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gwire @gwire

An affectionate machine-tickling aphid.

Joined February 2009
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gwire@gwire
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CROATOAN
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gwire@gwire
27 Apr 2023
This username on mastodon dot social.
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gwire@gwire
25 Apr 2023
Guess we’re done with PCR tests?
Graph on front page of coronavirus.data.gov.uk showing a drop in testing in April 2022

ALT Graph on front page of coronavirus.data.gov.uk showing a drop in testing in April 2022

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gwire@gwire
24 Apr 2023
Surely the fired Fox News anchor can get a job with that other one, ONAN or whatever.
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gwire@gwire
20 Apr 2023
Government secures a five year contract to access A THING THAT SHOULD BE PUBLICLY OWNED. gov.uk/government/news/publi…

Public sector access to Royal Mail Postcode Address File agreed to 2028

England, Scotland and Wales are now in one combined agreement that gives public sector bodies up-to-date address information across the UK.

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gwire@gwire
19 Apr 2023
Is it acceptable to think of art, in cultural terms, indistinguishably from those that invest the most money in it?
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gwire@gwire
19 Apr 2023
While the debate is focused on “encryption”, I think it’s worth remembering that one stated use for chat monitoring is “grooming”. Since that’s highly-contextual, this implies that providers will need to store the plaintext of all messages beyond the ability of users to delete.
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gwire@gwire
18 Apr 2023
There’s no point reading the article, just leave it at the headline. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-6…

Top ultrarunner Joasia Zakrzewski disqualified for using a car in race

Joasia Zakrzewski was disqualified from a 50-mile race for using the car during part of the route.

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Smooth Dunk@SmoothDunk
18 Apr 2023
why did I make this
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Rasmus Kleis Nielsen@rasmus_kleis
18 Apr 2023
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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gwire@gwire
17 Apr 2023
Netflix, or whoever, should have videos of sleeping cats. Sometimes a sleeping cat is all I want to watch.
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gwire@gwire
17 Apr 2023
Excited to find out if this logic extends to suspected wage theft.
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@shannonrwatts
15 Apr 2023
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Thanks to Tennessee’s new permitless carry law, no training or background check is required to carry a hidden, loaded handgun in public. As a result, too many Americans think shoplifting is a crime punishable by death. abcnews.go.com/US/permitless…
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gwire@gwire
17 Apr 2023
I see that the same government that wants you to log into every site for age/identity verification, also thinks cookie pop-ups are a problem. gov.uk/government/news/new-d…

New data laws debated in Parliament

New data regulations to be introduced to help fix everyday problems for the public

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gwire@gwire
12 Apr 2023
In Ted Lasso, Rebecca’s phone has an Apple Pay icon in the iMessage app - but I don’t think this feature is available in the UK.
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Vinay Patel@VinayPatel
12 Apr 2023
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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gwire@gwire
12 Apr 2023
Lousy Smarch Weather
Mattia Peretti@xhgMattia
12 Apr 2023
I'm sorry Bard what again..?
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gwire@gwire
9 Apr 2023
Even if you don’t think the “licence fee” is but regressive taxation, the World Service gets some funding via FCDO, so if NPR counts as “governmental funded” the BBC would also.
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Zac Bowden
@zacbowden
5 Apr 2023
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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Jon Harvey@jondharvey
3 Apr 2023
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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Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
4 Apr 2023
🚨 | 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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