Sow Thistles

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[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@ManxRadio All very well but the existing play equipment is not maintained, the BMX track is unrideable and ramps have been removed from the skatepark due to neglect. What's the maintenance budget?

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@3FMradio Put it online.

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@MickMills @3FMradio The problem is that anyone who joins government and works hard is told by colleagues to slow down because it makes them look bad. Many examples.

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@ManxRadio Good. Why should I be scared to take my family out in the car because some madman wants to ride dangerously?

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@3FMradio Lol. I want to see it now

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@Gedpower @IOMGovernment 50 mph blanket limit I would support

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@3FMradio Has it ever been shut because of wind before?

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@3FMradio Employing some more air traffic control staff is more pressing.

[Your Croydon @yourcroydon]

We have removed all six of Croydon’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and will no longer be issuing penalty charge notices (PCNs) in these roads.

Anyone who received a PCN while they were in operation can now claim a refund.

Find out more: https://t.co/RGxccCrFik

[Michael Diamant @michael_diamant]

🇬🇧 IT WILL NOT SOLVE ANY "PROBLEMS": The critics of new traditional architecture often try to masquerade their hate for beauty as compassion for the poor. Thus every project that is not social housing or affordable will instantly be dismissed by these "objective" concerns.🧵

[Big Brother Watch @BigBrotherWatch]

🆔Government to public: Do you want digital ID checks to be used to enforce a social media ban for under-16s
☐ Yes
☐ Definitely yes
☐ Strongly yes
☐ Yes 100%

The “consultation” doesn’t appear to have a box for disagreeing.

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Meta is pushing hard for new age-verification laws.

In 2025, Meta spent a record $26.3 million on lobbying in Washington and employed more than 86 lobbyists in 45 states.

They also quietly fund a group called the Digital Childhood Alliance that appears to be a concerned-parent organization but supports these same rules.

A large review of nearly $2 billion in grants from the Arabella Advisors network found zero dollars going to actual child-safety or age-verification projects.

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

Yeah, so basically the current prevailing schizo internet theory is that AI nerds have destroyed the internet and created infinite spam.

The advertisement goons are now incapable of determining who is a bot and who is an actual human. The advertisement goons no longer want to pay as much to social media networks.

Social media networks, in full blown panic of losing potential revenue, decided to lobby governments saying "we gotta protect the kids! ID everyone to protect the kids from pedophiles!".

The social media networks know this doesn't really protect kids. But, it does two things (and a third accidentally).

1. They now can identify who is human and who is AI slop machine, or enough to appease the advertisement goons

2. Advertising to children is a general no-no from politicians, or something, so with ID verification they can say with confidence they're not advertising to children because it's been ID verification. Basically, they can weed out the children and focus on advertising to adults

3. The feds can now tell who is human and who is AI slop. This inadvertently helps them with tracking people and serving fresh daily dumps of propaganda, or whatever they want to do.

It's a win-win-win for advertisers, social media networks, the government, and any business which does data collections.

It fucks over everyone else.

Chat, I'm not going to lie to you. This is an extremely good conspiracy schizo theory and I unironically believe it.

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@3FMradio "Live Love Laugh"

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@ManxNewsOnline This not good news.

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@ManxRadio Great work by all involved 👏

[No to Digital ID @NoToDigitalID]

🚨BREAKING: ID age verification just had its biggest data leak yet, even bigger than Persona's.

An unsecured database linked to IDMerit exposed ONE BILLION personal records across 26 countries.

Age verification was always about one thing: violating your privacy.

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@ManxRadio .....by introducing digital ID for everyone.

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@LawrieHooper Bizarre take. You're annoyed that they didn't tie up the planning system with a scheme which would clearly be dead on arrival?

See also 20mph scheme. This is the opposite. Maybe "lessons have been learnt".

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@EnergyFMNews Constantly tinkering and wasting money. We need a freeze on all cap ex.

[Sow Thistles @sowthistles]

@EnergyFMNews This will be like the police station opposite the bus station.

What's the suggested benefit?