Rowen Nortje
@anakha56.bsky.social
He/Him. Blue Sky is a personal space for me to enjoy the world. What I tweet/like/retweet is of my own thought space.
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The argument here needs to move beyond "caps popular" to where replacement funding comes from (public funding) - otherwise we're just not going to see any progress.
A clear majority of people support introducing a cap on donations to political parties, polling shared with PolHome has found
57% of people support a cap on donations by individuals and companies, while just 7% are against it, 38 Degrees / Survation research found
That includes 2024 Reform voters
57% of people support a cap on donations by individuals and companies, while just 7% are against it, 38 Degrees / Survation research found
That includes 2024 Reform voters
Strong Support For Bringing In A Cap On Political Donations, New Polling Shows
A clear majority of the public backs a cap on donations to political parties, new polling shared with PoliticsHome has found.
www.politicshome.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The argument here needs to move beyond "caps popular" to where replacement funding comes from (public funding) - otherwise we're just not going to see any progress.
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Really feeling this one today, @effinbirds.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Really feeling this one today, @effinbirds.com
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“I just realized we never had a wedding for the cat and the dog. They've been living in sin.”
December 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“I just realized we never had a wedding for the cat and the dog. They've been living in sin.”
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*gasps and clutches laptop screen*
GIVE IT ME
GIVE IT ME
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Sigourney Weaver: “I wish they put out a director’s cut of the movie because, at the last minute, DreamWorks decided to release the movie with some of the more sophisticated scenes cut that Alan [Rickman] was in because it needed a kids’ movie to go up against Stuart Little.”
Sigourney Weaver: “I wish they put out a director’s cut of the movie because, at the last minute, DreamWorks decided to release the movie with some of the more sophisticated scenes cut that Alan [Rickman] was in because it needed a kids’ movie to go up against Stuart Little.”
a woman is sitting at a table talking to a man in a conference room .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table talking to a man in a conference room .
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
*gasps and clutches laptop screen*
GIVE IT ME
GIVE IT ME
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A GORGEOUS NEW JWST IMAGE OF WESTERLUND 2 DROPPED AND EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT!!! 🌌✨
December 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A GORGEOUS NEW JWST IMAGE OF WESTERLUND 2 DROPPED AND EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT!!! 🌌✨
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Today’s my 5th gotcha day!
They say time flies when you’re having fun and that must be true because these 5 years together have flown by. Here’s to many more years of love and adventures together 🩵
#DogsOfBluesky #GotchaDay
They say time flies when you’re having fun and that must be true because these 5 years together have flown by. Here’s to many more years of love and adventures together 🩵
#DogsOfBluesky #GotchaDay
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Today’s my 5th gotcha day!
They say time flies when you’re having fun and that must be true because these 5 years together have flown by. Here’s to many more years of love and adventures together 🩵
#DogsOfBluesky #GotchaDay
They say time flies when you’re having fun and that must be true because these 5 years together have flown by. Here’s to many more years of love and adventures together 🩵
#DogsOfBluesky #GotchaDay
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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In cat-related news: Lucy got spooked by a whole pride of beautiful cats who were getting some outside time with their owner closely watching. They were FASCINATED and Lucy was VAGUELY CONCERNED.
December 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In cat-related news: Lucy got spooked by a whole pride of beautiful cats who were getting some outside time with their owner closely watching. They were FASCINATED and Lucy was VAGUELY CONCERNED.
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Ozzy so wide now
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
December 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Ozzy so wide now
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
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Helpful sign in the Kingdom of Kent
December 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Helpful sign in the Kingdom of Kent
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
With the UK becoming increasingly hostile to a person's privacy under the disguise of protecting the children I'm being pushed more and more to privacy focused OS's. Next week GrapheneOS will be installed. Then investigating my own VPN solution. Then desktop OS.
With the UK becoming increasingly hostile to a person's privacy under the disguise of protecting the children I'm being pushed more and more to privacy focused OS's. Next week GrapheneOS will be installed. Then investigating my own VPN solution. Then desktop OS.
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
With the UK becoming increasingly hostile to a person's privacy under the disguise of protecting the children I'm being pushed more and more to privacy focused OS's. Next week GrapheneOS will be installed. Then investigating my own VPN solution. Then desktop OS.
With the UK becoming increasingly hostile to a person's privacy under the disguise of protecting the children I'm being pushed more and more to privacy focused OS's. Next week GrapheneOS will be installed. Then investigating my own VPN solution. Then desktop OS.
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New Swingometer post! I review the preditions I made last Christmas about politics in 2025 and try and draw some lessons from my various blunders and missteps:
swingometer.substack.com/p/my-2025-pr...
swingometer.substack.com/p/my-2025-pr...
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New Swingometer post! I review the preditions I made last Christmas about politics in 2025 and try and draw some lessons from my various blunders and missteps:
swingometer.substack.com/p/my-2025-pr...
swingometer.substack.com/p/my-2025-pr...
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Me while decorating the tree: I should put the Christmas ornaments a couple feet off the ground so the cats can’t get them.
The cat:
The cat:
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Me while decorating the tree: I should put the Christmas ornaments a couple feet off the ground so the cats can’t get them.
The cat:
The cat:
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Native NVMe in Windows Server 2025: Ushering in a New Era of Storage Performance
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
Announcing Native NVMe in Windows Server 2025: Ushering in a New Era of Storage Performance | Microsoft Community Hub
We’re thrilled to announce the arrival of Native NVMe support in Windows Server 2025—a leap forward in storage innovation that will redefine what’s possible...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ANNOUNCEMENT: Native NVMe in Windows Server 2025: Ushering in a New Era of Storage Performance
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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OK. I'll just go and wash my hands somewhere else, shall I?
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
OK. I'll just go and wash my hands somewhere else, shall I?
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'I'll play you Donald Trump lying, and the Met Commissioner doing what every patriotic Brit should be doing...'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
'I'll play you Donald Trump lying, and the Met Commissioner doing what every patriotic Brit should be doing...'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
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Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
@flashes.blue Hi 👋. Just checking in, how goes the Android development? Any timeline?
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@flashes.blue Hi 👋. Just checking in, how goes the Android development? Any timeline?
Like I need more reasons to delete social media...
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Like I need more reasons to delete social media...