Matthew Daly
@matthewdaly.co.uk
He/Him. Web developer in the UK. I blog at https://matthewdaly.co.uk/ and created https://www.highperformancelaravel.com/. Also on Mastodon at https://mstdn.social/@matthewbdaly. I'm inventing a language for swearing in.
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How does the under-16’s social media ban include or exclude the voices of young people?
Banning under-16s from social media is proposed to protect young people. Let’s start by listening to them
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Banning under-16s from social media is proposed to protect young people. Let’s start by listening to them
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
How does the under-16’s social media ban include or exclude the voices of young people?
Banning under-16s from social media is proposed to protect young people. Let’s start by listening to them
northeastbylines.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 PM
How does the under-16’s social media ban include or exclude the voices of young people?
Banning under-16s from social media is proposed to protect young people. Let’s start by listening to them
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Banning under-16s from social media is proposed to protect young people. Let’s start by listening to them
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
I have been throwing around the idea of parent-child social media literacy training classes as part of a potential more nuanced alternative to a social media ban for under sixteens.
Get kids and parents together in a classroom with some sort of mocked up social media and show how it affects both.
Get kids and parents together in a classroom with some sort of mocked up social media and show how it affects both.
January 29, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I have been throwing around the idea of parent-child social media literacy training classes as part of a potential more nuanced alternative to a social media ban for under sixteens.
Get kids and parents together in a classroom with some sort of mocked up social media and show how it affects both.
Get kids and parents together in a classroom with some sort of mocked up social media and show how it affects both.
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Every university has had "academics" Goodwin. A third rate mind who simply refuses to accept that his colleagues don't rate his work. Thus, he pushes extremist ideas to get the attention he can't get through research actually respected by his peers. A tedious man who deserves the ridicule he gets
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Every university has had "academics" Goodwin. A third rate mind who simply refuses to accept that his colleagues don't rate his work. Thus, he pushes extremist ideas to get the attention he can't get through research actually respected by his peers. A tedious man who deserves the ridicule he gets
I think Ian Russell's position is much more nuanced and thoughtful than that of those pushing for an outright ban. If the psychiatric consultant had trouble sleeping after viewing that content, why are social networks not instead held to account for presenting it at all?
Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work
Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work
Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers to be kept off tech platforms, her father explains why he backs a different approach
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 AM
I think Ian Russell's position is much more nuanced and thoughtful than that of those pushing for an outright ban. If the psychiatric consultant had trouble sleeping after viewing that content, why are social networks not instead held to account for presenting it at all?
It's genuinely a tragedy that Rik Mayall died before Cameo became a thing. I suspect people would be willing to pay well to have him call them a total bastard.
January 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It's genuinely a tragedy that Rik Mayall died before Cameo became a thing. I suspect people would be willing to pay well to have him call them a total bastard.
At this rate the next candidates to join Trump's "Board of Peace" will be Thanos and General Zod.
January 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
At this rate the next candidates to join Trump's "Board of Peace" will be Thanos and General Zod.
Here's hoping Trump will be the first person ever to get bottled off at Davos. Even better if it's the full on Reading Festival type of bottling.
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Here's hoping Trump will be the first person ever to get bottled off at Davos. Even better if it's the full on Reading Festival type of bottling.
Someone needs to slap Donald Trump and tell him to grow the fuck up.
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Someone needs to slap Donald Trump and tell him to grow the fuck up.
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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Elon Musk’s X is helping people create indecent images of KIDS. His response to outcry this week? He doesn’t give a f*ck.
Imagine his face if millions get the f*ck off of X though. Join millions deleting their accounts.
Link in bio to download this poster for free and spread this worldwide.
Imagine his face if millions get the f*ck off of X though. Join millions deleting their accounts.
Link in bio to download this poster for free and spread this worldwide.
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Elon Musk’s X is helping people create indecent images of KIDS. His response to outcry this week? He doesn’t give a f*ck.
Imagine his face if millions get the f*ck off of X though. Join millions deleting their accounts.
Link in bio to download this poster for free and spread this worldwide.
Imagine his face if millions get the f*ck off of X though. Join millions deleting their accounts.
Link in bio to download this poster for free and spread this worldwide.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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The creation of CSAM on X is unrelated to whether children use the site or not. So what Badenoch appears to be arguing is that only adults should be allowed to look at CSAM. She’s also implying that that it’s rather judgy and illiberal of the govt to “not like” a CSAM generator
Kemi going to bat for the non-consensual, violent, child porn app formerly known as X.
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The creation of CSAM on X is unrelated to whether children use the site or not. So what Badenoch appears to be arguing is that only adults should be allowed to look at CSAM. She’s also implying that that it’s rather judgy and illiberal of the govt to “not like” a CSAM generator
I'm not concerned in the slightest by yet another former Tory MP defecting to Reform.
Their careers are basically over at this point.
Their careers are basically over at this point.
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I'm not concerned in the slightest by yet another former Tory MP defecting to Reform.
Their careers are basically over at this point.
Their careers are basically over at this point.
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This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
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I've been saying for a while that we, as expert Laravel developers, are just moving a lot of our projects from rescuing bad offshore work to rescuing bad vibe code. You still need the experts.
I just finished up a call with someone who had vibe-coded an error into a revenue-generating application that cost the company 6 figures in (fortunately recoverable) lost revenue. It's recoverable because two developers with a combined 40 years of experience managed to unwind the problem.
January 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I've been saying for a while that we, as expert Laravel developers, are just moving a lot of our projects from rescuing bad offshore work to rescuing bad vibe code. You still need the experts.
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Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.
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Anyone posting on X now that it is documented as being a site for serious image based abuse, including CSAM risks being seen as complicit in that abuse. Everyone should be off the platform as a matter of urgency
NEW: Commons women & equalities committee says it will stop using X. Chair Sarah Owen says given preventing violence against women and girls is among its key areas, “X is not an appropriate platform to be using for our communications”. Ministers next?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Anyone posting on X now that it is documented as being a site for serious image based abuse, including CSAM risks being seen as complicit in that abuse. Everyone should be off the platform as a matter of urgency
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Several things to note in relation to the X/Grok issues.
1) This new 'change' makes very little difference, and can be worked around
2) The 'blue tick' that allows you no restrictions has been a 'red flag' for a while - all the worst kind of people bought them
3) Grok exists in standalone form
1/3
1) This new 'change' makes very little difference, and can be worked around
2) The 'blue tick' that allows you no restrictions has been a 'red flag' for a while - all the worst kind of people bought them
3) Grok exists in standalone form
1/3
January 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Several things to note in relation to the X/Grok issues.
1) This new 'change' makes very little difference, and can be worked around
2) The 'blue tick' that allows you no restrictions has been a 'red flag' for a while - all the worst kind of people bought them
3) Grok exists in standalone form
1/3
1) This new 'change' makes very little difference, and can be worked around
2) The 'blue tick' that allows you no restrictions has been a 'red flag' for a while - all the worst kind of people bought them
3) Grok exists in standalone form
1/3
I know the lizard people are a conspiracy theory with no basis in reality.
But by god if they did exist Stephen Miller would be one.
But by god if they did exist Stephen Miller would be one.
January 8, 2026 at 9:09 AM
I know the lizard people are a conspiracy theory with no basis in reality.
But by god if they did exist Stephen Miller would be one.
But by god if they did exist Stephen Miller would be one.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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A reminder that Venezuela is a signatory to the Rome Statute. So crimes committed on its soil are subject to jurisdiction of ICC, including 👇
www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/Crime...
www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/Crime...
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
A reminder that Venezuela is a signatory to the Rome Statute. So crimes committed on its soil are subject to jurisdiction of ICC, including 👇
www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/Crime...
www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/Crime...
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.