Glyn Moody
@glynmoody.bsky.social
writer (Rebel Code, Digital Code of Life, Walled Culture - free ebook download - https://walledculture.org/the-book/), journalist, blogger. On #DigitalRights, #privacy, #surveillance, #openness, #copyright, and #patents. email: glyn.moody@gmail.com
Possibly our favourite minute of a meeting ever taken: On the 19th September 1739 the following caught our eye: The Merchant Adventurers paid 2s 6d for "washing the Hall after Mr Peary had showed Lyons". Yes you've read that right. Lions! In the Hall! 🦁💩
Socrates Kapsaskis's 'Greek' Translation of James Joyce's ULYSSES was published in 1991. "a work of Homeric proportions, with lexical combinations ranging from the very modern colloquial language to Byzantine, New Testament, and Ancient Greek." (Peter Constantine)
David Ellison tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his New York Times essay in brutal comments to us, pointing to the Paramount chief's disastrous record at CBS News. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...
The Ellison Credibility Crisis
The Paramount boss tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his Times essay in brutal comments to Status, pointing to his disastrous record at C...
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Trump can defeat or abuse you, but he can't take your dignity. To lose your dignity to Trump, you must give it to him voluntarily, which so many have been willing to do.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
FFS we cannot keep doing this… A handful of the richest people hoovering up wealth from everyone else while quite literally making the planet unlivable At what point does someone grow a fucking spine and do something?!
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The Times of Central Asia@timesca.com · 4h agoUzbekistan is trying to turn its IT outsourcing boom into an AI economy, but global success will depend on whether local startups can scale beyond the domestic market. https://ow.ly/lSS550Zwz4u #ArtificialIntelligence #Startups #DigitalEconomy #TechExports #UzbekistanTech #AIStartups
My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
Devastatingly important work on a devastatingly fascist platform. So many: @anildash.com @karlbode.com @molly.wiki have let you know why and how to leave. It's time to go @mrdtjames.bsky.social.
Substack Still Has A Nazi Problem (And Doesn't Care)
For several years Substack has been accused of coddling white supremacy and fascist ideology for cash. And despite several major scandals and a mass defection of ethical authors, there's little seriou...
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It's very very strange to be in a situation where Jeanine Pirro is the sane and responsible one!
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h agoIt's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...
The patent on Ozempic in Australia doesn’t expire til 2029. In the meantime, Canada and India get cheap generics while Australians will pay full price for a brand name
AngoraFish@angorafish.bsky.social · 5h agoThis is the real problem: "There were an extraordinary 420,000 people receiving a private-market supply of GLP-1 agonist drugs semaglutide or tirzepatide as of mid-last year". Why accept a lower wholesale price on the PBS when half a million people are paying full price? Time to bring on generics.
Pretty sure when you win the election it's a big election night. Pretty sure when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate.
Politico@politico.com · 9h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
The U.K. capital’s transport authority has granted approval for Wayve and Uber to begin giving rides to members of the public in autonomous vehicles.
Self-driving startup approved to take taxi passengers in London
Transport for London has granted licenses for 15 vehicles operated by Wayve and Uber.
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Once again, GOP sides with Trump over Epstein survivors. Blanche was just as responsible, if not more, than Bondi for the harm done to these woman by the botched rollout of the files. I really don't wanna hear GOP/MAGA talk about protecting women and girls from trans folks. @deadder.bsky.social
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
not only that, there are millions of hours of audio in thousands of languages, all available for free online. this is a golden age for language learning.....
Word Family Friday@wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social · 10h ago25 years ago, when I wanted to know the etymology of a French word, I had to order a hard copy of an etymological dictionary in French from France.
such cowardice from #idf, as usual...
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4h agoIsraeli forces raid refugee camp, town north of occupied Jerusalem Israel forces curfew in Kafr Aqab, prevent dawn prayers at mosques in Qalandiya refugee camp, according to Jerusalem Governorate share.google/HSCXfDdGqspv...
"Archaeologists have uncovered the full floor of Lithuania’s historic Great Synagogue, revealing treasures nearly erased by Nazi and Soviet occupations." www.jta.org/2026/08/04/g...
Archaeologists uncover treasures of Vilnius' Great Synagogue as Lithuanian Jews dispute its future - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Plans for the recovered ruins have sparked a debate over what should be built on the site, and who gets to decide.
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deregulation won't drive growth, despite what #burnham claims; rejoining #eu will, and our environment won't be trashed either...
Leeds for Europe@leedseurope.bsky.social · 9h agoIn @bradfordtanda.bsky.social 📰: PM #AndyBurnham must break #Brexit silence. Ignoring £182bn annual #UKEconomy hit makes better public services impossible. @europeanmovement.co.uk: This isn't time to sideline #EU reset! #Bradford #UKPolitics #RejoinEU 👇 Also view & share via @bestforbritain.org 👇
Congratulations to all the people who pissed tens of millions of dollars down the toilet
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 10h agoUnfathomable
Why am I seeing a flurry of Google ads, always wordlessly featuring Nigel Farage pointing sternly or angrily at some BBC guy, promoting non-political services that aren't even based in the UK, posted by verified advertisers based in Latin America with long Spanish names? This is just the latest.
please, my government, stop trying to do this. Regulate big tech companies, yes; ensure fairness and competition. Don't ask for back doors; they make everyone less safe, you can't be trusted, future governments can't either, and it makes it harder to regulate Google and Apple when they are wrong.
Liberty@libertyhq.bsky.social · 24h agoNEW 🚨 Apple are challenging the UK Government's secret data access that could create a 'backdoor' to our encrypted information. Liberty and Privacy International are also challenging these secret orders, known as 'Technical Capability Notices' (TCNs). www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
What about not enough water for the public? While millions of us face hosepipe bans, AI datacentres are gulping down millions of litres of fresh drinking water every single day.
/3 Banken, Versicherung, Vermögensverwalter investieren Milliarden - europaweit zwischen 2024 und 2025 waren es 27 Mrd. netzpolitik.org/2026/banken-...
Milliardeninvestitionen aus Europa fließen in Palantir
Deutsche Banken, Versicherungen und Vermögensverwalter halten jede Menge Palantir-Aktien. Trotz immer lauterer menschenrechtlicher Bedenken erhöhten sich die großen Investitionen zwischen 2024 und 202...
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Governments are weaponising travel bans to silence dissent. By restricting movement, they isolate journalists, silence critics and prevent abuses from reaching an audience. Our new report with the University of Essex examines this growing global threat: www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/how-...
How governments are weaponising travel bans to silence dissent - Index on Censorship
A major new report that looks at how dissidents are stopped from entering or leaving their countries
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The Wildberries hub in Aleksin, Tula oblast, received drone sanctions and is permanently closed for temporary maintenance. Now, only 7 of 26 Wildberries hubs remain operational. By the end of the week, the number remaining will be very small indeed. Then the real mess begins.🔥
this, right here. As i always tell new devs, the challenge isn't writing code. it's learning to write easily maintainable code.
Darío@dariosamo.bsky.social · 14h agoSomebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · yesterdayBP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
