Philip Williams
@philipwilliams.bsky.social
Musician; Gamer; Librarian; PhD candidate - Presence in VR; Complex Adaptive Systems explorer; Ally in training; he/him
GenAI as a consumer product is an agreement machine, the very opposite of learning and critical thinking (Tokuda-Hall)
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AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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November 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
GenAI as a consumer product is an agreement machine, the very opposite of learning and critical thinking (Tokuda-Hall)
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This week's #SundayShot goes global with Shot favourite @ketanjoshi.co beaming in from Oslo, joined by Dark Money expert @lucyham.bsky.social, with an update on all things EPBC Act from @ausconservation.bsky.social's Brendan Sydes.
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As ever, like, subscribe, donate 👇!
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October 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This week's #SundayShot goes global with Shot favourite @ketanjoshi.co beaming in from Oslo, joined by Dark Money expert @lucyham.bsky.social, with an update on all things EPBC Act from @ausconservation.bsky.social's Brendan Sydes.
As ever, like, subscribe, donate 👇!
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As ever, like, subscribe, donate 👇!
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The #Networks and #Tactics being employed by #NeoLiberalism (like the #AtlasNetwork) make it hard to tell if some tactics are about deeply held ideology or just maintaining money and power, says @lucyham.bsky.social on #TheSundayShot.
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The Sunday Shot - November 2, 2025
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November 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The #Networks and #Tactics being employed by #NeoLiberalism (like the #AtlasNetwork) make it hard to tell if some tactics are about deeply held ideology or just maintaining money and power, says @lucyham.bsky.social on #TheSundayShot.
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‘Footprints in Time’ report. The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children.
“Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive”
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“Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive”
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Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive
A new report follows the lives of around 1,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the largest study of its kind.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
‘Footprints in Time’ report. The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children.
“Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive”
theconversation.com/our-study-fo...
“Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive”
theconversation.com/our-study-fo...
Is it good news that the best OpenAI and Anthtopic can do is a 70% refusal rate on hallucinations? That means 30% still getting through! openai.com/index/openai...
Findings from a pilot Anthropic–OpenAI alignment evaluation exercise: OpenAI Safety Tests
OpenAI and Anthropic share findings from a first-of-its-kind joint safety evaluation, testing each other’s models for misalignment, instruction following, hallucinations, jailbreaking, and more—highli...
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September 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Is it good news that the best OpenAI and Anthtopic can do is a 70% refusal rate on hallucinations? That means 30% still getting through! openai.com/index/openai...
We’re missing the main take away from this data! Reddit is becoming the main reference for information searches!! And Wikipedia unsurprisingly remains a key source of information. Not sure what AI searches are actually helping us to do? www.analyticsinsight.net/news/reddit-...
Reddit Overtakes Google in AI Search: Here’s Why It Matters
Reddit became the number one source for AI-generated search results in June 2025. According to Statista, 40.1% of all citations used by large language models (L
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September 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We’re missing the main take away from this data! Reddit is becoming the main reference for information searches!! And Wikipedia unsurprisingly remains a key source of information. Not sure what AI searches are actually helping us to do? www.analyticsinsight.net/news/reddit-...
“Students using AI for analysis miss the cognitive development that comes from wrestling with uncertainty”
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AI Makes Us Worse Thinkers Than We Realize
New research on more than 600,000 students reveals why the "impractical" philosophy major produces the best thinkers and what we lose when AI does our thinking for us.
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August 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“Students using AI for analysis miss the cognitive development that comes from wrestling with uncertainty”
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Here's the line-up for this week's #SundayShot. Please watch us! (& also like, subscribe and give us money)
It's going to be a great conversation. @wendybacon1.bsky.social, @boganintel.bsky.social, @arielbogle.bsky.social, @davemilbo.bsky.social.
Iran. Sovereign Citizens. Not the Midwinter Ball.
It's going to be a great conversation. @wendybacon1.bsky.social, @boganintel.bsky.social, @arielbogle.bsky.social, @davemilbo.bsky.social.
Iran. Sovereign Citizens. Not the Midwinter Ball.
August 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Here's the line-up for this week's #SundayShot. Please watch us! (& also like, subscribe and give us money)
It's going to be a great conversation. @wendybacon1.bsky.social, @boganintel.bsky.social, @arielbogle.bsky.social, @davemilbo.bsky.social.
Iran. Sovereign Citizens. Not the Midwinter Ball.
It's going to be a great conversation. @wendybacon1.bsky.social, @boganintel.bsky.social, @arielbogle.bsky.social, @davemilbo.bsky.social.
Iran. Sovereign Citizens. Not the Midwinter Ball.
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In a week in which the decision in the Australian Climate case was handed down, the #SundayShot is joined by Grata Fund's Isabelle Reinecke and @roycerk2.bsky.social to discuss the desperately disappointing result.
Please join us at 9am AEST on Sunday 👇
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Please join us at 9am AEST on Sunday 👇
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July 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In a week in which the decision in the Australian Climate case was handed down, the #SundayShot is joined by Grata Fund's Isabelle Reinecke and @roycerk2.bsky.social to discuss the desperately disappointing result.
Please join us at 9am AEST on Sunday 👇
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
Please join us at 9am AEST on Sunday 👇
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I Can’t Sleep. Now What? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I Can’t Sleep. Now What?
It’s the middle of the night — and you’re wide awake. We asked sleep experts for tips to help you get some rest.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I Can’t Sleep. Now What? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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We're about to go live with the #SundayShot! Join us on YouTube rather than hanging with the News Corp crew on #Insiders.
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June 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We're about to go live with the #SundayShot! Join us on YouTube rather than hanging with the News Corp crew on #Insiders.
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The #SundayShot is up! Get the historical context on this week's Coalition chaos with our expert panel.
I KNOW they're not the Government but it's fascinating and useful to understand this background of the alliance and the implications of its potential demise.
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I KNOW they're not the Government but it's fascinating and useful to understand this background of the alliance and the implications of its potential demise.
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Can they put Humpty together again? - May 25 - Frank Bongiorno, Judith Brett and Julianne Schultz
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May 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The #SundayShot is up! Get the historical context on this week's Coalition chaos with our expert panel.
I KNOW they're not the Government but it's fascinating and useful to understand this background of the alliance and the implications of its potential demise.
www.youtube.com/live/rtdBmc0...
I KNOW they're not the Government but it's fascinating and useful to understand this background of the alliance and the implications of its potential demise.
www.youtube.com/live/rtdBmc0...
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Merle’s-Ponty and Dreyfus on the phenomenology of perception
Merle’s-Ponty and Dreyfus on the phenomenology of perception
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May 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Merle’s-Ponty and Dreyfus on the phenomenology of perception
Merle’s-Ponty and Dreyfus on the phenomenology of perception
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May 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A MS teacher requested an immersive experience of the industrial revolution. So I created this simple prototype coal mine experience for our students using Blender, Unity & Engage VR. >> cramped conditions, collapses, fire, poor light, danger & an AI guide at the end. #VRcademicSky
May 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A MS teacher requested an immersive experience of the industrial revolution. So I created this simple prototype coal mine experience for our students using Blender, Unity & Engage VR. >> cramped conditions, collapses, fire, poor light, danger & an AI guide at the end. #VRcademicSky
Middle School students and I have been working on iterative #WorldBuilding #ExperienceDesign & #Storytelling to create "Elevation Social" in the Engage VR platform using Unity. Collaborate with your team to navigate the treacherous 3D maze to locate the alchemy lab, dungeon & throne. #VRcademicSky
May 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Middle School students and I have been working on iterative #WorldBuilding #ExperienceDesign & #Storytelling to create "Elevation Social" in the Engage VR platform using Unity. Collaborate with your team to navigate the treacherous 3D maze to locate the alchemy lab, dungeon & throne. #VRcademicSky
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Thank you for your expose’ of these heinous neoliberal think tanks and media organisations set up by elites to extend their power and influence @lucyham.bsky.social !
If anyone wants to see the degree to which the #AtlasNetwork is a genuine conspiracy, there is a collection of resources listed here. Some academic, some investigative, some explanatory. Atlas is making the world safe for plutocrats at your expense. #AtlasNetwork docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Atlas Network & co resources
Atlas Network & co resources Lucy Hamilton: https://linktr.ee/Lucyham https://www.desmog.com/atlas-economic-research-foundation/ (Explanation, resources. Further down the page it has an inset chart ...
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April 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Thank you for your expose’ of these heinous neoliberal think tanks and media organisations set up by elites to extend their power and influence @lucyham.bsky.social !
On the occasion of the publication of his latest book "On Freedom" ("Sobre la Libertad", Galaxia Gutenberg, 2024), historian Timothy Snyder analyses the evolution of threats to individual and collective freedom in a situation marked by the rise of authoritarianisms. youtu.be/CXZbdQpVSAk?...
Timothy Snyder. The habit of freedom | CCCB
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April 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
On the occasion of the publication of his latest book "On Freedom" ("Sobre la Libertad", Galaxia Gutenberg, 2024), historian Timothy Snyder analyses the evolution of threats to individual and collective freedom in a situation marked by the rise of authoritarianisms. youtu.be/CXZbdQpVSAk?...
Why #AgentialRealism matters to social work
September 2020British Journal of Social Work
DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcaa106/5900789
#phenomenology
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September 2020British Journal of Social Work
DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcaa106/5900789
#phenomenology
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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April 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Why #AgentialRealism matters to social work
September 2020British Journal of Social Work
DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcaa106/5900789
#phenomenology
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
September 2020British Journal of Social Work
DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcaa106/5900789
#phenomenology
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
