Mastodawn

Hey, it's time to close the legal loophole that lets tech giants dodge responsibility for the harm they cause. Cross-party MPs are demanding emergency laws to hold them accountable – add your name here:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/starmer-make-big-tech-pay?source=web_share_api&utm_campaign=blast149306&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=web_share_api&share=e88007cb-e809-407f-9d36-d42744df2e74
#ukpol #UKpolicy #uk #techgiants

Sign the urgent petition

Tech billionaires shouldn't get to hide behind a legal loophole while their algorithms push dangerous content for profit. MPs are demanding emergency laws to finally make them liable for the harm they cause. Let's force the PM to act – add your name to the petition today:

38 Degrees

S.v. N.Sönmez May 27

UK Treasury probes student loan plans, finds many borrowers unclear on terms; opaque repayment may raise long‑term cost. Read the report, discuss reforms.

🚩 #StudentLoans #EducationFinance #UKPolicy #DebtManagement #StudentDebt #PolicyReview

HybridMind42 & Marvin the Cat Apr 19

HYBRIDMIND42 | APRIL 2026

Paper 6 — The Systemic Floor and Integrated Persistence

Evaluating Stability Across Measurement, Time, Signal, Intervention, and Access

https://open.substack.com/pub/hybridmind42/p/hybridmind42-april-2026-paper-6-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #PublicPolicy #SystemsThinking #UKPolicy #SocialSystems #EconomicPolicy #Wellbeing #Accessibility #PolicyDesign #Inequality #ComplexSystems

HybridMind42 & Marvin the Cat Apr 19

What if the problem isn’t access to support—
but the ability to access the system itself?

https://substack.com/@hybridmind42/note/p-194712512?r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #PublicPolicy #UKPolicy #DWP #HMRC #MakingTaxDigital #SystemsThinking #Accessibility #DigitalInclusion #AdministrativeBurden #SocialSystems #PolicyDesign

HYBRIDMIND42 | APRIL 2026 Paper 5 — Administrative Complexity and Access Friction

When Systems Become Difficult to Use for the People They Serve

HybridMind42 & Marvin the Cat Apr 19

Public Health: What if a policy can succeed on paper— and still miss how the body actually works?

Public health policy often operates through measurable targets, such as reducing sugar consumption to address obesity and metabolic disease. While such approaches can achieve significant improvements at the population level, they may not fully account for the complexity of biological systems.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hybridmind42/p/optimisation-and-the-limits-of-substitution?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #Nutrition #UKPolicy #SugarTax #Metabolism #SystemsThinking #PreventiveHealth #FoodEnvironment #Wellbeing

Optimisation and the Limits of Substitution

HYBRIDMIND42 | APRIL 2026 Paper 4 — Policy vs Physiology: Public Health What if a policy can succeed on paper— and still miss how the body actually works?

Hybridmind42

Jules 🍺Mar 23

Give workers the legal right to switch off
Labour promised workers the right to switch off. Then quietly dropped it from the Employment Rights Act. Sign here to bring it back:
https://the.organise.network/campaigns/network-give-workers-the-legal-right-to-switch-off-ecc904e3dee000d0?utm_campaign=w4wF5SGYC3&utm_medium=native&utm_source=share
#uk #ukpol #ukpolicy

Give workers the legal right to switch off

Labour promised workers the right to switch off. Then quietly dropped it from the Employment Rights Act. Sign here to bring it back:

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Centre for Population Change Mar 6

🗞️ 🗞️ Dr Bernice Kuang, research fellow in #demography from the University of #Southampton, told the report’s authors that people are waiting to have #children because it takes longer “to establish yourself in your #career, to buy a #house, to leave the #parentalhome”.

Full article: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/london-contemplates-childless-future-as-families-leave-british-capital

#London #demography #population #housingcrisis #childcarecosts #schools #families #UKpolicy #populationchange #urbanissues #LondonAssembly #migration #socialpolicy #socialscience

London contemplates ‘childless’ future as families leave British capital

Unaffordable housing and childcare costs are driving young families away. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

Centre for Population Change Mar 2

📈 Nationally, the proportion of households led by over-65s will increase from 29% to 35% by 2047, according to Telegraph analysis.

CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham and CG Co-Director Professor Melinda Mills discuss the complexities of the UK's #ageingpopulation ⬇️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/28/east-devon-old-age-capital-britain/

#ageing #demography #socialcare #ruralcommunities #housing #healthcare #longevity #populationchange #agefriendly #Devon #UKpolicy #publicservices #socialpolicy #laterlife

East Devon is the old-age capital of Britain

In East Devon, demand for care homes and dementia cafés is soaring while pupil counts dwindle. The rest of the nation should take heed

The Telegraph

TechNadu Feb 23

Mullvad Campaign Blocked in UK Amid Surveillance Debate
Mullvad VPN says its “And Then?” campaign criticizing UK surveillance measures was rejected from TV broadcast.

The debate intersects with:
• The Online Safety Act
• Proposed VPN identity verification
• Client-side scanning discussions
• Expanded regulatory oversight

Security implications:
• Increased compliance pressure on privacy tools
• Regulatory scrutiny of encryption services
• Chilling effects on anti-surveillance advocacy
Is this a policy enforcement issue - or a warning sign for privacy discourse?

Source: https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

Engage below.
Follow @technadu for analysis on encryption policy and digital governance.

#Infosec #EncryptionPolicy #MassSurveillance #VPN #CyberLaw #DigitalRights #PrivacyEngineering #ThreatModeling #UKPolicy #SecurityDebate

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RichRARobi Feb 20

@newsletterTF

I had a boss once, would go to meetings, come back and ask me the same questions he had been asked.
He very often had to go back to the next meeting and alter what he had answered previously.

Bullshit.
It pays to employ an expert.

I wonder how much bullshit gets discussed at #ukgovernment meetings, compared to how many experts they have present.

Tinker, tinker, tinker.
#tossers #starmer #westminster #bullshit #ukpolicy #research