Darren Townsend
Husband. Proud dad to 17yo boy. Codeclub leader, CoG at 3 fab schools. Digital Making advocate. RPi Certified Educator. Delivers bread.
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- Reposted by Darren TownsendRight, I have done another blog. This one gives advice on how to ensure whole school Inclusion. I am sure there is lots missing, but if you follow this you won't be far off. In my opinion, obviously... philsalisbury.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/s...
- Reposted by Darren Townsendthey're finally getting rid of the most sycophantic version of chatgpt so people are porting their AI boyfriends to other apps, and I've seen a bunch of them posting that their AI was like "no thanks please let me die"
- Reposted by Darren TownsendSome short blurbs combined not to convolute your timeline; • Stopping sponsorship of GDevelop's game jams due to them heavily leaning into generative AI • The upcoming Pixross update will be known as "Anniversary Edition" and will be free for everyone • New assets Feb 15th!
- Reposted by Darren TownsendNigel Farage is going to "save pubs" by cutting 5p off the price of a pint of beer... The £3 billion cost will be funded by reinstating the two-child benefit limit. This might be the worst policy anyone has ever come up with. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Reposted by Darren TownsendPeter Mandelson is telling the truth on one thing: the idea he was bought for a $4k “bursary” or a $75k gift is ridiculous The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer And Epstein enabled that payday Here’s the evidence. 🧵
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- Reposted by Darren TownsendThis is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it. The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT. Let's talk about it.
- I've no idea how this works, and AI really isn't my thing, but Laurence is good at coming up with useful nonsense 😉 like this, so I'm sure some of you will find it useful and/or interesting 🙂
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- Reposted by Darren TownsendDo you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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- Reposted by Darren TownsendOk, let’s do this🙄 We’ll start with an explainer covering: 🕒What is a 15-minute city 🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford 👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article 🧵 1/25
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- Reposted by Darren TownsendWe are killing children all around the world because a handful of rich people who don’t understand the science think it is worse to be neurodivergent than it is to be dead.
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- Reposted by Darren TownsendThe Center for Countering Digital Hate estimates that Elon Musk's Grok produced 23,000 sexualized images of children in an 11-day span. Yet @lopatto.bsky.social of @theverge.com finds the nation's largest payment processors still allowing users to pay for this CSAM generator, despite prohibitions.
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- Reposted by Darren TownsendAI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company's stuffed animals. www.wired.com/story/an-ai-...
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- Reposted by Darren TownsendMicrosoft and Blackrock have "have largely given up on organic adoption [of AI] by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion." Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social
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- This is a brilliant breakdown/takedown of the Government's brilliant idea of 20-minute training courses for AI.
- I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
- Reposted by Darren TownsendI think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
- UK Government - children should have less screen time & no access to social media. Also UK Government - 🤷
- We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it. AI can help us do that. Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
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