Teichoscopia
@teichoscopia.bsky.social
Library technologist; cybergoth; DJ (on hiatus); collector of synthesizers; lorded over by cats. I Want to hear about: progressive politics; clean energy; female SF & fantasy writing; humour; IT & music tech.
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There are a ton of reasons why mandatory ID cards are a terrible idea, especially if it's run by an awful American data mining org like Palantir.
Petitions themselves don't do much, but media pressure can help if the signatures get high enough.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petitions themselves don't do much, but media pressure can help if the signatures get high enough.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
There are a ton of reasons why mandatory ID cards are a terrible idea, especially if it's run by an awful American data mining org like Palantir.
Petitions themselves don't do much, but media pressure can help if the signatures get high enough.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petitions themselves don't do much, but media pressure can help if the signatures get high enough.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
On my way home I witnessed a mother walking along with their son and daughter. Daughter clearly struggling, overlaiden with rucksack and other burdens trailing behind. Son walking hand in hand with mother ahead, carrying nothing,walking carefree.
July 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
On my way home I witnessed a mother walking along with their son and daughter. Daughter clearly struggling, overlaiden with rucksack and other burdens trailing behind. Son walking hand in hand with mother ahead, carrying nothing,walking carefree.
Anti-woke=Misanthrope
July 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Anti-woke=Misanthrope
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3342/pe...
It’s outrageous that the majority of our lawmakers are unelected. Sign now to demand power be placed rightfully in the hands of the people
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3342/pe...
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Today's delight was this moorhen couple building a nest together. Adorable teamwork.
I don't know why it made me happy to watch them, but I hope it brings you joy too.
I don't know why it made me happy to watch them, but I hope it brings you joy too.
May 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Today's delight was this moorhen couple building a nest together. Adorable teamwork.
I don't know why it made me happy to watch them, but I hope it brings you joy too.
I don't know why it made me happy to watch them, but I hope it brings you joy too.
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Tax dodging by rich could be ‘much greater than thought’, says UK audit office.
Offshoring wealth, tax dodge schemes.
Number of wealthy (income >£200,000; assets >£2m) increased. £5.2bn collected through enforcement despite reduction in the number of penalty notices.
Tax the rich. Make them pay.
Offshoring wealth, tax dodge schemes.
Number of wealthy (income >£200,000; assets >£2m) increased. £5.2bn collected through enforcement despite reduction in the number of penalty notices.
Tax the rich. Make them pay.
Wealthy Britons avoiding more tax than thought, spending watchdog says
NAO reports £1.9bn tax gap for wealthy individuals and urges ministers to redouble efforts to secure more revenue
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Tax dodging by rich could be ‘much greater than thought’, says UK audit office.
Offshoring wealth, tax dodge schemes.
Number of wealthy (income >£200,000; assets >£2m) increased. £5.2bn collected through enforcement despite reduction in the number of penalty notices.
Tax the rich. Make them pay.
Offshoring wealth, tax dodge schemes.
Number of wealthy (income >£200,000; assets >£2m) increased. £5.2bn collected through enforcement despite reduction in the number of penalty notices.
Tax the rich. Make them pay.
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Thames Water on collision course with govt over exec bonuses.
TW with £21bn debt, history of abuses & criminal convictions insists that it will pay bonuses, now calls them “retention payments”.
Govt must cancel it's licence, let it go bankrupt, prosecute execs, nationalise.
archive.ph/FpLe0
TW with £21bn debt, history of abuses & criminal convictions insists that it will pay bonuses, now calls them “retention payments”.
Govt must cancel it's licence, let it go bankrupt, prosecute execs, nationalise.
archive.ph/FpLe0
Thames Water on collision course with government over bonuses
Utility claims new legislation to block bonuses will not capture ‘retention payments’
www.ft.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Thames Water on collision course with govt over exec bonuses.
TW with £21bn debt, history of abuses & criminal convictions insists that it will pay bonuses, now calls them “retention payments”.
Govt must cancel it's licence, let it go bankrupt, prosecute execs, nationalise.
archive.ph/FpLe0
TW with £21bn debt, history of abuses & criminal convictions insists that it will pay bonuses, now calls them “retention payments”.
Govt must cancel it's licence, let it go bankrupt, prosecute execs, nationalise.
archive.ph/FpLe0
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Fortunately, the govt is planning to stop them just handing taxpayer money to the people who caused the problem in the first place. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ministers to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan
Exclusive: Firm close to insolvency says using £3bn loan to pay ‘substantial’ bonuses is vital to retain senior managers
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fortunately, the govt is planning to stop them just handing taxpayer money to the people who caused the problem in the first place. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Most companies at least try to say publicly that their staff are their most important asset, even if they don't genuinely believe it. But Thames Water are just straight up insulting and devaluing their staff, mask off, in national news. It's completely insane.
May 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Most companies at least try to say publicly that their staff are their most important asset, even if they don't genuinely believe it. But Thames Water are just straight up insulting and devaluing their staff, mask off, in national news. It's completely insane.
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"We have a bonus scheme to protect our most valuable resource, which is the senior management team."
I work in HR and this is genuinely one of the most baffling things I've ever heard a company say. For them to say it publicly sounds like it's from The Onion. My levels of WTF are off the chart.
I work in HR and this is genuinely one of the most baffling things I've ever heard a company say. For them to say it publicly sounds like it's from The Onion. My levels of WTF are off the chart.
“Thames Water bosses poised for 50% bonuses from £3bn emergency loan” - Privatised water in one headline…
May 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"We have a bonus scheme to protect our most valuable resource, which is the senior management team."
I work in HR and this is genuinely one of the most baffling things I've ever heard a company say. For them to say it publicly sounds like it's from The Onion. My levels of WTF are off the chart.
I work in HR and this is genuinely one of the most baffling things I've ever heard a company say. For them to say it publicly sounds like it's from The Onion. My levels of WTF are off the chart.
Question via YouGov. Frightening that it is being asked in the first place.
February 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Question via YouGov. Frightening that it is being asked in the first place.
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My least favorite tradition has arrived: I’m disgusted to present the official 2025 Batshittery Bingo Card.
If anyone gets bingo, we all die.
If anyone gets bingo, we all die.
January 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
My least favorite tradition has arrived: I’m disgusted to present the official 2025 Batshittery Bingo Card.
If anyone gets bingo, we all die.
If anyone gets bingo, we all die.
This seems so symbolic of the USA today.
January 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This seems so symbolic of the USA today.
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Maybe it is time to go live off the grid in a cabin in the woods until this passes.
November 30, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Maybe it is time to go live off the grid in a cabin in the woods until this passes.
US Churches, massive data sets and voter manipulation. Farage is already talking about bringing US style anti-abortion laws to the UK. That is just the start of it.
1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture.
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
November 30, 2024 at 9:09 AM
US Churches, massive data sets and voter manipulation. Farage is already talking about bringing US style anti-abortion laws to the UK. That is just the start of it.
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This is horrific but predictable.
To those who said "it could never happen in the UK" - they are going to try.
We cannot be complacent.
To those who said "it could never happen in the UK" - they are going to try.
We cannot be complacent.
🔴 NEW: Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK
The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world.
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world.
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK
The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world
bylinetimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:44 AM
This is horrific but predictable.
To those who said "it could never happen in the UK" - they are going to try.
We cannot be complacent.
To those who said "it could never happen in the UK" - they are going to try.
We cannot be complacent.
Perfect camouflage
November 30, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Perfect camouflage
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Big fact-check on lots of the immigration lies being amplified today by the usual grifters. Please boost.
Tim Stanley, in what now appears to be a weekly slot on one or other BBC flagship politics programme, reels off a huge amount of absolute, provable nonsense about immigration.
And he does so completely unchallenged. Enough now. ~AA
A MEGA-THREAD 🧵1/
And he does so completely unchallenged. Enough now. ~AA
A MEGA-THREAD 🧵1/
November 28, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Big fact-check on lots of the immigration lies being amplified today by the usual grifters. Please boost.
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How the UK establishment works
Just Stop Oil members went to prison for years for plotting a protest
Jeremy Clarkson ends up on the front page of Rupert Murdoch’s Times for leading one
One protest was trying to save the planet from fossil fuel profiteers, the other retain generational wealth 🤷
Just Stop Oil members went to prison for years for plotting a protest
Jeremy Clarkson ends up on the front page of Rupert Murdoch’s Times for leading one
One protest was trying to save the planet from fossil fuel profiteers, the other retain generational wealth 🤷
A right wing paper that has *never* had a similar headline about the UK economy taking a FAR greater hit from the ruinous Tory Brexit deal, can’t be taken seriously when it slates Labour for dealing with the epic mess the Tories left behind.
What did you expect, Times?
You helped grenade the place.
What did you expect, Times?
You helped grenade the place.
November 23, 2024 at 12:49 PM
How the UK establishment works
Just Stop Oil members went to prison for years for plotting a protest
Jeremy Clarkson ends up on the front page of Rupert Murdoch’s Times for leading one
One protest was trying to save the planet from fossil fuel profiteers, the other retain generational wealth 🤷
Just Stop Oil members went to prison for years for plotting a protest
Jeremy Clarkson ends up on the front page of Rupert Murdoch’s Times for leading one
One protest was trying to save the planet from fossil fuel profiteers, the other retain generational wealth 🤷
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Please read this (twice)
August 7, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Please read this (twice)
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Here' an idea ... 👇👇👇
The EU and UK are set to review the Brexit deal in 2026.
So why not hold a new Brexit referendum before that, in 2025? That way, the government can find out exactly what the public's position is after 10 years of Brexit.
#RejoinRef 🇬🇧🇪🇺
The EU and UK are set to review the Brexit deal in 2026.
So why not hold a new Brexit referendum before that, in 2025? That way, the government can find out exactly what the public's position is after 10 years of Brexit.
#RejoinRef 🇬🇧🇪🇺
October 10, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Here' an idea ... 👇👇👇
The EU and UK are set to review the Brexit deal in 2026.
So why not hold a new Brexit referendum before that, in 2025? That way, the government can find out exactly what the public's position is after 10 years of Brexit.
#RejoinRef 🇬🇧🇪🇺
The EU and UK are set to review the Brexit deal in 2026.
So why not hold a new Brexit referendum before that, in 2025? That way, the government can find out exactly what the public's position is after 10 years of Brexit.
#RejoinRef 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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I have updated my review of Post Office scandal inquiry to include phase 7 - three years of shocking evidence #PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post....
Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Three years of shocking revelations | Computer Weekly
Over two years of shocking revelations from the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry
www.computerweekly.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I have updated my review of Post Office scandal inquiry to include phase 7 - three years of shocking evidence #PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post....
5 (of the) authors I’ve read 5+ books by
Naomi Novik
N K Jemisin
Ann Leckie
Samantha Shannon
Becky Chambers
And for bonus points
Ursula Le Guin
Martha Wells
Oh, you want authors from other genres and genders?
Naomi Novik
N K Jemisin
Ann Leckie
Samantha Shannon
Becky Chambers
And for bonus points
Ursula Le Guin
Martha Wells
Oh, you want authors from other genres and genders?
5 (of the) authors I’ve read 5+ books by
TP (of course!)
Douglas Adams
Kim Stanley Robinson
Frank Herbert
Hergé
TP (of course!)
Douglas Adams
Kim Stanley Robinson
Frank Herbert
Hergé
5 Authors I've read 5+ books by
Terry Pratchett
Lindsay Davis
Goscinny and Uderzzo
Ellis Peters
Michael Wood
Terry Pratchett
Lindsay Davis
Goscinny and Uderzzo
Ellis Peters
Michael Wood
November 19, 2024 at 9:44 PM
5 (of the) authors I’ve read 5+ books by
Naomi Novik
N K Jemisin
Ann Leckie
Samantha Shannon
Becky Chambers
And for bonus points
Ursula Le Guin
Martha Wells
Oh, you want authors from other genres and genders?
Naomi Novik
N K Jemisin
Ann Leckie
Samantha Shannon
Becky Chambers
And for bonus points
Ursula Le Guin
Martha Wells
Oh, you want authors from other genres and genders?
Hello Bluesky sphere. I am following the Onion and XKCD. I need more fun stuff to follow to water down the politics. Please send me your recommendations 🙏
November 19, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Hello Bluesky sphere. I am following the Onion and XKCD. I need more fun stuff to follow to water down the politics. Please send me your recommendations 🙏