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A thread 🧵of various YouTube bits and bobs that I've found interesting, hopefully to be added to indefinitely (if no doubt erratically).
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On a side note - I'm usually wrong, but when I'm right I often wish I hadn't been: I saw a lot of smart people crowing about the failure of the Australian policy on the assumption it would force the government to backtrack, but it seemed very obvious to me that they'd double down
🚨 NEW: Under-16s in the UK could now be banned from Spotify, Lego Play and YouTube Kids under expanded Government proposals to widen the scope of its social media ban
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If it was a choice between not doing it or broadening the scope and lining up a compliance regime that involves unprecedented levels of intrusion it was always likely that the latter would win out.
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But it (superficially) polls well and it will get some busybodies off their backs for approximately five minutes and that's all our politics is now.
The Labour government's ever-expanding campaign of restrictions on the internet in Britain is one of the madder aspects of its return to power. There are just so many other priorities, and this is what State attention and resources are going on.
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I'd missed the fact that the chap who voiced Bambi in the original Disney film died the other day. Sad news.
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Lord WarGit of Superlative Value retweeted
Having one of those days where I mourn the loss of the usable internet. It's become so degraded and empty, so full of bullshit and devoid of life, so much more difficult to navigate and enjoy. It's all platforms, products, sponsored posts, scams, scams, scams.
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Lord WarGit of Superlative Value retweeted
The year is 2028. The British government has just announced that they will be banning under-16s from drinking water. A YouGov poll suggests 83% of the public are strongly in favour.
🚨 NEW: Under-16s in the UK could now be banned from Spotify, Lego Play and YouTube Kids under expanded Government proposals to widen the scope of its social media ban
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Lord WarGit of Superlative Value retweeted
Why did the National Trust "queer" the Ham House Chapel? I've written about this extraordinary treatment of a Christian place of worship @Telegraph in next post...
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Lord WarGit of Superlative Value retweeted
You're dehydrated. have some of this incredibly viscous beef stew
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This is like a Pauline Kael "I only know one person who voted for Nixon" moment for me, because I and a lot of my Twitter mutuals think Whitehall is obviously out of control and ministers have gone completely gaga, but beyond that circle it feels like there's very little pushback
This is insane, and will justifiably make teenagers hate the system more than they already do.
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Presumably because, as with a load of other stuff, every time anybody raises an objection grounded in principle, technical practicality or possible undesirable second-order impacts the response is "the polling shows this is very popular, actually".
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Lord WarGit of Superlative Value retweeted
This is insane, and will justifiably make teenagers hate the system more than they already do.
🚨NEW: The government is now expanding it's proposals for an Under-16s social media ban to include Spotify, Lego Play and YouTube Kids
[@guardian]
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Lord WarGit of Superlative Value retweeted
"172 previous offences including 80 offences against vulnerable people."
The state has broken the social contract.
The state has broken the social contract.
This happened in January this year when burglar john coker access a old man home by pretending to be fire alarm engineer.
John coker who had 172 previous offences including 80 offencs against vulnerable people.
He was jailed for 4 years 8 months but at a court of appeal his years 8 months.
Cctv released by the family..
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Such a wonderful film.
Jack Nicholson refused payment for a 2‑minute cameo in Broadcast News, one that openly mocks multi‑million‑dollar salaries.
His surprise, uncredited appearance was kept out of every promo. One condition: wrap fast so he could ride back to L.A. and catch the Lakers that night.
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