Tom McAdam
@tomm.org
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Dog daddy 🐶
Lib Dems Abroad 🔶🧡
Software engineer 👨🏼💻
He/him 🏳️🌈
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Phonemakers have been ordered to pre-install the Indian government’s “Sanchar Saathi” cyber safety app on all new devices and ensure it cannot be “disabled or restricted.”
Apple Rejects India’s Order Forcing Smartphone Makers To Install State-Run App, Report Says
Phonemakers have been ordered to pre-install the Indian government’s “Sanchar Saathi” cyber safety app on all new devices and ensure it cannot be “disabled or restricted.”
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Phonemakers have been ordered to pre-install the Indian government’s “Sanchar Saathi” cyber safety app on all new devices and ensure it cannot be “disabled or restricted.”
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What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?
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If Nigel Farage wanted to investigate Russian infiltration into Reform, he’d have done it already.
It’s time the Prime Minister launched a national investigation.
It’s time the Prime Minister launched a national investigation.
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If Nigel Farage wanted to investigate Russian infiltration into Reform, he’d have done it already.
It’s time the Prime Minister launched a national investigation.
It’s time the Prime Minister launched a national investigation.
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Today is World AIDS Day. We have come a long way since the horrors of the 1980s, which triggered a wave of homophobia which has its echoes today.
HIV is now routinely treatable and for the first time there is the prospect of a world without AIDS too. (1/2)
HIV is now routinely treatable and for the first time there is the prospect of a world without AIDS too. (1/2)
December 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Today is World AIDS Day. We have come a long way since the horrors of the 1980s, which triggered a wave of homophobia which has its echoes today.
HIV is now routinely treatable and for the first time there is the prospect of a world without AIDS too. (1/2)
HIV is now routinely treatable and for the first time there is the prospect of a world without AIDS too. (1/2)
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You're not cross enough! First and second headlines from The Times.
(Telling how consistently male gaze is the 'feminism' of The Times.)
(Telling how consistently male gaze is the 'feminism' of The Times.)
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
You're not cross enough! First and second headlines from The Times.
(Telling how consistently male gaze is the 'feminism' of The Times.)
(Telling how consistently male gaze is the 'feminism' of The Times.)
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We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
Stop Palantir in the NHS | Good Law Project
NHS trusts are rolling out Palantir software, but we’re fighting back
goodlaw.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
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this, but for Jonathan Gullis defecting to Reform
You know when a famous person dies and you're surprised because you'd assumed they must already be dead? That, but for Nadine Dorries defecting to Reform.
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
this, but for Jonathan Gullis defecting to Reform
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For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
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ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
ChatGPT-5 is offering dangerous and unhelpful advice to people experiencing mental health crises, some of the UK’s leading psychologists have warned.
Research conducted by King’s College London (KCL) and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP) in partnership with the Guardian suggested that the AI chatbotfailed to identify risky behaviour when communicating with mentally ill people. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Wohoo! Now @signal.org has released its new backup feature, I'm moving our family group chats to it from WhatsApp!
My de-Metafication is continuing. Realistically, I'll not get rid of WhatsApp for a while, but I will continue to encourage people I talk to a lot to move.
#FuckHomophobicMeta 🧵
My de-Metafication is continuing. Realistically, I'll not get rid of WhatsApp for a while, but I will continue to encourage people I talk to a lot to move.
#FuckHomophobicMeta 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Wohoo! Now @signal.org has released its new backup feature, I'm moving our family group chats to it from WhatsApp!
My de-Metafication is continuing. Realistically, I'll not get rid of WhatsApp for a while, but I will continue to encourage people I talk to a lot to move.
#FuckHomophobicMeta 🧵
My de-Metafication is continuing. Realistically, I'll not get rid of WhatsApp for a while, but I will continue to encourage people I talk to a lot to move.
#FuckHomophobicMeta 🧵
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Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
“Another taxi driver…claimed firms would purposely increase the mileage on trips by dispatching drivers to another distant town to carry out short journeys.”
Unsurprisingly the title of this article is about asylum seekers and not taxi firms ripping off the taxpayer.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unsurprisingly the title of this article is about asylum seekers and not taxi firms ripping off the taxpayer.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“Another taxi driver…claimed firms would purposely increase the mileage on trips by dispatching drivers to another distant town to carry out short journeys.”
Unsurprisingly the title of this article is about asylum seekers and not taxi firms ripping off the taxpayer.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unsurprisingly the title of this article is about asylum seekers and not taxi firms ripping off the taxpayer.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Imagine being turned away from a bathroom, hospital, or cinema for “not looking female enough”. The leaked EHRC guidance could do just that. Along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I’ve written to the Minister calling for new, inclusive, practical guidance that protects everyone’s rights.
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Imagine being turned away from a bathroom, hospital, or cinema for “not looking female enough”. The leaked EHRC guidance could do just that. Along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I’ve written to the Minister calling for new, inclusive, practical guidance that protects everyone’s rights.
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“Japan is the only G7 country that does not recognise equal marriage or offer legal protection to queer couples, whilst in wider Asia only Taiwan, Thailand and Nepal offer same-sex marriages.”
Sad news on equal marriage from Japan!
#LoveIsLove
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/j...
Sad news on equal marriage from Japan!
#LoveIsLove
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/j...
Activists slam court ruling that Japan's same-sex marriage ban is constitutional
In a blow to the Japanese LGBTQ+ community, a court has ruled the country's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, angering activists.
www.thepinknews.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“Japan is the only G7 country that does not recognise equal marriage or offer legal protection to queer couples, whilst in wider Asia only Taiwan, Thailand and Nepal offer same-sex marriages.”
Sad news on equal marriage from Japan!
#LoveIsLove
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/j...
Sad news on equal marriage from Japan!
#LoveIsLove
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/j...
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Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’m all for meaningful URLs but in this case maybe it was a bad idea.
"The BBC tried this after 'Final Final Version (2) - Do Not Edit (1)' failed."
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I’m all for meaningful URLs but in this case maybe it was a bad idea.
And this is why the government should have removed the two-child benefit cap the moment they entered office. Behind every percentage point increase from last July to now are thousands of struggling families. That's on Labour.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
And this is why the government should have removed the two-child benefit cap the moment they entered office. Behind every percentage point increase from last July to now are thousands of struggling families. That's on Labour.
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I'm not sure how much it is appreciated that there will be significant emigration coming. Those here on graduate visas coming to an end, the toughening up of skilled worker rules re. salaries/sponsorable roles and the 'earned settlement' changes to come. Lots of people are going to leave.
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I'm not sure how much it is appreciated that there will be significant emigration coming. Those here on graduate visas coming to an end, the toughening up of skilled worker rules re. salaries/sponsorable roles and the 'earned settlement' changes to come. Lots of people are going to leave.
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The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices
centralbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
It’s Time To Scrap Zimbabwe’s Outdated Abortion Law - Molokele ⋆ Pindula News
Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele (CCC) has called for the repeal of the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act, describing it as one of the most backward laws in Zimbabwe. Molokele made the comments at a ...
news.pindula.co.zw
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
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Ubuntu extended their LTS (paid) support to 15 years, meaning that you could support a Ubuntu version from 2014. Ubuntu 24.04 would have support til 2039.
Meanwhile Microsoft is obsessed to phase away computers from 2017.
Meanwhile Microsoft is obsessed to phase away computers from 2017.
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Ubuntu extended their LTS (paid) support to 15 years, meaning that you could support a Ubuntu version from 2014. Ubuntu 24.04 would have support til 2039.
Meanwhile Microsoft is obsessed to phase away computers from 2017.
Meanwhile Microsoft is obsessed to phase away computers from 2017.
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"A YouTuber dropped his camera to the bottom of the ocean and recorded a deep-sea animal that no one has been able to identify."
petapixel.com/2025/11/25/y....
petapixel.com/2025/11/25/y....
YouTuber Drops Camera in Ocean and Films an Unknown Deep-Sea Species
'So what species is this one? The answer is we have no idea.'
petapixel.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"A YouTuber dropped his camera to the bottom of the ocean and recorded a deep-sea animal that no one has been able to identify."
petapixel.com/2025/11/25/y....
petapixel.com/2025/11/25/y....
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Sometimes all it takes is someone asking. Encouraging women to stand isn’t just symbolic - it changes Parliament for the better. If we want a stronger, more representative democracy, we need more women in politics. Proud to back #AskHerToStand.
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sometimes all it takes is someone asking. Encouraging women to stand isn’t just symbolic - it changes Parliament for the better. If we want a stronger, more representative democracy, we need more women in politics. Proud to back #AskHerToStand.