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Kristie De Garis

@kristiedegaris.bsky.social

If you can't attend my event tomorrow at University of Glasgow, it s available to live stream at the link below

uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8484798525...

It's going to be an interesting and lively conversation.

1pm start.

#Scotland #Glasgow #Reading #WritingCommunity #Books #Events #Accessibility

A woman with short, greying dark hair stands outdoors beside an old red British phone box. She wears a teal button-up shirt tucked into high waisted dark jeans and black shoes. A pair of sunglasses hangs from her shirt. Behind her is a stone wall, a flowing river, and trees with early autumn foliage. Two small blue andwhite utility markers are set into the grass near her feet. The atmosphere is calm and slightly overcast.

November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway]

@thesuiway.bsky.social

just use the fucking library.

November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM

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Tuta

@tuta.com

🚨 BREAKING #Google just activated #Gemini on #Gmail - without asking you.

Turn it off now; here's how!
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...

✊️ Fight AI & fight Google

You have to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations.

Share so everyone is aware. ❤️

“We’ve activated Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and Google apps” With a reply, "No Thanks! Learn how to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps on the Tuta blog. "

Turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat & Meet: Screenshot of the google settings you need to navigate to turn off smart features. Next to Smart features click the box to turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat and Meet. Click on Manage Workspace smart feature settings and toggle these setting off.

November 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff.org

Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint

Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...

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October 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff.org

Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

How to: Encrypt Your Windows, Mac, or Linux Computer

Encrypting your computer's storage drive is a simple, but powerful tool to secure your data. When enabled, "full-disk" encryption (also known as device encryption) encrypts everything on your computer so it cannot be viewed without first entering a password when you log in. Just to instructions for: Windows Mac Linux...

ssd.eff.org

October 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM

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Proton

@proton.me

Avoiding US tech? Some European alts:

🇳🇴 Browser: Vivaldi
🇫🇷 Search: Qwant
🇫🇷 Music: Deezer
🇫🇷 Hosting: OVH
🇫🇮 Mobile OS: Jolla
🇩🇪 Maps: Here WeGo
🇩🇪 Translation: DeepL
🇳🇱 Design: Sketch
🇨🇭 Notes: Standard Notes
🇨🇭 Messenger: Threema
🇨🇭 Dev Tools: Sonar

https://proton.me/blog/european-tech-alternatives

European alternatives to US tech | Proton | Proton

Take back control of your digital life with privacy-focused European alternatives to US Big Tech apps and services.

proton.me

October 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff.org

Many of these issues would be mitigated by doing what the competition is already doing: encrypting the broadcasts from its Bluetooth trackers. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Tile’s Lack of Encryption Is a Danger for Users Everywhere

In research shared with Wired this week, security researchers detailed a series of vulnerabilities and design flaws with Life360’s Tile Bluetooth trackers that make it easy for stalkers and the

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October 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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Tressie McMillan Cottom

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

October 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff.org

EFF has your back, no matter if you’re online or on the streets. That’s why we’re working on projects like Privacy Badger and our Surveillance Self-Defense guides. Help support our work by becoming a member today: eff.org/join

35 Years for Privacy & Free Speech

EFF is on a mission to protect your civil liberties and human rights wherever they meet tech, but it’s only possible with your help.

supporters.eff.org

October 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff.org

Apple must continue to refuse the demand to create a backdoor into iCloud. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The UK Is Still Trying to Backdoor Encryption for Apple Users

The Financial Times reports that the U.K. is once again demanding that Apple create a backdoor into its encrypted backup services. The only change since the last time they demanded this is that the

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October 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM

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Meredith Whittaker

@meredithmeredith.bsky.social

Yes, I did sound the alarm on agentic AI's privacy threat, and rightly so.

observer.com/2025/07/sign...

Signal Chief Meredith Whittaker Sounds Alarm On Agentic A.I.’s Privacy Threat

Signal Foundation President Meredith Whittaker warns that agentic A.I. could breach app-level security, threatening privacy for millions of users.

observer.com

July 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM

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Merlin Mann

@hotdogsladies.bsky.social

"Genesis of the Daleks" (1975) is my favorite Fourth Doctor arc, and it's all up for free here.

"Simply touch one wire against the other…and that's it."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaxB...

Genesis of the Daleks | FULL EPISODES | Season 12 | Doctor Who: Classic

YouTube video by Doctor Who: Classic | FULL EPISODES

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July 6, 2025 at 5:12 AM

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Merlin Mann

@hotdogsladies.bsky.social

🦉 Wisdom Project update.

wisdom.limo

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- Life is a tile puzzle. You're often going to need to move some around a bunch of stuff that seems completely unrelated to your theoretical goal. At least at first it will seem completely unrelated.
- Avoid using your hand as a tool. Almost always prefer to use your hand to *manipulate* an appropriate tool. You're going to need your hand for other things.
- Nearly everything that happens in the world doesn't involve you. How often do you think about this?
- Your photos will get more interesting once you've learned to lie prone on the ground for a surprisingly long time.
- Sometimes we make things to teach, but often we make things to learn.
- When you’re trying to help someone, focus on the help that the person needs rather than the help you feel like giving them.
- At least twice a day, focus on doing something very skillfully.
- It's not laws that protect you; it's people observing laws that protects you.

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July 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM

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Elen Caldecott

@elencaldecott.bsky.social

Well, this was terrible news earlier this week.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Lancaster to cut jobs to save £30m from budget

University of Lancaster bosses say the cuts are due to rising costs and a fall in overseas students.

www.bbc.co.uk

June 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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Tracy Quan

@tracyquannyc.bsky.social

🗃️Insightful discussion on Witness History about the beginnings of Ceefax. Featuring an interview w/ @angusm.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Witness History - Ceefax: the start of interactive television - BBC Sounds

In 1974, the BBC launched the world's first teletext service

www.bbc.co.uk

December 19, 2024 at 6:08 AM

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Prince Charles Cinema

@princecharlescinema.com

#SaveThePCC

Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.

For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;

you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

Save The Prince Charles Cinema

The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

you.38degrees.org.uk

January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM

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Michael Jarvie

@michaeljarvie.bsky.social

First earnings for June.
A working class writer is something to be.
Soon have enough money for a sausage roll.

June 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM

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Retro 1951 Fine Pens

@retro51.bsky.social

✨ ✒️ It’s Fountain Pen Friday! Today, we’re highlighting a fun option for your writing routine—convert your Tornado Fountain Pen into a capped rollerball with our handy Converter Kit! This kit is designed exclusively for use with Tornado Fountain Pens.

May 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM

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Merlin Mann

@hotdogsladies.bsky.social

From the beginning, fans were listening closely to precise things The Beatles were doing and trying to emulate them.

Even in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1966.

(God, I love fans.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFJ2...