You know of course that we pronounce Wankinghamsford as “faply”?

My plan for that:

Treat big tech as hostile. I’m writing this webserver. It could be a proxy too or provide a VPN. I integrate with mobile with traditional protocols. I make my server able to do js filtering for me.

Distribute the results.

Big tech won’t turn off the proxy capability. So…

Ha. I never used it.

Ladybird is almost here and looks a lot more hackable. I think things like that are gonna get built in. There are gonna be so many forks.

Plus… someone will train an LLm on it so we can easily hack the browser?

Think it’s scale.

I’ve noticed it gets incredibly dumb at the weekends.

Like they turn off a bunch of stuff when none of their corp clients are looking.

I think they do talk about the need for defence. But they’re also right to talk about goals.

And most of the time they’re just trying to get the basic message across that people are being ripped off.

After France, Denmark is moving too: its Digitalisation Ministry plans to phase out Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice in the coming months. The goal is clear—reduce dependence on a handful of global tech giants and strengthen digital sovereignty.

The difficult bit is where the website T&Cs get your agreement to a spanking at paragraph 402.

Yes. Agreed.

Well it’s true. But yes. Over complicated.

Yes. That’s why explicit sexual consent is simpler.

“I am going to spank your bottom now” is a statement that can be very easily non-consented to. Whereas “use of the website … “ x50000 words cannot.

… which is somehow a romantic ideal but also very difficult.

I think (circumspect!) I might even argue that lovers who know each other really really well are so able to understand each other that they are giving explicit consent.

The reason for interjecting into Sal’s musing here is because it maybe perpetuates that myth of consent given non-explicitly…

I think you’re not appreciating diversity?

But maybe I’m over emphasising it.

I know a lot of people who say words almost exactly like that. But a bit more explicitly.

It is. I had a friend for whom the consent part was the best bit. She enjoyed the negotiation.

Lots of people enjoy that I think actually. Other people want the magic that you’re talking about. An unspoken but complete understanding.

A revolution without dancing is no revolution at all.

Again it feels like you’re discussing a general principle with very specific and personal constraints.

Consent approached vary fascinatingly.

"I just want to remind you all that there are local elections coming up - and these elections are so vital because everything we love is actually in jeopardy."

Green Party co-deputy leader Rachel Millward on the importance of the upcoming local elections.

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chatgpt-shell was my most popular #emacs package. Here comes agent-shell #llm #agent #ai #agentic #opencode #gemini #claude #foss #oss #macos #linux

Starmer created this crisis by sacking a qualified and competent woman.

And when he sacked career diplomat Karen Pierce to give Mandelson her job, SIX other senior women diplomats left FCDO as their careers were doomed under his government.

He's done far worse, but I'm fine if this does for him.

Yes!

Did I just argue with a joke? Part of a Bluesky educational series

@sianberry.bsky.social and @zoegarbett.bsky.social joined the National Housing Demo to demand rent controls and outline why voting Green on 7th May is a vote for affordable housing.

(but the self hosting needs to be easier)

Before I left X I saw a racist post not even partially repeatable with asterisks — nothing could possibly be worse. Checked out the guys account and it was nothing but similar obscenities. Reported him. Checked in a week later and the account was still up & he was still posting away.

Distribution.

We, the people, need to take back the Internet.

Self host!

End rip off Britain

Are you the container salesman?

None today thank you.

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Good grief.

At work:

Outlook - have some AI
Outlook - here’s some more AI

Me - please can you send an invite

Outlook - what? Have you tried asking AI?

Me - look I have the invite open can I please send?

Outlook - AAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII