@gwire

An affectionate machine-tickling aphid.

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Joined February 2009
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Weird how Session, Signal, Element, Threema, Viber and Wire are magically transformed into "technology giants" in BBC news piece when they are signatories of letter also signed by WhatsApp, and three block quotes from government before getting to the issue bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65…

WhatsApp and other messaging apps oppose 'surveillance'

WhatsApp and messaging apps unite to urge the UK government to rethink the Online Safety Bill.

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In Suella Braverman’s Thick Of It episode that starts with her supporting a golliwog-loving pub-owning couple in an attempt to boost her popularity, this is the quote a junior SpAd would be reading out to her over the phone as Malcolm Tucker approaches from the mid-distance
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Lol, my fellow brits using Windows 11 with en-GB in the Insider Program might have noticed that MS has mistranslated ZIP files as "postcode" files in the latest builds.
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Nigel Lawson has died. But despite the overwhelming evidence of science, for balance we’re going to talk to somebody who says he hasn’t.
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🚨 | NEW: The Home Office has deleted a Tweet which implied that Suella Braverman is one of the “greatest injustices in modern Britain”
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Replying to @BrianLeeWow
I think i got the best one
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I think that bears repeating. *The average American* has the same chance of a long and healthy life as someone born in the most deprived part of England, a place with the highest rates of relationship breakdown and some of the highest rates of antidepressant prescribing.
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NEW: A ransomware group is blackmailing Amazon’s Ring, claiming it has hacked the company: vice.com/en/article/qjvd9q/r…
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I like the way he said “episode”, the way football fans always say “I hope it’s a good episode of Match of The Day tonight”.
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HIGNFY producers hoping BBC don’t find out that Ian Hislop also edits a satirical magazine occasionally critical of government policy.
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If I was worried about people comparing me to 1930s Germany, my next move probably wouldn't be to shut down all criticism on the national broadcasting service
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I have informed the BBC that I am very much available for tomorrow’s #MOTD
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That’ll teach the BBC to employ strikers.
Ian Wright
@IanWright010 Mar 2023
Everybody knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I’ve told the BBC I won’t be doing it tomorrow. Solidarity.
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What does this even mean?? Do we want access to the UK slavery system?
Rishi Sunak
@RishiSunak7 Mar 2023
If you come to the UK illegally: ➡️ You can’t claim asylum ➡️ You can’t benefit from our modern slavery protections ➡️ You can’t make spurious human rights claims ➡️ You can’t stay
If you come to the UK illegally you will be denied access to the UK’s modern slavery system

ALT If you come to the UK illegally you will be denied access to the UK’s modern slavery system

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In case you were wondering, here is the augmented reality nonsense shown if you scan the qrcode This is like when your dad discovered wordart xitter.cf/RishiSunak/status/1632…
Rishi Sunak
@RishiSunak6 Mar 2023
Innovation means growth📱
QR code to announcement on science and technology

ALT QR code to announcement on science and technology

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A perhaps predictable result of the 'Lockdown Files' is that it's being used as a soft landing for privileged and well-connected people to admit they routinely broke the rules almost everyone else stuck to. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03…
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Here @IsabelOakeshott claims: "WhatsApp messages are not subject to Freedom of Information requests" This is not true and @dailytelegraph should correct this error. They are subject to FOI requests. It is just that the government refuses to release them. There's a difference.
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"Morning!" by eclectech - just FP'd: ift.tt/AEafOmy
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We're happy to announce that Assassin's Creed Syndicate will receive an update tomorrow, February 23, on PlayStation 4. This update will provide a fix for flickering issues when playing on PlayStation 5. #AssassinsCreed
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