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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
While I am aggressively opposed to malicious hacking in all its awful forms, tbh, this post produced an ethics-bending reaction from me as I wouldn't mind Shiny Hunters hacking Trump & his inner circle to reveal all the hate, lies, & corruption we all know is going on but can't definitively prove 😔
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@zsk.bsky.social Just read your article (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...) & like HTC's idea of adding the 'stop recording' privacy protection. However, I think all AI-enabled cameras should also be disabled by 'no recording' signage &/or geo-fencing to protect security/cultural sites & ppl's homes...
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They were labelled 'pervert glasses'. Will a camera-free version transform their image?
Meta has unveiled audio-only smart glasses, with some questioning whether it is a response to the backlash over privacy.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@joetidy.bsky.social Couldn't help noticing you let a single "labs" slip into the article. In my best impression of my old English teacher, I've circled it in red, given you an A- and written 'Mr Tidy, this word is not appropriate in this context. Please see me!" 😂🤣😂
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Nordique Bonqeur Fella 🇸🇪🇦🇽🇫🇮🇩🇰🇧🇻🇮🇸 @nordicfella.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@theothebald.bsky.social @zsk.bsky.social I'm baffled by the NATS failure y/day, plus them not learning from past failures. With NATS so critical to safety & the economy, why don't they have independent back up systems, just like the planes they control have for their flight critical systems?
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'm sorry to say... the human race is done for! Trusting anything on social media is idiotic but police needing to debunk claims that Dr Seuss' #catinahat is real & murderous signals that the next generation lack the intelligence necessary for our continued survival www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Seen loads of, admittedly warranted, articles on #BBCNews recently about how terrible the net has become, especially compared to its early days, but #Spotify adding lossless compression is an update that truly makes you forget those heady days of dial-up (😂). The difference in quality is night & day
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social With these #wildfires so close to #Canada, any southerly wind could blow the smoke into the Great White North. I hope you're preparing to contact US officials to complain about their land management, request compensation, and threaten tariffs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
bbc.co.uk
Washington state hit by wildfires as thousands evacuated and emergency declared
State officials said wildfires across more than 250,000 acres have led to widespread evacuations and power outages.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
@joetidy.bsky.social just read www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... & wondered... I know AI needs some internet access, even for in-house testing, so air-gapped servers aren't possible, but surely a sandbox should have secondary protections like IP restrictions so models can't reach the wider internet?
bbc.co.uk
Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@alexanderalbon.bsky.social Please can you, Lando, Lewis, or Jenson buy this kart track & save it from demolition? It is badly needed to help launch the careers of future British F1 stars. *You're the only one with a BlueSky account, so please can you pass this on 🙏🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Dorchester kart track used by F1 stars set to become holiday park
Formula 1 stars Lando Norris and Jensen Button launched their careers at Clay Pigeon Raceway.
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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚨 WINS IN SILVERSTONE FOR DRIVERS ON THE GRID 9 - Lewis Hamilton 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen 1- Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris LEVELS
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Dear #BBCSport readers, What the actual....fudge (😂) were you thinking giving Harry #Kane 5.35/10 for his performance against DR Congo? He produced a one man rescue effort for #England & showed his superstar quality & deadly finishing. Anything below a 9/10 just shows a lack of football knowledge!
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I love Bergvall, not just his skill but also his attitude & work rate. Spurs need a squad rebuild but I'm shocked & disappointed that Lucas could be sacrificed as part of this. Admittedly, he needs more game time but what's the point of #Spurs buying young if we sell them before their prime? #COYS
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Feeling relatively smug about my decision to solely use Gemini (+Google AI Pro) for all my AI tasks (including my extensive Smart Home with its obvious security risks if, for example, a door/window is unexpectedly opened). Intelligent Society builder isn't too bad compared with the other options 😂🤣😂
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@faisalislam.bsky.social Hi Faisal The NFL shared income model means that ticket sales are pooled & shared equally amongst teams but a loophole means each team keeps any hospitality ticket sales. So NFL stadium capacity/design has changed to share less of its income P.s. Always love your articles!
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
1 of the many issues, imho, with 48 teams @fifawc26.bsky.social is the amount of terrible-looking, prob one-sided, & in all likelihood, unwatchable games! Imo, there isn't a decent looking match until day 7. Everything before, & a lot after, wouldn't meet most team's idea of a warm-up match #FWC26
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
@fifawc26.bsky.social is this an official FIFA account? If it is, it leaves a lot to be desired in terms of World Cup 2026 coverage, i.e. you wouldn't know it had anything to do with the World Cup if not for the name & the 1st post (2 years ago), or indeed that we're <7 days away from kick off 🤷🏻‍♀️
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Imho, planning to attack #TaylorSwift (& @taylorswiftnations.bsky.social ) should be considered a Crime Against Humanity. I get some ppl have evil thoughts & commit horrible crimes but, honestly, who chooses Swift? She's amazing & brings joy to billions of ppl! #BBCNews www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Man jailed over plot to attack Taylor Swift concert in Vienna
A 21-year-old Austrian man is found guilty of planning the attack and other terrorism-related offences.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Just watched @cmatbaby.bsky.social's BBC Set from last night. It was probably one of the best performances I've ever seen! CMAT & her Super Sexy Band were incredible! Enormous stage presence, amazing music, & an obvious love of performing live are a combo that I'll never get tired of seeing!
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
@f1statblog.co.uk Do you think active aero has taken away some of the challenge of Canada? I'd guess so as you can run more aero for the corners w/o adding any drag Have you got the GPS data? It would be interesting to see a cornering speed comparison, even with the regs change distorting the stats
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I just asked Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro model this question: "Please compare the inflation data for: - the average #PremierLeague player wage since the 1st #EPL season - UK CPI inflation" I've watched every single PL season & the answer still shocked me!! @bbcmotdbot.bsky.social @plnews.bsky.social
The image is a screenshot of an answer from Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro model to this question:

Please compare the inflation data for the average Premier League football player's wage since the league's first season to current & the overall UK CPI inflation data for the same time period.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
@thechristmastv.bsky.social You have your finger on the Country's political pulse, so I was wondering... Despite the horrifically bad job ReformUK have made of local Govt so far, & them being led by a racist grifter, am I the only person left in the UK that won't (EVER) be voting for Reform?
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I just sponsored @bottlecapdave.bsky.social! His shorturl.at/CfDOW integration is brilliant! When combined with an @octopus.energy Home Mini, the data tracking & home automation possibilities are endless & I use it endlessly. Thank you Dave! Please support developers' hard work whenever you can!
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GitHub - BottlecapDave/HomeAssistant-OctopusEnergy: Unofficial Home Assistant integration for interacting with Octopus Energy
Unofficial Home Assistant integration for interacting with Octopus Energy - BottlecapDave/HomeAssistant-OctopusEnergy
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I just sponsored @bottlecapdave.bsky.social! His shorturl.at/CfDOW integration is absolutely brilliant! When combined with an Octopus Home Mini, the data tracking & home automation possibilities are endless & I use it endlessly. Thank you Dave! Please support developers' hard work whenever you can!
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GitHub - BottlecapDave/HomeAssistant-OctopusEnergy: Unofficial Home Assistant integration for interacting with Octopus Energy
Unofficial Home Assistant integration for interacting with Octopus Energy - BottlecapDave/HomeAssistant-OctopusEnergy
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
@nasaartemis.bsky.social On the #Artemis livestream (~02:00 UTC) there was a slight oscillation during a shot from a solar array towards the Service Module engines & I was wondering about the cause. Was it due to the crew using the exercise machine? It seemed to stop as Jeremy finished exercising.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
At a point in our history when all 8.1 billion ppl on the planet know #ClimateChange is real, & almost all know Climate Change is caused by burning fossil fuels (except "certain" Americans)... I find it unbelievably depressing that we STILL use 170 MILLION barrels of Oil & natural gas PER DAY!!!!!
Shows a graph which charts the rise in the World's oil consumption from 1965 until 2024 in kb/d (thousands of barrels per day (divide by 1000 to get millions of barrels per day)).

Oil use has risen from 30.883 million barrels per day in 1965 to 101.408 million in 2024, a rise of more than 228%Shows a graph with the World's Natural Gas Consumption by year for the years 1965 to 2024. Consumption has grow from 60.99 bcf/d (billion cubic feet per day) in 1965 to 398.29 bcf/d in 2024, a growth of 554%.

To compare like-for-like with daily oil consumption, which is usually presented in millions of barrels per day, divide bcf/d by 5.8 to get millions of BOE (barrels of oil equivalent) per day, so 398.29÷5.8 = 68.67 million BOE, or if you want to write it out long hand, 398,290,000,000÷5800 = 68,670,689.65
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Even in 2026 this is shocking! What qualifies this former model with zero foreign policy or national security experience (who also married, & is still married to, one of the biggest arseholes the World has ever seen) to chair a #UN Security Council meeting. Although, I guess anyone can say 'veto' 🤦‍♂️
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
@officialpepteam.bsky.social Thank you for using your position to speak up about these issues. Ppl with influence often avoid talking openly about them. I'm a Spurs fan & love our football rivalries, but after the final whistle our shared Humanity should unite us all! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
bbc.co.uk
Pep Guardiola: Man City boss 'hurt' by images of child victims of conflict zones
Pep Guardiola has spoken passionately about children being killed and injured in conflict zones across the world, saying the footage he sees
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The ONLY way to deal with a bully (like #Trump) is to stand up to them! It's the only outlook &/or action they understand & apparent strength (as opposed to real strength, the antithesis of a bully) is the only currency they put any stock in #QuitUSProducts #BBCNews - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
bbc.co.uk
EU ambassadors to hold emergency talks after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland - follow live
European leaders criticise the tariff threat as
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
With the rate #Trump is slapping his name on everything, it won't be long before every #American will have to pay him royalties every time they take a shit. Coming soon to a toilet near you #TrumpShit, for once, it won't only be coming out of his mouth.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
@joetidy.bsky.social With the rise of #AI generated content only uploaded to deceive ppl, do we need a standard AI watermark in the metadata, even in screenshots of the pic, that can be easily picked up by social media & websites to automatically add an enforced, visible tag? The tech already exists
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
@rangersfc.bsky.social I've never coached football, only played amateur football until I was 18, I'm English, & I've never even watched a Ranger match. However, just putting it out there... I'm available, watch a lot of football, & could probably do a better job 😂🤣😂 www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
bbc.com
Rangers: Danny Rohl drops out of head coach search
Former Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl drops out of the race to become Rangers' new head coach.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
@ionewells.bsky.social I know Trump has a "pretty strong" record of meddling in other countries' affairs to support anyone who'll bend a knee &/or don a MAGA cap. However, openly admitting election interference is a "pretty strong" addition to his record of continuously plunging to ever-lower depths
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
In under 4 yrs, #MohammedBenSulayem has taken all the power of the #FIA & #WMSC for himself (inc, laughably, his oversight) & can't be opposed for "reelection". The FIA is now officially a dictatorship! & we just let it happen! @f1tv.bsky.social @worldrally.bsky.social @fiawecofficial.bsky.social
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
You also get decent, law-abiding Assistant US Attorneys fired for not prosecuting ppl whose only crime seems to be offending that immature & unpleasant boss, & then replacing them with his personal lawyers (there's plenty to go around) loyal enough to file indictments based on his Truth Social posts
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
It seems the entire World has decided the only way to deal with #Trump is to bend a knee & kiss his butt, or face his wrath, & tbh, it makes me sick Even Nobel Peace Laureate María Corina Machado had to praise Trump because he made it so clear he thought he should win it, despite not being eligible
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
As a @tottenhamhotspur.com fan, I admit, it's hard to have true affection for a long time @arsenalfc.bsky.social player. @hectorbellerin.bsky.social is an exception! I admire & respect him, & am truly inspired by someone in his position matching his actions to his words! www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
bbc.com
'With power comes responsibility' - Hector Bellerin wins BBC Green Sports Award
Former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin talks about his attempts to live a more sustainable life as he wins the BBC Green Sports Award.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Surely, no matter how impressive the military hardware is, only having dictators, despots, invaders, and wannabe authoritarians attend takes any/all of the shine off Xi's "big moment"? #BBCNews - #Beijing tightens control ahead of #Xi 's big moment on world stage www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
China: Beijing prepares for grand military parade
This is a big week for President Xi Jinping, who will host Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I find it INCREDIBLY hard to believe that a man, Donald #Trump, who publicly bragged that he could sexually assault women w/o repercussions did NOTHING "inappropriate" in front of the sex trafficker(!!!) #Ghislaine #Maxwell! Seems like a blatant lie designed to please Trump & get a reduced sentence!
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
What is the point of the #UN Security Council meeting to discuss #Israel's latest #Gaza territorial expansion when #America will veto anything that the other members discuss/decide?? #FCDO I'll tag @denmarkun.bsky.social as the only UNSC member with a Blue Sky account. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Protesters in Israel intensify pressure against plan to expand Gaza war
Meanwhile in Gaza, five people, including two children, died in the past 24 hours from malnutrition, the Hamas-run health ministry said.
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
@karolineleavitt.bsky.social & #Trump are showing off their lack of economic knowledge....again. $150bn in tariffs is robbing Peter to pay Paul. Except in this case, Peter = #American consumers paying an extra $150bn for products & Paul = $4tn added to the deficit to cut taxes (mostly for the rich)
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I really don't understand the reasoning behind retaliatory tariffs. Yes, US tariffs on the EU make it harder for the EU to export to the US but it's US companies/consumers that pay the cost. Retaliating just raises prices for EU consumers. If the US wants to pay 30% more, I say let them 😂
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Considering Trump is also threatening to stop all Federal funding for "Sanctuary Cities", Blue states will be in even more trouble! They'll have less money to fund current spending requirements, let alone the extra social security spending being put on them. Is Trump trying to bankrupt Blue states??
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A study this week estimated that shutting USAID & cutting 86% of US aid spending will cost 14 MILLION people their lives!! That is a scary &, lbh, truly appalling number of ppl dying just so #Trump & #DOGE can save ~0.33% of US Federal spending. That's pocket change for 14M lives! shorturl.at/uVCYx
bbc.com
Trump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report finds
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.
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hand_to_eye @delightw2023.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Knowing that ppl in DC are voting on whether you will live or die is a real mind fuck. And that is what's happening. It's not hyperbole.
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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
TBH whenever people complain that Disabled folks are too mean/grumpy/impatient in my head I'm like "we know that around half of our elected officials would rather cut all the services that support our lives and that people around us vote for those assholes every time".
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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Agreed. These programs being cut to fund tax cuts for the rich (which coincidentally #Trump will greatly benefit from) is absolutely scandalous!! Unfortunately, disabled ppl in the UK are facing similar cuts & uncertainty atm too. When did taking from the poor to give to the rich become acceptable?
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