merely rhys
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Lifelong Labour member, always fighting against the Tories and all those who'd prefer we lose.
Enterprise architect, Linux nerd, politico, street photographer […]
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Enterprise architect, Linux nerd, politico, street photographer […]
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I'm not a single issue voter and never will be, but if I ever were to be one, it'd be on this issue.
Build shit. I almost don't care what. Build tons and tons of shit. Nuclear plants, solar farms, skyscrapers, houses, bridges, tunnels, parks, monuments, office buildings, railways, whatever […]
Build shit. I almost don't care what. Build tons and tons of shit. Nuclear plants, solar farms, skyscrapers, houses, bridges, tunnels, parks, monuments, office buildings, railways, whatever […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm not a single issue voter and never will be, but if I ever were to be one, it'd be on this issue.
Build shit. I almost don't care what. Build tons and tons of shit. Nuclear plants, solar farms, skyscrapers, houses, bridges, tunnels, parks, monuments, office buildings, railways, whatever […]
Build shit. I almost don't care what. Build tons and tons of shit. Nuclear plants, solar farms, skyscrapers, houses, bridges, tunnels, parks, monuments, office buildings, railways, whatever […]
Cloudflare down — it's a techworker snow day!
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Cloudflare down — it's a techworker snow day!
I have sworn an oath on the blood of my ancestors not to turn the heating on until December.
Today I may dishonour their memory by succumbing to the sweet promise of a warm hearth granted by the grace of Octopus Energy.
Today I may dishonour their memory by succumbing to the sweet promise of a warm hearth granted by the grace of Octopus Energy.
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I have sworn an oath on the blood of my ancestors not to turn the heating on until December.
Today I may dishonour their memory by succumbing to the sweet promise of a warm hearth granted by the grace of Octopus Energy.
Today I may dishonour their memory by succumbing to the sweet promise of a warm hearth granted by the grace of Octopus Energy.
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Very good on the legal implications of today's proposals. There's still a lot of missing details.
New post
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
Proposals for radical reform of the UK’s asylum system raise a number of legal and constitutional issues, with respect both to the European Convention on Human Rights and the domestic principle of …
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Very good on the legal implications of today's proposals. There's still a lot of missing details.
Not posting much lately but still reading and enjoying all your wonderful, beautiful, weird, sociopathic, disturbing, wonderful toots 🥰
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Not posting much lately but still reading and enjoying all your wonderful, beautiful, weird, sociopathic, disturbing, wonderful toots 🥰
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It is fair to say that far too many people have not done enough since the Paris Agreement was signed to reduce their carbon footprints, but it's not fair to say that nothing has been done.
November 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It is fair to say that far too many people have not done enough since the Paris Agreement was signed to reduce their carbon footprints, but it's not fair to say that nothing has been done.
This is cool. Small, self-contained compute leased to run in residential environments as a heating solution.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rpy7envr5o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rpy7envr5o
'I heat my Essex home with a data centre in the shed'
"It's fantastic because it's eco-friendly...We're not burning any gases," says Terrence Bridges.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is cool. Small, self-contained compute leased to run in residential environments as a heating solution.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rpy7envr5o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rpy7envr5o
I love my city. It's beautiful, unique, oozes with music and culture, and I love living here.
Except on match days. Frigging sports fans, man.
#cardiff
Except on match days. Frigging sports fans, man.
#cardiff
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I love my city. It's beautiful, unique, oozes with music and culture, and I love living here.
Except on match days. Frigging sports fans, man.
#cardiff
Except on match days. Frigging sports fans, man.
#cardiff
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I have some genuine empathy here because this does sound toxic, and in line with some of the illiberal tendencies often observed in other parts of the weird left.
I am also still perpetually enjoying the absolute shitshow. They're speedrunning the sort of left-wing infighting and chaos my party […]
I am also still perpetually enjoying the absolute shitshow. They're speedrunning the sort of left-wing infighting and chaos my party […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I have some genuine empathy here because this does sound toxic, and in line with some of the illiberal tendencies often observed in other parts of the weird left.
I am also still perpetually enjoying the absolute shitshow. They're speedrunning the sort of left-wing infighting and chaos my party […]
I am also still perpetually enjoying the absolute shitshow. They're speedrunning the sort of left-wing infighting and chaos my party […]
I'm beginning to think that maybe there are some differences between the Republicans and Democrats 🤔
(image shamelessly borrowed from elsewhere, not mine)
#uspolitics #uspol
(image shamelessly borrowed from elsewhere, not mine)
#uspolitics #uspol
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I'm beginning to think that maybe there are some differences between the Republicans and Democrats 🤔
(image shamelessly borrowed from elsewhere, not mine)
#uspolitics #uspol
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#uspolitics #uspol
This is excellent!
GB Energy has procured the site on Ynys Mon and will be running the project to build initially three, growing to eight, SMR reactors for the site from Rolls Royce. The initial three will supply about half the energy of a traditional nuclear plant — but if all eight get built […]
GB Energy has procured the site on Ynys Mon and will be running the project to build initially three, growing to eight, SMR reactors for the site from Rolls Royce. The initial three will supply about half the energy of a traditional nuclear plant — but if all eight get built […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This is excellent!
GB Energy has procured the site on Ynys Mon and will be running the project to build initially three, growing to eight, SMR reactors for the site from Rolls Royce. The initial three will supply about half the energy of a traditional nuclear plant — but if all eight get built […]
GB Energy has procured the site on Ynys Mon and will be running the project to build initially three, growing to eight, SMR reactors for the site from Rolls Royce. The initial three will supply about half the energy of a traditional nuclear plant — but if all eight get built […]
Lots of people very angry that it seems Reeves is not going to do a thing she never said she'd do and actually promised not to do.
The politico media circlejerk is ridiculous at the moment. It seems somewhere between elderly relatives in a group chat and mystic diviners interpreting hints and […]
The politico media circlejerk is ridiculous at the moment. It seems somewhere between elderly relatives in a group chat and mystic diviners interpreting hints and […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Lots of people very angry that it seems Reeves is not going to do a thing she never said she'd do and actually promised not to do.
The politico media circlejerk is ridiculous at the moment. It seems somewhere between elderly relatives in a group chat and mystic diviners interpreting hints and […]
The politico media circlejerk is ridiculous at the moment. It seems somewhere between elderly relatives in a group chat and mystic diviners interpreting hints and […]
RE: https://mas.to/@RikerGoogling/115544687396775325
Testing quote posting after finally updating my Mastodon instance.
Testing quote posting after finally updating my Mastodon instance.
mas.to
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
RE: https://mas.to/@RikerGoogling/115544687396775325
Testing quote posting after finally updating my Mastodon instance.
Testing quote posting after finally updating my Mastodon instance.
One advantage of having trashed my rating this week while being wracked by a cold/flu is that my opponents fall for some really fun stuff at this level.
#chess
#chess
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
One advantage of having trashed my rating this week while being wracked by a cold/flu is that my opponents fall for some really fun stuff at this level.
#chess
#chess
I like the little game I get to play when a page doesn't load.
- is it NoScript?
- is it uBlock Origin?
- is it just a shit site?
- is it PrivacyBadger?
- is it CookieAutoDeleter?
- is it because of geoblocking?
If it's not NoScript, it's usually geoblocking, and both parts of that are […]
- is it NoScript?
- is it uBlock Origin?
- is it just a shit site?
- is it PrivacyBadger?
- is it CookieAutoDeleter?
- is it because of geoblocking?
If it's not NoScript, it's usually geoblocking, and both parts of that are […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I like the little game I get to play when a page doesn't load.
- is it NoScript?
- is it uBlock Origin?
- is it just a shit site?
- is it PrivacyBadger?
- is it CookieAutoDeleter?
- is it because of geoblocking?
If it's not NoScript, it's usually geoblocking, and both parts of that are […]
- is it NoScript?
- is it uBlock Origin?
- is it just a shit site?
- is it PrivacyBadger?
- is it CookieAutoDeleter?
- is it because of geoblocking?
If it's not NoScript, it's usually geoblocking, and both parts of that are […]
What in the goddamn fuck is wrong with Democrats!?
Tonight I specifically mean those ten in the Senate. The tide had turned, the party finally had momentum, and the perception of the party being weak and feckless was breaking. They could've achieved a huge political victory *and* won extended […]
Tonight I specifically mean those ten in the Senate. The tide had turned, the party finally had momentum, and the perception of the party being weak and feckless was breaking. They could've achieved a huge political victory *and* won extended […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
What in the goddamn fuck is wrong with Democrats!?
Tonight I specifically mean those ten in the Senate. The tide had turned, the party finally had momentum, and the perception of the party being weak and feckless was breaking. They could've achieved a huge political victory *and* won extended […]
Tonight I specifically mean those ten in the Senate. The tide had turned, the party finally had momentum, and the perception of the party being weak and feckless was breaking. They could've achieved a huge political victory *and* won extended […]
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The Telegraph, is of course, an unimpeachable source, a citadel of journalistic integrity:
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/faked-telegraph-article/
#ukmedia #telegraph #bbc #TimDavie
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/faked-telegraph-article/
#ukmedia #telegraph #bbc #TimDavie
Telegraph withdraws banker school fees story after being deceived by source
Fake Telegraph article about rich banker struggling to afford school fees was result of deception by a source.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Telegraph, is of course, an unimpeachable source, a citadel of journalistic integrity:
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/faked-telegraph-article/
#ukmedia #telegraph #bbc #TimDavie
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/faked-telegraph-article/
#ukmedia #telegraph #bbc #TimDavie
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This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
Article hasn't quite caught up with news alerts, but Tim Davie has now resigned.
It's weird because this edit was kinda normal, and certainly the least of the crimes and follies that have occurred at the Beeb under his stewardship.
I think he sees the writing on the wall with the whistleblower […]
It's weird because this edit was kinda normal, and certainly the least of the crimes and follies that have occurred at the Beeb under his stewardship.
I think he sees the writing on the wall with the whistleblower […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Article hasn't quite caught up with news alerts, but Tim Davie has now resigned.
It's weird because this edit was kinda normal, and certainly the least of the crimes and follies that have occurred at the Beeb under his stewardship.
I think he sees the writing on the wall with the whistleblower […]
It's weird because this edit was kinda normal, and certainly the least of the crimes and follies that have occurred at the Beeb under his stewardship.
I think he sees the writing on the wall with the whistleblower […]
First off, I hate this, "The <whatever> Files," trend.
Second, this is mildly interesting. An IP geoblock of the UK may be good enough for the OSA, but it seems to depend on how it's implemented as a site mirror here that did use the geoblock but could easily be circumvented still falls foul […]
Second, this is mildly interesting. An IP geoblock of the UK may be good enough for the OSA, but it seems to depend on how it's implemented as a site mirror here that did use the geoblock but could easily be circumvented still falls foul […]
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mastodon.rhys.wtf
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
First off, I hate this, "The <whatever> Files," trend.
Second, this is mildly interesting. An IP geoblock of the UK may be good enough for the OSA, but it seems to depend on how it's implemented as a site mirror here that did use the geoblock but could easily be circumvented still falls foul […]
Second, this is mildly interesting. An IP geoblock of the UK may be good enough for the OSA, but it seems to depend on how it's implemented as a site mirror here that did use the geoblock but could easily be circumvented still falls foul […]
I am a god at Victoria 3. I am competent at Stellaris. I can sorta play Crusader Kings 3 but I am not good at it.
Europa Universalis 5 however, my first EU game, is kicking my ass.
#games #gaming #europauniversalis
Europa Universalis 5 however, my first EU game, is kicking my ass.
#games #gaming #europauniversalis
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I am a god at Victoria 3. I am competent at Stellaris. I can sorta play Crusader Kings 3 but I am not good at it.
Europa Universalis 5 however, my first EU game, is kicking my ass.
#games #gaming #europauniversalis
Europa Universalis 5 however, my first EU game, is kicking my ass.
#games #gaming #europauniversalis
In the latest episode of The Morning Show, in a demonstration of their characteristic approach to writing, one character explains in excruciating detail how Columbia House Record Club worked.
And now a joke in Archer from 2011 suddenly makes sense to me.
And now a joke in Archer from 2011 suddenly makes sense to me.
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In the latest episode of The Morning Show, in a demonstration of their characteristic approach to writing, one character explains in excruciating detail how Columbia House Record Club worked.
And now a joke in Archer from 2011 suddenly makes sense to me.
And now a joke in Archer from 2011 suddenly makes sense to me.
Some days, you knock off work at 5pm by SLAMMING that laptop lid shut.
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Some days, you knock off work at 5pm by SLAMMING that laptop lid shut.