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Felix Yates

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Computer science student. Fan of music, books, film, technology, politics, climate, and philosophy.

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Is there a word for the feeling you get when you realise you're being perceived? I'm mostly not a fan of it

30.01.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Was Rylan Wrong about Asylum Hotels? - BBC Debate
Was Rylan Wrong about Asylum Hotels? - BBC Debate YouTube video by Femi

Rylan Clark is just another racist grifter suckling on the Reform teat.

Refugee hotels like the Bell in Epping are just a symptom of our failure to process asylum claims quickly.

The UK has MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS!

29.08.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 200 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

I wonder how many other human rights former human rights lawyer Keir Starmer is excited about demolishing

22.04.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 779 πŸ” 202 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 5

Absolutely disgusting to see regulators forcing universities to tolerate hate. They tip their hand with the level of the fine. This is clearly animosity towards a minority at work.

07.04.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel has killed more journalists in Gaza than in both world wars, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined, says Costs of War project aje.io/te831k

02.04.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 368 πŸ” 244 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 23

just for the record, I have a zero-tolerance policy towards transphobia and if I see it in my mentions it's an instant block.

20.03.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 10744 πŸ” 764 πŸ’¬ 297 πŸ“Œ 1

Of course, but my family don't want to switch from it. If I don't use it, I cannot communicate with them. I can easily give up the other apps.

13.03.2025 21:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Now ditched all but WhatsApp. I hate how it's so widely used.

13.03.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I started dualbooting Ubuntu alongside Windows, and after I thought I wouldn't use it, I now only touch Windows for gaming (Fortnite)

13.03.2025 20:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In other news, the Big Bad Wolf has demanded that the Little Pigs install a backdoor that he has the keys to, to keep them safe.

13.03.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Police Committing Cybercrimes At Alarming Rates
Police Committing Cybercrimes At Alarming Rates YouTube video by Novara Media

This is crazy. Especially as the government have drastically expanded police powers, and are seemingly making it their top priority to weaken encryption.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukhV...

13.03.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just make sure you do so with an adblocker (even better one that blocks trackers too, like uBlock Origin) so it limits the amount of data they can collect about you and sell!

13.03.2025 09:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

I only started using Bookshop.org recently but it's the only thing I'll use from now on, especially for Christmas and birthdays! Will be recommending it to everyone.

13.03.2025 09:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Guardian headline: Treat weapons investments as β€˜ethical’ to help arm Ukraine and UK, MPs urge 

Below: More than 100 Labour MPs and peers sign open letter saying ESG policies are holding back defence spending

Guardian headline: Treat weapons investments as β€˜ethical’ to help arm Ukraine and UK, MPs urge Below: More than 100 Labour MPs and peers sign open letter saying ESG policies are holding back defence spending

It’s unbelievable this even needs saying: Investing in weapons is NEVER ethical.

Profiting from violence only fuels destruction, not peace.

Politicians and the media should be prioritising diplomacy, not more death.

06.03.2025 17:12 πŸ‘ 196 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 8

Nice, I was manually adding them to a moderation list as they followed me but I knew there had to be a better way!

05.03.2025 02:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hot take: I really don't want ultra-crisp, long-form videos on Bluesky. I want mostly text and links to articles and other media, and at a push, a short video. If I wanted to watch a long video, in high quality, I'd watch it on YouTube. Nothing that an embed couldn't do.

05.03.2025 02:09 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Suddenly my interest in learning JavaScript has plummeted off a cliff

05.03.2025 01:56 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It turns out the real cautionary tale of Jurassic Park was β€œdon’t put tech bros in charge of efficiency”

23.02.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 853 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 6
Maybe Don't Take the Fork in the Road (DOGE v. OPM)
Maybe Don't Take the Fork in the Road (DOGE v. OPM) YouTube video by Lawful Masses with Leonard French

I watched an interesting video about it today - definitely worth a watch. The key takeaway is *don't do it*.

youtu.be/6wshJVAyMjc?...

05.02.2025 02:17 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are truly living in the worst timeline

05.02.2025 02:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't wait to start buying my eBooks there - a true competitor to Amazon has been long overdue.

05.02.2025 02:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

05.02.2025 01:34 πŸ‘ 35838 πŸ” 6738 πŸ’¬ 494 πŸ“Œ 476

This just shows how manufactured the outrage, hatred, and transphobia is - if the world today is more hateful than it was in the 1950s, that's the sign of a deeply unhealthy, regressive society

03.02.2025 18:14 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't recommend Nextcloud highly enough! Took me a while to get set up, and I'm only using it for home use, but it truly is excellent.

03.02.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
front page of NYT today

front page of NYT today

A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times

@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

03.02.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 26885 πŸ” 7942 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 769

Nazis are bad. I think we should make that clear.

24.01.2025 01:45 πŸ‘ 12701 πŸ” 1561 πŸ’¬ 214 πŸ“Œ 17

@skyview.social unroll please!

23.01.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0