Dr Taylor Rockhill PhD
@tayroc122.bsky.social
PhD Development Economics, SOAS, University of London. Specialise in digital automation, AI automation, gig economy, informalisation of labour and impacts on wages and employment in Nigeria. Mind you, I'm an AI sceptic, so don't try to sell it.
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Fascism has an aspect of imperialism inherently.
Any hierarchy requires an underclass and when you've stated you are superior, nationalism needs imperialism to create the false sense of there being an underclass you can't fall into and resources always available for the taking.
Any hierarchy requires an underclass and when you've stated you are superior, nationalism needs imperialism to create the false sense of there being an underclass you can't fall into and resources always available for the taking.
January 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Fascism has an aspect of imperialism inherently.
Any hierarchy requires an underclass and when you've stated you are superior, nationalism needs imperialism to create the false sense of there being an underclass you can't fall into and resources always available for the taking.
Any hierarchy requires an underclass and when you've stated you are superior, nationalism needs imperialism to create the false sense of there being an underclass you can't fall into and resources always available for the taking.
Another terrible idea pushed by blind AI pushers.
UK to spend £23M on AI to tell benefit claimants where to go
: Department for Work and Pensions lines up bot bouncers for one of Europe's largest call-handling systems
www.theregister.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Another terrible idea pushed by blind AI pushers.
Isn't it great that your least favourite sci-fi future to live in, the one from 1984, is the one that's coming true? You wanted Star Trek, you got 1984.
Your smart TV is watching you and nobody's stopping it
Opinion: From buried settings to geopolitical risk, the business model is surveillance
www.theregister.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Isn't it great that your least favourite sci-fi future to live in, the one from 1984, is the one that's coming true? You wanted Star Trek, you got 1984.
I don't want to hear from Americans anytime soon.
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I don't want to hear from Americans anytime soon.
Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise Duit!
January 1, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise Duit!
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Keep it up, everyone
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’
www.irishtimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Keep it up, everyone
I use Zen browser, not Google Chrome, but I know, statistically, quite a few of you reading this use Chrome. I'd love to convince you to switch away. But if I can't, at least do this in the meantime.
Stop the slop by disabling AI features in Chrome
: The most popular desktop browser is festooned with Google AI, but you can make at least some of it go away
www.theregister.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I use Zen browser, not Google Chrome, but I know, statistically, quite a few of you reading this use Chrome. I'd love to convince you to switch away. But if I can't, at least do this in the meantime.
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Transphobia is a gateway drug - it’s all about getting comfortable with punching down.
December 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Transphobia is a gateway drug - it’s all about getting comfortable with punching down.
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For my UK based friends. Please share.
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
For my UK based friends. Please share.
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Poorest Britons lose right to financial privacy.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
December 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Poorest Britons lose right to financial privacy.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
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Hope is here.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Racists are the enemy of the working class. Always have been. Always will be. And a racist who is a member of the working class is a traitor and should be treated as such.
i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
December 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Racists are the enemy of the working class. Always have been. Always will be. And a racist who is a member of the working class is a traitor and should be treated as such.
I think it's funny how in not so much time we went from Windows 8 being the worst Windows because the UI was shit to Windows 11 way overshadowing it because Microsoft has openly declared war on their users.
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I think it's funny how in not so much time we went from Windows 8 being the worst Windows because the UI was shit to Windows 11 way overshadowing it because Microsoft has openly declared war on their users.
Don't click the link because Forbes is nonsense, but aren't you glad that we escaped Communist hell so we could build Capitalist hell instead?
Microsoft Will Tell Your Boss When You’re Not At Work—‘Starts January’
Beware — This Microsoft Teams update lets your company know when you're not at work.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Don't click the link because Forbes is nonsense, but aren't you glad that we escaped Communist hell so we could build Capitalist hell instead?
David Lammy citing a legal document from 1215, written before the literal witch hunts, written before the rise and fall of the 'thief taker general', written when capital punishment was not only legal but common as basis for rolling back juries really says something about the state of the cabinet.
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
David Lammy citing a legal document from 1215, written before the literal witch hunts, written before the rise and fall of the 'thief taker general', written when capital punishment was not only legal but common as basis for rolling back juries really says something about the state of the cabinet.
Seems like common sense. However, big tech is no longer capable of common sense thought.
Win 11 needs an XP SP2 moment, says ex-Microsoft engineer
: Stop AI bloat, fix the operating system, implores veteran software developer Dave Plummer
www.theregister.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Seems like common sense. However, big tech is no longer capable of common sense thought.
Fighting all the right fights. 🙄
Starmer raises pressure on head of OBR by saying budget leak was ‘serious error’
PM says he is ‘very supportive’ of spending watchdog but breach was a ‘massive discourtesy’ to parliament
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Fighting all the right fights. 🙄
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The anti intellectuals did to “think piece” what white ppl did to “woke”. 🫠
Just gonna block as soon as I see someone saying “think piece”. People really be offended at 3 sentences, because they don’t like to think.
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The anti intellectuals did to “think piece” what white ppl did to “woke”. 🫠
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Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
There's money to be made fucking with Americans I guess, decades of failing to teach their youth media literacy has bred this.
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
There's money to be made fucking with Americans I guess, decades of failing to teach their youth media literacy has bred this.
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It may not have been published as ragebait but this is a terrible piece. Unbalanced and unchallenged. Who does this woman think should pay taxes if not her, on her massive unearned windfall?
I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
We were hit with a £148k inheritance tax bill when mum died at 97 - it's disgusting
Jill Lemon has labelled inheritance tax as 'cruel', 'horrible' and 'unfair'
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It may not have been published as ragebait but this is a terrible piece. Unbalanced and unchallenged. Who does this woman think should pay taxes if not her, on her massive unearned windfall?
Here, for example, is my take on Algospeak by Adam Aleksic cyberspace.online/tayroc/d3Qvz...
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Social media de-imagined.
cyberspace.online
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Here, for example, is my take on Algospeak by Adam Aleksic cyberspace.online/tayroc/d3Qvz...