin360.co
December 11, 2023 at 7:25 PM
The CyFer exhibition about the privacy, security & trustworthiness of female oriented IoT is finally available as a 360 experience! Enjoy these beautiful, moving & informative creative responses to the amazing research of the CyFer team! Thanks to Royal Holloway for doing such a great job on this!
I make alooot of playlists. One ten song playlist a week most weeks. Here are my favourite 55 releases from 2023. I can guarantee you will love some and hate some.
🍴55 from 23 🫏
🍴55 from 23 🫏 · Playlist · 55 songs
open.spotify.com
December 7, 2023 at 8:26 PM
I make alooot of playlists. One ten song playlist a week most weeks. Here are my favourite 55 releases from 2023. I can guarantee you will love some and hate some.
Now this is a story bang in the middle of my personal Venn diagram!!
i love how having a “music career” now means having the ability to game an algorithm controlled by a corporate middle-man on a platform that functions effectively as a ponzi scheme
It Sure Looks Like a Hacking Campaign Messed Up People's Spotify Wrapped
Lots of people who've never heard of Lil Durk are finding out Spotify thinks he's their favorite musical artist.
www.vice.com
November 30, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Now this is a story bang in the middle of my personal Venn diagram!!
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Sharing our BRAID fellowships call for UK-based researchers to partner with nonacademic orgs on Responsible AI. You can work with one of our partners on a challenge they've proposed, or propose your own partner & challenge! EOI due in Nov; see details here braiduk.org/fellowships #philtech #AIEthics
Fellowships - BRAID UK
braiduk.org
October 26, 2023 at 3:42 PM
Sharing our BRAID fellowships call for UK-based researchers to partner with nonacademic orgs on Responsible AI. You can work with one of our partners on a challenge they've proposed, or propose your own partner & challenge! EOI due in Nov; see details here braiduk.org/fellowships #philtech #AIEthics
October 20, 2023 at 1:18 AM
Mega excited (& nervous) to be presenting at #AoIR2023 today. If you want to chat cyberharm, privacy, security, user agency, speculative design, IoT, big data, or where I can get the best Philly cheese steak then come say hi! I'll be the jet lagged and overwhelmed one sitting in the corner.
October 19, 2023 at 8:27 AM
Mega excited (& nervous) to be presenting at #AoIR2023 today. If you want to chat cyberharm, privacy, security, user agency, speculative design, IoT, big data, or where I can get the best Philly cheese steak then come say hi! I'll be the jet lagged and overwhelmed one sitting in the corner.
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Who do i know on here with connections to speculative fiction creatives? Authors/film-makers etc
Looking for someone to talk to for a BBC Radio 4 thing, and hitting lots of dead ends thus far…
Looking for someone to talk to for a BBC Radio 4 thing, and hitting lots of dead ends thus far…
October 16, 2023 at 7:51 PM
Who do i know on here with connections to speculative fiction creatives? Authors/film-makers etc
Looking for someone to talk to for a BBC Radio 4 thing, and hitting lots of dead ends thus far…
Looking for someone to talk to for a BBC Radio 4 thing, and hitting lots of dead ends thus far…
Awesome first night at Lancaster Music Festival last night. May have been a little too awesome but shaking it off to go back for round 2 with the kids!
October 14, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Awesome first night at Lancaster Music Festival last night. May have been a little too awesome but shaking it off to go back for round 2 with the kids!
October 12, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Attending my first #AoIR2023 next week ☺️. First AoIR, first solo conference presentation, first time in Philadelphia. Tips for all three welcomed!!
October 12, 2023 at 7:03 PM
Attending my first #AoIR2023 next week ☺️. First AoIR, first solo conference presentation, first time in Philadelphia. Tips for all three welcomed!!
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Fuck that shit.
October 11, 2023 at 8:30 PM
Fuck that shit.
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I think one of the worst quirks of online spaces is the idea that if someone doesn't post about something, they don't care about it. It encourages performative posting often makes things worse.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
October 8, 2023 at 1:23 PM
I think one of the worst quirks of online spaces is the idea that if someone doesn't post about something, they don't care about it. It encourages performative posting often makes things worse.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
Just replaced the usb port on my fairphone (the reason my last phone died coincidentally). Amazing! £14 and 5 minutes later my phone is fixed. LOVE this phone!
September 28, 2023 at 1:36 PM
Just replaced the usb port on my fairphone (the reason my last phone died coincidentally). Amazing! £14 and 5 minutes later my phone is fixed. LOVE this phone!
Brilliant weekend delivering Electric Feels at V&A all weekend. But now the only feels are exhaustion and achey feet.
September 24, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Brilliant weekend delivering Electric Feels at V&A all weekend. But now the only feels are exhaustion and achey feet.
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We wandered through Hounslow today with a lovely group of people, finding and discussing real and speculative sensors as part of our Taking IoT for a Walk project. It was great!
Excited to be back in Hounslow today to deliver another IoT walk!
September 22, 2023 at 7:57 PM
We wandered through Hounslow today with a lovely group of people, finding and discussing real and speculative sensors as part of our Taking IoT for a Walk project. It was great!
Had a magical first night delivering #ElectricFeels at the V&A's Digital Design Weekend tonight!
September 22, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Had a magical first night delivering #ElectricFeels at the V&A's Digital Design Weekend tonight!
Excited to be back in Hounslow today to deliver another IoT walk!
September 22, 2023 at 8:35 AM
Excited to be back in Hounslow today to deliver another IoT walk!
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“Research suggests a number-crunching approach to well-being actively undermines the formation of sustainable, healthy habits. It gamifies fitness goals without factoring in the bigger picture of what a particular body might need on any given day…”
Your Fitbit and Apple Watch may wind up hurting you
New studies show that wellness apps and fitness devices that count your steps and track your calories can actually be bad for your health.
www.businessinsider.com
September 21, 2023 at 5:09 PM
“Research suggests a number-crunching approach to well-being actively undermines the formation of sustainable, healthy habits. It gamifies fitness goals without factoring in the bigger picture of what a particular body might need on any given day…”
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The generative AI boom is going great. Why do you ask? 🙃
First Google Search Result for Tiananmen Square “Tank Man” Is AI Generated Selfie
"Tank man" has become something of a litmus test for shitty technology.
www.404media.co
September 20, 2023 at 1:16 PM
The generative AI boom is going great. Why do you ask? 🙃
Be interested to know if folk agree with this? Not the compost stuff but the "will it make a dent"? There are interesting comparisons between the existential angst that climate crisis and AI both bring. But have both horses truly bolted?
Tech ethics is like compost and reusable grocery bags: it's great to do it but if you think that it'll dent the big structural problems I have bad news for you.
September 20, 2023 at 11:26 AM
Be interested to know if folk agree with this? Not the compost stuff but the "will it make a dent"? There are interesting comparisons between the existential angst that climate crisis and AI both bring. But have both horses truly bolted?
Looking forward to hearing about how the creative industries are navigating the AI Landscape at Imagination Lancaster's AI Summit today. 🖌️🎭🎥🎻✏️🤖
September 20, 2023 at 7:56 AM
Looking forward to hearing about how the creative industries are navigating the AI Landscape at Imagination Lancaster's AI Summit today. 🖌️🎭🎥🎻✏️🤖
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This WIRED feature on Rotterdam's/Accenture's bogus welfare fraud prediction system is excellent. Honestly better than the ProPublica COMPAS story as an intro to the problem because they got inside the thing, didn't need to rely on an audit. www.wired.com/story/welfar...
Inside the Suspicion Machine
Obscure government algorithms are making life-changing decisions about millions of people around the world. Here, for the first time, we reveal how one of these systems works.
www.wired.com
September 12, 2023 at 6:31 PM
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