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Dictionary of the Kentish dialect — Kent Archaeological Society Compiled by Camilla Harley.

Its #WordWednesday

Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

Ampery
amp-uri. adj. Weak; unhealthy; beginning to decay, especially applied to cheese. (see also Hampery.)

A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888). Pg 3.

Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP The Reform UK leader has logged more than 1,100 hours for 14 outside employers since his election in July 2024

📌 ICYMI — Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP

The Reform UK leader has logged more than 1,100 hours for 14 outside employers since his election in July 2024

Nigel Farage loves quoting polls. Just not this one. ❌

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Congressional Republicans have introduced a nationwide book banning bill. A group of right-wing Congressional Representatives introduced a federal book banning bill in Congress this week that would give book censors wide latitude to remove books from schools and librarie…

A group of right-wing Congressional Representatives has introduced a federal book banning bill in Congress.

Why you should beware of ChatGPT’s AI caricature trend Images uploaded to AI chatbots could be retained for an unknown amount of time and, if in the wrong hands, could lead to impersonation, scams, and fake social media accounts.

Experts warn that using ChatGPT's AI caricature feature, or any other similar one, could be "a gift to fraudsters" looking to steal from or impersonate you: https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/02/14/chatgpts-ai-caricature-social-media-trend-could-be-a-gift-to-fraudsters-experts-warn

*Love* this video from @transparencyuk.bsky.social - what a compelling case for taking big money out of politics.

And who is that devilishly handsome Irish chap talking such sense in Parliament half way through 🤣

Google product logos and a text saying "Download us" with a cartoon of a man holding a knife up to another man who is trying to protect himself and saying "But I want to use secure, open source apps instead"

🚨Google wants to kill Android freedom

We've signed an Open Letter to urge #Google to keep #Android #free & #open!

Otherwise Google’s Android is becoming Apple: Your device, their rules.

Here's more info 👉 tuta.com/blog/google-...

Read the full open letter here 👉 keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

Putin, Bannon & Silicon Valley: The Axis of Oligarchs Tamsin Shaw explains how anti-market Russian oligarchy has spread to the US, and that Big Tech may be the prime beneficiary.

🔎 From the archive: Putin, Bannon & Silicon Valley: The Axis of Oligarchs — by Tamsin Shaw

🔁 Relevant again: Everything you’re seeing now about the Broligarchy was predicted seven years ago by Tamsin Shaw

Reform's Plans to Import Trump’s Authoritarian 'Project 2025' Blueprint to the UK Far from defending British independence, Reform and its by-election candidate Matt Goodwin are taking blueprints - and cash - from a global network of American hardliners

📌 ICYMI — Reform’s Plans to Import Trump’s Authoritarian ‘Project 2025’ Blueprint to the UK

Far from defending British independence, Reform and its by-election candidate Matt…

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/25/reforms-plans-to-import-trumps-authoritarian-project-2025-blueprint-to-the-uk/

Screenshot: The EU (still) wants to scan your private messages and photos. 4 member states opposing, 23 member states supporting, 0 member states undecided.

Chat Control 1.0 lets Big Tech scan ALL your messages. 👀 

And the EU wants this to continue. Decision is this WEDNESDAY.

⚡  Call your MEPs now! ⚡ 
➡️ fightchatcontrol.eu

A digital graphic features a speech bubble with the text: "Browser fingerprinting... Most don't know how it works, and don't even regularly delete cookies on their browsers at the very least." Below the quote is the handle "@sandworm_cc on X." In the bottom right corner, a cartoon character with a paper bag over their head is shown and a star can be seen in the top left corner. The StartMail logo is at the bottom.

A digital graphic features a speech bubble with the text: "Your phone holds more personal data than anything else - and it's the weakest point in your stack.... On stock iOS/Android, any app can access motion sensors without permission [and] track when you pick it up, walk, drive, etc." Below the quote is the handle "@hacer_bark on X." In the bottom left corner, a cartoon character with a paper bag over their head is shown. The StartMail logo is at the bottom.

A digital graphic features a speech bubble with the text: "I would get data brokers up there! Shady, shady business. Most people aren't even aware of their existence. No need to click a link, we're screwed without doing a thing." Below the quote is the handle "@maique on X." In the bottom right corner, a cartoon character with a paper bag over their head. The StartMail logo is at the bottom.

A digital graphic features a speech bubble with the text: "Email is the #1 crown jewel in your identity profile. Don't talk about email security if you're not using separate inboxes for finance, work, and recovery." Below the quote is the handle "@Cortesal on X." In the bottom left corner, a cartoon character with a paper bag over their head is shown. The StartMail logo is at the bottom.

We asked our users their thoughts on what they considered the most underrated privacy threat that people don't know about. Truth be told, it was hard to pick a singular best answer, since each of these answers makes SUCH good points...so take note!

GitHub - laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist: A huge blocklist of manually curated sites that contain AI generated imagery for uBlock Origin & uBlacklist. A huge blocklist of manually curated sites that contain AI generated imagery for uBlock Origin & uBlacklist. - laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

Geek tip from the Tuta Team: How NOT to see AI images.

Use this HUGE AI BLOCKLIST for uBlock Origin: github.com/laylavish/uB...

Enjoy your Sunday 🎉

Today, we’re striking.

Wandering Around Through Prehistoric Britain The first hominins known to have walked on land which is now British appeared less than one million years ago. In  a landscape of conifers, grass and mud, a group of five adults and children left t…

Graham Robb chronicles the earliest prehistoric settlements on what is now British land.

ICE wants to use violence to stop us from exercising our constitutional rights.

Over the weekend, they murdered a man. Tonight, 87,000 new people (so far) will get trained to continue his work.

Join the No Kings coalition for a mass ICE Watch training:

It's Holly Holy Day in #Nantwich today, the annual reenactment day of the Battle of Nantwich

Fnd out more 👉 www.battleofnantwich.org

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!

Minnesotans are bringing a halt to business as usual - no work, no shopping, no school - to demand ICE OUT.

If you're not in Minnesota, support their demands and find an event near you here: iceoutforgood.org

‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...

SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.

Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.

Delete request and opt-out platform (DROP) Protect your personal information. Data brokers collect, share, and sell your personal information. You can stop that from happening.

The State of California has launched a state-run portal where residents will be able to submit their information and have it removed from data brokers' databases. It's the first program of its kind in the world: https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/

FLyer for the vigil at the US embassy on Monday 18.30

On Monday we will gather in anger, grief & solidarity to remember Renee Nicole Good & the many victims of racist ICE violence - outside the US embassy🕯️

@ukstoptrump.bsky.social @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social @indivisible.org

⚠ NEW: Because of a train striking a tree in #Chilham area, no trains are able to run between Ashford and Canterbury West. More to follow.

Clean Sheet. Change, From the bottom up. by Clean Sheet - Indiegogo A toilet roll where 100% of the profits fund fairer housing, climate action and workers' rights

Everyone needs to buy loo roll.

Might as well buy it & put 100% of profits into causes for social good, huh? 😊😊

And bonus! One of the orgs benefiting from your dry fanny will be the brilliant @migrantvoice.bsky.social 🧻🧻

Just 6 days left to back the kickstarter!
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

Art book left on board 14.04 fron Charing Cross to Ramsgate

ℹ️ Have you left your art book on board 14.04 Charing Cross to Ramsgate train? If so, please get in touch with us as we'd love to reunite you.

I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…

And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say

…funny that.

‘The New York Times won’t settle’: Why reporters will not be intimidated by Donald Trump David McCraw, lead newsroom lawyer for the NYT, talks liberty and lawsuits with Alan and Janine

“It may take some time, it’s gonna cost some money… but I would not be worried” America’s best media lawyer- who has gone toe to toe with Donald Trump- has reassuring words for the BBC on the latest Media Confidential podcast . app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71623/...

Sad to hear that ALL. Bar. One. in @shitchester.bsky.social has finally closed - Anyone know what's coming next for this unit?

Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.

The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.

Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.

Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy

YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.

Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people

...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"

It's £10ph FFS!

Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger

DO YOU SEE IT NOW?

Spread far & wide.

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings