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Simon Rae-Scott @simonraescott.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Peter, I was looking forward to listening to this Democracy for Sale discussion and was hit by this demand from Substack that I share my PII to prove my age – "Deleted instantly after 7 days(sic)". GDPR infraction! A problem with your video meta data? Certainly a problem with the Online Safety act:

Dialogue box from Substack requesting that I prove my age by sharing my Personal Identifiable Information (PII)

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Simon Rae-Scott @simonraescott.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I wanted to listen to a talk by Peter Geoghegan on Substack and it through me this crap. "Instantly after 7 days"! Fuck off.

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Simon Rae-Scott @simonraescott.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is not the choice. The choice is whether or not I want personalised advertising at the price of yielding my data or accept non-personalised advertising and enjoy my privacy. Instead the Guardian and many other papers demand my data or £5 a month. My privacy. Fuck off!

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Simon Rae-Scott @simonraescott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

10 years after a dubious vote that was never scrutinised and a deal that was never put to a second referendum, Marchers for Rejoin – even those who voted Leave – meet in Parliament Square to weigh Brexit's palpable failure and the urgency of rejoining for an economic, cultural and defensible future.

National Rejoin March IV in Parliament Square 20-06-2026

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Simon Rae-Scott @simonraescott.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Redefining "Small Print". Packaging for Better Cotton sheets, in tiny green font, "By choosing our cotton products, you're supporting our investment in Better Cotton's mission." and smaller still, "This product is sourced via a system of mass balance and therefore may not contain Better Cotton."

Labelling 'small print' on cotton sheets from BetterCotton.org

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Simon Rae-Scott @simonraescott.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Just in case you are wondering what is happening with Sam and Jony and "io", here is the "iyo" IP problem writ large. Shades of pre launch "iPhone" worries for Steve Jobs and iPhone team at Apple in 2007?

Screenshot of the OpenAi page for the Sam & Jony announcement and video for the pre-launch 'io' product.

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Simon Rae-Scott @simonraescott.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Wrong choice Guardian. Cookies are abuse of my personal data and you're under an obligation to allow me to decline. So I won't now be reviewing your article as a referenced source for this tweet and I won't accept your menace to share my data with data brokers. Find another way.

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Simon Rae-Scott @simonraescott.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The very, very last thing that I am likely to do…

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Simon Rae-Scott @simonraescott.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

On the job. Current log jam in Piccadilly. How apt… Will respond later to your invitation to provide my details.

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