@stefanpaetow.bsky.social
@stefanpaetow.bsky.social
Queer, sweary Afro-European immigrant (and despised by right-wingers). River user. eduroam(er) troubleshooter. 🧫🐀 . Shire resident. Haver of many opinions. RT ⊆ endorsement. Same handle on 🐘 (rarely used). 💩ter refugee. 🏳️🌈🇳🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 He/him
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I'll post my annual eduroam advice again:
1. *ALWAYS* check your username first. It *MUST* be in email-style format (like your_id@university.edu). Otherwise eduroam doesn't know where you belong!
1. a) Yes, on campus you might find that just 'your_id' works, but that's *bad* configuration!
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1. *ALWAYS* check your username first. It *MUST* be in email-style format (like your_id@university.edu). Otherwise eduroam doesn't know where you belong!
1. a) Yes, on campus you might find that just 'your_id' works, but that's *bad* configuration!
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More Labour MPs starting to express public unease at these proposals. Lots more saying so privately...
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
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 5:57 PM
More Labour MPs starting to express public unease at these proposals. Lots more saying so privately...
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Keep foreigners out while being mean to the bosses so the (former) red wall will like us?
With the ending of permanent asylum, taxes on foreign students, two U-turns on income tax, a refusal to listen to business concerns about hiring costs, again I ask ‘who are Labour for?’ What is the vision underlying all these choices other than responding to last week’s polls?
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Keep foreigners out while being mean to the bosses so the (former) red wall will like us?
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Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
I’m not in the least bit surprised by this. The fact that the UK armed forces are often still stuck in the old ways instead of learning new things (maybe hang out with Ukraine more) just puts us at a disadvantage when Putin eventually does something to NATO.
Some very sobering thoughts here, particularly on the rigidity of Western military thinking and its slowness in learning the lessons of adaptation that are proving critical for survival in Ukraine.
"Frontline medics and soldiers near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how Nato is far from ready for war with Russia - and is training for a bygone era"
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I’m not in the least bit surprised by this. The fact that the UK armed forces are often still stuck in the old ways instead of learning new things (maybe hang out with Ukraine more) just puts us at a disadvantage when Putin eventually does something to NATO.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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Immigration policies should be debated on their merits but it is worth repeating that the Social Democrats are on 21% in Denmark and the Greens are on 13% (with other far left parties on another 9%). They're not exactly politically triumphant.
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Immigration policies should be debated on their merits but it is worth repeating that the Social Democrats are on 21% in Denmark and the Greens are on 13% (with other far left parties on another 9%). They're not exactly politically triumphant.
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I wrote this about how to tame social media and save democracy, without sacrificing freedom of speech.
But the same model should apply to the BBC - manage it without a divisive figurehead, make it truly representative, and remove political influence. Easy.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
But the same model should apply to the BBC - manage it without a divisive figurehead, make it truly representative, and remove political influence. Easy.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
A Citizen's Assembly to Restore Sanity in the World's Town Square
Russell Jones has an idea that might help regulate mainstream media's clickbaitery and the Wild West of social media.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I wrote this about how to tame social media and save democracy, without sacrificing freedom of speech.
But the same model should apply to the BBC - manage it without a divisive figurehead, make it truly representative, and remove political influence. Easy.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
But the same model should apply to the BBC - manage it without a divisive figurehead, make it truly representative, and remove political influence. Easy.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
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Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket.
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket.
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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This is exactly what they're saying
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This is exactly what they're saying
No shit Sherlock. The man should never have been appointed, and quite frankly, no political appointee should be on the board at all!
NEW: Lisa Nandy to look again at political appointments to the BBC’s board as part of charter renewal discussions.
She said concerns have been raised over the appointment of Sir Robbie Gibb, a Conservative first appointed to the board by Boris Johnson.
She said concerns have been raised over the appointment of Sir Robbie Gibb, a Conservative first appointed to the board by Boris Johnson.
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
No shit Sherlock. The man should never have been appointed, and quite frankly, no political appointee should be on the board at all!
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I admit to being obsessed with Labour's adversarial review into ECHR Article 8 right now, but I want to see the Article 8 assessment Ofcom did on this and I want it now. I accept tips, leaks, and FOIs.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I admit to being obsessed with Labour's adversarial review into ECHR Article 8 right now, but I want to see the Article 8 assessment Ofcom did on this and I want it now. I accept tips, leaks, and FOIs.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
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My next post gives me a lot of pleasure, as I spent many happy years as their legal correspondent and did some of my best work there. It is nice to return as a guest writer.
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
My next post gives me a lot of pleasure, as I spent many happy years as their legal correspondent and did some of my best work there. It is nice to return as a guest writer.
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
Can someone show this to Labour?! @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @pickardje.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Can someone show this to Labour?! @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @pickardje.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
This bullshit of "we're settling but there's no admission of liability" from police forces has to stop.
Ex-inspector to get six-figure West Midlands Police settlement
Khizra Bano and West Midlands Police settle over victimisation and disability discrimination claims.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This bullshit of "we're settling but there's no admission of liability" from police forces has to stop.
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Another update on my legal suit - the lawyer who got fined $2k for using AI to cite nonexistent cases has now removed himself from the case. Farewell, sweet prince. We’ll see how his replacement does.
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Another update on my legal suit - the lawyer who got fined $2k for using AI to cite nonexistent cases has now removed himself from the case. Farewell, sweet prince. We’ll see how his replacement does.
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Megyn, mate, 15 year olds aren't "barely legal". They are *illegal*.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Megyn, mate, 15 year olds aren't "barely legal". They are *illegal*.
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In Hungary, judges are being doxed – their names, addresses, and private data leaked and publicized for supposed political leanings.
TAMÁS MATUSIK traces how this new wave of intimidation exposes the fragile state of judicial independence in Hungary.
verfassungsblog.de/hungary-judg...
TAMÁS MATUSIK traces how this new wave of intimidation exposes the fragile state of judicial independence in Hungary.
verfassungsblog.de/hungary-judg...
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In Hungary, judges are being doxed – their names, addresses, and private data leaked and publicized for supposed political leanings.
TAMÁS MATUSIK traces how this new wave of intimidation exposes the fragile state of judicial independence in Hungary.
verfassungsblog.de/hungary-judg...
TAMÁS MATUSIK traces how this new wave of intimidation exposes the fragile state of judicial independence in Hungary.
verfassungsblog.de/hungary-judg...
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Most of Oxfordshire is under a "yellow" warning tomorrow (Friday 14 November). However, if you're travelling to the North and West of the county, such as Burford, Banbury, Chipping Norton and Bicester they are under an amber warning.
More details on the Met Office website https://orlo.uk/JuG6I
More details on the Met Office website https://orlo.uk/JuG6I
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Most of Oxfordshire is under a "yellow" warning tomorrow (Friday 14 November). However, if you're travelling to the North and West of the county, such as Burford, Banbury, Chipping Norton and Bicester they are under an amber warning.
More details on the Met Office website https://orlo.uk/JuG6I
More details on the Met Office website https://orlo.uk/JuG6I