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This is nuts (the UK government)
6 July 2026If there was any doubt that governments of the Western world are entering an authoritarian phase, that was dispelled last week.
The UK government is proposing to dictate to YouTube exactly how its algorithm ranks videos -- in order to make sure that news and views that it thinks are authoritative are prioritised over other perspectives.
This, we're being told, is to reduce misinformation and disinformation being promoted on the platform.
Are you kidding me?
Forums are Down
Damn, why is it so hard to keep any reliable forum capability going these days?
I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/
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