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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.


Google's Turn To Be Evil

#Computers #Privacy #Mac #Windows #Chrome #AI #CrimesAgainstTheEnvironment #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CrimesAgainstTheFuture #ePrivacy #Law #Gemini #DirtyGoogleSecret #GeminiNano #CSRD #Windows #MacOS #EEA #UK #CCPA

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it.
Alexander Hanff (That Privacy Guy!)
#AI #MacOS #Windows #privacy #chrome #gemini #Law #UK #mac #computers #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CrimesAgainstTheEnvironment #CrimesAgainstTheFuture #ePrivacy #DirtyGoogleSecret #GeminiNano #CSRD #EEA #CCPA

#gaming #Mozilla #UK #pcgaming #stopkillinggames #eff

#News #UK #OurModernTimes #socialmediaban #KeirStamer #AgeIDLaws

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If Zarah Sultana MP had not entered this into the public record by saying it in the House of Commons on 14 April 2026, today it would be illegal to print this in any UK media.

hansard.parliament.uk/commons/…

#UK #Palestine

#UK #palestine

#UK #beef #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #Soy #boycottmeat

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#News: #UK is crushing the right to protest! 🧐🇬🇧 Activists face years in prison for peaceful #climateaction while Labour expands authoritarian laws. We must defend #democracy and the right to dissent! 🌴☠️🚫 #HumanRights #ClimateChange @palmoildetect.bsky.social hrw.org/news/2026/01/08/uk-pro…

UK: Protest Crackdowns Undermine Democracy

UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in a …
Human Rights Watch
#News #HumanRights #climatechange #UK #democracy #climateaction

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#News: #UK is crushing the right to protest! 🧐🇬🇧 Activists face years in prison for peaceful #climateaction while Labour expands authoritarian laws. We must defend #democracy and the right to dissent! 🌴☠️🚫 #HumanRights #ClimateChange @palmoildetect.bsky.social hrw.org/news/2026/01/08/uk-pro…

UK: Protest Crackdowns Undermine Democracy

UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in a …
Human Rights Watch
#News #HumanRights #climatechange #UK #democracy #climateaction

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#News: #UK has weakening protections for #humanrights defenders! 🧐🔥 Despite links to #palmoil and #mining abuses in #WestPapua and #Mexico, the gov is stripping back protections. We demand justice 🌴☠️🚫 #HumanRights #IndigenousRights @palmoildetect.bsky.social theecologist.org/2025/dec/15/u…

UK links to human rights abuses scrutinised

Campaigners speak out on the need to hold UK companies to account for abuses.
The Ecologist
#News #mexico #HumanRights #UK #palmoil #indigenousrights #mining #westpapua

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#News: #UK is crushing the right to protest! 🧐🇬🇧 Activists face years in prison for peaceful #climateaction while Labour expands authoritarian laws. We must defend #democracy and the right to dissent! 🌴☠️🚫 #HumanRights #ClimateChange @palmoildetect.bsky.social hrw.org/news/2026/01/08/uk-pro…

UK: Protest Crackdowns Undermine Democracy

UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in a …
Human Rights Watch
#News #HumanRights #climatechange #UK #democracy #climateaction

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An image from some of Scotland's most remote mountains. It's no small feat to get out here, but it's worth it every time.

Made last year when me and Benjamin Maze took a group of awesome clients hiking and wild camping here; we were treated to all manner of brilliant conditions from hail to blue skies. (Join us in September 2026 for the second iteration of our Northwest Highlands photography adventure!)

#LandscapePhotography #uk #scotland #photography #nature #NaturePhotography

#nature #Photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #UK #scotland

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I'm slowly starting to share more images from my multi-year project "This Land Remembers", an odyssey into the last remaining ancient native woodlands of Scotland (like this one from a brilliant Autumn morning in 2025). I also have an upcoming exhibition at Gallery Photiq this April/May featuring 12 prints from the project, including this image.

#photography #LandscapePhotography #scotland #uk #nature

#nature #Photography #landscapephotography #UK #scotland

#News #UK #brazil #endfossilfuels #Boycott4Wildlife #bhp #dam

#Photography #birds #naturephotography #UK #wildlife #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdscrolling

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Samhain [sow-wen]: the ancient Celtic festival that marks the end of summer and the beginning of winter — the moment when Beira the Cailleach, Queen of Winter, regains control over the landscape from the Queen of Summer, Brigid. It also marks the moment when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest and the origins of Halloween. Mountain spirits come to the fore at this time of year.

#nature #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #uk #bnw #scotland #folklore #mountains

#nature #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #UK #mountains #scotland #folklore #bnw

#environment #UK #Trees #deforestation #unitedkingdom

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The sky and the Earth, two eyelids closing, the dwindling light now a mere slit of fiery colours. Nightfall.

#nightfall #UK #sunset #StormAmy

#sunset #UK #stormamy #nightfall

#history #UK #Britain #LondonHistoryShow #FightingFascism

#gaming #Steam #UK #pcgaming

#gaming #UK #modding #nexusmods #onlinesafetyact

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Happy #WorldPhotographyDay !

This is one of my favourite images from last autumn in Scotland's Ancient Caledonian Forest. In the dark of morning, I hiked up this pathless steep sided hill to gain a view over the magnificent glen beyond and was treated to an exceptional sunrise. Amazing to see all these regenerating pine saplings growing on the higher slopes.

#photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #scotland #uk

#nature #Photography #landscape #naturephotography #UK #scotland #worldphotographyday

#technology #UK #Maps #MapMen #OrdnanceMaps #LightHumorToo

Hundreds of transgender people and allies showed up at Westminster to lobby their member of parliament, in what has been a history making day of action for trans rights.


Meanwhile In the UK The Battle Over Trans-Rights Continues

#OurModernTimes #HumanRights #UK #Trans-Rights #Law #Westminster

Hundreds of people turn up to lobby MPs about trans rights: ‘This is only the beginning’

Hundreds of people showed up at Westminster to lobby their MP in what could be a "record breaking" day of action for trans rights.
Sophie Perry (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)
#HumanRights #Law #UK #OurModernTimes #Trans-Rights #Westminster

#nature #Ocean #landscapephotography #naturephotography #UK #scotland #unitedkingdom

#News #UK #PinkNews #LabourBetrayalHasAPrice #TransphobesGoAway

Thank you, BBC, for a story that’s a delight to read:

A man is walking 53 miles (85km) in a homemade bird costume to raise awareness and funds for conservation projects.

Mr Trevelyan said: "Those who know me well know I was eventually going to build a giant curlew.”

bbc.com/news/articles/cp91knr7…

h/t @sarahdalgulls @BathNature
#birds #uk

Man sets off on Nidderdale walk dressed as a curlew

Matt Trevelyan made the Eurasian curlew costume out of polystyrene and bamboo.
Grace Wood and Kat Cowan (BBC News)
#birds #UK @Bath Nature @Sarah Dal

This Spring I'm documenting the awakening of Pembroke College gardens in Cambridge, UK. Posts will touch on flowering plants, bushes and trees, and their visitors – largely bees, wasps, flies and butterflies, but also all other critters I happen to stumble upon. Aiming at one post per week.

Posts will appear here:
pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news/all

First post: "The return of the queens" pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news/ret… (March 13th, 2025).

Second post, today: "Magnificent magnolia" pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news/mag…

#Pembroke1347 #UK #CambridgeUK

The return of the queens | Pembroke

Pembroke gardens are once again full of flowers, signalling the arrival of a new season: Spring. While our calendars tell us that the equinox lays still 8 days away, the days have grown longer and, at this latitude, altitude, and very peculiar geogra…
www.pem.cam.ac.uk
#UK #cambridgeuk #pembroke1347

#News #usa #Apple #iPhone #EU #privacy #encryption #UK #computing

UK demands access to Apple users' encrypted data


The UK government has demanded to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service. Currently only the Apple account holder can access data stored in this way - the tech giant itself cannot view it. The demand has been served by the Home Office under the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), which compels firms to provide information to law enforcement agencies.


No Matter Who Is At The Top The UK Government Is Still Authoritarian...and wants a Permanent Back Door

#News #UK #Apple #DataEncryption #PrivacyLaws #IPA #BigBrotherWatch #FascismRising #BBC

UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data

The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.
Zoe Kleinman (BBC News)
#News #Apple #UK #BBC #DataEncryption #PrivacyLaws #IPA #BigBrotherWatch #FascismRising

#bird #nature #birds #UK #wildlife #birdwatching #birding #robin #birdsofmastodon #Somerset #ornithology #bath #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturecommunity

#landscapephotography #Winter #forest #UK #Trees #woodland #scotland #happyholidays #unitedkingdom #woodlandphotography

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The incredible (and often overlooked) mountain landscape of the Isle of Harris, Scotland. This place is rugged and unvisited, partly because the beaches of the island steal away attention and partly because of its unforgiving character. Many of these areas are fairly unexplored in terms of photography and I'm excited to spend a bit more time doing just that over the coming years.

#landscapephotography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #scotland #uk #photography

#nature #Photography #landscapephotography #landscape #naturephotography #UK #scotland

#UK #animalrights #unitedkingdom #pigs #animalagriculture

Any folks in #Oxford interested in electronic and/or computer music?

We're doing another event at #EOF tonight!

Please come by and/or boost!

eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-gene… #Oxford #UK #Music

(please pardon the title of the event, we're not focusing on generative music in specific but the title of the event hasn't been updated)

Oxford Generative Music Exchange

A jam of enthusiastic manipulators of sound signals. Exchange knowledge about algorithmic music, pattern generators, eurorack and more.
Eventbrite
#music #UK #oxford #eof

Urgent call to action! 🌍 #UK's heavy use of #palmoil #soy & #beef fuels global #deforestation. Demand stricter regulations & transparency. Make every purchase count and #Boycottmeat #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives Learn more: wp.me/pcFhgU-78V

The UK’s hunger for palm oil, soy and beef putting huge pressure on world’s forests

Urgent call to action! 🌍 #UK’s heavy use of #palmoil #soy & #beef fuels global #deforestation. Demand stricter regulations & transparency. Make every purchase count and #Boycottmeat #…
Palm Oil Detectives
#UK #beef #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #Soy #boycottmeat @Palm Oil Detectives

#environment #UK #beef #conservation #biodiversity #palmoil #deforestation #Soy

#UK #COP26 #DontLookUp #ClimateCrisis #beef #palmoil #deforestation #Soy #ToryFailure #torypoliciesinaction

Beef, soy and palm oil products linked to deforestation still imported into UK #AnimalRights #AnimalAgriculture #meat #beef #soy #PalmOil #environment #deforestation #UnitedKingdom #UK theguardian.com/environment/20…

And let's not forget that most of the soy is fed to animals to make meat and milk..

Beef, soy and palm oil products linked to deforestation still imported into UK

Campaigners accuse government of failing to stick to promises made at Cop26 climate summit in 2021
Helena Horton (The Guardian)
#environment #UK #beef #Meat #palmoil #deforestation #animalrights #Soy #unitedkingdom #animalagriculture

Twas a week ago exactly that we discovered our instance will be shut down due to a lack of funds. The activism instance has been operating for years and helping activists.

Please help your fellow activists if you can, especially, if you live in the #UK or Europe and can donate more anonymously.

Ten dollars of $250 raised so far.

@witchescauldron

#UK @Admin

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