Mastodawn

We should totally emulate this huge success story in Britain.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/australia-teen-social-media-ban-criticism

Australia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’

Around seven in 10 children remain on major platforms. Who could possibly have predicted that this wasn’t going to work? Well, lots of people

The Guardian

Tom Morris 1d ago

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coldclimate 1d ago

@tommorris I think a timely "and what business is it of yours?" should be a regular interview question in the media

Tom Morris 1d ago

Not getting up in other people’s business is a sorely undervalued social attitude I really miss.

Debates about screen time and what kids do on the internet? Parents decide and have controls (including not buying a device). Shouldn’t be the concern of politicians or moral busybodies.

Drag Queen Story Time? People voluntarily take their kids to a thing. If you don’t like it, exercise your right to not do so.

Someone of a different religion prays in public? Again, none of my damn business.

Tom Morris 1d ago

Even on the moon, you’ll still get emails about the availability of milk in the second floor fridge of the Swindon office you’ve never been to.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/nasa-artemis-microsoft-outlook-astronauts/

NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science | TechCrunch

NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn't working.

TechCrunch

Tom Morris 1d ago

Dean Burnett (that brains guy)2d ago

You wrote a novel using AI? Cool. It's like that time I ran a marathon using a Ford Focus.

Tom Morris 2d ago

Just saw an ad for kidnap and ransom insurance for crypto company executives.

Totally normal stuff from a totally normal industry.

Tom Morris 2d ago

Don’t let anyone say Britain no longer produces important innovations.

Think of all the brand consultants who charge six figure sums to universities to tell them they’ll seem more modern if they change their name from “University of [XYZ]” to “[XYZ] University” and change the typeface of their logo to sans serif.

Said consultants are very excited about the great opportunities generative AI affords them in seriously speeding up their production line of utterly vapid regurgitated bullshit.

Tom Morris 2d ago

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/116334321751266751

Good thing Microsoft are doing so well at, let's see... consumer software? AI? PC gaming? Xbox? Share price dropping 30% in six months? Jesus.

Tom Morris 2d ago

RE: https://indieweb.social/@web3isgreat/116335432304108983

Only durable nonces are still hodling shitcoins in 2026.

Tom Morris 2d ago

RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930

This whole thread is wild. If this is the future of software development, life as a hermit with copies of SICP, K&R and a solar powered ThinkPad that boots directly into Emacs seems like an excellent life choice.