Hey, I'm Marc.

I'm building safer, healthier online spaces.

I'm a Cybersecurity Lecturer working on Machine Learning and Usable Security. I focus on using natural language processing to counter fraud and deception online. So far I've written 63 articles spanning some 42,314 words. You can get started with my newest post here.

Selected Posts

Why I Still Use RSS

In an age of constant notification bells and dings, RSS offers a compelling alternative. My most popular post; read by over 30,000 people and featured on Coder Radio and a recommended resource of the University of Minnesota Duluth.

What Shapes Ethical AI Research?

As AIs dominance continues to grow, how do we ensure that those at the forefront build ethical and responsible AI systems?

TikTok and the Future of Social Media

What exactly happens when a platform is engineered from the ground up to give the users what they want?

Blog

2024-09-26 TK, or the secret to effortless writing
2024-07-18 The Aberration Of Netbooks
2023-10-07 Software that Fits in Your Backpack
2023-09-14 We Should Teach Students UNIX, or the Power of Pipes
2023-05-12 The Perfect Weekend-Project, or You Should Build a Blog
2023-05-11 Digital Minimalism, or Man Buys New Phone
2023-04-04 Enter the Digital Garden
2023-03-20 AI in Academia, What it Means for You
2023-03-06 The Benefits of Explainable Content Moderation
2023-02-20 Accessibility is for Everyone
2023-02-05 Find Papers: A Simpler Way to Search
2023-01-23 On Algorithmic Monkeys with Typewriters
2023-01-11 Aaron Swartz: Ten Years On
2023-01-02 Caro, a New Static Site Generator
2022-10-31 What Shapes Ethical AI Research?
2022-10-03 Have You Considered TeX?
2022-09-19 September 2022 Links
2022-08-29 August 2022 Links
2022-08-16 Bibliography Tools for OpenBSD
2022-07-26 July 2022 Links
2022-07-11 atthis.link Now Has a Newsletter
2022-07-10 On Active Measures
2022-06-27 June 2022 Links
2022-06-20 Just Setting Up My Twtxt
2022-06-13 Mastodon, the Place to Be
2022-01-07 Simplifying Literature Reviews with RSS
2021-11-09 Do You Need That CSS?
2021-10-29 Machine Learning You Can Get Excited About
2021-10-01 How Much Context Do You Need?
2021-09-24 On Finishing Side Projects
2021-09-08 Who Should Analyse Synthetic Media?
2021-09-01 The Pitfalls of Media Literacy

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