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United Kingdom
Joined June 2012
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How is the internet less private than in 2006, when the whole family shared one computer?
Back then, the internet was weird, personal, and all of ours.
So, we got your favorite meme legends back together to say it louder: What happened to the internet? 1/3
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reminder
Disney is raising the price of Disney+ again.
The monthly option without ads will rise by $2.50 to $21.49 per month.
(Source: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…)
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BREAKING: Activision is taking over Halo as part of a massive Xbox shake-up and more layoffs. Sea of Thieves developers Rare are moving to Activision, alongside World’s Edge, the studio behind the Age of Empires franchise. Full details 👇 theverge.com/news/998586/act…
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New cat alert! A call from a wildlife sanctuary about a "weird cat" has led to the first new cat species discovered in over 100 years in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion. Learn more about this feline surprise: on.natgeo.com/JRuaGj
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Your physical game library is more than a collection of discs. It holds years of memories and stories worth preserving. Starting next week, XBOX Insiders can unlock a digital entitlement for supported physical games. We’ll start with thousands of titles and add more as we can.
GitHub down again for like the 10X this month. GitLab and Cobeberg are looking real good right now...
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Players have been asking for voice chat in captures for a long time. Starting today, it’s here. You’ll also see more on achievements and wishlists in this latest update.
New console features are rolling out to XBOX insiders!
💬Voice chat in game captures
🏆 New ways to view achievements
☁️ More control over cloud saves
🎮 More games on wishlist
Read more about these upcoming features: xbx.lv/4xqdLeA
Kieran priv/acc retweeted
Brock Lesnar has announced his retirement from pro-wrestling ⭐️
"I'm just gonna enjoy life... I'm 49 years old and it's time."
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Our 25th anniversary celebration continues!
🎨 Community-created XBOX designs
💚 The XBOX 25th Anniversary badge
🎮 @XBOXGamePass collections
📍 The FanFest tour date lineup
Learn more: xbx.lv/4hcbnTW
Kieran priv/acc retweeted
‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ actually opened with $927M worldwide.
Second biggest opening weekend OF ALL TIME.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
UK government says “we have decided not to limit VPNs”
🎉 This is a huge win for everyone that has spoken out against proposals to limit VPNs.
We have always maintained that the ability of adults and children to enjoy enhanced privacy and cybersecurity provided by VPNs is a sign of a healthy liberal democracy.
Yesterday we joined 20+ organisations writing to the government, urging them to rethink proposals to resrtrict VPNs.
Anonymity and enhanced privacy allow everyone from domestic abuse survivors, journalists, whistleblowers and human rights campaigners to communicate securely.
ALT Headline of MP reading: UK government: "we have decided not to limit vpns"
Kieran priv/acc retweeted
At 17 you can
Have consensual sex
Have a kid
Drive a car
Work a job
Vote
Donate blood
Join the army
BUT you CANNOT watch YouTube after your allocated government bedtime lmao
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At 17 in the UK you can get married and drive a car but don’t you dare scroll Twitter after 10pm
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will introduce nightly social media curfews for 16 and 17-year-olds as part of the Government's social media ban
[@thetimes]
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Chapter 2's first crew meeting was very productive... @SeaOfThieves #BeMorePirate
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This is what the UK spyware proposal means.
There must be government spyware on every mobile device. It shall watch everything that happens, including always watching the screen, looking for things the government disapproves of.
When anything is flagged by the software as something the government doesn't like, the software must block it from being sent or displayed (in realtime).
The user of the device must not be able to shut this watching and blocking off. The only way to shut it off would be to ask the government or its proxies to do so for you, at their discretion.
Therefore the whole device must be locked down. Administrator rights and the decision of what software or operating system to run or not to run must be taken from the owner/user and handed to the government and its proxies.
Apple and Google are themselves working hard to lock down the devices they are involved in to shut out competition and establish a duopoly.
The UK government says it is "working closely" with Apple and Google and currently they synchronise and coordinate their communication on this subject.
The UK government is now proposing to mandate what would otherwise be illegal anti-competitive practices.
@GrapheneOS on the Apple and Google duopoly:
nitter.cf/GrapheneOS/status/2053…
Statement from @signalapp
nitter.cf/signalapp/status/20640…
@ReclaimTheNetHQ on the state spyware:
reclaimthenet.org/starmer-ca…
The government announcement:
gov.uk/government/news/new-p…
Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.
signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06…