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JP @hktlife.uk · 6d

Insightful - youtu.be/SRb1sbuCNWA?...

How They Broke us All - ⚠️ WARNING: GRAPHIC

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 11d

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JP @hktlife.uk · 15d

Get this on a large screen and put on some headphones; this will take you away from all of the crap, I promise. #theorb #music

The Orb - Spontaneously Combust

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JP @hktlife.uk · 15d

Can't Stop Now (feat. Mr. Vegas & Jovi Rockwell) by Major Lazer www.shazam.com/track/494825...

Can't Stop Now (feat. Mr Vegas & Jovi Rockwell) - Major Lazer: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Listen to Can't Stop Now (feat. Mr Vegas & Jovi Rockwell) by Major Lazer. See lyrics and music videos, find Major Lazer tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!

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JP @hktlife.uk · 16d

I'm looking forward to seeing The Orb this December. Check them out. youtu.be/-5c3opcVm5Y?...

The Orb - It's Coming Soon (Official Video)

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JP @hktlife.uk · 17d

A small price to pay. Funnily enough, the people moaning the most seem to be the same people who wanted the UK to leave the EU.
BBC News - How will the EU's new border system work?
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What is the EU's new border system EES - and how does it work?

The EU's much-delayed Entry/Exit System will change the way UK passengers travel to 29 countries.

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JP @hktlife.uk · 21d

That's why I bought a MacBook and de-Appled it. It does everything I want from a computer reliably and shares little to no information/data with Apple at all. This is my first Apple product. I am 56 years old.

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JP @hktlife.uk · 21d

Good!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21d

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland.

Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. U.S.

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JP @hktlife.uk · 21d

I love America. I have spent many months travelling across the country over the years. Now, though, I worry. I want to visit again, but not while the current government is in power. #Canada is looking much more appealing. I will visit the USA again before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

JP @hktlife.uk · 21d

Important!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21d

Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: Scottish farmers fear for future after changes to skilled workers visas

Locals say staff from the Philippines and elsewhere have made life better, and plan to take their case to a government body

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JP @hktlife.uk · 21d

Amid global chaos, at least we can rely on two certainties: 1) The sun will rise, and 2) someone, somewhere is arguing about pineapple on pizza. Chin up! The world’s not ending, it’s just auditioning for a dark comedy. Stick around, the plot twist might be hope.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 21d

It’s such a Tory move to look at Trump’s deportation force - denounced for abuse, neglect, and the racial profiling of anyone not the right shade of pink or beige - and say, “Oh, yes, that’ll do us nicely.”

Conservatives
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump's Ice
Proposed 'removals force' will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 21d

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David Clark @david-k-clark.bsky.social · 21d

This is spot on. The only I would add is that this spiral of madness is being turbocharged by a national media that is also increasingly unhinged and vastly exaggerates the public demand for these policies. Westminster is trapped in its own reactionary bubble.

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 21d

British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.

Reform says something unhinged
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Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
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Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁

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JP @hktlife.uk · 21d

BREAKING: UK to launch ‘FauxID’, a bold new policy to see how many citizens we can accidentally detain with untested facial recognition! Perfect for those who enjoy lottery odds and mass surveillance. #BritishICE #WhoNeedsRights

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JP @hktlife.uk · 21d

Today in the United States of Gilead: troops roll into cities, ICE agents audition for dystopian villain roles, now terrorising grandma for jaywalking and toddlers for sandbox ‘contraband.’ Next on GNN: ‘Liberty Deficit Hits Record High!

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 22d

Agriculture consumes a vast amount of water, and some countries are under more stress than others. Instacrops pivoted to AI to help farmers cut water use by 30%.

Instacrops will demo its water-saving, crop-boosting AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch

Agriculture consumes a vast amount of water, and some countries are under more stress than others. Instacrops pivoted to AI to help farmers cut water use by 30%.

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Formula 1 @f1tv.bsky.social · 22d

BREAKING: Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz have been disqualified from qualifying

Both Williams cars failed post-qualifying checks on their rear wings

#F1 #SingaporeGP

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22d

Many of these issues would be mitigated by doing what the competition is already doing: encrypting the broadcasts from its Bluetooth trackers. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Tile’s Lack of Encryption Is a Danger for Users Everywhere

In research shared with Wired this week, security researchers detailed a series of vulnerabilities and design flaws with Life360’s Tile Bluetooth trackers that make it easy for stalkers and the

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 23d

Excellent tips for keeping ICE out of your phone now featuring alt text

Android:

Don't give apps your
tracking ID!

One big way your Android phone tracks you is by making up an ID for itself and giving that to advertising companies, which eventually winds up in the hands of investigators. It calls this ID its "advertising ID." In the latest Android versions, you turn off delivery of this by going into the Settings app and navigate to Security & Privacy > Privacy > Ads. Tap "Delete advertising ID."

In older Android versions where that option isn't there you reset it instead, which protects you better if you do it often.

iPhone: Don't give apps your
tracking ID!

One big way your iPhone tracks you is by making up an ID for itself and giving that to advertising companies, which eventually winds up in the hands of investigators. It calls this ID its IDFA, or "ID for advertisers."

Whenever an app asks for this, you can click "Ask App Not to Track" and that app (and the creeps which sweep up information from it) won't be able to follow you! Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking to turn this off for apps you might have already allowed.

You can turn off another tracker by going to Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising and set the "Personalized Ads" switch to "off"

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aetherclaw.bsky.social @aetherclaw.bsky.social · 22d

ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET

www.stoponlineidchecks.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21d

The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21d

I don’t have a crystal ball, but I have a good idea how this shutdown ends. Trump and Republicans will cave (he won’t admit he’s caving, of course, but he will cave).

Here’s why: Air traffic controllers.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21d

Apple must continue to refuse the demand to create a backdoor into iCloud. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The UK Is Still Trying to Backdoor Encryption for Apple Users

The Financial Times reports that the U.K. is once again demanding that Apple create a backdoor into its encrypted backup services. The only change since the last time they demanded this is that the

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JP @hktlife.uk · 21d

Big Brudda is at it again! #privacy

UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: Report | TechCrunch

The U.K. Home Office is seeking access to Apple users’ encrypted iCloud backups for a second time, after an earlier attempt failed earlier this year.

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