-
“…who could well be infringing the rights of others” – it’s telling that some of the minds behind the OSA consider people first & foremost to be potential criminals
If someone is calling for human rights of the general populace to be undermined on the basis that “some of them might be doing something bad” — there is a very toxic precedent being followed. At that point you’re less helping victims, more enabling oppression. And then you dress it in an “…and companies” anti-corporate…
-
“How can i access Lancs Pdsoft?” | …history: the Lancaster University Public-Domain Software Archive
This USENET posting from 1991 is a blast from the past: mention of the huge and deeply useful University of Lancaster archive of public-domain software, one of the most important — at least, in UK academia — resources of tools and software, from the serious to the silly. In the web/post-web age it’s hard to…
-
“The plans, put forward by the government’s adviser on political violence, John Woodcock…”
Does he tell them how to do it? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/ministers-consider-ban-mps-engaging-pro-palestine-climate-protesters
-
Working for MI6 ‘more exciting than James Bond film’, says spy | BBC News
Similarly: there is a popular Aston Martin dealership in Cheltenham; so let’s remember Ian Fleming’s own portrait of Bond: “James Bond is a blunt instrument wielded by a Government Department. He is quiet, hard, ruthless, sardonic, fatalistic. […] He likes gambling, golf, and fast motor cars.” Nonetheless, the security services themselves see matters more romantically:…
-
New rules for online services: what you need to know | WORLD’S MOST OBVIOUS QUESTIONNAIRE, EVAR
This is so obvious to anyone who’s followed the debate that I feel Ofcom must be trolling the British public to stir up “sentiment”; the canned answer for a typical blog is attached below. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/information-for-industry/guide-for-services
-
“Russia apparently intercepted and released a 30-minute Webex conference call between German military officials who discussed the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine”
Gosh, if only there was a technology which could help mitigate this kind of risk: https://twitter.com/electrospaces/status/1763933446257213676
-
Epomaker Reveals The New DynaTab 75X Keyboard With Dot-Matrix Display | …BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TYPE IN A PASSWORD??!?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marksparrow/2024/02/21/epomaker-reveals-the-new-dynatab-75x-keyboard-with-dot-matrix-display/
-
Is anyone else I know using post.news?
I can’t decide if I like it. Nor: whether the name is meant to be a joke. https://post.news/@/alecmuffett
-
A social media ban for children would actually solve nothing. Here’s why – BBC Science Focus Magazine
Fundamentally, there’s actually very limited solid evidence that demonstrates social media causes mental health issues in children. Without establishing a causal link, a ban seems nonsensical – akin to banning car airbags because they’re associated with car accidents. https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/social-media-ban-children
-
The Canary Resuscitator | Science and Industry Museum
It’s Friday, and you need some happy. Here is a canary resuscitator. You’re welcome! https://blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/canary-resuscitator/
-
Anti-Non-Consensual-Intimate-Imagery campaign being leveraged (presumably by trolls & abusers?) to mislead victims into sharing abusive imagery
Due to the previous blogpost I had reason to visit StopNCII.org and was greeted with this orange banner… and my first thought was “perhaps now they see the problem, and how history repeats itself?” see also: