The #AssistedDyingBill is at risk of being deliberately talked out in the Lords. Terminally ill people deserve a compassionate choice – and MPs’ votes should be respected. I support #HumanistsUK and the Assisted Dying Coalition. Sign this petition today! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
Just when we most urgently need an effective broadcasting regulator, Ofcom has drastically watered down its enforcement of the rules it's supposed to uphold.
Ofcom's failure to do its job leaves us dangerously vulnerable. Take action: climatemisinformation.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
This is wild ride!
For those reading this that don't know Pebble watches are being made again. repebble.com
Happy to help.
Just in case you're wondering, today is Sunday.
I just want to know how unsanitary food handling conditions have to get to be contaminated with radioactive cesium! Or maybe I don't...
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 70,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.
Including some users passports & DLs
Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.
Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
Come on, Wes.
This entire thread is an excellent set of safety practices
Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Penrose, Yvette Fuentes, and myself, request your help in order to save an archive of incredible scientific and historical value. Please raise awareness by *sharing*, or *contribute*:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
Guess thoughts and prayers does work.
Bagpuss film 'will be faithful to original', Birmingham producer says
🚨 REMINDER: The Government will test the Emergency Alert System next Sunday at 3PM
Who won?
We have cats! #Caturday
THEFT OF FOOD The main domestic animal likely to steal food from a neighbour's house is the cat. In relation to such offences, the law-text Bretha Étgid lays down the general principle that 'the kitchen is an immunity for cats' (blaí catt cuile). The accompanying commentary explains that the owner of the cat is not liable if food has been carelessly left in the kitchen without proper supervision. From Early Irish Farming by Fergus Kelly.
According to the Old Irish law codes, a cat was legally allowed to steal any food left unsupervised in the kitchen.
NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
Mike explains the rights grant clause and why it is always Like That (full of big scary words)
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3342/pe...
In command prompt type:
hostname|clip
to put machine name in clipboard
This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions.
Now, it has to happen in us.
A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
I see that I'm in for another week of explaining that end-to-end encryption will not fix stupid.
Having mastered toilet paper supply chain logistics, bridge design, balloon dynamics, submarine engineering, Russian history, and forensic ballistics, I would like to explain my theory about the source of the dimethyl sulfide emanating from K2-18b...(1/23)
Trans men are men
Trans women are women
Trans rights are human rights
Since our Equality Act apparently isn't clear enough about that it's time to demand a better one.
