@wtfismyip has my IP address been blocked or is your fantastic service down?
Software engineer living in mid-west Wales.
Dysgwr cymraeg ers 2020.
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David Graeber Institute"Hopelessness isn’t natural. It needs to be produced.
If we really want to understand this situation, we have to begin by understanding that for decades we have seen the construction of a vast bureaucratic apparatus for the creation and maintenance of hopelessness, a kind of giant machine that is designed, first and foremost, to destroy any sense of possible alternative futures."
- David Graeber
Open Rights GroupDigital ID could lead to “the worst data breach in UK government history”.
Despite fierce opposition, the UK government is embarking on a digital surveillance infrastructure that has fundamental cybersecurity holes in its foundations.
We must say #NotoDigitalID.
Read more about the whistleblower revelations ➡️ https://www.itv.com/news/2025-12-18/whistleblowers-raise-extreme-concern-about-security-of-governments-digital-id
#digitalid #dataprotection #cybersecurity #privacy #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK government wants to strip back jury trials to reduce the court backlog.
But 'efficiency' without accuracy and accountability is simply injustice delivered faster and at scale.
They should focus on expanding legal aid, banning “crime-predicting” tech that funnel people into the legal system and investing in community services, housing, youth clubs and mental health services. These are more successful in reducing crime and reoffending.
The inevitability of technological 'progress'.
"Borg Comlex rhetoric also amounts to a refusal of responsibility. We cannot, after all, be held responsible for what is inevitable. Naming and identifying Borg Complex rhetoric matters only insofar as it promotes careful thinking and responsible action."
And here was me thinking the Borg was a critique of neoliberal capitalism.
https://thefrailestthing.com/2013/03/01/borg-complex-a-primer
earthlingCountries on the edge of the Sahara desert are reversing desertification by just digging half circles.
The ground in these places is too compact for water to soak in during wet season which leads to flooding but digging these holes gives the water a place to stop and soak in. And they’re pushing back the desert with this. By just digging holes.
via what-even-is-thiss
School requires spyware to be installed on pupils' private mobile phones: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgdn57ve9eo
Admittedly a child could choose to keep their phone at home, but if they need it at lunch of after school to contact their parents, why should they have to install an app which has the opportunity to violate their privacy and autonomy?
And how can they possibly claim this will be easier to enforce than a blanket ban?
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El Howieson
Fesshole 🧻I don't think people realise just how bad things are in The UK. My wife and I are 40. No kids. Both started with nothing but now in the top 5% of earners. We can just afford the a small 2 bedroom house, but would be homeless in a few months if we both lost our jobs.