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Well I actually joined Twitter but let's not argue over it.
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Am I the only person who has absolutely no interest in ever watching even 2 minutes of ‘Traitors’ and can’t stand the constant pushing of it?
Yep. It's only 7.15pm and our dog is already a nervous wreck thanks to some prat letting blasting fireworks off in the street outside. Been dreading tonight all day. I used to like NYE years ago. It's no fun anymore.
Small Acts of Resistance, the latest historical novel from Anita Frank is out today. Happy publication day. 🥳🎉🎉
My review of this moving story of bravery and strength set in rural occupied France during WW1. *Link in the comments*.
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Just been looking on here to see if Evri the crap courier is on here. Unsurprisingly they're not. Imagine the abuse they'd get if they were. They are an utter joke of a company definitely not fit for purpose.
For what it's worth and all the use it will be I feel a VERY strongly worded email coming on to my #Labour MP because I have sooooo had ENOUGH of other people's 'fun' intruding in my life every effing NIGHT. #Fireworks SICK of them!!!
45 minutes solid so far tonight. Our dog has barked for 45 minutes and is now beside himself. We'll have a repeat next weekend and then all over again come New Year. 🤬
Good to join @petercardwell on @TalkTV on why we need to see tighter controls on the sale of fireworks to protect animals & people @RSPCA_official @fireworkreform
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Today AWS servers went down and so did the government One Login digital ID system
Millions of people were suddenly locked out of vital services just because all authentication now runs through one central system hosted on a single commercial cloud.
Could there be a clearer warning
This is not a theoretical risk.
This is what happens when all access to government services depends on a single provider and a single platform.
One outage and the whole country grinds to a halt
If AWS can crash and take out government logins nationwide.
What happens during a cyberattack?
What happens in a crisis?
What happens when there is just a technical glitch?
We are being told to put our trust our business our legal status and our most sensitive personal information into one digital basket
Today proves just how fragile and risky that model is.
Digital ID is not about convenience or security.
It is about centralising risk and making everyone more vulnerable to outages attacks and bureaucratic mistakes.
It only takes one outage to lock the country out.
#NoToDigitalID
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This is how you privatise a country
The playbook is simple: keep the public fighting about borders and boats while corporations dismantle the state from within. Outsource governance to Silicon Valley surveillance firms. Hand infrastructure to Wall Street. Create zones where capital operates beyond democratic control.
By the time people notice, it’s already done.
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20 years ago Tony Blair wanted to rollout ID cards, the policy flatlined.
Keir Starmer is resurrecting Blair’s ID card all over again, but the difference is this new rollout is now taking place after Brexit which means citizens protections from predatory corporations has evaporated.
Funny how Starmer doesn’t want to talk about Brexit, but these ID cards are a direct consequence of post-Brexit deregulation which risks mass surveillance of everything you do.
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Battersea Park Children’s Zoo have commented on our campaign to have Battersea Park #fireworks moved away from the animals in the zoo and the nearby dogs & cats home or cancelled completely. The post makes horrendous reading and if it doesn’t make you want to drop an email to [email protected] we don’t know what will! @CllrSimonHogg do you care to comment? Your continued use of the park for firework displays disregarding animal welfare is completely unacceptable. @RSPCA_official @MayorofLondon @EmmaforWycombe @domdyer70 @wandbc
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Had a lovely morning at our local library today for the book launch of The Time Hop Coffee Shop by Phaedra Patrick. My first ever live book talk (not an online one). Enjoyed it very much.
Happy book birthday to #TheTimeHopCoffeeShop - out now in the UK! ☕️📚 The perfect, warm-hearted, magical read for autumn. 🍂 Get it from your favourite independent bookshop, on @amazon or @waterstones now
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I spent a month making this it, thank you to everyone who takes the time to appreciate it.❤️❤️
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I've moved my blog from WP to blogger. Does anyone know why, when I post a link to a review on Blogspot, it doesn't post a picture with the link. That's a bit rubbish isn't it. 🙄 Fed up of blogging, nothing works properly any more.
This book sat on my to be read pile for about two year or more. It's a very emotional and tender story. Better late than never because I loved it. The Silent Treatment by @AbbieGreaves1
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