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Tim Klapdor
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Learner and designer working in Learning Design for #HigherEd. Based in #Adelaide.
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Tim Klapdor @timklapdor.bsky.social · Nov 25
An #introduction. I'm Tim, live in #Adelaide amongst the trees, birds and koalas. I work in #HigherEd and am passionate about #LearningDesign and creating great learning experiences fusing graphic design, #UX, learning and innovation. I build stuff with #11ty and dabble in dark magic via #CSS.
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Australia's journalist class has basically collectively and immediately decided last weekend's terror attacks were the direct result of anti-genocide protests and the entire political response is now going to be guided towards actions that won't prevent another terror attack
View from The Hill: regardless of whether massacre was preventable, Albanese has been found wanting in meeting antisemitism crisis Published: December 15, 2025 7.14pm AEDT Author Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Disclosure statement Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Partners University of Canberra University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. View all partners DOI https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.gcumhwkkv Share article Print article Anthony Albanese cut a lonely political figure laying a small bunch of flowers at Bondi on Monday morning, as the question confronted the nation: could more have been done by leaders, and the community, to prevent this tragedy? Opinions will differ, and what we learn about the perpetrators will affect judgements. Despite this being an act of terrorism, on the evidence so far the father and son were not formally linked to a terrorist group. But without doubt, the massacre is the horrific culmination of the antisemitism epidemic that has spread like a wildfire in Australia. Most of us did not recognise the fact, but this anti-Jewish sentiment must have been embedded in sections of the Australian community – the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023 was the spark that lit a conflagration. The diversity among the people who’ve died can be seen in itself a sort of dreadful parable. They range from a ten-year-old child, Matilda, to an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor.
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Sussan Ley out there fostering hate and division. The Liberal Party has not learned one lesson from its election loss. They only now appeal to extremists.

Using the “first they came for” lines is so fucking gross.

Also her team putting in “applause” is truly pathetic.
Transcript from a speech the soon to no longer be Leader of the Opposition gave at Bondi today: My team and I want you to be proud of your Jewish faith, to be able to celebrate a time like this. First they came for the Opera House, then they came to the Harbour Bridge, now they've come for Bondi, but we will not let them win. [Applause]
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Surely we should be using Robodebt as a precedent for not doing this … and as an ethical and legal risk that should have killed this a long time ago.
australia.theguardian.com Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 23d
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Final presentation of the year delivered. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve presented about #11ty for #ReclaimOpen25, open learning design systems for #OERCamp and yesterday on my teams work to Reframe learning design as a solution to complex problems at #Ascilite2025.
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Not much action on the #ascilite hashtags for a while... So who's coming to #Adelaide for #Ascilite2025 #Ascilite25?
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Day 1 in #Wellington. I am absolutely wrecked - completely ruined by running on multiple timezones across a couple of days and I couldn’t think straight. Assigned some time for a nap and went walking.

Someone needs to explain the guys in suits with thongs/flip-flops/jandals though.
View from the top of the cable car across Wellington Two glasses, one finished pint of blackcurrant nitro and a fall glass of ginger beer with rum. A painted wall way with pink and blue that matched the colours of the sky Final rays of light over the bay in Wellington.
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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It was a pleasure to present this morning at #ReclaimOpen25. It's already up on YouTube, where I've included all the links to the sites mentioned. I really wanted to call out to the #11ty community, who are the ones that taught me everything I know.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9At...
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Spent the weekend finalising slides for this week's #ReclaimOpen conference. Looking forward (and slightly daunted by being on after the keynote) to sharing some thoughts on using #11ty to reclaim the open web.
The grille of an guitar amplifier with the text "This one goes to 11(ty)" superimposed. 11ty has been styled to look like metal and replicate the style of the original Spinal Tap logo.
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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NEW POST: Limits
heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2025/09...
Having some time to think in August, I spent some time thinking about my limits.

#blogging4life
Limits
Having some time to think in August, I spent some time thinking about my limits.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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The great Aussie gas giveaway is set to continue under Labor 🤯🫠

This is a total scam - we haven’t received a cent of PRRT for offshore LNG exports & the weak changes Govt made last term aren’t fixing it.

Parliament needs to fix the PRRT.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Calls to revisit oil and gas tax after government revises intake down $4bn
The government expected to raise an additional $2.4 billion over four years thanks to changes to the tax on oil and gas profits. It is now forecasting to raise $4 billion less over that same time.
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June 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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February 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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New post where I ask - what are the ideals of AI? What is the vision we are being asked to buy into?https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2025/02-18-ai-idealism/
AI Idealism
What are the ideals of AI? What is the vision we are being asked to buy into?
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February 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Packed house at the Transformation Hub event for the #AdelaideUniversity Common Core Event. Bringing staff and students across two universities to co-define what these unique courses could be.
A large audience seated at an Acknowledgment of Country to start a large workshop event for the new Adelaide University
February 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Thirty-one days into the year. How's it all going?

My January update - heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2025/02...
January 2025
Thirty-one days into the year. How's it all going?
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February 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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One of the things that I fear within the AI hype and the desire to inject it into all aspects of life is that it's a process of outsourcing.

heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2025/01...

#blogging4life
Intellectual Outsourcing
One of the things that I fear within the AI hype and the desire to inject it into all aspects of life is that it's a process of outsourcing.
heartsoulmachine.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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The desire to outsource and centralise in organisations tends to do more harm and cost more when it comes to knowledge work.

heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2025/01...
Outsource & Centralise
The desire to outsource and centralise in organisations tends to do more harm and cost more when it comes to knowledge work.
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January 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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I created my first set of icons last year. Encapsulating an idea in a simple visual was much more challenging than I thought.

heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2025/01... #LearningDesign #DesignForLearning
Learning Type Iconography
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January 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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New post: AI says tomato but you mean potato

Read more here: heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2025/01...
AI says tomato but you mean potato
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January 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I have updated the Academic Workload Tracker for 2025. I strongly encourage all academics to track how long you actually work, and at what tasks. It's a crucial way to counter the deliberate wage-theft of obfuscatory university workload models.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Academic Work Tracker Template v2.2 (2025)
docs.google.com
December 31, 2024 at 2:51 AM
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Berries:

Bananas
Eggplants
Oranges

Not berries:

Strawberries
Blackberries
Raspberries

www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Bananas are Berries. Raspberries are Not.
It turns out berry is actually a botanical term, not a common English one. Blackberries, mulberries, and raspberries are not berries at all, but bananas, pumpkins, avocados and cucumbers are. So what ...
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December 22, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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I have the ability to influence a course aimed at embedding entrepreneurial & design thinking practice to help develop change making skills in students.

Give me some ideas on what you would want to see embedded or practiced in the course!

How do you think we should teach/facilitate it?
December 12, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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This is the news I want to see.

100% renewable by 2027. SA getting shit done.

reneweconomy.com.au/cis-auction-...
CIS auction wins ensure South Australia will be first grid in world to reach 100 pct net wind and solar
Awarding of contracts to two big wind farms in South Australia means it is on track to become the first big grid in world to reach 100 pct net renewables with variable wind and solar.
reneweconomy.com.au
December 11, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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Found some time today to play with #MarkWhen. This is what I've been looking for! Being able to create timelines and calendars using basic data structures so that I can pull together some planning for 2025.

markwhen.com

This is so good and fits in perfectly into my #Obsidian workflow.
Markwhen
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November 30, 2024 at 5:30 AM
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All this new wave of commentary about #Enclosure and #SocialMedia is great. Back in 2015 though… timklapdor.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/s...

I think I was on the money. Even the more radical evil shit in there has been done, but there is hope.
Social Media: A Story of Exploitation, Enclosure and Enslavement
This talk was given at the Wagga Nerd Nite event on Tuesday the 24th of November 2015. To give it some context – it was originally planned to be given on September 24th but unfortunately that…
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November 29, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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Weaving some thoughts on what's happening at work and on the socials and reflecting on what I should be doing. Staying in the fishbowl, or jumping into the ocean.

ht to @catspyjamas.bsky.social & @kimtairi.bsky.social and a stroll down memory lane.

heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2024/11...
A big fish in a small bowl looking out
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November 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM