Reposted by Ryan D.Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The UK Daily Mail obviously did not like the results of its own poll. Its own graphic portrays 75% as less than 50%. #UKPolitics #Brexit #EuropeanUnion 591084303
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The world does not need another algorithmic social media platform. 140
Reposted by Ryan D.Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Floods don’t ask for your passport. Droughts don’t care about your politics. Heatwaves don’t check your race or income. Climate change is the definition of a global crisis. It will only be solved by global leadership that puts people and planet above short-term politics. Let’s demand it. 32566317
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Agreed. The expectation of rapid-fire content and engagement needs to be seen as an absolute negative, self-destructive behaviour. Less is more; quality > quantity. 010
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The last period in which the British people felt the country was at its peak in economic strength, global power and general optimism was 1991-2007. Even post-2008, the sense of optimism and national pride extended to 2012. I wonder if being part of a union of some kind had anything to do with it 🤔 000
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social I must thank you for introducing me to Hania Rani on today’s show. Absolutely otherworldly music. 010
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social it’s long, but if you want a well-rounded understanding of what’s going on with AI - I highly recommend you give this a listen: youtu.be/IXd9HwIE5bo?...youtu.beAI Apocalypse Isn't Happening. This is Worse... - Cory DoctorowYouTube video by What's Left? with Jovan and Freddie 000
Reposted by Ryan D.The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/09/2026Zuckerberg says the science isn’t settled. But the harms of short-form video on the brain are starting to show | Caty Enderstheguardian.comZuckerberg says the science isn’t settled. But the harms of short-form video on the brain are starting to show | Caty EndersRecent social media lawsuits have addressed concerns about mental health. But what about its cognitive effects? 119641
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026These multi-millionaires and billionaires are falling over each other to donate eye-watering sums to political parties but not even a fraction of such sums in taxes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukReform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches recordThe party says the money will allow it to fight the next election on a "level playing field", while rivals have renewed calls for donations from individuals to be capped. 001
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026“Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.” – Edith Cavell (1915), before being executed for healing both British and German soldiers. Unfortunately, a prominent swathe of this country finds itself incapable of upholding this fundamentally British value. 000
Reposted by Ryan D.Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 46694613996
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is like considering actors to be cheating when they act out a relationship with another actor (who isn’t their partner) for a movie. Such a daft question 🤦♂️ 020
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is exactly what Russia wants. EU fundamentals being broken. 020
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Didn’t Reform claim the majority of its funding comes from membership fees? 🤔 000
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026£22.19 million + £5 million “gift” from Christopher Harborne. £27.19 million from Christopher Harborne for Reform UK. 000
Reposted by Ryan D.Andrew Rait @andrewrait.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This was sent to me via friend still on the dark side 🤨 0165
Reposted by Ryan D.James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 24/06/2026thedailybritain.co.uk/james-obrien...thedailybritain.co.ukJames O'Brien's takedown of Farage's £5m defence is a must watchJames O'Brien pointed out on LBC that Farage was the majority shareholder of Reform UK when he took the £5m from Christopher Harborne - making his claim that he wasn't in frontline politics at the tim... 25591204
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Rather odd for Newsnight to be so detailed about one headline, even specifying “inverted commas”, to then being so vague in one about Britain rejoining the EU on pre-Brexit terms that it could actually be misinterpreted as a claim from the Guardian, not Barnier. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social 010
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Correct, the government doesn’t own your kids, nobody does, but they have a responsibility to build a framework that ensures a healthy society. 000
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I presume you would also like to be the one to decide when your kids can drive, smoke, go to school, put their seatbelt on, marry, gamble? You don’t own your kids. We pay taxes in a social contract of good governance of society. This is part of that contract. Vote accordingly in the next GE. 200
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026You said you don’t agree with bans in general, not age-threshold bans. 000
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026In a utopian society where every parent and education system makes all the stops and flawlessly indoctrinates the children against harmful substances, your beliefs would be fine. We don’t live in that world though, sadly. 000
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026That risk exists with or without a ban, kids have always found ways round parental knowledge. It’s a supervision question, separate from whether there should be a baseline restriction. If “a determined kid can route round it” kills a ban, what restriction would survive that test? 000
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026VPNs solve an individual access problem. What the ban targets is the social default for a whole year group. Opting your kid out alone just costs them socially, since everyone else’s kid is still on it. A blanket rule shifts that for every parent at once, VPN or not. 100
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026You don’t believe in bans? So not a fan of the slavery ban? Seatbelt laws? Drunk driving prohibitions? 100
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Curfew, yes, but not a ban. So they can do all the soul-sucking doom-scrolling they want for as high as 16 hours in a day if they want. 100
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026And? My 9 year old daughter knows what a VPN is, that doesn’t mean she’s goes anywhere near social media. 100
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026You understand that it’s “under 16s” right? That means 16 year olds are not included in the ban. Children are significantly more susceptible to addictive, self-destructive behaviours than grown adults; you know you’re advocating on a blanket ban on anything that could be misused, right? 200
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Or you set an age threshold because adults are old enough to make informed decisions. This is not a zero-sum game man, come on. 120
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Mate, 5% of 11-15 year olds were reported to have used drugs in the last year. Meanwhile 95% of the same age bracket use social media. Why is that gap so large? 100
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Mate, have you actually listened parents reaction to this? The fact is this fundamentally helps parents manage access more than social media companies ever did. Why does this bother you so much? Would you rather kids had unfettered access to algorithms designed to be addictive? 200
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026How on earth is starving the tech companies of an entire demographic and revenue stream leaving them alone? 100
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Are these drugs free to access and advertised as cultural activities? Do kids have unfettered access to them? The comparison simply does not work because the answer to both of those questions is no - and the reason is…because they’re kids, not adults. 100
Reposted by Ryan D.Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/06/2026"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."theguardian.comThe era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel ZucmanThere is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power 56696713928
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Also, since when was social media exclusively “the online world”? This is a social media ban, not broad internet use. 100
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Where did anyone get their information before YouTube? How does a parent control the algorithm for their child? A child can still go through their parents to watch educational content. 400
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026If drugs were readily available everywhere without any gate, you can bet your ass millions, or even billions, more people would be using. It’s not going to be a catch all, but it will certainly contribute to a massive reduction and culture change. Odd comparison, really. 100
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Governments have been asking and pushing tech companies to sort this out for nearly 2 decades. They’ve had their chance to do this, but again, with this being illegal it now allows parents to easily keep it from their kids and avoid arguments. 200
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Over 50% of parents use parental controls. Time limits and outright app blocks are not enough in the face of circumvention and algorithms which parents CANNOT control. This now gives parents an out to say “no, it’s illegal”. Easy. 200
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026You’re being highly disingenuous with this. That article was in reference to being wrong on empirical data assumptions, not with regards to people’s opinions. 000
Reposted by Ryan D.Edwin Garcia @ecreates88.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Dear companies who went all in on AI: We don’t want it, we don’t like it, you can’t force us to embrace it and it’s not our fault you invested so much into it. 22626113
Reposted by Ryan D.Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 05/06/2026bin the media petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reformPass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra... 064
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I’m sure we would all benefit from substantiation of your claims. 010
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Muted because I don’t like the people you also dislike? Weird 🤔 000
Ryan D. @cozimo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Ah, so you don’t actually listen to people, you just shout your own crap and expect them to listen. No lies were told and you know you’re being deliberately obtuse. Also, Sarwar and Findlay are bell ends. 100
Reposted by Ryan D.Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development. 862164974064
