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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · 6d

Woke up consistently last night with the same dream in which I had to painstakingly record every single hour I spent doing work for my employer.

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · 28d

Look at the cute lil pogo mom 😍

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Sep 8

Source: theconversation.com/blairs-id-ca...

Blair’s ID cards failed in the 2000s - could Starmer’s version fare better?

Two decades after the last attempt collapsed, Keir Starmer has revived plans for a national ID card.

theconversation.com

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Sep 8

“If we are gathering data on people all the time on the basis that they may do something wrong, this is promoting a view that as citizens we cannot be trusted.”

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Sep 8

Pre-work anxiety. Insomnia.

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Sep 3

This perfectly summarises how badly Bungie have messed up D2
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/as...

As Bungie flounders following Destiny 2's disastrous Portal update, is there any saving the game?

I committed myself to the new uber-grindy Destiny 2, and it was so much worse than I expected.

www.pcgamer.com

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Sep 3

Huge bundle of games in this Palestine donation drive

itch.io/b/2979/play-...

Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle by Junch and 248 others

Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle: 382 items for $8.00

itch.io

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 26

The end of reviews and cultural criticism?
What will the AI content aggregators farm?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

The death of the review? Cultural criticism is at risk of erasure

Recent announcements at major publications have seen critics losing their positions, an ongoing shift that we should all be alarmed by

www.theguardian.com

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 18

That kinda makes sense. It’s the character relationships that work for me (although I nearly gave up with season 3)

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 18

Jamie Lee Curtis in Season 4 of The Bear: simply brilliant

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 18

theconversation.com/some-people-...

Some people just don’t like music – it may be down to their brain wiring

How can music be such an extraordinary tonic for most of us, but leave others cold?

theconversation.com

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 18

Some people don't like music and my head cannot compute this.

Link below

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 18

It really does. Thankfully I’ve been doing the naughty and checking the inbox on the regular for any emergencies so … there’s that.

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 18

First day back at work today after annual leave and the anxiety attacks started at 4:45am

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 13

Here are some workarounds
gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e2...

Bluesky's UK age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.

Bluesky's UK age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. - bluesky-osa.md

gist.github.com

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 13

So... as an ancient person, I have to use Epic Games' KWS subsidiary to verify my age to access DMs on BlueSky?

No thanks

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 13

Link here: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

‘It’s not noise. It’s a message’: the misunderstood misfits of Nigeria’s underground rock scene

In a country that doesn’t always reward difference, defiant Nigerian musicians are reawakening their country’s rock and giving those on the margins the space to feel seen

www.theguardian.com

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 13

I was this years old when I learned about the underground Nigerian rock scene

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Aug 4

I've just remembered the era of the iTunes LP format.
Boy, that was a disappointment.

ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Jul 27

Here’s a sobering read about yet another AI-driven jobs culling coming your way

gizmodo.com/the-end-of-w...

The End of Work as We Know It

CEOs call it a revolution in efficiency. The workers powering it call it a

gizmodo.com

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Jul 24

SharePoint = DespairPoint, am I right?

arstechnica.com/security/202...

What to know about ToolShell, the SharePoint threat under mass exploitation

Easy to exploit. Unauthenticated access. Massive reach. ToolShell has it all.

arstechnica.com

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Jul 18

Anti-hasbara musicians align
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza

Brian Eno, Fontaines DC and Kneecap say group will support those subject to ‘aggressive, vexatious campaigns’ by pro-Israel advocates

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...

Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…

From the OpenAI community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the OpenAI community

www.reddit.com

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Jul 11

Chatbot used by McDonald's to hire workers leaked data for 64 million people after researchers guessed system password was '123456'…

www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Chatbot used by McDonald's to hire workers leaked data for 64 million people after researchers guessed system password was '123456' — once inside, a second flaw turned up 'every chat interaction [from...

Paradox's chatbot-powered service is reportedly used by 90% of McDonald's franchises in the U.S.

www.tomshardware.com

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ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ ❄️🍾✊ @robjewitt.bsky.social · Jul 6

This

www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/banning...

Banning Palestine Action: How the UK Government is Silencing Dissent

The proscription of Palestine Action will come into effect on Saturday unless the High Court issues a temporary block on the order today.

www.openrightsgroup.org