Paolo
@ptyranny.bsky.social
He who shall hurt the little Wren; Shall never be belovd by Men
Battlestar Galactic (2004) tried to warn us!
Hundreds of millions of earbuds, headphones and speakers need a security update (yes, you need to update your earbuds) to prevent a wireless hacking technique that can hijack audio, eavesdrop via mics, and in some cases remotely track the accessory’s location. www.wired.com/story/google...
Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking
Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Battlestar Galactic (2004) tried to warn us!
I'm the only living boy in Anthropologie
January 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I'm the only living boy in Anthropologie
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So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 AM
So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
Wow! I just read a terrific defense of centrism!
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Wow! I just read a terrific defense of centrism!
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Whenever all these sage political commentators talk about how unfair it is that normie politicians, unlike populists, have to engage with the complexity of the real world, worth remembering how little appetite they actually have for doing the right thing when it might be unpopular
reminder that shamima begum was a literal child when she was groomed into isis and the uk is a racist hellpit
Begum may be 'distasteful', but it is pretty clear she was a victim of grooming and trafficking. The decision to make her defacto stateless is also clearly incompatibile with the principles of international law. Labour doubling down doesn't change that it is bad. 1/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 1, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Whenever all these sage political commentators talk about how unfair it is that normie politicians, unlike populists, have to engage with the complexity of the real world, worth remembering how little appetite they actually have for doing the right thing when it might be unpopular
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One week they're crying about people getting visits from the police because of tweets, the next week they're calling for inquiries into tweets.
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
One week they're crying about people getting visits from the police because of tweets, the next week they're calling for inquiries into tweets.
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
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This is a bedtime story: there was a big fight about this towards the end of the 20th century and it was decisively won by the religious fascists who run the place today. Whatever it might once have meant, whatever it could’ve been if things were different, it is now fascism, genocide and domination
In the battle against antisemitism we must accept that Zionism means different things to different people | David Slucki
Among Jews the meaning of the term has evolved – but there is still no consensus. And when people talk past one another there are real-world consequences
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is a bedtime story: there was a big fight about this towards the end of the 20th century and it was decisively won by the religious fascists who run the place today. Whatever it might once have meant, whatever it could’ve been if things were different, it is now fascism, genocide and domination
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Why would people feel worse off living in a society where bridges are collapsing Vs living in one where bridges are being built? A total mystery.
December 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Why would people feel worse off living in a society where bridges are collapsing Vs living in one where bridges are being built? A total mystery.
I've flown a lot and at the airport queueing at security, walking to some distant departure gate, queuing at the gate, queuing at passport control, and not once did it cross my mind to think: “Look at those lazy bastards in wheelchairs scamming the system.”
December 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I've flown a lot and at the airport queueing at security, walking to some distant departure gate, queuing at the gate, queuing at passport control, and not once did it cross my mind to think: “Look at those lazy bastards in wheelchairs scamming the system.”
It just needs to be made three or four times larger, and make the seat more like a throne.
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It just needs to be made three or four times larger, and make the seat more like a throne.
It's so jarring when watching a show set in modern Britain, the script written and spoken by English people, and then someone says, “I found a letter from the Water Board”.
November 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It's so jarring when watching a show set in modern Britain, the script written and spoken by English people, and then someone says, “I found a letter from the Water Board”.
This is profoundly disgusting.
US President Donald Trump told Israel’s parliament that PM Benjamin Netanyahu had often asked him for weapons during the Gaza war, including “some I’d never heard of.”
More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is profoundly disgusting.
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If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'
AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
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A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰
How genocide happened
How genocide happened
October 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰
How genocide happened
How genocide happened
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I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
I stayed up into the small hours playing videogames and today I only have enough energy and brain power to play video games. It's a good system.
August 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I stayed up into the small hours playing videogames and today I only have enough energy and brain power to play video games. It's a good system.
My understanding is that concentration camps were an innovation of the British during the Boer War
Helena Kennedy KC: ".. where you force people.. into a concentration camp..."
Interviewer: "You use the words concentration camp, do you mean that, because our understanding of concentration camps is surely very different from this"
"Why?"
Interviewer: "You use the words concentration camp, do you mean that, because our understanding of concentration camps is surely very different from this"
"Why?"
July 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My understanding is that concentration camps were an innovation of the British during the Boer War
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You're telling me spraying paint on some planes gets you proscribed, but British people can join the military that does this and return to this country walking around free? Nah mate, fuck that.
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
You're telling me spraying paint on some planes gets you proscribed, but British people can join the military that does this and return to this country walking around free? Nah mate, fuck that.
“Calling Late Initialisers” is the title of my forthcoming album.
June 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“Calling Late Initialisers” is the title of my forthcoming album.
I played a bit of that Tiny Glade game, it's good. Very relaxing and absorbing. It's curious how it's taken this long for these free-form building games to emerge.
January 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I played a bit of that Tiny Glade game, it's good. Very relaxing and absorbing. It's curious how it's taken this long for these free-form building games to emerge.
Kevin Davies talks about making 'video shash'
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November 23, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Kevin Davies talks about making 'video shash'
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A new generation introduced to Tom Petty by that GTA VI trailer🤞
December 9, 2023 at 7:57 AM
A new generation introduced to Tom Petty by that GTA VI trailer🤞
Breaks my heart seeing people cycling with their tyres too soft and their saddle too low.
December 4, 2023 at 12:54 PM
Breaks my heart seeing people cycling with their tyres too soft and their saddle too low.