Father, Technologist, Autodidact. Malthus Disrespector, Pro-Human.
Up North, UK
Joined April 2007
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Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
Going to the woods is going home - John Muir
And if you are new to my page, this is what I love.
Poetry, rich colours, textures, ferns, leaves, suns, moons and foxes - lots and lots of foxes.
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
'And thus runs the year in yesterdays many,
And winter wends again, as the world asks...
Then thinks Gawain all too soon
Of his troubling journey.
Yet until All Hallows' Day with Arthur he lingers...'
Hallowtide and the dark half of the year: aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/…
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
Here we are in peak "hAlLoWeeN wuZ pAgaN!" season, once again. It comes around faster every year. See below for your full debunking resources:
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Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
Burnham's promises to scrap the scheme were hollow.
Ofcom (@Ofcom) still intend to mandate that government issued ID is shown to access the majority of sites the public uses in Britain. Essentially, doxxing every user to the government and site.
Say NO to digital ID.
Didn't take long for Burnham's pledge to scrap digital ID (@NoToDigitalID) to be revealed as entirely hollow. Showing your passport as a prerequisite to engage with the online world is still remains state policy.
The solution was never digital ID requirements (doxxing of every user) as mandatory for every internet user in the UK and her territories. In reality, the solution was not this – it was having the family computer in the living room or the kitchen, and giving your child a nokia, rather than an Android.
Standing on the graves of children and reaching for the tools of censorship will always be seen for what it is. The only antidote to the multi-faceted censorship state in Britain is low-tech approaches to parenting, and passing the @ASI Freedom of Speech Bill: adamsmith.org/research/the-f…
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
Close - oils on panel, 18x24cm
An attempt to capture that point of the evening, when the streetlights are on but there’s still a glimmer of light left in the sky. Everything creeps towards a strange dark monotone, punctuated by small rectangles of colour where the people are..
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
England in ten years
再强调一遍，浏览外网或翻墙被派出所传唤，根本不用慌。
首先是网警从流量监控系统中标记了你，然后会通知你当地的派出所片儿警将你传唤问话。
你的不当言论，会被打印出来，放在你面前。
你的手机，会要求解锁，他们会检查你在群里，聊天软件里还说了什么。
民警是很忙，但如果接到系统派发的工单，再忙也要处理，不然就一直挂在系统里，影响KPI了。
处理这种事，民警作为体制内打工人，他的自由裁量权很大的。你其实是增加他们工作量的一个小麻烦。只要好好配合，他们没必要跟你计较太多。
所以只要保证流程合规，上交资料完整，应付检查就行了。但你如果要装逼，摆出不合作的姿态，那不好意思，想整你的途径和方法太多了，哈哈。
去了之后，态度好一点，姿态低一点，开口说：“领导，不好意思，给你添麻烦了。”
然后最重要的是问话环节，他问你答。你不要没事找事，自己多说乱说。不知道、不了解、没做过的，直接就说不知道，别的一概不说。但你确实做过的，而且白纸黑字的放在你面前，那就不要抵赖。
不要说任何对抗性的言论。比如什么什么做的不对，所以我要批判。
如果你是因为不当发言被传唤，就说：“我理解错了意思，以为他在说什么，所以我才说了什么，表达有偏差。其实我不是这个意思。”
如果你是因为浏览了网站被传唤，就说我是不小心点到的，我一点开它就推送了，我也不知道为什么。
只要你态度好，把事情往小了说，一般也就是记录一下。没人愿意增加自己的工作量，对不对？
笔录确认没问题，签字盖章，这事儿就翻篇儿了。
千万不要装逼硬刚。
还有，虽然翻墙了，但什么该说、什么不该说，作为一个成年人，生在红旗下，长在春风里，接受了国家这么多年的教育，自己心里应该有点逼数。
毕竟你爸不是李刚，就算是，也不行。
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
Keep in mind that one can cause "harassment, alarm, or distress" in England and Wales by uttering a true statement of fact to someone who doesn't want to hear it, or by offering an honestly-held opinion or belief, spoken or written, which also offends.
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
Today is the anniversary of the death of Alfred the Great, who died in 899. Famous for defending his kingdom against Viking invasion, Alfred also strove to rebuild learning and education among the English - to restore both their 'wealth and wisdom': aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/…
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
"Amid all your duties, keep some hours to yourself."
~ Margaret Fuller
The Autumn Forest (1902)
🎨 Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
I’m arguing with my dad, he keeps saying AI is a bubble. And I keep telling him you have no idea what you’re talking about. People on the outside do not understand what it means when in 2 days you do 2 months of work. Normie brain can’t compute this. We are so early.
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
Two things are entirely predictable:
a) the Online Safety Act is an abject failure;
b) the regulators want more of it in response.
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
Repeal it.
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
🇬🇧A University of Edinburgh study found UK VPN-related discussions increased by 145% around the introduction of age checks in July 2025.
Government: "This is for your protection"
People: "Let me get some privacy protection"
Every time age verification is asked for, a new VPN user is born💫
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
Yet to see a leader mentioning the need for diplomacy before sending young men off to fight a foreign war involving nuclear powers.
A powerful intervention from the head of the Army. Something is coming, and government needs to wake up.
He says the public will have to make sacrifices so we can prioritise defence and security.
This is no time for “national security can’t come at the expense of social security”. Hard choices are coming whether ministers like it or not.
I have been clear where I would start: cut welfare spending and put the money into defence.
Rob Blake ∞ retweeted
I suppose I shouldn't keep reposting Tomasz Tuszko's 2013 glass at St Mary, Inverness every time it's a Carmelite feast day, but it's hard to resist. Today's the feast of St Teresa of Ávila, 16th Century mystic and reformer, bottom right. The others are St Faustina, St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross and St Thérèse of Lisieux.
