Mastodawn

'Nother music recommendation. Newcastle desert rock, Dunes. https://dunesncl.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-the-blind
#bandcamp #musicrecommendation #desertrock #altrock #stonerrock #ukmusic

Land of the Blind, by Dunes

9 track album

Dunes

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magnetichuman 1d ago

...and let's face it, it'll be Kier Starmer. #ukpol

magnetichuman 2d ago

Long bet: Within the next 5 years, a country currently within the EU or Five Eyes will pass legislation to restrict the use of VPNs for personal use; either requiring linking VPN accounts with official ID, requiring VPN providers to monitor and store user usage data, or blocking their use outright. #OnlineSafetyAct

magnetichuman 3d ago

Michael Veale 3d ago

Either real-time bidding data or app SDK data is being bought and used by ICE to seize people from the streets. If you didn’t believe that the adtech stack is a human rights concern, I’m not sure what more evidence you need. https://www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-tool-that-tracks-locations-of-hundreds-of-millions-of-phones-every-day/

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

404 Media

magnetichuman 3d ago

ProjectFearlessness 3d ago

"Electricity demand in Great Britain has been fully covered by the output of clean-energy sources for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, new Carbon Brief analysis shows.

This is up from just 2.5 hours in 2021 and 64.5 hours in all of 2024, ahead of the government’s clean-power target for 2030."

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-great-britain-has-run-on-100-clean-power-for-record-87-hours-in-2025-so-far/

Analysis: Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far - Carbon Brief

Electricity demand on the island of Great Britain has been fully covered by the output of clean-energy sources for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date

Carbon Brief

magnetichuman 4d ago

gofoss 4d ago

For 15 years, F-Droid has been the antidote to Google Play: no trackers, no ads, just open source apps. Now, Google wants to kill it.

Under the guise of "security", Google is forcing devs to register, pay, and surrender control. F-Droid can’t comply without betraying its principles. Thousands of apps could vanish overnight.

Fight back: demand sideloading rights, pressure regulators/Parliament, and defend one of the safe harbors for ethical tech.

https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

@marcprux @fdroidorg

F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

For the past 15 years, F-Droidhas provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world tofind and install free and open source apps. When cont...

magnetichuman 5d ago

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petersuber 5d ago

Update. "#Austria's military has switched from #MicrosoftOffice to #LibreOffice. The move was all about digital sovereignty, not cost savings. Other governments are moving away from Microsoft to protect their citizens' privacy."
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-european-military-just-ditched-microsoft-for-open-source-libreoffice-heres-why/

#OpenSource #Privacy #Surveillance #USPol #USPolitics

This European military just ditched Microsoft for open-source LibreOffice - here's why

It's not about the cost savings, either. Many government organizations are replacing Microsoft software for a more important reason.

ZDNET

magnetichuman 6d ago

David Revoy Sep 24

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI) Part 2

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

magnetichuman Sep 26

Council Estate Media Sep 26

At last, countries are standing up to Israel

https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-spanish-italian-and-greek-navies

The Spanish, Italian and Greek navies are protecting the Global Sumud Flotilla from Israel

Israel is such a great ally of the West that three European countries have sent their navies to stop Israel sinking their vessels and murdering their citizens.

Council Estate Media

magnetichuman Sep 26

George Monbiot Sep 26

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it. Yes, they might. And he should wear it as a badge of honour. Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet. Where's the hazard in that?