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The fight against surveillance must include infrastructure that enables it. We can’t just oppose collection we must also fight storage, analysis, corporate relationships…
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The fight against surveillance must include infrastructure that enables it. We can’t just oppose collection we must also fight storage, analysis, corporate relationships…
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
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can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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every social media company is bad but Meta really is uniquely evil
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
every social media company is bad but Meta really is uniquely evil
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
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The glorious future which we must trash data protection and copyright for
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The glorious future which we must trash data protection and copyright for
Every school who actually takes Safeguarding seriously blocks Roblox and has an informative informal chat with any pupils searching for Roblox/Robux.
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Every school who actually takes Safeguarding seriously blocks Roblox and has an informative informal chat with any pupils searching for Roblox/Robux.
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Or for Brexit?
Farage was its biggest British champion. Putin - its Russian one.
Yakovenko, (Russian ambassador to the UK) boasted after the Brexit vote: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time"
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Farage was its biggest British champion. Putin - its Russian one.
Yakovenko, (Russian ambassador to the UK) boasted after the Brexit vote: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time"
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Or for Brexit?
Farage was its biggest British champion. Putin - its Russian one.
Yakovenko, (Russian ambassador to the UK) boasted after the Brexit vote: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time"
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Farage was its biggest British champion. Putin - its Russian one.
Yakovenko, (Russian ambassador to the UK) boasted after the Brexit vote: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time"
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
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Deloitte also fucked up the same way in Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Deloitte also fucked up the same way in Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Wondering how this fits in the timeline of Harding being responsible for Test and Trace?
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Wondering how this fits in the timeline of Harding being responsible for Test and Trace?
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Gambling - an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals and communities.
How much suffering (and NHS costs) could be saved, how much #PublicHealth improved, if no advertising at all?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How much suffering (and NHS costs) could be saved, how much #PublicHealth improved, if no advertising at all?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
Calls for Rachel Reeves to increase taxes in budget as estimate outstrips duties collected from online casinos
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Gambling - an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals and communities.
How much suffering (and NHS costs) could be saved, how much #PublicHealth improved, if no advertising at all?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How much suffering (and NHS costs) could be saved, how much #PublicHealth improved, if no advertising at all?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Ugh, tech company certifications for kids.
The credentials economy is particularly insidious corporate takeover of learning & knowing.
This bounds tech as “just neutral tools”, builds brand loyalties at young ages, & dampens critical thinking about, eg, the politics & environmental harms of tech.
The credentials economy is particularly insidious corporate takeover of learning & knowing.
This bounds tech as “just neutral tools”, builds brand loyalties at young ages, & dampens critical thinking about, eg, the politics & environmental harms of tech.
Feeling queasy now I've learned that Google is not only now offering Gemini ambassador certificates to teachers but also awarding students and *children* to be corporate AI mascots. Coercive normalization of commercialized digital education. blog.google/outreach-ini...
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ugh, tech company certifications for kids.
The credentials economy is particularly insidious corporate takeover of learning & knowing.
This bounds tech as “just neutral tools”, builds brand loyalties at young ages, & dampens critical thinking about, eg, the politics & environmental harms of tech.
The credentials economy is particularly insidious corporate takeover of learning & knowing.
This bounds tech as “just neutral tools”, builds brand loyalties at young ages, & dampens critical thinking about, eg, the politics & environmental harms of tech.
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How to turn off Gmail's ability to read your emails to train its bots: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
How to turn off Gmail's ability to read your emails to train its bots: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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So apparently Google just started scanning your emails with its Gemini AI and if you opt out of this, you lose your (vital to me) categorization of emails as important/promo/etc. I’m kind of stunned at this. After all these years, how do I switch to a new email provider?
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
So apparently Google just started scanning your emails with its Gemini AI and if you opt out of this, you lose your (vital to me) categorization of emails as important/promo/etc. I’m kind of stunned at this. After all these years, how do I switch to a new email provider?
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so wait you're telling me someone is making money on internet censorship
Yoti revenue surges amid boost from Online Safety Act rules
The Online Safety Act, which was passed in October 2023, introduced age verification requirements for access to adult content.
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
so wait you're telling me someone is making money on internet censorship
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I ask this because my daughter has a level mock papers that say “adapted from chat gpt” and I wonder how much longer we can drink from that well before it chokes someone
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I ask this because my daughter has a level mock papers that say “adapted from chat gpt” and I wonder how much longer we can drink from that well before it chokes someone
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wonder if any education professionals, avidly using LLM have considered the slop filled future that education will have?
All this “I asked ai” and “I made this with ai” is producing tolerable mediocrity right now. Because it is using pre LLM sources from actual humans
How long until it is all slop?
All this “I asked ai” and “I made this with ai” is producing tolerable mediocrity right now. Because it is using pre LLM sources from actual humans
How long until it is all slop?
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
wonder if any education professionals, avidly using LLM have considered the slop filled future that education will have?
All this “I asked ai” and “I made this with ai” is producing tolerable mediocrity right now. Because it is using pre LLM sources from actual humans
How long until it is all slop?
All this “I asked ai” and “I made this with ai” is producing tolerable mediocrity right now. Because it is using pre LLM sources from actual humans
How long until it is all slop?
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I do often think about that excellent Duncan Robinson column from a while back that both major parties were disproportionately chasing voters that had died since 2016
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I do often think about that excellent Duncan Robinson column from a while back that both major parties were disproportionately chasing voters that had died since 2016
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The evidence from Farage and the people that surround him screams that there is really no two sides to this story or slipper definitions - not that you’d be able to tell with just how much smoke is being blown around this.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/deep-dive-...
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/deep-dive-...
DEEP DIVE: How Does Reform Show Its Racism? Let Me Count the Ways
From “target practice” on refugees to burqa bans in Parliament, the tally tells the story better than Farage ever could.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The evidence from Farage and the people that surround him screams that there is really no two sides to this story or slipper definitions - not that you’d be able to tell with just how much smoke is being blown around this.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/deep-dive-...
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/deep-dive-...
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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Digital Rulebook/Omnibus to modify #GDPR and #AIact is here. Analysis to follow. with respect to the leaked version, they EVEN WEAKENED THE DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA! ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae...
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Digital Rulebook/Omnibus to modify #GDPR and #AIact is here. Analysis to follow. with respect to the leaked version, they EVEN WEAKENED THE DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA! ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae...
Apparently there is no news?
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Apparently there is no news?
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Will that include l’Oreal and Wella or just my favourite hair care brand?
milkshakehaircare.co.uk
milkshakehaircare.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Will that include l’Oreal and Wella or just my favourite hair care brand?
milkshakehaircare.co.uk
milkshakehaircare.co.uk