Techgrumps 3.32 Your Illegal Racially Motivated Stops Will Go More Smoothly

With the UK’s steps into the age gated internet and digital ID back again like the renegade master, the techgrumps have plenty to be grumpy about in this month’s podcast.

Grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, David Eastman, Ryan Alexander and Wendy Grossman.

https://archive.org/download/techgrumps-3.32-your-illegal-racially-motivated-stops-will-go-more-smoothly/Techgrumps%203.32%20-%20Your%20illegal%20racially%20motivated%20stops%20will%20go%20more%20smoothly.mp3

Techgrumps 3.32

• UK Digital ID
  • https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/09/26/the-absurdity-card/
• Christie’s has quietly shuttered its digital art department
  • https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-scraps-digital-art-department-2685784
• Age verification and online safety
  • https://www.wired.com/story/vpn-use-spike-age-verification-laws-uk/
• Meshtastic and different networks
  • https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/jack_dorsey_debuts_bitchat/https://www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-phone-dead-zones/
• AOB
  • Digital legacy – https://machinereadablewishes.cc/
  • Fediforum 2025 – https://fediforum.org/ – October 7-8th
  • Ian’s digital dating manifesto – https://datingmanifesto.cc/

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…designed to emulate real-life #schoolshooters, including the perpetrators of the Sandy Hook and Columbine massacres — and, often, their victims. Much of this alarming content is presented as twisted fan fiction, with shooters positioned as friends or romantic partners…

…these #chatbots frequently accumulate tens or even hundreds of thousands of #userchats. They aren't #agegated for adult users, either…