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Felix Yates

@felixyates.bsky.social
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Computer science student. Fan of music, books, film, technology, politics, climate, and philosophy.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Good work from Khan here www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Very disappointed, especially considering Santander's financing of fossil fuels... bank.green/banks/tsb_sa...
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TSB's Climate Score
Find and compare the service offerings of ethical and sustainable banks.
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leonaskye.bsky.social @leonaskye.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
that good omens finale… I’M SO DISAPPOINTED🥲🥲🥲 #goodomens3 #goodomens
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Is there a word for the feeling you get when you realise you're being perceived? I'm mostly not a fan of it
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Rylan Clark is just another racist grifter suckling on the Reform teat. Refugee hotels like the Bell in Epping are just a symptom of our failure to process asylum claims quickly. The UK has MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS!
youtu.be
Was Rylan Wrong about Asylum Hotels? - BBC Debate
YouTube video by Femi
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I wonder how many other human rights former human rights lawyer Keir Starmer is excited about demolishing
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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Absolutely disgusting to see regulators forcing universities to tolerate hate. They tip their hand with the level of the fine. This is clearly animosity towards a minority at work.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/04/2025
Israel has killed more journalists in Gaza than in both world wars, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined, says Costs of War project aje.io/te831k
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
just for the record, I have a zero-tolerance policy towards transphobia and if I see it in my mentions it's an instant block.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Of course, but my family don't want to switch from it. If I don't use it, I cannot communicate with them. I can easily give up the other apps.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Now ditched all but WhatsApp. I hate how it's so widely used.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I started dualbooting Ubuntu alongside Windows, and after I thought I wouldn't use it, I now only touch Windows for gaming (Fortnite)
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
In other news, the Big Bad Wolf has demanded that the Little Pigs install a backdoor that he has the keys to, to keep them safe.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This is crazy. Especially as the government have drastically expanded police powers, and are seemingly making it their top priority to weaken encryption. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukhV...
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Police Committing Cybercrimes At Alarming Rates
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Just make sure you do so with an adblocker (even better one that blocks trackers too, like uBlock Origin) so it limits the amount of data they can collect about you and sell!
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I only started using Bookshop.org recently but it's the only thing I'll use from now on, especially for Christmas and birthdays! Will be recommending it to everyone.
bookshop.org
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It’s unbelievable this even needs saying: Investing in weapons is NEVER ethical. Profiting from violence only fuels destruction, not peace. Politicians and the media should be prioritising diplomacy, not more death.
Guardian headline: Treat weapons investments as ‘ethical’ to help arm Ukraine and UK, MPs urge 

Below: More than 100 Labour MPs and peers sign open letter saying ESG policies are holding back defence spending
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Nice, I was manually adding them to a moderation list as they followed me but I knew there had to be a better way!
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Hot take: I really don't want ultra-crisp, long-form videos on Bluesky. I want mostly text and links to articles and other media, and at a push, a short video. If I wanted to watch a long video, in high quality, I'd watch it on YouTube. Nothing that an embed couldn't do.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Suddenly my interest in learning JavaScript has plummeted off a cliff
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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
It turns out the real cautionary tale of Jurassic Park was “don’t put tech bros in charge of efficiency”
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I watched an interesting video about it today - definitely worth a watch. The key takeaway is *don't do it*. youtu.be/6wshJVAyMjc?...
youtu.be
Maybe Don't Take the Fork in the Road (DOGE v. OPM)
YouTube video by Lawful Masses with Leonard French
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
We are truly living in the worst timeline
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Can't wait to start buying my eBooks there - a true competitor to Amazon has been long overdue.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...
salon.com
Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon
"Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
This just shows how manufactured the outrage, hatred, and transphobia is - if the world today is more hateful than it was in the 1950s, that's the sign of a deeply unhealthy, regressive society
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I can't recommend Nextcloud highly enough! Took me a while to get set up, and I'm only using it for home use, but it truly is excellent.
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
front page of NYT today
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Nazis are bad. I think we should make that clear.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
@skyview.social unroll please!
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Chris Thompson @mrchrist.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
“Stonehenge!” This programme. #TheTraitors
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Absolutely unbelievable. They really have no shame. I would say 'great find' if it weren't so depressing.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This is incredibly dangerous and irresponsible theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
theintercept.com
Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 10/01/2025
Under Meta's relaxed hate speech rules, users can now post "I'm a proud racist" or "Black people are more violent than whites."
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Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”
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cameron @leuconeura.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
as a software engineer my biggest fear is that a malevolent penguin will surreptitiously activate the evil mode that I embed in all my work
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
I love physical media!
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I don't know that I've ever heard a better idea than bagels.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Good for you, do you want a medal? You're closer to being homeless than you are a billionaire. They do not care about you.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
All the money in the world and he's still the world's biggest loser
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
How does the boot taste?
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
How does the boot taste? 🥾👅
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 18/12/2024
When the last of my Micro USB devices finally goes, I'm throwing a big party where I toss all the old cables into a fire
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Britain doesn’t need billionaires posing as champions of the working class while hijacking our democracy for their own interests.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🔴‘Wes Streeting’s Regressive Ban on Puberty Blockers is a Betrayal of Trans People’ The Health Secretary claims to be led by the evidence but has merely furthered the fact-free anti-trans agenda pursued by the Conservatives, argues Helen Belcher bylinetimes.com/2024/12/13/w...
bylinetimes.com
'Wes Streeting's Regressive Ban on Puberty Blockers is a Betrayal of Trans People'
The Health Secretary claims to be led by the evidence but has merely furthered the fact-free anti-trans agenda pursued by the Conservatives, argues Helen Belcher
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
An 'opt-out' system? That's ludicrous, and incredibly non-consentful.
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Felix Yates @felixyates.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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Trump has bankrupted 6 businesses, including a casino
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