♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Cabaret Voltaire (11) The New Cut (7) Goldie (6) Blessed Ethel (5) David Bowie (4). #myweekcounted 386 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lfm_blue

@shibacomputer glad we're not doubling down on social media age limits everywhere

One Million passports leak online.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/one-million-passports-leaked-online.html

https://www.ft.com/content/ba1df81f-8eaf-4d22-973d-8c3e4f2c26a2

"Humans are sticklers for social codes and ready to persecute those they perceive as breaking them — or those who appear to have an unfair advantage. The relative cheapness of being a cyclist can be received as unfair; so can cyclists’ ability to move past cars in traffic. Most cyclist fatalities or casualties occur in collisions with cars but that doesn’t seem to cut through in the same way. Roads are construed as belonging to cars, not bikes"

The #FT reduces itself to classic clickbait.

"Who's the biggest menace on the roads?"

#cycling #RoadDanger #RoadViolence #ActiveTravel #biketooter

I've found the article, may be paywalled

https://www.ft.com/content/ba1df81f-8eaf-4d22-973d-8c3e4f2c26a2

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: H.Grimace (11) Jejune (11) NTS RADIO (11) Ultra Sunn (5) Jehnny Beth (4). #myweekcounted 254 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lfm_blue

#UltraSunn were fun at Oslo in Hackney. #ProlapseBand at the 100 Club are the next gig I have a ticket for. Maybe I might go and see March Violets.

https://www.last.fm/user/jpennycook/events

#gigs #music

It's lucky that OSM's #TaggingForTheRenderer rules don't apply to #NtsLive and #LastFM. I think I'll change the bio for H. Grimace so it doesn't just say "See also H.Grimace" when brought into #NtsLive

it seems that #Bbc6Music played them ages ago: https://www.last.fm/user/bbc6music/library/music/H.+Grimace

#AndrewWeatherall played them twice:-
https://www.nts.live/shows/andrewweatherall/episodes/andrew-weatherall-presents-musics-not-for-everyone-11th-may-2017
https://www.nts.live/shows/andrewweatherall/episodes/andrew-weatherall-19th-january-2017

https://www.nts.live/artists/40063-h-grimace

https://www.last.fm/music/H.+Grimace

#music #AlternativeMusic #metadata

The #UK seems to want to go further than #Russia

"Russian official admits completely banning VPNs is 'simply impossible'"
"Valery Fadeev, head of Russia's Human Rights Council, concedes that blocking circumvention tools would devastate businesses and banks"

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/russian-official-admits-completely-banning-vpns-is-simply-impossible

"Specifically, he accused "part of the Russian intelligentsia" of equating internet restrictions with attacks on free speech'

#OnlineSafetyAct #VPN #technology

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Sound On Sound (14) NTS RADIO (12) The Cramps (8) ECLAIR FIFI W/ F17 (6) Oingo Boingo (6). #myweekcounted 202 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lfm_blue

Unexpected song about Scotland just played by Eclair Fifi on NTS Radio: Romeo Taylor "The Kingdom of Scotland" https://link.deezer.com/s/33wBKKFOd1OyJ3l4M4h88

#Scotland #music #NtsLive #NtsRadio #EclairFifi

'Reform replaces Ukrainian flag with St George's cross'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewppqgr81no

'Green opposition leader Andrew Stringer said the removal of the flag without discussion was "deeply concerning".'

"If the leadership at Suffolk County Council can fly the flag of a saint born in Anatolia, why can we not also continue to fly the flag showing our solidarity with Ukraine?"

#flagShaggers #UK #ukpol #politics #ReformUK #Suffolk #England

I look forward to #lastfm reversing changes such as the removal of groups and other social networking features. ideally I would like to see them return to streaming, but Spotify outcompeted them by minimising what they paid to rights holders.

Not much cargo space but could be handy when specific family members visit:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/257513809202

#bikebuilding #carryshitolympics

RE: https://mastodon.uno/@marcofrasca/116577154996480404

@mullvadnet - will you resolve this?

"Publicly-owned train operator London North Eastern Railway has revealed the latest landmark in its work with clean energy infrastructure experts Treeva to pioneer a system for capturing energy from turbulent airflow adjacent to the railway."

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/05/trackside-turbines-to-harness-power-from-passing-trains.html

#rail #railways #trains #UK #RenewableEnergy #energy #environment #transport

"Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/24/officials-hugely-underestimated-impact-of-ai-datacentres-on-uk-carbon-emissions

"According to new data quietly published this week, energy use by AI datacentres in the UK could cause the emission of up to 123m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) – about as much as generated by 2.7 million people – over the next 10 years."

#AI #Technology #LLM #computers #GlobalWarming #environment #UK #ClimateChange #climate

RE: https://mastodon.social/@variety_feed/116415057483090609

Strange article - it says "one of the few bands to endure for more than four decades without massive fights, angst and breakups", then goes on to describe their breakup.

I have spme concerns about the production of ammonia, especially if it depends on energy from fossil fuels, where they are getting their hydrogen from, and the impact of fuel leaks, but hopefully it's better than what shipping uses currently.

"World’s first ammonia-powered ship runs without oil, targets zero-carbon shipping"

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/ammonia-powered-ship-hd-hyundai

#ammonia #shipping #GlobalWarming

'Councillor John Edwards (Independent, Owlsmoor) proposed a motion to fly the Union Flag at the Memorial Park.'
'While cllr Edwards sits as an Independent, he admitted to being a member of Reform UK at the last debate.'

https://wokingham.today/union-flag-returns-to-sandhurst-after-20-years-in-heated-council-vote/

#Sandhurst #UK #politics #ukpol #flag #ReformUK