Thomas McNicholas
@turquoisedays.bsky.social
I'm a Irishman, ex-carpenter, like and use Archlinux, love science fiction, reading books. Don't the migraines that I've inherited. And anti-fascism
Global internet freedoms deteriorated (again) in 2025 - Germany, Georgia & US lost ground | TechRadar www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Global internet freedoms deteriorated (again) in 2025 - Germany, Georgia & US lost ground
China and Myanmar are bottom of the rankings
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November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Global internet freedoms deteriorated (again) in 2025 - Germany, Georgia & US lost ground | TechRadar www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI
Meta goosed its revenue by targeting users likely to click on scam ads, docs show.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Lawrence: Trump says 65% of Americans are ‘FOOLS!’ - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGnf...
Lawrence: Trump says 65% of Americans are ‘FOOLS!’
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Lawrence: Trump says 65% of Americans are ‘FOOLS!’ - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGnf...
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If you have not yet seen John Oliver’s takedown of the billionaires who keep buying news media to replace our news with their opinions, you most definitely should. He really hits the nail on the head. ✊🏾
youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you have not yet seen John Oliver’s takedown of the billionaires who keep buying news media to replace our news with their opinions, you most definitely should. He really hits the nail on the head. ✊🏾
youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
Why Governments Are Fleeing Microsoft odysee.com/@davidbombal...
Why Governments Are Fleeing Microsoft
The Austrian Army ditched Microsoft Office for LibreOffice, but it wasn't about the $6.4M savings. The real reason is digital sovereignty and data control. This is why governments are leaving Microsof...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Why Governments Are Fleeing Microsoft odysee.com/@davidbombal...
Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US | Tuta tuta.com/blog/switzer...
Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US
| Tuta
Revision of Swiss surveillance law VÜPF would directly target VPN & encrypted chat and email providers based in Switzerland.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US | Tuta tuta.com/blog/switzer...
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"It has been suggested that Nigel’s forebears were Huguenot – that the #Farage/Ferridge name originated with Georges Ferauge, a Huguenot who was born in Flanders around 1681 and in England anglicized his name to Ferridge."
#justsayin
#justsayin
Most Reform voters (54%) and 47% of Tory voters say you have to have English family heritage to be considered English - but few voters of any party (7-17%) think you can only be English if you are white
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yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"It has been suggested that Nigel’s forebears were Huguenot – that the #Farage/Ferridge name originated with Georges Ferauge, a Huguenot who was born in Flanders around 1681 and in England anglicized his name to Ferridge."
#justsayin
#justsayin
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Was #Brexit worse than we had thought? - marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo... guess what? it was: "These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." staggering
Was Brexit worse than we had thought? - Marginal REVOLUTION
This paper examines the impact of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (Brexit) in 2016. Using almost a decade of data since the referendum, we combine simulations based on macro data with es...
marginalrevolution.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Was #Brexit worse than we had thought? - marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo... guess what? it was: "These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." staggering
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Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The book cited here is well worth a read. It’s called ‘How They Broke Britain’. Extraordinary to think that any new epilogue would now have to include Jeffrey Epstein.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk The network links are further exposed. ‘The released messages also show Bannon and Epstein discussing UK politics in 2018.’ Bannon texted Epstein: "I've gotten pulled into the Brexit thing this morning with Nigel, Boris and Rees Mogg." www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The book cited here is well worth a read. It’s called ‘How They Broke Britain’. Extraordinary to think that any new epilogue would now have to include Jeffrey Epstein.
Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s AI to Automate Cyberattacks www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
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November 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s AI to Automate Cyberattacks www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Researchers find hole in AI guardrails by using strings like =coffee - www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/a... what? you mean the magic #AI machines aren't totally safe?
EchoGram tokens like ‘=coffee’ flip AI guardrail verdicts
: Who guards the guardrails? Often the same shoddy security as the rest of the AI stack
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November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Researchers find hole in AI guardrails by using strings like =coffee - www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/a... what? you mean the magic #AI machines aren't totally safe?
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Serious organised waste crime is out of control. 38 million tonnes of waste, enough to fill Wembley Stadium 35 times, is believed to be illegally managed at some point in the waste management chain and cost England’s economy over £1 billion every year.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Serious organised waste crime is out of control. 38 million tonnes of waste, enough to fill Wembley Stadium 35 times, is believed to be illegally managed at some point in the waste management chain and cost England’s economy over £1 billion every year.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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how do you say "Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter" in MAGA language?
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
how do you say "Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter" in MAGA language?
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Fly-tippers bury field in 'shocking' mountain of waste - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft) high" - even in our dark times, this is one of the most appalling things I have seen recently
Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
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November 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Fly-tippers bury field in 'shocking' mountain of waste - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft) high" - even in our dark times, this is one of the most appalling things I have seen recently
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All MAGA Wanted Was the #Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them - www.wired.com/story/maga-w... “You can’t be outraged by the Epstein saga and simultaneously not be outraged by the fact that we have Muslims serving in Congress,” Loomer wrote on X. #trump
All MAGA Wanted Was the Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
All MAGA Wanted Was the #Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them - www.wired.com/story/maga-w... “You can’t be outraged by the Epstein saga and simultaneously not be outraged by the fact that we have Muslims serving in Congress,” Loomer wrote on X. #trump
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🇪🇺✅ SUCCESS: We've prevented mandatory #chatcontrol through the back door!🎉 A big win & THANKS to everyone! 🙏
But ⚠️: Anonymity-breaking age checks & "voluntary" mass scanning are still planned. The fight continues next year!
https://chatcontrol.eu
But ⚠️: Anonymity-breaking age checks & "voluntary" mass scanning are still planned. The fight continues next year!
https://chatcontrol.eu
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🇪🇺✅ SUCCESS: We've prevented mandatory #chatcontrol through the back door!🎉 A big win & THANKS to everyone! 🙏
But ⚠️: Anonymity-breaking age checks & "voluntary" mass scanning are still planned. The fight continues next year!
https://chatcontrol.eu
But ⚠️: Anonymity-breaking age checks & "voluntary" mass scanning are still planned. The fight continues next year!
https://chatcontrol.eu
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somehow Trump appears in Epstein's emails more than Epstein himself
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
somehow Trump appears in Epstein's emails more than Epstein himself
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Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private - www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/j... uh-huh
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private
A federal magistrate judge just ordered that the private ChatGPT conversations of 20 million users be handed over to the lawyers for dozens of plaintiffs, including news organizations. Those 20 mil…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private - www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/j... uh-huh
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Reposted from Anonymous
Oof. You know he would.
Oof. You know he would.
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Oof. You know he would.
Oof. You know he would.
OpenAI slams court order that lets NYT read 20 million complete user chats - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
OpenAI slams court order that lets NYT read 20 million complete user chats
OpenAI: NYT wants evidence of ChatGPT users trying to get around news paywall.
arstechnica.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
OpenAI slams court order that lets NYT read 20 million complete user chats - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Google backpedals on new Android developer registration rules www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/...
Google backpedals on new Android developer registration rules
Google is backpedaling on its decision to introduce new identity verification rules for all developers, stating that it will also introduce accounts for limited app distribution and will allow users t...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Google backpedals on new Android developer registration rules www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/...
After Destroying Federal Regulators, AT&T Wages War On Industry ‘Self-Regulation’ Regimes Like NARB, NAD | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/14/a...
After Destroying Federal Regulators, AT&T Wages War On Industry ‘Self-Regulation’ Regimes Like NARB, NAD
It’s not hyperbole to say that after decades of hard work and lobbying, companies like AT&T have effectively destroyed whatever was left of federal U.S. consumer protection and corporate …
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November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
After Destroying Federal Regulators, AT&T Wages War On Industry ‘Self-Regulation’ Regimes Like NARB, NAD | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/14/a...
Google’s Search AI Mode will know everything about you. | Tuta tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
Google’s Search AI Mode will know everything about you. | Tuta
Remember what Google CEO Eric Schmidt said “We can more or less know what you’re thinking about”? This dystopia will now come true with Search AI Mode.
tuta.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Google’s Search AI Mode will know everything about you. | Tuta tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
Why the dossier that took down the BBC might be wrong - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYPR...
Why the dossier that took down the BBC might be wrong
YouTube video by LBC
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November 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Why the dossier that took down the BBC might be wrong - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYPR...