Mastodawn

"[…] this [is] to enable a “seamless travel experience”, while also giving the #ukgov “greater power to stop those who pose a threat from setting foot in the country and gives us a fuller picture of immigration.”

Yes, of course #ftl #dysfunctional #bollocks

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/21/british-teenagers-stranded-abroad-dual-national-rules-home-office-passports

More British teenagers stranded abroad as result of new rules on dual nationals

Cases emerge after other people tell of change in Home Office policy on passports that has left people scrambling

The Guardian

Philosophics 3d ago

I was typing, and my editor flagged it as a ‘Strong resemblance to AI text’. Kinda bollox. And, so I rant on my blog – 1984, Minority Report. Even Handmaid's Tale. Handmade, a tale.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/19/i-am-a-language-model/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #psychology #writing #ai #policing #ethicalAI #intrusion #culture #blog #podcast #language #critique #languagedetection #bollocks #culture #conformity #obey

Zacks Brother Feb 14

The idea that this royal bunch would fork over a reported $12m, plus 7 figures of #Andrew’s legal costs, without some fairly frank family discussions is just #bollocks #AbolishTheMonarchy follow @[email protected] & @[email protected] www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Some PR advice for the Andrew-...

Some PR advice for the Andrew-stricken royals - try something that looks less like a $12m cover-up

A big loan to keep the case out of court doesn’t quite add up to ‘thoughts and prayers to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’. Working with the police might be a start, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian

💬 John Philpin Feb 3

When Emu rambles on about his SciFi vision for remember it’s a vision … and it’s SciFi (often bad SciFi) … oh and that it’s Emu. #Bollocks #AllOfIt

John Philpin Ⓜ️Feb 3

When Emu rambles on about his SciFi vision for remember it’s a vision … and it’s SciFi (often bad SciFi) … oh and that it’s Emu. #Bollocks #AllOfIt

Florian Jan 8

Interessantes Video Essay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmtIaTye40I

The so-called Golden Age of board games is over… and it didn’t die quietly.

@brettspiele @boardgames #boardgamebollocks
#bollocks

New Year Rant 2026

YouTube

Philosophics Dec 31

I was chatting with ChatGPT and suggested that the Bible read like Ayn Rand. The response:

http://philosophics.blog/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

That’s unkind to Ayn Rand. At least she knew she was writing fan fiction for her own temperament. If it’s literature, it’s literature in the same way a minutes-of-meeting document is prose.

#bible #biblestudy #christianity #worship #religion #reading #writing #history #critique #literature #philosophy #theology #criticalTheory #bollocks #faith