Paul
@xcivxciv.bsky.social
Internetter since '94, sarcastic, IT, technology, photography, DIY/maker.
🇬🇧 London and Kent, England.
🇬🇧 London and Kent, England.
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Completely untenable.
Kemi Badenoch's shadow Attorney-General is unable to do his job, because he has chosen to represent a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
Kemi Badenoch's shadow Attorney-General is unable to do his job, because he has chosen to represent a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
Kemi Badenoch’s spokesperson has said that the shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson has recused himself from any legal advice over Ukraine or Russia because he is representing Roman Abramovich - which would include anything about the deployment of UK troops. That’s a bit awkward.
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Completely untenable.
Kemi Badenoch's shadow Attorney-General is unable to do his job, because he has chosen to represent a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
Kemi Badenoch's shadow Attorney-General is unable to do his job, because he has chosen to represent a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
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The housing crisis has been brewing for a long time, according to Professor Paul Cheshire 👇
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The housing crisis has been brewing for a long time, according to Professor Paul Cheshire 👇
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if you host a podcast, ben bowler is feeding it to AI, stripping it of ads, and profiting from it. i spent my morning submitting DMCA takedown requests and getting a cease and desist request because how fucking dare you profit from our IP when we don't even make any money from it???
The tool copying podcasts, stripping the ads, and selling them
It might have cost the podcast industry almost a million dollars in lost revenue
podnews.net
January 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
if you host a podcast, ben bowler is feeding it to AI, stripping it of ads, and profiting from it. i spent my morning submitting DMCA takedown requests and getting a cease and desist request because how fucking dare you profit from our IP when we don't even make any money from it???
You could simply ask, of government policy to continue on X..
If this isn’t the line, then what is?
If this isn’t the line, then what is?
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
You could simply ask, of government policy to continue on X..
If this isn’t the line, then what is?
If this isn’t the line, then what is?
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yeah, just what we need right now: more dependence on US software companies with strong links to #trump and full of right-wing nutters #palantir
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 1:44 PM
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Wrote about an obvious and yet profoundly underappreciated aspect of the AI boom: its total narrative capture by Elon Musk's X nymag.com/intelligence...
January 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Wrote about an obvious and yet profoundly underappreciated aspect of the AI boom: its total narrative capture by Elon Musk's X nymag.com/intelligence...
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
Vandals.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Vandals.
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The Office brand is arguably Microsoft's most important - possibly more than Windows itself. To rename it after this slop generator is staggeringly foolish. Honestly, it's pushed me to spending more and more time in Linux and MacOS lately to escape this Copilot push.
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
The Office brand is arguably Microsoft's most important - possibly more than Windows itself. To rename it after this slop generator is staggeringly foolish. Honestly, it's pushed me to spending more and more time in Linux and MacOS lately to escape this Copilot push.
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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I was going to comment on this tomorrow, as it's Christmas and all, but the King's Christmas message of unity and community is something which about 80% of the public agrees with, and the reason the far-right hate it is because it exposes how fucking weird and racist they are.
Small-minded cretins.
Small-minded cretins.
December 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I was going to comment on this tomorrow, as it's Christmas and all, but the King's Christmas message of unity and community is something which about 80% of the public agrees with, and the reason the far-right hate it is because it exposes how fucking weird and racist they are.
Small-minded cretins.
Small-minded cretins.
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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☠️MORTIFYING CHRISTMAS STORY TIME
Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/
Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/
a man in a santa suit is standing in front of a store with a sign that says ' ao ' on it
ALT: a man in a santa suit is standing in front of a store with a sign that says ' ao ' on it
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
☠️MORTIFYING CHRISTMAS STORY TIME
Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/
Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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😵💫 Putin’s 2001 meeting with Bush and talks about territory!
December 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
😵💫 Putin’s 2001 meeting with Bush and talks about territory!
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It's how the broligarchs who bought the White House are treating the world, with us as their guinea pigs for all manner of unethical, dangerous, and even deadly experiments.
They've been practicing offshore for years, like Peter Thiel funding rogue herpes vaccine trials on St. Kitts & Nevis.
They've been practicing offshore for years, like Peter Thiel funding rogue herpes vaccine trials on St. Kitts & Nevis.
December 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It's how the broligarchs who bought the White House are treating the world, with us as their guinea pigs for all manner of unethical, dangerous, and even deadly experiments.
They've been practicing offshore for years, like Peter Thiel funding rogue herpes vaccine trials on St. Kitts & Nevis.
They've been practicing offshore for years, like Peter Thiel funding rogue herpes vaccine trials on St. Kitts & Nevis.
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I don’t see how EU and national leaders can go on publicly pretending that everything is normal for another 3.5 years and beyond.
Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has been sanctioned by the United States for threatening Twitter with consequences for possible inaction on removal of illegal content and disinformation requirements. #Image(s) #EuropeanUnion
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December 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I don’t see how EU and national leaders can go on publicly pretending that everything is normal for another 3.5 years and beyond.
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Child rapist Jeffrey Epstein appointed former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers as executors of his will
Jeffrey Epstein appointed Jes Staley and Lawrence Summers as executors of his will
Newly released DoJ documents point to deep ties between influential men and late sex offender
share.google
December 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Child rapist Jeffrey Epstein appointed former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers as executors of his will
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Good demonstration of why Google AI overview should not be trusted.
According to this, Chris Rea had fairly robust opinions on the "business implications" of Brexit.
But it's confusing singer Chris Rea with a completely different person.
According to this, Chris Rea had fairly robust opinions on the "business implications" of Brexit.
But it's confusing singer Chris Rea with a completely different person.
December 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Good demonstration of why Google AI overview should not be trusted.
According to this, Chris Rea had fairly robust opinions on the "business implications" of Brexit.
But it's confusing singer Chris Rea with a completely different person.
According to this, Chris Rea had fairly robust opinions on the "business implications" of Brexit.
But it's confusing singer Chris Rea with a completely different person.
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All of these skills built up on the project will be scattered to the winds because we have cancelled a chunk of the project and we're not building any more high speed rail.
Engineers working on the HS2 project have slid a 4,600t viaduct section across the M6 without a full carriageway closure, in what contractors say is a UK first that will reduce disruption for drivers
Full story:
Full story:
HS2 completes final slide of 4,600t viaduct across M6 without closing motorway | New Civil Engineer
The 17‑hour operation carried out over the weekend of 13-14 December completed the three‑stage assembly and installation of the 315m long East deck of the
buff.ly
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
All of these skills built up on the project will be scattered to the winds because we have cancelled a chunk of the project and we're not building any more high speed rail.