Nick Davies
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Retired RMN 📚 | Sci-Fi Enthusiast & a bit of Gaming 🚀 | Film Soundtrack Collector 🎵 (Star Wars 1977 had a lot to answer for)| Tech & Computing Aficionado 💻 | Exploring life with CFS/ME 💙 | Based in Bristol, UK 🇬🇧
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£45B savings remain theoretical as UK digital roadmap delayed again
£45B savings remain theoretical as UK digital roadmap delayed again
Promised plan keeps slipping as ministers talk up future efficiency
The UK government has delayed publication of its long-promised digital roadmap, a plan it says could eventually help save up to £45 billion of taxpayers' money by modernizing creaking public sector IT.…
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January 20, 2026 at 9:33 AM
£45B savings remain theoretical as UK digital roadmap delayed again
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We need to define sovereignty:
Protecting state sovereignty against the interests of others is clearly critical. Yet in Iran ‘sovereign’ infrastructure is used to target citizens. In building state sovereignty we should seize the opportunity to build digital sovereignty that protects rights.
Protecting state sovereignty against the interests of others is clearly critical. Yet in Iran ‘sovereign’ infrastructure is used to target citizens. In building state sovereignty we should seize the opportunity to build digital sovereignty that protects rights.
Tech sovereignty should not be a subscription model
Tech sovereignty should not be a subscription model
Concern about the loss of jurisdiction and agency to US companies is becoming more pressing for Europeans
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January 16, 2026 at 9:57 AM
We need to define sovereignty:
Protecting state sovereignty against the interests of others is clearly critical. Yet in Iran ‘sovereign’ infrastructure is used to target citizens. In building state sovereignty we should seize the opportunity to build digital sovereignty that protects rights.
Protecting state sovereignty against the interests of others is clearly critical. Yet in Iran ‘sovereign’ infrastructure is used to target citizens. In building state sovereignty we should seize the opportunity to build digital sovereignty that protects rights.
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American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
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Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
Exclusive: Amazon, Meta and X among firms holding hundreds of meetings with people at heart of government, data shows
Tech companies have been meeting government ministers at a rate of more than once per working day, enjoying high-level political access that dwarfs that of child safety and copyright campaigners, who called the pattern “shocking” and “disturbing”.
Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Elon Musk’s X, whose Grok AI image generator has sparked outrage with its sexualised images of women and children, were among the US tech companies holding hundreds of meetings with people at the heart of government, a Guardian investigation has found. Continue reading...
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January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
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Couldn't agree with George more, but in all fairness, we should also acknowledge his more positive qualities & attributes:
January 15, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Couldn't agree with George more, but in all fairness, we should also acknowledge his more positive qualities & attributes:
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The 🇺🇲 American live-action
television series based on the DC Comics character "BATMAN" starring Adam West and Burt Ward first aired #OnThisDay in 1966 on the ABC Network. It ran for 3 seasons producing 120 episodes ending in 1968
📺 20th Century-Fox Television 🦇
television series based on the DC Comics character "BATMAN" starring Adam West and Burt Ward first aired #OnThisDay in 1966 on the ABC Network. It ran for 3 seasons producing 120 episodes ending in 1968
📺 20th Century-Fox Television 🦇
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The 🇺🇲 American live-action
television series based on the DC Comics character "BATMAN" starring Adam West and Burt Ward first aired #OnThisDay in 1966 on the ABC Network. It ran for 3 seasons producing 120 episodes ending in 1968
📺 20th Century-Fox Television 🦇
television series based on the DC Comics character "BATMAN" starring Adam West and Burt Ward first aired #OnThisDay in 1966 on the ABC Network. It ran for 3 seasons producing 120 episodes ending in 1968
📺 20th Century-Fox Television 🦇
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
And so they should but also as soon as it was pointed out to #X that it was being used to humiliate people and a tool for the unsavoury rather than stop it they looked to make money from it! #Grok www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes
The watchdog said it had received reports of the platform's Grok AI chatbot creating undressed images of people.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM
And so they should but also as soon as it was pointed out to #X that it was being used to humiliate people and a tool for the unsavoury rather than stop it they looked to make money from it! #Grok www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My old friend #Windows2000 is still around. Best OS Microsoft ever made! www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/w...
Windows 2000 running a rail ticket machine in Portugal
Bork!Bork!Bork!: 'Unsupported' doesn't mean 'unused'
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January 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
My old friend #Windows2000 is still around. Best OS Microsoft ever made! www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/w...
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UK should jump on this! #digitalsovereignty
Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
Call for Evidence casts FOSS as a way to break US dependence
The European Commission has launched a fresh consultation into open source, setting out its ambitions for Europe's developer communities to go beyond propping up US tech giants' platforms.…
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January 11, 2026 at 9:49 AM
UK should jump on this! #digitalsovereignty
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Tories would ban under-16s from social media, says Badenoch – UK politics live
Tories would ban under-16s from social media, says Badenoch – UK politics live
Opposition leader says a future Conservative government would ban phones in schools, as teachers’ union also backs social media ban
Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch is speaking to Laura Kuenssberg now on the BBC in what is the second of the new year interviews with party leaders (Keir Starmer was first up last week).
The Conservative party has been leaking members and elected officials to Reform UK, which polling suggests has a broad voter coalition that stretches from struggling workers and frustrated graduates to wealthy retirees. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Tories would ban under-16s from social media, says Badenoch – UK politics live
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Bristol Plastic Patriots plan march through city centre; again. The 30 or so domestically violent thugs will be trying to convince the other 99.999% of the population that they are the ‘majority’.
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Bristol Patriots plan march through city centre again
A counter protest is planned
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January 9, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Bristol Plastic Patriots plan march through city centre; again. The 30 or so domestically violent thugs will be trying to convince the other 99.999% of the population that they are the ‘majority’.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
Which is quite amazing as when first diagnoised my GP swore blind this was not the case. Summer is my worst time to relapse not sure if longer days or temperature.
Booklet: Cold Hands & Feet (Including Raynaud’s)
In this booklet, we explore problems with temperature control (also called disturbed thermoregulation) which are very common in ME/CFS and include sensitivity to both heat and cold.
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#MECFS #RaynaudsDisease
In this booklet, we explore problems with temperature control (also called disturbed thermoregulation) which are very common in ME/CFS and include sensitivity to both heat and cold.
meassociation.org.uk/jseb
#MECFS #RaynaudsDisease
Cold Hands & Feet (Including Raynaud's) - The ME Association
In this booklet, we explore problems with temperature control (also […]
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January 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Which is quite amazing as when first diagnoised my GP swore blind this was not the case. Summer is my worst time to relapse not sure if longer days or temperature.
The UK needs to stop sucking up to the USA and look for closer bonds with Europe. We need to stop using US tech and get onto the Digital Sovereignty train & we need to stop buying US weapons and planes! Truth, justice & American way...what a F*****g joke when they threaten a NATO member.
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The UK needs to stop sucking up to the USA and look for closer bonds with Europe. We need to stop using US tech and get onto the Digital Sovereignty train & we need to stop buying US weapons and planes! Truth, justice & American way...what a F*****g joke when they threaten a NATO member.
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Donald Trump poses a threat to civilization | Robert Reich
Donald Trump poses a threat to civilization | Robert Reich
The moral purpose of civilized society is to prevent the stronger from attacking the weaker. The US was founded on that principle
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January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Donald Trump poses a threat to civilization | Robert Reich
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