Ian Abbott

Won’t really miss Disney being involved in Doctor Who. I’m glad it can continue without them in the manner that it did before and it will likely be better as a result. Sure the budget may be smaller again but that’s not a bad thing, and good work was done before… www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...

As a developer I’m worried about all the “vibe coding” including test suites direct from LLMs. In my experiments they often produce overly complex and bad code, and hallucinate to the point of arguing methods and modules exist when they don’t. It makes me worried how much of this goes into prod.

It’s times like today where I’m thankful we use a on-premises, private cloud architecture and not public cloud.

And whilst in this case it may not have been a third party recommended by the OSA the fact remains that it’s hard to trust that any third party age verification system is handling data in a secure manner if any of the data or processing occurs off-device… if that data is stored online it is at risk

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“The unauthorized party also gained access to a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination”.

And yet the UK government and Ofcom wonder why we keep pointing out the major issue with the Online Safety Act….

I wish our government would stop trying to dismantle all sense of privacy in the UK. The OSA was bad enough but trying to force back doors to break encryption of our personal data is just insane. They likely won’t stop there either.

I’m so glad that Trump is using his congressional authorization to increase tariffs on the Lord of the Ring films & Rings of Power show. For too long our national security has been threatened by Middle Earth being set in New Zealand & UK. It should be set in the Mojave Desert, as Tolkien intended.

The bumbling idiot strikes again… here’s hoping this never gets anywhere and doesn’t do too much damage. When is he going to leave office and let the sane people work again?

UK recognises state of Palestine to ‘keep alive’ the possibility of peace Keir Starmer says announcement shows government’s hopes for a secure Israel alongside a viable Palestine

About bloody time… ignore the huffing and puffing of Netanyahu and call him out for his actions next. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is a small update but a good one: on tvOS 26 it appears that BBC iPlayer finally has subtitle support… not sure who fixed this but that’s long been overdue.

Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting Teachers, firefighters and military personnel among those who lost jobs after posting their opinion on social media

So they are all for free speech as long as it is free speech that they agree with? Typical republicans… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I don’t commute in and know there’s a strike on. However in serious mode, train lines (including suburban commuter, Elizabeth and Overground) aren’t on strike and funnel everyone into the same entrance/exits, hence the crowds.

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say Almost 90% of leading academics on subject back resolution stating that Israel’s actions meet legal definition An overwhelming majority of members of the world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has backed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime. Eighty-six percent of those who voted in the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) supported the motion. The resolution states that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).” Continue reading...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say

This is what I could see from cross referencing the various shots:

Paris, France (CDG)
Matterhorn, Switzerland (SIR)
Munich, Germany (MUC)
Salzburg, Austria (SZG)
Trieste, Italy (TRS)
Venice, Italy (VCE)
Pula, Croatia (PUY)
Pisa, Italy (PSA)
Nice, France (NCE)
Rome, Italy (FCO)

I *cannot* fucking stress this enough:

The threat of AI is *NOT* making movies for us, but the hundreds of jobs it will be able to easily eliminate from crew positions. VFX. Drone pilots. Color timing. Sound mixing. Clerical staff.

If we don't move to protect jobs NOW, they WILL go away forever.

Btw if you’ve been watching Destination X on the Beeb all of the destinations were displayed in order in the opening minutes of the first part. Just check the departure board in the airport…

Orange Monday. Acrylic on canvas. 🍊

No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online Young people should be able to access information, speak to each other and to the world, play games, and express themselves online without the government making decisions about what speech is permissi...

The UK’s Online Safety Act doesn’t make kids safer online—it just censors the internet and invades everyone’s privacy.

Peter Kyle tweeting that anyone against the Online Safety Act is on the side of predators.

Oh look. Just the minister for science, innovation and technology posting extreme rhetoric against people critiquing a garbage authoritarian law.

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go

youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?... RIP to a true GOAT

Age verification is a recipe for disaster, chapter 94.

This… this badly thought out Online Safety Act in the UK is going to cause so many data breaches. It’s not worth the risk. Ofcom’s site tries to compare it with showing ID physically in a shop, except the shop doesn’t photocopy your proof and then leave it on a shelf for anyone to potentially steal.

Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July.

RIP

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So karaoke seems to be fine for headlining a Glastonbury stage these days…

Post a picture of you that’s not actually you.

I know you’re just doing your job as Mayor, but London has had the lion’s share of transport infrastructure money for years whilst the rest of the country sees rickety trains and disappearing bus services. It’s about time the money was shared more rather than being focused on London yet again.

When/if Doctor Who ever returns can we please ditch Murray Gold? I’m sick of him over-embellishing the theme each time with more frills and also drowning out dialogue in introspective scenes with his over the top bombastic score. Less is more.

Let All That We Imagine Be The Light Album Cover

Let All That We Imagine Be The Light back cover with track titles

Our 8th album ‘Let All That We Imagine Be The Light’ is out now.

Stream, watch or buy at: Garbage.lnk.to/AllThatWeImagine

Happy birthday!

It’s not a hot take… it’s part of the intent of Part II overall, as those who’ve finished the game know.