Anthony
@anthonyobrien.bsky.social
Roblox Game Developer
Comp Sci & Maths student
Comp Sci & Maths student
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Reminder that you can and should still sign this petition demanding the repeal of the Online Safety Act. A huge example of government overreach which can and will be used to persecute minorities, especially LGBTQ people under the guise of "child safety" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
petition.parliament.uk
July 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Reminder that you can and should still sign this petition demanding the repeal of the Online Safety Act. A huge example of government overreach which can and will be used to persecute minorities, especially LGBTQ people under the guise of "child safety" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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UK users when the website asks them where they're posting from today.
July 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
UK users when the website asks them where they're posting from today.
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The more righteous the name, the more dangerous the law.
This legislation does not protect children. If it did then it would force Snapchat, Discord & other online grooming hotspots to implement proper age verification.
A revenue generator masked as "safety"
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/5...
This legislation does not protect children. If it did then it would force Snapchat, Discord & other online grooming hotspots to implement proper age verification.
A revenue generator masked as "safety"
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/5...
Online Safety Act 2023
www.legislation.gov.uk
July 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The more righteous the name, the more dangerous the law.
This legislation does not protect children. If it did then it would force Snapchat, Discord & other online grooming hotspots to implement proper age verification.
A revenue generator masked as "safety"
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/5...
This legislation does not protect children. If it did then it would force Snapchat, Discord & other online grooming hotspots to implement proper age verification.
A revenue generator masked as "safety"
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/5...
What a stupid system
July 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What a stupid system
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It hasn’t even been 24 hours since the stupid “safety” bill came into effect and multiple friends of mine have been hit with blocks they can’t remove because the outsourced ML face scan models think they’re too young 🙃🙃
July 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It hasn’t even been 24 hours since the stupid “safety” bill came into effect and multiple friends of mine have been hit with blocks they can’t remove because the outsourced ML face scan models think they’re too young 🙃🙃
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This is catastrophic for UK journalists trying to use this platform vs Twitter, will kill DMs for most users and make the experience shit for newbies.
All to stop teenagers accessing porn on a site with no teenagers and where the most arousing content is some graphs posted by policy nerds.
All to stop teenagers accessing porn on a site with no teenagers and where the most arousing content is some graphs posted by policy nerds.
Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
Bluesky users in the UK can verify their age using their face, ID, or payment card.
www.theverge.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is catastrophic for UK journalists trying to use this platform vs Twitter, will kill DMs for most users and make the experience shit for newbies.
All to stop teenagers accessing porn on a site with no teenagers and where the most arousing content is some graphs posted by policy nerds.
All to stop teenagers accessing porn on a site with no teenagers and where the most arousing content is some graphs posted by policy nerds.
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Even assuming they'll ever functionally exist - they won't - driverless cars are intended to push us further towards car dependence, not away from it. @adamtranter.bsky.social has written up a clear case against this: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The car made pedestrians second-class citizens. Don’t let driverless vehicles push us off the road altogether | Adam Tranter
If we want autonomous tech to succeed it must be designed to share space with us, rather than forcing us to adapt to it, says former cycling and walking commissioner Adam Tranter
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Even assuming they'll ever functionally exist - they won't - driverless cars are intended to push us further towards car dependence, not away from it. @adamtranter.bsky.social has written up a clear case against this: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reminder that oil tankers can be stopped but the sun and wind can’t. Renewables are energy security.
Israel strike puts all eyes on Hormuz and $100 oil reut.rs/43VO0Wi
Israel strike puts all eyes on Hormuz and $100 oil
Israel’s strikes on Iran on Friday have raised the prospect of global oil prices hitting $100 a barrel. If Tehran seeks to escalate the conflict by retaliating beyond Israeli borders, it could seek to choke off the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important gateway for oil shipping.
reut.rs
June 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reminder that oil tankers can be stopped but the sun and wind can’t. Renewables are energy security.
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Misinformation: A Telegraph guide
1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
May 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Misinformation: A Telegraph guide
1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
awesome new UI beta that is gonna make my React trees so much simpler
devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-bet...
devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-bet...
[Studio Beta] Introducing UI Styling!
Hi Creators! Today, we’re excited to introduce UI Styling as a Studio beta! UI styling is a Roblox-native feature that lets you declare and globally apply overrides to UI instance properties. This ha...
devforum.roblox.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
awesome new UI beta that is gonna make my React trees so much simpler
devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-bet...
devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-bet...
Just changed my train on LNER with no admin fee - since when??
May 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Just changed my train on LNER with no admin fee - since when??
Why does Apple INSIST that Airpods is my default microphone, making my audio sound shit every time I join a call or game. And then I have to reset it manually and launch the game again. And if the Airpods switch to iPhone? I have to do it all over again.
May 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Why does Apple INSIST that Airpods is my default microphone, making my audio sound shit every time I join a call or game. And then I have to reset it manually and launch the game again. And if the Airpods switch to iPhone? I have to do it all over again.
Is it just me or does it feel unnecessarily harsh that to mark me down an entire degree classification because I was 1.5 days late on a 3 month long project
May 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Is it just me or does it feel unnecessarily harsh that to mark me down an entire degree classification because I was 1.5 days late on a 3 month long project
This album is incredible.
April 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This album is incredible.
Airpods Max are highly underrated
April 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Airpods Max are highly underrated
Just sacrificed yet another hour of time doing my coursework to model gearboxes in our game accurately (no one will notice anyway)
April 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just sacrificed yet another hour of time doing my coursework to model gearboxes in our game accurately (no one will notice anyway)
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Please unfollow me if you find anything to celebrate in today's Supreme Court ruling. Once again we see fear and ignorance masquerading as 'common sense', and the bullying of an already vulnerable minority being legitimised by law. Shameful.
April 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Please unfollow me if you find anything to celebrate in today's Supreme Court ruling. Once again we see fear and ignorance masquerading as 'common sense', and the bullying of an already vulnerable minority being legitimised by law. Shameful.
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Here's an example. Imagine you want to make a mobile slider UI component. You first detect when the user started the drag on the UI component itself. Then you use UserInputService to detect changes and ending, using the InputObject as the way to detect if it's the same finger.
March 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here's an example. Imagine you want to make a mobile slider UI component. You first detect when the user started the drag on the UI component itself. Then you use UserInputService to detect changes and ending, using the InputObject as the way to detect if it's the same finger.
neighbours were annoying me with their jazz so they’ve had to listen to 3 consecutive fontaines DC albums start to finish
February 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
neighbours were annoying me with their jazz so they’ve had to listen to 3 consecutive fontaines DC albums start to finish
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on why she did not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration:
“Let me make myself clear. I don’t celebrate rapists.”
“Let me make myself clear. I don’t celebrate rapists.”
January 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on why she did not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration:
“Let me make myself clear. I don’t celebrate rapists.”
“Let me make myself clear. I don’t celebrate rapists.”