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Colin Simpson

@gamerlearner.bsky.social

Lecturer in Learning Futures, Deakin Uni, convenor of @TELedvisors SIG, He/Him Opinions are mine. Work stuff Newsletter http://bit.ly/edtechmustreads

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I became Senior VP at a multi-million dollar company at age 26. My salary was $600k. This was in 2018.
How did I do it?

Blacked out lines

CEO (my dad) promoted me to SVP.
There are no gimmicks. There are no shortcuts.

I became Senior VP at a multi-million dollar company at age 26. My salary was $600k. This was in 2018. How did I do it? Blacked out lines CEO (my dad) promoted me to SVP. There are no gimmicks. There are no shortcuts.

This is blackout poetry to me

14.02.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 21748    πŸ” 4500    πŸ’¬ 221    πŸ“Œ 169

You also (probably) can't play records in the car

15.02.2026 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CDs are a lot cheaper these days.

15.02.2026 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The first post-Ley Newspoll will be an interesting data point

14.02.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

13.02.2026 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5908    πŸ” 1899    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 157

It was Bjork wasn't it

14.02.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can believe that she might have been part of that scene but she clearly did not understand it.

13.02.2026 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really preferred the more abstract monstrosities that came from earlier models of GenAI. It's boring now.

13.02.2026 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Little sad that we won't see two years of Ruddesque white-anting from Ley. #LibSpill

13.02.2026 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Posted without comment
#libspill

13.02.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is amazing but I'm also a little sad that for all of these stories there is now always a tiny element of 'is this fake'?

12.02.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Be the change you want to see, I guess?

12.02.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic, great move, well done Angus

I miss following these things on Twitter. #Libspill

12.02.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

David Speers: "Is Angus Taylor a Robert Menzies?"

Fantastic, great move, well done David.

12.02.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn it you comic book show bastards, I'm in.

12.02.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And prosecutions right?

Right?

12.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Updating my limitations section to say there are no limitations and to approve for publication with no revisions

12.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life

11.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There also needs to be more exploration into how the whole qanon 'movement' was self protection

11.02.2026 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it just me or has there been a huge surge in the number of interruptions to tasks online? It was never perfect but lately every. single. time. I try to undertake a task or read something or open an app I first have to deal with some pop up or offer to get AI to do it for me. Focus destroying.

11.02.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThis service is very obviously not about finding your lost dog.”

10.02.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It's dot com

10.02.2026 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

09.02.2026 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know what's even better? When the uni you work for asks you to contribute to the 'annual giving' program

09.02.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bring Back Corbyn

09.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can you get the bot to disparage the advertisers or discuss known problems with them?

09.02.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3 months later: Weeeeeeellll there are free speech considerations to consider and last quarter earnings didn't quite hit and...

09.02.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ring ADDED it and is calling it a 'Free' feature

For 'lost pets'
Means AI is recording all the time and AI is scanning and storing
Pets
People
Vehicles

License plate readers scan and store:
License plate
Vehicle model, color, stickers, decals, dents, dings and scratches -
stores for 10+ YEARS

09.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

LLMLM?

08.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 208    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

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