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  happy to see that Steve's LG video on Smart TVs sparked a chain reaction to investigate other manufacturers of Smart TVs. and surprise, it's the same bullshit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvFu343KNek I will point out that some of those manufacturers also make "smart monitors" (e.g Samsung) - just FYI. #InternetOfShit #InternetOfThings #IoT #SmartTV #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Surveillance

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  фільм про українську біженку в Манчестері знятий українською режисеркою яку я особисто знаю. вона сама є біженкою та зняла його виключно на свій айфон. дуже раджу побачити. я знаю, що історій подібних до історії Яни, багато — але саме тому це варто подивитися https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T547SxqQqI4 @ua@social.noleron.com @rada@social.net.ua #Україна

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  a lot of criticism towards Andy Burnham related to North Sea drilling completely miss the point. he isn't being lobbied by oil & gas companies, but by leaders of two major Labour-affiliated trade unions who represent oil & gas workers. same people who called refusal by pro-green Miliband to drill in North Sea "madness" and called him being chancellor akin to having "noose around the neck". #ClimateChange #Politics #UnitedKingdom #UK #Ecology #Environment #Ren...

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  "The UK government had made a second request to Apple to grant it a “back door” to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users, according to an order issued by the court" #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #Apple #Tech #Technology #UnitedKingdom #UK #TechPolicy

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  if anyone wants to learn about recent weeks in Ukraine regarding Fedorov/Syrskyy protests and their background, evolution of Ukrainian Armed Forces during that time, and challenges Ukraine is facing in next few months - this is fantastic analysis from someone who served in the frontline https://vladyslavstarodubtsev.substack.com/p/what-is-even-going-on-fedorov-syrskyi (while I know it's Substack, I know the author personally and can vouch for him) #Ukraine #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar #Ru...

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  when AI bubble bursts, all CEOs of AI companies who do shit like this must be held accountable and sued to the oblivion until they're completely broke. https://www.cityam.com/ai-firms-targeting-londons-rare-bookshops-in-dystopian-hunt-for-training-data/ #Books #Reading #Library #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NoAI #Tech #Technology #London

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  if you live around Manchester or plan to visit it and never heard about Harcourt pub, this is a must go. founded by Hong Kong refugees, it is genuinely one of the best pubs I've been in over 12 years I've lived in UK. I'm not exaggerating. https://youtu.be/kW2oPcTykzY (English subtitles available) (yes I know it's not *really* in Manchester but in Altrincham - nonetheless, it's 100% worth travelling 30 minutes by tram from city centre) #Manchester #Pub #HongKong #Alcohol...

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  lol - BlueZ has started using LLM for analysing btmon trace if it has been attached. I'd have even understood if it was a locally trained LLM - but no, as it''s explicitly stated when creating issue, it's a third-party one! considering BlueZ is pretty much the sole option for Bluetooth stack on Linux, perhaps there might have to be a discussion for alternatives... #Bluetooth #BlueZ #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #RaspberryPi #Ubuntu #Debian #Privacy #LLM #AI #ArtificialIntelligence...

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  this is absolutely fantastic news - current proposal is flawed and completely unworkable. I'd suggest to go further & review eVisa scheme https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/18/burnham-to-scrap-starmers-digital-id-scheme-in-reset-of-priorities however, if Burnham & his team are going to stick with U-16 social media ban, how do they think it's going to work? because social media ban is pretty much a "soft" version of Digital ID #Privacy #Surveillance #Digital...

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@gamersvoice/116913910854409014 oh the irony: the game about pirates does anti-pirate shit #Gaming #Videogames #Ubisoft #AssassinsCreed #StopKillingGames

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  tfw you bake something (that no one has tried except me) yourself for a charity event and people took all of it in mere minutes – and enjoyed 😌

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  you thought kitchen knife with Bluetooth sounded ridiculous? HOW ABOUT VODKA WITH BLUETOOTH AND AI CONTROLS :angry_laugh: yes, it's real product and it costs $250 https://amoonspirits.com/product/amoon-vodka-with-vortex-control-unit/ also, its app stores location and personal info & may transit it to third parties. just to control the bottle. #InternetOfShit #InternetOfThings #IoT #Hardware #Bluetooth #Tech #Technology #Alcohol #Drink #Privacy #Surveillance #Wireless

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  after some good news about Andy Burnham's tech policy - aka ditching Palantir - we're coming to bad ones (albeit I expected that since he backed the ban in January) https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/andy-burnham-social-media-ban-37383525 funny enough he's supposedly against UK Digital ID so... how exactly does he think it's going to get enforced lol #Privacy #AgeVerification #TechPolicy #Surveillance #Tech #Technology #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan #StopKillingTheInternet #O...

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  but... I was told by some pRoFeSsOrS on Fediverse that defence spending is too expensive & that russia is not a threat... "The report says RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and other US air force bases in England were among the sites targeted by drones in late 2024. [...] drones may have been launched from Russia-linked vessels" https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/putins-shadow-fleet-drones-spy-nuclear-5HjdcQ7_2/ #Defence #Military #UnitedKingdom #UK #Drones #U...

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  RE: https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/116855493780357554 "Allies of Mr Burnham point to the fact that the Greater Manchester Combined Authority did not issue a single contract to Palantir under his leadership between 2017 and last month" - that's because GM NHS already has a working solution that outperformed Palantir. but I guess I hope that my blog post for Mainstream Labour that appeals for digital sovereignty & ditching Palantir has contributed to it :bl...

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@tazgetroete/116840316359077123 one again, horseshoe theory proves that it exists and it works ✅ perhaps now some will understand that authoritarianism comes not just from far-right, but from far-left too? #Politics #Europe #EU #Germany

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  IMO the situation with Mullvad CEO's donation to a red-brown tankie party (funny ppl call it fascist because it seems to be actually an authoritarian leftwing party) proves one crucial thing: if majority of workers don't have a say about company ethics and there's no transparency wrt donations related to politics by upper management, then they'll continue doing this. after all, CEOs will care about themselves first and foremost. #Privacy #Mullvad #VPN

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  we are not... supposed... to have... wireless firmware update... on a knife... (yes this is real product; yes it has Wi-Fi & Bluetooth https://seattleultrasonics.com/products/c-200-ultrasonic-8-chefs-knife) #InternetOfThings #InternetOfShit #IoT #Tech #Technology #Embedded #Firmware #Hardware #Cooking #Bluetooth #Wireless

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  how dare Edinburgh Central electorate to not elect a gannet into the Holyrood. justice for gannets! (I love UK elections) #UKPolitics #UKPol #Elections #Scotland

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  who we thought was going to make Linux popular for casuals: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, Fedora who actually did: SteamDeck, Windows 11, TPM 2.0 #Linux #FOSS #Microsoft #Windows #Steam #SteamDeck #Tech #Technology

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  when cooking food meets open source :flan_chef: (h/t https://cooklang.org/) #OggCamp #FOSS #OpenSource #Cooking #Food

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  ну це ми :blobcatlaugh: три речі не змінюються: вогонь, вода та клеймо "терористи" яке росіяни навішують на нас, вільних ічкерійців @ua @rada

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  рівно 30 років тому перший президент Ічкерії Джохар Дудаєв був вбит окупаційною російською державою. людина яка завдала поразки російській армії під час першої чеченської війни, і ще тоді попереджала про небезпеку русизму, яким заражене все російське суспільство. він знав що Україна буде наступною, і був впевнен що українці не приймуть русизм. я впевнен, що рано чи пізно ми побачимо те, до чого він прагнув: остаточне падіння https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaQewENwHWs @ua @rada

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@theverge_com/116363717752958473 sorry to disappoint but it has been like that for 3-4 years at least.

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  I'm now officially headcanoning "Satoshi Nakamoto is a Tory necromancer"

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  attention! if you live in UK and see this post, it means you're being visited by RADICAL RED ED on renewable energy & energy security. each UK resident can get a free solar panel to set up if you reply under this post with "hell yes he's tough enough!" https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-approves-uks-largest-power-producing-solar-farm #Renewable #Energy #UnitedKingdom #UK

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  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@thc/116375177350768389 ooooh this one may come useful!

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  European leaders: we shall push for digital sovereignty! improve security of our IT state infrastructure! companies should do the infosec better! also European leaders: let's use Meta software for key discussions on foreign policy 🤪 #Privacy #Security #Whatsapp #Messenger #UKPolitics #UKPol #Tech #Technology #TechPolicy

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  while I'd definitely prefer to see a better speed (at least 1 Mb/s), the fact that South Korea is setting up a precedent for universal mobile access data is what's more important. we need more of such sensible tech policy proposals. "Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Science and ICT Bae Kyunghoon said the scheme is needed because citizens can’t do without access to online services" https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/south_korea_data_access_universal/...

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  a picture worth of a thousand words - and a unifying message to all pro-russian scum, whether ideologically (from far-right to commies) or individually (from orban to varoufakis): #Hungary #Democracy #Europe #EU #Politics #RussiaIsATerroristState #Communism