Gordon Guthrie
@foundationsofthedigitalstate.com
Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government
http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/
and blogs at
digitalpolicy.substack.com
Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/
and blogs at
digitalpolicy.substack.com
Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
yay! bring back quotas on women going to University!
wait? wut?
wait? wut?
Nostalgia is remembering the endless summer of 1976 but completely forgetting travelling in cars with vinyl seats and no air conditioning.
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
yay! bring back quotas on women going to University!
wait? wut?
wait? wut?
Go Kat!
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Go Kat!
House Rules
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
House Rules
the Führer's light burns on in the chancellery at night
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
the Führer's light burns on in the chancellery at night
great article
I'm attending a workshop hosted by @techpolicypress.bsky.social tomorrow. They invited me to write a "provocation" about the state of technology and democracy right now.
I think I wrote something appropriately dark and foreboding.
www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
I think I wrote something appropriately dark and foreboding.
www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
The Dance with Big Tech is Different under Trump 2.0 | TechPolicy.Press
If we are going to repair democratic institutions, we are going to have to do it ourselves, writes Dave Karpf.
www.techpolicy.press
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
great article
blimey
So I’ve had a very brief search of the Epstein database in the last half hour.
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
blimey
Thsts me bottom left
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Thsts me bottom left
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1co...
Give My Head Peace Flags.avi
YouTube video by Matt Anderson
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November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1co...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1co...
There's a Nobel Prize in the person who can explain why hot ribena is the hottest liquid known to man
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There's a Nobel Prize in the person who can explain why hot ribena is the hottest liquid known to man
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Hah...well, this is all politics now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Jq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Jq...
The Blame Game: Flegs
YouTube video by BBC Northern Ireland
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November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hah...well, this is all politics now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Jq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Jq...
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Right now, Karoline Leavitt is being coached on how to say “ephebophilia” in the least creepy way possible.
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Right now, Karoline Leavitt is being coached on how to say “ephebophilia” in the least creepy way possible.
I remember the push back at the 2nd Turing Festival when I programmed a session to talk about how we could get a Scottish Billion Dollar company
At the #ecosystemexchange just a wee mo ago one of the speakers talked of how we get a Trillion dollar company and nobody blanched
At the #ecosystemexchange just a wee mo ago one of the speakers talked of how we get a Trillion dollar company and nobody blanched
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I remember the push back at the 2nd Turing Festival when I programmed a session to talk about how we could get a Scottish Billion Dollar company
At the #ecosystemexchange just a wee mo ago one of the speakers talked of how we get a Trillion dollar company and nobody blanched
At the #ecosystemexchange just a wee mo ago one of the speakers talked of how we get a Trillion dollar company and nobody blanched
Paramilitary!
Trading Standards!
Now!
Kick in the door
Sprinkle the flashbangs
Jail for you
Jail for you
And jail for you too
Trading Standards!
Now!
Kick in the door
Sprinkle the flashbangs
Jail for you
Jail for you
And jail for you too
toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'"
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Paramilitary!
Trading Standards!
Now!
Kick in the door
Sprinkle the flashbangs
Jail for you
Jail for you
And jail for you too
Trading Standards!
Now!
Kick in the door
Sprinkle the flashbangs
Jail for you
Jail for you
And jail for you too
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NEW
Performative Litigation Letters
How certain lawyer letters are intended for news and social media consumption
By me, on the legal threats of Truss and now Trump
emptycity.substack.com/p/performati...
Performative Litigation Letters
How certain lawyer letters are intended for news and social media consumption
By me, on the legal threats of Truss and now Trump
emptycity.substack.com/p/performati...
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
NEW
Performative Litigation Letters
How certain lawyer letters are intended for news and social media consumption
By me, on the legal threats of Truss and now Trump
emptycity.substack.com/p/performati...
Performative Litigation Letters
How certain lawyer letters are intended for news and social media consumption
By me, on the legal threats of Truss and now Trump
emptycity.substack.com/p/performati...
ChatGPT what?
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
ChatGPT what?
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pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
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by the time this is all over, we're going to find out that Epstein was in the Trump Files
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
by the time this is all over, we're going to find out that Epstein was in the Trump Files
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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Trump’s name is in these new Epstein emails but you’ll notice the one thing that sets him apart from the rest: He didn’t send or receive any emails himself because he’s long understood the liability of a paper trail.
Amazing how many criminals get together and decide the first order of business is emailing each other about the crimes every three minutes
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump’s name is in these new Epstein emails but you’ll notice the one thing that sets him apart from the rest: He didn’t send or receive any emails himself because he’s long understood the liability of a paper trail.
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I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
Moose Allain is a baaaad man ;-)
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Moose Allain is a baaaad man ;-)
I have been playing British politics in the <Mel Stride is the same person as Wes Streeting> mode for a coupla years now
Its not going well TBQH
Its not going well TBQH
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I have been playing British politics in the <Mel Stride is the same person as Wes Streeting> mode for a coupla years now
Its not going well TBQH
Its not going well TBQH
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NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
The Irish passport has Ulster-Scots in it...
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The Irish passport has Ulster-Scots in it...
Drunk robot, on brand for the Russkies
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Drunk robot, on brand for the Russkies