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Gareth Kitchen

This is why I'm switching to Jumble. Removing Zaps? Yes please. ✅ No reframing. No narrative gymnastics. Just a bold call: the feature didn't align with the platform's values. 🛡️ That's the kind of integrity that rebuilds trust in a platform that seems to have lost its way. 🌟🔒

2026-05-05 04:24:34 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/9be5e49b95ca845565d0adb6d0c13deb8f68fd79c5ec5d8ce0563dc6ed41da17.gif

2026-04-10 05:37:10 UTC

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Because it emerges from the institutions we create; property, hierarchy & inequality.

2026-03-31 04:19:16 UTC

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Did they ever fix simply tapping the heart to 'like' in Amethyst? It used to be some convoluted tap, then seek out the heart icon type friction, which, intuitively should be a long press.
A 'like' does nothing apart from giving the author the nice feeling of being noticed or appreciated for their comment. I just don't get the need to introduce UI friction into this gesture.

2026-03-31 04:04:41 UTC

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to acheive a resistant nomadic identity.

2026-03-30 04:33:57 UTC

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Using Nostr to authenticate to other services maybe a thing......

2026-03-24 07:59:42 UTC

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NOSTR - Notes and Other Stuff Temporarily Recorded

2026-03-14 06:25:12 UTC

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Mentioned event not found.

2026-03-07 18:28:08 UTC

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Engerland lol...

2026-02-28 01:50:54 UTC

Go girl. What an inspiration!
https://blossom.primal.net/c1116690ef01685690b50c39a4edca0ab9d3e85d3a3dd8f25f3e912711a38ae4.jpg

2026-02-27 22:43:38 UTC

Proud to be an extremist!

2026-02-27 03:37:24 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/859e8480d94949600eefea7bfd5f091045f9eb0092ca86122ed23a5f2f3c9057.png

2026-02-24 04:48:28 UTC

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Trump, the last elected US president.

2026-02-22 04:40:16 UTC

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Totally trustworthy investment

2026-01-30 21:45:05 UTC

I've had to register my digital id with .gov.uk due to my volunteer work. Why have have .gov.uk mandated that Google be part of this private relationship?
Background: I use an Android Smartphone with GrapheneOS without Google Play Services etc.

2026-01-29 06:19:52 UTC

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https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/27/cursor-lies-about-vibe-coding-a-web-browser-with-ai/

2026-01-18 05:21:47 UTC

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Apart from politicians maybe?

2026-01-17 21:50:50 UTC

Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall many were championing the USA as a new global police force. Bush and Clinton frequently talked of a "new world order" in which the US would lead and police an era of rules‑based international order. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

2026-01-16 18:00:53 UTC

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the asbestos in our networks....

2026-01-15 04:02:33 UTC

"Iran’s internet shutdown is chillingly precise and may last some time."
How do we make ourselves resilient to this?
My first thought is mesh networks, maybe but know little about what they are capable of. Like how would the mesh connect to the internet, more generally, if the ISPs and mobile providers have been shut down? Even Starlink has gone for them, which shocked me!
It just seems that when push comes to shove decentralization and cryptography hasn't worked for the Iranian people. Because the Govt. says 'No!'.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/10/irans-internet-shutdown-is-strikingly-sophisticated-and-may-last-some-time

2026-01-11 03:53:59 UTC

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I'm not at all disappointed with my DAS keyboard. MX Cherry Blue. https://shop.daskeyboard.com/products/das-keyboard-4-professional

2026-01-09 05:08:26 UTC

Europeans quietly shifting away from US tech services.
A handy list:-
https://european-alternatives.eu/
https://www.switch-to.eu/en
https://euroalternative.co/

2026-01-07 01:57:25 UTC

One coworker -- who I'll call Xavier -- does everything through LLMs. He's the kind of developer that managers who have never been programmers adore: 3000 lines of code per day.
I just realized that Xavier cannot read code, even code that he submits for review. He "understands" code by running it against test files and seeing whether results are reasonable. He can only say what the code does, not what causes it to behave in a way.
But that has several problems. An obvious first issue is that if a problem doesn't show up in the test file, then it will never be fixed. A less obvious issue is that his code is brittle and it generalizes very poorly.
Because Xavier doesn't read code, he has a very tough time imagining "What might go wrong?" And because he relies on the LLM, he misses very broad solutions, like using well-established libraries that solve dozens of problems at once.
Programmers who dive deep are still very, very useful.
https://im-in.space/@Chip_Unicorn/115849898200174047

2025-12-31 23:03:49 UTC

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Why should people care about all these things? Payments should be as straightforward as cash.

2025-12-31 22:09:37 UTC

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Saw them live. Brilliant track.
https://blossom.primal.net/2fbc6d63964af023534a9bc409501fe7984b3f7fc223b06913e56058f3df6cef.png

2025-12-31 21:31:05 UTC

I had to migrate the 'computer centre' from my old shop to home today. It went badly. Arch is a sod. Using NAT to jigger getting the max IPs from a /30 has done my head in. But I'm back online! Photos of the new expanded home-lab may follow once tidied up......
Need a beer!
https://blossom.primal.net/36f9c98db08f8268c5315d20e6ff5fd5939e3d6b393ec15b2ef5498b214a493c.jpg

2025-12-26 21:56:01 UTC

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
by Max Ehrmann ©1927

2025-12-25 19:52:04 UTC

End of an era. :( Closing after 26 years. Cookability, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, UK.
https://blossom.primal.net/65b8d241e58fb46c49f7897c7cff37dc5c9134ce29bd5c96f9224ed78c2a7d24.jpg

2025-12-23 21:00:42 UTC

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That's brilliant!

2025-12-18 06:23:58 UTC

Another round of hires of UK ex-polititians by the US big tech firms, accompanied by subservient admiration of those firms by the current government crop.
The current crop happens to be Labour, but it makes no difference. Universal corruption.
My disdain for these politicians is unbounded. Moral disdain for their corruptability, but also political & strategic disdain for their stupidity and their disregard for the consequences of their actions.
A minor sign of hope: some scrutiny coming from the UK parliamentary committees.
Good writing by the Guardian's Robert Booth.
#UKpol #Labour #corruption #USBigTech #StopTheAICorruption
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/17/from-nvidia-to-openai-silicon-valley-woos-westminster-as-ex-politicians-take-tech-firm-roles

2025-12-17 23:24:35 UTC

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At least those are honest thoughts. ;)

2025-12-13 05:58:46 UTC

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Oh dear. USA. Really sorry about the quality of our exports. Maybe tightening your immigration controls would help. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-12-12 21:22:10 UTC

Here in UK it's #totp 1988 and that makes people happy. :)

2025-12-12 20:27:57 UTC

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Pamela Smith, victim of a civic coup?

2025-12-10 22:25:42 UTC

Street art. Stroud, UK.
https://blossom.primal.net/9caa765ee379621fb05ef7271a47d8ddf7f90e56c9ed9cdde39bb4ca5ea676d0.jpg

2025-12-10 08:41:04 UTC

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Cloud acts like mist over that sensitive data you know?

2025-12-10 03:47:26 UTC

RSS
It’s the plumbing of the web: essential, reliable, and routinely underestimated.
https://werd.io/why-rss-matters/

2025-12-08 21:08:45 UTC

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Well. I'm not sure what a leftist is or does. I'm a small business owner. Most of my friends are too. Does that count? Probably not. Your presumptions seem either clouded or confused. As for Bluesky, my account there has been suspended, so that assumption is unfounded. But it goes someway to answer your last question. This network has potential but it's just seems to be an unwelcoming place to hang out right now especially if you can't freely express yourself.

2025-12-08 11:47:00 UTC

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Yep, well you sound like one, given your tone, intervening in minor discourse and obviously monitoring activity. But also demonstrating a low tolerance for dissent and quickly trying to shut down a differing opinion. All comes across as bossy, self-appointed moderator type behaviour which erodes trust, clearly discourages newcomers and stifles healthy debate. You could have just chosen to walk on by..... or engaged in a constructive debate...... But you chose to take on the role of tone police/moderator.....

2025-12-07 05:53:10 UTC

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So in defending the premise of the network you attempt to police my speech....... lol. Would you have bothered to reply if I'd shit posted, or would you just have walked on by?
Maybe you've just demonstrated why this network is a firehose of bitcoin/scammy/christian/libertarian stuff? Everyone else has just taken the hint.

2025-12-06 21:56:31 UTC

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Freedom of expression fuels democracy, but it isn’t limitless. Laws that curb hate, incitement, or denial of historic atrocities—like Germany’s—protect public order and vulnerable groups. True liberty balances robust speech with responsible limits, ensuring open debate doesn’t become a weapon against anyone.
That's how it is in the EU. You're welcome to disagree with it, but this is how the people of the EU have chosen to develop their democracies.

2025-12-03 21:59:14 UTC

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Snap!

2025-12-03 15:59:08 UTC

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Never heard of it. But I have experienced having gentian violet applied to a face wound in the 70's. Not sure what its medical qualities were but it was a potent dye.

2025-11-28 05:55:22 UTC

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DAS Keyboard clickity blue obvs. :) https://www.daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard-4-professional/

2025-11-24 18:38:42 UTC

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Eat shoots and leaves.

2025-11-23 07:11:40 UTC

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It's been and gone. I used to install it. A1Mb/s twisted pair network system.

2025-11-21 04:39:20 UTC

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Uh. Just shove your private key into some random site? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-11-21 04:20:25 UTC

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Hery Mat and I'd probably snigger for the rest of the date.

2025-11-20 07:58:46 UTC

Do I care?
https://blossom.primal.net/521ee3c9ae13f2430e18877d3826f33b548d1a2cbf821e9876dfc1e2e0e2f18c.jpg

2025-11-16 05:00:04 UTC

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Sure, all this stuff is hard. I'd agree that Cwtch is not ux focussed! As for these apps and mission critical..... Let me think about that a while. ;)

2025-11-16 01:36:40 UTC

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and if you're looking at SimpleX check out Cwtch.

2025-11-14 11:11:23 UTC

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I used to be the only person in the office with a Soundblaster card. A distinct advantage! ipx/spx network too, I don't think dos had an TCP/IP stack back then.

2025-11-10 01:28:08 UTC

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I used to eat that sort of thing with impunity when I was younger. Even though I'm relatively fit, not overweight and don't smoke, I had two heart attacks recently. I nearly didn't make 60. :(

2025-11-07 05:05:52 UTC

Staying somewhere posh tonight!
https://blossom.primal.net/a3807706bccd8f3b80f4408de56374000f7c39df9b8283fda43f28ec8faf82e7.jpg

2025-11-01 04:41:18 UTC

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I thought it meant 'call me' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-11-01 04:38:54 UTC

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Using some nostr clients it's made difficult to like posts, let alone dislike! e.g. forced use of an emoji rather than just tapping a heart.

2025-10-16 03:22:42 UTC

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Engagement. Eyeballs. Advertisements. Profit.
The masterplan for the downfall of civilization?

2025-10-16 03:17:36 UTC

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The thing is; you ain't going to see any growth when people's first experience is; a firehose of bitcoin/scammy/christian/libertarian stuff that's really in need of moderation... That's pretty much what people see, like it or not. I'd say most, if not all, just say wtf, I'm missing nothing here and never return.
And people that have tried a bit harder say they've been fleeced transferring crypto to sats with even the popular wallets compounding the scammy perception.
It's going to be a difficult base to grow from imho.

2025-10-11 02:01:18 UTC

The teaching of Black and Minority Ethnic history and racism is compulsory in Wales, yet it is not a mandatory part of the curriculum in the rest of the UK.
Why's that?
https://stroud.social/notice/Az5JC3gMttBYCt9iAy

2025-10-11 01:59:19 UTC

https://stroud.social/notice/Az5JC3gMttBYCt9iAy

2025-10-08 19:15:18 UTC

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So who is npub1z08...vsymw6tq? It doesn't resolve?

2025-09-01 19:38:35 UTC

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Last time I was at Sophia Gardens was for a Motörhead concert.

2025-08-26 03:54:21 UTC

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People reward this fake news bullshit with sats? Do your research people, don't be gulible sheep....

2025-08-04 21:00:49 UTC

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Fake news. https://fullfact.org/politics/hmrc-not-introducing-enhanced-customs-monitoring/

2025-07-27 02:49:51 UTC

Seen at a Trump protest in Scotland.
https://blossom.primal.net/c682e02356832aaad1e925c63ad228aa804359f240b688536d5a11856f82a1e1.jpg

2025-07-25 05:12:13 UTC

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Yep, I agree with all that.
Any time I see reference to Nostr elsewhere people's first experience is; a firehose of bitcoin/scammy/christian/libertarian stuff that's really in need of moderation...
That's pretty much what people see, like it or not.
People that have tried a bit harder say they've been fleeced transferring crypto to sats with even the popular wallets compounding the scammy perception.
It's going to be a difficult base to grow from imho.

2025-07-21 01:04:39 UTC

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A Pixel with @nprofile…nztg is far more secure than some other device with LineageOS. Just 'removing' Google doesn't improve your privacy or security, it just restricts what Google know about you and will almost uncertainly leave your device vulnerable.

2025-07-14 11:25:53 UTC

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Preempting an unfavorable antitrust ruling, me thinks.

2025-07-13 01:17:37 UTC

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Please don't delete stuff without asking.

2025-07-01 03:24:39 UTC

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The video didn't interest me, your thoughts on the Euro did.

2025-06-30 05:58:39 UTC

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Why do you think the Euro is an experiment?

2025-06-26 06:48:20 UTC

Well done Co-Op members!
BDS VICTORY
The Co-Op will implement boycott of Israeli goods.
#Gaza #Genocide
https://blossom.primal.net/c29e95c69e9b62d49165c756c689ca4a86542c3b838e93bbb554247e9fc9bf42.jpg

2025-06-05 07:07:26 UTC

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Absolutely! An espresso maker transforms the taste of coffee compared to the same in a cafetiere.

2025-06-02 02:00:52 UTC

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Last time I went to Sophia Gardens it was to a Motörhead concert!

2025-06-01 08:23:44 UTC

"and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid"
Audre Lorde

2025-05-28 05:50:14 UTC

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Freedom of speech is dependent on jurisdiction, isn't it? Each having different limitations.

2025-05-23 05:45:39 UTC

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The codebase looks a bit stale. Little activity for a few years. Is a new developer getting involved or something?

2025-05-14 15:10:08 UTC

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Couldn't we (UK) do that? What's not to like? :)

2025-04-22 01:02:30 UTC

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At the very least it would have saved the UK from the catastrophe that was the Boris Johnson Govt. In the end he was forced to renounce his US citizenship to avoid the IRS's attention. He ultimatly resigned to avoid being ejected from parliament in disgrace over his lies and deception. His behaviour ultimately led to catastrophic electoral defeat and collapse of his party.

2025-04-21 07:32:12 UTC

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That's an AI generated post. lol.

2025-04-20 15:25:20 UTC

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I used LineageOS on a FP4 for a good while. It does what it says on the tin. I have huge respect for that project and the team. But I wanted something that was more secure the only option, in reality, was GrapheneOS. The only thing thay irked me was purchasing Google hardware. I refused to buy new and bought a second hand Pixel 8 in the end.

2025-04-20 02:10:19 UTC

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geez, pdf's are sooo hard to read on smartphone :(

2025-04-19 21:02:32 UTC

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I think there comes a point where it's best to block the throwaway account and move on. The origin and intent is clear. People will draw their own conclusions.

2025-04-19 17:19:41 UTC

Chongqing , a multilayer city.
https://m.primal.net/QWNS.mp4

2025-04-19 09:42:44 UTC

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My youngest, with friends, somehow managed to get a bootleg copy of the Minecraft movie running within Minecraft. I'm glad that I've raisedhim well. :)

2025-04-18 03:16:48 UTC

So, yet again my small high street cookshop in a rural English town has paid more tax than Starbucks entire UK operation.
Cynically, Starbucks is more than profitable enough to pay £40m of royalties to its US parent company, thereby incuring a loss of £35m.
Global revenue for 2024 was $36billion.
https://m.primal.net/QUVu.png

2025-04-15 04:58:03 UTC

'Good chance' of US-UK trade deal, says JD Vance
What chance does the UK have of ensuring that the US meets its obligations when neither Mexico or Canada could?
#uspol

2025-04-11 02:41:12 UTC

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Article I of the constitution provides that Congress is “to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations”
Somebody's dropped the ball.

2025-04-11 01:50:38 UTC

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Just one feature request for the entire OS; allow swiping to turn pages in this app rather than those tiny buttons!

2025-04-11 01:45:42 UTC

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Sounds great. I've paid taxes all my life. Close to retirement age. But had recent heart issues. Can no longer work. Treatment received has cost over $100k+. How should that be funded?

2025-04-09 04:37:39 UTC

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Help me out here with your terminology. I'm from UK.
Using well known figures I guess George W Bush would be Right Wing and J.D. Vance Right Wing Authoritarian? Is this right? Help me out on the Left side. Where would, say, the Clinton's or Obahma fit? Left? Would that make Authoritarian Left , Bernie Saunders?

2025-04-08 10:05:52 UTC

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I seriously looked at one of these but baulked and went with a Linux Thinkpad. I might have erred. :(

2025-04-03 04:24:25 UTC

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So true. I wonder if this is merely an adjustment to policy put in place by Regan and Thatcher way back when? Or if it is the start of its unwinding?

2025-03-30 07:13:12 UTC

Metadata; Infomation used by law enforcement to surveil Facebook/WhatsApp/Insta users.
#BadDadJoke

2025-03-29 04:39:50 UTC

When they come for the Quakers you know your country is really in trouble. How can the Quakers be a threat to this or any other democratic government?
https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-condemn-police-raid-on-westminster-meeting-house

2025-03-25 02:03:38 UTC

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Some say that miscommunication used to be a treason to resign, but nowadays it merely sends a bad signal.

2025-03-23 22:05:50 UTC

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Wise words. :)

2025-03-22 03:48:50 UTC

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The last time I recall an Executive Order as sweeping as this was after 9/11 where Bush permitted the wide sharing of privileged and sensitive data. That culminated in the Iraq, diplomat, Manning, Wikileak débâcle a decade later. Whatever your view on that doesn't much matter, but the unexpected consequences of poorly thought out Executive Orders are demonstratably profound.

2025-03-20 03:47:26 UTC

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Needs mfa though.