Unfitforpurpose
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The last man on Earth sat in a room. There was a knock at the door.
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What I appreciate from Wired though, and what sets it apart ethically, is that they just don’t tell a vague story about expansion but explicitly list out the locations to help the people preparing to resist this state violence. It’s very courageous.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
What I appreciate from Wired though, and what sets it apart ethically, is that they just don’t tell a vague story about expansion but explicitly list out the locations to help the people preparing to resist this state violence. It’s very courageous.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
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So ICE with its $80 billion of funding is set to permanently occupy American cities across the board.
February 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
So ICE with its $80 billion of funding is set to permanently occupy American cities across the board.
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of course, this is a surveillance dragnet we built ourselves through a mix of rampant consumerism and extreme fearmongering of our neighbors, communities, homeless people, and people of color. it has always been quasi networked, but Search Party explicitly automates this. that is not good
February 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
of course, this is a surveillance dragnet we built ourselves through a mix of rampant consumerism and extreme fearmongering of our neighbors, communities, homeless people, and people of color. it has always been quasi networked, but Search Party explicitly automates this. that is not good
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Ring's security defaults were so bad for a while, and people's cameras were being hacked so regularly that hackers on Discord created a "podcast" where they would hack into people's Ring cameras and terrorize people's children through the built-in microphones
www.vice.com/en/article/p...
www.vice.com/en/article/p...
Inside the Podcast that Hacks Ring Camera Owners Live on Air
In the NulledCast hackers livestream the harassment of Ring camera owners after accessing their devices. Hundreds of people can listen.
www.vice.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Ring's security defaults were so bad for a while, and people's cameras were being hacked so regularly that hackers on Discord created a "podcast" where they would hack into people's Ring cameras and terrorize people's children through the built-in microphones
www.vice.com/en/article/p...
www.vice.com/en/article/p...
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I think many people know this but if you're not aware:
- Ring became popular on the back of hundreds of "partnerships" with local police in which Ring explicitly required police to shill ring cameras to their communities in return for access to footage
- Ring became popular on the back of hundreds of "partnerships" with local police in which Ring explicitly required police to shill ring cameras to their communities in return for access to footage
February 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I think many people know this but if you're not aware:
- Ring became popular on the back of hundreds of "partnerships" with local police in which Ring explicitly required police to shill ring cameras to their communities in return for access to footage
- Ring became popular on the back of hundreds of "partnerships" with local police in which Ring explicitly required police to shill ring cameras to their communities in return for access to footage
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have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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Absolutely fascinating insight into the vetting process for officials - revealing that, yes, you really can just lie your way through.
A decade ago a friend's career was thrown into turmoil when he failed vetting - no reason or chance of appeal. Who knows why he was failed but Mandelson passed...
A decade ago a friend's career was thrown into turmoil when he failed vetting - no reason or chance of appeal. Who knows why he was failed but Mandelson passed...
A fair amount of nonsense has been written and said about the "security vetting" process for Mandelson's appointment. I wrote about what "Developed Vetting" really involves and why it's perfectly possible that it found nothing useful about Mandelson.
arthursnell.substack.com/p/the-vettin...
arthursnell.substack.com/p/the-vettin...
The Vetting Myth
Understanding the realities of Mandelson's pre-appointment checks
arthursnell.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Absolutely fascinating insight into the vetting process for officials - revealing that, yes, you really can just lie your way through.
A decade ago a friend's career was thrown into turmoil when he failed vetting - no reason or chance of appeal. Who knows why he was failed but Mandelson passed...
A decade ago a friend's career was thrown into turmoil when he failed vetting - no reason or chance of appeal. Who knows why he was failed but Mandelson passed...
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It is so fundamentally obscene and offensive that any data centre developer feels brave enough to tout "jobs created" as selling point when the core selling point of the product they offer is to explicitly cut as many jobs as possible
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Telstra to axe more than 200 jobs amid AI rollout
Some jobs will be moved offshore in wake of telco’s $700m joint venture with tech consultancy Accenture
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
It is so fundamentally obscene and offensive that any data centre developer feels brave enough to tout "jobs created" as selling point when the core selling point of the product they offer is to explicitly cut as many jobs as possible
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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“The myth of London as a third-world sinkhole is now central to Maga politics. Restoring Britain’s allegedly vanishing character is also an official goal of Donald Trump’s foreign policy.” My column. as.ft.com/r/5d92d208-8...
Why Maga loathes London
[FREE TO READ] Trump and his supporters see the UK capital as the symbol of a Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’
as.ft.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:55 AM
“The myth of London as a third-world sinkhole is now central to Maga politics. Restoring Britain’s allegedly vanishing character is also an official goal of Donald Trump’s foreign policy.” My column. as.ft.com/r/5d92d208-8...
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The patchwork worldwide legal framework resulting from the ungrounded moral panic over people under 18 using the internet has a lot of us making extremely unpleasant choices. The blame lies on the governments mandating them.
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
The patchwork worldwide legal framework resulting from the ungrounded moral panic over people under 18 using the internet has a lot of us making extremely unpleasant choices. The blame lies on the governments mandating them.
He has officially ruled himself out of challenging for the leadership. So there's hope.
February 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
He has officially ruled himself out of challenging for the leadership. So there's hope.
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It's so, so bad, and the entire premise it's founded on is absolutely bullshit.
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
It's so, so bad, and the entire premise it's founded on is absolutely bullshit.
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While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.
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"Look what you made me do!"
If a student society doesn’t allow self-invites to people who have nothing of value of interest to say to them, they can be expected to be petrol bombed because ‘the people’ have no other choice or self-control.
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
"Look what you made me do!"
All the other contenders are either damaged by their own scandals (and with Rayner you can point to the media being the cause) or deeply unpopular because of how far they've lent into right wing immigration policies.
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
All the other contenders are either damaged by their own scandals (and with Rayner you can point to the media being the cause) or deeply unpopular because of how far they've lent into right wing immigration policies.
Yep. They knew how the game was played right up until they got into power. Maybe the operation was so focused on going after their own they had no other gear?
February 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Yep. They knew how the game was played right up until they got into power. Maybe the operation was so focused on going after their own they had no other gear?
But take it too far and make the cost of fouls too low and they'll just dial up in that direction instead.
February 10, 2026 at 11:12 AM
But take it too far and make the cost of fouls too low and they'll just dial up in that direction instead.
Yeah, it's a tough balance. Once they've dialed in on set pieces as the weak point to exploit they aren't going to stop until they know the rule change really has altered the odds.
February 10, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Yeah, it's a tough balance. Once they've dialed in on set pieces as the weak point to exploit they aren't going to stop until they know the rule change really has altered the odds.
They simply didn't have an overall plan for what to do after they won the election and are paying the price for it.
February 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM
They simply didn't have an overall plan for what to do after they won the election and are paying the price for it.
But that doesn't excuse the stupidity of abandoning their base to chase reform voters who hated them. It doesn't excuse the terrible communications (my god, if they should have known they needed to nail one thing) or the lack of action against Tory poisoned institutions like the BBC.
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM
But that doesn't excuse the stupidity of abandoning their base to chase reform voters who hated them. It doesn't excuse the terrible communications (my god, if they should have known they needed to nail one thing) or the lack of action against Tory poisoned institutions like the BBC.
We never have. And I'm happy to admit that it's never been this bad. The telegraph and mail are openly far right, GB news exists and twitter has radicalised half the journos in the UK because they can't bear to abandon their follower counts.
February 10, 2026 at 10:59 AM
We never have. And I'm happy to admit that it's never been this bad. The telegraph and mail are openly far right, GB news exists and twitter has radicalised half the journos in the UK because they can't bear to abandon their follower counts.
Throwing meatballs at players, while satisfying, will probably not help matters.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Throwing meatballs at players, while satisfying, will probably not help matters.
I am not a baseball or basketball guy but you can see similar changes in okay there.
February 10, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I am not a baseball or basketball guy but you can see similar changes in okay there.