Mastodawn

Perhaps I am some kind of dangerous computer radical these days, thinking that one should be able to buy or make a computer, install one's choice of OSs and software, create a local user account, and get on with one's affairs, privately and without interference.

Quiet enjoyment of one's computer.

* No age or ID verification

* No jumping through hoops to install software, or third parties restricting the software that one can run

* No third party accounts

Dave Levy 2d ago

The Government announces its response to the Rycroft review. Keep foreign money our of our elections and introduce a cap on donations. Politics should be for all; spending money is not an act of speech!
https://davelevy.info/wiki/electoral-finance-reform/

Electoral finance reform

Have the Labour Government finally decided to put a stop to foreign donations? The Guardian reports in an article entitled “Overseas political funding capped and crypto donations blocked in blow to Reform UK”. It’s an important issue but caps are needed for domestic donation too. See also But there’s also this, https://constitution-unit.com/2026/02/26/the-representation-of-the-people-bill-contours-of-the-debates-to-come/ Image from Unsplash

davelevy . info / wiki

Dave Levy 2d ago

Despite Trump's support in the International Trade arena, an LA Court has found against the social media giants and will fine them for their failure warn users about the dangers of its platforms. ORG argues that their business models need to be confronted.

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/after-the-la-court-verdict-the-uk-must-disrupt-surveillance-capitalism-business-models/

Dave Levy 2d ago

I have posted "Electoral finance reform", https://davelevy.info/wiki/electoral-finance-reform/ to my wiki, Have the Labour Government finally decided to put a stop to foreign donations? The Guardian reports in an article entitled “Overseas political funding capped and crypto donations blocked in blow to Reform UK”. It’s an important issue but caps are needed for domestic donation too.

Dave Levy 3d ago

I have posted "Seurat and the Sea", https://davelevy.info/wiki/seurat-and-the-sea/ to my wiki, An exhibition at the Courtauld, the inventor of pointillism … he died young in 1891 and so has a smallish body of work.

Dave Levy 5d ago

I read Will Lockett's medium piece looking at two outcomes of the AI revolution; one is that AI fails and there is a debt implosion within the AI sector and thus their lenders, and alternatively it succeeds and there is a global unemployment [ & consumption] crisis. I note that without renewable & cool energy, building more AI will also grossly exacerbate the climate crisis.

https://wlockett.medium.com/ai-will-destroy-the-economy-13e858872c1e

Dave Levy 6d ago

I have posted "Reeves – Mais 2026", https://davelevy.info/wiki/reeves-mais-2026/ to my wiki, I had a look at Reeves’ Mais Lecture 2026. Here are my notes and links, I have not read all the links yet and so have not drawn conclusions. …

Dave Levy 6d ago

An article arrived in my inbox covering an issue I am thinking about. @AnnPettifor looks at the bond markets, the BoE and interest rates. Critically she identifies that the coupon does not change when interest rates do and that interest rates are a policy input not an outcome.

Dave Levy Mar 19

Still awful! But yet another example of Starmer changing his mind after asking MPs to stand by a policy he's planning to change.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/18/starmer-immigration-policy-labour-backlash

Starmer plans to ease impact of immigration policy changes after backlash from Labour MPs

PM will consider exempting large numbers from proposed changes, which would leave people waiting 10 years for settled status

The Guardian

Dave Levy Mar 17

Open Rights Group Mar 17

Trump threatens allies with retribution for not bending the knee.

UK digital infrastructure can be used as leverage or disrupted on his say so.

We need interoperable open-source systems, so we're not locked in to services owned and controlled by foreign tech firms.

Sign the petition for #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty

#Trump #nato #starmer #ukpolitics #ukpol #petition #opensource

Stop the "Kill Switch": Demand the UK takes back control of our technology.

From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Help us demand digital independence.

38 Degrees

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