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Hidden within the Online Safety Act is the spy clause that threatens encryption on messaging apps.
As ORG's James Baker says, Ofcom "may be waiting to see what happens in Europe with the Chat Control proposal, because it’s quite hard for the UK to go alone.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
As ORG's James Baker says, Ofcom "may be waiting to see what happens in Europe with the Chat Control proposal, because it’s quite hard for the UK to go alone.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
Privacy will be under unprecedented attack in 2026 | Computer Weekly
The UK and Europe are ramping up opposition to encryption and stepping up surveillance of private communications. Here is what to expect this year.
www.computerweekly.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Hidden within the Online Safety Act is the spy clause that threatens encryption on messaging apps.
As ORG's James Baker says, Ofcom "may be waiting to see what happens in Europe with the Chat Control proposal, because it’s quite hard for the UK to go alone.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
As ORG's James Baker says, Ofcom "may be waiting to see what happens in Europe with the Chat Control proposal, because it’s quite hard for the UK to go alone.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
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Feel like he’s breaking the 4th wall bc he realized this is kinda f’d up
January 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Feel like he’s breaking the 4th wall bc he realized this is kinda f’d up
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Whenever people (correctly) argue that Gamergate was a pivotal event in the development of the modern right, I always get the sense that a lot of people who object are doing so out of a sense of embarrassment that something so stupid could be so significant
January 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Whenever people (correctly) argue that Gamergate was a pivotal event in the development of the modern right, I always get the sense that a lot of people who object are doing so out of a sense of embarrassment that something so stupid could be so significant
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Graham Linehan made a willing place in his heart for evil, and once you open that door wide all the horrors come in.
January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Graham Linehan made a willing place in his heart for evil, and once you open that door wide all the horrors come in.
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall
I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"The UK is not Hungary, but the direction it is taking is alarmingly familiar. Make no mistake, this new authority in the UK may not be wielded by those who promise to use it responsibly. Laws outlast governments."
Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall
I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"The UK is not Hungary, but the direction it is taking is alarmingly familiar. Make no mistake, this new authority in the UK may not be wielded by those who promise to use it responsibly. Laws outlast governments."
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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Today, on @ppfideas.bsky.social, we're exploring the Home Rule crisis of 1912-14: the closest modern Britain has come to civil war.
It's an amazing story, in which Conservatives supplied weapons to paramilitaries, built refugee camps and fomented mutiny in the army.
So here's a short intro...🧵
It's an amazing story, in which Conservatives supplied weapons to paramilitaries, built refugee camps and fomented mutiny in the army.
So here's a short intro...🧵
January 8, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Today, on @ppfideas.bsky.social, we're exploring the Home Rule crisis of 1912-14: the closest modern Britain has come to civil war.
It's an amazing story, in which Conservatives supplied weapons to paramilitaries, built refugee camps and fomented mutiny in the army.
So here's a short intro...🧵
It's an amazing story, in which Conservatives supplied weapons to paramilitaries, built refugee camps and fomented mutiny in the army.
So here's a short intro...🧵
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For those wondering what Mamdani's quote, "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty," was in reference to...
January 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM
For those wondering what Mamdani's quote, "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty," was in reference to...
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Live your life in such a way that Fox won't have anything good to say about you
January 8, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Live your life in such a way that Fox won't have anything good to say about you
AI is something your boss thinks you should be using at work. It's not something anybody wants to use in their real life.
DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs
"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."
www.pcgamer.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:37 PM
AI is something your boss thinks you should be using at work. It's not something anybody wants to use in their real life.
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode in our occasional series with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social on significant political anniversaries looks at the event that blew British politics apart at the start of 1886. The ‘Hawarden Kite’.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode in our occasional series with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social on significant political anniversaries looks at the event that blew British politics apart at the start of 1886. The ‘Hawarden Kite’.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode in our occasional series with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social on significant political anniversaries looks at the event that blew British politics apart at the start of 1886. The ‘Hawarden Kite’.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode in our occasional series with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social on significant political anniversaries looks at the event that blew British politics apart at the start of 1886. The ‘Hawarden Kite’.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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The Shield had the best ending of any show.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Shield had the best ending of any show.
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It's kind of wild that Elon Musk hasn't stopped people from generating child pornography with Grok. It's like, dude, Epstein's dead. You're never gonna get that island invite.
January 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
It's kind of wild that Elon Musk hasn't stopped people from generating child pornography with Grok. It's like, dude, Epstein's dead. You're never gonna get that island invite.
We should welcome the return of the cheat code to mainstream games and not fear it just because it's dressed up as AI. My game, my money, if I want to say "I'm done with this bit, show me the next" then that's fine with me.
I know that bluesky will be reflexively anti-AI on this one, but think of the number of times you've been playing a game you paid full price for and thought, "I wish someone could have my fun for me so I could get back to work"
Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck www.eurogamer.net/sony-has-pat...
January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We should welcome the return of the cheat code to mainstream games and not fear it just because it's dressed up as AI. My game, my money, if I want to say "I'm done with this bit, show me the next" then that's fine with me.
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This is really interesting! I am always trying to pinpoint why I bristle at many uses of this kind of euphemistic language, and this is a much smarter reason than I had previously!
A very satisfying holler from @sesmith.lol on algospeak and saying what we mean, new on @theflytrapmedia.com today! www.theflytrapmedia.com/algospeak-wi...
Algospeak Will Be the Unaliving of Me
Maybe we want to bare our teeth.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This is really interesting! I am always trying to pinpoint why I bristle at many uses of this kind of euphemistic language, and this is a much smarter reason than I had previously!
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“While U.S. officials paused the technology partnership in December,
…the British government has pressed ahead with Palantir’s £240 million award — with more deals set to come.”
…the British government has pressed ahead with Palantir’s £240 million award — with more deals set to come.”
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 12:26 PM
“While U.S. officials paused the technology partnership in December,
…the British government has pressed ahead with Palantir’s £240 million award — with more deals set to come.”
…the British government has pressed ahead with Palantir’s £240 million award — with more deals set to come.”
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hmm, i need the latest updates from the government, better check the big child porn website
January 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
hmm, i need the latest updates from the government, better check the big child porn website
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"In several important respects, though – political; moral; in which interests he was happy to fight, and which he kowtowed before – Ernest Marples was both cause and symptom of a country about to get onto the wrong track...."
Wrote for the I Paper about one of the villains of 1960s transport policy
Wrote for the I Paper about one of the villains of 1960s transport policy
Why are trains so bad in Britain? The answer begins with Ernest Marples
The Beeching report is well known and widely hated, but the man behind it deserves our anger too
inews.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 AM
"In several important respects, though – political; moral; in which interests he was happy to fight, and which he kowtowed before – Ernest Marples was both cause and symptom of a country about to get onto the wrong track...."
Wrote for the I Paper about one of the villains of 1960s transport policy
Wrote for the I Paper about one of the villains of 1960s transport policy
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This statement from Spain (with Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay) points out the kind of statement the EU -could- have made…
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 AM
This statement from Spain (with Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay) points out the kind of statement the EU -could- have made…