Liam Pomfret, PhD
@liampomfret.com
Consumer privacy researcher, Australian Privacy Foundation Board Member.
That Bulbagarden guy.
He/Him
Primary Profile: mastodon.social/@liampomfret
That Bulbagarden guy.
He/Him
Primary Profile: mastodon.social/@liampomfret
Yeast-based vaccines? If this pans out, between beer and Vegemite Australia should become the most vaccinated country in the world.
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yeast-based vaccines? If this pans out, between beer and Vegemite Australia should become the most vaccinated country in the world.
I have no issues with a gun buyback, but rather than just destroying them all surely at least some of those should be sent to Ukraine? #auspol
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I have no issues with a gun buyback, but rather than just destroying them all surely at least some of those should be sent to Ukraine? #auspol
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This is the full list of info the US is proposing to require from applicants for an ESTA (electronic travel authorisation) to secure visa-free travel to America. This would apply to every UK holidaymaker, conference attendee or businessperson. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is the full list of info the US is proposing to require from applicants for an ESTA (electronic travel authorisation) to secure visa-free travel to America. This would apply to every UK holidaymaker, conference attendee or businessperson. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf
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Here's a few reminders:
Piracy is free.
Piracy can be done at the comfort of your home.
Piracy actively spites corporations.
Cancel your Disney+ subscription, stop going to theaters to see Disney movies and stop buying their merchandise.
Also watch Knights of Guinevere and support that instead.
Piracy is free.
Piracy can be done at the comfort of your home.
Piracy actively spites corporations.
Cancel your Disney+ subscription, stop going to theaters to see Disney movies and stop buying their merchandise.
Also watch Knights of Guinevere and support that instead.
“Under the license, fans will be able to watch curated selections of Sora-generated videos on Disney+…”
The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Reach Agreement to Bring Disney Characters to Sora | The Walt Disney Company
Disney and OpenAI have reached an agreement for Disney to become the first major content licensing partner on Sora, OpenAI’s short-form generative AI video platform.
thewaltdisneycompany.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Here's a few reminders:
Piracy is free.
Piracy can be done at the comfort of your home.
Piracy actively spites corporations.
Cancel your Disney+ subscription, stop going to theaters to see Disney movies and stop buying their merchandise.
Also watch Knights of Guinevere and support that instead.
Piracy is free.
Piracy can be done at the comfort of your home.
Piracy actively spites corporations.
Cancel your Disney+ subscription, stop going to theaters to see Disney movies and stop buying their merchandise.
Also watch Knights of Guinevere and support that instead.
Putting aside the serious privacy issues to do with flawed age verification systems for a moment... Rather than painting social media bans as if they cut off all online interactions, I wish some people would remember that traditional web forums still exist.
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Putting aside the serious privacy issues to do with flawed age verification systems for a moment... Rather than painting social media bans as if they cut off all online interactions, I wish some people would remember that traditional web forums still exist.
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Me before becoming a CS professor: "with tightly scoped and heavily regulated use-cases, it's worth developing an extremely limited form of AI"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Me before becoming a CS professor: "with tightly scoped and heavily regulated use-cases, it's worth developing an extremely limited form of AI"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
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Yup - scribbles on paper rule.
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Yup - scribbles on paper rule.
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1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
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We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
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The current presidency is the result, in part, of the fear of optics outweighing the dispassionate adherence to the rule of law. If we have the chance again, we cannot make the same mistake.
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The current presidency is the result, in part, of the fear of optics outweighing the dispassionate adherence to the rule of law. If we have the chance again, we cannot make the same mistake.
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Oh FFS, I hate these stupid YouTube A/B tests. The YouTube app on iOS currently won’t let me refine searches in the app, so I’m unable to specifically look for only videos posted within the last week, etc.
October 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Oh FFS, I hate these stupid YouTube A/B tests. The YouTube app on iOS currently won’t let me refine searches in the app, so I’m unable to specifically look for only videos posted within the last week, etc.
Need to figure out what to do with the Windows 10 partititions I’ve only logged into a couple of times this year. Can probably get away with killing the Desktop partition once I’ve confirmed everything is backed up on it, but there are some config utilities on the Laptop that require Windows.
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Need to figure out what to do with the Windows 10 partititions I’ve only logged into a couple of times this year. Can probably get away with killing the Desktop partition once I’ve confirmed everything is backed up on it, but there are some config utilities on the Laptop that require Windows.
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It will be grimly amusing when the AU govt's new "papers please, to access the internet" legislation is a massive cluster fuck and MPs will be all "who could have known?" like folks haven't been pointing out the obvious fucking flaws since before it was rushed through.
October 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
It will be grimly amusing when the AU govt's new "papers please, to access the internet" legislation is a massive cluster fuck and MPs will be all "who could have known?" like folks haven't been pointing out the obvious fucking flaws since before it was rushed through.
Material released by someone who had legitimate access to it, but who did not have authorisation to release it, constitutes a leak.
Material released by someone who did not have legitimate access, and who openly acknowledges hacking servers to obtain it, is not a leak. It’s stolen data.
Material released by someone who did not have legitimate access, and who openly acknowledges hacking servers to obtain it, is not a leak. It’s stolen data.
October 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Material released by someone who had legitimate access to it, but who did not have authorisation to release it, constitutes a leak.
Material released by someone who did not have legitimate access, and who openly acknowledges hacking servers to obtain it, is not a leak. It’s stolen data.
Material released by someone who did not have legitimate access, and who openly acknowledges hacking servers to obtain it, is not a leak. It’s stolen data.
The events of the last week have done more to repair and improve the reputation of frogs than years of people insisting their continued use of a certain cartoon frog was “ironic”, or would somehow reclaim it from those who had hijacked it.
October 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The events of the last week have done more to repair and improve the reputation of frogs than years of people insisting their continued use of a certain cartoon frog was “ironic”, or would somehow reclaim it from those who had hijacked it.
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An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:
September 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:
The Pokémon Company and Nintendo in the rare position right now where, for once, the majority of people around the world would actively cheer on their legal teams.
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Homeland Security (@DHSgov): "Gotta Catch ‘Em All." | XCancel
Gotta Catch ‘Em All.
xcancel.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The Pokémon Company and Nintendo in the rare position right now where, for once, the majority of people around the world would actively cheer on their legal teams.
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May the Tangerine Palpatine do a passable impression of Mr. Creosote during the banquet at Windsor Castle.
September 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
May the Tangerine Palpatine do a passable impression of Mr. Creosote during the banquet at Windsor Castle.
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Chasing an academic career is optimizing for the narrowest imaginable market that is liable to simply implode at any given time and has no transferable skills or accolades.
September 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Chasing an academic career is optimizing for the narrowest imaginable market that is liable to simply implode at any given time and has no transferable skills or accolades.
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The Onion headline isn't even as ridiculous as the truth this time as they've moved onto to his Spotify playlist which included an artist who had songs about trans people
Bombshell ‘Wall Street Journal’ Investigation Finds Tyler Robinson Once Had Trans Uber Driver
Bombshell ‘Wall Street Journal’ Investigation Finds Tyler Robinson Once Had Trans Uber Driver
ST. GEORGE, UT—As questions continue to swirl regarding the motive behind last week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk, The Wall Street Journal published a bombshell investigation Monday that suggests al...
theonion.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Onion headline isn't even as ridiculous as the truth this time as they've moved onto to his Spotify playlist which included an artist who had songs about trans people
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One month remains...
September 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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This is 🙌 glorious: Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers (please checkout the Roko’s Basilusk section 🤣)
https://alignmentalignment.ai
https://alignmentalignment.ai
September 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is 🙌 glorious: Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers (please checkout the Roko’s Basilusk section 🤣)
https://alignmentalignment.ai
https://alignmentalignment.ai
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The guy just … tweeted it out
September 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The guy just … tweeted it out