Robin Wilton 🇱🇧
@komadori.bsky.social
Privacy advocate. Germ me for Bluesky DMs:
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complete digression but this one always cracks me up because sure yes the *modern* tampon was invented by Tampax to treat bullet wounds but you know who invented tampons to manage menstrual bleeding? Nah we don’t know either because the earliest written records of them are from nearly 4000 years ago
Clever.
I have in a professional capacity used tampons for things rather closer to their original design purpose (packing gunshot wounds) than might be expected, and this notion has come as a surprise to colleagues including at referral, who clearly never thought to do that?
I have in a professional capacity used tampons for things rather closer to their original design purpose (packing gunshot wounds) than might be expected, and this notion has come as a surprise to colleagues including at referral, who clearly never thought to do that?
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
complete digression but this one always cracks me up because sure yes the *modern* tampon was invented by Tampax to treat bullet wounds but you know who invented tampons to manage menstrual bleeding? Nah we don’t know either because the earliest written records of them are from nearly 4000 years ago
I see Amazon wisely don't have an account here, as far as I can tell. I came here to congratulate them on the fatal enshittification of their Music app, which now won't let me listen to the music I've bought, but plays other stuff it thinks I might like (buy) instead. Nope. Bye bye app: 🛢️🔥
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I see Amazon wisely don't have an account here, as far as I can tell. I came here to congratulate them on the fatal enshittification of their Music app, which now won't let me listen to the music I've bought, but plays other stuff it thinks I might like (buy) instead. Nope. Bye bye app: 🛢️🔥
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They’re already a failure at the council level. Why aren’t journalists asking them why they wouldn’t be a failure at running the country when they’re already failing miserably at running county councils?
How many reform councillors have been suspended/quit? How many taxes risen after cuts promised?
How many reform councillors have been suspended/quit? How many taxes risen after cuts promised?
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
They’re already a failure at the council level. Why aren’t journalists asking them why they wouldn’t be a failure at running the country when they’re already failing miserably at running county councils?
How many reform councillors have been suspended/quit? How many taxes risen after cuts promised?
How many reform councillors have been suspended/quit? How many taxes risen after cuts promised?
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Face age estimation doesn't even meet the threshold for "fairness" when it is used for age-gating the internet, so of course it can be used to make life-changing decisions !? I think Yoti need to review their ethics and unpublished DPIA.
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Face age estimation doesn't even meet the threshold for "fairness" when it is used for age-gating the internet, so of course it can be used to make life-changing decisions !? I think Yoti need to review their ethics and unpublished DPIA.
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In the Epstein Administration, tanking child sexual exploitation & adult sex trafficking investigations is a bug, not a feature.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
In the Epstein Administration, tanking child sexual exploitation & adult sex trafficking investigations is a bug, not a feature.
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I hope NCMEC is happy with their choice to throw trans kids under the bus in order to appease an administration that [checks notes] reassigned so many CSAM investigators to go arrest nannies that it's caused a "noticeable drop" in follow-ups on platforms' CyberTips.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I hope NCMEC is happy with their choice to throw trans kids under the bus in order to appease an administration that [checks notes] reassigned so many CSAM investigators to go arrest nannies that it's caused a "noticeable drop" in follow-ups on platforms' CyberTips.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
The bigger question is: since Labour now seem to have pissed off *everyone* and are likely to get their *rse handed to them on the way out, at the next election...
who do you vote for to get your fundamental rights back?
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who do you vote for to get your fundamental rights back?
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ffs what is labour doing here? when will they learn they can’t win (and shouldn’t win) on the right’s terms?
UK government to shake up human rights laws in asylum overhaul on.ft.com/3WZAePy
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The bigger question is: since Labour now seem to have pissed off *everyone* and are likely to get their *rse handed to them on the way out, at the next election...
who do you vote for to get your fundamental rights back?
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who do you vote for to get your fundamental rights back?
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Hands up if you knew it stood for Make America Gormless Again...
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hands up if you knew it stood for Make America Gormless Again...
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Indeed. There are plenty of other questions, too, that are unanswered by a white paper that, given how long it has been in the making, is surprisingly light on detail. I flag some of the key legal and constitutional questions that need to be answered here: publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Indeed. There are plenty of other questions, too, that are unanswered by a white paper that, given how long it has been in the making, is surprisingly light on detail. I flag some of the key legal and constitutional questions that need to be answered here: publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
Earlier this Nov., the Commission announced this joint effort with Ofcom and the Aus Safety Commission. You might wonder how they manage to claim those two regulators have achieved "world leading" child safety programs and yet only now be considering the privacy and security aspects. 🤷♂️💁♂️🤦♂️
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Earlier this Nov., the Commission announced this joint effort with Ofcom and the Aus Safety Commission. You might wonder how they manage to claim those two regulators have achieved "world leading" child safety programs and yet only now be considering the privacy and security aspects. 🤷♂️💁♂️🤦♂️
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One of the most shameful incidents of WW2 was when the government and press scapegoated refugees, then decided to pack them off an a cramped ship, The HMT DUNERA and ship them to Australia.
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One of the most shameful incidents of WW2 was when the government and press scapegoated refugees, then decided to pack them off an a cramped ship, The HMT DUNERA and ship them to Australia.
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
I'd be willing to bet that the people who reckon their cost-of-living woes are all caused by immigrants are the same people who reckoned that all the UK's domestic woes were caused by the 1.6% of Government spending that went on EU membership.
Yesterday, we put out a report on the most important issues to voters.
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'd be willing to bet that the people who reckon their cost-of-living woes are all caused by immigrants are the same people who reckoned that all the UK's domestic woes were caused by the 1.6% of Government spending that went on EU membership.
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Yesterday, we put out a report on the most important issues to voters.
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yesterday, we put out a report on the most important issues to voters.
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
There's nothing generous about the UK's approach to handling refugees.
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There's nothing generous about the UK's approach to handling refugees.
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"... it goes after those of us who look like we could be immigrants. We have talked a lot about illegal immigration sitting at the heart of this debate, but what we are not talking about so much is race"
Shabana Mahmood condemning the hostile environment back in 2018
Shabana Mahmood condemning the hostile environment back in 2018
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"... it goes after those of us who look like we could be immigrants. We have talked a lot about illegal immigration sitting at the heart of this debate, but what we are not talking about so much is race"
Shabana Mahmood condemning the hostile environment back in 2018
Shabana Mahmood condemning the hostile environment back in 2018
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
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British power came from being at the centre of a global network of trade, conquest, and exploitation. We managed to shake off *some* of the more unpleasant aspects of that in the late 20th Century, but we still needed the rest of the world.
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
British power came from being at the centre of a global network of trade, conquest, and exploitation. We managed to shake off *some* of the more unpleasant aspects of that in the late 20th Century, but we still needed the rest of the world.
I've got an idea - how about scrapping the Home Office and using the savings to help asylum seekers become tax-paying citizens. Two decades since it was pointed out to John Reid, and the Home Office is still not fit for purpose.
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I've got an idea - how about scrapping the Home Office and using the savings to help asylum seekers become tax-paying citizens. Two decades since it was pointed out to John Reid, and the Home Office is still not fit for purpose.
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‘Ask one simple question: How do Home Sec’s proposals improve lives of constituents?
The answer is: they do not improve them. There will be no new money and there is nothing that will help address real problems in communities because they simply do not stem from people seeking sanctuary with us.‘
The answer is: they do not improve them. There will be no new money and there is nothing that will help address real problems in communities because they simply do not stem from people seeking sanctuary with us.‘
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
‘Ask one simple question: How do Home Sec’s proposals improve lives of constituents?
The answer is: they do not improve them. There will be no new money and there is nothing that will help address real problems in communities because they simply do not stem from people seeking sanctuary with us.‘
The answer is: they do not improve them. There will be no new money and there is nothing that will help address real problems in communities because they simply do not stem from people seeking sanctuary with us.‘
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‘It is unconscionable that [refugees] can be both targeted with deliberate cruelty and weaponised to dismantle universal human rights protections. But that is what the Home Secretary’s proposals do, answering a manufactured crisis with a policy that will have much more fundamental consequences’.
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
‘It is unconscionable that [refugees] can be both targeted with deliberate cruelty and weaponised to dismantle universal human rights protections. But that is what the Home Secretary’s proposals do, answering a manufactured crisis with a policy that will have much more fundamental consequences’.
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🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
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“And, sniff, our lovely culture waah waah which is the strongest and best culture right as it is now and sobs can never be broken waah waah or destroyed is at risk from some waah waah penniless frightened people seeking sanctuary from horrors hysterical octave shift and how can it possible survive”
November 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“And, sniff, our lovely culture waah waah which is the strongest and best culture right as it is now and sobs can never be broken waah waah or destroyed is at risk from some waah waah penniless frightened people seeking sanctuary from horrors hysterical octave shift and how can it possible survive”