James C Rocks

OpenClaw is the most fun I've had with a PC in 50 years Opinion: The DECwriter got me hooked in 1975. 'Clawdine' feels like a wonderful new beginning

Yeah, mine was back in '79; the stunning revelation of a Lunar Lander game (the interface was a printer, not a screen)... the idea that a computer could simulate something I was already massively interested in was, to me, mind-blowing!

www.theregister.com/2026/02/19/5...

Seems entirely fair (and I say that as someone who's been watching quite a bit of it)! 🤣

#snowboarding #winterolympics

Stop secret corporate courts rewarding climate wreckers Community action stopped the climate-wrecking Whitehaven coal mine. Now, its backers are suing the government in a secret corporate court – and UK taxpayers could pay millions. Polluters should never ...

I just signed this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition asking the UK Government to put climate before profit and end secret corporate courts – will you join me? foe.uk/8ojx1

Thanks... I'll set an alarm :)

7 cataclysmic ways the world might end – How It Works How It Works

Cheery stuff from @howitworksdaily.com.web.brid.gy :

www.howitworksdaily.com/7-cataclysmi...

First launch of Ariane 6 with four boosters

From @esa.int

If I can find it streaming somewhere, I'll be watching :)

#esa #ariane6

www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

We’re suing Farage’s Reform in the High Court | Good Law Project Update (25 March 2025): We’ve just filed a landmark legal claim against Reform UK at the High Court.

I just donated to help @goodlawproject.bsky.social because I believe that they and a number of other organisations are helping to stand against #fascism in the UK.

#opposefascists

goodlawproject.org/s/6ca0fc

No idea who Justin Walsh is however, the idea intrigues so I've subscribed to Hewlett's channel.

Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native Opinion: Just because you're paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn't mean they're not after you

Yep! #SorryNotSorry #America but you decided to elect a #fascist as #potus so you get to live with the consequences. These days we (the rest of the world) should be adopting an #anythingbutamerican philosophy.

#trump

www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/e...

Copilot everywhere? Not for long. Microsoft dialing it back on Windows 11 People familiar with Microsoft's plans say that the company moving to streamline or remove certain Copilot integrations across in-box apps like Notepad and Paint in 2026, after pushback from users.

What I want (for everyone), and being very IT literate I usually can, is the ability to uninstall all these "features" or better still not install them at all. Come on @microsoft.com, you can do better!

www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

Tell the UK: Ban X Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok is generating on-demand, sexually-explicit images of real women and children. Now governments are twiddling their thumbs wondering what to do about it. It’s very simple: ban X

Not particularly pro censorship but I'm not stupid enough to believe in zero #censorship; #law in democratic societies tends to reflect public morals, X is doing things considered immoral/illegal in the #UK so it needs controlling; if that means banning #x & #grok, so be it.

action.eko.org/a/ban-x

Cost disease: Why everything is so damn expensive There's a deeper cause than greed or inefficiency.

While I am in not saying that there shouldn't be the #wealthy and not so much, essentially the disproportionate distribution of wealth is causing problems. A bit US focussed but some valid points.

#eattherich

onlys.ky/cost-disease/

Write to your MP | Say 'No!' to collective worship and narrow RE Help us call on the UK Government to urgently review the laws on Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in state schools in England, following a Supreme Court ruling that exclusively Christia...

I’ve just emailed my MP, asking them to support an urgent review of collective worship, and for a national entitlement to a broad, balanced, and inclusive curriculum about religions and humanism in every school. You should too! #HumanistsUK humanists.uk/action/urge-...

The DMV is to beef up its practical driving test with a module on maintaining control of your vehicle while being murdered by fascists.

YouTube video by Femi - F Politics! CENSORSHIP: Police threaten me for criticising Reform UK

From @femi-oluwole.bsky.social:

I like to think I live in a free country but sometimes my confidence gets shaken.

#ukpolice #racism #reformuk #fuckfarage

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcK1...

Scammers are peddling a fake Cadbury Christmas giveaway on WhatsApp - Which? This WhatsApp scam message includes a link to a dodgy survey website

From Which?:

A WhatsApp message offering a Cadbury hamper giveaway is recirculating in the run-up to Christmas. It might include personal info but a quiz is used to steal other stuff and leads to a dodgy website. UK but I'd guess other countries must have similar.

www.which.co.uk/news/article...

It's shocking just how many people who, when presented with this and asked to identify which was male and which was female, insisted the female one was the one with an extra rib 🙄

Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

YouTube video by Femi - F Politics! Calling Brexit "democratic" is WORSE than stupid!

When we left the #EU, the #UK shot itself in the foot, as @mrjamesob.bsky.social says, we became the first nation to apply sanctions to ourselves so I have some sympathy with this:
#brexit #stupidity #idiocracy

www.youtube.com/shorts/c-PuI...

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl ICE... How Do You Do It?

"If you do a job where you have to hide your face, you know you're not doing the right thing!"

#trump #potus #unitedstatesofamerica #usa #ice #immigration

www.youtube.com/shorts/_w3rk...

YouTube video by LBC 'They're saying...show me your papers': Simon Marks on Trump's ICE crackdown

Wow! This is not the #america I thought I knew! #facism rears its ugly head... 16 minutes of essential listening and, from the sound of it, anyone you know over there should be extremely careful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQAg...

From @newsthump.com:

#politics #tories #corruption #michellemone

They did and they played to the lowest common denominator, public ignorance, IMO.

Good news although I think the reason he's going after the #bbc is to distract attention from the #epsteinfiles.

What the hell's it got to do with being #woke FFS?

Big shock the #Brexit was a failure and a big shock that so many could be convinced (still are convinced) it would have been/still is a success.

I blame #facebook and #twitter (as well as #farage and #johnson)!

Well, I thought it was #funny given the crap going on with #trump and the #bbc :)

#humour #spoof

Leaked Meta documents predicted 10% of its revenue came from scam ads in 2024 - Which? The social media giant projected earnings of $16bn from scam and banned adverts on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

From #whichmagazine... one reason I've left #facebook and make use of #whatsapp in as limited a fashion as I can.

www.which.co.uk/news/article...

I went from Windows to Linux... then back again, and the grass isn't always greener I really wish I could have one OS to satisfy all my desires

As I'm about to embark on creating my first #dual-boot system in decades, this article from #XDA feels like it sums up my relationship with Windows and #Linux near perfectly.

www.xda-developers.com/i-went-from-...

China releases 'UBIOS' standard to replace UEFI — Huawei-backed BIOS firmware replacement charges China's domestic computing goals Support for chiplets, heterogeneous computing, and a step away from U.S.-based standards are key features of China's BIOS replacement.

Interesting, I guess I'd use it once I've seen a few reputable articles about it. Being brutally honest, I'm no fan of US led stuff right now.

#china #america #bios #ubios #uefi

www.tomshardware.com/software/chi...