Mark Hughes

@markhughes
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Boatperson, computer wizard, qualified counsellor, stick twizzler, father, and self enquirer.

Helping those building democratising technology to reverse the corporate capture of online spaces. Ex: #SafeNetwork

Techy self: https://fosstodon.org/@happyborg

Techy blog: https://toast.happybeing.com

#nobridge

Jamimarkhughes

The playbook's the same:

Industry harms people → regulators don't touch industry → individuals get surveilled instead

Kids exposed to addictive products? Scan everyone's face. Kids on social media? Scan everyone's face. Zero accountability for companies. Maximum surveillance for everyone else.

finally, Wendell Berry's standards for technological innovation--truly as relevant now as they were in 1987 #othernetworks
Krita’s Maintainer is awesome!

Just remembered why I like #ThePredator. It's not just because it's funny and a good #movie, it's inclusive and shows several people who aren't normies in a good light. #ActuallyAutistic

Oh, and quote "You know, a lot of experts say that, being on the spectrum isn't really a disorder. It's actually the next step in the evolutionary chain.".
#ActuallyAutistic

I love #ThePredator. Some films I'll watch again and again.

It's not perfect but it's witty and well done, mostly.
#movies

#Israel / #IDF are allowing at least 300 innocent civilians to be killed in order to assassinate a single person who is deemed a significant enough target in #Gaza according to #Channel4, in testimony from ex IDF analysts.

That's 300 innocent civilians murdered by choice, by the IDF in a single "precision targeted" strike.

When they say "precision" they are talking about mass murder, and #KierStarmer supports this.

#WarCrimes #ICC #UKLabour

Looking back over the past eight months I've had a lot on my plate. There are still a couple of things ongoing or incoming but the pressure is easing. One left is getting married, but that is sweet and enjoyable rather than just plain inconvenient, arduous and stressful as most of the things have been. And all piling on top of each other multiplied them all.

Today I completed another of the long arduous ones and am very pleased with myself, as well as relieved.

Here comes the 🌞 dada-deda

Decided to watch #Grace another time. It is so awful I'm going to make a habit of it. It's a showpiece of run of the millness and plot holes.

Everything is obvious and also not crediblen which is quite an achievement. #JohnSimm should have stuck with #DrWho much longer.

THIS
IS
GOOD

Blue Owl limits withdrawals from two funds after historic surge in redemption requests

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/blue-owl-limits-withdrawals-two-funds-investors-flee-2026-04-02/

these guys are the main funders of AI data centres

E-safety commissioner in Australia is upset their isn’t a system to snitch on teens who are on social media. Wanting children to be safe is a reasonable thing but it isn’t healthy or normal behaviour to want a society where people report each other for being on social media. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4181pkxl2o