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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-31 at 11:42

Review: "Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill Gates review – refreshingly frank" - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/31/source-code-my-beginnings-by-bill-gates-review-refreshingly-frank

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-31 at 11:34

"I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic" Clive Lewis - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/labour-mp-government-growth-heathrow-party

[#]ukpolitics #labour

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-30 at 19:44

"Marianne Faithfull, singular icon of British pop, dies aged 78" - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/30/marianne-faithfull-singular-icon-of-british-pop-dies-aged-78

[#]uk #music #culture

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-30 at 04:43

Opinion | Labour’s plan for ‘growth’ won’t take off, but it will leave ordinary people behind - The Guardian https://apple.news/AguYqu534THqXxqEXqKyJEw

[#]labour #ukpolitics

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-29 at 10:37

Cold fusion may be a viable energy alternative to end reliance on fossil fuels - The Guardian https://apple.news/A1rRSC955Rc6Uq8atPtIh_Q 🤔

[#]energy #green

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-29 at 09:46

Keir Starmer invokes Margaret Thatcher as he goes for growth - The Times and The Sunday Times https://apple.news/AB6MsQecTTNe-Acc7409Ahw 🤮

[#]ukpolitics #labour

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-29 at 00:34

"The Green party’s time is now, but it needs to stop being polite – and start picking some fights" - Owen Jones - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/28/green-party-left-social-media-presence

[#]ukpolitics #green

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-27 at 10:38

"‘We’re witnesses to the horror of the world’: the one-of-a-kind Italian clinic treating refugees for trauma" - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/27/italian-clinic-refugees-centre-asylum-seekers

[#]asylum #refugees #ptsd #italy

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-27 at 10:27

"Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it" - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/children-gaza-loved-remembered-innocent-mourn

[#]gaza #israel #war #children

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-27 at 10:16

"AI prototypes for UK welfare system dropped as officials lament ‘false starts’" - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/27/ai-prototypes-uk-welfare-system-dropped

[#]ai #ukpolitics #socialsecurity

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-26 at 12:47

There is a ceasefire in Gaza – but war in the West Bank could just be beginning - The Independent https://apple.news/AD-8aqBuFRymvdE9Wyfdueg

[#]gaza #westbank #israel

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-25 at 14:12

Am I, the sole operator of a small hobby site with no legal qualifications, expected to judge what is legal and what is not about other people's speech? The consequences of a mistake could be serious, and note that I am also under "a duty to have particular regard to the importance of protecting users’ right to freedom of expression within the law". I certainly could not pay for legal advice any/every time such a situation might arise. 2/2

[#]osa #OnlineSafetyAct

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-25 at 14:11

Here's another twist to the UK Online Safety Act that's just occurred to me. As a site operator, I am obliged to have a procedure for users to report illegal content and to take that content down if it really is illegal. But who makes that judgement? It's easy to imagine unclear cases. E.g. a discussion thread on Assisted Dying could be viewed by many people as legitimate discussion but a zealot might report it as "encouraging or assisting suicide" which is illegal. 1/2

[#]osa #OnlineSafetyAct

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-24 at 08:20

Prof Chris Grey's latest Brexit Bulletin - "Five years on: stuck" - https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/five-years-on-stuck.html

[#]brexit #ukpolitics

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-24 at 07:54

"The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer?" - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/24/eu-digital-surveillance-child-protection

[#]eu #privacy

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-23 at 15:07

UK Online Safety Act online event, Wed 12 Feb: "Ofcom Session for Small, Low-Risk Community Sites" - https://lu.ma/qijpvfnl

[#]osa #OnlineSafetyAct

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-21 at 23:28

Gary asks "What does Elon Musk want?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPoXOwiEfrQ

• and also makes an interesting point: the far-right rail against immigration, but they actually need it to stay high so they have a bogey-man to blame all our problems on. 🤔

[#]economics #wealth #politics #elonmusk

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-21 at 14:44

Newsgrouper - https://newsgrouper.org.uk/ - my web gateway to #usenet now has an option to search old posts from the Internet Archive running from 1987 up to 2013. The period from 2003 to the present is covered by the existing search facility.

I have downloaded archive files for the whole of the "big 8" hierarchies: comp humanities misc news rec sci soc talk. For groups where the archive search option is available you can find it by selecting a group and then clicking "Find Articles".

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-21 at 08:28

"There’s a way to beat a far-right takeover in the UK. So why has Starmer gone silent about it?" - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/21/donald-trump-uk-far-right-electoral-reform-keir-starmer

[#]ukpolitics #proportionalrepresentation

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Written by Colin Macleod on 2025-01-20 at 13:20

Fee, fi, fo…Trump: how an ogre won back the White House - The Guardian https://apple.news/AvgMxNuNQRd6g7NYvMR0yYg

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