Jooster
@joosterguy.bsky.social
Just a guy from the older side of the 90s
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It’s legal for me to do my job, and legal for you to enjoy the work I create. But the government is proposing banning the only tool that makes it possible for me to accomplish it.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It’s legal for me to do my job, and legal for you to enjoy the work I create. But the government is proposing banning the only tool that makes it possible for me to accomplish it.
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Please just let me type in the year I was born. No more scrolling. We don’t have to keep doing this to each other.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Please just let me type in the year I was born. No more scrolling. We don’t have to keep doing this to each other.
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Til he posted I’d forgotten about that Cnut too.
Cnut. He's forgotten about Cnut, who went on pilgrimage to Rome in 1027. Oh, and Edward I, who spent 2 months at the court of Gregory X in 1273. Otherwise, all over the detail, as per.
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Til he posted I’d forgotten about that Cnut too.
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We're taught that heroes are singular beings who win against tremendous odds because they're special and willing to make hard choices.
But in reality it's empathy that saves us and makes us strong. Empathy leads to solidarity, and solidarity is how we break our chains.
But in reality it's empathy that saves us and makes us strong. Empathy leads to solidarity, and solidarity is how we break our chains.
the first person that patriarchy teaches a man to harm is himself.
oppressive violence against others is more palatable if someone has already first been convinced to rip the copper wiring out of their own soul.
oppressive violence against others is more palatable if someone has already first been convinced to rip the copper wiring out of their own soul.
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We're taught that heroes are singular beings who win against tremendous odds because they're special and willing to make hard choices.
But in reality it's empathy that saves us and makes us strong. Empathy leads to solidarity, and solidarity is how we break our chains.
But in reality it's empathy that saves us and makes us strong. Empathy leads to solidarity, and solidarity is how we break our chains.
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Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
October 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
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Gonna just say, if it's this easy to protest against the monolith that is Disney. Then there is no excuse for people to be clinging to Harry Potter. Like, if the needle can be moved against Disney, people can make it move against JK Rowling. Stop the flow of money into her accounts,
If you protested Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off the air by canceling Disney+ or some similarly simple action that had clear, direct, effective results, it feels good that you helped get him back, right? The neat part of you can choose another simple action, and keep that awesome feeling going.
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Gonna just say, if it's this easy to protest against the monolith that is Disney. Then there is no excuse for people to be clinging to Harry Potter. Like, if the needle can be moved against Disney, people can make it move against JK Rowling. Stop the flow of money into her accounts,
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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I won’t be asking for extra salt and vinegar again.
September 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I won’t be asking for extra salt and vinegar again.
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What an expertly called shot
September 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What an expertly called shot
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Over a million people now seeing and hearing what Nigel Farages constituents really think of him.
Keep spreading the word! 👇🏼
Keep spreading the word! 👇🏼
Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
September 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Over a million people now seeing and hearing what Nigel Farages constituents really think of him.
Keep spreading the word! 👇🏼
Keep spreading the word! 👇🏼
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You cannot conservative politics your way out of problems caused by conservative politics, for broadly the same reasons why you can't shit your way out of having shit yourself.
August 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
You cannot conservative politics your way out of problems caused by conservative politics, for broadly the same reasons why you can't shit your way out of having shit yourself.
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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This is the way.
August 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is the way.
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For ‘a small inconvenience to adults’ read ‘drastically harms privacy, puts people at risk of being scammed, trains them to routinely use tools that bypass government censorship of genuinely illegal content, and destroys many of their livelihoods.’
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-ver...
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-ver...
August 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
For ‘a small inconvenience to adults’ read ‘drastically harms privacy, puts people at risk of being scammed, trains them to routinely use tools that bypass government censorship of genuinely illegal content, and destroys many of their livelihoods.’
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-ver...
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-ver...
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Stripe’s tagline is “Make progress”, yet they are reportedly censoring LGBT content.
They want to control what people think/consume, but they can’t even recognise when their (prob gen AI) advert has installed a zip-slider on wrong, making said zip functionally useless.
Let’s not listen to them.
They want to control what people think/consume, but they can’t even recognise when their (prob gen AI) advert has installed a zip-slider on wrong, making said zip functionally useless.
Let’s not listen to them.
August 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Stripe’s tagline is “Make progress”, yet they are reportedly censoring LGBT content.
They want to control what people think/consume, but they can’t even recognise when their (prob gen AI) advert has installed a zip-slider on wrong, making said zip functionally useless.
Let’s not listen to them.
They want to control what people think/consume, but they can’t even recognise when their (prob gen AI) advert has installed a zip-slider on wrong, making said zip functionally useless.
Let’s not listen to them.
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there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.
It aired in 1990.
It aired in 1990.
August 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.
It aired in 1990.
It aired in 1990.
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and every failed attempt to deradicalize a person goes in the bucket of stuff that may deradicalize them in the future. if it happens, EVERYTHING that came before counts towards it.
August 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
and every failed attempt to deradicalize a person goes in the bucket of stuff that may deradicalize them in the future. if it happens, EVERYTHING that came before counts towards it.
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"The Making of the Perfect Martini" by Guy Buffet (2000).
August 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"The Making of the Perfect Martini" by Guy Buffet (2000).
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Valve's "ain't give a fuck" stance does not always work out for us, but when it does, it does
Bold move by Valve to put out a public statement to the tune of "nah Mastercard is fucking lying, actually," bravo www.gamedeveloper.com/business/val...
Valve pushes back after Mastercard denies quashing adult content on game platforms
Mastercard said it has not 'evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms,' but Valve begs to differ.
www.gamedeveloper.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Valve's "ain't give a fuck" stance does not always work out for us, but when it does, it does
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Nostalgia is eating us alive. Instead of building a new world, we’re regurgitating a past that never existed | Martin Ingle
Nostalgia is eating us alive. Instead of building a new world, we’re regurgitating a past that never existed | Martin Ingle
We want to go back to a time when we could drive our big cars and tease our hair – without thinking about the ozone or whatever
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Nostalgia is eating us alive. Instead of building a new world, we’re regurgitating a past that never existed | Martin Ingle