Adsy

DCFC. Pro software eng. Technology, osint, geopolitics, football. Amused by people with unscientific views yet express them with confidence.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@TezzaLap @LeeHarris As well as denying it there is an inevitable air of faux moral superiority also.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@anyexcuse4me @GBNEWS @benleo It’s sadly more of a case of “wont” help. Excuse me if we aren’t too keen to do so for someone who hasn’t just not helped, but actively railed against our security interests. Get some perspective. Goodbye.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@anyexcuse4me @GBNEWS @benleo You know, like a real threat, with intent and ability, that’s close to home. Unlike Iran in both of our cases.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@anyexcuse4me @GBNEWS @benleo Also will add I’m not a fan of our military underfunding and desperate catchup now in play. But it’s utterly laughable to assert we can not help. UK responsible for 20% of strikes against ISIS…intelligence agencies that are ranked second only to your own and highly regarded.

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

"All of these people seeking Asylum are Doctors, Nurses, Engineers and Scientists"

She actually believes this nonsense

The delusion level is off the scale

[Nathan is at LessOnline (say hi👋) 🔎 @NathanpmYoung]

This was filmed 13 years ago. Prescient on immigration, Truss being a lightweight, popularity of the greens. A lot in a short clip.

[Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630]

Fascinating age and sex distribution for UK "asylum seekers."

[Molly Davis @MollyDavis543]

@RossMcCaff

[Cormac Smith 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @CormacS63]

"Oh shit, we're f****d."

If you can pull yourself away from bloody Iran & read just one article on Ukraine, please let it be this one, by the consistently right @edwardlucas:

“We are on a collision course with a fast rearming Russia”

General Sir Roland Walker, head of 🇬🇧 army.

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

Mass surveillance and censorship are escalating in many countries right now. There is a global attack on secure encrypted communication. Often, authorities, politicians, and tech companies work together to push for new laws. One example: when Ashton Kutcher (yes, the actor), through his tech company Thorn, tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens through undemocratic and corrupt methods.

First, Ashton Kutcher convinced the EU Commission that they could scan everything on an EU citizen’s phone or computer (messages, photos, emails, phone calls, all of it) for child sexual abuse material without, at the same time, looking at the content of other types of communication.

And then?

And then EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson presented the legislative proposal called Chat Control, which aimed to scan everything on all EU citizens' phones and computers (including conversations in end-to-end-encrypted messaging services). The message from the Commission was: we will only search for child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

And then?

And then experts from all over the world explained to her that the kind of scanning she was talking about (as Ylva described it: a drug-sniffing dog that can detect illegal content in a message without reading the message) simply cannot be done safely, and that Chat Control would mean the end of privacy and pose a security threat to all Europeans. Ylva responded with: “what about the children?”

And then?

And then it was revealed that Thorn, the organization founded by Ashton Kutcher and which had been lobbying for Chat Control from the beginning, was selling the kind of scanning technology that could be used for Chat Control – despite being registered as a charity organization in the EU’s lobbying registry.

And then?

And then it was revealed that Thorn, together with the EU Commission, had also started and funded “children’s rights organizations” that had supported the proposal. What appeared publicly to be charitable organizations were in fact lobby groups.

And then?

And then it was revealed that Europol wanted unlimited access and wanted to use the scanning for more than just child abuse crimes, saying that all data – also unfiltered and innocent material – should be stored because it “could at some point be useful to law enforcement”.

And then?

And then it was revealed that employees at Europol had joined Thorn, to lobby their old colleagues.

And then?

And then politicians in Brussels wanted to exempt themselves from the scanning.

And then?

And then the European Parliament, in an almost historic consensus, voted against the proposal and called Chat Control nothing but mass surveillance. As one of the members of the parliament said: “The Commission wasn’t focusing on protecting children but wanted mass surveillance.”

And then?

And then The Council of the EU (law proposals must go through both the Parliament and the Council), after three years of negotiation, finally reached a common position on Chat Control. The requirement for mandatory scanning (including end-to-end encrypted messaging services) was removed, which is a major victory, but several problematic elements remain in the Council's position. For instance, the Council wants to demand ID Control to use messaging services (including end-to-end encrypted).

And then?

And then, in 2026 the final negotiations began, between the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU. At the same time, the European Commission is working on a Plan B, through the initiative Going Dark/ProtectEU, where they once again try to force total surveillance (this time organized crime is the excuse) on the citizens of the EU.

And then?

https://t.co/2uxBeeNr3p

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@NikitaSilver6 @Inevitablewest Yes. Nonetheless a cautionary tale for all involved that the value of religious goals tends to trump all others as soon as the requisite means of reaching them is achieved, no matter the cost to others. More should recognise this rarther than ignore it.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@phillythekid13 @christo97428426 @bmay The left pretends the tradeoffs dont exist whilst actively making them. Here the greens decided the persecuted lgbt etc aren't worth it. They prefer asking nicely in the hope it will work one day cos violence scares them. Inaction often results in more death, more unhappiness.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@phillythekid13 @christo97428426 @bmay But the show of digust is proactively applied selectively only to causes that align and don't risk bringing up awkward truths that derail the delusional feeling of comraderie. This is called being a "useful idiot".

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@NeilMerriman @bmay Well let's be honest, with greens its "never use force in any case whatsoever", which would of worked out great in say, ww2. The main defence would have been phone call asking him if he can just be nice. Effectively, any position on anything becoms irrelevant.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@johnsw @KasraAarabi @TheGreenParty All except Ukraine -- that one doesn't excite their insatiable apetitite for faux moral superiority because the evil genocid-ey man is not on the side of our own country, and doesnt have an exciting religious aspect.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@RichMariner @KasraAarabi @wilkoraf @TheGreenParty Though id say at least reform dont appear to be under illusions. I suspect jack polanskis worldview would collapse the moment the intelligence briefing takes place and the full weight of his hilarious beleif this can all be sorted with a sit down chit chat dawns on him.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@RichMariner @KasraAarabi @wilkoraf @TheGreenParty I strongly suspect russia will focus its disinfo efforts towards either getting in, depending on whats most likely.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@littlejeff5 @GenghisTebbit @RichardJMurphy But of course -- you all know that. Hence why the party "forgets" its social liberal side depending on who it's talking to. It wont happen, but if they were in govt, itd be interesting to see which theyd pick. Their principals or the votes.

[Adsy @adsydeveloper]

@littlejeff5 @GenghisTebbit @RichardJMurphy Easily. Balance of policy/viewpoint at given point in time on issues of important to them at that time. If you think this is proof many don't want gay people to be persecuted, then a quick look at the studies ought to clear up whats fact vs feeling :).