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Digital certificates, crypto (that's _cryptography_, not anything currency-related), drumming, singing, photography, foxes. She/her. All opinions mine.

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Jeff Bezos is spying on you to determine the maximum amount of wealth he can extract from you. Tell him what he can do with himself.

14.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 204 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

This is absolutely bonkers and infuriating.

Must-read reporting by ProPublica.

14.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 1306 πŸ” 669 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 59
A display of tote bags with the three word slogan - Stockport Isn’t Shit.

A display of tote bags with the three word slogan - Stockport Isn’t Shit.

Stockport Tourist Board’s new slogan is a winner. Snappy AND mostly accurate. It’s the new β€œI <3 NY”.

14.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 7

They blew up USAid and doomed millions to an agonizing death but a video of them being an idiot on camera is causing reputational damage

14.03.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 4457 πŸ” 1260 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 16
Mark zuckerberg

Mark zuckerberg

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Instagram is ending its end-to-end encrypted messaging feature on May 8, 2026.

They said the feature was rarely used, and ending it means the platform can access more message content for "safety checks".

14.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
Text reads chem test today, I’m prepared to cheat on the whole thing. They’re already in the classroom and it seems too late to stop them from cheating.

Text reads chem test today, I’m prepared to cheat on the whole thing. They’re already in the classroom and it seems too late to stop them from cheating.

They’ve decided to cheat with ChatGPT, saying: β€œHello chat, I’m going to upload four pictures and a couple of minutes (they probably meant in.. omg 😭) I need you to give me the answers for every problem, do not explain how to get the answer, just show me the answer and the slight work for it if it needs it. If it’s an ABCD question, immediately give me the answer.” 

ChatGPT replies: β€œGot it” and gives them the instructions back in full and tells them to go ahead and upload the images.

They’ve decided to cheat with ChatGPT, saying: β€œHello chat, I’m going to upload four pictures and a couple of minutes (they probably meant in.. omg 😭) I need you to give me the answers for every problem, do not explain how to get the answer, just show me the answer and the slight work for it if it needs it. If it’s an ABCD question, immediately give me the answer.” ChatGPT replies: β€œGot it” and gives them the instructions back in full and tells them to go ahead and upload the images.

They got their test back, their result is an F, who could’ve seen that coming right?

They got their test back, their result is an F, who could’ve seen that coming right?

This text to ChatGPT reads: Chat let me know how I got an F. 

ChatGPT: You probably got an F, because many of the answers I gave you earlier were wrong.

It then proceeds to show them the correct answers from the test.

This text to ChatGPT reads: Chat let me know how I got an F. ChatGPT: You probably got an F, because many of the answers I gave you earlier were wrong. It then proceeds to show them the correct answers from the test.

A story in four parts. 😭

14.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 708 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 47

Um, Dungeon Master University (same people as D&D in a Castle) are setting up in the UK (Darlington) under the name Dungeon Master University Branch Campus. They're also calling themselves "DMU".. Two questions.

11.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7
Anthony's TV

Anthony's TV

This is the default configuration of Samsung TV. GB News has bought prime spot.

What this meant was that racist chat entered my front room yesterday ("foreign NHS workers can't speak English").at 6.30pm with my six year old listening.

How can Ofcom just sit back and let this happen?

14.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 709 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 46

The Science, Innovation & Tech committee have written the most amazing letter to DSIT/UKRI/STFC:

"What is clear is that, despite your assertions to the contrary... widespread cuts have been proposed before adequate consultation with those affected was undertaken. This is wholly unacceptable" πŸ’ͺπŸ”­βš›οΈπŸ§ͺ

12.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8

Arrest quotas

Palantir selected β€œtargets”

No warrants

Random detainments

Despicable

14.03.2026 04:07 πŸ‘ 1684 πŸ” 742 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 34
On the right of the image is a sheer cliff face marked with vertical striations; talus lies at its base. The left of the image is in almost total darkness, and the background is deep space.

On the right of the image is a sheer cliff face marked with vertical striations; talus lies at its base. The left of the image is in almost total darkness, and the background is deep space.

This is a cliff on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

It's about 1 km tall.

If you jumped from the top, it would take you 47 minutes to reach the bottom, and you'd probably be OK.

13.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 794 πŸ” 260 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 32
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Danny Bones: the AI rapper funded by a far-right party Advance UK has hired the mystery β€˜collective’ behind Danny Bones, a white-nationalist musician and activist – who isn’t real

His anti-Muslim and pro-mass-deportation videos have gone viral with millions of views. Advance UK, the far-right party led by Ben Habib, paid the anonymous group behind him to produce a range of propaganda pieces. But English-Nationalist β€œrapper” Danny Bones doesn't actually exist @tbij.bsky.social

13.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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13.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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"Faster than a speeding bullet."

I love watching border collies work.

13.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 1514 πŸ” 401 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 100

β€œ[T]he Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President.” - Judge James Boasberg

13.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 450 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
The Scottish edition of the Sunday Express newspaper published a front page article by Paula Murray on 8 March 2009, "Anniversary Shame of Dunblane Survivors",[1] which was critical of survivors of the Dunblane massacre, by then aged 18 and 19, for posting "shocking blogs and photographs of themselves on the Internet". The "shocking" content, read from the survivors' social networking pages, with Bebo being mentioned in the article, included colloquial language and some swearing, mentions of sex and alcohol and joking references to a confrontation (interpreted by the tabloid as a "boast" about "getting in fights") and to being a "Scottish terrorist" in London. The article received a great deal of negative attention given the tenuous grounds for making the attacks. Survivors and members of the public complained to the UK Press Complaints Commission.[2][3][4]

The Scottish edition of the Sunday Express newspaper published a front page article by Paula Murray on 8 March 2009, "Anniversary Shame of Dunblane Survivors",[1] which was critical of survivors of the Dunblane massacre, by then aged 18 and 19, for posting "shocking blogs and photographs of themselves on the Internet". The "shocking" content, read from the survivors' social networking pages, with Bebo being mentioned in the article, included colloquial language and some swearing, mentions of sex and alcohol and joking references to a confrontation (interpreted by the tabloid as a "boast" about "getting in fights") and to being a "Scottish terrorist" in London. The article received a great deal of negative attention given the tenuous grounds for making the attacks. Survivors and members of the public complained to the UK Press Complaints Commission.[2][3][4]

Today was the 30th anniversary of Scotland’s first and only school shooting, which is also a day to remember how a right-wing tabloid cyberstalked the survivors waiting for them to turn 18, in order to run a front page smear attack on them for…having grown up to be normal teenagers on the internet.

13.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

people think that it's safer to have the car drive when they're drunk because Tesla told them the car can drive for them, with a massive nudge nudge wink wink over the legality of that; sure they should know better but Tesla should get sued off the face of the planet for enabling this

13.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a lovely bit of writing. Badgers are awesome.

12.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

(2/2) What I did know was that it was to be guided by the overarching values of fuelling creativity, driving collaboration and igniting compassion. These values are even more important in the age of AI, a technology that has the same potential to liberate and cause harm #Web37

12.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

(1/2) 37 years ago today I submitted my proposal for the World Wide Web πŸŽ‚. Today, Rosemary & I spoke with students in New Orleans at Walter Isaacson's Digital History Class @tulaneu.bsky.social. I was asked, as I often am, if I ever could have foreseen where we’d be today. I could not.

12.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 206 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 7

Every single parent who had a child in that school should sue every single teacher that works at that school should sue. There should be an extremely large class action lawsuit against open AI. And if possible, the entire community of Tumbler Ridge should sue.

12.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am continuing to push for better access to medicines where there are currently shortages.

Medicines that support those with ADHD and menopause are life-changing, and it is unacceptable for constituents to be left without the care they need.

12.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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*The Stanford-Ketamine Classic Five-Foot Shelf

*Collect Them All

(first editions preferred)

12.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

A DOGE engineer allegedly walked out of the Social Security Administration with the personal data of more than 500 million living and dead Americans on a thumb drive, reportedly planning to share it with his private employer.

12.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 285 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5
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Live Nation Can β€˜Gouge’ Fans on Fees, Ticketing Executives Boast Two Live Nation Entertainment Inc. executives bragged about the high fees the company charges fans at its venues, joking in internal messages that the company is β€œrobbing them blind” and that β€œthese p...

Internal messages from Live Nation reveal two execs talking about "robbing [fans] blind."

β€œThese people are so stupid. I almost feel bad taking advantage of them," one says.

That man is now the head of ticketing for the unit responsible for Live Nation's 150 amphitheaters.

12.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 962 πŸ” 482 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 83

Every interview with this guy comes off like he's *hoping* to be beaten to death by an angry mob.

12.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 1597 πŸ” 440 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 26
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Sly fox sneaks on to cargo ship in Southampton and arrives in New York The animal that stowed away on the vessel is now in the care of the Bronx Zoo with veterinary staff.

Now the ship's got to go back to Southampton to get the grain.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Woman kept in β€˜Dickensian’ servitude for 25 years speaks out as abuser jailed Amanda Wixon, 56, sentenced to 13 years for keeping victim imprisoned at home in Gloucestershire since 1990s

Absolutely horrendous and villainous

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

12.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Badgers on tenners and otters on fifties,
Ferrets on fivers, yeah that'd be nifty,
Weasels on twenties, much better than kings,
Mustelids are just my favourite things

11.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I do genuinely agree, but may I request we also look at the existing leverage firms like Serco and Mitie have, which are hardly ever talked about in the same way, and the incredible influences they have in key areas, including defence, immigration, prisons etc.

12.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0