Uncle Slacky
@uncleslacky.federate.social.ap.brid.gy
An 18th century brain in a 21st century head.
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Matrix is quietly becoming the chat layer for governments chasing digital sovereignty
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/matrix_element_secure_chat/
One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them all
<- by me on @theregister
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/matrix_element_secure_chat/
One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them all
<- by me on @theregister
Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT
FOSDEM 2026: One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them all
www.theregister.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Matrix is quietly becoming the chat layer for governments chasing digital sovereignty
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/matrix_element_secure_chat/
One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them all
<- by me on @theregister
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/matrix_element_secure_chat/
One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them all
<- by me on @theregister
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(AI) Slop Terrifies Me
https://ezhik.jp/ai-slop-terrifies-me/
What if this is as good as software is ever going to be? What if AI stops getting better and what if people stop caring?
https://ezhik.jp/ai-slop-terrifies-me/
What if this is as good as software is ever going to be? What if AI stops getting better and what if people stop caring?
(AI) Slop Terrifies Me – ezhik.jp
What if this is as good as software is ever going to be? What if AI stops getting better and what if people stop caring?
ezhik.jp
February 8, 2026 at 1:39 PM
(AI) Slop Terrifies Me
https://ezhik.jp/ai-slop-terrifies-me/
What if this is as good as software is ever going to be? What if AI stops getting better and what if people stop caring?
https://ezhik.jp/ai-slop-terrifies-me/
What if this is as good as software is ever going to be? What if AI stops getting better and what if people stop caring?
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Oh, and journalists: please stop referring to McSweeney's faction in the Labour Party as "moderates". They are anything but.
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Oh, and journalists: please stop referring to McSweeney's faction in the Labour Party as "moderates". They are anything but.
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Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
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Ask every Harry Potter fan how many more dead children it would take for them to stop funding the biggest anti trans campaign of my lifetime?
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Ask every Harry Potter fan how many more dead children it would take for them to stop funding the biggest anti trans campaign of my lifetime?
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1989 me: "Lol, look at this, it's Rick Astley thinking he's a real musician. Come back when you're headlining Glastonbury, Rick."
2026 me: "I was stupid back then"
#TOTP
2026 me: "I was stupid back then"
#TOTP
February 7, 2026 at 1:04 AM
1989 me: "Lol, look at this, it's Rick Astley thinking he's a real musician. Come back when you're headlining Glastonbury, Rick."
2026 me: "I was stupid back then"
#TOTP
2026 me: "I was stupid back then"
#TOTP
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This is hilariously stupid but also terrifying because you just know that some deranged dipshit is going to take this complete and utter bollocks seriously and try to murder the guy.
🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader.
One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa”
The list they're creating says so, anyway
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This is hilariously stupid but also terrifying because you just know that some deranged dipshit is going to take this complete and utter bollocks seriously and try to murder the guy.
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I was extremely thorough with this piece so I'd appreciate it if you'd read it! It counters the absurd claim by the corporate media that Epstein was a Russian spy when he was clearly an Israeli one 👇
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/no-epstein-was-not-a-russian-spy
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/no-epstein-was-not-a-russian-spy
No, Epstein was not a Russian spy, he was an Israeli one
The Epstein files show that paedophile Jeffrey Epstein had strong ties to Israeli intelligence.
www.councilestatemedia.uk
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I was extremely thorough with this piece so I'd appreciate it if you'd read it! It counters the absurd claim by the corporate media that Epstein was a Russian spy when he was clearly an Israeli one 👇
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/no-epstein-was-not-a-russian-spy
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/no-epstein-was-not-a-russian-spy
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Of course, this is a perfect illustration of why governments are so keen to bypass juries. Just wait until they start the trials for the people accused of "terrorism" just for holding up blank sheets of paper. No jury is going to convict. the question is, how many magistrates would either?
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Of course, this is a perfect illustration of why governments are so keen to bypass juries. Just wait until they start the trials for the people accused of "terrorism" just for holding up blank sheets of paper. No jury is going to convict. the question is, how many magistrates would either?
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You might not care about the details of how elections work, but I can assure you that the people trying to attack them care quite a bit.
February 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
You might not care about the details of how elections work, but I can assure you that the people trying to attack them care quite a bit.
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Something snapped into place in my mind. There is an anti-AI position that has absolutely nothing to do with luddism, or any other anti-tech position.
AI is cognitive suburbanization.
Think about it. Architecting everything so that I can't do even the most basic thing without gratuitously […]
AI is cognitive suburbanization.
Think about it. Architecting everything so that I can't do even the most basic thing without gratuitously […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
February 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Something snapped into place in my mind. There is an anti-AI position that has absolutely nothing to do with luddism, or any other anti-tech position.
AI is cognitive suburbanization.
Think about it. Architecting everything so that I can't do even the most basic thing without gratuitously […]
AI is cognitive suburbanization.
Think about it. Architecting everything so that I can't do even the most basic thing without gratuitously […]
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Communist Party general secretary Alex Gordon told the Morning Star: “Peter Mandelson’s resignation from a Labour Party he reformed in his own image is like a man trying to resign from his own shadow. He leaves behind a party apparatus that served as a corporate career ladder dominated by […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
February 3, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Communist Party general secretary Alex Gordon told the Morning Star: “Peter Mandelson’s resignation from a Labour Party he reformed in his own image is like a man trying to resign from his own shadow. He leaves behind a party apparatus that served as a corporate career ladder dominated by […]
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Great expression that should be used more.
February 2, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Great expression that should be used more.
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'He added: "Get ready Noah, I'm going to have some fun with you!"'
I confidently predict that this will never go to court. Imagine how much fun Trevor Noah's lawyers would have with discovery. They would demand to grep the unredacted Epstein files for Trump's name!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I confidently predict that this will never go to court. Imagine how much fun Trevor Noah's lawyers would have with discovery. They would demand to grep the unredacted Epstein files for Trump's name!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein joke at Grammys
The US president labels Noah a
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
'He added: "Get ready Noah, I'm going to have some fun with you!"'
I confidently predict that this will never go to court. Imagine how much fun Trevor Noah's lawyers would have with discovery. They would demand to grep the unredacted Epstein files for Trump's name!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I confidently predict that this will never go to court. Imagine how much fun Trevor Noah's lawyers would have with discovery. They would demand to grep the unredacted Epstein files for Trump's name!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Postscript: and before the cult of space Karen start with the "so you're an expert in orbital computing this week are you?" Well. One of my first jobs out of uni involved designing an onboard control system for a satellite. My design has literally been to space. I know what I'm talking about on […]
Original post on social.v.st
social.v.st
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Postscript: and before the cult of space Karen start with the "so you're an expert in orbital computing this week are you?" Well. One of my first jobs out of uni involved designing an onboard control system for a satellite. My design has literally been to space. I know what I'm talking about on […]
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@aliide Yes, but when the world can effectively ignore a genocide in gaza for two years, this is what happens. Putin has seen what Netanyahu has got away with.
January 31, 2026 at 3:46 PM
@aliide Yes, but when the world can effectively ignore a genocide in gaza for two years, this is what happens. Putin has seen what Netanyahu has got away with.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Just heard Starmer on the radio explaining how he's going to get his wallet thoroughly inspected by China
January 31, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Just heard Starmer on the radio explaining how he's going to get his wallet thoroughly inspected by China
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January 30, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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This is what "Labour" has sunk to. Instead of funding education they will give the education budget away to AI grifters.
Of course, technology can help. Things like Khan Academy are great but that only works because Khan is a real human who actually cares about education. The AI grifters don't!
Of course, technology can help. Things like Khan Academy are great but that only works because Khan is a real human who actually cares about education. The AI grifters don't!
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 PM
This is what "Labour" has sunk to. Instead of funding education they will give the education budget away to AI grifters.
Of course, technology can help. Things like Khan Academy are great but that only works because Khan is a real human who actually cares about education. The AI grifters don't!
Of course, technology can help. Things like Khan Academy are great but that only works because Khan is a real human who actually cares about education. The AI grifters don't!