Chas
@charliesbrainpipe.com
Programmer, gamer, tech enthusiast.
Repeal the Online Safety Act to save the free internet.
Repeal the Online Safety Act to save the free internet.
Europe according to Orban:
October 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Europe according to Orban:
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I hope we start seeing more linux phone operating systems come into the fold… it’s getting ridiculous now
August 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I hope we start seeing more linux phone operating systems come into the fold… it’s getting ridiculous now
Tech companies have a weird kink for keeping customers safe from themselves.
Just give us the choice and put a paragraph in the T&Cs saying "we bear no responsibility if you damage your device doing this"
Just give us the choice and put a paragraph in the T&Cs saying "we bear no responsibility if you damage your device doing this"
Google is building a giant, dystopian wall around the Android garden.
Over the summer they quietly stopped releasing the source code for "Vanilla" Android, slowing GrapheneOS to a halt.
Now this.
Soon, being able to manage your own files on your own smartphone will be a luxury of the past.
Over the summer they quietly stopped releasing the source code for "Vanilla" Android, slowing GrapheneOS to a halt.
Now this.
Soon, being able to manage your own files on your own smartphone will be a luxury of the past.
August 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Tech companies have a weird kink for keeping customers safe from themselves.
Just give us the choice and put a paragraph in the T&Cs saying "we bear no responsibility if you damage your device doing this"
Just give us the choice and put a paragraph in the T&Cs saying "we bear no responsibility if you damage your device doing this"
Fuck the show "Big Brother"
I am tired of it appearing on my feed. Always that hashtag BB27.
I've never been interested in it. I've never watched it in my life, follow no accounts related to it, and have never sought any information about it on this app or liked any posts.
I am tired of it appearing on my feed. Always that hashtag BB27.
I've never been interested in it. I've never watched it in my life, follow no accounts related to it, and have never sought any information about it on this app or liked any posts.
August 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Fuck the show "Big Brother"
I am tired of it appearing on my feed. Always that hashtag BB27.
I've never been interested in it. I've never watched it in my life, follow no accounts related to it, and have never sought any information about it on this app or liked any posts.
I am tired of it appearing on my feed. Always that hashtag BB27.
I've never been interested in it. I've never watched it in my life, follow no accounts related to it, and have never sought any information about it on this app or liked any posts.
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google needs to stop looking at iphone and trying to copy what they do. Accept that the Android is a different fucken phone.
The people who like iPhone are not going to switch, and the people who like Android (quite plenty of them!) dont like what iPhone does.
The people who like iPhone are not going to switch, and the people who like Android (quite plenty of them!) dont like what iPhone does.
August 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
google needs to stop looking at iphone and trying to copy what they do. Accept that the Android is a different fucken phone.
The people who like iPhone are not going to switch, and the people who like Android (quite plenty of them!) dont like what iPhone does.
The people who like iPhone are not going to switch, and the people who like Android (quite plenty of them!) dont like what iPhone does.
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support privacy and encryption? then stop adhering to the UK's anti-encryption Online Safety Act
August 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
support privacy and encryption? then stop adhering to the UK's anti-encryption Online Safety Act
The thing is, I unironically don't care if the Online Safety Act actually leads to child abuse cases on the internet dropping to 0. I'm sure reading people's minds and arresting those with violent thoughts would reduce murder cases to 0, but I'd still be against it as it is dystopian.
'Tamed' algorithms and plummeting porn views: Impact of new online safety rules revealed one month on
'Tamed' algorithms and plummeting porn views: Impact of new online safety rules revealed one month on
Sweeping new rules designed to deal with the "total Wild West" young people were experiencing online have now been in place across the UK for a month.
news.sky.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The thing is, I unironically don't care if the Online Safety Act actually leads to child abuse cases on the internet dropping to 0. I'm sure reading people's minds and arresting those with violent thoughts would reduce murder cases to 0, but I'd still be against it as it is dystopian.
Happy birthday to Windows 95, yesterday.
It launched commercially on 24th August 1995 after being released to OEM on 14th July.
It launched commercially on 24th August 1995 after being released to OEM on 14th July.
August 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Happy birthday to Windows 95, yesterday.
It launched commercially on 24th August 1995 after being released to OEM on 14th July.
It launched commercially on 24th August 1995 after being released to OEM on 14th July.
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Android appears to have just announced plans to lock down like iPhone. No more writing software, not even on devices you own, without getting permission from Google first. In other words, an Android device will no longer be a device you "own".
lethallava.land/notes/abuxw7...
lethallava.land/notes/abuxw7...
kade² (@thawkade)
it might actually be over
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html?m=1
lethallava.land
August 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Android appears to have just announced plans to lock down like iPhone. No more writing software, not even on devices you own, without getting permission from Google first. In other words, an Android device will no longer be a device you "own".
lethallava.land/notes/abuxw7...
lethallava.land/notes/abuxw7...
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"Yo, surveillance and age checks are swag. I totally dig face scanning. Opponents of the OSA are sussy AF. Peter Kyle is the CEO of drip."
August 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Yo, surveillance and age checks are swag. I totally dig face scanning. Opponents of the OSA are sussy AF. Peter Kyle is the CEO of drip."
Won't someone think of the birds and bats?
As a young person, I hate those old people who for the past 20 or so years have pushed back on building anything and now complain bills are through the roof, and thanks to them most of my generation will never be able to afford a home.
As a young person, I hate those old people who for the past 20 or so years have pushed back on building anything and now complain bills are through the roof, and thanks to them most of my generation will never be able to afford a home.
New petition: "Halt the Pylon Network Expansion & support underground & undersea cabling"
Deadline 31 January 2026, created by Robert Fielding
#NewPetition
Deadline 31 January 2026, created by Robert Fielding
#NewPetition
New petition: Halt the Pylon Network Expansion & support underground & undersea cabling
We, the undersigned, urgently call on the UK Government to immediately halt and reassess the proposed expansion of the national grid network, which we believe could threaten irreversible harm to our natural environment, wildlife (including protected birds and bats), and rural communities.
petition.parliament.uk
July 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Won't someone think of the birds and bats?
As a young person, I hate those old people who for the past 20 or so years have pushed back on building anything and now complain bills are through the roof, and thanks to them most of my generation will never be able to afford a home.
As a young person, I hate those old people who for the past 20 or so years have pushed back on building anything and now complain bills are through the roof, and thanks to them most of my generation will never be able to afford a home.
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We made the "Road Safety Act" to protect children by banning them from leaving the house.
If you disagree with it, then you're on the side of dangerous drivers.
If you disagree with it, then you're on the side of dangerous drivers.
July 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We made the "Road Safety Act" to protect children by banning them from leaving the house.
If you disagree with it, then you're on the side of dangerous drivers.
If you disagree with it, then you're on the side of dangerous drivers.
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Every UK petition is like this
July 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Every UK petition is like this
I've realised the Online Safety Act CANNOT be beaten unless we make it a dealbreaker issue in elections.
I'm talking refusing to vote for any candidate for MP unless they commit to repealing it, and demanding local/devolved candidates speak against it.
#UK #Technology
I'm talking refusing to vote for any candidate for MP unless they commit to repealing it, and demanding local/devolved candidates speak against it.
#UK #Technology
July 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I've realised the Online Safety Act CANNOT be beaten unless we make it a dealbreaker issue in elections.
I'm talking refusing to vote for any candidate for MP unless they commit to repealing it, and demanding local/devolved candidates speak against it.
#UK #Technology
I'm talking refusing to vote for any candidate for MP unless they commit to repealing it, and demanding local/devolved candidates speak against it.
#UK #Technology
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Nearly 400,000 Britons have now signed a petition calling for repeal of the Online Safety Act.
Astounding.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Astounding.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
petition.parliament.uk
July 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Nearly 400,000 Britons have now signed a petition calling for repeal of the Online Safety Act.
Astounding.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Astounding.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
New flags to protest against the Online Safety Act, in the form of the Anarcho-Communist (left) and Anarcho-Capitalist (right) flags.
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
New flags to protest against the Online Safety Act, in the form of the Anarcho-Communist (left) and Anarcho-Capitalist (right) flags.
THEN MAKE PLANS YOU FUCKING MORONS.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
July 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
THEN MAKE PLANS YOU FUCKING MORONS.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Petition has passed the threshold for a debate: "Repeal the Online Safety Act"
Parliament will consider this petition for a debate as it has 100056 signatures
#PetitionAwaitingDebate
Parliament will consider this petition for a debate as it has 100056 signatures
#PetitionAwaitingDebate
Passed 100,000 signatures: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
petition.parliament.uk
July 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Petition has passed the threshold for a debate: "Repeal the Online Safety Act"
Parliament will consider this petition for a debate as it has 100056 signatures
#PetitionAwaitingDebate
Parliament will consider this petition for a debate as it has 100056 signatures
#PetitionAwaitingDebate
100,000 signatures on this petition. Let's turn that into a million. Let's overtake that stupid "hold another election" petition from last year or the one to remain in the EU. Let's show the government we won't give up our privacy without a fight.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UK #Tech
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UK #Tech
July 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
100,000 signatures on this petition. Let's turn that into a million. Let's overtake that stupid "hold another election" petition from last year or the one to remain in the EU. Let's show the government we won't give up our privacy without a fight.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UK #Tech
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UK #Tech
Luckily I have abruptly moved to the Netherlands in the last few days so I am not affected by the #OnlineSafetyAct 😉
July 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Luckily I have abruptly moved to the Netherlands in the last few days so I am not affected by the #OnlineSafetyAct 😉
When you want more money for the NHS and schools but the dictator of Cameroon who spends all the tax money and aid on building new mansions and yachts has determined you are responsible for a flood that happened there 20 years ago #climate #ClimateReparations #ICJ
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change
The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
When you want more money for the NHS and schools but the dictator of Cameroon who spends all the tax money and aid on building new mansions and yachts has determined you are responsible for a flood that happened there 20 years ago #climate #ClimateReparations #ICJ
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Any UK-based users please sign this petition. The Online Safety Act is draconian and is leading to forums closing down, only furthering the megacorporation monopoly on the internet.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#UK #Politics #Technology
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#UK #Politics #Technology
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
petition.parliament.uk
July 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Any UK-based users please sign this petition. The Online Safety Act is draconian and is leading to forums closing down, only furthering the megacorporation monopoly on the internet.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#UK #Politics #Technology
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#UK #Politics #Technology
Update on my game: I'm switching over to OpenGL and going to make it 3D! Unlike SDL, OpenGL does not have any built-in text rendering, so I spent a week making one. #programming #opengl #gamedev
June 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Update on my game: I'm switching over to OpenGL and going to make it 3D! Unlike SDL, OpenGL does not have any built-in text rendering, so I spent a week making one. #programming #opengl #gamedev